Archive for October, 2009

Report: Steve Phillips to Enter Treatment Facility

A rep for former New York Mets General Manager Steve Phillips -- who was fired by ESPN on Sunday night -- has announced that Phillips is entering a treatment facility following reports that he had an affair with a female production assistant. Phillips rep said the baseball analyst is going to a facility to "address his personal issues," the Associated Press reports. Earlier today, a spokesperson for ESPN released the following statement to ET: "[Phillips'] ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways." Read More »

Ivanka Trump Weds!

Ivanka Trump is a married woman! Ivanka, daughter to Donald Trump, said "I do" to magazine publisher Jared Kushner at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Sunday. The bride walked down the aisle in a custom Vera Wang gown as more than 500 guests looked on, including Regis Philbin and Barbara Walters. Read More »

Sports Analyst Steve Phillips Fired by ESPN

Steve Phillips -- former General Manager of the New York Mets -- has been fired from his job as a baseball analyst at ESPN, following reports that surfaced last week that Phillips had an affair with a female coworker. A spokesperson for the cable network released the following statement to ET: "[Phillips'] ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways." Phillips released a statement to ET on Thursday that he was taking a leave of absence following reports that he had become romantically involved with a female ESPN employee. Read More »

Twit Pic: Kim Kardashian Befriends Jennifer Lopez

Sexy celebs Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez showed their team spirit as they watched the New Orleans Saints take on the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Kim's boyfriend, Reggie Bush, plays for the Saints. The reality star posted some pics from the game on her Twitter, the first tweet reading, "At the Saints-Dolphins game with the stunning Jennifer Lopez!!!" She later sent another twit pic with a caption that read, "Me & @JonathanCheban showing Jennifer Lopez how 2 use twitter! Who thinks she should join?" Read More »

Michelle Obama Reveals the President’s ‘Most Annoying Habit’

First Lady Michelle Obama didn't shy away from questions about her commander-in-chief husband on Friday night's "Jay Leno Show." Asked by Leno what she thinks President Barack Obama's most annoying habit is, Mrs. Obama joked, "We don't have enough time," before continuing, "He has no annoying habits … he's perfect." Then, after reconsidering the question, she said, "When he beats me at tennis, that gets to be pretty annoying, and he beats me quite often." Read More »

Buzz Makers of the Week: ‘Twilight,’ Jon & Kate, and More!

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Court Papers: Mom Admitted ‘Balloon Boy’ Incident Was a Hoax

ET has obtained court records released Friday indicating that Mayumi Heene told the police she and her husband Richard knew their little boy Falcon, who was feared to have floated off in a balloon device, was safe at home all along. The search warrant affidavit says Mayumi told investigators that the incident was a publicity stunt designed to enhance the family’s marketability to the press. The document says she and Richard came up with the alleged ruse two weeks earlier, and the balloon device "was specifically made to carry out this hoax. ... she and Richard had instructed their three children to lie to authorities as well as the media regarding this hoax." Read More »

Justin Timberlake Granted Restraining Order

ET has obtained the temporary restraining order Justin Timberlake secured against an accused stalker. Karen McNeil, 48, is accused in the papers of being “an obsessed mentally unstable celebrity stalker” who, on Thursday, allegedly trespassed onto Timberlake's property and attempted to enter his home, “claiming that she knew him, was a friend and that he was expecting her inside.” The papers say Timberlake doesn’t know McNeil and they’ve never spoken. The documents also claim McNeil tried to gain access to his home on at least three separate occasions. Read More »

ET’s Mark Steines Shows Artistic Side in Photography Book

Charlie Sheen, Patricia Heaton, Camryn Manheim, and more descended upon the illuminated ET stage Thursday to support our own Mark Steines. Our host took time off from his on-camera duties and stepped behind the lens as he traveled through Africa, chronicling his trip with photographs in the book "See the Light -- A Passage to Sierra Leone." Steines said, "This is just my way of bringing about a little change in the world. I'm making a difference and doing it with something that I absolutely love doing, and that is taking pictures." The stars gave Steines' photography rave reviews with Heaton and Manheim both calling him a "spectacular photographer." Heaton, who accompanied Steines on his trip, added that "the images he brought back were stunning." Read More »

Attorney: Jon Gosselin Returns Money, Kate Has Not

Money removed from a joint account shared by Jon and Kate Gosselin is the center of a court order directed at the estranged "Jon & Kate Plus 8" stars. According to People.com, Jon's attorney says he is in "complete compliance" with the order asking him to return $180,000 – but Kate is not. Both Jon and Kate had filed contempt motions against each other for allegedly violating their divorce guidelines for how money from a joint account should be spent – and Kate had been ordered to account for approximately $55,000 she has withdrawn. Read More »