An amazingly candid interview with Oscar winning actor Michael Douglas. He told David Letterman that he found out just tree-weeks ago that he has throat cancer and adds doctors tell him he has an eighty-percent chance of survival. Dr. Mark Varvares, Director of the SLU Cancer Center joined us FOX2 News this morning to talk about throat cancer.

Tupac Biopic Gains Oscar-Winning Screenwriters: Antoine Fuqua's forthcoming Tupac Shakur biopic will soon have a script: Two Oscar-nominated writers, Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, have been tapped to write the screenplay.

The scribes, whose writing credits include "Nixon" and "Ali," told New York magazine that the film will focus on the late rapper's final day, with flashbacks of the preceding four years of his life interspersed throughout. Rivele added that the script centers on their perception that Shakur was miscast in the hip-hop world in which he found himself.

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Former Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) convenor Oscar Rebello has submitted his resignation from the organization. Rebello, who was the face of GBA when it launched an agitation against Regional Plan 2011, confirmed that he had resigned from the organization but declined to comment on the reasons behind his decision.

Last year he had quit as convenor of GBA. However, he had continued to serve as a core committee member. Sabina Martins, convenor of GBA, confirmed that she had received Rebello’s resignation letter, but was quick to add that the resignation had not been accepted.

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Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, the gran of Sophie Dahl, has died after a battle with lung cancer. The 84-year-old, who was previously married to children's author Roald Dahl, passed away at her home in Martha's Vineyard on Sunday, surrounded by family. She is understood to have told them: "I have had a lovely time."

In a joint statement, her family yesterday said: "She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured: with indomitable grace, good humour and a great deal of her selfdescribed stubbornness." Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Patricia won a best actress Academy Award for the 1964 movie Hud alongside Paul Newman. She also appeared in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Day the Earth Stood Still. She wed children's author Dahl in 1953 and they had five children during a troubled 30-year marriage.

Oscar winning star Patricia Neal, who survived several strokes to continue acting, has died aged 84.

The actress, who was married to Roald Dahl for 20 years, passed away at her home on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Neal had her family by her side as she lost her battle with lung cancer. "She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured:

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He's green, miserable, and likes rubbish, or as he calls it, trash. Who are we talking about? It's Oscar the Grouch of course the Muppet from Sesame Street, and he's in town to celebrate something of a coup for local TV. The Sesame Tree was a spin off programme designed specifically for Northern Ireland, but after just one series, it's been promoted to a nationwide series on the BBC. Our Arts correspondent Maggie Taggart went to find out if the Grouch was happy about it!

Back to designing for moving pictures, some sad news this week with the passing of production design great Robert F. Boyle at an impressive 100 years. Oscar nominated for his art direction and production design work on classic films like The Birds, The Thomas Crown Affair (the original), and Fiddler on the Roof, his IMDb listing is nothing short of incredible.

The LA Times files this great obituary looking back on Boyle and his career, and if you've never seen it, we highly recommend watching the short documentary about him, The Man on Lincoln's Nose about his building a realistic set for the iconic conclusion of North by Northwest:

At the post-fight press-conference for the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz rematch, Golden Boy Promotions boss, Oscar De La Hoya, told the media that Juan Manuel Marquez main priority now that he defeated Juan Diaz for the second time is to try and get a fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Marquez answered the media in Spanish and De La Hoya translated. “He’ll fight Pacquiao between 140-143 pounds. If Juan Manuel Marquez went all the way to 147 to fight Floyd Mayweather… Juan Manuel Marquez going all the way up to challenging the best fighter in the planet, hung in there for 12 rounds, fought with heart like he always does and we feel if he wants to fight Manny Pacquiao, fight him at a catchweight of 140-143 pounds he’ll do it with no problems. He is right here ready and willing.”

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Can Inception safely dream of Oscar glory? That’s one conundrum that will linger long after average moviegoers have stopped debating the ambiguities of Christopher Nolan’s twisty new thrill ride into the subconscious.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to reward Nolan’s most recent movie, mega-grossing The Dark Knight, with a best picture nomination, though it collected eight other nominations.

And though the producers, directors and writers guilds all nominated Nolan for that movie, the Academy didn’t. To date, Nolan has earned only one Oscar nomination, for his original screenplay for Memento.

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 It's a boy for Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody! "We had our boy early this morning! Marcello Daniel Maurio, 7lbs, 2 oz, lightly mustachioed." the "Juno" scribe Tweeted on Tuesday evening. Diablo  whose real name is Brook Busey  previously announced that.

This marks the first child for the writer and husband Dan Maurio. No further details were available on the couple's new addition to the family. Diablo's "United States of Tara" recently wrapped its second season on Showtime and she is also busy adapting the "Sweet Valley High" book series into a movie.