Archive for October, 2008
Hey it’s Halloween, so this must be true: There’s a story out that Lisa Marie Presley, who’s a bit spooky herself, brought in a psychic medium to summon her father’s ghost to introduce dad to her newborn twins, Harper and Finley.
The Daily Star is reporting that the 40-year-old daughter of the late Elvis Presley was [allegedly] told by the medium that the King was watching over them all. To which Lisa Marie responded: “This was my dad, this was Elvis coming through! I would know his energy anywhere and this was him, I have no doubt…It was so overwhelming that I started to cry.”"
A new teaser trailer has been released on the web for the upcoming Tom Hanks movie ‘Angels and Demons.” The sequel to the 2007 flick ‘The Da Vinci Code’ sees the return of Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology, who will follow more clues written on and around dead bodies (cardinals this time), cryptic messages, car chases, and groups with a vendetta against the Catholic Church.
By the looks of the trailer, what won’t be back in this sequel is Hanks’ bad hair days.
Now here’s something you don’t hear every day: the college-age son of Hollywood actor Bill Pullman has been arrested in North Carolina for … wait for it … moonshining! You mean it’s still illegal to brew your own juice?
According to the AP, Jack Pullman, 19, and a buddy, Allen Gaddy, also 19, were charged with underage possession of alcohol and possession of non-tax paid liquor, or moonshine.
Now that he has a cool $200 million in the bank, Footie (soccer) superstar David Beckham says there’s too much money in the game and young players haven’t earned it. Beckham, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy, made his name at Manchester United in the UK and later playing for Real Madrid.
But now he observes that young players are no longer hungry for victory or success, because they make too much money to give a damn.
Joaquin Phoenix announced at a Paul Newman kids camp yesterday that he was quitting acting forever. No, man, he says he absolutely serious…that he wants to concentrate on “his music.” Uh, what music?
“I want to take this opportunity … to give you the exclusive and just talk a little bit about the fact that this will be my last performance as an actor,” the two-time Oscar nominee told Extra. “I’m not doing films anymore.”
Britney Spears‘ father Jamie Spears was granted a permanent conservatorship over her personal and financial affairs yesterday in court. He had been managing her finances on a temporary conservatorship basis, which was set to expire on December 31, but it’s been determined that it’s best for Brit to have a manager she can trust.
Us Magazine reports: “After a lengthy closed-chambers meeting Tuesday and evaluation of her mental health records, Spears’ court-appointed attorney told the court commissioner that the singer had no objections with her father remaining in control.”
Pop star Janet Jackson has had a tough time trying to keep her “Rock Witchu” tour going this fall what with health problems and all, and now she’s had the bad news that her opening act, LL Cool J., is dropping out on her.
The rapper’s publicity firm said Monday that that the reason was due to unnamed scheduling conflicts.
Gorgeous Jennifer Esposito, who plays the party lush on the hit TV show “Samantha Who?,” says she can relate to the character’s wild ways, even though she doesn’t mirror Andrea in real life.
“I have a blast playing her,” Esposito told the Daily News. “She just says what’s on her mind, and it’s so fun to be just that completely uninhibited in life. She just lives every day like it’s all a party.”
More sad news for Idol star Jennifer Hudson: her 7-year-old nephew was found dead. The boy, Julian King, was reported as missing by Hudson and her family after Hudson’s mother Darnell and brother Jason were shot dead in their home on Friday.
Though Hudson had offered $100,000 for the safe return of her nephew, the news came down yesterday the he had indeed been killed as well.