Sorvino, 36, and Christopher Backus married in a private ceremony at a Santa Barbara courthouse on 11 June, Sorvino's publicist said on Monday.

It is the first marriage for both Sorvino and Backus.

Mira, the daughter of Goodfellas star Paul Sorvino, previously dated director Quentin Tarantino from 1996-1998.

Potter film retains UK top spot

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has remained at the top of the UK and Ireland box-office chart for the fourth consecutive week.

The film took �2,029,289 over the three-day weekend to bring its total to more than �39.6m in four weeks.

The second biggest film was teen comedy Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan, which took �983,547.

New films in the top ten included Tom Hanks in a remake of The Ladykillers at number four, and romance The Notebook.

Actor Depardieu in scooter crash

French film actor Gerard Depardieu was taken to a hospital in Paris with two leg fractures, following a scooter accident on Monday.

The actor, 55, was injured in a crash near the upmarket 16th arrondissement, in the west of the city.

The star of Green Card and Jean de Florette was also injured in a motorcycle crash last year.

His son Guillaume was severely injured in a bike crash several years ago, leading to a leg amputation this year.

Dance show continues after murder

Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance show will continue its tour of South Africa, despite the murder of its merchandising manager last week.

Daryl Kempster was shot dead on the steps of a Johannesburg hotel by a suspected robber on Saturday night.

The Englishman's death prompted dance star Flatley to cancel two Johannesburg shows scheduled for this week.

Some of the "traumatised" dancers who were too upset to perform the rest of the shows will be flown back to the UK.

Spider-Man 2 gets 11 soundtracks

Sony Music is releasing 11 different versions of the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack in an effort to push artists in different countries around the world.

Executives from various global Sony Music offices sent demos of new artists for consideration for local versions of the soundtrack.

One version was released in the US on 22 June featuring punk act Dashboard Confessional and rock band Train.

A Sony official said the company had "global ambitions" for the soundtrack.

Guitarist Richards fetes Parsons

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will pay tribute to his late musician friend Gram Parsons at two charity concerts in the US next month.

He will play a tribute show at the Santa Barbara Bowl, California, on 9 July, and the following day at the Universal Amphitheater near Hollywood.

Parsons, an influential ex-member of The Byrds who helped to inspire the Stones song Wild Horses, died in 1973.

Other acts appearing at the concerts include Steve Earle and Norah Jones.

Austen film biography 'planned'

A film based on the life of Pride and Prejudice author Jane Austen is planned by Columbia Pictures, it is reported.

The story will reportedly look at Austen's life at the age of 20 before she became the writer famous for books such as Mansfield Park.

The film, Becoming Jane, will have a love theme, seeing Austen fall in love with an Irish lawyer, according to US trade magazine Hollywood Reporter.

The film is currently being offered to directors for shooting next year.