Archive for January, 2010

Source: Date Set for Casey Johnson’s Funeral

Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson's funeral has been scheduled. An ET source says that the funeral will be held in New York on Saturday, January 9. "The Johnson family wishes to thank everyone who has expressed condolences and support during this trying time. Your thoughts and prayers are deeply appreciated," family spokesman Jesse Derris said earlier this week. Read More »

Tori Spelling Gets Personal in New Book

ET has the latest... Tori Spelling is planning to tell the world about everything from her rocky relationship with her mother Candy to her life in the public eye with her third book. "I love sharing my stories and experiences with people and connecting to them on both a humorous and emotional level," Spelling tells People about the book, tentatively titled unchartered terriTORI. Besides opening up about her mother, she also plans to reveal what life is like being a famous mother of two kids. Read More »

Hailey Glassman on Kate Gosselin’s New Look: ‘It’s Eighties meets 2010’

Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin is the talk of the town with her new look, featured on the cover of the new People magazine, and Kate's ex-husband Jon Gosselin's former girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, can't believe her eyes! "I love it. I think she looks amazing. I'm not gonna lie, she looks really good," Hailey tells ET of the former "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star's new 'do. "It's '80s meets 2010 -- she has the party in the back and short in the front. She looks so much better now than she did three or four years ago." Hailey's sporting a new look for the new year too, going from being a blonde to darker hair. Read More »

Tila Tequila: ‘Mean Girls Bombarded My Home’

Tila Tequila is sounding off in a new blog entry titled “Why I Had to Call the Police Today," after a Web site posted a video earlier Wednesday showing Nicky Hilton and Bijou Phillips removing dogs and clothing from Tila's home as she looked on. “My Fiance and I had been living together at my house for about a month now, with all of our dogs! 3 Total, and today these 'mean Girls' bombarded MY HOME, to try to take the pups away so they can put them to sleep so they can bury the dogs with Casey,” Tila blogs. “So sad! I had to call the police because they were getting very violent outside of my house and threatening to break in! They kept kicking my door, pounding on it, and even left scratch marks on my windows and texted that they were going to try to break in from ... Read More »

Alleged Tiger Woods Mistress Sounds Off!

Jaimee Grubbs, one of Tiger Woods' many alleged mistresses, is questioning the embattled golf great’s character -- and stripping down for steamy lingerie shots in the February issue of Maxim! “My relationship with Tiger was something that was very intimate with me and very close,” Grubbs says. “I have not [spoken] with Tiger or anybody since the whole car crash and everything happened.” “If I were to say anything to Tiger now it would probably just be he hurt me and makes me question the character he is with everything that has happened and all these women that are coming out,” adds the 24-year-old cocktail waitress and aspiring model, who hopes to one day teach kids. Read More »

LAPD Called to Tila Tequila’s Home

The LAPD tells ET that they were called to Tila Tequila's home today regarding a possible burglary investigation. Radaronline.com posted a video that showed Nicky Hilton and Bijou Phillips removing dogs and clothing from Tila's home as she looked on. The dogs and belongings reportedly belonged to heiress Casey Johnson. Tila had announced that she was engaged to Casey shortly before her death. In the video, Tila appears to allege that she believed there was a plan to put Casey's dogs to sleep, but a rep for the Johnson family tells Radar that there is no plan to put the dogs to sleep. Read More »

Wanda Sykes To Kate Gosselin: You Look Good

Watch now: Wanda Sykes reacts to Kate Gosselin's shocking new look! Kate debuted a new style on the cover of this month's People -- on stands now -- getting a glam makeover. While at the NAACP award nominations Tuesday, the star weighed in on Kate's longer locks. Read More »

Polanski Lawyer Asks for Director to Be Sentenced from Afar

Roman Polanski's lawyer asked a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday to sentence the director regarding his decades old sex case while he is in Switzerland, rather than requiring him to return to the U.S. to be sentenced. According to the Associated Press, the judge said during a status hearing that he will consider the request only if lawyers file documents explaining why the sentencing from afar would be appropriate. He scheduled a hearing based on that request for January 22, the AP reports. Polanski is currently being held under house arrest in Switzerland pending extradition to the United States regarding a 1970s sex case.  Read More »

Man Sues Michael Jackson Estate Over Public Funeral Costs

A Los Angeles man who says he’s a tax-paying citizen has filed a multi-million dollar creditor’s claim against the Jackson estate, arguing that the estate -- and not the city of Los Angeles -- should foot the bill for the King of Pop’s extravagant public memorial last year. Self-described tax-paying citizen Jose Freddie Vallejos says he believes the city shelled out about $3.3 million in police expenses and other resources for Jackson’s July 2009 public funeral at the Staples Center. Vallejos says these expenses are chargeable to the estate because, he contends, they were a reasonable funeral cost, and the estate “directly benefited from the expenditure.” He also asserts that the expenses were “an illegal gift of public funds in violation of the Constitution of the State of California.” Read More »

Gary Coleman Health Update

After former child star Gary Coleman was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Wednesday, ET has learned how the actor is doing now. Coleman's rep tells ET that the former "Diff'rent Strokes" star is doing fine and will undergo dialysis today, a routine procedure his rep says Coleman was scheduled to have in Utah on Thursday. According to his rep, Coleman was in Los Angeles for a meeting with producers of his upcoming film to discuss a concern he had about the project. Read More »