Teenager Decapitated by Rollercoaster
A teenager was killed by the Batman Roller coaster at Six Flags over Georgia on Saturday when he scaled two six foot tall fences to get get something he lost while previously on the ride. it must have been something pretty important. “We do not know why this person was intent on gaining access to this restricted area,” the statement said, noting that multiple signs are posted stating, “Danger Zone,” “Do Not Enter” and “Authorized Personnel Only.” Said the park spokeswoman Hela Sheth. Investigation is still underway.
Transformers 2 Filming at Smithsonian Video
Transformers 2 was filming at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The video takes about 7 seconds before images show and then you can see Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox as they are discussing a scene near the SR-71 Blackbird (Jetfire).
Obama forced to flash ID
He may be running for the most powerful job in the world, but Sen. Barack Obama still has to flash his gym ID like the rest of us.
Wanting to get a quick treadmill session in before his first public event with Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday morning, the Illinois senator headed to the newly-opened Washing Sports Club in the Columbia Heights neighborhood.
But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee did not get far when he and his entourage of Secret Service agents tried to walk past the front desk without stopping, according to the gym’s general manager, Gonzalo Perez-Tamayo.
Perez-Tamayo told CNN the club trains its employees to adopt a strict policy of asking every member for his or her gym ID upon entry, even if they happen to be seeking the Oval Office.
The employee manning the front desk at the time, Takehia Wheeler, immediately stopped Obama as he was breezing past.
“It’s always a rush in the morning, everyone’s trying to come in quickly,” Perez-Tamayo said. “She asked him for his last name and he said ‘Obama,’ then she asked him for his first name.”
“It was very funny, she then realized who he was and said, ‘Oh I am so sorry!” Perez-Tamayo added.
For the record, Obama is a member at the Washington Sports Club gym network.
The Illinois senator did not appear frustrated by the inconvenience, Perez-Tamayo also said, but he probably realized he needs to get a gym card if he wants to avoid the mix up in the future.
“If he doesn’t want to get stopped he needs a card,” Perez-Tamayo said. “It’s the same for everybody.”
Get your hands on Aerosmith “Guitar Hero”.
Aerosmith fans can finally get their chance to step into the shoes of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as video game developer Activision Inc released its Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game on Friday.
Dozens flocked to the Hard Rock restaurant in Times Square to see the legendary five-member rock band debut the game and try out the latest Guitar Hero addition.
Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford even brought his sons to take a look at the band’s creation.
The game features 30 of the band’s most notable hits such as “Love in an Elevator” and “Sweet Emotion.” It also includes songs from various artists Aerosmith performed and collaborated with over the years, including Run D.M.C.’s “Walk This Way” and “I Hate Myself for Loving You” by Joan Jett.
There is even a special guitar controller emblazoned with the band’s red-and-white logo for hard core fans.
The game and guitar controller bundle for Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360, Sony Corp’s PlayStation3 and Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii sells for $99.99, with an additional PlayStation2 version for $89.99. The game is also sold individually for each of the consoles and costs $59.99 and $49.99, respectively.
The Aerosmith game is the first Guitar Hero edition that focuses on an individual rock band. The previous three versions of the game featured various rock music genres that ranged from grunge, classic rock, metal, punk and ’80s hits.
“This is an experiment for us,” said Charles Huang, co-founder of Activision’s RedOctane unit, which oversees the Guitar Hero franchise. “There are certain artists that have so much great music like Aerosmith, Metallica and Van Halen … but we wanted to do something much bigger.”
In store June 29,2008 if you can find it!! Rock on!!
Kimora Lee Simmons & Russell Simmons custody agreement reached.
Fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons wants only the best for her two daughters with soon-to-be-ex-husband, Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons– and according to terms of a custody agreement reached yesterday, Ming Lee, 8, and Aoki Lee, 5, are certainly set for a while.
Papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday granted Kimora Lee, 33, sole custody of the girls, allowing their father one week of visitation out of every eight weeks and extra time for summer vacations and holidays, People magazine reports.
Furthermore, Russell Simmons, 50, must pay $20,000 per child per month in child support, which stops when each reaches the age of 19 1/2 — or until the daughter is married, emancipated, becomes self-supporting, joins the armed forces or stops living with her mother. Once they can drive, he’s required to buy or lease a car valued at $60,000 or more for each of the girls . . . once every 24 months.
Kimora Lee, CEO of the Baby Phat clothing line, cited irreconcilable differences when she filed for divorce from Russell in March after nearly 10 years of marriage. She recently said she is “kind of” engaged to her boyfriend, actor Djimon Hounsou.
Sarah Jessica Parker loves the big apple.
Sarah Jessica Parker could be taking a bite out of the Big Apple for her next movie role. The Sex and the City star just can’t escape New York! According to The Hollywood Reporter, she’s in talks to play Ivy, a single mother struggling to adjust to life in Manhattan after losing her high-powered job, and moving from the ritzy Upper East Side to a grungy downtown flat in the film adaptation of Karen Quinn’s best-selling book The Ivy Chronicles.
Paris Hilton’s keeps her promise!
It looks like Paris Hilton is keeping the promise she made to become a better person since being released from prison. The hotel heiress made an unspecified “extremely generous” donation to the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, which is currently being built at the Childrens Hospital in LA. “The children I have met though my involvement with Childrens Hospital have truly touched my heart,” Paris said. “I am proud to make a donation and lend my name to the fundraising effort to help children who are facing terribly serious illnesses,” she adds. We think that’s hot!
Kissing Angelina not so good!!
James McAvoy says that kissing Angelina Jolie on a film set of wanted was “awkward, sweaty, and not very nice.” (Sorry to spoil your fantasies, guys!).
Uma Thurman engaged to multimillionaire
It appears “Kill Bill” star Uma Thurman is ready to take another stab at marriage. She is engaged to her Swiss multimillionaire boyfriend, Arpad “Arki” Busson, her rep confirms to People magazine.
Alleged Aly & AJ Stalker Arraigned
Aly & AJ have dodged a potential uh-oh.
Authorities are accusing an Ohio man of stalking the tween-fave pop queens, otherwise known as Alyson Michalka, 19, and Amanda Michalka, 17.
Rex Mettler appeared in Fairfield County Municipal Court today and pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of menacing by stalking, per the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Bond was set at $250,000.
Mettler was ordered to submit to a mental-health assessment and is due back in court July 3 for a preliminary hearing.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was tipped off about threats purportedly directed at the siblings and in turn contacted authorities in Lancaster, Ohio, where local police took the 42-year-old Mettler into custody yesterday at his job at a water-bottling company.
According to Sgt. Mike Peters, investigators obtained further evidence after executing a search warrant on Mettler’s residence.
Police would not comment on whether the threats specifically dealt with the sisters’ concert Friday night in Cincinnati, 100 miles south of Lancaster. Promoters said the show will go on as scheduled.
But the alleged harassment dates back to December, when Mettler began sending emails, handwritten notes and making blog posts targeting the teen singers. His identity was uncovered after Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies traced emails to his computer through his IP address.
Dog Bite May Cost J-Lo $5 Million
A suit filed Thursday seeks $5 million dollars from Jennifer Lopez. The plaintiff, former flight attendant Lisa Wilson, alleges that J-Lo’s guard dog bit her pant leg, send her falling to the ground and leaving her with injuries that led to back surgery and a loss of wages.
Miley Cyrus Speaks Out on Vanity Fair Scandal
Miley Cyrus says she is still recovering from her topless Vanity Fair photo scandal.
“I was embarrassed… but also it’s like, every career thing that I do can’t be perfect, and sometimes my decisions are wrong,” she tells Billboard in a new interview.
On the plus side, she says the experience made her “even more relatable.”
“I don’t think people will look at me any differently because they’re like, ‘You know what, I’m going to do stupid stuff too, and I’m going to make mistakes, and that’s fine,’” she adds.
But she admits, “It still hurts when I think about it.”
(See photos of other celebs who’ve gone topless.)
She says she is “super blessed” that she is a role model for young girls “but that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to make mistakes and do things that everyone’s going to be happy with … there’s no such thing as perfection.”
The 15-year-old singer — who is about to finish shooting the upcoming Hannah Montana movie in Nashville — says she doesn’t plan on playing the character forever.
DMX Arrested Again
DMX was arrested for the — oh heck, we lost count how many-ith time — busted in Miami for trying to buy cocaine and marijuana.
According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, DMX was busted as part of an undercover narcotics investigation. He approached an undercover Miami-Dade Police narcotics detective and requested to purchase “30 Powder & 15 Weed” — street slang for cocaine and marijuana. X handed over $45 — and was arrested.
X, real name Earl Simmons, was popped back on June 23 for driving without a valid driver’s license … and on May 9 on seven misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and four felony drug possession charges … and May 7 on charges of racing on a highway, reckless driving, two counts of endangerment, three counts of criminal speed and driving on a suspended license.
Judge halts release of ‘Mini Me’ actor’s sex tape
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 25-second snippet of video showing Verne Troyer and a former girlfriend having sex that was available online over the past couple of days is all the world will see of the tape
Mary-Kate does not seem to like Spencey
Mary-Kate does not seem to like Spencey
Mary-Kate Olsen chatted with David Letterman on Thursday night, talking about kissing Ghandi (Ben Kingsley) in “The Wackness,” Hollywood’s bad girls, not wearing panties (she was!) and “wormy” Spencer Pratt’s bad temper.
She told Letterman that Pratt played soccer at her high school and “he does not have a good temper. He would walk off the field.”
“I don’t really get why she’d use my name to get press for her little indie film that no one’s going to see,” Pratt fired back to Usmagazine.com Friday. “She should probably focus more on not getting dressed in the dark than on me.”
But Pratt told Us that Olsen went to Campbell Hall in North Hollywood, and he attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica.
“I know I’ve made it in Hollywood when a famous troll is talking about me on Letterman,” Pratt said. Make that “Troll Doll,” you worm!
Oh, you’ve made it all right, Spencey. But for so, so many reasons other than Mary-Kate’s mention
“I forgive her, though,” Pratt said. “She’s had to go through life as the less cute twin, which must be tough.” Zing. Your turn, Mary-Kate.
Tatum Oneil Busted For Crack
Tatum O’Neil, the Academy Award winning actress, was busted buying crack cocaine on Sunday in New York according to police.
44 year old O’Neil, who has a long fight with addiction, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after she was seen making a purchase from a drug dealer. She has been charged her with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.
R. Kelly acquitted of all child porn counts
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — A Chicago jury has acquitted R. Kelly on all counts at his child pornography trial.
The verdict came six years after the R&B superstar was first charged with videotaping himself having sex with a young girl. Prosecutors had said she was as young as 13 at the time.
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‘Dark Knight’ credits pay tribute to Ledger
Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on “The Dark Knight” The end credits of the “Batman Begins” sequel include a farewell note to Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs; and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed last September in a stunt-car accident.
“In memory of our friends Heath Ledger & Conway Wickliffe,” reads the tribute included in the credits, which went up Thursday on the Warner Bros. publicity Web site.
Ledger plays the villainous Joker in “The Dark Knight,” who begins a reign of terror on Gotham City that pits him against conflicted hero Batman (Christian Bale).
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Arriving in theaters July 18, the movie reteams Bale with director Christopher Nolan and returning co-stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman. Joining the cast are Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Beginning months before Ledger’s death, his frenetic performance and demented-clown makeup have been a cornerstone of the marketing campaign for the film.
“I needed a phenomenal actor, but he also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role,” Nolan says in the production notes for “The Dark Knight.” “Heath created something entirely original. It’s stunning, it’s captivating. … It’s going to blow people away.”
Tim Russert Dies Age 58
Veteran newsman and “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert died today, NBC News announced. He was 58. Tributes from newsmakers worldwide are coming in, with President Bush calling Russert “an institution in both news and politics.”
