Wales legend Gary Speed found dead

Wales manager Gary Speed has been found dead at his family home in Chester, police have confirmed. The body of the 42-year-old former Leeds, Everton, Newcastle, Bolton and Sheffield United midfielder was discovered on Sunday morning. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. Speed, who was awarded the MBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours for his services to football, leaves a wife and two children. A spokeswoman for Cheshire Police said: "At 7.08am today, Cheshire Police was informed of a sudden death at an address in Huntington, Chester. "Officers went to the scene where a 42-year-old man was found dead. The next of kin have been informed and have confirmed the identity of the man as Gary Speed. "There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. The family have requested that they are left in peace to grieve at this difficult time. A family tribute will be released at a later date but not today." The Football Association of Wales (FAW) earlier broke the news in a statement. "The Football Association of Wales are sad to announce the death of the national team manager Gary Speed," read an FAW statement.  "We extend our sympathies and condolences to the family."

Piers Morgan Welcomes Daughter Elise

The Piers Morgan Tonight host, 46, and wife Celia Walden, 34, have welcomed daughter Elise to the family, Morgan confirms. “It’s true. I’ve become a dad for the fourth time, to a baby girl called Elise,” he Tweeted Friday. “She’s absurdly beautiful, and utterly adorable.” A feature writer and columnist for the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph, Walden wed Morgan in June 2010. He is also dad to three boys – Spencer, 18, Stanley, 14, and Albert, 11 – from his previous marriage.

Lily Allen gives birth to daughter

British songstress Lily Allen gave birth to a daughter on Friday. It’s the first child for the musician and her husband, Sam Cooper. Allen — who assumed Cooper’s last name after their June wedding — had suffered two miscarriages before her current pregnancy. While some of her famous friends took to Twitter to congratulate her, Allen herself simply tweeted one short message yesterday: “totes amaze.”



Tentative NBA Deal Reached
Now that there's a handshake deal on a new labor agreement, NBA Commissioner David Stern and union executives must persuade owners and players to approve it, guaranteeing a Christmas Day tripleheader. After a 149-day lockout, owners and players reached the tentative deal early Saturday. It comes at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars for both sides, on top of the fans and jobs that were lost during the stalemate. And it leaves the NBA with its second shortened season, with the hope of getting in 66 games instead of a full 82-game schedule. The lockout isn't quite over, but it appears the NBA's nuclear winter will be avoided. After a marathon 15-hour negotiating session Friday into Saturday, Stern accepted some congratulations, headed for another short night of sleep, then planned to brief his owners on a deal that could change the way they do business. Players, looking beat and beaten, face a tougher healing process in approving an agreement that significantly limits their earnings. First, players must drop a lawsuit against the league, reform their disbanded union and approve the handshake deal that was reached shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday. Players' association executives Derek Fisher and Maurice Evans hardly looked enthused about the agreement as they sat next to executive director Billy Hunter on the same side of a conference table as Stern, Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver and Spurs owner Peter Holt, the chairman of the league's labor relations committee. Just 12 days after talks broke down and Stern declared the NBA could be headed to a ''nuclear winter,'' he sat next to Hunter to announce the 10-year deal, with either side able to opt out after the sixth year. The sides reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season with the marquee tripleheader on Dec. 25 originally scheduled to air on ABC and ESPN. Most of a season that seemed in jeopardy of being lost entirely will be salvaged if both sides approve the handshake deal.



'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' and 'The Muppets' lead Thanksgiving holiday weekend
As expected, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 led the box office once again over the extended Thanksgiving frame, but Disney’s The Muppets reboot more than held its own in second place. Meanwhile, newcomers Arthur Christmas and Hugo started modestly, and The Descendants, My Week with Marilyn, and The Artist all impressed in limited release.
1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – $42 million ($62.3 mil over five days)
2. The Muppets – $29.5 mil ($42 mil)
3. Happy Feet Two – $13.4 mil ($18.4 mil)
4. Arthur Christmas – $12.7 mil ($17 mil)
5. Hugo – $11.4 mil ($15.4 mil)
6. Jack and Jill – $10.3 mil ($14.1 mil)
7. Immortals – $8.8 mil ($12.6 mil)
8. Puss in Boots – $7.5 mil ($10.4 mil)
9. Tower Heist – $7.3 mil ($10.2 mil)
10. The Descendants – $7.2 mil ($9.2 mil)


Questions dog Wyclef's Haiti fund

In the months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a charity run by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean spent a pittance of the money it took in on disaster relief and doled out millions in questionable contracts. A purported Miami business called Amisphere Farm Labor Inc. received a whopping $1,008,000 as a “food distributor.” No trace of the company could be found last week in the Sunshine State, but records show the company’s head, Amsterly Pierre, bought three properties in Florida last year, including a condo in an upscale waterfront community. The address listed for the business is an auto-repair shop in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, where a worker said he had never heard of Pierre or Amisphere. Pierre did not return a call for comment. Yele Haiti also paid $577,185 to a company called Samosa SA, based in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, as a “bulk water supplier.” But some of that money went to rent a house for Yele Haiti volunteers on Samosa’s property at the inflated price of $35,000 a month. “Given the fact that Yele Haiti was involved in a swirl of controversy after the earthquake in Haiti, it’s all the more reason to be more transparent to ensure donors that their funds are going to help people,” said the Better Business Bureau’s Bennett Weiner. The firm incorporated in August 2008 but never filed any of the subsequent financial paperwork required to do business in Florida, according to the Florida Department of State. Yele Haiti’s coffers swelled to $16 million in 2010, the most the charity had ever received. But less than a third of that went to emergency efforts, and $1 million was paid to a Florida firm that doesn’t seem to exist.  Jean’s charity, which he founded in 2005 with his cousin Jerry Duplessis, was already troubled when the earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. The Post reported in 2008 that it had never filed a required tax form detailing its spending with the IRS. The group lost $244,000 in 2009. But hours after the earthquake hit, Jean took to Twitter to beg for $5 donations. An avalanche of donations poured in.  Almost immediately, allegations surfaced that the former Fugees singer had used the charity’s cash for his own benefit. Critics found that four years earlier Yele Haiti had steered $250,000 to a Haitian TV station controlled by Jean and Duplessis. Jean held a Jan. 18, 2010, press conference to tearfully defend Yele Haiti’s reputation. “Have we made mistakes before? Yes,” Jean said. “Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefits? Absolutely not. Yele’s books are open and transparent.”  For all the desperation, records show that Yele Haiti spent just $5.1 million for emergency relief efforts,including food and water delivery to makeshift survivor camps, according to a review of the charity’s 2010 tax filings. The earthquake killed between 200,000 and 300,000 Haitians and left a million homeless. The country is still in the grip of a cholera epidemic.

Next James Bond film will have a new Q

"Skyfall," the 23rd James Bond movie, will mark the return of spy-gadget specialist Q, who will now be played by Ben Whishaw.The casting of Whishaw -- who starred in the film "Bright Star," as well as BBC's TV drama "The Hour" -- is surprising, as Q has historically been played by an actor who is older than the actor playing James Bond. Whishaw is 31 years old, and 007 actor Daniel Craig is 43. Q was most memorably played by Desmond Llewelyn, who assumed the role for 17 Bond films. The last time Q appeared was in 2002's "Die Another Day," when he was played by John Cleese.

Green Bay Packer Arrested for Domestic Violence
Just hours after his team was victorious on Thanksgiving day, Green Bay Packers linebacker Erik Walden was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence against his live-in girlfriend. According to police, the incident occurred around 2:30 AM and cops were called a few hours later. Cops say the woman was treated at a local hospital for a cut and a bump on her head. Walden was arrested and booked at around 8:00 AM -- but because courts are closed for the holiday weekend, Walden will remain in the Brown County Jail until Monday morning. A rep for the Packers released a statement saying, "The Packers organization is aware of the situation involving Erik Walden. We are in the process of gathering more information and will refrain from making any further comment."
 Tallulah Willis is officially a member of high society. The youngest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore stepped out at Le Bal des Débutantes at Paris's Hotel Crillon on Saturday night. Willis, 17, wore a sleeveless black and silver sequined gown by Lanvin. Her hair was up and back in a chignon. Tallulah's sisters Rumer Willis and Scout Willis also attended the ball (but not as debutantes), and Rumer Tweeted a picture of them at the event. Moore, who recently split from husband Ashton Kutcher, did not attend. But the girls' father accompanied them to Paris and the ball.

Christian Bale says he's finished playing Batman

"Batman Begins" star Christian Bale is hanging up his cape for good -- his upcoming superhero movie will be his last. The actor took on the role for the first time in 2005's "Batman Begins," before returning to the part for the acclaimed "The Dark Knight" in 2008, which pulled in more than $1 billion at the global box office.  Bale has donned the Caped Crusader's cowl for a third time in director Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated "The Dark Knight Rises," which will see him fight both Bane and Catwoman, played by Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway, respectively. But Bale star insists the next installment will be the last time fans see him play Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego. He tells the Philippine Daily Inquirer, "I wrapped (filming) a few days ago so that will be the last time I'm taking that cowl off.  "I believe the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it's all done. Everything's finished. It's me and Chris -- that will be the end of that Batman era."

Bow Wow Owes the IRS
Bow Wow is all grown up now, but just because he's a lil older ... doesn't mean he's learned how to pay off Uncle Sam -- he owes almost six figures in back taxes, this according to court documents. A tax lien filed in Florida by the federal government says the rapper, real name Shad Gregory Moss, owes the government $91,105.61 for unpaid taxes from the year 2006.


T.O. Says He Can't Pay Child Support
T.O. filed legal docs in one of his child support cases, claiming he doesn't have nearly enough jack to pay his baby mama's attorney's fees, but in making his argument he revealed he's making a bloody fortune by tweeting. T. O. says he makes between $2,800 - $6,400 per tweet.  In one instance, he pulled in $2,800 to tweet for Cutters -- a football glove company.  He raked in $4,800 for tweeting on behalf of Old Navy.  And he got $6,400 for tweeting about Fantapper -- a sports social networking site. T.O. also discloses he's earned residual money for an episode of "Punk'd" and for his appearances on "Any Given Sunday" and "Necessary Roughness." T.O. scored $10 grand for promoting Yahoo Fantasy Football and $20 grand for promoting a Super Bowl party. So why is T.O. trying to get out from under paying his baby mama's attorney's fees? His average monthly expenses are $82,178.30, plus $44,602 in child support. T.O. says he has no new sources of income and is basically broke.



Michael Lohan Heart Surgery Pushed Back
Michael Lohan did not have surgery as planned Saturday because doctors discovered additional blood clots in his lung which required treatment before they could operate. Lohan was rushed to the hospital on Thursday after complaining of chest pains and doctors determined he needed surgery. Doctors discovered blood clots in one of his lungs in their original examination ... but discovered more yesterday. He is on medication to break down the clots and rescheduled the surgery for Monday.


TV NEWS
Smallville‘s Green Arrow aka Justin Hartley has targeted his next TV gig. Having just recently guest-starred on NBC’s Chuck, Hartley will next appear on ABC’s Castle. In Season 4′s 13th episode, titled “An Embarrassment of Bitches,” Hartley will play the boyfriend of a Kim Kardashian-like reality-TV starlet who is famous just for being famous.


All the Thanksgiving specials Thursday night couldn’t hold a candle to a repeat of the CBS comedy, which delivered 11.2 million viewers and a 3.6 adult demo rating. Compare that to ABC’s Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (5.8 million, 1.8) and A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (5.4 million, 1.6) and NBC’s 85th Anniversary of the Thanksgiving Day Parade (3.7 million, 1.1) and Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown (5 million, 1.6). The best-performing special was Fox’s Ice Age: Mammoth Christmas (7.1 million, 2.3), despite the network getting the holiday wrong.