2013 OCR Celebrities Archive Stories

Aretha Franklin has canceled appearances in Chicago and Connecticut later this month under a doctor's recommendation.A Monday news release said Franklin will need treatment during the time period that shows were scheduled with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on May 20 and at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut on May 26. The

Jason Aldean has filed for divorce.The country music star filed the complaint for divorce against his wife, Jessica, on Friday afternoon in Williamson County, Tenn., citing irreconcilable differences. The two met in high school and have been married since August 2001."This is a really tough time for my entire family,"

Movie director Franco Zeffirelli ("Romeo and Juliet," "La Traviata") is 90. Baseball announcer and former major league catcher Joe Garagiola is 87. Movie director Costa-Gavras ("Missing," "Betrayed") is 80. Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell is 79. Actor Joe Don Baker ("Walkin

Jonathan Winters, the cherub–faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters died of natural ca

People magazine has named Gwyneth Paltrow the World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2013.The 40-year-old actress tops the magazine's annual list of the "World's Most Beautiful," announced Wednesday.Commenting on her selection, Paltrow says: "Around the house, I'm in jeans and a T-shirt. I don't really wear makeup."She cred

These people of the present and past were born on this date: Former TV producer Grant Tinker ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "St. Elsewhere") is 88. Actor Mitchell Ryan ("Dharma & Greg," "Chase") is 85. Actor Rod Taylor ("The Birds," "The Time Machine") is 83. Actor Felix Silla (Cousi

These people of the present and past were born on this date: Director John Boorman ("Deliverance," "Hope & Glory") is 80. Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 72. Comedian-singer Brett Hudson of the Hudson Brothers is 60. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 58. Country singer

These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actress Ann Wedgeworth ("Evening Shade") is 79. Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus is 73. Opera singer Plácido Domingo is 72. Singer Richie Havens is 72. Singer Mac Davis is 71. Actress Jill Eik

These people of the present and past were born on this date: Author Judith Krantz is 85. Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr is 79. Sports announcer Dick Enberg is 78. Singer Joan Baez is 72. Guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is 69. Actor John Doman ("Da

NEWPORT BEACH – Actress Lindsay Lohan, whose struggles with alcohol and drug addiction have proved irresistible to the media, checked into Morningside Recovery on Thursday, her attorney said. Only it was not the rehabilitation center agreed on by prosecutors as part of the 26-year-old actress' plea deal. In a court hearing

Lindsay Lohan isn't headed back to jail – but she won't be free to party for a while either.The troubled 26-year-old actress accepted a plea deal Monday in a misdemeanor car crash case that includes 90 days in a locked-down rehabilitation facility that she won't be able to leave.Lohan who has struggled for years with l

These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actor James Noble ("Benson") is 91. Former major league catcher and manager Del Crandall is 83. Actor James B. Sikking ("Hill Street Blues") is 79. Actor Dean Stockwell ("Quantum Leap," "JAG") is 77. Actor and former p

The Huffington Post reports that Paul McCartney, in an interview with David Frost for Al Jazeera, has revealed that it was difficult having Yoko Ono sit in on the recording sessions of the Beatles, but that he never blamed her for the group's subsequent split.McCartney remembered: "She would sit in on sessions and you

Willie Nelson said Thursday that he will turn an upcoming Texas concert into a benefit for victims of the explosion at a fertilizer plant not far from where he grew up.The country music icon still has a home in Abbott, Texas, about five miles north of West, which was rocked by the explosion Wednesday night that left an unknown numb

Swedish police say they have found drugs on board a tour bus used by pop singer Justin Bieber.Police spokesman Lars Bystrom said a small amount of drugs and a stun gun were found when officers raided the empty bus parked under the Globen concert venue in Stockholm, where Bieber was performing Wednesday.Bystrom said Thursday

Britain's Prince Harry toured two New Jersey shore communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy, shaking hands with emergency personnel and construction workers before spending Tuesday afternoon in New York City at events promoting tourism, entrepreneurism and philanthropy. He even got a chance to play a little baseball.In Seaside He

Sharon Osbourne says she and husband Ozzy aren't splitting.Osbourne addressed recent rumors of their family problems on Tuesday's edition of "The Talk," the CBS chat show she co-hosts.She told viewers she had not been aware of her husband's year-and-a-half-long relapse into prescription drug and alcohol abuse, which h

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