The former brother-in-law of the actress and singer Jennifer Hudson was convicted on Friday of murdering her mother, brother and young nephew.

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William Balfour Guilty in Killing of Hudson’s Family

Proceedings are set to resume Tuesday morning in the trial of the man accused of killing the mother, brother and nephew of the actress and singer Jennifer Hudson.

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No worries, Kerry Washington fans, you did not miss a chance to meet the actress when she was filming her new ABC series based on the life of D.C. crisis-management ninja Judy Smith — because “Scandal” did not film here in D.C. Those scenes from Thursday night’s episode where Washington conducted tense, fast-talking conversations in front of the White House and Jefferson Memorial? Fake backdrops , it seems. Real-life Lafayette Park doesn’t have balustrades or marble steps as seen on TV, and that Tidal Basin scene? Well, something was wrong there, just can’t put our finger on it. The D.C. Film Office said the show did not bring production to Washington that they know of; ABC publicists did not get back to us for comment. D.C.’s had a mixed track record with Hollywood lately. NBC’s “The Firm” brought its cameras and stars here for some real on-location shooting last fall — but the show was quickly canceled. We’ll see if HBO’s forthcoming “Veep,” which spent a day or so filming in D.C. (but more of its time in Baltimore), fares better. Read full article > >

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Lindsay Lohan thanked the judge Thursday “for being fair” as the judge ended the felony probation that has followed the actress for nearly five years.

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During Maya Rudolph’s triumphant return to “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend, it was announced that Lindsay Lohan will host the show March 3. This will be the actress’s fourth time hosting, her first since 2006 when her legal drama and rehab trips began . Jack White will serve as the musical guest. Read full article > >

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Dakota Fanning will attend New York University this fall, according to some very clever students at NYU Local . The student journos were “messing around” with the school’s e-mail autocomplete function, when they discovered that someone named “Hannah Dakota Fanning” (the actress’s full name) has an NYU e-mail address. This seems to confirm that the “Twilight” star is officially enrolled at the school. The 17-year-old homecoming queen previously visited the campus and was accepted in the spring, a source told the paper. Read full article > >

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The News of the World owner formally apologises in court to the actress Sienna Miller for hacking into several of her mobile phones.

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Abduction We’ve waited long enough to catch a glimpse of what Taylor Lautner will be up to following his time in the Twilight franchise, but I’m happy to announce the wait is now over. The first trailer for Lautner’s upcoming action film Abduction has arrived online, complete with action, suspense, and your obligatory Lautner make-out session … because, ya know, he’s dangerous and sexy.

Legendary film star Liz Taylor, one of the few remaining giants of Hollywood’s Golden Age, has died in Los Angeles at 79. Nominated for many Academy Awards, she won Best Actress for Butterfield 8 in 1961 and for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966….

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Elizabeth Taylor Dead at 79

Jennifer Lawrence Officially Joins ‘The Hunger Games’ We told you the other day that the studio was close to offering Jennifer Lawrence the lead role in The Hunger Games adaptation, and now we’re hearing reports that the actress has officially signed on the dotted line. Lawrence will play the lead role of Katniss, who is a

It’s quickly becoming the next Twilight, and now the upcoming Hunger Games adaptation may have landed one of Hollywood’s hottest up-and-coming actresses to play the lead role of Katness: Jennifer Lawrence. Variety claims the actress is close to getting an offer, and that she’s the one everyone wants to play Kastness, the 16-year-old heroine of the book, which follows a future society that stages events where kids fight one another to the death. Gary Ross (Pleasantville) will direct the film, and Lawrence – who not only has

K-Stew fans have been itching to find out whether Kristen Stewart was indeed going to star as Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman (after it was rumored that she was in talks), and now you can start popping open those bottles of non-alcoholic novelty vampire blood because apparently the actress is now in the final stages of locking in her deal, according to Deadline. Stewart will star opposite Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron in the film, which will tell a grittier version of Snow White that involves her being taken out to the woods to be killed, but then teaming up with her would-be-killer to learn how to fight for herself. Production begins later this summer.

Ms. Russell was the actress at the center of one of the most highly publicized censorship episodes in movie history, the delayed release of the 1940s western “The Outlaw.”

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One more for Hollywood’s baby boom: Actress Alyssa Milano, former star of Who’s the Boss?, Charmed, and the new movie Hall Pass, is pregnant with her first child. Milano, 38, tweeted Tuesday she and husband David Bugliari “couldn’t be happier” after…

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Is it possible Lindsay Lohan is trying to outdo Randy Quaid for strangest court proceedings ever? The troubled actress pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony grand theft before posting $40,000 in bail. But stories of the actress’ strange day in…

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