Julie Andrews' husband, Pink Panther creator Blake Edwards, has died at the age of 88.

The director, writer and producer passed away at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday night after suffering complications from pneumonia. His wife and other family members were by his bedside, according to his longtime publicist, Gene Schwam.

Born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards began his career as an actor and screenwriter, penning seven scripts for late actor/filmmaker Richard Quine.

He landed his big break on Orson Welles' production of War of the Worlds ...

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On owning up to her choice of roles:
"I know I haven't been swimming in the deep end with some of the movies I've done. I wasn't trying to. I knew what they were."

On her personality:
"I'm shy. I don't like being the center of attention. But when I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care."

On gaining confidence in her craft:
"I'd been so afraid of criticism ever since I was young. Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personal...

Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin returns to the role made famous by Peter Sellers in this high-concept sequel to the 2006 comedy hit The Pink Panther. Continue summary

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Steve Martin urged Pink Panther 2 producers to write in an unlikely wedding for his bumbling Inspector Clouseau into the script - because all his films that end with a marriage have been hits.

Clouseau weds Emily Mortimer's character Nicole in the new comedy after funnyman Martin got his way. He says, "I said, 'I have to tell you that every movie I've done that ends in a wedding or holding a baby has been a hit.' I do believe we've taken the Pink Panther somewhere else and, in a sense, made it our own."

And Martin, who is the fourth actor to play Clouseau on screen, already has ...

Peter Sellers' portrayal of President Merkin Muffley in cult movie Dr. Strangelove has topped a new list of fictional and real-life U.S. leaders.

Sellers' famous role in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick film beat out Harrison Ford's James Marshall (Air Force One) and Kevin Kline's William H. Mitchell (Dave) in the CNN Inauguration Day countdown.

The only real-life leader to make the list is outgoing U.S. leader George W. Bush, as portrayed by Josh Brolin in W. He comes in at number 10.

The top 5 are:

1. Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Lea...

Veteran actress Britt Ekland has dismissed rumors she is dating former Monty Python star John Cleese-- insisting the pair is just friends. The Bond girl was reportedly romancing the newly single Cleese after he was spotted attending her performance at a theater in Edinburgh, Scotland, earlier this month.

They were subsequently photographed enjoying a romantic dinner together after the show - leading to rumors of a new relationship.

But Ekland, who was previously married to the late Peter Sellers, is adamant Cleese is just a close pal.

She says, "John did come to see (my show...

Reformed rocker Mick Jagger leads a quiet life nowadays - he loves to relax watching the Pink Panther movies. Jagger had a reputation as a party animal in his youth - but admits his only addiction now is the iconic 1960s and 70s movies, which starred Peter Sellers as French detective Clouseau.

He says, "You see those late at night when they re-show them. That can be really funny and that can be a real belly laugh."

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Sacha Baron Cohen is to star in a remake of the cult Peter Sellers film The Party. The Borat star has been tipped to reprise Sellers' role in the 1968 comedy classic.

Cohen will play a bumbling Indian extra named Hrundri V who attends an over-the-top Hollywood bash and totally disrupts everything, according to New York gossip column PageSix.

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Happy Birthday to "Home Improvement" actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981), pop star Pink (1979), Keane drummer Richard Hughes (1975), actor David Arquette (1971), model/tv host Brooke Burke (1971), musician Neko Case (1970), solo artist and former 'til Tuesday singer Aimee Mann (1960), "The Fall Guy" actress Heather Thomas (1957), The Cars guitarist Benjamin Orr (1947; d. 2000), the Grateful Dead's original keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945), The Association bassist Brian Cole (1942; d. 1972), country legend Patsy Cline (1932; d. 1963), "The Pink Panther" series star Peter Sellers (192...

Alice Cooper and comedy icon Peter Sellers were unlikely "soul brothers", according to the School's Out rocker. The rock star admits Sellers often met up with him backstage after concerts and even created a pet nickname for the performer when the funnyman would call for late-night chats.

Cooper tells British newspaper Daily Express, "Peter Sellers saw the absurdity in Alice Cooper and I was a big fan of his, so when he came to one of my shows it was a very big deal. It was like being in the presence of royalty. When I met Peter, it was as if we had been friends all our lives. He was ...

Robert Downey Jr. will reportedly play Peter Sellers in a production in London's West End next year. The star will take on the role as the legendary English comic - famed for his Inspector Clouseau roles in the Pink Panther - in a stage adaptation of his life.

It is believed Downey Jr. was chosen for the role over fellow actors Robin Williams and Steve Coogan following his success in playing Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic Chaplin.

A source tells British newspaper the Daily Express, "Downey Jr. is considered ideal. Having played Chaplin, he's already proved he can portray fam...

Happy Birthday to "Home Improvement" actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981), pop star Pink (1979), Keane drummer Richard Hughes (1975), actor David Arquette (1971), model/tv host Brooke Burke (1971), musician Neko Case (1970), solo artist and former 'til Tuesday singer Aimee Mann (1960), "The Fall Guy" actress Heather Thomas (1957), The Cars guitarist Benjamin Orr (1947; d. 2000), the Grateful Dead's original keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945), The Association bassist Brian Cole (1942; d. 1972), country legend Patsy Cline (1932; d. 1963), "The Pink Panther" series star Peter Sellers (192...

Steve Martin hopes to star in a sequel to The Pink Panther. The 60-year-old Texan actor stars as Inspector Clouseau in the detective comedy remake - a part made famous by British comedian Peter Sellers in the 1963 original.

If the new movie is a hit, producers will consider re-making other Pink Panther movies including The Return Of The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Revenge Of The Pink Panther.

Martin says, "Let's say that my heart is with 'The Pink Panther' film and that I hope it will work so I can become Clouseau again. I love the character, I love the clot...

* Jessica Simpson will earn a whopping $1,240-per-word in her new film, according to a new media report. The pop star/actress will pick up a cool $1 million for new movie Employee of the Month, according to In Touch. Her character will utter a mere 806 words throughout the comedy.

* Filmmaker Kevin Smith has lavished praised on Ang Lee’s cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, hailing Heath Ledger a "genius." The director was moved to tears watching Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal’s doomed love affair in the film, which is up for eight Oscars next month. Smith says, "This ain't just the gay ...

Late comic legend Peter Sellers would have been horrified to learn his name has been left off the credits of the new Pink Panter remake. The British funnyman played Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the original Pink Panther movies of the 1960s and 1970s - a role which has now been taken over by Steve Martin.

In the credits for this year's remake producers have credited the original film's director Blake Edwards and late scriptwriter Maurice Richlin for the creation of Clouseau, when in fact Sellers came up with a lot of the character's bumbling trademarks.

His biographer Roger Lewis ...