Sam Shepard, arrested on suspicion of DUI
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in New York City in 2006
Sam Shepard and Sarah Polley attend the ‘Don’t Come Knocking’ Cannes screening
Sam Shepard at the 64th annual Venice Film Festival
Sam Shepard, arrested on suspicion of DUI
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Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in New York City in 2006
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Sam Shepard and Sarah Polley attend the ‘Don’t Come Knocking’ Cannes screening
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Sam Shepard at the 64th annual Venice Film Festival
January 3, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Jennifer Hudson will not be singing at Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20, despite reports to the contrary, her rep told Access Hollywood.
“There is no truth to this,” the rep said.
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January 3, 2009
NORMAL, Ill. --
Police in Illinois say actor and playwright Sam Shepard has been arrested on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving.
Police Lt. Mark Kotte says officers stopped Shepard early Saturday in the central Illinois town of Normal.
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December 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton has claimed she may know the identity of the hooded bandit who robbed her Sherman Oaks, California home last week.
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December 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A distraught Paris Hilton has spoken out following the burglary that saw a reported $2 million worth of the celebutante’s personal property stolen from her Hollywood Hills home.
“I am devastated,” she told Life & Style Weekly. “I cannot believe someone broke into my home. They took items that had such sentimental value that no one will ever be able to replace.”
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December 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A burglar broke into Paris Hilton’s Sherman Oaks Hollywood Hills home on Friday morning, the LAPD confirmed to Access Hollywood.
According to the police, a man in a hooded sweatshirt and gloves forced entry through the front door of her house and proceeded to ransack her bedroom, making off with unknown properties.
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December 17, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Police say no charges will be filed after they investigated allegations of theft from David and Victoria Beckham’s British mansion.
Three people, two of whom had worked for the celebrity couple as housekeepers, were arrested in October. British media reported that the arrests came after some of the couple’s possessions — soccer memorabilia and dresses — were spotted on an Internet auction site.
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December 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother a homicide.
Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey says an investigation closed Wednesday determined that someone shot 39-year-old Scott M. Ruffalo in the head.
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December 17, 2008
DUBLIN, Ireland --
Actress Celine Cawley was found bludgeoned to death in Ireland on Monday, the U.K.‘s Daily Mail reported.
Celine, 46, who played a party girl in the 1985 James Bond film, “A View To Kill,” reportedly disturbed an intruder at her multi-million dollar North Dublin home who then turned on her.
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December 2, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
William Balfour has officially been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
The Cook County State Attorney’s Office confirmed Balfour, who was arrested for the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s relatives, was charged with the murder counts and one count of home invasion on Tuesday.
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December 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Mark Ruffalo’s brother, Scott Ruffalo, is fighting for his life after being shot in the head on Monday night, according to several online reports.
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December 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Prosecutors allege Jennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law killed three family members because he was angry the singer’s sister was dating another man.
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December 2, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Despite her son being charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection to the deaths of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, William Balfour’s mother insists the police have the wrong man.
In an interview with WMAQ in Chicago on Monday following Balfour’s arrest, his mother, Michelle, claimed the police department conducted a “botched” investigation.
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December 2, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
Police in Chicago say they’re waiting for prosecutors to formally file murder charges against the estranged brother in-law of actress Jennifer Hudson in the killings of three family members.
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December 1, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
William Balfour has been arrested for the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s relatives, Chicago police confirmed to Access Hollywood.
Balfour, 27, has been in police custody since October 24, the same day the bodies of Jennifer’s mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson, were discovered in the family home.
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November 28, 2008
MADRID, Spain --
Police in Spain are investigating $125,000 in missing designer jewelry last seen on Winona Ryder at an event on Sunday.
Winona was loaned a Bulgari bracelet and ring, which she wore to a Marie Claire event in Spain last weekend, but the jewelry has gone missing.
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November 10, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
William Balfour, the only individual to be identified as a “person of interest” in the shootings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother, allegedly told his girlfriend he was involved in the murders, sources told the Chicago Tribune.
However, Balfour’s girlfriend reportedly told police that he was not involved in the death of Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King. Julian, the son of Jennifer’s sister (and Balfour’s estranged wife) Julia, went missing around the time of the shootings. His body was later discovered in an SUV on the South Side of Chicago.
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November 9, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
The convicted felon suspected in the killings of the mother, brother and nephew of singer Jennifer Hudson has a parole hearing Monday and could be released if an administrative officer finds no reason to hold him.
No one has been charged in the shootings, but authorities have called 27-year-old William Balfour a “person of interest.”
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November 6, 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nev. --
Authorities say rapper Mos Def is being sought on an arrest warrant in Las Vegas after allegedly scuffling with a photographer at a fashion trade show in August.
Police say the 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is Dante Terrell Smith, is wanted on a warrant charging him with felony robbery and misdemeanor malicious destruction of property.
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October 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Less than a week after losing her mother, brother and nephew, Jennifer Hudson and her family have set up a new foundation for families who have lost someone due to violent crime.
Named in honor of her mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and her nephew, Julian King, the Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims will help support families who have been victimized.
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October 31, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were all killed with the same weapon, a law enforcement source revealed to the Chicago Tribune.
Police have reportedly done forensic testing on a gun they recovered Wednesday in the North Lawndale area of Chicago and confirmed it was used on all three victims.
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October 27, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Presidential-hopeful Barack Obama and Queen Latifah have joined the ranks of supporters who have reached out with messages of prayers for Jennifer Hudson, following the loss of her mother and brother.
Stars, friends and fans reached out to the Oscar winner, after her brother, Jason, and mother Darnell Donerson, were found dead on Friday of gunshot wounds. Her 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, is currently missing.
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October 26, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
The Hudson family is offering a $100,000 reward for the return of Julian King, the missing son of Julia Hudson and nephew of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, a spokesperson for the star said in a statement issued on Sunday.
“Jennifer Hudson and her family are offering a reward of $100,000 for the safe return of her nephew Julian King who has been missing since Friday, October 24th,” the spokesperson said in the statement. “Jennifer and her family appreciate the enormous amount of love, support and prayers they have received while she and her family try to cope with this tragedy and continue the search for Julian.”
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October 26, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Jennifer Hudson has made her first statement following the tragic shootings on Friday of her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson.
“Thank you all for your prayers and your calls,” she wrote in a letter signed by the Hudson family on her MySpace Celebrity Blog on Sunday. “Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely.”
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October 26, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Chicago authorities are intensifying efforts to find the 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson while investigating the shooting deaths of Hudson’s brother and mother.
An Amber Alert is still in effect for Julian King, who went missing from his South Side neighborhood home on Friday.
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October 25, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
William Balfour, a suspect in the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, was taken into police custody on Friday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Balfour, said to be the estranged husband of Jennifer’s sister, Julia, reportedly remains in custody today. Missing child Julian King, his step-son and Jennifer’s nephew, was not found with the suspect.
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October 25, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Sarah Jessica Parker has reached out to her “Sex and The City” co-star, Jennifer Hudson, following the tragic deaths of her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, on Friday. Jennifer’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, is still missing after disappearing from the family’s home.
“My heart goes out to her and her family in their time of anguish and grief,” Sarah said in a statement to Access Hollywood. “I pray for the safe return of her nephew.”
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October 26, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Jennifer Hudson’s former “American Idol” Season 3 finalists have offered their support and prayers for the Oscar-winner, following news that her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother Jason Hudson, were shot and killed at the family’s Chicago home.
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October 25, 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois --
Authorities are investigating the death of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother, after the two were found shot and killed in the family’s home in Chicago’s South Side, Friday.
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October 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The memorabilia dealer who led O.J. Simpson to a hotel room where an infamous robbery occurred filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the “Dr. Phil” show claiming his remarks in an interview were spliced to change their meaning.
Thomas Riccio, who testified at Simpson’s recent kidnapping-robbery trial, sued Philip McGraw—known on the show as Dr. Phil—and Stage 29 Media for unspecified damages. The lawsuit claims defamation, fraud, emotional distress and being portrayed in a false light.
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October 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Actress Bonnie Somerville has expressed her gratitude to the friends and fans that offered her their concern after the star was robbed at gunpoint over the weekend.
“I first want to thank everyone for their overwhelming support during this time,” Somerville said in a statement to Access Hollywood.
Plus, Somerville confirms the name of the man who was shot in the robbery.
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October 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Actress Bonnie Somerville and a friend were robbed at gunpoint just outside of a celebrity-filled bash in Hollywood early Saturday morning, a rep for the star confirmed to Access Hollywood.
The former “Friends” guest star (who played Ross’ girlfriend Mona on the show’s eighth season) and a male companion were leaving the T-Mobile G1 launch party at Hollywood’s Siren Studios, when they were accosted, according to the rep. The two were held at gunpoint and Somerville was forced to hand over her purse, while her friend was shot in the back.
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October 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A jailed O.J. Simpson is going through drug withdrawal, the National Enquirer reported.
A source close to the controversial former football great, who was convicted earlier this month of kidnapping and armed robbery in an incident with two sports memorabilia dealers, reportedly told that mag that Simpson has become “nearly a cripple” after losing access to high quantities of pain medication.
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