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Another celebrity divorce: Rashads splitting up

NEW YORK -- Celebrity couples are falling fast. The latest to split is Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad.

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The actress, best known for playing Bill Cosby's wife on "The Cosby Show," has filed for divorce from her husband, a former football star and current NBC sportscaster. According to Thursday's Daily News, Phylicia Rashad cited "abandonment" as the reason for the split.

It was the third marriage for both Rashads. The couple was introduced by Cosby. Ahmad Rashad proposed on national television on Thanksgiving Day in 1985.

Earlier this week, rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs and actress-singer Jennifer "J.Lo" Lopez split. Last week, celebrity couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced their divorce.

Klein, Karan to close out Fashion Week

NEW YORK -- Fashion hounds will get a last look at the upcoming fall wardrobes Friday as New York's Fashion Week draws to a close with shows by Donna Karan and Calvin Klein.

The Big Apple has bombarded daily by fashion previews from designers like Betsy Johnson, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, and Sean John (the wares of rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs). Celebrities and media personalities have been seen in abundance at the events, including Angie Harmon, Barbara Walters, Monica Lewinsky, Anne Heche, Kevin Bacon, Stephen Baldwin and Famke Janssen.

Lisa Ling of ABC's "The View" brought up a familiar issue with The Associated Press -- the rail-thin models.

"I can understand needing thin models, they show the clothes better," Lisa Ling of ABC's "The View" told The Associated Press. "But the average American woman is not 5-foot-10 and a size 0."

"The View" tries to represent many different body types during the show's fashion segments, said Ling.

Why didn't Ang Lee dub 'Crouching Tiger?'

NEW YORK -- Director Ang Lee says the thought of dubbing into English his movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" never crossed his mind. Apparently, it was the right decision.

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The Mandarin-language movie, with English subtitles, is nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture. It's also the highest-grossing non-English language film of all time.

The Taiwan-born Lee told reporters recently that 70 percent of an actor's performance comes from the tone of his voice.

"Even the slightest hum shows characters, shows where they're at in a very implicit way, the subtext, so I hate to use subbing," Lee said.

Miramax, Onion join forces

LOS ANGELES -- Fans of the satirical newspaper/Web site The Onion might one day see their favorite articles acted out on the silver screen.

According to Variety, Miramax Films has signed The Onion to a first-look deal on articles written by The Onion staff.

The articles -- some article headlines include "Internet Friend Gradually Getting Creepier," "Nation Shocked By Pre-Natal Shooting," and "Bush Horrified To Learn Presidential Salary" -- will serve as "departure points" for scripts and features, said David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment, which will jointly produce with The Onion any projects that derive from the Miramax deal.

"The goal for this Miramax deal is to create movies that don't suck," Onion editor-in-chief Robert Siegel said.

DreamWorks has already optioned two articles: "10th Circle Added to Rapidly Growing Hell" and "Canadian Girlfriend Unsubstantiated."

Earlier this week, The Onion announced it was relocating its headquarters from Madison, Wisconsin, where it was founded as a free newspaper 12 years ago, to New York.