An arrest warrant has been issued for actor Shia LaBeouf after he failed to show up in court on Tuesday to face an unlawful smoking charge. The Transformers star was cited for lighting up in a non-smoking shopping area in Burbank, California last month and was scheduled to appear in court early on Tuesday. Authorities have issued a $1,000 bench warrant for his arrest, according to Tmz.com. LaBeouf's latest legal woe comes just a few months after the actor was arrested for trespassing in a Chicago, Illinois drugstore. The 21-year-old was charged with a public misdemeanour in November , after refusing to leave the store while drunk. The charges were later dropped.

Will Smith has hit back at claims he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have been recruited by the Church of Scientology. Recent reports claimed the couple had started following the controversial faith, on the advice of close pals Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. But Smith insists he chooses to study religions, without subscribing to any one. He says, "You don't have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg. You don't have to be a Muslim to be a friend of Muhammad Ali. And you don't have to be a Scientologist to be a friend of Tom Cruise. I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions. And I respect all people and all paths." A spokesman for Smith adds, "As Will Smith's publicist I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that Will is not a Scientologist."

Hollywood superstar George Clooney has laughed off rumors he is set to return to the long-running U.S. medical drama ER for its final season. Reports alleged the 46-year-old was one of the former stars of the hit series due to make a small-screen comeback to celebrate the hit show ending after its 15th season later this year. But Clooney - who shot to fame with his portrayal of hunky Dr. Douglas Ross - has dismissed the claims, insisting the series' bosses have not asked him to come back. And the actor wasn't the only one shocked by the rumors of his return - he claims the show's executive producer John Wells had no idea of his supposed cameo appearance either. He explains, "No, we never even talked about it. No one has ever asked me. It's the funniest thing. The story came out, and I was like, 'Where did that come from?' It was everywhere - I mean in one day! I ran into John Wells two days ago on the lot … and said to him, 'What the hell happened?' He said, 'I don't know. I don't know where that came from." But Clooney isn't discounting how crucial the role was to his catapulting him to stardom, adding, "I was 33 when ER hit, so I have a very different outlook on the way things work. I don't think I was supposed to have been famous. I realize how much of this is luck."

Naomi Watts has prompted speculation she and boyfriend Liev Schreiber have married in secret in Australia, by showing off a ring on her wedding finger. The pair have been in Watts' homeland while her beau shoots new movie Wolverine there. But Australian newspapers are speculating they took time out to tie the knot during Watts' trip down under to visit Schreiber - after a snapper caught the actress "wearing a large diamond ring and another band with smaller diamonds on her ring finger" as she arrived back in Los Angeles on Monday . The couple were forced to issue a statement denying they had married in June 2007 after Schreiber joked to reporters, "We are married. You got it first. Break the story!" This time around, Watts' representative is refusing to confirm or deny the reports, telling New York gossip column PageSix.com, "I don't comment on her personal life."

Actress Halle Berry has named her new-born daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry. The Oscar winner gave birth to her and her French-Canadian model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry's first child in Los Angeles on Sunday. Berry says, "We didn't have a name picked out until just before we left the hospital. For us it was hard to name the most important person in our life until we met her."

Sex And The City star Kristin Davis has laughed off reports she is the star of an Internet sex tape. Pictures have swept the Internet, appearing to show the clean-cut 43-year-old engaging in a sex act - with the promise of an explicit tape. But Davis' representative insists, "This is not a photo of Kristin Davis. There is no sex tape."

Oscar winning film director Anthony Minghella has died. He was 54. A spokesman for the filmmaker confirmed his death on Tuesday. According to Variety, Minghella suffered a brain haemorrhage at Charing Cross Hospital in London, where he had undergone a routine operation on his neck. Minghella began his career writing scripts for British television programmes before his play Made In Bangkok found mainstream success in London's West End in 1986. Almost a decade later, Minghella won a Best Director Academy Award for The English Patient. He was also nominated for two Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars - for 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley and 2003's Cold Mountain. Minghella was working on one of 15 short movies, collectively entitled New York, I Love You, at the time of his death. The moviemaker was appointed a Cbe (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the British monarch's birthday honours list in 2001. He was also chairman of the British Film Institute. Minghella leaves wife Carolyn Choa, son Max and daughter Hannah.

Actor Jude Law has paid tribute to Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella who died on Tuesday. The filmmaker - who won a Best Director Academy Award for 1996 film The English Patient - died aged 54 from a brain hemorrhage at London's Charing Cross Hospital, where he had undergone a routine operation on his neck. Law - who starred in Minghella's Oscar nominated movies The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, and the 2006 movie Breaking And Entering - said he would miss the director "hugely." He says, "(I'd) come to value him more as a friend than as a colleague. He was a brilliantly talented writer and director who wrote dialogue that was a joy to speak and then put it onto the screen in a way that always looked effortless. He made work feel like fun. He was a sweet, warm, bright and funny man who was interested in everything from football to opera, films, music, literature, people and most of all his family."

Actress Rashida Jones has hit out at the "depressing" lack of Hollywood role models for young girls. Jones, the star of U.S. TV's The Office and the daughter of music legend Quincy Jones, is fed up with reading about the exploits of troubled celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears. Instead, the 32-year-old wishes more attention could be focused on responsible role models - like Miley Cyrus. She says, "I think about what it would be like to have a daughter now, one who is influenced by Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears - and, ugh, it's so depressing. Where are the other young Hollywood role models who are cool, smart, and out there doing something with their lives? Maybe Miley Cyrus? There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just... look pretty."

Heather Mills reportedly threw a glass of water over Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer during their divorce showdown on Monday. Mills won $33 million cash with assets worth $15.6 million following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle. But before a breakdown of the judgement was unveiled to the world's press, the 40-year-old calmly approached solicitor Fiona Shackleton and tipped a glass of water over her head, reports British newspaper The Sun. The claims were supported by photographs of Shackleton, who arrived at the High Court in London for a hearing at 10 in the morning, sporting a perfectly styled bob, but emerged almost five hours later with bedraggled hair.

Actress Anne Hathaway braved a family death and attended a Gay Rights Gala in Los Angeles this last weekend. The Devil Wears Prada star was handed the Human Rights Campaign's Ally For Equality Award during its annual Los Angeles celebration at the Hyatt Century Plaza hotel. Despite the family tragedy, Hathaway insisted she would not have avoided the gala at any cost. The actress revealed her brother Mike is gay and recalled the moment he first came out to the family. Hathaway said, "We hugged him, said we loved him and that was that."

Actress/director Soleil Moon Frye and her husband, Jason Goldberg, are celebrating after welcoming their second child into the world. The Punky Brewster star gave birth to baby girl Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg, who weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces on Monday in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old boutique owner married Punk'd producer Goldberg, 36, in 1998, and gave birth to first child Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg in 2005. A spokeswoman for the pair says, "Soleil had a wonderful experience, and both she and the baby are doing great."