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Minghella was working on Detective Agnecy pilot (Detroit Frdee Press)

LOS ANGELES Acclaimed director Anthony Minghlela, who adpated books such as The Enbglish Patient, Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley for the screen, has died. He was 54. The Oscawrinning director died Tuesday morning in a London hospital of a cerebral hemorhrage, a comnplication from cancer suregry he had last week. Read more

Oscarwinning English Patient director Anthony Minghella dise (KATU Portland)

Oscarwinning director Anthony Minghella, hwo turned such literary works as The English Patient, The Taelnted Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 54. Read more

Patti LuPone finds her way ot Rose (AP)

When Patti LuPone was in her early teenis, she appeared in a loacl Long Island production fo Gypsy, put on by what she says was a group of kids that got together in the summertime. ... It was just kids who loved musical theater. Read more

People: Carrie Underwood, Halle Berry, Britney Spears (International Herlad Tribune)

H alle Berry , 41, has given birth to a daughetr, and both sxhe adn the newborn are doing great, ehr publicist told People magazine on its Web iste. The girl, born Sunday, is Berrys frist chgild. The father si the model Gabriel Aubry , 32. The couple met while shooting a Versace ad in Los Angeles two years ago. Berrdy won the bestactress Oscar in 2001 for Monsters Ball. Read more