


(CNN) -- Bea Arthur, the actress best known for her roles as television's "Maude" and the sardonic Dorothy on "The Golden Girls," has died of cancer, a family spokesman said Saturday.

Bea Arthur, right, poses with "Golden Girls" co-star Rue McClanahan during an awards ceremony in June 2008.
She was 86.
Spokesman Dan Watt said that Arthur died Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, her family by her side.
She is survived by her sons Matthew and Daniel and grandchildren Kyra and Violet, he said.
No funeral services are currently planned, Watt said, adding that the family asked that donations be made to either the Art Attack Foundation or PETA in lieu of flowers.



Seeing how White lived, Taylor got involved with the dancer. He and his crew stripped out old insulation and underpinned White's trailer. They built a front porch for him and worked on some of the electrical problems in the building. Taylor visited from time to time and hung out with White.
Diamond was a cast member of the fifth season of Celebrity Fit Club, during which his personality, his refusal to alter his dieting habits, his reliance on diet pills, his tendency to quit in the middle of physical challenges, and his antagonism toward his castmates caused much conflict. He particularly came into conflict with former American Idol finalist Kimberley Locke, country singer Cledus T. Judd, rapper Da Brat, and trainer Sgt. Harvey Walden IV. At one point during the season, he apparently quit the show, but later returned. Despite his insistence that he had achieved a peaceful state of mind, he continued to sequester himself from enthused participation in group events, refused to offer encouragement to his teammates during weigh-ins, and responded to criticism from the show's judges by claiming that he was being unfairly targeted. Tensions between Diamond and the rest of the celebrities culminated in an open confrontation between himself and Harvey Walden resulting in a comment referencing "physical combat," which Walden interpreted to be a challenge.[3] Diamond started on the show weighing 217 pounds and ended with a 30 pound loss.[citation needed]
Diamond returned for the sixth season Boot Camp edition of the show, joining a team of "second chancers" that includes Toccara Jones, Tina Yothers, and Willie Aames; he gained 30 pounds back to his starting weight at 217 pounds. Diamond appeared to be trying to follow the show's program, in a marked contrast to his behavior during the previous season, and was named team captain. However, the judges remained skeptical regarding him. Sgt. Walden openly questioned the decision to name him captain (saying Yothers should have been his choice) and another judge said that she was "waiting for the other shoe to drop" regarding his behavior.[citation needed] When Diamond didn't show up for a day of work, claiming he was stranded at an airport by bad weather, Walden "fired" him as team captain and named Jones the new leader. While Diamond and Walden clashed again the following week when Walden called Diamond a "Nazi",[citation needed] Diamond ultimately stayed and held his own for the second chancers. Later in the season he and Tina Yothers were traded to the Newbie team. Diamond lost 23 pounds on the show, for an ending weight of 194 lbs.[citation needed] His team won the grand prize.

On November 13, 2006, Diamond's sex tape Screeched, aka Saved by the Smell, was released by Red Light District. It features a bride-to-be, Summer Price, her bridesmaid, and Diamond all engaging in various sexual acts. According to Diamond, the tape got out because he and some friends allegedly exchange such tapes and he believed that the tape was not leaked by any of those people, but that it may have been the significant other of one of them.[15] Diamond's manager acknowledged there was hope that the tape would raise his client's profile.[16]
Those hoping Rihanna would completely sever ties from Chris Brown will have to wait a bit longer.
Less than three weeks after the alleged assault, the “Disturbia” singer and her (former?) beau have reunited. According to a source for People magazine, the two (along with one of Jay-Z’s bodyguards) are currently spending time together at one of Sean Combs’ homes on Miami Beach’s Star Island. (A relaxed Brown was recently snapped jet skiing in the area.)
Read More “They’re together again.
They care for each other,” the insider claimed. “While Chris is
reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be
with the woman he loves.” Although Rihanna spent part of her birthday crafting a statement for the media, she also found time to take a call from Chris. “He called to wish her happy birthday,” a source told People. “They’ve reached out to each other. It’s been mutual.” So how does Ronald Fenty feel about this surprise reunion? Despite previously wishing
his daughter would “move on,” Ronald now claims he will stand by the
21-year-old’s decisions. “Whatever road she chooses, I’m behind her,”
Fenty stated. “We are a family who stick together even though we are apart.”
| People


WASHINGTON - Lots of news trickling in about Sarah Palin’s time on the campaign trail…
Like the time John McCain’s top aides Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to brief the fit 44-year-old Alaska governor in her hotel room at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
Here’s how Newsweek
described it: “After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing
nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to
chat with her laconic husband, Todd. ‘I’ll be just a minute,’ she said.”
There were strains between the McCain and Palin camps on the trail. Now that the election is over, the long knives have come out.
The Los Angeles Times reported that when Palin arrived at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on Tuesday, she had expected to speak before McCain gave his concession speech, but was told by Schmidt and Salter that it would not be appropriate.
The Alaska governor is keeping her options open about running in 2012, and when she arrived in her hometown of Wasilla on Wednesday night, she was greeted by chants of “2012.”
Hollywood star Kate Hudson's Halloween party attracted some unusual guests - a squad of Los Angeles cops reportedly swooped on the bash and ordered revellers to tone it down.
*** SEE THE PHOTOS HERE :
http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/archive/2007/10/29/kate_hudsons_halloween_bash.php
*** SEE PHOTOS ABOVE ^^
The Almost Famous star, 29, was dressed as a 1960s flight attendant when Lapd officers arrived at her Brentwood, L.A. home at 1am on Sunday morning (26Oct) to move revellers inside the property and warn them to keep the noise down.
The hit party was attended by Courtney Cox, dressed as a witch, and husband David Arquette as a warlock. Actress Winona Ryder went as a mouse, former supermodel Cindy Crawford turned up as U.K. hellraiser Amy Winehouse outfit.
But it was 300 star Gerard Butler who was the biggest hit at the bash
A source adds, "All the girls at the party were lining up to talk to Gerard. He left with two very sexy vampires."
Jake Gyllenhaal brings a topless male date to Hudsons Halloween Party.
Hmmmmmm....
Were just sayin... (Oh & Look there is Reese Witherspoon & she has a date too! Interesting )![]()
Jury selection has begun in the trial of actor Keanu Reeves after a paparazzo accused him of negligence behind the wheel.

Photographer Alison Silva filed suit against Reeves claiming the Speed actor knocked him to the ground in March 2007 with his black Porsche car.
Silva alleges the ordeal left him out of work for months, cost him $40,000 (GBP25,885) in medical bills to treat his injuries, and also claims he now needs $50,000 (GBP32,356) of bone graft surgery on his left wrist.
Reeves' lawyer, Alfred Gerisch, insists the photographer tripped over his own feet, telling the court the case is one of "overly aggressive paparazzi bent on getting a photograph of a celebrity at any cost, even if it puts the paparazzo's own safety at risk".
Both Reeves and Silva are expected to testify in the estimated five-day trial.
Porn moviemaker Gerard Damiano has died. He was 80. 
The director of 1972 adult movie Deep Throat passed away in Miami, Florida after suffering from a stroke last month.
The movie was the first pornographic picture to be shown in cinemas and made an estimated $600 million (GBP382 million).
His son, Gerard Damiano Jr, says, "He was a filmmaker and an artist and we thought of him as such.
"Even though we weren't allowed to see his movies, we knew he was a moviemaker and we were proud of that."
All four Jonas Brothers are set to appear in a new movie.

Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas, who all starred in hit Disney movie Camp Rock, will be joined by their younger brother Frankie Jonas, who will make his big screen debut in Walter the Farting Dog.
The brothers will play musicians who are asked to care for a fat dog with severe flatulence, according to People.com.
The film, based on a best-selling series of books, is scheduled to begin shooting in spring 2009 and will reportedly be directed by The Farrelly brothers, whose credits include 1998's There's Something About Mary.
The Jonas Brothers are also set to star in their own TV show titled J.O.N.A.S.
Actress Ashley Olsen is convinced she has below average social skills.
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The 22-year-old revealed her deepest fears in a questionnaire printed in her new coffee table book, penned with twin sister Mary-Kate.
And Olsen admits her crippling shyness often holds her back and makes her scared about interacting with others - listing the affliction as her "principal defect".
She explains: "I'm really not great with crowds or big groups or public speaking. I just get very anxious. It's just something about being in front of that many people. I guess I black out - I never really remember how an interview went."
But Olsen is pleased to be finally conquering her fears after seeking help.
She adds, "You work with it. It gets easier. I haven't done press in so long."
