CELEBRITIES IN THE NEWS
01/24/12
OKLAHOMA:
Hospital must pay country singer Garth Brooks $1 million
Concerns money he donated that hospital was found to have mis-used
01/23/12
HOLLYWOOD:
'Hugo' leads Oscar nominations with 11
Some surprises in Oscar nomination list
01/20/12
ETTA JAMES DIES:
Soul & R&B singer dies after long illness at 73

Born Jamesette Hawkins in Los Angeles, Etta James was perhaps best known for her
version of the song "At Last". Plagued by drug addictions, James was considered a
truely underrated talent. She was 73.
(File photo circa 1965)
OKLAHOMA:
Hospital must pay country singer Garth Brooks $1 million
Concerns money he donated that hospital was found to have mis-used
GOLDEN GLOBES:
01/15/12
Click here for the night’s big winners
LAS VEGAS:
01/14/12
Miss Wisconsin wins Miss America Pageant

Miss Wisconsin, Laura Kaeppeler, surrounded by other contestants after being crowned
Miss America Saturday night 01/14/12. The pageant was held in the Planet Hollywood
Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
(Photo courtesy AP)
AUSTRALIA:
01/13/12
'Bootylicious' horsefly named after Beyonce


The horsefly and its namesake. An Australian researcher identified the previously unnamed
insect, now known as Scaptia Plinthina Beyonceae. An official with Australia's Australia's
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization explained that the horsefly's
golden posterior reminded the researcher of the entertainer's derriere. No response yet from
Beyonce herself on the, uh, honor.
(Composite image by WydeWorld.com from photos courtesy Reuters, left, & Getty Images)
FLORIDA:
01/13/12
Actor Gene Hackman, 81, injured after being hit by a car while bicycling
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:
Katy Perry, 'Harry Potter' are People's Choice
JUSTIN BIEBER:
Singer shows off new tattoo of Jesus

The tattoo of Jesus is on Bieber's left calf. He also sports Hebrew script
of Christ's name on his rib cage.
(Photo courtesy FameFlynet Pictures)
E! NEWS:
Zooey Deschanel files for divorce from Ben Gibbard
HOLLYWOOD:
Russell Brand, Katy Perry are divorcing
CORONER:
Rapper Heavy D died of in-flight pulmonary embolism
Rapper's death underscores danger of long flights
CALIFORNIA:
Mel Gibson's ex-wife gets half, estimated $425M in split
Robert De Niro is a dad again at 68
NEW YORK:
Billy Joel becomes only non-classical performer honoured with portrait at prestigious Steinway Hall
CALIFORNIA:
John Atterberry, Spice Girls & Brandy producer dies after being shot Friday in Hollywood
LINDSAY LOHAN:
Pics of Lohan posing nude for Playboy leaked online
Lohan says posing nude gives her 'confidence'

In an obvious nod to Marilyn Monroe, Lindsay Lohan, one-time Disney pixie and America's current favorite bad
girl, has come a long way from days-of-innocence, posing nude for the latest issue of Playboy magazine.
Images from the photo-shoot have hit the internet in advance of the publication. Publisher Hugh Hefner said
due to the leak of the pics, he ordered the magazine's release date moved up to December 16 and
the web-version to be published online Monday, 12/12/11. The other, more revealing photos, can be
be viewed by clicking here.
(Photo courtesy Playboy)
MICHIGAN:
Ex-Miss USA Rima Fakih arrested on DWI charge in Dearborn
Clark Gable's secret daughter dies at 76
CALIFORNIA:
Alec Baldwin apologizes to fellow passengers
Baldwin was kicked off plane at LAX
In his apology, Baldwin says flying is now a 'Greyhound bus experience'
GRAMMYS
Kanye earns 7 Grammy nods, beating out Adele
List of Grammy nominations in top categories
WOLFGANG PUCK:
Says Starbucks coffee is 'terrible'
ITALY:
George Clooney, Cristiano Ronaldo to be called as defense witnesses in Berlusconi sex trial
SOAPS:
Plan collapses for reviving 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'
DEMI MOORE:
Plans to end her 6-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher
RICKY GERVAIS:
To host Golden Globes
HOLLYWOOD:
Eddie Murphy drops out as Oscars host
UPDATE: Billy Crystal says he'll host Oscars
JUSTIN BIEBER:
To take paternity test on baby claim
Jackson Doctor Found Guilty of Manslaughter

A sheriff's deputy handcuffs Dr. Conrad Murray after he was found guilty Monday,
11/07/11 of manslaughter in the overdose death of entertainer, Michael Jackson.
Dr. Conrad was remanded to jail without bail to await his sentence.
(Photo grab from NBC News video)
LINDSAY LOHAN:
Released from LA jail, just hours after arriving to serve 30 days for violating probation
LADY GAGA:
Rules MTV Europe Awards...again
Kim Kardashian files for divorce after 72 days
PARAGUAY:
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, on South American tour, hurt after fall in hotel room; loses 2 teeth
LINDSAY LOHAN:
Lohan late, turned away on first community service day at morgue
Handcuffed after probation revoked
PAUL MCCARTNEY: Marries American heiress in London
50,000 cheer Jackson's kids at tribute concert
Ex-Weezer bassist found dead in hotel room
ZSA ZSA GABOR: To undergo another operation
MASSACHUSETTS: Singer "Stevie B" hauled off stage, arrested...owes $420K in child support
CALIFORNIA: Defense says Michael Jackson killed himself with drugs

Dr. Conrad Murray, singer Michael Jackson's personal physician. He went on trial
Tuesday, accused of manslaughter in Jackson's overdose death in June, 2009. If
convicted, Murray faces 4 years in prison and loss of his physician's license.
(Photo courtesy AP)
R&B singer Vesta Williams found dead at 53
EMMY'S: 'Mad Men' wins best drama for 4th straight year
'Modern' wins big with 5 trophies
'Spartacus' TV star Andy Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39

Andy Whitfield, star of cable TV's "Sparticus, Blood & Sand" was forced to leave
the show last year when his cancer recurred. He was 39.
(Photo courtesy Starz)
Oscar winner Cliff Robertson dies at 88

Actor Cliff Robertson won an Oscar for his role as a disabled bakery worker in the
film "Charlie". He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the World War II film, "PT 109".
Robertson died 09/10/11 in California one day after his 88th birthday.
(File photo circa 1965)
CALIFORNIA: Actress Reese Witherspoon hit by car while jogging: injuries "minor"
Eddie Murphy picked to host the Oscars
Actor Wesley Snipes' tax case appeal rejected; stays in Penn. prison
Mel Gibson to pay ex-girlfriend $750,000
FLORIDA: Actor Burt Reynolds faces foreclosure
Throat-cancer survivor Michael Douglas caught smoking
Judge tells Lohan to speed up community work
Actor Hugh Grant wins court ruling in hacking scandal
NEW JERSEY: Rapper Ja Rule gets more than 2 years for failing to file tax returns
Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony to divorce
Lady Gaga's YouTube account restored after suspension due to copyright violations
Alleged Halle Berry stalker charged with felony
TEXAS: R&B star Rihanna's concert in Dallas cut short by fire in arena; concert-goers evacuated
CALIFORNIA: Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger, requests support

Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger in happier times. She filed for divorce,
citing his affair with a house maid who bore his illegitimate child.
(File photo)
LOS ANGELES: 'Thriller' jacket sells for $1.8 million

A Julien's Auction House employee adjusts the jacked worn by pop star, Michael
Jackson during his "Thriller" music video. It was bought by an Austin, Texas man
over the weekend of 06/25/11 for $1.8-million, higher than expected.
(Photo courtesy AFP/Getty Images)
CHICAGO: Former media big shot Conrad Black going back to prison

A US Federal Judge in Chicago ordered former media magnate Conrad Black back to prison Friday,
06/24/10 to serve the remaining 13 months of an original 6 and a half-year sentence for his conviction
on fraud and obstruction of justice violations. Black, a member of Britain's House of Lords, had been
released from prison in 2010 pending an appeal to the US Supreme Court. Still maintaining he was
innocent of siphoning off millions of dollars in assets in a scheme with his partners, Black blamed
journalists, prosecutors and federal regulators for cooking up what he called "scurrilous" charges
against him. His wife fainted in the courtroom and required medical attention.
(File photo)
PARIS: Designer John Galliano goes on trial for racist rant
STAR MAGAZINE: Actor Tobey (Spider-man) Maguire being sued over illegal poker game
Captain Mark Kelly, husband to Congresswoman Giffords, leaving U.S. Navy and NASA
A RECORD: Marilyn Monroe's famous 'Seven Year Itch' dress sold at auction for $4.6 million

Perhaps the world's most famous dress, worn by actress Marilyn Monroe
in the movie, "The Seven Year Itch." The scene featured Monroe's dress
being blown upward as she walked over a NYC subway grate.
(File photo)
Miss California crowned Miss USA 2011

21 year-old Alyssa Campanella of California is crowned the new Miss USA
during the pageant in Las Vegas Sunday night, 06/19/11.
(Photo courtesy AP)
LA JUDGE: Charlie Sheen's $100 million suit over his firing from TV show should go to arbitration
TONY AWARDS: 'Book of Mormon' wins big

Andrew Rannells, center, and other cast members of the big winner at Sunday night's
Tony Awards, capturing 9 awards including Best Musical. Coming in 2nd in the
awards count was the World War I play, "War Horse" featuring life-size puppets.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Shriver hires powerful divorce attorney
Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold
Hines Ward wins 'Dancing with the Stars'
Winfrey's final show a 'love letter' to her fans
Losing 'Oprah' leads to lonely ladies, study suggests
Katie Couric ends her run at CBS News
Gabor in coma, not responding to doctors
Artsy, museum-going men are happier, study says
Philip Roth wins prestigious $100,000 Man Booker International Prize
CALIFORNIA: Arnold Schwarzenegger says he had child with another woman
Governor had an affair with a home aide
MARIA SCHRIVER: Hubby's secret child 'painful'
Maria Shriver appears on Oprah Winfrey farewell taping...doesn't mention Arnold
Jerry Lewis, 85, retiring as host of the Muscular Dystrophy Assn's Labor Day telethon
CBS confirms that Ashton Kutcher will join the cast of "Two And A Half Men"
CALIFORNIA: Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 4 months, may not serve all
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney engaged to his girlfriend Nancy Shevell of nearly 4 years
Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with pneumonia
Actor Jackie Cooper dies at 88
Estimated 2-billlion world-wide watch the marriage of William and Kate
Royal wedding sets Web video viewing record
One-million wedding-watchers jam London's streets

Prince William and his wife Kate, the new Duchess of Cambridge, in their
carriage ride from Westminster Cathedral following a lavish wedding ceremony.
(Photo courtesy Getty Images)
British prime ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, among those NOT attending
Meredith Vieira to leave 'Today' in June; Ann Curry is replacement
GOOD NIGHT AND....: Katie Couric leaving 'CBS Evening News'
CBS: Scott Pelley to succeed Katie Couric as Evening News anchor
Sheen's 'goddess' dumps him via text message
Judge sends actress back to jail for probation violation in necklace theft case

Lindsay Lohan on arriving at court in Los Angeles 04/22/11, where a judge sent
her to jail for 120 days for a probation violation. She was also sentenced to
480 days of community service. The judge, Stephanie Sautner remarked:
"Perhaps she might see how women who have fallen on real hard times
have to live and maybe she will change."
(Photo courtesy SkyNews)
Britney Spears a hit with troops in Afghanistan
Charlie Sheen loses bid to gain sole custody of twin sons from ex-wife
NEW ORLEANS: Actor Nicolas Cage arrested on domestic abuse charges
Dog the Bounty Hunter bails out Nicolas Cage
People magazine picks Jennifer Lopez as its Most Beautiful Person

(Cover art photo courtesy People)
Ozzy Osbourne pays off $1.7 million tax debt
SOAPS WASHED UP: ABC ending legendary 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'
PARTING WAYS: Glenn Beck announces he will leave Fox later this year
AP: Katie Couric will leave her anchor post at 'CBS Evening News,'
BRITNEY SPEARS: Sued for $10 million over perfume line

Singer Britney Spears and her father are being sued by a licensing company
that helped launch her fragrance line in 2004. The company is claiming that
it has not received one penny of a 35% commission fee and the suit claims
breach of contract.
(File photo)
CHARLIE SHEEN: Sued for $20 million in reality TV case

Bad boy actor Charlie Sheen is being sued by the producer of a reality TV show
that was to be based on him, claiming breach of contract. Sheen himself filed a
$100 million suit against Warner Bros. for canceling the hit show, Two and a Half
Men for breach of contract after he was fired over his media antics.
(FIle photo)
13 year-old Rebecca Black to beat Bieber for YouTube's most hated
Beyonce to dad: You're fired as my manager
DIDN'T TAKE LONG: Liz Taylor's love letters up for auction
Amy Adams cast as Lois Lane in 'Superman'
Reese Witherspoon marries agent Jim Toth
Stern sues Sirius, claims it stiffed him
Lindsay Lohan's dad arrested on felony domestic abuse charge in Los Angeles
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Hip hopper Wyclef Jean shot in hand by unknown assailant
Rapper Ja Rule guilty in tax evasion case
Dr. John, Alice Cooper inducted into Rock Hall
Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper lead Rock Hall class
Mel Gibson charged with misdemeanor battery
L.A. police search Sheen home for firearms
Sheen, ex-wife strike custody agreement
It's official: Timberlake, Biel call it quits
Martha Stewart welcomes first grandchild
ENCINO: Fire burns home of former Mouseketeer and ailing actress Annette Funicello
CHARLIE'S ANT-ICS UPDATE: Sheen sues Warner Bros. for $100 million for being fired
LINDSAY IN COURT TOO: Lohan rejects plea agreement
'Two and a Half Men' studio fires Charlie Sheen
Video airs of Lohan leaving store with necklace
David Arquette 'OK' after head-on car crash
Singer Courtney Love to pay $430,000 in Twitter defamation case
Doctors: Zsa Zsa needs to have leg amputated
Mickey Rooney tells Congress about senior abuse

With clenched fist and visable anger, actor Mickey Rooney, age 90, testified
before a Senate panel Wednesday about the abuse of elderly people. He
testified that his two step-children held him as a virtual prisoner in his own
home, taking his money, withholding his medications and denying him food.
Rooney and other witnesses with similar stories said it happens to many seniors.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Police remove Charlie Sheen's two young sons from his home
ACADEMY AWARDS: Oscar audience down; telecast widely panned
'The King's Speech' wins Academy Award for Best Film
Natalie Portman, Colin Firth claim top acting Oscars

Colin Firth wins best actor for his role in "The Kings's Speech" and Natalie Portman
wins best actress for her role in "Black Swan."
(Composite photos courtesy Getty Images and AP)
Tom Hooper wins Oscar for Best Director for 'The King's Speech'
PRE-OSCAR AWARDS: 'Last Airbender' rules Razzies as worst picture
Billy Ray Cyrus: 'Hannah Montana' destroyed family
Alec Baldwin gets star on Walk of Fame
Tonya Harding 'super excited' to be mom
Kate's see-through dress to be auctioned off
UH-OH: Oprah's got her OWN problems
Upsets, surprises and snubs at the Grammys

Members of the Canadian band, Arcade Fire with their Album of the Year
Grammy for "The Suburbs."
(Photo courtesy Reuters)
Lady Gaga smokes 'a lot of pot' while writing
Playboy Mansion visitors hit with mystery illness
Judge grants Kelsey, Camille Grammer divorce
ZUCKERBERG: I'm being stalked on Facebook
Zuckerberg files restraining order...says he fears for his safety

The stalked, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and the accused
stalker, Pradeep Manukonda. Zuckerberg, arguing that he fears for
his life, secured a restraining order against Manukonda.
(Photos courtesy tmz.com)
Lindsay Lohan pleads not guilty to theft charge
Shia LaBeouf released after fight at bar
Gabor getting out of hospital for 94th birthday
Charlie Sheen checks into rehab; show on hold
OSCAR NOMINATIONS: 'King's Speech' leads Oscars race with 12 nominations

Best Picture nominations included, from left to right: "The King's Speech,"
"True Grit," "Black Swan" and "The Fighter." There are now 10 films picked for
Best Picture and the other nominations include: "Inception," "Toy Story 3,"
"The Social Network," "127 Hours," "The Kids Are Right" and "Winter's Bone."
(Photo montage courtesy MSNBC)
Fraud plagues global health fund backed by celebrities
RELATIVELY SPEAKING: Oprah reveals half-sister
Elton John blasts gay marriage opponents
Keith Olbermann says goodbye to MSNBC, 'Countdown'
Commentator, cable channel end contract

MSNBC's most successful and controversial personality, Keith Olbermann signed off
his weeknight program Friday, bidding his audience a final farewell. It was not known
if Olbermann, whose outspoken liberal commentary gained national attention, was
fired or he quit. He was in the middle of a four-year contract. His exit was sudden
and totally unanticipated. All the network would say is that "they wish him well."
(File photo)
Nebraskan, only 17, wins Miss America title

17 year-old Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska became one of the youngest
winners of the Miss America pageant in its 90 year history.
(Photo courtesy AP)
Doctors amputate Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg
Aretha Franklin: I never had pancreatic cancer
Dog headbutt sends Martha Stewart to hospital
Michael Douglas tells TODAY tumor is 'gone'
Eva Longoria sued for $4 million
Jaime Pressly arrested for DUI
Montel Williams busted for drug paraphernalia
'Brady Bunch' star sued for assault and battery
'Twilight' is People's Choice for favorite movie
Aretha Franklin says medical problem 'resolved'
Discovery cancels Michael Jackson autopsy TV show
Lindsay Lohan out of rehab after 90 days
Sheriff wants Lohan charged with battery
Reese Witherspoon to marry agent boyfriend
Playboy's Hefner, 84, announces engagement

Playboy empire founder, Hugh Hefner with his betrothed,
former Playgirl, Crystal Harris.
(File photo)
Betty White voted AP entertainer of the year
'Jersey Shore' star Ronnie indicted for assault
Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond to enter Rock Hall
Paltrow gets her Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Howard Stern signs new 5-year deal with Sirius
ORDERED TO JAIL ON TAX CHARGES: Snipes files emergency motion for new trial
Aretha Franklin has pancreatic cancer

Soul singer Aretha Franklin, who underwent surgery last week,
is now reported to have pancreatic cancer. She is 68.
(File photo)
OH YEAH?: Howard Stern will not take a $#%*@^! pay cut
Howard Stern may have to take a pay cut
Judge: Snipes must go to jail before holidays
Aretha Franklin: Surgery was 'highly successful'
Actor Wesley Snipes ordered to prison for tax evasion
Willie Nelson charged with pot possession in Texas
U.K. bishop suspended after royal wedding slur
JAIL-BOUND: Actor Wesley Snipes ordered to surrender in tax case

A federal judge in Florida has ordered actor Wesley Snipes to
surrender to authorities so he can begin serving a three year
sentence on an income tax evasion conviction.
(File photo)
People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2010, Ryan Reynolds, is surprise pick

The sexiest man alive, according to People Magazine,
Canadian actor, Ryan Reynolds.
(File photo)
...AND THE WINNER IS: Miss USA...SHE takes the Miss World crown

18 year old Alexandria Mills of Louisville, Kentucky, the new Miss World.
The pageant was hosted by the Republic of China.
(File photo)
Drunk, naked Charlie Sheen trashes NYC hotel
Actor Randy Quaid and wife ask for asylum in Canada
GONE: NPR fires analyst Juan Williams over remarks about Muslims
...AND FINDS A HOME: Fired NPR analyst signs new contract with Fox
NPR chief: Sorry for how firing handled
Jackson tops list of top-earning dead celebrities
Van Damme denies heart attack reports

Movie tough guy, Jean Claude Van Damme reportedly had a heart attack
while on the set of his newest film, "Weapon." He denies it happened.
(File photo)
T.I. denies suicide save was publicity stunt

Rapper T.I. helped Atlanta police coax a man off a ledge 2-stories high in Atlanta.
T.I. is now being accused of doing it as a way to get sympathy ahead of a court
appearance for probation on a weapons possession charge.
(File photo)
KENTUCKY: Beauty queen loses crown after arrest

Daniela Gaskie was the reigning Miss Kentucky Latina. Pageant officials
took back her crown after she was arrested and accused in two assault
cases. In one,she is said to have stabbed a gas station attendant.
In another, she is accused of beating up a pharmacist.
(Photo courtesy CBS News)
Matt Damon out of 'The Bourne Legacy'
LOU DOBBS: Denies hiring illegal immigrants
Lou Dobbs: 'I have done nothing illegal'

The on-line edition of The Nation magazine says it has proof that
Lou Dobbs, who launched a one-man war against illegal immigrants
when he was an anchorman for CNN, had hired undocumentaed
aliens to maintain his homes in Florida and New Jersey. Dobbs
called the allegations "a lie" and "a political assault."
(File photo)
ARBITRATION PANEL: Citi owes Larry Hagman $11.5M in fraud case
NEWS BUREAU CHIEF BUSTED: CBS Radio's Howard Arenstein arrested on pot charge
FAIR & BALANCED?: Fox News sued BY EEOC over reporter's bias charges
RICK SANCHEZ: Didn't intend 'narrow-mindedness'
Lil Wayne sent to solitary confinement

Rapper Lil Wayne will only have himself to entertain
for the next month, sent to solitary for violating terms
of his sentence. He's serving time for gun possession.
(File photo)
Actor Tony Curtis buried with his iPhone, Stetson
Novelist Anne Rice says she's no longer a Christian
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