We inform our readers with a heavy heart that actress Brittany Murphy passed away on Sunday, December 20 at the young age of 32.

Brittany Murphy’s family released a new statement on Sunday night.

They said, “The sudden loss of our beloved Brittany is a terrible tragedy. She was our daughter, our wife, our love and a shining star. We ask you to respect our privacy at this time.”

The family also says that funeral arrangements are pending.

You can take a look at her life in pictures, courtesy ET.

Actor Patrick Swayze has died after a very public battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

Swayze’s publicist said Monday that he died with his family at his side, including longtime wife Lisa Niemi.

In the 20 months since Swayze’s cancer diagnosis, fans watched the once-rugged actor and dancer grow frail but remain upbeat as he fought the disease. He continued working on his A&E series The Beast while undergoing chemotherapy.

Swayze’s wife of 32 years remained steadfastly by his side as he battled grim odds. Pancreatic cancer has a 5 percent survival rate within five years of diagnosis.

For a legion of teenage girls who came of age in the 1980s, Swayze will forever be remembered as Johnny Castle from the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing. Other enduring performances include his roles in Ghost, The Outsiders and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

We have confirmation that former Presidents George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter will pay their final respects to Ted Kennedy at the late senator’s private funeral mass on Saturday.

Bush and Carter will be accompanied by their wives to the mass, at which President Barack Obama will eulogize Kennedy. The mass takes place in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, and then the senator’s body will be flown to Arlington National Cemetery.

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Dame Elizabeth Taylor is tweeting about returning home from the hospital, and about losing her friend Michael Jackson.

“I’m home from the hospital sore, but intact. Of course I’m still grieving for Michael … I always will,” Taylor wrote on her Twitter account Friday evening. “But as I said before I went into the hospital, ‘I am a survivor.’”

“I’ve had many tragedies in my life, but I guess they have all taught me something. I have to look at it that way,” she continued. “I give love and I’m surrounded by love … and I thank God for that.”

Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris-Michael, uttered a tearful and emotional message to guests and mourners at the close of the public memorial of the late pop icon.

The 11-year-old, who was being gripped tightly by her aunt, Janet Jackson, while on stage, courageously addressed mourners, saying:

“I just wanted to say, ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine, and I just wanted to say I love him so much.’

Jackson’s daughter, whose full name is Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, was also joined on stage by her brothers “Prince” Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, 7, also known as “Blanket.”