ASPEN, Colo (Reuters) - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of assaulting his wife, who had previously asked for the case to be dropped.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Glam pop singer Lady Gaga on Monday announced 31 U.S. concert dates as her fans went wild for a controversial new music video that features R&B star Beyonce and lesbian prison sex.

PARIS (Reuters) - Oscar winner Marion Cotillard gasped in pain after France's culture minister accidentally stuck a pin into her chest as he decorated her with the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British actress Kate Winslet and film director husband Sam Mendes, one of Hollywood's golden couples, have separated, their lawyer said on Monday.

PARIS (Reuters) - Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could finally be his big break.

(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar," once the movie is released on pay television and DVD, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the financial performance.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster are joining the cast of Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," which begins filming Monday in Hawaii.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Shahi, who played Carmen the DJ on Showtime's lesbian drama "The L Word," will headline "Facing Kate," a legal drama at USA Network.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Said Taghmaoui, who played Breaker in the summer hit "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," has booked a role in "Conan," a new take on the barbarian warrior created by Robert E. Howard.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Battlestar Galactica" veterans continue to pick up new gigs.