BLOOMINGTON, ILL. (AP) — Actor-playwright Sam Shepard has pleaded guilty to speeding and drunken driving charges in central Illinois.

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Michael Madsen has attacked his one-time co-star Brad Pitt for not standing up for him and helping him land a leading role in his new movie. Tough guy Madsen was offered the chance to play Pitt's movie brother in new western The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, but he refused to audition for the role.

Movie veteran Eva Marie Saint has fallen for her Don't Come Knocking co-star Sam Shepard after playing his mother in the film. The 71-year-old actress admits she was smitten by the shy star, who has been dating Jessica Lange since 1982. And she even told Lange, who also appears in the film, about her feelings.