Boy involved in Lamar Odom’s car accident dies

Odom wasn't driving, but it was his hired truck that crashed into a motorcyclist, which then crashed into a 15-year old boy. It turns out that the boy, a pedestrian, has died from the injuries sustained in the crash. Odom, who was in N.Y. for the funeral of his cousin, is "devastated" by the news.
 David Ngoombujarra, an Aborigine who acted in "Australia," "Rabbit-Proof Fence" and other Australian films, has died. The 44-year-old actor was found in a park Sunday and died at a hospital in Fremantle, near Perth on Australia's west coast. Police have not determined the cause but said his death was not suspicious.  Ngoombujarra was one of Australia's best-known indigenous actors. "Australia" star Hugh Jackman said Tuesday on Twitter that he was saddened by Ngoombujarra's death. He tweeted that "his laugh, warmth and humanity" would live on. Ngoombujarra won Australian Film Institute awards for "Blackfellas" and "Black and White." His other films include "Ned Kelly," "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles" and "Kangaroo Jack."

Maya Rudolph gives birth to new son Jack

Maya Rudolph and husband Paul Thomas Anderson welcomed a baby boy, a rep for the actress/comedian said. The couple's new son, Jack, joins sisters Pearl, 5, and Lucille, 20 months. Rudolph, who is set to appear on the new NBC comedy "Up All Night," will join fellow castmates Christina Applegate (who just gave birth to daughter Sadie) and Will Arnett (whose wife, Amy Poehler, gave birth to the couple's second child in August 2010.

Piers Morgan Denies Involvement in Phone Hacking Scandal

CNN talk show host and former News of the World editor Piers Morgan on Tuesday angrily denied claims by a British lawmaker that he had taken part in phone hacking during his years as a journalist in Britain. Morgan, who hosts the U.S. nightly talk and current affairs show "Piers Morgan Tonight," said he may have been a victim of hacking but that he had never hacked a phone himself. "That MP (member of parliament) just claimed I boasted in my book of using phone-hacking for a scoop," Morgan said on Twitter during Tuesday's hearing by a British parliamentary panel in London on the scandal engulfing newspapers in Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire. "Complete nonsense. Just read the book," Morgan tweeted. "I've never hacked a phone, told anyone to hack a phone, or published any stories based on the hacking of a phone." Morgan, who edited the now-defunct News of The World in 1994-1995, was responding to remarks by British MP Louise Mensch at Tuesday's televised grilling of Rupert and James Murdoch, which was seen around the world. Mensch stated that Morgan had boasted in his 2005 book "The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade" of having won a scoop for his Daily Mirror tabloid newspaper by using a code to gain entry into another person's cell phone. Morgan said Mensch had got her facts mixed up. In the book, he wrote that he suspected he was a victim of phone hacking. "I wrote in my book that someone warned me phones could be hacked, so I changed my pin number."

 Miami Heat star Chris Bosh and Adrienne Williams threw one of most lavish wedding celebrations ever hosted at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The $300,000 extravaganza drew out 300 guests, including Serena Williams, actress Gabrielle Union, Burn Notice star Gabrielle Anwar, and Heat teammates Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. It kicked off a Friday night with Latin-themed casino party inspired by 1950s Cuba. After quietly tying the knot in April because of Bosh's busy NBA schedule, the Saturday nuptials and reception dinner were a slam dunk, with seating cards suspended by silk organza ribbons from crystal chandeliers, and strung orchids glowing in the backdrop of thousands of dollars worth of custom scented candles. Williams wore a strapless Oscar de la Renta gown accented with a belt and a Chantilly Lace veil with crystal accents on silk tulle. To fit the traditional "something blue," she wore $10,000 custom-created Christian Louboutin heels with the bottoms painted blue. A photo booth snapped shots of guests, who received printed pictures that were later projected onto a large screen in the main ballroom, while the reception dinner concluded with a multi-tiered wedding cake, drinks at a bar designed to look like a bejeweled ring and an elaborate fireworks display. During the weekend, a Sweetheart Pool was constructed near the ocean so wedding guests could keep cool in the sub-tropical heat. "To round out the weekend, Chris gave Adrienne a Cartier necklace and she gave him an Aston Martin," the source says. "Everything was over-the-top and special they will never forget it."

Effort to extradite Randy Quaid from Canada fails

A California prosecutor says U.S. officials have rejected a request to seek the extradition of actor Randy Quaid and his wife from Canada to face felony vandalism charges. Authorities in Santa Barbara have sought the couple's return for months. Senior Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter says the U.S. State Department notified him last week that it would not pursue extradition. The Quaids were arrested in September in the coastal city and accused of causing more than $5,000 in damage to a home they once owned. They were no-shows at several court hearings and were arrested in Vancouver, where the actor sought asylum from a group he dubbed "Hollywood star-whackers." Carter says the "Independence Day" actor and his wife can be arrested if they return to the United States.

Rapper DMX released from an Arizona prison

Rap star DMX has been released from an Arizona state prison after serving an extra week behind bars for failing a drug test while incarcerated. Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Lamoreaux says family members were at the facility in Yuma to pick up the multi-platinum selling recording artist. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was given a year in prison in December after his probation was revoked for failing to submit to drug testing and driving on a suspended license. He spent an extra week in jail for failing a drug test. The 40-year-old Simmons was credited with 117 days he had already served. Simmons had been earning 20 cents an hour as a porter.

Antonio "L.A." Reid officially head of Epic Records

Antonio "L.A." Reid was officially named head of Epic Records. Reid -- who will do double duty as a judge on Simon Cowell's singing competition show "The X Factor" in the fall -- will carry the title of chairman-CEO, a fitting role for the man who headed Island Def Jam from 2004 to 2011. The move has been seen as inevitable since March, when Reid fled his chairman position at IDJ. Epic Records, which has first dibs on "X Factor" performers, is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. The label is expected to merge with Jive Records, which Reid will also oversee.

Bette Midler Blasts Lady Gaga Over Mermaid Routine

Bette Midler was less than impressed when Lady Gaga rolled onto stage in a wheelchair and dressed as a mermaid in a show last week in Australia. "I've been doing singing mermaid in a wheelchair since 1980-You can keep the meat dress and the firecracker t--s," Midler tells Gaga in one of several Tweets. "Mermaid's mine." But soon Midler has a change of heart. In another Tweet, she writes, "Let's drink this over at the Emmys in September. Fabulous mermaids can coexist!"

Terrence J Added to ‘Think Like A Man’ Cast
Tim Story has tapped all of Black Hollywood to star in the adaption of Steve Harvey’s best selling book, “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man.” The film version, which stars Kevin Hart, will reportedly center around “a self-professed relationship expert [Kevin Hart] who is quick to give advice to his crew of friends, even as his own marriage heads toward divorce.” “Think Like A Man,” which is set to be released April 2012, will also star Michael Ealey, Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson, Lala Vazquez and Chris Brown.
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The two newest residents of Westeros: Stephen Dillane and Carice Van Houten been cast in significant roles in Season 2 of "Game of Thrones." Dillane will play Stannis Baratheon, who thinks he's the rightful heir to the Iron Throne and Van Houten will play Melisandre, Stannis' mysterious counselor and a women with prophetic powers.



The ninth and final episode of Love Bites will air this Thursday, at 10/9c, thus completing the midseason series’ run… forever, an NBC spokesperson has said. That NBC is pulling the plug on the romantic-comedy anthology series comes as almost no surprise, given the relentless crucible it endured to even make it on air, to then only muster the slightest of ratings.


Jere Burns (Dear John, Good Morning Miami) has been tapped for a major recurring role on Burn Notice. In at least at least five episodes this season, Burns will play Anson Fullerton, a brilliant but understated clinical psychologist whose specialties in human behavior and experience working with covert agents proves useful in answering many of Michael’s still-looming questions.


The only thing the Arnold Schwarzenegger love-child scandal was missing was a crime. And now Law & Order: SVU is taking care of that. Sources confirm that the lone remaining L&O is plotting an episode this fall loosely inspired by the real-life drama involving the secret son Schwarzenegger fathered with a member of his household staff. The episode is slated to air early in the show’s upcoming 13th season, which kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 10/9c.


A nasty legal fued has broken out over the upcoming TV series based on characters in John Grisham’s seminal legal thriller The Firm. CBS today sued the writer-producer of the upcoming NBC series claiming the project was originally developed for CBS and was taken to the Peacock network without permission. According to the complaint, filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lukas Reiter and Entertainment One developed The Firm,  which picks up where the Grisham novel leaves off, for CBS under an exclusive contract. CBS says it paid Reiter $250,000 and other compensation. The lawsuit says Reiter later asked if he could take the project elsewhere and CBS said no but “Entertainment One and Reiter have moved full speed ahead, in direct violation of CBS’s rights,” according to the suit.