Balloon Boy: People are pissed

Paul Pozarnsky, 25, of Fort Collins holds a sign while standing near tripods during a news conference Saturday at the Heene family’s Fort Collins home. Pozarnsky and his brother, Jarrod, both held signs mocking the hoopla. Jarrod Pozarnsky’s sign read: ‘Put balloon boy on TV: America’s Most Wanted.’ (Rich Abrahamson/The Coloradoan)

Jordan Good, 13, front, chuckles Saturday after listening in on a news conference with Richard Heene at the Heene family’s Fort Collins home. Good is pictured with Jarrod Pozarnsky, 27, left, and brother Paul Pozarnsky, 25, right. Good and Paul Pozarnsky are from a nearby neighborhood. (Rich Abrahamson/The Coloradoan)

Falcon Heene made international news after his parents reported the boy, 6, had floated away from the backyard of their Fort Collins home in a UFO-shaped helium balloon Oct. 15. A massive search ensued along the balloon’s approximately 50-mile flight path after the balloon landed empty near Denver International Airport.

The boy eventually emerged from hiding at his parents’ home Thursday evening, and the family immediately began granting television interviews. Within hours, however, the public’s support turned to skepticism and eventually to outright hostility Sunday when Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden declared the whole thing a hoax concocted by the Heene family to get themselves on television.

It worked.

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Balloon Boy Folly, Mom Gets Attorney

Balloon Boy’s mom, Mayumi Heene, hired her own lawyer — as a friend described her as a “slave” to an abusive husband.

The lawyer, Lee Christian, met with Mayumi yesterday, then attempted to downplay speculation that her client is about to sell out her reality TV-obsessed hubby Richard.

“I don’t do divorces,” Christian told The Post. “I do criminal defense.”

Mayumi, 45, and Richard, 48, duped the world into believing their six-year-old son Falcon was floating away on a homemade balloon. Probers believe the couple, featured on the ABC show “Wife Swap,” hatched the bizarre plot to score their own reality series.

They are expected to be hit with felony conspiracy charges next week as the Federal Aviation Administration weighs civil penalties that up to $2 million.

Mayumi has displayed a tough persona on TV. But her pal, Barbara Slusser, told ABC, “Whatever [her husband] says, goes. She’s basically a slave. He kept her isolated and separated from everyone else.”

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BET: Michael Vick Docu-Series

What do you get when you add an arrest for running a dogfighting ring to a recently completed 18-month prison term? If you’re infamous quarterback Michael Vick, you get a deal for an eight-part television series on BET.

The tentatively titled “Michael Vick Project,” a “docu-series,” not a reality show per se, will spotlight his comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles and also delve into his back story, from his difficult childhood to his 2007 arrest for running a dog-fighting ring, according to the L.A. Times.

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Danny Devito Drunk on TV in Philadelphia

Danny Devito Drunk on TV in Philadelphia

Danny Devito appeared on a Philadelphia TV interview with reporter Jenn Frederick and actually appeared to be drunk. He is drinking what seems to be beer and he even burped!

Danny now says that he was trying to be funny for the cameras:

“I was only trying to make a TV interview fun. In the scene the TV people were covering, my character was drinking (pretend beer). When you see the scene on the show, and buy the DVD, you will understand. It’s called acting.”

Lady GaGa On Japanese TV Show

Finally, Lady GaGa has found somewhere that she fully fits in and does not seem remotely out of sorts with her surroundings - Japan! - the kooky “Poker Face” singer appeared on Japanese TV recently and looked like she fit right in with the bright, fun atmosphere.

Sarah Palin vs. David Letterman (Video)

Sarah Palin vs. David Letterman (Video)

David Letterman used his show to launch a slightly cruel, but very funny attack on Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol - check it out in the clip above.

American Idol Finale Results Show Video Mega Post (American Idol Videos)

American Idol Season Finale Winning Moment

In summary for those who missed it, the much-talked about favourite to win the show, Adam Lambert lost to Kris Allen.

All the videos you need to catch up on American Idol are below. Enjoy!

American Idol Season Finale - Top 13 “So What” 

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Justin Timberlake Made $5K For Hosting SNL

Wow, who knew that you could earn so much from only essentially doing a few hours for some - Justin Timberlake has revealed that he banked $5k for his recent stint hosting SNL.
 

The 28-year-old entertainer told ET about hosting SNL: “It really is an amazing forum to throw creativity at the world. I really do adore the writers and the cast. It’s the best $5,000 you can make!”

He goes on to say, “If I wouldn’t have been lucky enough to have the profession I have, I probably would have gone through Upright Citizens Brigade and tried to become a cast member onSNL.”

Being a funny man must be nice work if you can get it!

True Blood New Season Spoilers and Poster Released

Very exciting to hear that lots of shows are not only being renewed but gearing up for a new season. True Blood is back and so is 24.

Here are some new True Blood season spoilers:

June 14: “Nothing But the Blood”
A shocking murder outside Merlotte’s has Bon Temps reeling. Meanwhile, Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) relationship with Bill (Stephen Moyer) is tested when she learns about Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), and of his involvement in her uncle’s death. Sam (Sam Trammell) recalls a shape-shifting encounter he had with Maryann (Michelle Forbes) as a 17-year-old. Jason (Ryan Kwanten) gets a sudden windfall that allows him to pay for a leadership retreat with the Fellowship of the Sun. Two adversaries find themselves sharing a mysterious dungeon and, possibly, the same fate.

June 21: “Keep This Party Going”
Sookie is forced to cope with Bill’s obligations to Jessica, as well as the romantic inconveniences the teen vampire’s presence creates. At the Light of Day leadership conference, Jason makes a favorable impression on its ambitious leaders, Steve (Michael McMillian) and Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp), though not on his jealous roommate Luke (Wes Brown). Maryann casts her spell on Merlotte’s patrons, and Sam proves helpless to stop the revelry.

June 28: “Scratches”
When Sookie is attacked by a mysterious creature, Bill must enlist Eric’s (Alexander Skarsgård) help to save her. At the Light of Day retreat, Jason has second thoughts about the sect’s anti-vampire agenda, but Sarah and Steve counter his doubts with flattery and promises. After snapping at Tara (Rutina Wesley) and new employee Daphne (Ashley Jones), Sam decides to cut and run. A bored Jessica heads over to Merlotte’s, where a smitten Hoyt (Jim Parrack) falls under her spell. At another Maryann-hosted party, Tara finds her attraction to Eggs (Mehcad Brooks) interrupted by a swirling, aphrodisiac fog.

‘24′ Season 8 Spoilers Have Been Released

TV Guide released some 24 spoilers that will have fan’s heads in a spin.

Here’s what we know about the show’s eighth, and perhaps final season. A year-and-a-half to two years will have elapsed since the end of Season 7, with the action moving from the White House to the U.N. building in New York City. Cherry Jones is back as President Allison Taylor. “I don’t think they know quite what to do with me yet,” says Jones. “At first I heard they needed me for only a couple episodes, but I do seem now to have a little bit more to do.” Cherry says the new season will expand beyond an American threat to a global concern. “It has to deal more with the state of the world—not just the state of us,” she says.

“Slumdog Millionaire” star Anil Kapoor plays the head of a foreign country, which enters into a peace agreement with President Taylor, but assassins plan to bring Kapoor’s character down before the treaty can be signed. “It’s a call back to the very first season when the very charismatic president David Palmer has to be saved for the greater good,” teases executive producer Howard Gordon, who plans to shoot 7 to 10 days on the streets of New York City and construct U.N. sets in L.A. “The eighth day is the culmination of all Jack has had to do—good bad and otherwise. When he’s finally enlisted to help protect the peace, he’s preserving something that is very personal to him.”

Producers are undecided at this time if the president’s estranged husband and daughter will return. “Both family members are waiting to hear how they might be employed,” says Jones. But one person who will be back is Renee Walker. Annie Wershing says something from Renee’s past comes back to haunt her and directly involves her in the U.N. crisis.

President Taylor has reconstituted CTU, but the organization is now more budget-conscious. “There is a new head of CTU named Brian Hastings, who is extremely smart and very possessive,” says Gordon of the yet-to-be-cast role. “He’s a little blinded by his possessiveness.” This will lead to conflicts with both Jack and Chloe, who will find herself in danger of losing her job. “That’s going to be trouble for me,” says Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe). “She had a special place for Bill Buchanan, so I see some bashing heads with authority.”

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