Sean Penn Earns The Oscar

With Sean Penn, there is forever the sense that he has demons of his own to beat back before he can slip underneath the skin of whatever character is awaiting dissection on the table in front of him.

And so it felt with the movie 'Milk', that there were wounds that he needed to suffer through first to excavate the soul of the slain San Francisco politician and gay-rights activist Harvey Milk.

It was a transformative journey, and Penn took all of us along with him, from the grit of a subway hookup to the emerging idealism of the martyr he was to become.

Though Penn has countless performances from the searing to the sublime, 'Milk' became the crucible that would test him, revealing a new essential core of complexity within an already complex actor's actor.

Jerry Lewis Feels Oscar Love

Comedy film icon Jerry Lewis was greeted with a standing ovation when he took the Kodak Theatre stage to accept a special Oscar for his longtime charitable endeavors.

Never nominated for an Oscar, the prolific multihyphenate was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Lewis said he was deeply touched by the honor.

"For most of my life, I've thought that doing good for someone didn't mean you would receive any commendation for an act of kindness - until now," said Lewis, who has battled health problems in recent years and spoke in slow but strong voice. "This award touches me in the very depths of my soul."

Eddie Murphy presented the honorary Oscar to Lewis, whom he dubbed a "famous overgrown kid" who has drawn inspiration from children.

In more recent decades, Lewis drew equal acclaim for his televised charity marathons on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. The annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon has raised more than $2 billion since 1966.

Angelina Jolie's $20 million Oscar Necklace

Angelina Jolie will wear a $20 million necklace to the Oscars. The 'Changeling' star has reportedly visited several jewellers in New York to find dazzling gems to wear to the glitzy event.

She's been driving all of the high-end jewellers of New York crazy. She's looking for the impossible, a drop dead gorgeous $20 million diamond necklace to wear to the Oscars.

Angelina is nominated for Best Actress for her role in 'Changeling' but is particularly keen to look her best in case she runs into her love rival, partner Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who is also set to attend.

Meanwhile, racing driver Danica Patrick says she wants Angelina to play her in a movie of her life because Jennifer is "too old".

The 26-year-old sports star said: "I've always said Angelina Jolie would be great at playing me because she's an action star. I don't think it would be age appropriate for Jennifer to do it. She's older than me!"

Jennifer Lopez Celebrates Twins' First B-Day

Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony celebrated the first birthday of their twins Max and Emme at their Bel Air home on Saturday. Nicole Richie and daughter Harlow were among the 50 guests that attended the birthday party.

Stuffed animals, Elmo and Disney bags were seen going into the party that included two moonbouncers, a clown and slush drinks. Guests sang "Happy Birthday" to the twins as a cake with candles from Rosebud Cakes was presented.

The twin's actual birthday falls on Sunday, February 22.

Nicole Richie Baby News

Nicole Richie, 27, and boyfriend Joel Madden, 29, are expecting another child, barely a year after the arrival of daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden last Jan. 11.

In a message on the Web site of Good Charlotte, the band he fronts, Madden wrote, "I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister! God has truly blessed my family. Hope you're all feeling as good as I am right now." Madden's message is titled "Better than winning an OSCAR!".

After a famously wild childhood, Richie, credited the birth of daughter Harlow for leading her to a more tranquil life at home with Madden.

Flop Earns Mike Myers Triple Razzies

Mike Myers' comedy flop 'The Love Guru' has dominated the Golden Raspberries, the spoof prizes awarded to the worst Hollywood movies of the year.

The film won Razzies for worst picture, worst actor (for Myers in the title role) and worst screenplay, in the annual eve-of-Oscars mock-ceremony.

The Love Guru is about an ice hockey player who turns to a mystic to help him turn around his professional and personal fortunes.

Colin Farrell Sex Tape

Colin Farrell made a sex tape back in 2002 and he just can’t get away from it. The naughty tape features Farrell with hot Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain. She and her friend, Candace Smith were sued by Ferrel to prevent the tape from being released.

They dated for about six months and enjoyed each other very much. They stayed friends after the romance was over, right up until he was contacted by an agent telling him he was selling the tape.

The tape came to light because Nicole Narain’s best friend and the producer of her upcoming reality show built around the Colin Farrell sex tape, Candace Smith, just got kicked off Survivor.

Video Catches Brad Pitt Running Stop Sign

When Pitt took off on his motorcycle Friday in Beverly Hills, a video camera was there to catch the movie star riding through a stop sign.

Pitt's wife, Angelina Jolie, was nowhere to be found. Needless to say, a traffic ticket is unlikely, but anything can happen.

The video can be seen here.

Vietnam Veterans Protest Jane Fonda's Broadway

It's been decades but Jane Fonda still can't shake her "Hanoi Jane" image from the Vietnam War.

About a dozen Vietnam veterans and other protesters on Saturday picketed the theater where the 71-year-old actress is starring in the Broadway play '33 Variations,' telling passers-by that she had once visited their communist enemy in Hanoi.

Fonda was tagged with the sobriquet "Hanoi Jane" after visiting the North Vietnamese capital in 1972, where she made radio broadcasts critical of U.S. policy and sat on an anti-aircraft gun laughing and clapping, as she describes in her autobiography, "My Life So Far."

Though she still defends her anti-war activism, Fonda has acknowledged that the incident was "a betrayal" of American forces.

Leonard Cohen Takes Stage After 15 Years

Montreal bard Leonard Cohen has written and recorded many great songs, and influenced many times that number of peers and followers with his spiritual, morose and occasionally carnal poetry and music.

Fifteen years may seem like a long time, but Cohen is a patient man. 'Hallelujah' reportedly took two years to write and once allegedly spanned 80 verses before he found a way to whittle them down.

'Hallelujah,' it should be noted, isn't some gem from Cohen's late 60s and 70s heyday. It's a track from his relatively unsung later years (1984 to be exact) and is found on an album initially deemed so uncommercial it didn't even warrant an American release.

He performed Thursday at New York City's Beacon Theatre and is scheduled to perform May 5 at the Chicago Theatre.