Posts with tag "jodie foster"

Jodie Foster Accused of Battery by 17-Year-Old Boy

Posted Jun 11th 2010 at 03:04 PM by John Mitchell

Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster has been accused of battery by a 17-year-old boy after an incident in the parking lot of a Los Angeles-area shopping mall, according to RadarOnline.com. However, the actress's rep tells PEOPLE that the accusations are a "fabrication." The incident occurred on May 29 at the Grove shopping complex. According to the police report, the boy spotted Foster ...

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Worst Celebrity Stalkers Creep Back into Headlines

Posted Apr 5th 2010 at 03:45 PM by Sam Brand

Stalkers are back in the news -- well, not that they ever really left. Erin Andrews has (again) found herself the victim of a misguided fan's advances, while Ivanka Trump has made a new all too friendly acquaintance and Jennifer Garner just sent a creeper to the slammer. Celebrity stalkers have been around since movie stars first hit it big in the '20s, and they've popped up regularly in ...

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Former Teen Stars Who Have Thrived in (and Out) of Show Business

Posted Mar 14th 2010 at 10:00 AM by Patricia Chui

The death of 38-year-old actor Corey Haim, after a history of drug abuse, was sad news to anyone who remembered him as that cute, gangly, cherub-faced kid from the '80s movies 'Lucas,' 'The Lost Boys' and 'License to Drive.' What's even more tragic is that Haim joins a long list of troubled former child and teen stars -- Brad Renfro, River Phoenix and Jonathan Brandis, to name a few -- who ...

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Who Makes the Best Career Decisions in Hollywood: ACTRESS EDITION

Posted Nov 27th 2009 at 06:00 AM by Tricia Romano

It's November, which means it's officially time to think about the Oscars. People are already placing bets on the top performances even if they haven't seen them yet (think the soon-to-be-released and highly-anticipated 'Nine'). There are some actresses who have been on the road to Oscardom ever since they began emoting; others found a way out of their earlier career mishaps and have reinvented ...