Carradine Family Fights Back

THE F-B-I CONFIRMS THE FAMILY OF DAVID CARRADINE HAS CONTACTED THE AGENCY SEEKING THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACTOR'S DEATH.

A THAI TABLOID PUBLISHED A GRAINY PHOTO, APPARENTLY OF THE ACTOR'S BODY BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE BANGKOK HOTEL ROOM WHERE IT WAS FOUND.

CARRADINE'S FAMILY HAS THREATENED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ANYONE ELSE WHO PUBLISHES SIMILAR IMAGES.

SUSAN LUCCI'S CHARACTER ON THE A-B-C SOAP IS APPARENTLY FOLLOWING REAL-LIFE TRENDS.

ERICA KANE WILL FALL INTO THE ARMS OF A YOUNGER MAN ON THE LONG-RUNNING SOAP OPERA "ALL MY CHILDREN" THIS SUMMER.

TO MAKE THINGS EVEN JUICIER, THE MAN IS HER DAUGHTER'S EX-HUSBAND, AND EX-FIANCE'S STEPSON.

THE SOAP'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMITS IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THE STORYLINE IS COMING OUT AT A TIME WHEN OLDER WOMEN WHO DATE YOUNGER MEN, ALSO KNOWN AS COUGARS, ARE ALL OVER THE MEDIA.

AT THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE, DISNEY AND PIXAR'S ANIMATED FILM "UP" CONTINUED TO STAY UP AND ABOVE THE COMPETITION.

"UP" TOOK IN AN ESTIMATED FORTY FOUR POINT TWO MILLION TO FINISH NUMBER ONE FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROW.

AT NUMBER TWO..THE VEGAS BACHELOR PARTY ROMP "THE HANGOVER" FINISHED SECOND WITH A FORTY THREE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLAR DEBUT.

FINISHING A DISTANT THIRD WAS WILL FERRELL'S "LAND OF THE LOST." THAT FILM MADE NINETEEN POINT FIVE MILLION IN ITS DEBUT WEEKEND.

FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M NINETTE SOSA, REPORTING FROM ATLANTA.