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Week of 16 February 2009
16 February 2009
Donald Trump quits a Trump company as bankruptcy looms ...
Michael Jackson's 'Neverland' compound goes on the auction block ...
Elgin Baylor sues Los Angeles Clippers for racial discrimination ...
Dog Chapman is hit with $2M in tax liens ...
Stephen Baldwin tried to convert me -- twice ...
Credit Suisse pays its executive bonuses in toxic funds ...
Church of Scientology constructs 22,000 square foot underground vault in Wyoming, without a permit ...
Conan O'Brien is packing up for move west ...


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Roman Catholic Cardinal Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan dies in Seoul, South Korea ...
17 February 2009
Chris Brown says he's sorry about beating up Rihanna ...
NBA names finals MVP trophy for Celtics great Bill Russell ...
Kansas might not make payroll ...
Justin Timberlake is named most stylish man in America ...
Salma Hayek marries French billionaire ...
Oscarcast would appreciate it if you'd buy an ad ...
Ann Coulter's new book defends white supremacist group ...
Someone's stolen Lance Armstrong's bicycle ...
Gay Talese gets Polk Award ...
18 February 2009
Marlon Jackson wants to turn a Nigerian slave port into a Jackson 5 museum ...
After making at least eight arrests, sheriff says nobody will be prosecuted for Michael Phelps' notorious bonghuffing ...
Roland W. Burris (D-Illinois), the Senator appointed by impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich, now says he was trying to raise funds for Blagojevich ...
Suge Knight is injured in hotel fight ...
Donald Trump's "golden" image on trial after bankruptcy ...
Chrysler wants another $5B ...
Solange Knowles is hospitalized after passing out ...
Ex-VP Dick Cheney is outraged that Ex-President George W. Bush didn't grant Lewis Libby a full pardon ...
Dismissal denied in Roman Polanski child-sex case ...
Don Johnson sues over Nash Bridges revenue ...
Securities and Exchange Commission alleges billions in "massive, ongoing fraud" at R. Allen Stanford's companies ...
19 February 2009
Chris Brown is cordially invited to fight a man ...
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are unsure of Project Runway's future ...
Starbucks offers instant coffee ...
Al Sharpton is pissed at The New York Post over monkey cartoon ...
Madonna wants to play Wallis Simpson, the woman King Edward VIII left the throne to marry ...
More than 25 years after Philip K. Dick's death, his widow completes his final novel ...
SpongeBob SquarePants absorbs China ...
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel will tour together ...
Now it's Sir Terry Pratchett ...
Mickey Rourke loses his beloved chihuahua ...
Former Ford executive William P. Benton dies from cancer ...
20 February 2009
Cops want to know who leaked the photo of Rihanna after boyfriend Chris Brown beat her up ...
The FBI investigated Jack Valenti's sexuality, but found none ...
Alleged swindler R. Allen Stanford was allegedly swindled by alleged swindler Bernard L. Madoff ...
Tracy Morgan's fish tank caused apartment fire ...
Pope Benedict XVI tells Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-California) to stop supporting abortion rights ...
Ginormous Swiss bank UBS says it'll reveal a few gazillionaires' secret numbered accounts to American authorities, but the Internal Revenue Service wants to know all the names ...
Actor Robert Quarry dies in Woodland Hills, California ...
21 February 2009
A sweet tweet from Shaquille O'Neal ...
Google-backed film is Oscar contender ...
Roger Ebert remembers Gene Siskel ...
Conan O'Brien swears he'll be keeping it goofy ...
22 February 2009
Makers of Jimi Hendrix rip-off vodka must pay $3.2M ...
Spike Lee wants boycott of The New York Post over chimpanzee cartoon ...
Court orders Treasury Dept to reveal details of bailout billions that went to American International Group, Bank of New York Mellon, and Citigroup ...
Google dismisses 'Atlantis find' ...
Usher's wife leaves hospital ...
Geronimo's descendants sue government and Skull and Bones Society to recover his remains ...
Vietnam veterans rally against Jane Fonda on Broadway ...
Court rejects daughter's claim for control of Peter Falk's estate ...
Film and television commercial director Howard Zieff dies from Parkinson's complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles ...