Watts Named Most Lucrative Actress

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - British-born actress Naomi Watts has been named by Forbes magazine as the Hollywood actress who gives the best return on the money she is paid. The 41-year-old star's last three films made 44 dollars for every 1 dollar she was paid to appear.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Naomi Watts has been voted the most profitable actress in a Forbes list. The "King Kong" actress has topped the magazine's latest online Best Actresses for the Buck list after proving movie bosses can make the most money from her, reports list.co.uk.

October 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - British actress Kate Beckinsale has been named Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive. The Underworld star, 36, takes the crown from Halle Berry, who was named last year's (08) top lady - but the feisty Brit insists her brothers won't let the new title go to her head.

October 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Kate Beckinsale has been named 2009's Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine. The 36-year-old British actress known for her roles in films like Pearl Harbor (2001) and Click (2006), takes the crown from Halle Berry, who was named last year's top lady.

September 30th, 2009 Woman admits embezzling from Danielle SteelSAN FRANCISCO — A former employee of Danielle Steel who embezzled more than $400,000 from the romance novelist has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. Forty-seven-year-old Kristy Watts, also known as Kristy Siegrist, entered the plea last week in San Francisco federal court.

September 29th, 2009 Popular novelist DANIELLE STEEL was swindled out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by her personal assistant, a court in San Francisco, California has heard. The bestselling author, whose books have sold 550 million copies worldwide, was left out of pocket after her former aide Kristy Watts fleeced her for $400,000 (£266,000).

September 25th, 2009 Celebrated British playwright TOM STOPPARD has been awarded Japan's top arts prize, taking home a cheque worth $158,000 (£105,335). The star was named among five recipients of the Praemium Imperiale, alongside Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel and fellow Brits Zaha Hadid, an architect, and sculptor Richard Long.

September 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - Actress Suzanne Somers, who is herself a cancer survivor, thinks that chemotherapy has killed Patrick Swayze. The 'Three's Company' star gave her opinion on the 'Ghost' star's death while speaking to Shinan Govani at the party for Tom Ford's movie, 'A Single Man', at the Toronto Film Festival.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - British actress Kate Winslet has been named the best dresser on red carpet in People magazine's 10 best-dressed women of 2009, while America's first lady Michelle Obama has bagged the spot for "best accessible glamour." Winslet, 33, has been named as the woman with the finest dress on the red carpet, "with her unique brand of sexy sophistication, modern Hollywood glamour and those enviable curves," reports China Daily. Walk the Line star Reese Witherspoon has also made it to the list for wearing the "best short dresses," and actress Vanessa Hudgens has been named as the "best hippie chic." People listed former American Idol judge Paula Abdul and actress Renee Zellweger among the fashion flops.

September 3rd, 2009 ROLLING STONES drummer CHARLIE WATTS has moved swiftly to dismiss rumours he's plotting to end his rock 'n' roll career and quit the band after 46 years. A report about Watts' alleged departure on Australian website Undercover.com sent fans into a frenzy on Wednesday (02Sep09).

August 2nd, 2009 LIEV SCHREIBER loves his role as a father - and credits his kids with keeping him young. The Defiance star and actress partner Naomi Watts have two sons, Sasha, who has just turned two, and seven month old Samuel.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber turned down a role to a West End show as he did not want to be away from his dog. Schreiber was asked to take the lead role in a play "Glengarry Glen Ross" but he passed it on because he wanted to be with his dog in New York.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna has been named the world's highest-earning musician by the Forbes magazine as she made 73 million pounds in the past year. The "Frozen" singer topped the slot courtesy her sold-out Sticky and Sweet world tour and lucrative endorsement deals, reports contactmusic.com.

June 23rd, 2009 9/11 sculpture embroiled in alleged fraud schemeHAGERSTOWN, Md. — A towering sculpture in the Maryland mountains depicting three New York City firefighters raising the U.S.

June 4th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been named the world's most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine. The actress has beaten talk show host Oprah Winfrey to the top spot on the magazine's 2009 Celebrity 100 list, reported contactmusic.com.