Owen Chooses Burial Spot

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Clive Owen knows where he wants to be buried after his death and may even shell out $22,500 for his favourite spot. He wants to be laid to rest at the Highgate Cemetery in north London, near his current home and is apparently willing to pay a hefty sum for the privilege, reports contactmusic.com.

September 18th, 2009 Oprah Winfrey chooses short story collectionCHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world's eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing's surest hitmaker on Friday is announcing that her latest book club pick is Uwem Akpan's (YOO'-ehm AK'-panz) debut collection "Say You're One Of Them." Winfrey's choice practically guarantees hundreds of thousands of sales, numbers generally unthinkable for short stories beyond works by Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever and other giants of the art form.

September 16th, 2009 British actor CLIVE OWEN is staggered at the amount of money which has been thrown at terrible films during the recession - insisting he has seen many of the worst scripts which have been greenlighted. The Closer star can't believe that Hollywood executives are backing awful ideas in the current turbulent economic climate.

September 16th, 2009 DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR surrounds herself with pictures of RICHARD BURTON - and would marry her ex-husband for a third time if he was still alive. The pair fell in love while filming 1963's Cleopatra and wed just 12 months later before Burton's drinking eventually led to a divorce in 1974.

September 3rd, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's grieving mother KATHERINE has been granted her request to have the late pop legend's estate pay for the "extraordinary" costs of his upcoming burial. The King of Pop, who passed away in June (09), will finally be laid to rest on Thursday (03Sep09) at California's Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

September 3rd, 2009 GLADYS KNIGHT will sing at MICHAEL JACKSON's burial on Thursday night (03Sep09) when family and close friends will say a final farewell to the King of Pop. Aretha Franklin was believed to be the special guest performer at the emotional ceremony at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California, but Knight's representative has confirmed she will sing as the casket holding Jackson's remains is lowered into a concrete burial pit.

August 29th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON was killed by a cocktail of strong prescription drugs, Los Angeles' County Coroner has sensationally ruled. In an announcement made on Friday (28Aug09), Jackson's death was ruled a homicide and blamed on the "acute" presence of the anaesthetic Propofol and anti-anxiety drug Lorazepam in his system.

August 27th, 2009 STEVE COOGAN remains a close friend of OWEN WILSON - despite COURTNEY LOVE controversially claiming the British funnyman caused the WEDDING CRASHERS star's alleged suicide attempt in 2007. Wilson was hospitalised two years ago (07) when he was found at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles after allegedly downing pills and slashing his wrists.

August 27th, 2009 Police in Glendale, California have warned MICHAEL JACKSON fans not to head to the city on the day of his burial - because they will be kept well away from the private ceremony. The pop superstar, who passed away in June (09), will finally be laid to rest on 3 September (09) at the Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

August 26th, 2009 The mother of late reality TV star JADE GOODY is suing a British newspaper group for printing pictures of her daughter's burial. Jackiey Budden is seeking $150,000 (£100,000) in damages against Mirror Group Newspapers after their Sunday tabloid The People published snaps of Goody's burial just a day after her funeral in April (09).

August 18th, 2009 Guitarist Les Paul to be buried in Wis. hometownMILWAUKEE — The public will get to pay their respects to guitar virtuoso and inventor Les Paul on Friday in Milwaukee followed by a burial in his Wisconsin hometown of Waukesha.

August 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's family has reportedly filed papers to have the singer buried at a Hollywood cemetery, over six weeks after the star died of a suspected cardiac arrest. The King of Pop will reportedly be laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles and officials are now clear to 'proceed with burial', reports Contactmusic.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late singer Michael Jackson's long-time costumers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush will be designing the burial suit the star will be buried in. The Los Angeles-based designers are the same who had been hired to create costumes for the late pop star's 'This Is It' comeback concerts in London.

June 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - Actor Owen Wilson might not be with Kate Hudson anymore, but he's said to be dating her look-alike. The Shanghai Noon star, who's on a break from filming "How Do You Know?" which co-stars Reese Witherspoon, was spotted with a blue-eyed mystery girl on a date to organic bistro Sweetgreen.

June 4th, 2009 DC lands movie project starring Reese WitherspoonWASHINGTON — Columbia Pictures plans to shoot a film in Washington starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd. Mayor Adrian Fenty announced the movie plans Thursday and said the film crew will provide training to some D.C.