Entertainment

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2:

LOS ANGELES A judge's ruling has brought the organization that hosts the Academy Awards a step closer to discovering how tickets to this year's show got online.

NEW YORK 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.

Life's a beach this time of year.

Designer Monica Botkier's handbags are an armful – if you're willing to pay anywhere from $395 for a clutch up to $695 for a hobo bag.

LONDON Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Amy Winehouse on Wednesday complete with her signature beehive, black eyeliner and a bright yellow minidress.

Ashley Tisdale shot to fame as Sharpay Evans in the "High School Musical" movies. But with the third movie not due until October, she has taken another step to stay in the public eye. A misstep, I should add.

LOS ANGELES Bob Hope and Bing Crosby might be on the road to nowhere if they tried to team up today the way they did in old Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES Two photographers suspected of loitering on city-owned property near Britney Spears' home were arrested Monday.

Although they get a lot of hype, movies shot in 3-D have historically been a bit of a headache. You'd put on a pair of flimsy cardboard glasses with red-and-blue gel lenses that looked like they might rip during a strong sneeze, and then watch murky visuals just for the thrill of having some blurrily realistic-looking thing jump off the screen at you.

WESTLAKE, Texas The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb - and some young neighbors sound thrilled.

BEIJING The Beijing Olympics may not look much different from previous games on TV.

NEW YORK Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador.

BARCELONA, Spain Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight," appearing calm as he greeted fans a day after reports surfaced that his mother and sister had accused him of assault.

MADRID, Spain "Guernica" depicts intense suffering but it's own health is not in danger.

LOS ANGELES "Watchmen" is already getting a prequel - and the film's not out until next year.

Here's a cool movie about a cold case. The story begins eight years after the murder of Margot (Marie-Josee Croze), the beloved wife of Alex (Francois Cluzet), a gentle Parisian pediatrician. The killing was ascribed to a maniac who was active in the area at the time.

The title is "Step Brothers." You know, because there are two of them.