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3/10/2010
Television producer Robert Joel Halderman pleaded guilty on Tuesday (March 9th) to trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman by threatening to reveal the late night host's sexual relationships with employees.
Halderman, pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny in exchange for serving six months in jail, performing 1,000 hours of community service and giving up his right to appeal. He faced up to 15 years in prison had he gone to trial and been convicted. The formal sentencing will be in May.
Letterman thanked the prosecutors and police in a written statement which read, "When they became involved with ...
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3/10/2010
Conan O'Brien's former sidekick Andy Richter is blasting NBC and Jay Leno for how the Tonight show hand-off went down. Filling in for Regis Philbin on Live! Tuesday (March 9th) morning, he told Kelly Ripa at the start of the show, "I actually can be on TV. Conan can't -- in fact, I'm not even sure I can say his name. I may be getting him in trouble for even saying his name."
Since Richter broached the subject, Kelly delved into the late night mess: "(Kelly) Do you have any ill feelings toward NBC and Jay? Not that you're going ...
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3/10/2010
Simon Cowell's fiance Mezhgan Hussainy is reportedly thrilled to be planning a wedding to the American Idol judge -- in part because she hopes to ease "painful memories" of her first trip down the aisle. Erlene Garcia, who was married to Hussainy's older brother, told London's Mirror that Mezhgan married an affluent Southern California rug merchant in 1988 soon after fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan with her family.
Garcia said, "She was saying, 'I'm not in love with him. He makes me sick. I have to quit school.' I told her, 'You don't have to go ahead with this. You ...
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3/10/2010
Jennifer Aniston is reportedly the latest celebrity to launch a signature fragrance. WWD.com reports that Aniston is expected to reveal a partnership with Falic Group, who is producing Eva Longoria Parker's soon-to-debut signature scent.
Famous women with signature scents include Britney Spears, Kim Kardashain, Sarah Jessica Parker and Reese Witherspoon.
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3/10/2010
Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, claiming that the "milkaholic" baby in its latest commercial named Lindsay was modeled after her. The New York Post reported that the seemingly unemployed starlet filed a lawsuit on Monday (March 8th), in which she's demanding $100 million for pain and suffering.
The ad, which premiered during the Super Bowl, features a features a baby boy apologizing to his girlfriend over video chat for not calling her the night before. In it, the baby girl asks, "And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?"
Lohan's lawyer claims that his client has the same single-name ...
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3/10/2010
Three former Michael Jackson bodyguards, who spent the last two years of the singer's life guarding him and his children, appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday (March 9th) to share their impressions of the King Of Pop. Mike Garcia, Javon Beard, and Bill Whitfield agreed that the Jackson they knew was a loving father of three smart, polite children, and an avid reader who longed to do such simple things as shop at a Wal-Mart or order a beer at a bar without being mobbed. They described a lonely man whose existence was often full of "stress, paranoia and ...
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3/10/2010
GEORGE CLOONEY 'IN' ON OSCAR JOKE: George Clooney's pissed-off attitude at the Oscars was indeed a pre-planned bit. An insider told the New York Daily News, "It was something George and Alec agreed upon," adding that when the cameras weren't on Clooney, he and Baldwin were making faces at each other. "It was a 'follow-my-lead' sort of thing."
SEAN PENN TALKED ABOUT EX ON OSCAR STAGE? Sources are now saying that Sean Penn's bizarre speech before announcing the best actress nominees was a reference to his estranged wife Robin Wright. When Penn took the stage he said, "I never became ...
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3/10/2010
Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe isn't shy about expressing herself. The Precious star -- who previously said she would have loved to have Justin Timberlake as her Oscar date -- reportedly had some spicy commentary for 300 and The Ugly Truth star Gerard Butler at an Oscar after party on Sunday.
According to sources, after passing Butler -- who is reportedly dating Jennifer Anniston -- Gabby told her friend "I'd hit that." But, according to Bossip.com, she said she was afraid she didn't make a good first impression because she'd stepped on Butler's foot during their first introduction. But the Scottish ...
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3/10/2010
CHARLIE SHEEN TO DO AFTER-WORK REHAB? Charlie Sheen will reportedly resume shooting Two and a Half Men next week -- but he'll go back to rehab at night. TMZ reports that Charlie will be in rehab full-time until early Monday morning, when he'll fly to Aspen for his felony arraignment. He'll supposedly come back to L.A. that night, where he'll sleep at the rehab facility and then show up on Tuesday to film the show. Insiders claim that after each day on the set Charlie will go directly back to rehab.
ALLEGED RYAN SEACREST STALKER PLEADS NO CONTEST: Chidi Benjamin ...
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3/10/2010
JOHN KRASINSKI CLOSER TO PLAYING CAPTAIN AMERICA: The odds of John Krasinski playing Captain American on the big screen are increasing. Several weeks after his initial screen test was reported, sources are saying he's the "favorite" to get the part. Sources told Fox411, "John has read 4 times and is doing screen tests. He has screen tested 2 times so far. It's very likely that he will be the new Captain America."
ROBERT DE NIRO TO PLAY VINCE LOMBARDI: Robert De Niro will reportedly star as legendary coach Vince Lombardi in the feature film Lombardi. Variety reports that Eric Roth ...
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