With numerous exceptions, Robert De Niro's filmography has generally been divided between early drama and late comedy. In accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement, De Niro leaned heavily on the latter.

Sunday at the Golden Globes, De Niro — never one for self-congratulation — declined to play up his iconography, and instead was happy to parody it.

Rather than tout accomplishments such as his performances in "Taxi Driver" or "The Godfather, Part II"…

Iranian authorities have suspended a Tehran theatre's production of the classic European play Hedda Gabler and set up a body to police cultural affairs in a sign of a new crackdown on the arts.

Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, chief prosecutor in the Iranian capital, told the semi-official Fars news agency on Wednesday he had summoned theater company members to explain themselves and said a new office to police cultural affairs had been created.

"This play had some problems both…

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have made their breakup official by filing for divorce in Los Angeles.

Court records show the actors each filed divorce paperwork Thursday, citing irreconcilable differences.

The pair announced the breakup on Dec. 14, the same date they listed in court filings as their separation date.

The 26-year-old actress and 34-year-old actor were married in September 2008. The couple kept their courtship and nuptials private, releasing few…

A day that began with authorities confirming Lindsay Lohan was being investigated for battery on a female staffer at a California rehab facility treating the starlet ended with the worker fired after giving an interview about the incident.

Riverside County sheriff's detectives said Tuesday they are investigating the "Mean Girls" star for an alleged altercation with a worker at a Betty Ford Center facility in Palm Desert that occurred after 1 a.m. on Dec. 12.

The agency declined…