Angelina Jolie caps journey from wild child to doting mother

CANNES/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — As a tattooed wild child wearing her husband’s blood in a locket and luring Brad Pitt away from Hollywood rival Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie was dream fodder for the tabloid press. But her transformation into a humanitarian campaigner and now poster girl for the fight against breast cancer with her revelation that, faced with a high cancer risk,... 

Guilty

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer was found guilty of planning to kidnap and eat young women after a lurid trial which exposed an underground network of cannibal fantasists.  Read More »

Media mogul to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hacking

LONDON (AP) – Rupert Murdoch’s media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people – including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer – who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press. The four – Jude Law, Ashley Cole, John Prescott and Chris Shipman – were among three dozen victims who received... 

Janet Jackson battling weight gain

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ­- It’s no secret that Janet Jackson has battled weight issues her entire life, but what her fans may not know is that even when the singer is on tour, sweating every night, she still has problems staying slim. So Jackson joined the ranks of Nutrisystem users on Thursday to become the “new face” of the weight-loss program, promoting a new “Success” diet... 

JK Rowling says ‘UK press left me feeling under siege’

LONDON (AP) ­- Writer J.K. Rowling gave a London courtroom a vivid picture on Thursday of the anxiety, anger and fear produced by living in the glare of Britain’s tabloid media, describing how press intrusion made them feel like prisoners in their own homes. The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter told Britain’s media ethics inquiry that having journalists camped on her doorstep...