Sep
28
Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland
September 28, 2009 | 8 Comments
Convicted child rapist Roman Polanski has finally been arrested after eluding U.S. authorities for over 30 years. He was charged in 1977 with perversion, sodomy and rape by use of drugs and pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He’d taken the child to Jack Nicholson’s Hollywood mansion, given her champagne, then fed her a [...]
Sep
25
John Travolta admits son’s autism
September 25, 2009 | 13 Comments
John Travolta admitted for the first time on Wednesday that his son Jett was autistic, during testimony in an extortion trial currently taking place in the Bahamas. Travolta was testifying at Nassau Supreme Court against two men who threatened to reveal details about Jett’s death in an attempt to get the actor to pay them [...]
Sep
25
New Michael Jackson single gets release date
September 25, 2009 | 17 Comments
Sony Music announced Wednesday that a new single by Michael Jackson called “This Is It” will be released on October 12, followed by a two-disc album of the same name on October 27th. “This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows — that Michael is one of God’s greatest gifts,“ said John McClain, [...]
Sep
25
Megan Fox’s clothing for sale
September 25, 2009 | 20 Comments
Megan Fox‘s leather motorcycle outfit from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is up for auction with more than 100 props, costumes and memorabilia, including the full-scale Bumblebee robot used in the film and an Optimus Prime CGI head. Profiles in History, an L.A.-based auction house specializing in movie collectibles estimates that Fox’s costume, which includes a tank top and [...]
Sep
24
Jude Law’s a dad again
September 24, 2009 | 10 Comments
Samantha Burke, the 24-year-old cocktail waitress who had a brief fling with Jude Law last year, has given birth to his child, a 5 pound, 12 ounce baby girl. Burke’s publicist Eileen Koch told People.com: “Samantha is overwhelmed with joy at the arrival of her beautiful and healthy baby girl, Sophia on Tuesday night. The baby [...]
Sep
24
Former child star raped by father
September 24, 2009 | 29 Comments
Former child star Mackenzie Phillips told Oprah yesterday that her father, John Phillips of the 1960s folk group the Mamas and the Papas, had sex with her beginning when she was 19 years old. She called the relationship a “betrayal.” Now 49, Mackenzie starred in George Lucas’s 1973 film American Graffiti at 13, then when [...]
Sep
24
Stephenie Meyer’s “The Host” to be a film
September 24, 2009 | 4 Comments
Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has sold the movie rights to her best-selling sci-fi novel The Host. In the book, a race of aliens known as “Souls” take over the world and insert themselves into humans. In particular, it tells the story of one soul, Wanderer, who’s infused into a young woman’s body, but finds that [...]
Sep
23
Sherlock Holmes sequel already in the works
September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
Warner Bros. already has plans to do a sequel to Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes, even though it doesn’t open in theaters until Christmas day, according to Variety. The studio is in talks with screenwriting team Kieran and Michele Mulroney to pen the sequel. Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams star in the first film, written [...]
Sep
23
Avril Lavigne confirms separation from husband
September 23, 2009 | 15 Comments
Avril Lavigne has confirmed on her MySpace page that she’s split from her husband, Sum41 frontman Deryck Whibley, 27, after three years of marriage. “Deryck and I are separating and moving forward on a positive note,” wrote Lavigne, 24. “Thank you to all my family, friends and fans for all your support. Deryck and I have [...]
Sep
23
Gellar and Prinze have a girl
September 23, 2009 | 6 Comments
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 32, and husband Freddie Prinze Jr., 33, who’ve been married seven years this month, have just welcomed their first child into the world, according to people.com. Their rep reports that the baby girl, named Charlotte Grace Prinze, was born on Saturday, September 19, saying, “The family is over the moon.” Gellar changed her name to Sarah Michelle Prinze earlier [...]

