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Bitman
By David Evjen
Tuesday
August 23rd, 2005 |
President Bush gave a speech yesterday
stating why it was important to continue war efforts. Bush said it was
important to continue the fight in Iraq because terrorists were still
plotting to interrupt his vacation.
Former Democratic presidential candidate
Dennis Kucinich has gotten married. It was the third marriage for Kucinich,
meaning he’s gotten more women to marry him than to vote for him.
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky
is 32 today. Hopefully Monica can avoid what happened at last year’s
party. While blowing the candles on her cake, she burned her tongue.
When Sharon Stone moved out of her rented
London apartment, she reportedly left behind the telephone number of Bill
Clinton. They knew it was Clinton’s number because it was written on
Sharon’s underwear.
Rolling Stone Keith Richards says he isn’t
worried about what President Bush thinks of their controversial new anti-war
song because he says, “George Bush doesn't listen to us.” Of course, not.
Bush doesn’t even listen to his CIA briefings.
Tom Cruise reportedly plans to spend
millions on an Arabian Nights-themed wedding when he marries Katie Holmes.
In fact, yesterday Tom was seen jumping up and down on Ali Baba’s sofa.
Winona Ryder reportedly plans to open an
L.A. boutique selling new and vintage clothing. In fact, Winona says her
clothing will be a steal.
A sex tape featuring actor Tom Sizemore is
now on the Internet. Apparently this tape is already doing for Tom what it
did for Paris Hilton. He’s now gotten a Chihuahua and he’s not speaking to
Nicole Richie.
SON OF THE BITS…
An online petition has been started to get
late Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia on a U.S. postage stamp. The stamp
would have a street value of 37 cents.
Hollywood number crunchers say mostly women
went to see the new movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin because they say women
immediately feel for the guy. If women immediately felt for the guy, he
wouldn’t be a 40-year-old virgin.
According to a Playgirl magazine survey,
nearly half the women said they liked flabby guys with hairy chests and that
it didn’t matter how much money they made. The survey also found that
nearly half the women said they were good liars.
According to a Playgirl magazine survey,
nearly half the readers said they liked flabby guys with hairy chests and
that it didn’t matter how much money they made. The bad news is that most
of Playgirl’s readers are gay men.
An art gallery in New York has been forced
to remove an exhibit of paintings that show Batman and Robin kissing. It
turns out that all this time Batman’s secret identity was really Michael
Jackson.
An art gallery in New York has been forced
to remove an exhibit of paintings that show Batman and Robin kissing.
People began whispering when Batman and Robin seemed overly eager to tangle
with new archenemy The Choreographer.
Japanese researchers say they plan to begin
development of 3D television that would let you touch and feel the objects
on TV shows. They say it could lead to a revolution in TV sets and a
revival of the TV show Baywatch.
Archaeologists in the former
Soviet republic of Georgia say they have found a 1.8 million year old Homo
erectus skull. And I thought Homo erectus skull was something you got at a
gay bar.
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TINSELTOWN TATTLER…
It’s really over for Brad Pitt
and Jennifer Aniston. They and a judge signed off on a deal to end
their marriage last Friday in Los Angeles. The terms were not revealed, but
their Beverly Hills mansion, like themselves, is officially on the market.
Under California law, the split becomes official on October 2. However,
signing on the dotted line may not end the hard feelings or bickering. Word
has it that Jennifer was particularly ticked off with Brad going semi-public
with Angelina Jolie because they each promised they wouldn't date publicly
for six months after their split. While Brad’s people deny that such a deal
was agreed to, word is that Jennifer may have staged those photos of her
canoodling with Vince Vaughn to get even with Brad. Meanwhile, the National
Enquirer reports that at least one person has been into Jennifer’s
underwear. Some pervert on the Chicago set of her movie The Break Up has
been sneaking into her trailer and stealing her panties. While Aniston
joked that she hopes they don't end up on eBay, her trailer has around the
clock guards to prevent Jennifer from losing her shorts.
Word has it that Tom Cruise is
planning to spend millions on an Arabian Nights-themed wedding when he
marries Katie Holmes. While it had been reported that Katie
had wanted to tie the knot in front of hometown family and friends in Ohio
and Tom wanted something more low key, the new report claims the nuptials
will take place in Mexico's Maroma resort. It seems the couple were
vacationing there in May and while Tom was ticked that they couldn't have
the presidential suite, he did get a look at the million-dollar ceremony
going on where 300 barefooted guests partied in a castle decorated like a
temple. The ol’ light bulb supposedly went off and Tom got his people to
call the wedding planner for an identical ceremony, but with millions of
flowers. Needless to say, the wedding planner was really excited about
landing the gig, especially since Tom's people said that he could have a
blank check.
It looks like you can save your money on
that toaster for Paris Hilton and Paris Latsis. In Touch
magazine reports Hilton told Latsis she didn't enjoy their summer together,
and friends say she told them she didn't think it was going to work out
between them. On the other hand, Us Weekly quotes Hilton as saying, "We had
an amazing summer. We are happier than ever." However, other sources have
noticed that the two Parises haven’t been seen together, lately.
"24" actress Sarah Wynter
married Details magazine editor-in-chief Dan Peres in a private ceremony in
Australia on Saturday. The couple met at a Los Angeles party in summer 2003
and announced their engagement in February of this year.
They’re real and thanks to motherhood,
they’re spectacular. Teri Hatcher says she was flat-chested
until she became pregnant in 1997. Teri says, “It was wonderful because for
the first time ever I had great looking breasts. People often claim my
breasts are fake but they aren't. They're mine and nature gave them to me
when I became a mother.” Alas, she’s the only one enjoying them. Teri says
that she’s so busy that she doesn't have time for romance and that she uses
sex toys to make up for the lack of a man in her life.
The longtime boyfriend of singer
Olivia Newton-John has been missing for nearly two months. Patrick
Kim McDermott went on an overnight chartered fishing trip out of San Pedro,
California on June 30 and has not been seen by friends or family since. The
family discovered McDermott's vehicle on July 11 and his personal items were
also still on the sport fishing vessel. The Coast Guard is asking anyone
with information about the case to call 310-732-7344.
Jude Law’s
cheating has cost him again. This time the new Men’s Vogue magazine has
dumped Jude in favor of George Clooney for the cover of their first issue.
After the revelations of the affair with his nanny, Vogue dropped him like a
hot potato.
Actor Tom Sizemore’s privates
aren’t being saved from public viewing. A sex tape starring the actor has
hit the Internet showing him in action with several women. Sizemore's
manager says he isn't sure how the tapes leaked out, but he doesn’t seem too
concerned other than seeing that his client gets a cut of the profits. In
fact, his manager says Tom told him, 'It's the maraschino cherry on the
banana split that's been my life.' As for those reports that Sizemore has a
medical condition that has left him with the ability to have sex nine times
without stopping, don’t believe it. At least according to ex-girlfriend
Heidi Fleiss, who says he needed Viagra when they were together. Fleiss
also claims that Tom once invited her ex-boyfriend and former soap star John
Enos to join them in a threesome, but he turned them down. Enos says, "I'd
rather be hit by a train. What would I need him for, except to get me
drinks and light my cigarette?" Heidi also claims that Sizemore has been
trying to sell his tapes forever, but nobody wanted them. While Tom’s
manager says Heidi is just steamed at Sizemore over their harassment case,
more tapes are said to be on the way showing Tom with different female
celebrities
Has Beyoncé Knowles gotten a
little nip/tuck action? Some say she’s looking a little curvier lately and
the web site AwfulPlasticSurgery.com says, “Her breasts are looking
suspiciously round like halved oranges.”
Scarlett Johansson
was recently lost in traffic. On a trip to Disneyland with a couple of
friends and the paparazzi giving chase, Scarlett tried to ditch them.
Unfortunately, when she swerved to get away from the photographers, she hit
another vehicle containing a woman and her two young daughters. Scarlett's
Mercedes damaged the side of the other car pretty badly. After the two
drivers spent some 40 minutes on their phones, sorting out all of the
insurance and legal matters, a Mercedes rep arrived with a new car for
Scarlett to drive home.
American Pie star Natasha Lyonne
is reportedly fighting for her life in a New York City hospital. Lyonne has
been diagnosed hepatitis C, a heart infection and a collapsed lung. It’s
reported that Natasha was also found with track marks, and is undergoing
methadone treatment, which is typically used to treat heroin users. Her
father told Access Hollywood that she probably got in with the wrong crowd
and that she picked up the hepatitis C in Bulgaria while shooting her 2001
movie The Grey Zone. Dad also plans to go after the New York Post for
violating the confidentiality between patient, doctor and hospital when they
broke the story.
Joaquin Phoenix
is denying reports that he suffered a breakdown while filming the upcoming
Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. The story went that Phoenix hit his head
on a bedpost while filming a particularly emotional scene recalling the
death of Cash's brother and that Phoenix was drawing from his experience
with the death of his own brother, River, who died in 1993. Phoenix says he
was just trying to get into the emotional state of a young Johnny Cash going
through drug withdrawal. Phoenix calls the tabloids’ attempts to establish
a link between his acting and the real life tragedy of his brother's death
‘slightly exploitative’ and adds that it kind of makes him sick.
Madonna
is suing over some old nude photos of her that are going to be showing up on
underwear. A new line of underwear called Nude 1979, features nude pictures
of Madonna taken in 1979 when she was a 21-year-old unknown dancer in New
York. Madonna was paid just $30 for the photos and since she signed away
her rights to the images, there’s no word on if she really has any legal
recourse. The undies are due to be introduced in November.
It looks like Winona Ryder
will soon be able to shoplift from herself. Winona reportedly hopes to
open an L.A. boutique selling new and vintage clothing.
Martha Stewart's
daughter, Alexis, and her chairman of the board Charles Koppelman will join
her on her new Apprentice show premiering next month. They’ll act as her
advisors in the conference room when it’s time to hand out the pink slips.
Still no word on what Martha’s send off line will be, but she did joke that
she wanted to use, 'Your ass is grass!'
In one of the more bizarre celebrity stories
to come down the line lately, TV’s Ali G, in his Kazakhstani
TV journalist Borat character, tackled Pamela Anderson while
she was presiding over the wedding of her golden retriever Star to a
Chihuahua named Luca. After Pam was planted in the sand, her bodyguards
grabbed Ali G and tossed him into the surf.
Tons of people have been dropping by to see
Clay Aiken’s L.A. mansion. It’s the place that Clay is
selling and people have been jamming the real estate agent’s web site to
have a look see. The 7,800 square-foot San Fernando Valley house is on the
market for $2,495,000. Of course, since the street address is posted, fans
have also been driving by to see it in person, too. You can see it at
JerryKeller.com
Lenny Kravitz
is reportedly planning to purchase a $50 million Manhattan home.
The Duke Semans Mansion, is on
Fifth Avenue and needs an extra $10 million worth of renovations. However,
people in the real estate know say Lenny must have some partners because he
would have to be worth $200 million in order to afford the place.
Hilary Duff
is house hunting in New York's trendy Chelsea district. While many
17-year-olds try and scrape up cash for a used car, Hilary and her entourage
had a look at one place on Saturday. However, the building superintendent
didn't recognize her and at first wouldn't let her group into the building.
Once she got inside, she looked around for 25 minutes and asked about
shopping in the area. Tim Allen and "Law & Order: SVU" actor BD Wong have
lived in the building.
It’s usually annoying when a previous tenant
leaves behind personal property in their old apartment. However, it’s
another story when that previous tenant is Sharon Stone. When
Sharon moved out of her rented London apartment, she left the telephone
numbers of Bill Clinton and Bono behind. The cleaning people said there
were lots of handwritten notes and they were shocked to find the discarded
celebrity numbers.
If you ever wondered what the deal is with
Sean "Diddy" Combs and wearing white, here’s what he has to
say. The now P-less Diddy says, "White represents the purity in me. I was
an altar boy brought up in a Catholic school and had to wear white a lot.
It's God's color. So I wear white because I'm a child of God. I'm showing my
belief in God." Of course, it’s not like they’re reading scriptures when he
throws those white parties at his Hamptons mansion.
DATELINE HOLLYWOOD…
Cynthia
Watros, who
played Kellie on the Drew Carey Show, is joining the cast of Lost this
season. She’ll play Libby, who’s described as a mysterious character who
may or may not have been in the tail section of the plane when it crashed.
Without a Trace star
Poppy Montgomery and Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath
have been named to host the Fashion Rocks concert. The show airs on CBS
September 9 and features David Bowie, Duran Duran, Alicia Keys and Shakira.
The
fire’s not out yet on the FX channel. The cable network has renewed
Denis Leary's New York firefighter drama series "Rescue Me" for a
third season.
Billy
Bob Thornton will
star in The Astronaut Farmer. He’ll play an eccentric farmer who attempts
to build a spaceship in his barn as his neighbors, the media and the
government gain interest. Filming starts next month in New Mexico.
Al
Pacino will star
in a remake of the 1955 French film Rififi. If you missed it, it’s about a
career thief who's sprung from prison and sets out to pull off one last
jewel heist.
Halle
Berry and Bruce Willis
will star in the psychological thriller Perfect Stranger. Willis will play
a man suspected by Halle Berry’s character of murdering one of her close
friends.
MUSICAL
NOTES…
NEW STUFF IN STORES TODAY …
Björk
- Drawing Restraint: 9 (soundtrack to
Matthew Barney film)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Howl
Pat Boone
- Glory Train: The Lost Sessions (gospel record w/guests Bono, LeAnn Rimes,
Michael McDonald and Kenny Rogers)
Chicago
- at Carnegie Hall (four CDs; expanded and remastered)
Dion
and Friends - Live New York City (1987
concert w/Phoebe Snow, Little Steven, Paul Shaffer and more)
Jerry Garcia
- The Collection Vol. 1: Legion of Mary (two CDs; previously unreleased live
recordings)
Hush
(of Da Ruckus) - Bulletproof (w/Eminem, D12,
Nate Dogg, Talib Kweli)
Delbert McClinton
- Cost of Living
Neal McCoy
– That’s Life
Michael Martin Murphey
- Storm Over the Rangelands: Cowboy Songs Vol. 5
Smash Mouth
- All Star: The Smash Hits of
Barbara Streisand
- 25th Anniversary (DualDisc)
Swing Out Sister
- Live (recorded in Japan)
Trick Pony
- R.I.D.E. (Curb)
DVD Devo - Live 1980
DVD Human League - Live at the Dome (2003 show)
DVD Willie Nelson & Friends - Live & Kickin'
DVD Elvis Presley - '68 Comeback Special and Aloha from Hawaii
DVD Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming
DVD Britney Spears - Chaotic (w/bonus CD and previously unseen
footage from reality show)
MUSICAL NOTES 2…
Synthesizer inventor Bob Moog
died on Sunday at his home in Asheville, North Carolina. Moog was diagnosed
with brain cancer in late April and had undergone radiation treatment and
chemotherapy. He was 71.
Audioslave's
first North American tour kicks off in San Francisco September 25. Opening
will be Seether and Kasabian.
Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg; Incubus
members Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger and Ben Kenney; and ex-Porno for Pyros
guitarist Peter DiStefano
will compete in the inaugural Surfrider Foundation Celebrity Surf Jam in
Huntington Beach on September 11. The event is being staged to raise
awareness and support for beach and coastal environments. Perhaps Boyd can
find a new girlfriend there as the Incubus frontman and Estee Lauder
supermodel Carolyn Murphy have split.
The odds of Iron Maiden
returning for next year’s Ozzfest seem pretty slim. Sharon Osbourne says
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has spent the tour slamming Ozzy and
the fans. Sunday night’s tour finale in San Bernardino was marred by sound
cutting in and out as well as an onslaught of debris thrown onto the stage.
Sharon says Maiden bassist Steve Harris “personally came to Ozzy in San
Bernardino and apologized for Bruce's behavior this summer, stating that he
and the rest of the band were 'embarrassed' by their own singer."
An online petition has been started to get
late Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia on a U.S. postage
stamp. Postal rules say a person must be dead for 10 years before they can
appear on a stamp and August 9 marked the 10th anniversary of Garcia's
passing at age 53. If you’d like to sign, surf the web to
PetitionOnline.com/Garcia/petition.html.
Former Bay
City Roller lead singer Les McKeown
is due in a British court today to answer to charges of conspiracy to supply
cocaine. McKeown was arrested on June 1 and has been free on bail.
Hopefully American Idol runner-up Bo
Bice has a good health insurance plan. After breaking his foot, Bo
underwent emergency surgery last week to clear a blockage in his
intestines. However, this time Bice will not be returning to the American
Idols tour.
Alicia Keys
will release her "MTV Unplugged" album on
October 11. Alicia’s "Unplugged" special will debut in mid-September on
MTV.
Forget those rumors about Keith Urban
and actress Nicole Kidman being an item. According to Urban they are ‘just
friends.’
Neal McCoy
has an interesting guest on his new album, "That's Life." It’s General
Tommy Franks, the retired four-star general who led American and coalition
troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. McCoy met Franks several years ago and the
general performs a recitation that he wrote as a tribute to his father for
the introduction of the song "The Last of a Dying Breed."
Garth Brooks isn’t the only one teaming up
with Wal-Mart. Neal McCoy will visit Wal-Marts in Texas,
California and Ohio this week, doing in-store performances and autograph
signing sessions to promote his new CD "That's Life."
Collin Raye's
new album, "Twenty Years and Change," will be released October 25. The
first single will be called "I Know That's Right."
TUBULAR...
Daytime TV:
Today Show:
Roni Cohen-Sandler; fall shoes; Tuesdays
With Al
Good Morning America:
Editor Jennifer Smith Stepanek
(``Reflections of a Peacemaker'');
CBS Early Show:
Tips for buying automobiles; preparing
toddlers for school
Regis & Kelly:
Katie Holmes; The Rock; Raven; Chad Michael
Murray; Carrie Underwood
The View:
Mariah Carey; actress Ellen Pompeo; guest
co-host Yunjin Kim.
Ellen DeGeneres:
Vin Diesel; AnnaSophia Robb; 3 Doors Down performs
Tony Danza:
Donny Osmond; author Candace Bushnell.
Oprah:
Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley
Primetime TV:
ABC:
Rodney, According to Jim and Boston Legal
reruns
CBS:
An NCIS rerun, plus new Big Brother 6 and
Rock Star: INXS
Fox:
Two House reruns
NBC:
Two Tommy Lee repeats and a new one, plus reruns of The Office and Law and
Order SVU
UPN:
One on One, Eve and Are You The Girl repeats
WB:
Two Gilmore Girls repeats
VH1:
The special Tracking the Monster: Ashley
Judd and India Arie Confront AIDS in Africa
Late Night TV:
Jay Leno: Owen Wilson;
``Dancing With the Stars'' winners; KEM performs
David Letterman:
Billy Bob Thornton; Jermaine Dupri performs.
Jimmy Kimmel:
Kathy Griffin; Dr. Drew Pinsky; Relient K performs
Conan O'Brien:
Andy Richter; actor Matthew Fox; actor Nick DiPaolo
Craig Ferguson:
Former ballplayer Todd Zeile; Minnie Driver performs
Carson Daly:
Robert Downey Jr.; actor Richard Kind
TIDBITS…
Ever wanted to talk to John Lennon, JFK or
Princess Diana? You may not be too late. Internationally known psychic
Petrene Soames has a direct line to the great beyond and a rolodex of dearly
departed celebrities and historical figures. She can also talk to your
listeners about ghosts, out-of-body experiences, predictions, time travel,
multi-dimensional reality, UFOs and aliens, healing, self-healing and much,
much more! Set it up through Janie Jones at 1-888-263-9637
If you’ve ever wanted to be on a reality
show but can’t travel to where ever in the heck they do auditions, you could
be in luck. A new website called RTVStar.com has been set up to offer
subscribers a streamlined application process to get a shot at any number of
cable and network shows. You won’t be applying to any one show in
particular, but you could choose a genre such as dating, or home makeover.
They plan to pitch the movers and shakers behind those TV shows to simplify
their contestant search by accessing their database, where they’ll see your
vital statistics. It’s the brain child of Sacramento’s Brian Ostrovsky, who
got the idea after watching his wife spend tons of hours to apply to just
three shows.
It looks like conservatives and liberals may
have one less thing to argue about. Scientists at Harvard say they have
fused an adult skin cell with an embryonic stem cell. They say that it
could lead to the creation of useful stem cells without first having to
create and destroy human embryos. Initial findings seem to indicate the
experiment was successful, however a number of hurdles still need to be
overcome in subsequent research in order to make it a reality.
SEXTRAS…
Holy bat pole, Batman! DC Comics has
lowered the boom on the Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts gallery in New York over a
new watercolor exhibit that shows Batman and Robin kissing and embracing.
Not only that, DC Comics wants them to hand over all unsold work and has
told the arts website Artnet to remove the series of semi-naked images of
Batman and Robin from its website.
A Great Dane goes into a bar and meets a
cute little Poodle and they want to go someplace where they can do it doggie
style. What are they to do? No word on just who was clamoring for
something like this, but a love motel for pets has opened in Brazil. The Pet
Love motel in Sao Paulo offers decorated rooms for pets to mate in and is
aimed at pet owners who are concerned for their animal's needs. The rooms
are decorated in the same way as love motels for humans, with satin sheets,
ceiling mirrors and lots of cushions.
One good job apparently leads to another. A
new study has found that men who are workaholics scored highest in a study
of their partners’ sexual satisfaction. The findings go against the popular
belief that spouses of busy men are desperate housewives living lonely,
unfulfilled lives. They may not see their husbands as much as they like, but
when they do, sparks fly. They say it may be driven by guilt with the busy
workers feeling the need to make it up to their partners. However, other
experts say it’s because someone who enjoys their job will spread happiness
around and the more successful you are, the more testosterone you produce.
This could send yearbook sales
skyrocketing. In Denmark, some high schools have been encouraging freshmen
to take off their clothes in an effort to improve their class' overall score
in the freshmen competitions. At Gladsaxe High School, nine freshman groups
with a total of 263 students participated in the fun and games resulting in
entire classes of stark naked boys and girls only wearing their g-strings.
Needless to say, students by and large had a good time while school
officials felt the events had ‘crossed the line.’
DUH…
Some NFL players hit you like a truck.
Other NFL players hit you with a truck. Former NFL running back Lawrence
Phillips was arrested in Los Angeles on Sunday after joining a group of 16-
and 17-year-olds in a pickup football game. An argument broke out and
Phillips left the scene, only to return in his car, driving it onto the
field and hitting three of the boys. Police already wanted Phillips for
domestic violence after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend twice, once
choking her into unconsciousness.
Apparently the excitement of hearing that
music from the ice cream truck making its way through your neighborhood
diminishes with age. West Hartford, Connecticut’s 46-year-old Matthew
Flynn, apparently annoyed by said music, was arrested Sunday night after
threatening to castrate the truck driver with a pair of hedge clippers.
Flynn allegedly demanded that the teenage driver turn down the music and
stop driving down his street because children don't live there. Officer
Nick Roman says, "He may have taken it a little farther than necessary."
One Southern California pot farmer either
had a lot of nerve or not a lot of brains. Police in Santa Ana have seized
one of the largest marijuana crops ever that was growing within sight of the
county sheriff's communications center. Some 2,000 marijuana plants worth
an estimated $500,000 were dug up by the sheriffs. The plants, some of which
were 10 feet high, covered an area stretching about two football fields long
and 50 yards wide.
One Belgian soccer league may have stumbled
upon a way to make the game more high scoring and exiting. A girls’ league
game over the weekend end with a score of 50-1. Blame it on the absence of
just one key player – the goalie. The music-loving net minder opted to go
to a rock festival instead of joining her teammates on the field. At
half-time, it was already 27-to-0, but the team noted they came back in the
second half, allowing only 23 goals and scoring one. However the losing
coach may protest, noting the other team was over the roster limit on
players.
HISTORY LESSON…
1902: Fannie Farmer opened her cooking
school, eventually having candy shops named after her.
1926: Silent screen star Rudolph Valentino
died in New York at age 31.
1959: Sally made her debut in the Peanuts
comic strip
1966: The Beatles’ movie "Help!" had its
U.S. premiere
1986: Darrell Waltrip became the first auto
racer to earn $7 million in a career.
1990: President Saddam Hussein appeared on
Iraqi state television with a group of Western detainees that he referred to
as "guests."
1993: Los Angeles police confirmed that
Michael Jackson was the subject of a criminal investigation.
2000: Richard Hatch became the first winner
on CBS' "Survivor."
BIRTHDAY PARTIERS:
actress Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
71 … actress Shelley Long (Cheers) 56 … singer/actor Rick Springfield
(Jessie’s Girl/ General Hospital) 56 … actor Jay Mohr (Last Comic
Standing) 34 … actor Marlon Wayans (White Chicks) 33 … actor Omar Epps
(House) 32 … former intern Monica Lewinsky 32 … basketball’s Kobe Bryant
27 … singer Michelle Williams 25 … actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
16