8/31/2009
The former first daughter will be a part-time reporter this fall.
NBC's "Today" show has hired Jenna Hager, formerly Bush, as a new correspondent, the Associated Press reports. The former first daughter will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education, said the morning news show's executive producer, Jim Bell. Hager, 27, is a teacher in...
8/31/2009
Pompeo and 25 guests gathered at Heigl's home to celebrate Pompeo's pregnancy.
Katherine Heigl hosted "Grey's Anatomy" costar Ellen Pompeo's baby shower, Saturday afternoon at her Los Angeles home, E! Online reports. Rebecca Gayheart and fellow "Grey's" actors Kate Walsh and Sandra Oh were among the 25 guests in attendance at the outdoor event. The tables were decorated with...
8/31/2009
Columbia Pictures has hired a writer for the third film in the action franchise.
Columbia Pictures is working on a third installment of the "Bad Boys" franchise, taking the first step by hiring a writer for the screenplay, Reuters reports. Columbia hopes that Peter Craig's script for the third film will reunite director Michael Bay, producer Jerry Brukheimer and stars Will...
8/28/2009
Jenner was tased outside of a popular Hollywood club.
The Hills star Brody Jenner was reportedly tased in a bar fight on Thursday night with Joe Francis, founder of "Girls Gone Wild," MTV News reports. Jenner was at Guys and Dolls in West Hollywood celebrating his birthday with his girlfriend, Jayde Nicole (2008 Playmate of the Year). He allegedly...
8/28/2009
DJ AM was found dead in his apartment in New York City after police broke down the door.
DJ AM, the stage name of Adam Goldstein, whose music has appeared on albums by Madonna and Will Smith, was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday, Reuters reports. He was 36. Spokesman for the New York police, John Sweeney, said officers found a man dead at 5:23 p.m. on Friday but could not...
8/28/2009
A rep for Krasinski confirmed that the couple plans to marry.
Just as his character on "The Office" prepares to walk down the aisle with fiancee Pam, John Krasinski and girlfriend Emily Blunt have confirmed their engagement, MTV.com reports. The pair have kept their relationship out of the public eye and neither Krasinski nor Blunt have talked to the press...
8/28/2009
Oasis's lead guitarist and songwriter leaves the band with "great relief."
Lead guitarist and songwriter of Oasis, Noel Gallagher, has quit the band, according to a statement he posted Friday on the band's Web site, Reuters reports. The announcement was posted shortly after the last-minute cancellation of Oasis's scheduled performance, Friday, at the Rock En Seine...
8/27/2009
The singer stopped midway through a concert to stick up for the discriminated group.
Madonna provoked booing, but also a bit of polite applause and cheering, when she paused halfway through a show in Bucharest, Romania to extol the importance of loving thy neighbor to the crowd of 60,000 E! Online reports. Madonna wanted to address the discrimination in Romania, and in Eastern...
8/27/2009
An arbitrator found that Piven did not violate his contract when he left "Speed-the-Plow."
An arbitrator found that Jeremy Piven did not violate his contract when he withdrew from "Speed-the-Plow" due to mercury poisoning, the New York Times reports. Piven, a star of HBO's "Entourage," abruptly dropped out of the revival of the David Mamet comedy about Hollywood producers in December...
8/26/2009
Patrick Stump was arrested in L.A. on a misdemeanor charge.
Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump was arrested on a two-year-old for driving without a valid license in Los Angeles, the Associated Press reports. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Stump was arrested late Tuesday during a traffic stop. He was taken in to the West Hollywood Sheriff's station...
