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PHILADELPHIA—The joke about the three stages of an actress in Hollywood—babe, district attorney, “Driving Miss Daisy”—is so good, we repeat it even if it isn’t true anymore.

The truth is the business is getting to be much friendlier to “older” actresses, especially if you factor in television.

Maria Bello is now in her 40s, she’s mother of a 10-year-old boy, and she’s busier than ever — a new movie (“Beautiful Boy”), plus two more in the hopper, and she’s about to embark on the American version of the venerated Helen Mirren BBC series “Prime Suspect,” the quintessential plum role.

“Someone said this the o

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DETROIT (AP) – A lawsuit filed in Detroit claims music star Lady Gaga is misleading her fans with an online pitch for donations for victims of the Japan earthquake.

Lady Gaga’s website is selling $5 wristbands that say, “We Pray For Japan.” The website also allows people to make additional donations and says “all proceeds go directly to Japan reliefefforts.”

But the lawsuit notes that sales tax and a $3.99 shipping charge are added. Detroit-area attorney Alyson Oliver believes not all money is going to help the Japanese. She wants an accounting.

An email seeking comment was left Monday with a spokesman for Lady Gaga. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Detroit.

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So when I first found out I was doing a set visit for the hit show, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” I had to admit I was not incredibly professional.

It’s been my favorite show for quite some time now. I follow the “gang” on Twitter and I own every season on DVD. I even wrote my own episode for a final project in one of my classes. To say I’m a fan would be a minor understatement.

So when I heard I was going to get to visit the set, meet the actors whom I idolized and see how my favorite show was filmed, I’ll be honest in saying I had a fan-girl moment (you know, the screaming, the jumping up and down).

It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I was more than willing to accept it. I put aside my

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Benz was surprised “with a customized Kwiat cushion-cut diamond and platinum engagement ring – complete with a diamond frame and milgrain edge band – on Sunday in the backyard of the home they share in Los Angeles,“ according to People.com.

This will be Benz’s second marriage. Her first was in 1998 to John Kassir, but they divorced in 2007.

When do you think the wedding will be?

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Actor Ryan O’Neal is butting heads with the University of Texas over an iconic silkscreen of Farrah Fawcett done by Andy Warhol — and valued at $30 million.

The university believes the Farrah silkscreen, one of two made by Warhol in 1980, is “missing” from the artwork the “Charlie’s Angels” star bequeathed to her alma mater when she died from cancer in 2009 at the age of 62.

It even hired a private detective to track the silk-screen down, according to a report on “Good Morning America.”

O’Neal, Fawcett’s longtime love interest, says the silk-screen was “given to him by Farrah” and that he owns it outright.

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