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SYDNEY – Actor Paul Hogan, star of the “Crocodile Dundee” movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.

The 70-year-old Australian-born actor, who currently lives in Los Angeles, arrived in Sydney on Aug. 20 to attend his mother’s funeral and was served with an Australian Taxation Office order barring him from leaving Australia until he settles a multimillion dollar tax bill, lawyer Andrew Robinson said last week.

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LOS ANGELES — Michael Douglas said on Tuesday he felt optimistic about recovering from throat cancer but drew gasps when he told a television audience he had the most advanced stage

The 65-year-old “Wall Street” actor told talk-show host David Letterman that a biopsy indicated that his cancer was at stage 4, which he described as “intense, and so they’ve got to go at it …”

Letterman asked whether stage 4 was a good diagnosis. “Um no,” Douglas replied, according to a transcript provided by CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman.” “You like to be down at stage one … but it has not — the big thing you’re always worried about is it spreading.

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LOS ANGELES — After weeks of rumors, “Dancing with the Stars” officially unveiled their Season 11 cast during Monday night’s “Bachelor Pad.”

Show co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke confirmed that former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, crooner Michael Bolton, reality TV party boy Michael “The Situation”

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Emmy had a split personality this year. Television’s annual awards show honored hot new broadcast comedies “Modern Family” and “Glee,” while sticking with more familiar favorites from cable in drama.

“Modern Family” won the Emmy for best comedy in its rookie season. The sweetly uproarious sitcom knit together a gay couple and their adopted daughter, a more traditional bumbling dad and his uptight wife, and a world-weary patriarch with his hot young Latin wife — and became an instant favorite on ABC.

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Nancy Dolman, the wife of actor-comedian Martin Short has died, Short’s representative said.

“Sadly, we can confirm that Martin Short’s wife did pass away,” Camille Kuznetz said Monday. “We do not have any other comment to make.”

No details about the time, location or cause of Dolman’s death were released.

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In Hollywood circles the TV development business is often described derisively as 10,000 people running to the spot where lightning just struck.

But in an industry where attempting to replicate past success is as much about ambition as necessity, this coming season is something of an anomaly. Rather than churn out family comedies in the vein of the popular “Modern Family” or attempt to clone the musical dramedy “Glee,” the networks are approaching the fall season with their hopes pinned on series more akin to “Flash Forward” and “Friends” in style. Though many of these new offerings have largely underwhelmed television critics, there are some standouts worth noting — and watching.

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Charlie Sheen’s domestic violence case ended last week when he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and now, the police report filed after officers responded to the Christmas day call that set the case in motion has been made public.

The 15-page document includes interviews with Sheen; his wife, Brooke Mueller; Mueller’s mother and stepfather; and Sheen’s sobriety coach.

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Emmy-winning actor Tom Selleck returns in his signature role as Police Chief Jesse Stone in the sixth installment of the Jesse Stone franchise, “No Remorse.” The former “Magnum, P.I” star talks to ET about his love for Jesse Stone, his new CBS series and the possibility that there will be another sequel to ‘3 Men and a Baby.’

ET: Have you signed to do any more Jesse Stone TV movies for CBS?

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(CNN) — A Michigan man and woman were convicted Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from “Full House” actor John Stamos by threatening to sell compromising photos that prosecutors say were never found.

Scott Edward Sippola, 31, and Allison Lenore Coss, 24, could face up to nine years in prison for convictions of conspiracy and interstate communications to extort money, said assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat. Sentencing is set for October 8.

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(PEOPLE.com) — You’ve seen him on-screen in dozens of movies, but what’s Boston-native Ben Affleck like when the cameras aren’t rolling?

“He’s kind of what you expect,” Rebecca Hall, his costar in his upcoming film, “The Town,” tells “W” magazine in its August issue. “He’s incredibly smart; he’s good fun. It’s got to be odd being that famous, especially in Boston, where he can’t walk a block without having to put his hood up.”