April 30th, 2007

Britney Spears
Driving as recklessly as she cuts her hair, Britney Spears was pulled over by Beverly Hills police for allegedly speeding on Friday night, but was let off with a warning. Earlier in the day, Britney had done some intense workouts at the Millennium Dance Studio, getting into shape for her return to performing. She's also been in the recording studio. It may be one more incident for Britney to put in the new book she's writing. Spears plans to tell all in her memoirs, including how husband Kevin Federline nearly drove her to suicide.

Alec Baldwin
After going on The View and apologizing for his telephone rant to his daughter, we may know why Alec Baldwin dumped his agents at CAA last week. There was a video posted on FunnyOrDie.com that showed Dora the Explorer listening to the infamous phone rant. The Web site was created by fellow CAA client Will Ferrell and a couple of partners and Baldwin asked CAA to take the video off the site and they didn't. However, other sources say Baldwin is angry at CAA because it still reps his ex-wife Kim Basinger. Baldwin's rep says, "Three-year-olds everywhere are upset that Dora the Explorer and her friends are being dragged into this."

Rosie O'Donnell
Will Rosie O'Donnell be missed when she leaves The View? While the ratings are up 17 percent since she joined the show, a TVGuide.com poll found that just over half of those surveyed said they won't miss her. They also named Megan Mullally as the favorite to replace her.

Anna Nicole Smith
It was another legal victory for Larry Birkhead in his battle for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter. As expected, Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, did appeal to block Birkhead from leaving the Bahamas with the baby, however a court tossed out the appeal and Birkhead is free to go. To add to the insult, they also ordered Arthur to pay $3,000 in attorney's fees for wasting the court's time. Birkhead said he would leave for the U.S. with Dannielynn once he has her birth certificate corrected to list himself as the father, which he has done, with her name now listed as Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead.

Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
Reality show producer Mark Burnett, best known for Survivor and The Apprentice, and former "Touched By An Angel" star Roma Downey tied the knot at their Malibu home on Saturday. They had been neighbors for years before they started dating in 2004. The ceremony was officiated by Roma's co-star Della Reese, who's an ordained minister with her own church in Los Angeles. It was Downey's third marriage and Reese also performed the ceremony at Downey's previous nuptials. It was Burnett's second trip down the aisle.

Boy George
Singer Boy George has been arrested in London on suspicion of assault and false imprisonment charges. George has been accused of kidnapping a male escort and chaining him to the wall of his apartment. The guy claims George hired him early Saturday to pose for photos and started taking pictures of him in kinky gear. The guy says he feared for his life soon afterwards when George and another man jumped him and handcuffed him to a hook by the bed as they held him down. He says that George then produced a box of sex toys and whips when the other man left, telling him, "Now you'll get what you deserve." The escort managed to free himself by pulling the hooks from the wall and alerted the police. The guy adds, "It's ironic that his biggest hit was Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - because I'm sure he did want to hurt me. I was convinced I was going to die."

Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul
You've probably noticed Simon Cowell chatting with Paula Abdul while contestants are performing, but what is he telling her? Cowell tells Ellen DeGeneres, "I'm taunting Paula throughout the performance. I'm saying to her, 'Try to say something interesting, try not to use the words mountain and lakes in your critiques because it's always: You'll climb mountains, you'll swim lakes, whatever.'" If you're wondering how he can judge the contestants if he's so busy bugging Abdul, here's his secret. Simon says he watches the dress rehearsal and that it's actually much easier to hear what the contestants really sound like.

American Idol
Former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday on felony battery charges for allegedly tossing a glass and hitting a man on the head at a café in Tampa. She was also charged with possession of cocaine and was released Sunday afternoon on $11,500 bail. She was a top 10 finalist in 2005.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Trump
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has received a $10,000 donation from Donald Trump to help pay off his campaign debts. While this might not be very big news, it comes a little more than a month after the governor guest-starred on "The Apprentice" and now some political watchdog groups are crying foul. One group said Schwarzenegger was clearly using his personal friendships and his celebrity to pay off his campaign debt, and that it was wrong. However, Arnold denies any wrongdoing.

Richard Gere
Richard Gere has apologized for that public kiss with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness event in India that led to their arrest warrants. Gere said that his friends in India understand that it has never been, nor could it ever be, his intention to offend them. He went on to say, "If that has happened, of course it is easy for me to offer a sincere apology." However, Shetty is still in hot water for not resisting Gere's advances and is due in court later this week.

Jennifer Love Hewitt
Ghost Whisperer star Jennifer Love Hewitt has been hit with a lawsuit by her former management company. Jennifer dumped them in 2005, but they say that since they were the ones who set up her deal to star on the show, she still owes them money. They say that Hewitt paid them in full for the first season of her show, but refused to pay for season two and they're seeking a minimum of $350,000 in damages.

Will and Grace
The creators of Will and Grace have a ton of loot headed their way. Max Mutchnick and David Kohan sued NBC, claiming they cooked the books to screw them out of a fortune in profits. However, the court case had some bizarre plot twists of its own. The jury had reached a verdict when NBC lawyers got wind that the jury foreman had a website that spoke out against big corporations. The judge gave the foreman the boot, and ordered the jury to deliberate again. The website TMZ.com learned that they were going to award the creators $48.5 million plus punitive damages. Apparently NBC also got wind of that and they settled with the show's creators before a second verdict was reached.

Hugh Grant
It looks like Hugh Grant has a few beans coming his way. Grant has accepted undisclosed damages from a British newspaper publisher over erroneous stories about him. One story alleged that his relationship with his girlfriend was destroyed by a flirtation with a film executive. Another claimed Grant would attend ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley's wedding to businessman Arun Nayar and he had sponsored a chimpanzee at a British zoo as a gift. A third said he resented having to do publicity for his films.

Daniel Baldwin
There will be no grand theft auto for Daniel Baldwin. He had been accused of stealing an SUV. It turns out that it belonged to a friend of Baldwin, who thought it had been stolen, but it turned out that Baldwin had borrowed it with permission. No word on why it took so long to get matters straightened out, but everyone got together and the charges were dropped.

Tracy Morgan
There won't be any more drunken meltdowns for awhile for "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan. Morgan was busted in New York last November after he was spotted driving erratically. That violated the probation of a previous DUI conviction in Los Angeles. Morgan cut a plea deal to avoid jail, but he will have to wear an ankle bracelet that tests for alcohol vapors that come out of the skin. Morgan will be wearing the new accessory for 90 days.

Daniel Craig
James Bond star Daniel Craig was shaken and stirred in London when he caught a fan taking a photo of his butt. Craig got cheesed when 24-year-old Craig Evans snapped the photo. Evans tells Britain's Mirror UK, "I was frightened out of my mind. I told him I was only taking a picture, that I thought he was a great actor and that I'm a huge James Bond fan. After he swore at me I was so shocked and disheartened. I said he had no manners using that sort of language. But Daniel said, 'The only reason I'm [bleep] swearing is because I'm [bleep] off with you!" However, fisticuffs were avoided when Daniel's girlfriend dragged him away.

Lindsay Lohan
You have to feel sorry for poor Lindsay Lohan. She tells Nylon magazine, "Being an actress is lonely, and I never want to be alone. I hate sleeping alone." She also defends her social life, which has seen her partying post-rehab. Lindsay says, "I work hard enough and I know how to take care of myself. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow." Lindsay also admitted that she still has an addiction problem – an addiction to shopping, that is, and that she likes the paparazzi following her. Lindsay says, "I get embarrassed about the paparazzi if I'm in a chic restaurant, or when I was in the AA meetings. But that was the only time it was embarrassing. Other times, I obviously like it. I wouldn't ever want them to not take my picture. I'd be worried. I'd be like 'Do people not care for me?'"

Victoria and David Beckham
In case you were worried about Victoria and David Beckham being homeless when they relocate to L.A., worry no more. They've apparently found a multi-million-dollar mansion to their liking. It's in Beverly Hills and it's described as modern, airy, very light and spacious, but needing a bit of work inside. The family is expected to move in mid-July, around the same time that Victoria's six-part reality series airs on NBC.

Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes and his wife, photographer Lisa Marie, have a new baby girl named Dominique. The baby was born last Tuesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She weighed 7 lbs., 2 oz.

Larry King
Beneath Larry King's gruff exterior lies a gruff interior. At a recent movie screening in L.A., a spy says Larry was constantly on his cell phone. His wife and a friend finally arrived 35 minutes into the movie. Rather than duck down to avoid blocking the screen, they walked across the view, sat down, stood up to greet friends in the row behind them and then sat down again. Then she took out her cell phone and started talking. Then, near the end of the film, Larry stood up and loudly said to a colleague, 'You'll have to tell me how it turns out' and left the screening room.

James Doohan
Star Trek's Scotty has finally gone to the final frontier. The cremated remains of actor James Doohan, who played "Scotty" on "Star Trek," were launched into suborbital space on Saturday aboard a rocket. Actually, the ashes of some 200 people were on board the rocket, including those of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. However, it was a two-way trip as the rocket on the suborbital flight soon parachuted back to Earth.

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