Here’s another promising candidate for America’s Dumbest Criminals: A robbery suspect picked up in a suburb of Cleveland over the weekend alleged took a quick opportunity to eat his hold-up note while handcuffed on the hood of a police cruiser.
With the nation’s economy showing little signs of recovery and President Obama’s once stellar approval ratings taking a deep dip, the Commander-in-Chief is feeling the heat from sketch comedy classic Saturday Night Live.
This weekend’s show opened with a parody of Obama’s news conference with China’s president that included one-liners about the administration’s spending on economic stimulus, health care reform, bailouts, Cash for Clunkers, and the nation’s $800 billion debt to China.
Cody Linley is ready for his close-up under the bright lights of Broadway.
The 20-year-old star — best remembered as Miley Stewart’s on-again/off-again boyfriend Jack Ryan on Disney’s Hannah Montana – has signed on to appear in the war-themed musical Over Here!, opening on New York’s famous theater district next year.
“Cody is very excited about going to Broadway,” says a rep for the star.
Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber is protesting the arrest of his record label vice-president after a riot broke out at a planned appearance in Long Island, New York last Friday.
A scheduled performance by Bieber at Roosevelt Field Mall drew such a large crowd Friday that Nassau Police had to be called in to control the melee. The show was eventually cancelled. The crowds had gathered to see the 15-year-old Canadian pop star — who released his first eight-song CD, My World, on Tuesday — give a performance at the tween clothing store, Justice.
One fan suffered a broke arm and scores more were nearly trampled when a riot broke out after mall bosses announced the appearance had been cancelled. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
Box office gold isn’t the only heavy weight Twilight mania is moving these days — just ask the dope dealers of New York City! Several hundred heroin dime baggies — priced less than a six-pack of beer and stamped with an animated Robert Pattinson — were seized during a recent drug bust in West Hempstead, Long Island.
According to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John Gilbride, the Big Apple is one several cities battling the Twilight drug craze. Heroin bags adorned with images from the smash film series Heroin baggies featuring a cartoon of Pattinson and other Twilight characters have been gaining popularity all over the East Coast in the months leading up to the much-hyped premiere of the vampire franchise’s second installment, New Moon, DEA officials say.
Talk about a close call: Alexandra Forbes Kerry, daughter of John Kerry, has skated on charges of driving under the influence. The 36-year-old actress was brought in by the Los Angeles Police Department last week on a drunk driving charge, but the City Attorney has decided not to prosecute the case because Kerry’s blood alcohol level was at .06 — just a smudge below California’s .08 legal limit.
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have made their first big purchase as a married couple. The newlyweds just sealed the deal on a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home in Tarzana, Calif., a rep for the reality star confirmed to PEOPLE.com this afternoon.
“Khloe’s beyond loving married life,” a source close to the 25-year-old celebutante and her Lakers star hubby gushed to the mag. “She loves Lamar, she loves her life, she loves just being with Lamar, and she can’t wait to move into a huge house.”
The 8,347-square foot, $4 million mansion is in a gated community.
Lamar and Khloe, who wed two months ago after a four week courtship, are reportedly in discussions to appear in their on reality series on E!
Mariah Carey’s come a long way since Glitter. The powerhouse, who stunk up the box office with the critically-panned bomb in 1998, is set to be recognized for her outstanding performance as dowdy social in the Oscar-bound Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire.
The five-time Grammy-award winner is set to receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala next year. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
It’s the end of a reality TV era. The series finale of Jon & Kate Plus 8 airs Monday night on TLC. After five seasons, the once wholesome unscripted series is coming to an end as tensions mount between the network and Jon Gosselin. The 32-year-old dad, who is divorcing wife Kate after ten years of marriage, successfully halted production on the show by refusing to allow his children be taped. Both Gosselin and TLC are suing each other for breach of contract.
In this clip, Kate takes her brood to a local dairy farm, where they learn how to milk a cow.
The very last Jon & Kate Plus 8 airs tonight @ 9/8c on TLC.
On Monday, on-air personality Regis Philbin disclosed that he will be taking some time off from his morning talk show, Live with Regis and Kelly, in order to recover from his upcoming hip surgery.
Philbin, 78, will be taking a leave of absence from ABC’s long-running morning hit beginning Dec. 1 and is expected to be out into the new year. Co-host Kelly Ripa will be joined by celebrity guest hosts until Regis returns in early 2010. Philbin has been in chronic pain since slipping off a podium while taping a segment for the Who Wants to be a Millionaire primetime special last summer.
Best wishes to Reg…..
