John Phillip Law, 70

LOS ANGELES — John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic “Barbarella” and a lovesick Russian seaman in “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” has died. He was 70.

Law died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home, said his daughter Dawn Law. The cause of death was not announced.

With his vivid eyes, blond hair and imposing physique, Law was much in demand by filmmakers in the late 1960s and early ’70s.

He gained wide notice in 1966 with Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner and Theo Bikel in “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” Norman Jewison’s Cold War comedy in which a Soviet submarine runs aground off a peaceful New England island town.

Pens must wait: Flyers stave off elimination with inspired win on home ice

PHILADELPHIA — Players always say they don’t read newspapers but yet the Philadelphia Flyers admit they were more than a little perturbed at all the talk of a Pittsburgh-Detroit Stanley Cup final.

It may still happen, but it’s going to have to wait. “It is frustrating to hear Pittsburgh this and Pittsburgh that,” said Flyers captain Mike Richards. “We have a good team in here and we wanted to come out and prove it tonight.”

Jeff Carter, Daniel Briere and Joffrey Lupul scored first-period goals and the Flyers refused to die in front of their home fans, hanging on for a 4-2 win Thursday night and forcing a fifth game in the Eastern Conference final.

“It’s pretty simple, win or go home,” said Lupul. “We didn’t have to do that much thinking before the game.”

Canada to make its mark on Mars with probe

Canada’s first mission to Mars is less than three weeks from its destination, with a package of instruments that will tell scientists about clouds, dust and weather on the Red Planet.

It’s not an all-Canadian mission, but Canada built about one-fifth of the scientific instruments packed aboard Mars Phoenix, NASA’s first probe to Mars in two years.

“This is what gives us credibility” with other space nations, says Richard Herd, a meteorite scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada, and a frequent federal adviser on space exploration. “It’s Canada’s visibility in space. It’s what our future in space will be built on: The accomplishments we have now.”

CRTC to hold hearings on Internet regulation

Canada’s broadcast watchdog will hold public hearings next year into the thorny question of extending its purview to the Internet, a medium that it deemed a regulatory-free zone nearly a decade ago.

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission today released a final, 75-page report that summarizes research and stakeholder opinion on a wide range of issues, including Canadian content that’s broadcast online or mobile devices, and the recent debate over Internet Service Providers who deliberately slow certain types of Internet traffic.

The report, a draft version of which was first revealed by the Star in March, was created amid pressure from some Canadian content creators who are concerned their work is increasingly being broadcast on the Internet, where it is free from regulatory oversight.

Super Size Me director reveals how Americans are viewed on foreign soil in search for Osama bin Laden.

Morgan Spurlock says he wasn’t trying to create false drama by feigning ignorance about U.S. foreign policy. The gonzo director who hit the fame griddle in the fact-filled wake of Super Size Me says he honestly had no idea how many people around the world hated America.

Spurlock says his eyes were opened to the worldwide view of America over the course of creating Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?, his latest experiential piece of filmmaking that begins with the titular question: Where is the man who claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks on New York and D.C?

Spurlock sketches out some potential answers to the big question, but the bigger message behind Where in the World is Osama bin Laden has little to do with the Saudi prodigal son, and more to do with America’s place in the geo- political order.

Fairy-tale marriage of Shania Twain comes to an end

She was a small-town beauty who overcame a tragic childhood to pursue her dream of country music stardom. He was a rock producer 17 years her senior whose Midas touch took her to the top of the charts.

The whirlwind romance of Shania Twain, 42, and Robert (Mutt) Lange, 59, was the stuff of fairy tales. But on Thursday, the celebrity pair announced they were splitting after 14 years of marriage.

The famously reclusive couple – who have a six-year-old son, Eja – made the announcement through their publicist.

“This is a private matter and there will be no further comment at this time,” Tyson Parker of Universal Music Canada said in a statement.