Natasha Richardson Is Dead At 45

Natasha And Her Husband Liam Neeson in October.

Natasha With Her Sons

Natasha Richardson has died.

The Tony Award winner passed away Wednesday after being removed from life support at a New York hospital. She was 45.

“A small private funeral” is planned, according to friends who spoke earlier to E! News on behalf of the bereaved family.

The wife of Liam Neeson and daughter of Oscar winners Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson was hospitalized Monday in Montreal after a fall during a ski lesson.

Richardson, accompanied by Neeson, was flown Tuesday to New York and admitted to Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital, where she was declared brain dead.

"Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha," Neeson rep Alan Nierob said in a statement. "They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."
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American Idol Reveals Its Top Ten

After performing songs from the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday's, 31 million votes were counted and the surprising results were announced on American Idol Wednesday.

Find out who, if anyone, was sent home — or if the judges used the new Judges’ Save rule, giving the person with the fewest votes another chance.

Ryan started off the hour saying the voting results from country night were a shocker.

And they were: Favorite Alexis Grace, 21, wound up being the contestant destined to go home, thanks no doubt to an uncharacteristically strident performance of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” on Tuesday.

Because of the newly instituted Judges’ Save rule — and because the Mighty Four have always liked her so much — Alexis was permitted to sing an encore as Randy, Simon, Paula and Kara huddled together and discussed her fate.

But this is the problem with the new rule: Alexis hadn’t come to the theater with a whole new arrangement or interpretation, and under the gun she seemed even more histrionic.

The other singer with Alexis in the bottom two was Michael Sarver, 27, who at the start of the hour almost cried when he talked about missing his little daughter.

But now he’s in the top 10 — even though Simon implied that the judges would NOT have asked him to perform again if he were the one facing elimination — and will get to go on this summer’s Idols Live tour.

Perhaps the more serious disappointment was the fact that rounding out the bottom three was none other than the immensely talented Allison Iraheta, 16.
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Meet Melissa Rycroft's New Man

Star can exclusively reveal the name of the mystery guy who has won the heart of dumped Bachelor girl Melissa Rycroft.

He is Tye Strickland, an insurance agent.

And the good news for Melissa, the newest phenom on Dancing with the Stars is that his mom couldn't be happier!

Tye, a 27-year-old Texas native first hit the headlines when Melissa showed a picture of him on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show on March 5.

Then he was spotted with Melissa when he tagged along to her March 13 rehearsal for DWTS.

When contacted by Star, Tye's mother, Bonny Strickland, was surprised Tye's identity had finally been discovered!

"Oh my goodness. I didn't know anybody knew yet," Bonny told Star from her home in a Southlake, Texas. "They certainly deserve to be celebrated. She's a beautiful young lady, and she's just as beautiful a person. She's beautiful inside and out." And, having known her for "a while," Bonny's proud of Melissa's work on DWTS. "She's been working really hard, and she deserves to have some good things happen for her. I only wish her and Tye all the best."
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Gossip Girls Stars Out During Time Off From The Show

Ed Westwick and girlfriend Jessica Szohr share dog duty by walking their pet pup hand-in-hand Wednesday in New York City.

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