Archive: December 2011 (61-70 of 80)

Dec 9 2011 09:40 AM ET

Hulk Hogan sues ex for defamation

Tagged:

Wrestler Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife, claiming she lied and defamed him in her new book. The St. Petersburg Times reports that Hogan — whose real name is Terry Bollea — filed the lawsuit Thursday in Clearwater, Fla. The 18-page lawsuit claims Linda Bollea wrote Wrestling the Hulk — My Life Against the Ropes to help revive her career. She wrote that her husband abused her during their marriage and had homosexual encounters.

Terry Bollea says the claims have harmed his reputation. He’s demanding a jury trial and a halt to his ex-wife’s comments. He says she has also made claims during promotional interviews on national television. Linda Bollea received more than 70 percent of the couple’s assets in their recent divorce settlement.

Dec 9 2011 09:30 AM ET

Sinead O'Connor gets married for a fourth time

Filed under: Music and tagged: ,
sinead-o-connor-barry-herridge

Image Credit: Bruja/Pacific Coast News

Looks like Sinead O’Connor kept to her word. After announcing on her website that she would be getting married on Dec. 8, the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer wed her boyfriend Barry Herridge (apparently he met her requirements for a new suitor) yesterday, which also happened to be her 45th birthday, in a drive-thru Las Vegas ceremony.

According to People, O’Connor, who wore a pink wedding dress and arrived in a pink Cadillac, tied the knot at the famous Little White Wedding Chapel. (“She cried during the vows and had to wipe her eyes,” a source told People.) Herridge, who O’Connor reportedly met online three months ago, is the Irish pop star’s fourth husband. (O’Connor was previous married to music producer John Reynolds, journalist Nicholas Sommerlad, and musician Steve Cooney, who she divorced in April.) She also has four children from previous relationships. On her blog, O’Connor described her Las Vegas nuptials to Herridge as “Too glorious for words.”

Read more:
Sinead O’Connor to marry tomorrow
Sinead O’Connor posts personal ad on her own website: ‘Am in desperate need of a very sweet sex-starved man.’

Dec 8 2011 05:46 PM ET

TLC reality mom Michelle Duggar has miscarriage

Filed under: News and tagged:

Reality star and mom-of-19 Michelle Duggar has suffered a miscarriage. EW has confirmed that the star of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting was at a routine physical to find out her 20th baby’s gender when she learned that she had miscarried. “Earlier today at a routine doctor’s appointment, Michelle and I received the sad news that we lost the baby,” said Duggar’s husband, Jim Bob, in a statement. “Michelle is resting comfortably at home with the support of the entire family. We are grateful for all the thoughts and prayers, but ask for privacy during this difficult time.”

The 45-year-old ignited a fair amount of controversy when she announced her pregnancy last month, as she has experienced complications before. Baby no. 19, Josie, was born premature and spent four months in neonatal intensive care early in 2010.

Dec 8 2011 01:44 PM ET

'The Office' star Ellie Kemper engaged

Filed under: News and tagged:

Sorry, Andy. Erin is now a taken woman. People reports The Office and Bridesmaids star Ellie Kemper is engaged to boyfriend Michael Korman. The actress confirmed the news on Conan Wednesday. It was a fitting place to announce the engagement — Korman, a writer, worked for Conan O’Brien “for many, many years,” according to the late-night host.

Dec 8 2011 09:33 AM ET

'Survivor's Jeff Probst ties the knot

Filed under: News, TV and tagged: ,

Survivor host Jeff Probst married actress Lisa Ann Russell in Los Angeles on Monday, according to People magazine. It is the second marriage for both.

Russell has two children with actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (TNT’s Franklin & Bash).

Probst, 50, will host a talk show debuting in the fall of 2012. His latest season of Survivor ends on Dec. 18.

Dec 7 2011 09:03 PM ET

'Teen Mom' star Amber Portwood says she has bipolar and dissociative disorder

Filed under: News, TV and tagged: ,

One-time Teen Mom star Amber Portwood, 21, says she has been diagnosed with both bipolar and dissociative disorder, E! News reports. The reality TV celeb — who was hospitalized earlier this year for an alleged suicide attempt, as well as faced charges last year of domestic battery against her ex-fiancé — says her bipolar diagnosis came three years ago. “When I went to rehab for two months,” she continued, “they diagnosed me with disassociative disorder too, which makes me black out. People don’t understand what it’s like.”

Read more:
‘Teen Mom’ season 3 premiere: Did you watch?
‘Teen Mom’ Amber Portwood hospitalized for alleged suicide attempt
‘Teen Mom’ Amber Portwood released from jail

Dec 7 2011 04:21 PM ET

Erin Andrews files $10 million lawsuit against stalker, hotel

Filed under: Crime, News and tagged: ,

ESPN reporter and Dancing With the Stars contestant Erin Andrews filed a fresh $10 million lawsuit against Marriott and the Chicago man who stalked and filmed her naked in 2008, according to Reuters. Michael David Barrett is serving a 30-month sentence for following Andrews to several hotels and targeting her with high-tech video surveillance cameras that he attached to her room’s peephole. Andrews is asking for a $6 million judgment against Marriott, claiming that hotel employees revealed to Barrett which room she was staying in and then honored his request for an adjacent room. She is suing Barrett for another $4 million for invasion of privacy, negligence, and emotional distress. The lawsuit was previously filed last year, but was refreshed to ensure the statute of limitations did not expire.

Dec 7 2011 01:35 PM ET

Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison

Filed under: Crime, News, TV and tagged:

Former two-term Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison today by a U.S. District Court Judge in Chicago. Prosecutors had recommended a term of 15 to 20 years, while Blogojevich’s lawyers were seeking a three-year sentence.

In June, a jury convicted Blagojevich on 18 counts, including attempting to sell President Obama’s Senate seat when he had the legal right as the state’s governor to appoint Obama’s successor. FBI wiretaps captured him saying that shopping the seat to the highest bidder was a “f—ing golden” opportunity. The tapes led to his arrest in December 2008.

Before Judge James Zagel announced the stiff sentence, the disgraced pol and former Celebrity Apprentice competitor made an appeal for mercy, admitting his guilt for the first time but claiming that he thought his illegal actions were “permissible.” “The jury decided I was guilty. I am accepting of it. I acknowledge it and I of course am unbelievably sorry for it,” he said. “I want to apologize to the people of Illinois, to the court, for the mistakes I have made … I never set out to break the law. I never set out to cross lines.”

Read more:
Jon Stewart asks Rob Blagojevich why he’ll blab everywhere but the witness stand
Blago totally messing with us now

Dec 7 2011 10:25 AM ET

Sinead O'Connor to marry tomorrow

Filed under: Music and tagged:

Sinead O’Connor will get married tomorrow, according to a statement on the singer’s website. “With enormous joy myself and my beloved boyfriend Barry Herridge will be getting married tomorrow, December 8th 2011 at ‘an un-disclosed location’ in my absolute dream wedding ceremony,” wrote the Irish singer, who searched the internet in August looking for a “sweet sex-starved man.”

O’Connor, who turns 45 tomorrow, has four children from previous relationships. Herridge will be her fourth husband, after music producer John Reynolds, journalist Nicholas Sommerlad, and musician Steve Cooney, who she divorced in April.

Dec 7 2011 07:08 AM ET

Restraining order granted against Terrence Howard

Filed under: Movies, News and tagged:

Terrence Howard was ordered Tuesday to stay 100 yards away from his estranged wife after she claimed the Oscar-nominated actor repeatedly threatened and hit her during their marriage.

The star denies the allegations. READ FULL STORY »

Advertisement

TV Recaps

Powered by WordPress.com VIP