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MARY-Kate Olsen has found the silver lining in the recession. A Page Six spy, who recently shared an elevator at Barneys with the diminutive actress, reports Olsen was excited about all the discounted merchandise for the taking. "It's really sad - the recession is everywhere. But at least they are having good sales," said Olsen,

The cast of the '90s sitcom "Full House" -- the show that launched the careers of the Olsen Twins -- is planning to return to the small screen in an up-to-date version. Mary-Kate and Ashley found fame sharing the role of little Michelle Elizabeth Tanner in the comedy, which ran from 1987 to 1995. It also made stars out of castmembers Bob Saget, John Stamos, Jodie Sweetin, Davie Coulier and Candace Cameron Bure. And Stamos is plotting to reunite at least some of the cast for a "semi-remake."

January 24, 2008 -- The masseuse who discovered Heath Ledger's body made two frantic calls to his latest squeeze, actress Mary-Kate Olsen, before dialing 911 for help, police revealed yesterday. MORE: Star's Tragic Timeline "Heath is unconscious. I don't know what to do!" Diane Lee Wolozin screamed in her first call to Olsen on Tuesday. "I'm sending my private security there," the actress replied. Moments later - after finding the body of the "Brokeback Mountain" star cold to the touch - Wolozin, 40, made another panicked call. "I think he may be dead. I'm calling 911!" she said. "I...

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In her first major solo role without her twin sister, Mary-Kate Olsen is returning to series television for the first time since 2002 with a co-starring role on Showtime's dark comedy "Weeds." Olsen will play Tara, a devoted Christian girl living in the newly developed megachurch community Majestic who becomes a love interest for Nancy Botwin's (Mary-Louise Parker) son Silas (Hunter Parrish). Olsen will appear in 10 of the 15 episodes of the show's third season, which premieres August 13. Since their debut on ABC's hit comedy series "Full House" at age 9 months, Olsen...

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are expanding their empire.  (AP) "My sister and I started the whole 'tween empire. I definitely see the potential for the boys to do that sort of thing."Ashley Olsen (AP) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen want to make Cole and Dylan Sprouse the male versions of their teenage girl merchandising empire, The Wall Street Journal reported. "My sister and I started the whole 'tween empire," Ashley Olsen was quoted as saying. "I definitely see the potential for the boys to do that sort of thing." The 13-year-old Sprouse twins shared the role of Julian in Adam Sandler's...

GLASSPORT, Pa. A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of Jesus performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs, upsetting several parents and young children. People who attended Saturday's performance at Glassport's memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, "There is no Easter bunny," and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified. Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. "He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann said. Patty Bickerton, the youth minister at Glassport Assembly...

<p>A New York restaurateur has slammed multimillionaire acting twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen after their bodyguard tried to barge him out of the way in his own eaterie, reports IMDB.com.</p> <p>The "Full House" stars were eating with friends at New York's packed Serafina on Valentine's Day when the incident occurred. According to Serafina co-owner Fabio Granato, the Olsen minder became agitated after Granato refused to move out of the way to accommodate the party.</p>

OLSEN TWINS TO PLAY UDAY, QUSAY IN NEW MINISERIES Lighthearted Look at Saddam's Sons, Disney Says Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the famed twins who first burst onto the entertainment scene in the TV sitcom "Full House," will portray Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay in an upcoming miniseries for the Disney Channel, network officials confirmed today. While details of the production remained sketchy, a Disney spokesman said that Mary-Kate would play Uday and Ashley would play Qusay, but left open the possibility that Mary-Kate might play Qusay and Ashley might play Uday. Some in Hollywood questioned the casting of the...

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's real birthday, as many an 11-year-old girl can tell you, is June 13, 1986, but their first few months on earth don't really count--they didn't accomplish all that much. That changed in October 1986. Selected from a lineup for their nice smiles, the Olsen twins landed a shared part as newborn Michelle Tanner on ABC's Full House. In September 1987, one of them (your guess is as good as ours) was trotted out in front of the camera in the arms of actor John Stamos. Since then, in their trajectory from the Full House twins...