‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Star Frankie Muniz Held Gun to His Head, Report Says

A police report was filed in Phoenix, AZ last Friday saying Frankie Muniz and his girlfriend, Elycia Turnbow, were arguing in their home about “prior relationships,” TMZ reports. Turnbow told police that Muniz “grabbed a gun and held it to his head, possibly with the intent of committing suicide,” TMZ reports. Turnbow said she became [...]

‘American Idol’ Recap: L.A. Contestants Like Sheep to the Slaughter

Guess the reality shows have snapped everyone up, because it seems like there’s no talent left in L.A. Thursday night’s “American Idol” Los Angeles auditions episode found very few candidates for America’s next superstar – but did turn up one possibly psychotic woman who followed Randy out of the studio. But first, we met 21-year-old [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger eulogizes Jack LaLanne

Los Angeles (CNN) — Legendary fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne saved millions of lives by teaching people to eat right and exercise regularly, Arnold Schwarzenegger said in his eulogy for LaLanne on Tuesday. LaLanne, who died last week at the age of 96, opened the first American health club in Oakland, California, in 1936, MuscleMag publisher [...]

Porn Stars and ‘Briefcase Full of Cocaine’ Contribute to Charlie Sheen’s Hospitalization, Report Says

The troubled actor was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles early Thursday morning after suffering from “severe abdominal pains.” According to TMZ, Sheen had “a briefcase full of cocaine” delivered to his house, and proceeded to use copious amounts amid a 36-hour bender which involved partying with two porn stars and a bevy of [...]

Who Had the Most Awful Onstage Moment?

Parrotheads had good reason to be upset this week. Beloved “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett was released from an Australian hospital on Thursday, a day after he took a horrifying fall off the stage during a concert in Sydney. “Jimmy has been released from the hospital and is doing well,” reads a statement on margaritaville.com, though [...]

‘A Lesson Before Dying’ imparts a predictable message

Though it will never earn high marks for subtlety, “A Lesson Before Dying” delivers a valuable message about personal responsibility in the face of dire circumstances. That message applies to Jefferson (Gabriel Johnson), a young black man awaiting execution in the South in 1948 for a murder he knows he didn’t commit. The bitter Jefferson, [...]

Olbermann and MSNBC: a Failing Relationship

NEW YORK – Keith Olbermann’s exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the TV news commentator and his network were involved “in a relationship that’s been failing for a long time,” an NBC Universal executive said Saturday. Olbermann’s announcement at the end of Friday’s “Countdown” that it would be his last [...]

Julian Assange Story Optioned for Hollywood

An upcoming biography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange isn’t even in stores yet, and it’s already been optioned into a feature film. Plans are under way for Andrew Fowler’s book, “The Most Dangerous Man in the World,” to be turned into a movie. The Australian reporter first interviewed Assange last May, and his investigative biography [...]

‘Voices Were Raised’: ‘Big Pussy’ and Rapper in ‘Sopranos’ Style War of Words Over Video Shoot

“Sopranos” star Vincent Pastore and mob-related rapper Tony Testa got into a wild, name-calling dust-up during a video shoot for Testa’s new record. A nephew of jailed mob boss Joseph Carmine Testa told us he had a fight with Pastore after the actor — who played Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on the HBO series — [...]

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