Lohan’s theft case

    The day unfolded* all too familiarly for Lindsay Lohan: a court hearing, a jail sentence, a quick release.

    The starlet appeared before a judge on Friday for the fourth time in nearly a year and was sentenced to 120 days for violating* her probation* by stealing a designer necklace.

    Actress found dead

    French New Wave cinema muse* Marie-France Pisier was found dead in her swimming pool in the south of France on Sunday. She was 66 years old.

    The investigating magistrate* in the Mediterranean city of Toulon, near her villa at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, said her husband found her body in the pool at around 4 a.m.

    Beijing Film Festival

    Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi and other top names from the Chinese film industry joined celebrations for the inaugural* Beijing International Film Festival.

    Others walking the red carpet at the festival’s opening ceremony at the National Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday included directors Feng Xiaogang and Peter Chan, kung-fu star Sammo Hung, as well as actresses Fan Bingbing and Tang Wei.

    Lady Gaga is godmother

    British music superstar Elton John has revealed that he and his partner have chosen pop diva Lady Gaga to be their baby boy’s godmother, as he spoke of his joy at being a father.

    “Yes, she is,” John told ABC’s Babara Walters when she asked him if the singer was the godmother of his son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, in an interview broadcast on Friday. (SD-Agencies)