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Actors doing the absolute most in commitment to their character have a long history in the film industry. To achieve his coyote-esque look in Dan Gilroy's 2014 neo-noir "Nightcrawler," Jake Gyllenhaal dropped 30 pounds, while Christian Bale's extreme weight loss to play a boxer dealing with drug addiction in 2010's "The Fighter" earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his troubles. A comedic scene in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" wasn't working until Jonah Hill took a real sock in the jaw from co-star Jon Bernthal. But men aren't the only ones unafraid of getting physical for their roles; for John Sturges' western classic "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," Jo Van Fleet requested help from her co-star, a pre-"Spartacus" Kirk Douglas, to galvanize her for a tense scene by hitting her across the face.

Sturges' 1957 U.S. Western stars Van Fleet as Kate Fisher, a...

It was the shootout that elevated the likes of Wyatt Earp and dentist-turned-gunslinger Doc Holiday to mythic status. Several features have honored the fabled event, but John Sturges' "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" stands tall as one of the most illustrious retellings of the infamous 1881 Tombstone, Arizona shootout.

The classic western stars Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and a bristled Kirk Douglas as Holiday, in one of their several big-screen collaborations. Stricken with tuberculosis, Holiday's scenes are earmarked by an intermittent tickle in the throat that, over the runtime, progresses to a full-blown hack. "This kind of cough doesn't go away," he tells the lawman, but he won't resign himself to a slow, peaceful death. Never cowering, whether by the bullet or by bacteria, Douglas keeps his character's physical ailments wrapped under a thick cloak of steely-eyed grit. Earp saves his life from a lynch mob, earning loyalty – and in his own estimation,...

James Packer's former fiancée, Kate Fischer, says there's a way for Mariah Carey to win back the billionaire's heart if she wants to reconcile.

In an open letter published by New Idea, Fischer writes that she had a "real sense of déjà vu" when she heard that Packer and Carey had called off their engagement. She then goes on to give the Grammy winner some "advice."

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"If you really want him back, play the game," Fischer writes. "Let him make the key decisions and you may well live happily ever after as Mariah Carey Packer."

Carey was engaged to marry Packer until their relationship publicly ended in October, while Fischer split from Packer in 1998 after five years together. Fischer points to Packer's parents and entourage as hurdles that got in the way of their relationship. She describes...

Four months into her pregnancy, Kate Fischer received crushing news. "We had an ultrasound and minutes after we got to be excited about having a girl, they told us something was wrong," the Carlsbad, California, mom tells People. A test of her amniotic fluid determined that Fischer's baby had hypophosphatasia (Hpp), a very rare and often deadly genetic condition that reduces the levels of mineral and calcium in bones, leaving them weak and brittle. There were no treatment options available for the condition that affects an estimated 1 in 100,000 births worldwide. "Doctors said that if she survived birth, she'd be bedridden and she'd never walk,...

Four months into her pregnancy, Kate Fischer received crushing news. "We had an ultrasound and minutes after we got to be excited about having a girl, they told us something was wrong," the Carlsbad, California, mom tells People. A test of her amniotic fluid determined that Fischer's baby had hypophosphatasia (Hpp), a very rare and often deadly genetic condition that reduces the levels of mineral and calcium in bones, leaving them weak and brittle. There were no treatment options available for the condition that affects an estimated 1 in 100,000 births worldwide. "Doctors said that if she survived birth, she'd be bedridden and she'd never walk,...

One of Australia's most eligible bachelors may now be off the market ... courtesy of Miranda Kerr. The former Victoria's Secret model - who announced her separation from Orlando Bloom after three years of marriage this fall - is rumored to be dating Aussie billionaire James Packer. Packer, 46, is a casino mogul and an insider tells People he and Kerr, 30, "are definitely seeing each other." (Though a Kerr source says the two are strictly friends.) In September, Packer announced that he had separated from his wife, Erica Baxter. The two were married in 2007 in a lavish ceremony on the French Riviera.

Kate Fischer is no longer "missing". The Australian former model and actress, who is best known for appearing alongside Hugh Grant and Elle Macpherson in 1993 movie Sirens, caused concern when she lost touch with friends and family earlier this year. Fischer has now revealed to Woman's Day magazine that she is a Us citizen, has converted to Judaism, changed her (more)...