Evan Rachel Wood wowed on the red carpet Saturday evening for the Mildred Pierce premiere a the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. She wore a gorgeous burgundy dress that showed off a little leg.

Wood stars alongside Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce and recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) in the period melodrama based on James L.Cain's book of the same name.

In the five-part HBO miniseries, Wood plays Veda, the spoiled daughter of the title character (Winslet) - an aspiring concert pianist whose dreams are dashed, creating a reft between her and her mother.

Variety magazine's Brian Low...

Newlywed Usher, who once dreamed of becoming a dessert chef, showed off his culinary skills on TV on Monday when he served up a redcurrant champagne cocktail and cooked cheese crackers on lifestyle queen Martha Stewart's show.

In return, Stewart handed the singer a collection of her famous linens as a belated wedding gift.

Former 'N Sync member J.C. Chasez is hunting for a new record label after cutting ties with bosses at Jive. The pop star was planning to release his second solo album, Kate, through Jive later this year, but is now shopping the project around with other labels. ...

The soundtrack for the film, The Hottest State isn't just another compilation of songs pulled out of obscurity and thrown together for a movie companion piece. No way. If anything, this album and it is indeed, an album--could also be categorized as a tribute record. The album features sixteen songs, plus two score passages, all recorded exclusively for the film by some of the finest names in music today, all for the benefit of paying tribute to one of the brightest new songwriting talents in the last two decades: Jesse Harris. Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Jesse Harris wrote all the ...

In Paris, Je T'aime, celebrated directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas, have come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined.

Made by a team of contributors as cosmopolitan as the city itself, this portrait of the city is as diverse as its creators' backgrounds and nationalities. With each director telling the story of an unusual encounter in one of the city's neighborhoods, the vignettes go beyond the 'postcard' view of Paris to portray aspects of the ci...

Happy Birthday to Russian tennis phenom Maria Sharapova (1987), "Maria, Full of Grace" star Catalina Sandino Moreno (1981), "Star Wars" Episode II and III actor Hayden Christensen (1981), "Almost Famous" star Kate Hudson (1979), "Tristan & Isolde" star James Franco (1978), Puerto Rican singer Luis Miguel (1970), actress Ashley Judd (1968), singer/songwriter Dar Williams (1967), record producer Suge Knight (1965), "Rocky Horror Picture Show" star Tim Curry (1946), P Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell (1944), American actress Elinor Donahue (1937), "Arthur" star Dudley Moore (1935; d. 2002), scr...

Happy Birthday to Russian tennis phenom Maria Sharapova (1987), "Maria, Full of Grace" star Catalina Sandino Moreno (1981), "Star Wars" Episode II and III actor Hayden Christensen (1981), "Almost Famous" star Kate Hudson (1979), "Tristan & Isolde" star James Franco (1978), Puerto Rican singer Luis Miguel (1970), actress Ashley Judd (1968), singer/songwriter Dar Williams (1967), record producer Suge Knight (1965), "Rocky Horror Picture Show" star Tim Curry (1946), P Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell (1944), American actress Elinor Donahue (1937), "Arthur" star Dudley Moore (1935; d. 2002), scr...