Sony Will Spell ‘Spider-Man’ Without S-a-m
Director Sam Raimi is out for Spider-Man 4. So are Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
Biographies
Hank Aaron Forgives Mark McGwire
Baseball great Hank Aaron says that Mark McGwire has asked for his forgiveness for using steroids — and Aaron has granted it: “I think that it’s wonderful that he did …..
Simon Cowell Filing For Divorce From ‘American Idol’
The rumors are true: Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol after the coming season.
Mark McGwire Apologized to Roger Maris’s Widow
More details on the Mark McGwire steroids story from USA Today:Before coming clean publicly, [McGwire] informed his family and made apologetic phone calls to Commissioner Bud Selig, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and Don Hooton, a Texas man who took up the anti-steroids fight after his son committed suicide after taking steroids.
Those Racist Democrats?
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich — “Blago” — says in his just-released Esquire magazine interview: “I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived.”
Leno, O’Brien, Letterman: Did NBC Make a Brilliant Blunder?
A juicy thought about the Jay Leno brouhaha at NBC: If Leno goes on at 11:35, and Conan O’Brien moves to 12:05, that means David Letterman will have to fight two opening monologues opposite his show.Points out Ken Tucker.
Sir Edmund Hillary, +2 Years
Stud mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary died two years ago today. His family marked the occasion by walking a new seaside trail named for him in New Zealand. Hillary was 33 …..
Katy Perry Engaged to Russell Brand
Singer Katy Perry is engaged to British comedian Russell Brand.[Editor’s note: Yup, they married later in 2010.]
It’s Official: Jay Leno is Moving Back to 11:35
NBC confirms the rumors. Jay Leno will be back at 11:35 after the Winter Olympic games.
Not Buying the 3-D Revolution
Is 3D really the future of television? Really? Really?