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Brittany Murphy's friends and family gathered at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills cemetery on Christmas Eve as the actress was laid to rest.

"Today a wife, a daughter, a niece, a cousin, a family member and dear friend to thousands was laid to rest," the family said in a statement released to Access Hollywood following the service. "Brittany was an incredibly loving and passionate person and an artist to her core -- she loved acting, singing, dancing, and performing. There are no words that can truly express the devastation felt by Brittany's husband, mother, and everyone who attended the intimate service."

Friends and family gathered at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills cemetery on Christmas Eve as actress Brittany Murphy was laid to rest.

Both a rabbi and a pastor were present at the co-denominational funeral service, which was attended by 20-25 mourners at Forest Lawn's Church of The Hills, Radar Online reported.

LOS ANGELES - Actress Brittany Murphy will be laid to rest at a small, private funeral on Christmas Eve, while a larger memorial service may be held early next year.

Family spokesman Alex Ben Block said the Thursday funeral for the "Clueless" and "Girl, Interrupted" actress will be by invitation-only at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nancy Meyers, the middle-aged men of America thank you.

While older men are most often portrayed in films and on television as guys chasing the skirts of women half their age, your new movie "It's Complicated" plays them somewhat differently.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daniel Day-Lewis has not appeared on a live theater's stage in decades, but he takes on a uniquely theatrical role for new movie musical, "Nine," which begins its broad U.S. release Christmas day.

The two-time Oscar winner more often than not plays driven men in movie dramas, as with Bill "The Butcher" Cutting for director Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" and oil baron Daniel Plainview in "There Will be Blood."

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Filmmaker Michael Moore started a summer film festival five years ago in his adopted hometown of Traverse City, Mich. Now he's teaming with Emmy winner Jeff Garlin to organize a mid-winter comedic counterpart.

The inaugural Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival will be held Feb. 19-21. It will feature star performers, along with talented up-and-comers. The lineup will be revealed next month.

Vanessa Hudgens has reportedly filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of a Web site for posting unauthorized photographs of the star.

TMZ reported on Wednesday night that the former "High School Musical" star filed suit against the owners of www.MoeJackson.com. Hudgens reportedly claims in her suit that the Web site refused to remove "self-portrait photographs" of the actress.

Actress Brittany Murphy will be laid to rest at a small, private funeral on Christmas Eve, while a larger memorial service may be held early next year.

Family spokesman Alex Ben Block said the Thursday funeral for the "Clueless" and "Girl, Interrupted" actress will be by invitation-only at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.