“Jersey Shore’ Town Distance itself
The New Jersey beach town that’s home to MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is trying to distance itself from the controversy surrounding the reality show.
In a statement Monday, the Borough of Seaside Heights says it “did not solicit, promote or participate in the filming” of the show.
It did issue a permit allowing the production company to film, but says those permits are issued routinely.
The show focuses on the escapades of eight 20-somethings thrown together at a summer shore house. The stars are mostly Italian-Americans.
Italian-American civic groups and New Jersey lawmakers are outraged, claiming the show perpetuates negative stereotypes.
The town insists the show doesn’t reflect the majority of its visitors.
Marilyn Manson Settles Case With Band Mate
The ongoing dispute between the performer Marilyn Manson and his former band mate Stephen Bier has reportedly been settled.
The dispute arose around an alleged breach of contract. Stephen Bier claimed that Marilyn Manson had breached a contract between them by using money generated from the band to purchase good for himself and his partner. Marilyn Manson countersued claiming that Stephen Bier has breached the contract himself by not performing in concerts, promoting the band and by not participating in the production of recordings (this counter claim was later dropped).
Marilyn Manson claimed that the partnership had been dissolved in 1996 and therefore the allegations were without merit.
In any event the matter is reported to have been settled the details of which are not made public.
I didn't do it
People.com readers think Jon Gosselin created his own drama to get attention by possibly trashing his own New York City apartment. When asked about the incident, 72 percent of those who responded to a People.com poll said they believed it was a stunt orchestrated by the reality show dad.
“As soon as I heard about this I thought publicity stunt! I see I am not alone,” wrote Kristie ‘Watts’ Dippong. “He had to do something to get himself back in the news.”
A lawyer for Gosselin, 32, says the star’s home was vandalized over Christmas, his clothes and curtains shredded and a note speared into his dresser with a butcher knife signed by ex-girlfriend Hailey Glassman. But some readers are skeptical of the story.
“This guy is such a loser and an obvious drama addict,” wrote Cara Mia Profaci. “What a way to waste life, just creating one dumb drama after another.”
Glassman’s lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, denies that her client trashed her ex’s apartment, saying, “This appears to be a publicity stunt.”
But not everyone thinks Gosselin is up to no good. Reader Melanie Lister Ditch wrote of the TV star, “Leave Jon alone … He has some issues that he needs to work out … everyone has faults.”
Brooke Mueller’s 911 Call
The 911 Call by Brooke Mueller about her domestic dispute with Charlie Sheen on Christmas Day that involved a knife.
Tyra Banks on her last season
“This will be the last season of ‘The Tyra Show,’ ” Ms. Banks told People. “I’ve been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years.” After its debut in 2005 “The Tyra Banks Show” quickly built a following on the strength of Ms. Banks’s celebrity as a supermodel and reality TV star, her prolific use of the word fierce and her willingness to take on potentially divisive subjects. In November of that year she made headlines for a segment in which she donned a fat suit to look as if she weighed 350 pounds to demonstrate how she was treated differently by strangers. The show won Daytime Emmy Awards in the outstanding talk show (informative) category in 2008 and 2009.
Rachel Ray make FHM 100 Sexiest
American father ‘amazed’ by dramatic Christmas Eve end to custody battle
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Meredith Vieira’s exclusive interview with David Goldman will air Monday on TODAY. There will be a special two-hour “Dateline” about the case on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Jon Gosselin Apartment ‘Ransacked’ over Weekend
Over the holiday weekend, Jon Gosselin left his NYC apt to be with his kids in PA. When he returned, he discovered the apartment had been broken into, his clothes had been slashed with a knife, his furniture slashed, and his electronic devices were stolen.
On top of that, some used a butcher knife to post a note on Jon’s dresser, calling him a ‘cheater.’
Early reports pointed the finger to ex-girlfriend Hailey Glassman
Bummer.
Angelina Thinks Cheating is Good for Relationship
In a recent interview with Das Neue (a German Magazine) Angelina Jolie talks about how an open marriage is good and can help keep a marriage strong.
“I doubt infidelity is absolutely essential for a relationship… It’s worse to leave your partner and talk badly about him afterwards.”
The 34-year-old, who has often denied sleeping with Pitt when he was still married to actress Jennifer Aniston, said that this freedom applies to all aspects of the couple’s life together.
“Neither Brad nor I have ever claimed that living together means to be chained together. We make sure that we never restrict each other.”
“The sparks fly at home if the nice Brad fails to see that he’s wrong and reacts in a defiant way. Then I can get so angry that I tear his shirt.”
Ivana Trump Escorted Off Plane
Police say Ivana Trump has been escorted off a plane in Florida after she became belligerent when children were running and screaming in the aisles.
Authorities say the first ex-wife of billionaire Donald Trump cursed at the children Saturday, and when flight attendants on the New York-bound plane tried to calm her, she became even more aggravated.
Her spokeswoman, Catherine Saxton, did not immediately return a telephone message. Trump filed for divorce from her fourth husband earlier this month.
She has not been charged in the incident at Palm Beach International Airport.
Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies asked Trump to voluntarily exit the plane, but they said she refused. She was then escorted off.
