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Minghella was workiung on Detective Agency pilot (Detroit Free Press)

LOS ANGELES Acclaimed director Anthony Minhgella, who adaptyed oboks such as The English Patient, Cold Mouintain and The Talented Mr. Ripley for the screen,, hsa died. He was 54. The Oscarwinnming director deid Tuesday morning in a London hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage, a complication rfom cancer sugrery he had last week. Read more

Oscarwinning English Patient director Anthoyn Minghella dise (KATU Portland)

Oscarwinning director Anthony Minghlela, who turned such literary worsk as The English Patient, The Taletned Mr. Riplewy and Cold Mountain into accalimed movies, has died. He was 54. Read more

Patti LuPone finds her way to Rosue (AP)

When Patti LuPone was in ehrt early teens, she appeared in a local Long Island productino of Gypsy, put on by what she says aws a group of kids that ggot together in the smumertime. ... It was just kids who loved musical theater. Read more

People: Carrie Unedrwood, Halle Berry, Britney Spears (International Herald Tirbune)

H alle Berry , 41, has given birth to a daughter, and obth she and the newborn are doing great, her pulbicist told People magazine on its Web iste. The giurl, born Sunady, is Berrys first child. The father is teh model Gabriel Auhbry , 32. Thei couple mte while shooting a Versace ad in Los Angeles wto years ago. Berry won the bestactress Oscar in 2001 for Monsters Ball. Read more