2006 Year In Photos: Entertainment

American movie star and UNHCR Ambassador Angelina Jolie, with daughter Zahara, and Brad Pitt, with son Maddox, walk near the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, Nov. 12, 2006. On May 27, Jolie gave birth to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt at a private clinic in Namibia. Rumors of a March wedding at George Clooney's Lake Como, Italy estate were unfounded.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes with their daughter, Suri, hold hands as they leave their hotel in Rome Nov. 16, 2006. The couple, who were engaged in June 2005, were married in a lavish ceremony in Rome on Nov. 18.

Television game show host Bob Barker walks off stage after a live taping of "The Price Is Right" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles Oct. 31, 2006. The iconic daytime TV host is ending his 35 years with CBS' "The Price Is Right," saying he'll work on animal-rights causes and consider movie roles.

Katie Couric, departing NBC "Today" show co-host, sheds a tear during her final show May 31, 2006. At the end of three hours of farewell tributes, Couric raised a glass of champagne and said, "To everyone in TV land, thanks so much." Couric joined the CBS Evening News as its anchor and managing editor with her debut on Sept. 5.

Stunt artist David Blaine, immersed in an 8-foot sphere filled with water, waves to visitors observing his latest stunt, spending a week living in the sphere, at New York's Lincoln Center May 1, 2006. On May 8, the 33-year-old illusionist's attempt to break the world record for being submerged in water for 9 minutes failed. He was rescued at the 7 minute, 8 second mark.

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz poses May 19, 2006, during a photo call for the film "Volver," at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France. Cruz stars as a feisty young woman whose mother comes back from the dead to tie up loose ends. The movie was later named Best Film Of Year By International Federation Of Film Critics.

Bindi Irwin, daughter of Australian environmentalist and TV personality Steve Irwin, reads at a memorial service for her father at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia, on Sept. 20, 2006. Steve Irwin, known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Sept. 4 by a stingray barb during a diving expedition on the Great Barrier Reef.

Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock are seen July 29, 2006, before their wedding ceremony aboard a yacht in St. Tropez, southern France. Despite several wedding ceremonies, the couple called it quits less than four months later.

October 2006 Vanity Fair Cover - Annie Leibowitz — ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / VANITY FAIR

The October 2006 cover of Vanity Fair magazine shows Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and their baby, Suri. Photographed by Annie Leibowitz, the highly anticpated photo came four months after Suri's April 18 birth in Los Angeles -- ending months of speculation about the celebrity baby.

Actor-director Mel Gibson is seen in a booking photo from Friday, July 28, 2006. An official police report on Gibson's arrest on drunken driving charges substantiates claims that he made anti-Semitic remarks and threatened a deputy, a law enforcement official said Monday, July 31. Gibson later admitted makign the comments, describing his words as a "drunken statement."

"American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks of Birmingham, Ala., reacts after performing the song "Do I Make You Proud" at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on May 23, 2006.

Actor Michael Richards arrives at the gala premiere of "The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil" at the Mirage Hotel & Casino June 30, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In November, the "Seinfeld" alum reportedly spewed racial remarks at a heckler in the crowd during a set at The Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, Calif.

Model Anna Nicole Smith and her son, Daniel, arrive at G-Phoria -- The Award Show 4 Gamers on July 31, 2004, at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Divorce Confirmed — AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz

Sir Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather Mills McCartney, pose at a benefit gala of the anti landmine organization "Adopt-a-Minefield" in Neuss, Germany, on May 28, 2005. The second wife of the former Beatle confirmed June 13, 2006, that the couple will divorce, according to a statement released by her lawyers.

Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke perform a samba during week five of "Dancing With The Stars" on Oct. 10, 2006. Smith, a three-time Super Bowl champion, was named the winner of ABC's latest season of "Dancing with the Stars." Burke won last season, too, on the arm of singer Drew Lachey.