Schwarzenegger and wife separate

Former California GovernorArnold Schwarzeneggerhas announced that he and his wife of 25 years Maria Shriver are separating.

"After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion and prayer, we came to this decision,"the two said in a statement.

They said they were working on the future of their relationship while living apart and would also continue to parent their four children together.

They did not provide further details.

"This has been as time of great personal and professional transition for each of us,"Mr Schwarzenegger and Mrs Shriver said in the statement issued by Mr Schwarzenegger's spokesman.

Schwarzenegger finished his second term as governor in January and has been on the speech circuit and pursuing various entertainment projects.

Shriver was a correspondent for NBC News when she left to fulfil her role as First Lady to the California governor.

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Potter star Radcliffe on rich list

Daniel Radcliffe,Robert PattinsonandKeira Knightleyare among the wealthiest Britons under the age of 30, the Sunday Times Rich List reveals.

The three actors all made the top 10 Young People list, which excludes those who made their fortunes in sports.

Daniel, the 21-year-old star of the Harry Potter movies, was the highest ranked celebrity in the list, equalling his 2010 fifth place position but with an increased wealth of£48 million.

R-Patz, star of the Twilight series, is joint eighth in the list at£32 million, up from 14th place last year.

He overtakes Keira Knightley, whose wealth has increased by£2 million to £30 million this year but who now ranks at number 10, down from joint 7th last year.

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Charges dropped against Nicolas Cage in New Orleans

Nicolas Cagehas avoided prosecution in New Orleans three weeks after he was arrested following a drunken argument with his wife, People magazine reported on Thursday.

It quoted his attorney as saying that charges of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness had been dropped.

"The New Orleans District Attorney has confirmed that no charges of any kind will be pursued against him,"Harry Rosenberg told the magazine."After their investigation, the Das refused all charges against Nick and the matter has been closed."

After-hours calls to officials in New Orleans were not answered, and Cage's publicist did not immediately reply to an email seeking further information.

The 47-year-old actor was taken into custody late on April 16 after police said he and his third wife, Alice Kim, got into an argument about the correct address of the home they were renting.

According to a statement that described him as"heavily intoxicated,"Cage began striking cars and tried to get into a taxi cab. He then yelled at police officers who promptly arrested him. There were no visible injuries to his wife.

Two days later the couple attended the wedding of Cage's 20-year-old son, Weston, in New Orleans.

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Harry Potter, Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Inception dominate MTV Movie Awards nominees

The nominees are in for the 20th annual 2011 MTV Movies Awards, and there's no surprise that mega-hits like 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse,' 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' and 'Inception' are up for multiple trophies. Those three films join 'Black Swan' and 'The Social Network' in the Best Movie category.

Among this year's typically non-traditional categories are awards for Best Scared as Sh*t Performance, and Best Jaw-dropping Moment.

Biggest Badass Star includes two kids (Jaden Smith, 'The Karate Kid' and Chloe Grace Moretz for 'Kick-Ass'), but no Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, or any cast member of 'The Expendables.'

Here's a complete list of the nominees:

Best Movie

"Black Swan"

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

"Inception"

"The Social Network"

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Best Female Performance

Emma Stone,"Easy A"

Emma Watson,"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Jennifer Aniston,"Just Go With It"

Kristen Stewart,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Natalie Portman,"Black Swan"

Best Male Performance

Daniel Radcliffe,"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Jesse Eisenberg,"The Social Network"

Robert Pattinson,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Taylor Lautner,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Zac Efron,"Charlie St. Cloud"

Best Breakout Star

Andrew Garfield ,"The Social Network"

Chloë Grace Moretz,"Kick-Ass"

Hailee Steinfeld,"True Grit"

Jay Chou,"The Green Hornet"

Olivia Wilde,"TRON: Legacy"

Xavier Samuel,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Best Comedic Performance

Adam Sandler,"Just Go With It"

Ashton Kutcher,"No Strings Attached"

Emma Stone,"Easy A"

Russell Brand,"Get Him to the Greek"

Zach Galifianakis,"Due Date"

Best Line From A Movie (New Category)

Alexys Nycole Sanchez,"Grown Ups":"I want to get chocolate wasted."

Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone,"Easy A": Amanda Bynes:"There is a higher power that will judge you for your indecency."Emma Stone:"Tom Cruise?"

Jesse Eisenberg,"The Social Network":"If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."

Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield,"The Social Network": Justin Timberlake:"... A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?"Andrew Garfield:"A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up."

Tom Hardy,"Inception":"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling."

Best Villain

Christoph Waltz,"The Green Hornet"

Leighton Meester,"The Roommate"

Mickey Rourke,"Iron Man 2"

Ned Beatty,"Toy Story 3"

Tom Felton,"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Best Fight

Amy Adams vs. The Sisters,"The Fighter"

Chloë Grace Moretz vs. Mark Strong,"Kick-Ass"

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Death Eaters,"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker,"Inception"

Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Best Kiss

Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt,"Inception"

Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe,"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner,"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis,"Black Swan"

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment

James Franco,"127 Hours,"Cuts Off His Arm

Justin Bieber,"Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,"Performance Spectacular

Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page,"Inception,"Paris Café Scene

Natalie Portman,"Black Swan,"Mutilation: Pulls the Skin off Her Finger

Steve-O,"Jackass 3D,"Port-A-Potty Bungee Stunt

Best Scared-As-Sh*t Performance

Ashley Bell,"The Last Exorcism"

Ellen Page,"Inception"

Jessica Szohr,"Piranha 3D"

Minka Kelly,"The Roommate"

Ryan Reynolds,"Buried"

Biggest Badass Star

Alex Pettyfer,"I Am Number Four"

Chloë Grace Moretz,"Kick-Ass"

Jaden Smith,"The Karate Kid"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt,"Inception"

Robert Downey Jr.,"Iron Man 2"

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Charlie Sheen finalises divorce

Charlie Sheen's divorce from Brooke Mueller has been finalised.

The couple - who married in 2008 and have two-year-old twin sons, Bob and Max, together - have officially ended their union, with former real estate agent Brooke being granted $55,000-a-month in child support on top of a lump sum of $757,698.70 and another $1 million for her share of their marital home.

According to gossip website TMZ, the former 'Two and a Half Men' actor - who also has two daughters, Sam, seven, and five-year-old Lola, with ex-wife Denise Richards, as well as a grown-up daughter, Cassandra, from a previous relationship - will keep the family home in Los Angeles.

The documents also state:"Under no circumstances shall the child support paid by Charlie for Bob and Max be less than the child support paid by Charlie to Denise Richards for Sam and Lola."

The news comes after Charlie, 45, lost his custody battle against Brooke.

The troubled star had hoped to win primary legal and physical custody of Bob and Max after Brooke refused to take a drug test last month and entered rehab but had his plea rejected by judge Hank Goldberg at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles.

The decision maintained the situation decided in court on March 10, which sees Brooke have majority custody of Bob and Max while Sheen will be allowed to spend time with them every other weekend from Saturday morning until Sunday evening for the first two months.

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Pattinson Lied About Experience To Land Acting Jobs

Twilight superstarRobert Pattinsonlied on his resume before he was famous in a bid to land acting roles.

The British actor got his first big break portraying Cedric Diggory in 2005 movieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)and subsequently shot to fame as vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise.

Pattinson had previously struggled to land roles, spending two years unemployed before moving to Los Angeles in a bid to find work.

He was so desperate to get a job, he pretended to have attended London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) and Oxford University to impress potential employers.

He tells Britain's Daily Mirror,"I'd been unemployed for ages, and when I came to Los Angeles all the casting directors would ask what I'd been doing for the past few years. I'd say, 'Oh, I was at Rada' - if you've got an English accent you can get away with it. I'd say I went to Oxford, too. I did it for years. But it didn't work when loads of English people started moving to Los Angeles. So then I pretended to be American for a bit. When Twilight came out I still tried to pretend to be American but people thought I was insane, so I stopped."

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Lohan back onboard Gotti film as part of two-picture deal

Lindsay Lohan is back onboard John Travolta's new Gotti family biopic after signing on for back-to-back mob films produced by Fiore Films.

The news comes hours after Gotti: Three Generations executive producer, Mark Fiore, announced he was tired of negotiating a deal with Lohan's managers and urged the actress to get in touch with him directly - and it seems the actress has done just that.

Hours after he stated,"Maybe if Lindsay calls me up, we can talk about it,"Fiore has announced the Mean Girls star has signed on to play Gambino family boss John Gotti's daughter-in-law Kim in the film as part of a two-picture deal.

The role was initially earmarked for reality TV star Kim Kardashian, according to insiders, while Lohan was formerly in negotiations to portray Gotti's daughter Victoria.

As part of the new deal, Lohan will also have a starring role in Fiore Films upcoming production of Mob Street, a movie based on a screenplay written by actor Chazz Palminteri.

"We're very pleased to have Lindsay onboard for both of these films. She has been very enthusiastic about the Gotti project, and, after resuming discussions with her, we were impressed by her commitment to the film and felt she would be a perfect Kim Gotti."

Travolta will play Gotti in the film and Joe Pesci will play his right-hand man Angelo Ruggiero.

The project is still without a director after Nick Cassavetes quit the film earlier this week, due to a scheduling conflict.

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