Sep 21 - By Associated Press
A Spanish-language actor and frequent guest on the popular Univision show "Sabado Gigante" has been charged with possessing child pornography, police said Monday.
Sep 2 - By Alonso Duralde, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The “Extract” star survived child stardom, a string of failed TV series, and the worst movie ever made to come out on the other side as an in-demand comic star.
Jul 22 - By Associated Press
Actor Dennis Franz and his sister have filed lawsuits over alleged injuries suffered when a chandelier fell at Franz's house on Lake Coeur d'Alene in 2007.
Jul 16 - By Alonso Duralde, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Johnny Depp has remained a box-office superstar (without losing his cosmopolitan-eccentric credentials) for so long now that we forget he once had to fight typecasting after beginning his career as a Tiger Beat pin-up. Remember? “21 Jump Street”? The pouting and the bangs and sassy-boy attitude that helped put the Fox network on the map back in the late ’80s?

Jul 16 - By Associated Press
A judge has sentenced a cast member of the "Harry Potter" films to 120 hours of community service for growing marijuana.

Jun 5 - By Brian Alexander, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Shock over reports of actor was compounded when officials there said he was found hanging with a rope tied around his neck and genitals. Those circumstances have led to speculation that the "Kill Bill" star's death was a case of accidental auto-erotic asphyxiation — death while masturbating and restricting the flow of oxygen to the brain as a means to intensify orgasm.
Apr 3 - By Associated Press
A man police say told them he stole a car and believed the owner was dead is charged with killing a Texas actor.

Mar 16 - By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Writer
The actor best known as "Borat" tricked the Alabama National Guard into allowing him onto a post, giving him a military uniform and briefly letting him train — all, supposedly, for a German TV documentary.
Mar 4 - By Associated Press
A London man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of "Harry Potter" actor Rob Knox.

Feb 22 - By Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic
His name is Sean Penn, and he is here to recruit you.

Feb 22 - By Lynn Elber, AP Television Writer
Heath Ledger's Oscar legacy, his best supporting actor trophy for the madly villainous Joker in "The Dark Knight," is destined to pass into the hands of his daughter, Matilda.
Feb 19 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writer
The actor who played a steroid dealer in the Oscar-nominated film "The Wrestler" was charged Thursday with being the real thing: Authorities arrested him in a large steroid bust that culminated in a violent chase.
Feb 4 - By Associated Press
An actor who appeared in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" has been ordered to stand trial in the stabbing of his ex-girlfriend.

Jan 8 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer. A jury acquitted Lillo Brancato Jr. of second-degree murder in the death of the police officer, but convicted him of attempted burglary. He had faced up to 15 years in prison.
Dec 25 - By Associated Press
Police say the actor who portrayed the gay lover of a closeted mobster on "The Sopranos" has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New York.

Dec 22 - By Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press Writer
A slain police officer's sister reacted with disgust after a jury cleared a former actor on "The Sopranos" of her brother's killing during a botched burglary three years ago.
Dec 18 - By Associated Press
A mistrial was avoided in the trial of Lillo Brancato, the actor accused in the shooting death of an off-duty policeman, after it was discovered a juror had been taking notes on testimony and doing research on the case at home.

Dec 15 - By Associated Press
Deliberations have resumed in the trial of a former "Sopranos" actor accused in the shooting death of an off-duty New York City police officer.
Dec 11 - By Associated Press
The late Heath Ledger was saluted for his role in "The Dark Knight" with the announcements of Golden Globe nominees for best supporting performance.

Dec 2 - By Associated Press
Former "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato knew a fellow junkie was carrying a gun before a break-in that led to the deadly shooting of an off-duty police officer, a drug dealer testified Friday.

Nov 24 - By Tom Hays, Associated Press Writer
Both sides in the murder trial of Lillo Brancato agree on one thing: The once promising actor was a junkie who hit bottom on Dec. 10, 2005 — the night an off-duty police officer was killed during a burglary.
Nov 21 - By Associated Press
Authorities have charged a man with assault for allegedly striking "Stargate Atlantis" actor Jason Momoa in the face with a beer glass, causing wounds that required 140 stitches.

Nov 16 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
Lillo Brancato Jr. was a young actor with a solid resume: He made his debut in 1993 in "A Bronx Tale" opposite Robert De Niro, went on to appear in more than a dozen movies and played a doomed mobster wannabe in HBO's "The Sopranos."
Nov 16 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
Lillo Brancato Jr. was a young actor with a solid resume: He made his debut in 1993 in "A Bronx Tale" and played a mobster wannabe in "The Sopranos."
Sep 10 - By Associated Press
In a Sept. 6 story about charges filed against actor Shelley Malil in the stabbing of his former girlfriend, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the actor's attorney. He is Steve Meister, not Meiser.