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NELSON MANDELA'S 90th birthday will be celebrated during an event in Midlothian.

Will Smith's family is cool with his antihero character in Hancock, the Philly-born screen star says. Unlike the characters he has played in other summer blockbusters, Hancock is not a 100 percent squeaky-clean role model for the youth of America, or anywhere else. He drinks, swears, mouths off - and goes to prison.

Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as ''Superman/Batman,'' ''The Flash'' and ''Civil War,' '' has died. He was 37.

When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it's a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley's fourth marital breakup.

A new biography of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner reveals that the soft porn magnate nearly died in 1977 choking on a sex toy. "Hefner divulges he almost died doing what he loves best while he was dating 'Playboy' Playmate Sondra Theodore," said a publishing source familiar with the book. The incident happened when Hef and Sondra, the [...]

Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show ''Love Connection,'' has died. He was 71.