Legendary actor Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer - just weeks after he was hospitalized suffering from "severe flu-like symptoms."

NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Dennis Hopper has taken ill during a publicity trip to New York, according to his publicist.

Dennis Hopper switched his political allegiance and pledged his support for Democrat Barack Obama, after the Illinois senator charmed him with kindness.

PARIS (AP) - Dennis Hopper has been named a commander in France's National Order of Arts and Letters. The 72-year-old actor was visibly moved as he received France's most prestigious prize

Dennis Hopper is making his mark as an artist in Europe after becoming the first living American to exhibit at the fabled Hermitage gallery in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Easy Rider star admits his artwork is largely unknown in his native America

Angelina Jolie's action-packed motorcycle chase in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider has been named the best two-wheeled movie moment of all time, in a poll by biker fans.

On April 22's episode of American Idol, renowned composer and lyricist Andrew Lloyd Weber stood patiently trying to teach a blank-eyed Jason Castro the song, "Memory" from one of history's most popular musicals, "Cats."

Dennis Hopper is tired of others taking credit for his Easy Rider movie because he and co-star Peter Fonda are the only people who made the cult 1969 film.

Actor Dennis Hopper and some star-studded pals are revving up ahead of an epic motorcycle journey from the USA to Mexico. Hopper and other members of the Guggenheim Motorcycle club take off from San Diego, California on Monday, heading for La Paz on the coast of Baja California, more than 700 miles to the south.