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Jolie: Obama win would be 'nice' for family

Published: Oct 12, 2008

Angelina Jolie isn't giving away who she's backing in the U.S. presidential election, but she does have good things to say about Barack Obama.

The actress and activist tells the German edition of Vanity Fair that the Democratic contender for president comes down on the same side of several issues that she does.

Asked if she finds Obama and his background an example to her family, she replies, "Naturally that's good, but it's not a sufficient reason to vote for him.

"Obama fights for international justice, he wants to militarily intervene in cases of genocide, and close Guantanamo Bay. These are the things that could move me to vote for him, not his roots." More

Oct 12, 2008

• Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twins

Lisa Marie Presley is a mom again. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces.

Oct 12, 2008

• Vienna director sick, but good music saves opera

Damnation was the dominant theme Saturday in a new Vienna State Opera production of Charles Gounod's Faust. But redemption triumphed in the form of wonderful singing and a powerful orchestral performance.

Oct 12, 2008

• Writers find inspiration in Kerouac's Orlando home

This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once the home to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac and it may be incubating a successor.

Oct 11, 2008

• Tim Robbins gets star of Hollywood Walk of Fame

Tim Robbins is known in Hollywood as an Academy Award-winning actor, director, activist and hockey fanatic. On Friday, he added comedian to his repertoire while getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Oct 11, 2008

• Publication of 'Jewel of Medina' delayed in UK

A British company has delayed publication of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives after its offices were fire-bombed, a magazine reported Saturday.

Oct 11, 2008

• Cloris Leachman named Rose Parade grand marshal

Cloris Leachman has been chosen as grand marshal for next year's Rose Parade.

Oct 11, 2008

• Automakers push key vehicles through fall TV shows

In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang.

Oct 11, 2008

• Larry Hagman excited about 30th `Dallas' reunion

Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it.

Oct 11, 2008

• Jolie says Pitt changed her mind about pregnancy

Angelina Jolie, an advocate of adoption, credits partner Brad Pitt with her decision to have biological children. In an interview with W magazine, Jolie says: "One of the life-changing things that he did, one of many, is that I was absolutely never going to get pregnant. I never felt that it was the right thing to do."

Oct 11, 2008

• Friday's late-night TV wrap-up

Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate. A sampling from Friday night:

Oct 11, 2008

• TV Lookout: highlights for Oct 12-18

He's the kid who taught a world of youngsters how to spell "aardvark" - and that's not all.

Oct 10, 2008

• Judge: Castroneves can race in Australia

Helio Castroneves can leave the country for an IndyCar event this month in Australia after a federal judge agreed Friday to modify bail conditions on tax charges the driver's facing.

Oct 10, 2008

• Would-be King biographer caught in sibling feud

An author and minister who spent hours interviewing Coretta Scott King for her biography said Friday that she may abandon the project because of the drawn-out, public legal feud among the King siblings.

Oct 10, 2008

• `Paparazzo' may be bad word in Reeves case

A celebrity photographer wants to make "paparazzo" a four-letter word during his upcoming civil trial against Keanu Reeves.

Oct 10, 2008

• Accused John Cusack stalker accepts plea deal

A woman accused of stalking John Cusack accepted a plea deal Friday that will allow her to avoid state prison. Emily Leatherman pleaded no contest to a felony count of stalking Cusack. A judge immediately sentenced her to five years' probation and mandatory psychiatric counseling.

Oct 10, 2008

• Pop culture Q&A: Cleveland man created ‘Sir Graves Ghastly'

Q: Back in the 70s there was a horror show on Saturday afternoons in Detroit called "Sir Graves Ghastly." There was also a show on the same channel called "Bill Kennedy at the Movies" that was on Monday through Friday. My question is, was Bill Kennedy also the same actor who played Sir Graves Ghastly?

Oct 10, 2008

• Eileen Herlie of 'All My Children' dies at 90

Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90. Herlie died Wednesday of pneumonia, said Julie Hanan Carruthers, the ABC soap opera's executive producer.

Oct 10, 2008

• Donovan still a Sunshine Superman at 62

Standing in the rain wasn't going to dampen Donovan's spirits.

Oct 10, 2008

• Even Britney Spears wonders what she was thinking

If you're wondering what was going through Britney Spears' head during her erratic era, you are not alone - so does she.

Oct 10, 2008

• Rocker Meat Loaf hospitalized for 3 days in London

A publicist for Meat Loaf says the 57-year-old rocker was hospitalized in London for three days following an awards ceremony earlier this week.

Oct 10, 2008

• Metallica drummer to sell Basquiat painting in NYC

Lars Ulrich, songwriter and drummer for the heavy-metal band Metallica, is selling a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting from his art collection that could set a new auction record for the artist, Christie's said Friday.

Oct 10, 2008

• Reviews of new bluegrass albums

MELONIE CANNON, "And The Wheels Turn," Rural Rhythm. 12 tracks.

Oct 10, 2008

• Daddy Yankee takes on new role as debate moderator

Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill - and Daddy Yankee?

Oct 10, 2008

• Christian Slater gets a split personality on ‘My Own Worst Enemy'

LOS ANGLES - It is one thing for an actor to land a role as a loving family man on a network drama. It is another to be cast to play a fist-throwing, fast-shooting government agent.

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