Wizbang Pop!: June 2008 Archives

Baby Suri is back with a vengeance

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 30, 2008 · Comments (0)

After another nearly month long hiatus from Suri, the adorable tot finally emerged in mom Katie Holmes' arms after dance class in LA yesterday. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Spencer and MK the prequel

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 30, 2008 · Comments (1)

Last Thursday, Mary-Kate Olsen told America that That Hills star Spencer Pratt had a bad temper. The day after, Spencer retaliated by calling MK the uglier of the Olsen twins. JustJared into the archives of Details magazine and found Spencer proudly admitting in a 2007 interview with that mag... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Giraffe suspected in zoo break out

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 30, 2008 · Comments (0)

Fifteen camels, two zebras and several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus visiting Amsterdam early Monday, police said. "We suspect that a giraffe kicked open a pen," Dutch police said in a statement, adding that the animals did not get far before they were rounded up and... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Dutch marijuana coffee shops brace for smoking ban

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 29, 2008 · Comments (0)

Pre-rolled joints with tobacco are seen at The Green House coffee shop, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday June 15, 2008. Amsterdam's marijuana bars may be facing the ultimate buzz kill: a smoking ban. On July 1, the Netherlands will comply with European law banning smoking in bars and restaurants. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE June 27-29, 2008

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 29, 2008 · Comments (0)

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Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Plot to Kill Teen Stars Foiled by Police

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 29, 2008 · Comments (1)

A plot to abduct, assault and kill two popular teenage singers set to take the stage Friday night at Riverbend has been broken up with one man's arrest. Police in Lancaster, Ohio along with authorities in Los Angeles helped arrest 42-year-old Rex Mettler of Lancaster Friday. Mettler is charged... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.6/5 (5 votes cast)

Model Ruslana Korshunova Commits Suicide

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 28, 2008 · Comments (1)

A cover model for European Vogue has fallen to her death from her Manhattan apartment building in an apparent suicide. The New York Post and Newsday say 20-year-old Ruslana Korshunova died Saturday afternoon in the Financial District. The newspapers cited unnamed officials and police. Police say the fall is... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

'Kill Bill' star Uma Thurman engaged

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 28, 2008 · Comments (0)

Uma Thurman, star of the "Kill Bill" thrillers and "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," will marry financier Arpad "Arki" Busson, according to a report Friday in the New York Daily News. Stephen Huvane, the publicist for Thurman, did not immediately return phone and e-mail messages Friday. The pair apparently began dating... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Motorcyclist Cited For Driving 144 MPH

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (5)

A motorcyclist clocked by state police driving 144 miles-an-hour in a 55 mile-an-hour zone in New York's Putnam County faces having his license suspended. The state police in Brewster said the motorcycle driven by 21-year-old David Puchalski, of Carmel, was stopped at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at I-84 in the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Linkage

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (0)

OJ Simpson told an interviewer that he's only getting dragged into court b/c of who he is. {insert murderer joke here} The really interesting part is that the interview was held at a cigar bar in Fargo. Who knew? Here. Paris Hilton donated an unknown amount of money to the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Goldblum to replace Noth on Criminal Intent

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (1)

He may not have made it as a hallucinating detective, but Jeff Goldblum has been assigned to Major Case. USA confirmed Thursday that the veteran actor will be replacing Chris Noth on Law & Order: Criminal Intent next season. Noth, who perhaps became a little too Big for the... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Paramount races to $1 Billion mark

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (1)

Thanks to films from Marvel, DreamWorks Animation and the team of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Paramount Pictures has become the first studio to sell $1 billion worth of tickets in the domestic marketplace this year. In its rush to dominate North America with a crew that includes Iron... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Cloud machine takes marketing to new heights

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (1)

Pretty soon, when we're lying staring at the sky, we're likely to see Nike swooshes or Mercedes insignias floating above our heads thanks to a new cloud machine made by magician and Hollywood special effects entrepreneur Francisco Guerra. His US-based company Snowmakers has developed a machine that can produce... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Emmy Semifinalists Announced

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 27, 2008 · Comments (0)

Emmy organizers for the first time ever on Thursday unveiled a list of the top 10 comedies and 10 dramas competing to be nominated for U.S. television's highest honors, which are presented in September. That anyone can name 10 comedies is impressive to me. As posted by the TV... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Stars come out for Mandella Birthday

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 26, 2008 · Comments (0)

The stars came out in droves for Nelson Mandela's birthday dinner this week. Oprah, Jada and Will Smith, that dude who owns Virgin, I think I see Uma, Pierce Bronson, Robert De Niro, Naomi Campbell, Neil muther fucking Diamond, Forrest Whittaker, that chick Simon Cowel is forcing on the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Russel & Kimora's Divorce Numbers

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 26, 2008 · Comments (1)

Russell Simmons' divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons is gonna cost him a pretty penny in child support -- $480,000 per year to be exact. In court documents, obtained by TMZ and filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday (June 24), it looks like the hip-hop mogul is to... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Mary-Kate Olsen heading to 'The Wackness' after party

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 26, 2008 · Comments (0)

It's a slow day in the gossip biz. Lets enjoy some Mary Kate. Pruuuune. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

McCready Busted Again

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 26, 2008 · Comments (0)

Another familiar refrain for Mindy McCready. The arrest-prone country songbird was busted in Tennessee Monday night after turning herself in for probation violation. A spokesman for the Williamson County Sheriff's Department told E! News the singer was held for just a few hours and released later that night. The... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Lourdes and Leon Out and About

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 26, 2008 · Comments (0)

Carlos Leon, with his daughter, Lourdes, and a woman believed to be a family member, went into a rant threatening this photog and say how he hates all photogs, etc. "I'll see you alone one day!" he threatened. He had just picked up Lourdes and was only photographed for about... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

Monet Painting goes for 80.5 Million at auction

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 25, 2008 · Comments (0)

Claude Monet's painting "Le Bassin aux Nympheas," seen here, sold for 40.9 million pounds (51.7 million euros, 80.5 million dollars) at an auction in London on Tuesday, smashing the previous record auction price for the artist's work. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Salman Rushdie Knighted

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 25, 2008 · Comments (0)

Queen Elizabeth II conferred a knighthood on "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie on Wednesday, a year after the announcement of the knighthood provoked protests from the Muslim world. Some Muslims accused Rushdie him of blasphemy in the book and Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini pronounced a death sentence... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Matt Damon Plumps up for Movie Role

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 25, 2008 · Comments (0)

Matt Damon is filming The Informant, a movie based on the commodities price fixing scandal in the mid 1990s. He plays ADM president Mark Whitacre, who was an FBI informant on the case, the highest level undercover informant in an organization ever. Whitacre played a valuable role in helping expose... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Al Sharpton condems Anderson Cooper to Hell

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 25, 2008 · Comments (2)

In a discussion about the James Dobson attacks on Obama, Anderson Cooper hosted Al Sharpton and the president of the homophobic Family Research Council. As they debated the issue of religious tolerance, the conversation took a turn when Sharpton pointed out that Anderson may land in Hell for his... [Full Story]

Rating: 1.8/5 (5 votes cast)

Williams to boycott Ledger film over will dispute

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 24, 2008 · Comments (0)

Don't look for Michelle Williams at the July 14th World Premiere of Dark Knight. According to Popcrunch, the actress is reportedly furious with the family of her late fiance, Heath Ledger, and threatening to boycott the movie opening-and all other events where the family may be present-until the Ledgers... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Anne Hathaway's ex arrested on Vatican Scam!

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 24, 2008 · Comments (0)

Anne Hathaway got real smart a few weeks ago and cut bait on her Italian BF, good thing because now he's been arrested on federal wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges. Zach Braff-alike Raffaello Follieri is due in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, accused of lying to an... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

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