Happy Birthday to actress Marla Sololoff (1980), Jarhead star Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), Charmed star Alyssa Milano (1972), original "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Kristy Swanson (1969), Flashdance star Jennifer Beals (1963),

Welsh actor Rhys Ifans is reportedly struggling to cope after he was dumped by actress Sienna Miller - with friends worrying about his excessive binge drinking.

French actress Marion Cotillard will be relieved when the U.S. awards season is over - because she is sick of answering questions about herself.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face.

Dark thriller No Country For Old Men was the big winner at the 80th Academy Awards (photos) in Hollywood on Sunday, after claiming four of the eight prizes the film was nominated for.

Daniel Day-Lewis made it a clean sweep for Europe at the Oscars on Sunday, claiming the fourth of the night's acting awards. The Irishman took home his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in There Will Be Blood and made it four out of four for Europe.

French actress Marion Cotillard has continued Europe's success at the 2008 Oscars by claiming the event's Best Actress prize for her stunning portrayal of Edith Piaf in La vie en rose.

Europe was the early winner at the Oscars on Sunday with Brit Tilda Swinton and Spaniard Javier Bardem claiming the night's first acting awards and France and Italy also claiming honors.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - No matter who wins, one key prediction from Academy Awards overseers already has come true: The show will go on.

PARIS (AP) - France's film industry gave its coveted Cesar award for best actress to Oscar hopeful Marion Cotillard on Friday for her portrayal of French songstress Edith Piaf.