Peter Dinklage, who plays witty Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones, is going to be a father. EW has confirmed that the actor and his wife, theater actress and director Erica Scmidt, are expecting a baby; Us Weekly first reported the news. This will be the couple’s first child. They’ve been married since 2005, when they eloped in Las Vegas.
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Jun 10
2011
04:40 PM ET
'Game of Thrones' star Peter Dinklage and his wife expecting their first child
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Jun 10
2011
01:48 PM ET
Selena Gomez hospitalized
Selena Gomez is in a Los Angeles-area hospital. “Last night after Selena’s appearance on The Tonight Show she wasn’t feeling well and was taken to the hospital,” said her rep, Brit Reece, confirming a TMZ report. “She is currently undergoing routine tests.”
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Jun 10
2011
11:53 AM ET
Jack White and Karen Elson to divorce, throw party
Former White Stripes frontman Jack White and model Karen Elson have split up, according to their rep. The couple, who wed in 2005, released the following statement: “We remain dear and trusted friends and co-parents to our wonderful children Scarlett and Henry Lee. We feel so fortunate for the time we have shared and the time we will continue to spend both separately and together watching our children grow.”
White and Elson clearly are not lamenting the break-up, and are even throwing a “divorce party” to celebrate their time together. “An evening together in Nashville to re-affirm our friendship and celebrate the past and future with close friends and family,” White and Elson said in the statement.
Jun 9
2011
08:53 PM ET
Estella Warren charged with hit and run, three other counts
Former model and actress Estella Warren (2001′s Planet of the Apes) was charged Thursday in a Los Angeles court with hit and run, drunken driving, resisting arrest, and battery on a peace officer, reports the Associated Press. The charges stem from a May 24 arrest in which Warren, 32, allegedly hit three vehicles and then fought with police. She is due to be arraigned on June 17.
Jun 9
2011
03:03 PM ET
Microsoft loses $300 million Supreme Court case
The United States Supreme Court handed Microsoft a stinging defeat in its appeal of a $300 million patent case verdict, according to Bloomberg. Back in 2007, I4i LP sued the computer giant, claiming that its patented technology had been illegally used in Microsoft Word, the popular word-processing program. Apple and Google had supported Microsoft’s legal effort to reverse the ruling, but the Court was unanimous, 8-0, in its support of the initial verdict. (Chief Justice John Roberts, who owns Microsoft stock, removed himself from the case.)
“While the outcome is not what we had hoped for, we will continue to advocate for changes to the law that will prevent abuse of the patent system and protect inventors who hold patents representing true innovation,” said Kevin Kutz, a Microsoft spokesman, in an e-mail to Bloomberg.
Jun 9
2011
02:42 PM ET
Leonard Stern, Mad Libs creator and TV writer, dies at 88
Leonard Stern, an [adjective] writer best known for writing [number] episodes of classic TV shows like “The Honeymooners” and “Get Smart,” [verb ending in "ing] [adverb ending in "ly"], and creating the fill-in-the-blanks party game Mad Libs along with partner Roger Price, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 88. Stern got his start in show business at the tender age of 16, when he began writing jokes for Milton Berle. He and Price came up with the idea for their popular game in 1953, according to The L.A. Times.
At the time, Stern was working on a “Honeymooners” script and struggling to come up with the best word to describe how Ralph Kramden’s new boss’s nose looked. “I asked Roger for an idea for an adjective, and before I could tell him what it was describing, he threw out ‘clumsy’ and ‘naked.’ We both started laughing,” Stern told Publishers Weekly in 2008. “We sat down and wrote a bunch of stories with blanks in them. That night we took them to a cocktail party and they were a great success.” The pair would go on to self-publish the first Mad Libs in 1958. Today, more than 110 million copies of various volumes of the game have been sold.
Jun 9
2011
11:04 AM ET
Flo Rida nabbed for DUI
Rapper Flo Rida was arrested this morning in Miami Beach and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, according to People. Police pulled over his 2008 Bugatti after he was observed driving erratically, and he failed an on-scene sobriety test.
Jun 8
2011
09:29 PM ET
Willie Nelson fined $500 for marijuana possession
Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson pleaded no contest Wednesday in West Texas to a misdemeanor charge of drug paraphernalia, and will pay a $500 fine, plus $280 more in court costs, according to a Reuters report. Nelson was charged last November after six ounces of marijuana were reportedly found in his tour bus at a routine checkpoint, although court officials now say less than two ounces were discovered — the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor. County attorney C.R. Bramblett said the case would be dismissed in 30 days if Nelson remains out of trouble.
Jun 8
2011
12:09 PM ET
'Beautiful Mind' actress Jennifer Connelly welcomes beautiful baby
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Connelly gave birth to a baby girl May 31 in New York City, People reports. Agnes Lark is Connelly’s second child with actor husband Paul Bettany — the couple welcomed son Stellan in 2003. The actress has another child, 13-year-old Kai, from a previous relationship with photographer David Dugan.
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