Rapper T.I. Gets Out of Jail Almost
Rapper T.I. (born Clifford Harris) was released from jail Tuesday and sent to a halfway house, where he’ll serve the remainder of a one-year sentence he began on weapons charges back in May.
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Rachel Uchitel *Still* Owes Las Vegas $1345
We reported exclusively three weeks ago that Rachel Uchitel owed Las Vegas $1345 on an unpaid traffic ticket from 2007.
The Shortest ‘Avatar’ Review Ever
Paul Hehn reviews the new James Cameron film Avatar:It’s Ferngully meets Pocahontas, story-wise. Visually it’s terrific and I’m very glad I saw it on the big screen.You could say it’s a grand feast of a movie, or you could say it was too long. It didn’t *feel* too long, but you can see where there are parts that are unnecessary.Fin!See photos of Avatar >>
Sawyer to Cronkite: In Your Face, Old Man!
It’s not really Sawyer’s fault. It was Dan Rather who was eager to hop into Cronkite’s anchor chair in 1981. CBS News, to its shame, forced Cronkite out to keep Rather happy. (CBS has always claimed that retireme
Brittany Murphy’s Death: Natural or Unnatural Causes?
ABC News is skeptical.
Ray LaHood Is a God Among Transportation Secretaries
“You know as well as I do that five minutes always extends out to 50 minutes, and almost always to five hours. There’s no such thing as five minutes, never, ever.”That’s transportation secretary Ray LaHood, speaking The Truth about new penalties for airlines who keep customers trapped on grounded planes for three hours or more.
Brittany Murphy: No Foul Play, No Trauma, No Results
Today’s autopsy on the body of actress Brittany Murphy produced no final ruling on her death. There will be no final ruling as to the cause and manner of death until all of the requested test results have been received and reviewed in context with the autopsy findings. It is anticipated that this process may take approximately 4 to 6 weeks or more.Anatomical findings show no evidence of trauma to the body.
Confounding Letter of the Day
This email just in from a Who2 user, in its entirety:Re: Your bio of Mrs. Camilla (nee Shand) Parker Bowles. Camilla is not actually a wife of Prince Charles. Rather what you saw on television with Camilla and her younger chum Diana Spencer was Prince Charles, an already married man, giving into ransom demands of persons who had abducted his wife.
Brittany Murphy’s Father is a “Retired Mobster”
The Los Angeles Times got a very odd quote last night from the father of actress Brittany Murphy.Reached at his home in northern Florida, Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, said he learned of her death Sunday morning from his son (Murphy’s half brother), who read it on the Internet.