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Dazzling, rebellious and iconoclastic, she was the elfin beauty in the 1980s bratpack before her conviction for shoplifting and spectacular fall from grace. Now the star of Heathers and The Age of Innocence is returning with a batch of summer moviesIn the opinion of Winona Ryder's father, Michael Horowitz, the teenage Winona and her boyfriend Johnny Depp were once 'the hottest couple in the United States'. During the 1980s and early 1990s Ryder's elfin face was everywhere, and her unconventional films were eagerly awaited by critics and fans. A star since the age of 17 for her performances in cult films Heathers and Beetle Juice, she had been quickly acclaimed as the most promising, most beautiful and most fashionable star of her generation - the generation, that is, that had become known as 'X'.Then came a series of bad creative decisions, or perhaps just bad luck, which gradually began to edge Ryder deeper into a kind of Hollywood twilight. Stories about her hell-raising friends and

Blood Red Snow, by Gunter K. Koschorrekan, is an autobiographical account of the siege of Stalingrad during World War II. The German infantry soldier recorded his day-to-day notes on any scrap of paper he could find during the battle.

Rescue Me fans have laughed at Sean Garrity for five seasons, but with the revelation in Tuesday's episode that Garrity has kidney cancer, Steven Pasquale's character will be more than just a punch line. Despite the heavy subject matter, Pasquale says ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dom DeLuise, the portly actor-comedian whose affable nature made him a popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well as directors and fellow actors, has died. He was 75....

Kaluka Maiava knows how to nail a job interview. During a meeting just before the NFL draft, Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini asked about his hobbies. Hunting _ without a gun, Maiava replied. 'He is a tough, tough guy,' Mangini said Saturday at rookie...

?[title of show]? has always been the most intimate of stage experiences. Not only are we taking an inspiring musical journey that happens to be pretty much true, but all previous incarnations of ?[show]? also had the advantage of having the show creators playing themselves in their roles?one character even sings ?I Am Playing Me? early in the show. The original cast became Broadway celebrities through their juggernaut promotion of [show], which includes a still-going popular series of Youtube videos. So the notion of creating the show without the original cast is, at best, tricky and, at worst, suicidal. And yet the first regional production of ?[title of show]? opened last night at Playhouse Square?s 14th Street Theater and did just that.

Former "Family Matters" star Jaleel White is dishing to ET about playing a flustered groom-to-be on his new Web series, "Road to the Altar" -- and he's candid about how it feels to still get recognized for his famed TV character, nerdy Steve Urkel, all these years later! On "Road to the Altar," Jaleel plays Simon, a guy who wants to marry his fiancee, but who "definitely bit off more than he can chew when it comes to the actual preparations," the 32-year-old actor tells ET. Meanwhile, Simon's fiancée is focused like a laser beam on the big day. "And that's really what it's about," Jaleel says of the series. "It's about her obsessing over every detail and me trying to pull her back."

During the week of April 27- May 1, 2009, top-rated morning program 'Live with Regis and Kelly' gave the show's nationwide tv audience a vicarious thrill when America's favorite co-hosts jumped into the roles of some of the best Broadway characters during 'On Broadway Week.'

School fee prizes and woman on standby for BollywoodDispatch Online, South AfricaSureka Sahadeva, 27, from Sunnyridge, was chosen as a finalist in line to win R50 000 and a possible role in a Bollywood film. One finalist from each venue is chosen, leaving eight winners in the final round to be held on May 24 during the final. ...

News of a Deadpool spin-off isn't in the least bit surprising given how popular the character is, how much Wolverine made over its opening weekend, and the fact Ryan Reynolds...