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I have some very sad and shocking news to report. Bea Arthur has passed away.  Bea Arthur was best known for her roles on Golden Girls and Maude.  She was 86 years old.  She died in her home this morning.  She suffered from cancer.  Cancer seems to be taking away a lot of celebrities. A lot of them seem to die from cancer.  There’s no word of what she died from, but I will keep you all posted when I find out the info.

Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922.  She started her career doing theater work before she moved on to television and movies.  She got her big break on television in 1972 when she got her own show named Maude. She played the title character.  Her character was first introduced on All In The Family.  Maude was a groundbreaking TV show.  It lasted for six seasons. She won an Emmy on the show. 

Bea’s other big break happened in 1985 when she starred on the Golden Girls. The show lasted seven seasons. Bea also won an Emmy for this show.  In case you all didn’t know, Bea didn’t want to play the role of Dorothy Zbornak.  Rue McClanahan (Blanche on the Golden Girls) had to convince her to do the show.  It’s a good thing that she did since I can’t see anyone else playing the part. 

Bea was divorced twice in her lifetime.  She is survived by her two sons Matthew and Daniel and a sister.

I still can’t believe that she’s gone. I watch Golden Girls all of the time and it’s going to be so weird to watch it knowing that she’s gone. It’s bad enough that we lost Estelle Getty (Sophia) last year, but now we’ve lost one more Golden Girl.  My heart goes out to all of Bea’s family and friends as well as all of her fans. She will really be missed.

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Leighton Meester Get Record Deal
Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf) (23) has just a record deal with Universal Republic through Time-Act Music.  She is going to be releasing a CD in the fall.  She plans to work with producers Polow Da Don, Harvey Mason Jr., and Spencer Nezey.  Her CD is going to have an electro-pop edge to it.

Leighton is one more actress who got bit by the song bug.  I’ve never heard her sing before so I don’t know if she’s any good at it.  Since she’s doing music that I am not too familiar with, I probably won’t be buying her CD.  It’s going to be really hard for her to be taken seriously as a singer since she is known for acting.  Hopefully people will be able to get past Blair Waldorf and still be able to enjoy her music.  There aren’t too many successful actors-turned singers so hopefully she won’t be one of them.

Gospel Star Timothy Wright News
Gospel start Timothy Wright (61) has died.  He died last Thursday from complications following an accident that he was in last July.  His wife and grandson were killed in the accident back in July.  Timothy never fully recovered from the critical injuries he suffered after the accident.  My heart goes out to his family after losing so many members so close together.

Jay Leno Hospitalized
The Tonight Show host Jay Leno (58) was hospitalized on Thursday.  There’s no word on what caused his injuries. He had to cancel a taping because he had to be taken to the hospital.  His rep said that there is nothing seriously wrong with him. I hope that’s true and that he’s okay.

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Julia Roberts was beat at the box office by the apocalypse.  Knowing starring Nicholas Cage debuted at number one at the box office making over $24 million.  Knowing is about an astrophysics professor who figures out how to predict monumental catastrophes.  I wanted to give a little backdrop about the movie in case you were like me and never heard of it.  I didn’t even know the movie was out until last night.  I thought Julia Roberts’ movie Duplicity would have come in at number one since she was practically all over promoting the movie.  The movie came in at number three making over $14 million.  I guess a lot of promotion didn’t necessarily help the movie make any money since it didn’t debut at number one. 

Another new release was I Love You, Man starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.  It’s a buddy comedy.  It came in at number two with $18 million.  I was surprised that this even beat Julia’s movie.  I figured that this one would have come in at number 3 or 4.  I didn’t expect it to debut at number 2. 

Last week’s number one movie Race To Witch Mountain slipped to number four with $13 million.  Last week, I made a prediction about where this movie would end up.  I figured it wouldn’t be number one for very long and I was right.  It managed to go from one to four.  I will make another prediction about Knowing.  I don’t think it will hold up the top spot for long. If it does remain number one, I predict that the numbers will drop at least by 40% or more.

Taken, Slumdog Millionaire, Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail, and Coraline are still holding on in the top 10.  Watchmen and The Last House On The Left are also still holding on in the top 10.  I have a feeling that some of these that are still in the top 10 will not be there next week.

Here is the list of the Top 10 movies:

1. Knowing – 24.8 million
2. I Love You, Man – 18 million
3. Duplicity – 14.4 million
4. Race To Witch Mountain – 13 million
5. Watchmen – 6.7 million
6. The Last House On The Left – 5.9 million
7. Taken – 4.1 million
8. Slumdog Millionaire – 2.7 million
9. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail – 2.5 million
10. Coraline – 2.1 million

Actress Heather Locklear was offered the chance to star on the new version of Melrose Place.  She turned down the offer to reprise her role as Amanda Woodward.  She claimed that it didn’t make sense to bring her character back on to the show. 

I was a big fan of the original version of the show so I am interested in tuning in to see the updated version.  I would have liked to have seen her character on the new version of the show because Amanda was one of my favorite characters on Melrose Place.  I am a little disappointed that she won’t be reprising her role after all. I had read that she was close to signing on to do the show only to find out that she won’t be returning after all. 

I wonder why she would turn down an opportunity to have a role on a TV show.  By Hollywood’s standards, she is considered “old” because she is a woman over 40. I don’t think that she’s old, but for some reason, Hollywood casting agents consider you old when you are 40 and older.  She was given an opportunity to possibly revive her career with one of the roles that made her famous and she refused to do it.  Heather Locklear was on a few shows after Melrose Place that were canceled so you would think that she would jump at the chance to do it.  Also, she hasn’t really been doing too much lately so you would think that she would want to have a chance to act again.

I read that her former co-star, Lisa Rinna has to practically beg for a small role on the updated version of the show and Heather was asked to do it, but she turned it down.  Lisa has to go to great lengths to get a role that was practically handed to Heather.  Does Heather feel that she has nothing left to do as Amanda? Did she think that her part was going to be too small? Did she not want to work with Ashlee Simpson-Weitz?  Maybe she feels that the show doesn’t really stand a chance and doesn’t want to take the risk of joining a show that may not last.  I know that it’s wishful thinking, but I hope that she changes her mind and decides to do the show after all.

I wanted to do a story on a lighter note from the Natasha Richardson story.  It’s not good for the parties involved though, but it’s not as tragic.

I just found out about a shocking rumor.  I read that LeAnn Rimes is possibly having an affair with her co-star Eddie Cibrian.  They were in the TV Movie Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights.  It just aired this past weekend.  According to the rumors, they got really close on the set of the movie.  The director of the movie, Mike Robe, saw them getting close during the filming of the movie. They were allegedly seen together at the Malibu Beach Inn on March 14^th.  LeAnn has denied that she is having an affair with Eddie Cibrian.  She dismissed the rumors.  Eddie hasn’t made any comments one way or the other about the rumors. 

The problem with the fact that they might have had an affair is that they are both married.  LeAnn married Dean Sheremet, a backup dancer when she was 19.  She’s been married to him for seven years. LeAnn and her husband don’t have any kids. Eddie married Brandi Glanville, a model in 2001.  They have two children who are 5 and 1.  If this is true, maybe LeAnn was feeling the seven-year itch and that could explain why she could have possibly had an affair.

If this is true, I am truly shocked.  I remember when LeAnn first started singing as a teenager.  I wasn’t a big fan of her music, but I was aware of who she was.  I heard a couple of her songs.  I never would have thought she would have been involved in a scandal like this.  For some reason, I’m not as surprised by Eddie’s involvement in this rumor.  There were rumors about him possibly cheating on girlfriend that he had in the past. 

This wouldn’t be the first time that a couple would have had an affair offscreen.  Anne Heche had an affair with her Men On Trees co-star.  Tori Spelling also had an affair with her husband while they were filming a movie together.  We all know the story between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  They were rumored to have had an affair while they were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

As you all may already know, actress Natasha Richardson (45) has passed away after injuries she suffered after her skiing accident.  It was only yesterday when I reported this when the family was deciding whether to take her off of life support.  The family took her off of life support at around 1:30 pm yesterday and she died at around 8 pm last night.  I was still trying to hold out hope that she might have pulled through until I heard on the radio that she was taken off life support.  I figured it was only a matter of time before she would pass away. 

An autopsy was performed on Natasha.  The medical examiner said that the actress died of epidural hematoma because of the blow to her head.  As I reported yesterday, she had leakage on her brain and skull which lead to her being brain dead. 

She was best known for her roles in The Parent Trap and Maid in Manhattan.  She was also a Tony-winning actress.  I just saw The Parent Trap a couple of weeks ago and I never imagined that this would happen to her. I also just bought Maid in Manhattan on DVD and again, I didn’t think that this would happen. 

I really feel bad for her family.  They must really feel devastated by this loss because it was one that no one saw coming.  She was a healthy woman before this happened to her. She was also really young when she died.  It’s strange to know that one minute she was here and the next she was gone.  I hope that her family and friends will be okay.  As long as they have each other, they may be able to get through the loss. I’m sure this is no comfort right now, but thankfully she won’t be suffering anymore.  If she woke up from the coma, she may have ended up in a vegetative state and she may not have wanted to live like that.   I hope that this tragedy will bring more awareness to how important it is to be careful when you are skiing. The instructors should have stressed that she wore a helmet while she was skiing.  She was a first-time skier after all so the instructor should have made sure that she was wearing her helmet.  This horrible incident might have been prevented if they had made sure that she was wearing a helmet at the time.  I hope that no one else has to lose their lives this way. It’s a horrible way to die. 

My heart goes out to her family and friends.  Natasha is survived by her husband, two sons, her mother, as well as other relatives.

As I reported in my blog yesterday, Natasha Richardson suffered a serious head injury in a skiing accident.  Well unfortunately, she has taken a turn for the worse.  She had to be rushed to a New York hospital because she was suffering from pains in her head.  She was fine when the incident first happened, but she ended up suffering from pain.  Now it looks like things are worse than originally reported.  Natasha reportedly has leakage on her brain and skull.

A family friend has said that there isn’t much hope that she will get better.  She is basically brain dead right now.  Her heart is beating, but her brain is dead.  The family may end up having to make a horrible decision about her.  Unfortunately, that must mean that she is hooked up to a machine and is only surviving because of it.  The family is still continuing to pray for her to get better.

I feel so bad for Natasha and her family. This must be a really horrible time for them.  She is a mother of young kids and they are possibly about to lose their mother.  It breaks my heart to think that they may lose their mother like this.  She had something to look forward to doing.  She was about to do a play with her mother actress Vanessa Redgrave and now she is in the fight of her life.  I can only imagine how her husband actor Liam Neeson is handling this too. He just had a successful movie Taken and now he has to deal with this. It’s sad to think that a celebrity couple who appeared happy together now has to deal with something like this. 

I will continue to pray that she will get better.  There may still be hope for her as long the family doesn’t give up on her.  I have a cousin who just had a stroke and he slipped into a coma.  He was on a machine and he was told that he only had three days to live.  He miraculously woke up and he is getting better.  Maybe the same thing could happen for Natasha.

Friday the 13^th is usually an unlucky day, but it really was for Lindsay. According to E! Online, there’s an arrest warrant out for Lindsay.  There’s a $50,000 warrant issued for her because of a DUI that she got in May 2007. She ended up getting arrested for it.  She also had to do a stint in rehab because of the incident.  Lindsay was involved in a DUI as well as a hit and run incident.  The police department’s spokesperson, Lt. Mark Rosen confirmed the warrant. 

Lindsay’s lawyer is trying to do damage control for her. Her lawyer said that the warrant was a “misunderstanding” Here is a quote from her lawyer:

“Since her case was resolved, Ms. Lohan has been in compliance with all the terms and conditions of her probation and all orders of the court. The warrant issued on Friday was, in our view, born out of a misunderstanding which I am confident I can clear up next week.”

There is a hearing scheduled for Monday at 8:30 at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. 

I remember watching her when she was on the soap opera Another World.  I never realized that she would end up getting herself in so much trouble.  She was probably on her way to having a pretty good movie career until she ruined it.  She’s constantly getting herself into trouble or doing things that cast her in a negative light.  Maybe she should go to jail this time instead of getting a slap on the wrist. It might be the only thing that makes her realize that she should try to change her ways. Whenever I see her in a magazine, she always looks like she’s drunk so hopefully she will change if she does get in some serious trouble.  There are too many celebrities who are getting away with their DUIs and it should be stopped. 

Bristol Palin (18), daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her fiance Levi Johnston have broken up.  He is also the father of Bristol’s baby, Tripp.  They had planned to get married after they finished high school.  According to reports, they have been apart for weeks.  It’s not reported what broke them up, but they’ve been apart for weeks.  According to the source, their breakup “just happened”.  We all know what that means.  That means that they are keeping the real reason hush hush.  Maybe one of them cheated on the other and they want to keep it quiet. 

Even though Bristol and Levi broke up, he still sees their son.  He wants to be a good father to his son.  I think that’s a good thing that he hasn’t deserted his son.  There aren’t too many men his age who would stay around their children. 

Bristol is moving on with her life.  She is continuing her education and she plans on going to college.  She wants to study nursing in college.  That’s good for her that she still wants to continue with her education while raising her son.

Governor Palin’s family did not have any comments to make about the breakup.  Maybe she’s not really surprised that it happened and she doesn’t want to comment on it.  Perhaps she didn’t approve of their relationship and she doesn’t have anything to say about it.

I am not really all that surprised that Bristol and Levi didn’t stay together.  There are not too many young parents that stay together anymore.  Their relationship was in the public eye so that didn’t help their situation.  Maybe they couldn’t handle the public being in their business and they decided to call it quits.  I wish them the best of luck and hope that they will both be there for their son.

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According to reports, Chris Brown had to do damage control to protect his reputation.  First, he called Rihanna on her birthday to wish her well.  Second, he decided to take anger management classes.  Third, he tried to give her some of the blame for the incident.   When that didn’t work, he tried a new approach. He wanted to reunite with Rihanna.  He needs Rihanna to take him back in order to look better in the public eye.  He allegedly wants to get public sympathy and he needs her forgiveness in order to get it.  The only problem is she hasn’t given him her forgiveness yet. 

According to Page Six, he alerted the media that he was meeting with her to talk about getting back together.  The media followed them while they were together. Talk about great timing.  I’m sure he knows how much the media would have capitalized on seeing them together so this was a perfect opportunity to let everyone know that they were trying to work things out. 

I don’t know if this is all true or not.  This could just be more rumors being spread to make Chris Brown look even worse in the public eye. As the informer, I wanted to let you all know what the latest drama was between Chris and Rihanna.  If it is true, it shows that he’s only using Rihanna to make himself look better.  He could also be trying to avoid a jail sentence by letting the media know that he wants to be back with her.  Maybe he thinks the prosecutor will go easy on him if he can keep Rihanna from testifying against him.  He must think that he will be let off the hook if she forgives him.  This is really sad that he thinks that doing this will make people forget what he did. If this is true, he should be more concerned about what’s going to happen to him when he goes to trial instead of trying to get the public to think that he’s back with Rihanna.