A warrant for the arrest of Shia LaBeouf has been recalled a day after the actor failed to show up in court to face an unlawful smoking charge. The Disturbia star missed a hearing in Burbank, California on Tuesday, relating to an incident last month when he was cited for lighting up in a non-smoking shopping area. Authorities issued a $1,000 bench warrant for his arrest. But on Wednesday court Commissioner Kirkland Nyby discarded the warrant after LaBeouf's attorney turned up to plead not guilty on the 21-year-old's behalf. A pre-trial hearing has been set for April 24. LaBeouf's latest legal woe comes just months after the actor was arrested for trespassing in a Chicago, Illinois drugstore. The 21-year-old was charged with a public misdemeanor in November, after refusing to leave the store while drunk. The charges were later dropped.

Angelina Jolie will give birth to twins in her late mother's native France, if the latest U.S. news reports are to be believed. Celebrity magazine In Touch reports the actress and partner Brad Pitt are expecting a boy and a girl. The couple has yet to confirm the baby news, even though Jolie's ever-growing belly suggests she's with child, and their publicist is offering a firm "no comment" on the latest reports. According to In Touch, Jolie was overheard cooing about her unborn babies on the set of Pitt's new movie, Tree Of Life, in Texas, telling one pal the little ones are "kicking and moving." A source tells the publication Jolie and Pitt were overjoyed when they heard they'd be having twins after a visit to their obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Jason Rothbart last week. The insider says, "Because she took fertility treatments to help her ovulate, her babies are fraternal. They're ecstatic. She can't wait." The source adds, "She's (Jolie) out of breath a lot, but she loves every second of it (pregnancy)." The couple is reportedly set on having the twins abroad - and France is a favorite destination, according to the publication.

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has been dragged into the trial of a celebrity private investigator accused of illegal practice. Anthony Pellicano and former Los Angeles cop Mark Arneson are charged with running an illegal wiretapping and information-gathering network. Famous names Steven Seagal, Farrah Fawcett, Garry Shandling and Warren Beatty have already been linked with the case. Now it has emerged Cruise once hired Pellicano - on the advice of his longtime lawyer Bert Fields - to find out the identity of people following him, according to court testimony. The P.I.'s assistant Lily LeMasters claimed she overheard her boss and Arneson discussing Cruise's case, reports New York gossip column PageSix.com.

Legendary star Sidney Poitier has paid tribute to veteran actor Ivan Dixon, who has died at the age of 76. Dixon, who appeared in TV shows including Hogan's Heroes, died of kidney failure at the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday. Fellow thespian Poitier became friends with Dixon when they worked together on 1958 movie The Defiant Ones and has praised the late star, insisting he was often the better actor. Poitier says in a statement, "As an actor, you had to be careful. He was quite likely to walk off with the scene." Dixon's long-running career began on Broadway, New York but he was most famous for his television roles, which also included stints on hit shows including The Waltons, The Rockford Files, Magnum PI, and In The Heat Of The Night. He also appeared in cult 1970s movie Car Wash. Dixon is survived by his wife of 53 years, Berlie, his daughter Doris and son Alan.

Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and Ralph Fiennes have paid moving tributes to Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella who died on Tuesday. The British filmmaker - who the won Best Director Oscar for his 1996 movie The English Patient - died from complications following surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck, which he underwent last week at London's Charing Cross Hospital. He was 54-years-old. Paltrow, who starred in the director's Academy Award-nominated film The Talented Mr. Ripley alongside Jude Law and Matt Damon, stated she was "shocked" by the news, calling Minghella "a wonderful man." American Beauty star Kevin Spacey, who was a close friend of the Cold Mountain moviemaker, says, "He was one of the greats and anybody who loves storytelling will realize that he had much more to do and it's an incredibly sad moment. I just found out and he was a great man and a great friend." Brit actor Ralph Fiennes, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his starring role in Minghella's The English Patient, fondly remembers his time working on the hit film with the late director. He says, "Anthony possessed a sensitivity and alertness to the actor's process that very few directors have. He directed most of The English Patient with an ankle in plaster, never losing his gentle humor and precision. His films deal with extreme aloneness and the redemptive power of love, even at the moment of death. I will remember him as a man who always wanted to get to the heart of the matter."

A construction worker has committed suicide at Mel Gibson's house in Agoura Hills, California, according to a report. The Lethal Weapon star and his family were not home when the body, belonging to a 47-year-old who reportedly hung himself, was discovered on Wednesday. The property is currently under heavy construction. An emergency call was made to a police station in nearby Lost Hills - the same station where Gibson was taken following his infamous drink-driving arrest in 2006 - on Wednesday morning, reports website Tmz.com.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie stepped out together in London on Tuesday, in a bid to temper rumors their marriage is in trouble. The couple's romantic meal at the city's Harry's Bar was the first time they had been seen in public together since a family vacation to India in January, and followed intense media reports about the welfare of their union. Gossip reached a crescendo last week when Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York without Ritchie by her side - prompting the singer's long-term publicist Liz Rosenberg to speak out. Rosenberg told reporters on Monday, "I am delighted to confirm that Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ritchie remain happily married. Though they were in different countries recently - Madonna in the U.S. doing promotion for her upcoming album Hard Candy and Guy finishing up post production on his new film RocknRolla, as well as completing a Nike commercial and working on several scripts in England - the family are joyfully back together at home in London. All is well and wonderful in the Ritchie household."

Winona Ryder's publicist has blasted reports the actress has been caught up in another shoplifting scandal as "not accurate." The Heathers star, who was convicted of stealing $6,000 worth of clothes from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills in 2002, reportedly tried to leave a Hollywood pharmacy with make-up items she hadn't paid for. Staff members claim the actress appeared stunned when security bosses confronted her as she left the CVS store and set alarms off. A pharmacy worker reveals, "A security guard stopped her and found make-up she hadn't paid for." The actress, 36, allegedly insisted she had no idea how the items ended up in her bag. According to tabloid the National Enquirer, Ryder returned the items and the police were not called to the store. But the actress' publicist has dismissed the story, stating, "There's no truth to this. It's not accurate."

Pregnant actress Tori Spelling is expecting a baby girl with her husband Dean McDermott. The So Notorious star revealed this week she was desperate to find out the sex of her unborn child, so she and McDermott could plan a colour scheme for the tot's nursery. And in the past 24 hours, the pair had the scan that revealed their son Liam will soon have a sister. She says, "I just found out at my ultrasound, and we are so excited. We already have a little man, and now we can have our little girl. I can't wait to get her tons of pink stuff."

Troubled Amy Winehouse has posed for a nude photo shoot to raise breast cancer awareness among young women. The singer appears naked in the April issue of British magazine Easy Living after she stripped off for photographer Carolyn Djangoly. In the black and white snapshot, Winehouse is captured playing a guitar, which covers her genitals, while two pieces of duct tape cover her nipples. The 24-year-old isn't the only celebrity posing naked for the campaign - singer Sade and actress Helena Bonham Carter also removed their clothing for the picture project.