TV, movie and music news | News Briefs

News Briefs TV, movie and music news

Archive: June 2011 (31-40 of 88)

Jun 22 2011 02:55 PM ET

Goshen PD confirms: Ryan Dunn's blood-alcohol level over legal limit

Pennsylvania’s West Goshen police department has confirmed that Jackass star Ryan Dunn’s blood alcohol concentration far surpassed the legal limit when during his fatal collision early Monday morning. Dunn’s BAC measured .196 percent. The legal limit in Pennsylvania is .08 percent. No other substances turned up in Dunn’s blood, however.

Through a scene reconstruction, the police department also determined that Dunn was driving between 132 and 140 miles per hour when he lost control of his car and ran off the road. The county coroner’s office previously classified the accidental death to be caused by blunt trauma and the heat of the fire from the explosion caused when Dunn’s 2007 Porsche collided with trees.

Jackass 2 crew member Zachary Hartwell was also killed in the crash.

Jun 22 2011 12:13 PM ET

Attention ladies: George Clooney is single

by Kate Ward

Categories: Breaking up is hard to do

One bellissimo courtship over: George Clooney and Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis are no longer dating, People reports. According to a statement released by the couple, “We are not together anymore. It’s very difficult and personal, and we hope everyone can respect our privacy.”

Clooney and Canalis were together for two years.

Jun 22 2011 11:36 AM ET

Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher marries

by Lanford Beard

Categories: Music, Weddings

It’s time to pop out the “Champagne Supernova.” Oasis crooner Noel Gallagher has married his long-time girlfriend Sara MacDonald. According to People, Gallagher, 44, said “I do” to MacDonald this past Saturday at the Lime Wood Hotel in New Forest, England. Watching the newlyweds share their first dance to The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” was funnyman Russell Brand, who once hosted UK radio show TalkSPORT with Gallagher and reportedly served as best man.

On the regret list were Brand’s wife, Katy Perry, who was busy with an engagement on her California Dreams tour, and Gallagher’s embattled brother, Liam. The brothers famously brawled throughout Oasis’s rise to fame, and their escalating conflicts eventually undid the group. “I’ve not been invited to his wedding,” Liam told the Chicago Sun-Times last Friday before a gig with his new band, Beady Eye.

This is Gallagher’s second marriage. He and his new wife have two sons — 3-year-old Donovan and 8-month-old Sonny — in addition to Gallagher’s 11-year-old daughter, Anais, whom he had with first wife, Meg Matthews.

Jun 22 2011 10:22 AM ET

Glen Campbell battling Alzheimer's

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Health

“Rhinestone Cowboy” singer Glen Campbell tells People magazine that he has Alzheimer’s disease. The 75-year-old singer and his wife, Kim, decided to go public with his illness so he could say goodbye to his fans when he performs this fall and so his fans can understand his condition. “Glen is still an awesome guitar player and singer,” Kim told the magazine. “But if he flubs a lyric or gets confused on stage, I wouldn’t want people to think, ‘What’s the matter with him? Is he drunk?’”

“I still love making music,” said Campbell, who learned of his diagnosis six months ago. “And I still love performing for my fans. I’d like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin.”

Jun 21 2011 04:33 PM ET

Coroner's office confirms Ryan Dunn's cause of death

by Lanford Beard

Categories: Health, In Memoriam, Movies, Television

The Chester County Coroner’s Office has confirmed to EW that Jackass star Ryan Dunn, 34, and his friend Zachary Hartwell — a production assistant on Jackass Number Two — died of accidental “blunt and thermal trauma” due to yesterday’s early morning accident, in which Dunn’s 2007 Porsche careened into a patch of trees in the Pennsylvania town, then burst into flames. A toxicology report, however, is not yet complete, so questions over Dunn’s blood alcohol level will not be resolved until the full autopsy report is released likely within six weeks. Dunn tweeted a picture of himself drinking just hours before the accident.

Jun 21 2011 01:51 PM ET

London teenager arrested in connection with Playstation Network hack

by Darren Franich

Categories: Tech

A 19-year-old has been arrested in London under suspicion of participating in the hacking of Sony’s Playstation network, according to CNN. Computers belonging to the suspect, who remained anonymous per UK law, will also be analyzed for connections to hacks against the CIA and England’s Serious Organized Crime Agency. The mysterious group LulzSec, who have taken credit for the Sony hack, tweeted a response to the arrest: “Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it’s all over now… wait… we’re all still here! Which poor bastard did they take down?”

Jun 21 2011 12:23 PM ET

'Lost' actor Doug Anthony Hutchison marries 16-year-old girlfriend

by Lanford Beard

Categories: Television

Image Credit: Courtesy of Doughutchison.com

Thirty-five may not have been one of the cardinal numbers on Lost, but you can bet it has incredible significance to former star Doug Anthony Hutchison. For that’s the number of years separating the 51-year-old actor, who played DHARMA honcho Horace Goodspeed on the hit, and his new wife, 16-year-old aspiring country singer Courtney Alexis Stodden.

The newlyweds said their vows last month in Las Vegas. The actor broke the news only his personal website, writing, “Doug Anthony Hutchison and Courtney Alexis Stodden became husband and wife on Friday May 20th, 2011, at 12 pm in The Little Chapel of Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada.”

He added, “Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison live together happily ensconced in their Hollywood Hills home with their lil’ pups, Everette and Tuna.”

Hutchison has addressed the three-and-a-half decades age gap between himself and his new bride, telling E! Online, “We’re aware that our vast age difference is extremely controversial, but we’re very much in love and want to get the message out there that true love can be ageless.”

Jun 20 2011 04:37 PM ET

Sean Kingston happily on the mend after Jet Ski accident

by Lanford Beard

Categories: Health, Music

R&B singer Sean Kingston is happy to be on the road to recovery after a life-threatening Jet Ski accident and a touch-and-go stay in the Miami’s Ryder Trauma Center.

Kingston (real name Kisean Anderson) tweeted this past Sunday, “Feeling alot better! GOD IS GREAT!” He posted a picture of himself making a peace sign and added for his fans, ”Thanks for all the prayers and support! Love you ALL!”

The “Beautiful Girls” singer, 21, crashed the Jet Ski about 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 29, after he collided with Florida’s Palm Island Bridge. He sustained a broken jaw, fractured wrist, and other injuries from which doctors anticipated he would need six weeks to fully recover.

Miami native Kingston was joined on the watercraft by a female companion, who was also injured in the accident.

Jun 20 2011 04:27 PM ET

Peter Fonda weds for the third time

by Kate Ward

Categories: Weddings

Third time’s the charm? Easy Rider actor Peter Fonda has married for the third time, People reports. The actor, who was previously married to Susan Brewer and Portia Crockett, has wed Margaret “Parky” DeVogelaere in Hawaii. Fonda has two children with Brewer, Bridget Fonda and Justin Fonda.

Jun 20 2011 11:01 AM ET

'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn killed in crash

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Legacy

Ryan Dunn, one of the daredevils who helped make Jackass famous, was killed this morning after his Porsche flew over a guardrail in West Goshen, Pa., according to the West Goshen Police Department. He was 34. Dunn’s 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 was in flames in a wooded area near Rt. 322 and the Pottstown Pike when police arrived arrived around 3:00 a.m. Excessive speed may have a contributing factor in the accident, the police believe.