According to a story in the Wall Street Journal this week, notorious financier and convicted swindler Bernie Madoff is just like any other inmate at North Carolina’s Butner Federal Correctional Complex.LIke every other federal prisoner there, he wears inmate khakis, works at various jobs, has a roomie named Frank and, according to a recently released inmate, doesn’t give a tinker’s cuss what his victims think.
Sandra Bullock is still carrying chick flicks and heartwarming Disney-esque movies at age 45, with no signs of slowing down. She’s like the Nolan Ryan of chick flicks.
Last night former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin announced she was quitting again, only this time she’s giving up her Hawaiian vacation, not an elected office.
George Clooney with an unsettling Santa in Germany. See more photos of George Clooney >>
Actress Jennifer Jones, who won an Oscar for her performance in the 1943 film The Song of Bernadette, has died at age 90.
David Carradine and his family with Santa Claus at Hollywood Santa’s Parade in Los Angeles on 30 November 2008. Carradine died in June of 2009.See more photos of David Carradine >>
Just last weekend rock ‘n’ tabloid star Courtney Love lost legal custody of Frances Bean Cobain, her 17 year-old daughter by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.Custody went to members of Kurt’s surviving family (he killed himself in 1994).Now a judge has issued a temporary order barring Courtney Love from contacting Frances or her new guardians.
The New York Post, without citing its source, says Elin Nordegren may seek as much as $500 million from Tiger Woods if she divorces the golfer.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry has died of injuries he suffered yesterday when he fell from a truck being driven by his fiancee.
Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, has died at the age of 79.His father, Roy, co-founded the Disney Company with Walt. BoingBoing has the story and related links.Just yesterday was the anniversary of Walt’s death. He died 43 years ago, in 1966.