AP - John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," has died. He was 70.

AP - A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday of federal racketeering and other charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and business disputes against the rich and famous.

AP - Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year-old Canadian country superstar and 59-year-old Lange married in 1993 and have a 6-year-old son named Eja. Her publicist provided no further details Thursday about the couple's breakup.

AP - DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. A judge entered the plea for the musician-actor (real name: Earl Simmons) at a brief court hearing Thursday. Simmons was late for court.

AP - Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener."

AP - Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly's child pornography trial Thursday amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines.

AP - Angelina Jolie, pregnant with twins, has some secrets for staying serene at the Cannes Film Festival: get her partner, Brad Pitt, to baby-sit, and wear comfy shoes on the red carpet.

Reuters - Fox Broadcasting Co. on Thursday rolled out a fall television schedule that adds a science-fiction thriller from one of TV's hottest producers and a workplace comedy to a lineup that is already tops with viewers.

AP - DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.

Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild and major Hollywood studios agreed to return to the bargaining table by May 28 to resume contract talks that broke off more than a week ago, sources close to the talks said on Thursday.

AP - "But Didn't We Have Fun? An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870" (286 pages, Ivan R. Dee, $27.50) by Peter Morris: Any institution that endures in American culture passes through an interesting transitional period — the time when it straddles the line between an informal practice and a more structured, formal activity.

AP - Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener."

AP - Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly's child pornography trial Thursday amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines.

AFP - Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, the CEO of leading French fashion house Christian Dior Couture, was Thursday named head of German ready-to-wear company Hugo Boss, a statement from that company said.

AP - The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.