Patrick Swayze, who's very publicly battling pancreatic cancer, was admitted to the hospital on Friday for pneumonia just before making an appearance for his new show. Swayze was supposed to be doing a press junket for 'The Beast.'

Even though Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter tried to keep their romance under wraps, Hall's spokesman told The Associated Press that the couple eloped on New Year's Eve. Hall and Carpenter star as brother and sister on the Showtime drama, 'Dexter.'

Sean Hannity is rolling out his post-Colmes show on FOX News next week, and the first night should be a hoot. On tap are foot-in-mouth specialists Al Sharpton and Rep. Michelle Bachman, who last year asked the media to probe her fellow members of Congress for anti-Americanism. Oh, and Meatloaf will be there. What?

Ryan O'Neal pleaded guilty to a felony charge of drug possession on Friday afternoon and agreed to enter an 18-month drug deferment program. "Ryan was anxious to move on with his life with privacy and dignity and that's what we're trying to do here today," his lawyer told PEOPLE.

The Travolta family held a private funeral service on Thursday for 16-year-old Jett , who died suddenly last week from a seizure disorder. Celebrities who came out to support John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston included Lisa Marie Presley, James Gandolfini, Kirstie Alley, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Forest Whitaker.

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Lillo Brancato Jr., the 'Bronx Tale' and 'Sopranos' actor who found himself in real life trouble after a botched New York City burglary in which an off-duty police officer was killed, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Brancato was acquitted in the death of the police officer, but convicted of attempted burglary.

Jermaine Dupri was unceremoniously let go from Universal Music on Thursday. Dupri, who served as president of Island Records Urban Music division, basically collected a paycheck but didn't show up to work for several months. "After [his girlfriend] Janet Jackson's album and tour bombed, he didn't come back to work... he just lost heart," sources told Page Six.

Abandoning a career-long practice of avoiding her films' premieres, Nicole Kidman attended a screening of her latest film 'Australia' - and didn't like what she saw. "I thought Brandon Walters and Hugh Jackman were wonderful. It's just impossible for me to connect to it emotionally at all," she told Sydney radio station 2dayFM. "I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done."

Cheryl Holdridge, a popular Mouseketeer during the original run of 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' has died at age 64 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. "Annette (Funicello) had the highest rating, but Cheryl came pretty close," former castmate Doreen Tracey recalls of the angel-faced actress.