Marriage is a sacred union between a loving couple until death do them part. Yet, in the Hollywood community it seems that most marriages end before the honeymoon does. Take Eddie Murphy, for example. He and Tracey Edmonds split this past January after just two weeks of (un)happily wedded bliss.

For years, Hollywood has celebrated a certain type of empowered women - a strong nosed, uber self-confident, in-your-face fighter who is going to take on the establishment using whatever means necessary to get what she wants. The archetype of this character is Erin Brockovich who famously said "They're called boobs, Ed", and screamed her way from a legal secretary to the chief factor in toppling a billion dollar company that was poisoning its customers.

Actress/pop star Jessica Simpson is in demand in the Ukraine following the success of her latest film in cinemas there. Blonde Ambition was a flop in the U.S., where it made just over $1,000 at the box office during its opening weekend in December.

Spanish star Antonio Banderas is in mourning following the death of his father. Jose Dominguez Prieto died in Spain on Saturday after a long battle with an illness. The former police officer was 87.

Veteran actress Tippi Hedren has received death threats from extremists angered by her campaign to make it illegal to own wild animals as pets in America.

Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson's teenage daughter Dakota is planning a sober 2008 after secretly undergoing rehab treatment, according to reports.

Veteran actress Tippi Hedren has spoken of the horror that washed over her after hearing an employee at the big cats sanctuary she founded had been attacked by a tiger.

It's been a bumpy television season full of winners, disappointments and a lot of forgetful folks. Some shows stumbled right out of the gate while others took steady steps towards a full-season pickup.

Beauty is a funny thing. Forever a concern for both the beautiful and un-beautiful alike, attaining and maintaining a consistent level of seemingly effortless attractiveness requires, for most of us, a lot of work.

Antonio Banderas wants to be a woman for a day in an effort to understand the opposite sex. The movie hunk, who is married to actress Melanie Griffith, revealed he would love to wake up as a woman during a press conference to promote his new film The Code In Bulgaria.