A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized with burns to his chest after his 5-year-old playmate shot him with a flare gun.

The 5-year-old boy shot his pal, wounding him in the arm and chest as the pair played together late Monday afternoon on the front steps of a home. The 4-year-old was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where he is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Johnny Depp was visited by the spirit of a gangster on his new movie. The Hollywood star portrays John Dillinger in "Public Enemies" and insists the notorious bank robber was watching over him while he was filming scenes.

He told BANG Showbiz: "It was magical to be able to literally walk in the same steps that he took. You could almost feel him. I did feel him, not to be spooky or anything, but there were moments when I felt his presence. There were moments when I felt a certain level of approval from the guy."

Sienna Miller was "terrified" of handling the guns in her new movie. The 27-year-old actress - who plays villain The Baroness in "GI Joe" - looked so worried when she held a pistol she was taken aside by film bosses to make sure she was alright.

Sienna is quoted as saying: "It was scary. I got taken away from the group! They said, 'Sienna, you're a villain in this film and you look like you're terrified of the gun.' And I said 'I am!' But we were shooting live ammunition that could kill someone."

A politically incorrect shooting witness has just found herself saddled with instant fame when her interview footage hit more than 100,000 views.

19-year-old Australian Claire Werbeloff has received so many calls and emails that she has hird a PR representative to help her deal with her newfound fame.

Forty children attending "take your sons and daughters to work" days at three Florida prisons were shocked with stun guns in April, and now five state prison workers are out of a job.

Three of the officers were fired and two resigned when the incidents came to light this month. Sixteen other officers are being disciplined in connection with the incidents.