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Posted: 5:11 a.m. Friday, March 30, 2012

Simon Cowell's 'Princess Spanky Bottoms' and Canada says no more pennies!  

By Vikki Locke

Wrath of the Titans (PG-13), starring Sam Worthington, and Mirror Mirror (PG), starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts, are both out in theatres today.


- The Hollywood Reporter claims Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito may do a Twins sequel called Triplets.
Eddie Murphy might play the third brother.


- Lindsay Lohan has completed her probation requirements. She also received a Canadian work permit yesterday so she can film her new Liz Taylor movie in Canada. Lindsay says, "I feel really grateful and just happy and ready to move forward. It's been several years and I did what I had to do, it's taken time to realize that but it's a good day.'' Michael Lohan said, "I'm really proud of Lindsay for her diligence, staying sober and focusing on her life and career as well as my daughter Ali for being a stabilizing force in Lindsays life. I only expect the best from here on."

 

- Best Buy is closing 50 stores. They lost $1.7 billion last quarter. Best Buy plans to open 100 small-format stores in the next year. The company plans to make $800 million in cuts by 2015.


- Katie Couric is going to guest host Good Morning America next week
. An NBC staffer says, “There were a lot of jaws dropping all over the place. Then there was a lot of sniping.”


- Paris Hilton is going to make a cameo in 'The Bling Ring'. The film tells the true story of several teen thieves who robbed her, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan


- Fox claims Bobby Brown is seriously considering entering rehab.

 

In God We Trust: Tonight's Mega Millions lottery jackpot is worth $540 million. New Yorker Desmaunda Bartlett has been praying in church with her lottery tickets. She tells the Post, “I go to my local church and take my cards out with my numbers on them and put them in front of a candle and say some prayers to St. Matthew, the patron saint of money. Oh honey! I’m gonna win, and St. Matty’s gonna make sure of that!” Other lottery players have gotten their priests to bless their tickets.

 

Barack Obama has no plans to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket. In a previous interview, he said, "One of the concerns that I have, obviously, is that a disproportionate number of people who consistently buy lottery tickets tend to be lower-income and working-class people who can least afford it," he said. "Even if they're not compulsive gamblers, they are probably spending money that they don't necessarily have."

 

Oye Vey: The principal of Brooklyn's Beis Rivkah High School recently fined 33 of his students $100 a piece for using Facebook. Rabbi Benzion Stock says, “We have an eternal ban. It’s not a modest thing for a Jewish girl — or man or woman or student or father to be on Facebook. There is a lack of privacy and dignity. It’s not a good street to be on. It’s not a modest place to be on. We don’t want them to get into trouble." The Jewish school has 495 students.

 

Tiger Woods claims his former caddie, Steve Williams, had no idea he was cheating on his wife. In his new book, The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods, Hank Haney, writes, “As much as he didn't want to, Tiger first called Steve's wife, Kirsty, in New Zealand. Kirsty was a good friend of Elin's, so Tiger knew the conversation was going to be uncomfortable. Tiger said he told her that Steve was blameless. He also tried to get her to understand that his actions hadn't been aimed at Elin, but instead were a compulsion that had gotten out of control.”

 

Jon Hamm recently had a weird encounter with a Mad Men fan. He says, "When I was in Canada, a guy asked me to sign his bicep. I have a hard time saying no. I was like, 'That was probably the weirdest fan encounter I have had."

 

Rest In Grease: Seattle-based J&D’s Foods has created a Bacon Coffin. J&D owners Justin Esch and David Lefkow say, "Yes, this is really real. Bacon Coffins are finished with a painted Bacon and Pork shading and accented with gold stationary handles. The interior has an adjustable bed and mattress, a bacon memorial tube and is completed in ivory crepe coffin linens." The Bacon Coffins are available for $2,999.95 plus shipping.

 

Simon Cowell has fallen for a Britain’s Got Talent makeup artist, who calls herself 'Princess Spanky Bottoms.' When asked about Francesca Neill, he said, “We have the new, cutest make-up artist. But I just can’t talk to her, I’m kind of tongue-tied.” Neill already has a boyfriend.

 

Jim Carrey is planning to propose to girlfriend Anastasia Vitkina. A source tells the Star, "Jim is going to propose! He's absolutely crazy about Anastasia and couldn't be happier. Anastasia is really smart, but what he likes best about her is her sense of humor. She makes him laugh -- Jenny would drive him to tears. Jim confessed to Anastasia, 'It's not always easy being with me, in more ways than one. I promise to make it worth your while.'"

 

The Beverly Hills police plan to question Raffles Van Exel for allegedly cleaning out Whitney Houston's hotel room of any drugs following her death. A source tells RADAR Online, "Whitney's family, including her sister-in-law Pat Houston had absolutely no idea that Whitney was using drugs again. The family has been extremely cooperative and they have been told that investigators want to speak to Raffles Van Exel about allegedly removing evidence from Whitney's hotel room. The cops want to know who provided Whitney with the cocaine, but if someone tampered with the death scene, well, that could be against the law in California. Investigators have tried to make contact with Van Exel, but have been unable to do so. Since Van Exel is from Denmark, investigators assume that he may no longer be in the United States, and they very much want to talk to him."

 

Sandra Bullock is planning to adopt a baby girl from Africa. A source tells NOW magazine, 'Sandra really wants a sibling for Louis. She's got her heart set on a little girl and has told me she's already found the right one. But she's trying to keep it quiet until everything's settled. There's a lot of red tape to go through. She loves the idea of taking a child who'd otherwise be facing extreme poverty and giving them everything in the world."

 

 Tiger Woods’ former golf coach, Hank Haney, says Tiger loved reading about his affair. “Rather than trying to ignore what was being written and said about him, Tiger was taking it in. While we were in Augusta driving back and forth to the course, Tiger sat in the front passenger seat while I sat in the back, and I could see as he surfed the web on his phone that he was searching for stories about himself on gossip sites.”

 

Jaleel White responded yesterday to allegations he tried to hide his former girlfriend's pregnancy. He said, "The allegations made against me back in 2010 have suspiciously resurfaced in time to coincide with my new show on Syfy and Dancing With The Stars…Bridget Hardy has consistently shown a knack for timing throughout our child custody disputes. I guess my most recent successes have been too much for her to stomach. I'm assuming I have not received her votes these past Monday nights."

My only hope is that when my daughter Googles her parents one day in her future, she sees that her father acted with class and dignity when pressed to the fire…Bridget Hardy is the mother of my only daughter in this world and without Ms. Hardy I would not have the treasure that is my daughter. God knows the truth. ... I ask for your sensitivity during this time, I can assure all of my fans this is only residue from a child custody matter."

 

 Bradley Cooper dumped Zoe Saldana. A source tells Perez Hilton, "They broke up last week. He dumped her, he just doesn't want to be in a relationship at the moment….They have a great friendship, a natural chemistry and it was for that reason their relationship was able to grow into something more…But the timing was wrong, they are in different places in their lives."

 

Sugarscape claims Justin Bieber fell asleep during The Hunger Games. He says, "I went at 12.45AM and I fell asleep because it was so late and I worked all day and I thought it was to to go to a 12.45 premiere. But it was a two hour movie so it was like how late? It was crazy!"

 

Rihanna says she is sometimes insecure about her body. "I mean you get comfortable with the fact that that's your body and that is what it is - that I had to learn. (Some days) I'm like, 'OK, whatever, I feel fat today,' but what can you really do about it? You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that's your body. You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful, because people always want what you have, and you always want what they have - no one is ever 100 per cent like, 'Yes, I'm the bomb dot com - from head to toe!'"

 

Katy Perry is single. She Tweeted: "Just ate a ton of garlic, heard it's an immune booster #hopeitwerks #mandeflecter #singleandsatisfied"

 

Madonna is selling her Beverly Hills mansion for $28 million. It includes a tennis court, swimming pool, game room and a British-style pub

 

Lady Gaga celebrated her 26th birthday by taking a private spin class with friends and family.

 

Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins recently sent Taylor Swift a signed novel for singing “Safe & Sound” and “Eyes Open“ for the movie's soundtrack. Collins wrote: "For Taylor .. with much thanks for your beautiful songs. Let the games begin. Love, Suzanne Collins."

 

Elton John did as many drugs as Whitney Houston when he was using in the 1990's. He says if he didn't get help he would have died. "I didn't want to end up like Whitney Houston and I could so easily have ended up like her."

 

Elton John and David Furnish are planning to adopt again. A source tells the Daily Mail, "The wheels are in motion. David and Elton have never hidden their desire to extend their family, and believe the time is right for another child. By the end of this year, or the beginning of next year, there will be a fourth member of the John-Furnish clan."

 

Steven Tyler is headlining the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp's next installment at the Playboy Mansion in May. The five-day rock camp will also feature Kip Winger and will give fans the chance to jam with legends, record an original song and perform live on stage in front of family and friends.

 

Coin has become a nuisance: government

The Canadian government has decided to save millions of dollars by pinching the penny out of existence. The Royal Canadian Mint—which makes 25 pennies per Canadian every year, at a cost of 1.5 cents per coin—will stop producing pennies next month, and the government will start withdrawing pennies from circulation this fall, reports the Globe and Mail. The government estimates the move will save it $11 million per year, and save the private sector many millions more in counting and transportation costs.

"The penny is a currency without any currency," declared the country's finance minister, who described the coin as a "nuisance," and urged Canadians to get rid of hoarded coins. "Free your pennies from their prisons at home, and donate them to charity," he said. The government suggests transactions be rounded off to the nearest nickel, but it says it will leave businesses to decide for themselves how they want to handle the penny's demise.

Vikki Locke

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