Paying tribute: Hollywood stars have been honoring the two actors. The Conversation director Francis Ford Coppola called Hackman, the film’s star, “ magnificent .” Trachtenberg’s Gossip Girl co-star Chace Crawford called her “ one of a kind .” [Variety/Yahoo Entertainment]

The administration will provide an additional $1 billion to combat the outbreak, with a renewed emphasis on biosecurity.

The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports of eggs in an effort to drive down high prices, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.