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Posted: 6:26 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
By Vikki Locke
U.S. Marshals said Donald Lapre, an infomercial pitchman, was found dead in his
cell Sunday at a federal-contract facility in Florence. Lapre was being held on
fraud charges linked to his vitamin-selling business. He was arrested in Tempe
earlier this year. Lapre was found about 8:30am, unresponsive in an apparent
suicide attempt.
Actor Seth Rogen got married over the weekend, tying the knot with longtime
girlfriend Lauren Miller. The nuptials took place in Sonoma, California, the
heart of wine country. It's the first marriage for both Rogen and Miller, who
herself is a writer and actress. Guests included Judd Apatow and wife Leslie
Mann, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and Paul Rudd.
Actress, Jenna Fischer, 37 and husband Lee Kirk welcomed a real life son Weston
Lee on September 24th. Fischer, who plays Pam on "The Office" is also expecting
a son with TV husband Jim Halpert on the show. Fischer and Kirk got married in
July 2010, with Survivor's Jeff Probst officiating the ceremony.
Country singing star, John Rich has welcomed another son who was born on
Thursday. He and his wife, Joan, have named the little tyke, Colt Daniel Rich.
Baby Colt joins older brother Cash who is 22 months old.
Ty Pennington will join Tim Gunn and Harley Pasternak in "The Revolution",
premiering in January 2012. Pennnington, host of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition, will join the show as it explores health and lifestyle transformations
with Gunn and Pasternak. The show will cover all areas of the audience's lives
including family, physical and emotional health.
According to a report by SBNation.com, Madonna has been chosen to be the
halftime entertainment for the Super Bowl in Indianapolis on Feburary 5th. Since
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake appeared in 2004, halftime acts have
included Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, The Who and last year had the Black Eyed Peas,
Usher and Slash
Martha Stewart's daughter, Alexis, has written a book about her life, growing up
with Martha Stewart as her mother. In shades of "Mommy Dearest" Alexis says she
grew up with a glue gun pointed at her head. She admits Martha was not a
maternal figure. 'She used to make me wrap my own presents. She would hand me
things right before Christmas and say, "Now wrap these but don't look inside."'
Halloween was also a grim affair... 'There were no costumes or anything. We
turned off all the lights and pretended we weren’t home,' she recalls. She also
said the house was always full of ingredients, but there was never anything to
eat in the house... Martha, who has a net worth of $970 million according to
Forbes, is also, apparently, a chronic hoarder. 'My mother would go to sales
constantly. She owns hundreds of tablecloths,'
Days after being released from federal custody, rapper T.I. grabbed a mic inside
an Atlanta nightclub this weekend and BEGGED Diddy to chill out. There was an
after party at Compound nightclub after the BET Hip Hop Awards. Diddy, who is a
spokesperson for Ciroc Vodka, saw someone at the party drinking a vodka from
another company and went nuts, making threats and shouting insults that can't be
mentioned here. T.I., who is still on probation from a gun arrest grabbed a mic
and pleaded with Diddy saying he's already done enough time and let the guy
drink what he wants. The incident was captured on tape by GrindHD.com.
TV Land has acquired the broadcast rights for the classic comedy "The Dick Van
Dyke Show." The show is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The show
premiered last night the same date that "The Dick Van Dyke Show" premiered on
CBS in 1961. TV Land will be airing 36 of the best episodes of "The Dick Van
Dyke Show" from October 3rd to October 7th and will marathon the episodes during
the weekend of October 8th and 9th from 12-9pm.
Charlie Sheen's ex, Brooke Mueller is suing the rehab facility she was
hospitalized in claiming the facility sold confidential medical information to
the media. According to the lawsuit, days after she checked into The Canyon
rehab clinic in 2010, news broke that Brooke was seeking treatment for substance
abuse. Brooke claims rehab staff members leaked the info. Brooke claims it was
all a crass money grab from staffers at The Canyon -- and now, she's suing for
undisclosed damages, claiming her right to privacy has been violated.
If you noticed that Monday Night Football did not begin with the words, "Are you
ready for some football?" it's because ESPN yanked Hank Williams Jr's theme song
last night after he compared President Obama to Hitler. Williams Jr. was
speaking on Fox & Friends Monday morning and criticized President Obama and
Speaker of the House John Boehner for playing a round of golf together saying,
"That's like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu." In a statement released later
in the day on Monday, Williams Jr. says, "Some of us have strong opinions and
are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme but it was to make a point. I
was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me - how ludicrous that
pairing was." Williams Jr. added, "Every time the media brings up the tea party
it’s painted as racist and extremists but there’s never a backlash, no outrage
to those comparisons. Working class people are hurting and it doesn’t seem like
anybody cares. When both sides are high-fiving it on the ninth hole when
everybody else is without a job, it makes a whole lot of us angry. Something has
to change. The policies have to change."
It's week two of Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial What we
learned from Monday's testimony...
Murray Really Didn't Want Jackson to Die. He's charged with involuntary
manslaughter, which in and of itself means that the prosecution doesn't think
Murray intended to kill Jackson. But while witnesses last week testified that
Murray was hesitant about calling 911 and didn't mention propofol when
paramedics asked what happened.
A cardiologist on call when Jackson arrived at the ER testified that Murray
desperately pleaded with them to not give up on the pop icon, even though an ER
doc had authorized paramedics to pronounce him dead at 12:57pm. while they
were still at Jackson's home.
Dr. Thao Nguyen testified that Murray didn't mention propofol to her, either.
The implication appears to be that Murray was terrified of Jackson dying for
reasons other than natural sentiment.
Jackson Died Twice: Though Dr. Richelle Cooper said that she authorized
paramedics to call time of death at the Holmby Hills house, staffers at UCLA
Medical Center worked on the singer for an hour and 13 minutes at Murray's
behest. Jackson was officially pronounced dead "for all the world to know"at 2:26pm.
Michael's mother took a day off from court after attending Sunday night's
premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Jackson-themed show, The Immortal World Tour, in
Montreal with Michael's three children.
Vikki Locke has been waking up Atlanta radio listeners for over 20 years. The most asked question she gets is “What time do you have to get up?
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