Actor Tom Sizemore arrested on alleged probation violation

June 5, 2007 · Filed Under Entertainment · Comment 

The ‘Saving Private Ryan’ star was serving a 36-month probation sentence for possession of methamphetamine.

Actor Tom Sizemore, who pleaded no contest to a drug-possession charge last year, was arrested in Los Angeles today on suspicion of violating probation stemming from his alleged use of crystal meth outside a Bakersfield hotel.

Sizemore, 45, who starred in “Saving Private Ryan,” was taken into custody at the Airport Courthouse on La Cienega Boulevard about 11 a.m., said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Sizemore was arrested in the Bakersfield case May 8.

Full Story Via LA Times

Angelina Gets Naked and Talks

June 5, 2007 · Filed Under Entertainment · Comment 

Obviously, Brad Pitt understands the virtues of a nice, warm bath.

“I don’t know how he does it, but…I talk a lot in the bath,” Angelina Jolie says in the July issue of Marie Claire. “It’s easier to talk when you’re naked…Get naked with me, and I’ll talk!”

While Jolie was presumably fully clothed during this interview, and during another she gave for next month’s Esquire, that circumstance did not prevent the Oscar winner and mother of four from baring her thoughts on Brad, her babies, her career, the crazy world we’re living in and the self-proclaimed crazy things she’s doing to make it a better place.

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This divorce could break up records

June 5, 2007 · Filed Under Offbeat News · Comment 

Splitting mega-rich couple’s assets equally could be a first

In one of the largest contested divorces ever, a Chicago energy industry magnate is fighting to overturn a judge’s ruling that would give half of his fortune — or about $176 million — to his wife.

The case pits Michael Polsky, 57, chief executive of Invenergy LLC, against Maya Polsky, 55, who was primarily a homemaker during the couple’s 31-year marriage.

In a two-month trial last year, lawyers for Michael Polsky argued that it was he who built the couple’s amazing wealth after they emigrated from Russia in the 1970s with only about $500 to their names.

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Radio DJ Shocked at Jack White Outburst

June 5, 2007 · Filed Under Offbeat News, Radio · Comment 

The radio DJ who was verbally attacked by White Stripes star Jack White after she leaked the duo’s new album was so shocked at the outburst she thought she was going to cry.

DJ Electra at Chicago’s Q101 radio station played the entire Icky Thump album after she received a preview copy, prompting White to call the station from Spain to scold the DJ.

And the DJ was left shame faced as the singer berated her live on air.

Full Story Via SFGate.com

DJ Jazzy Jeff Interview

June 5, 2007 · Filed Under Hip Hop · Comment 

DJ Jazzy Jeff is best known for his collaborations with Will Smith, aka The Fresh Prince, on songs like “Parents Just Don’t Understand” and “Summertime.” After they ended that duo, Jeff has produced for a number of hip-hop artists and done a number of solo records. His latest is The Return of the Magnificent, with guest artists like Rhymefest, Big Daddy Kane and Method Man.

Full Story Via UGO