Police say they partake of confiscated a gun affinity to Jerry Lewis that was found in the 82-year-old entertainer’s carryon bag as he prepared to fly to Detroit from Las Vegas.
Las Vegas policeman Bill Cassell said Tuesday that the actor was cited Friday for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport.
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Entries from July 2008
Police: Jerry Lewis cited for concealed gun
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
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The last vision of a science fiction legend
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Arthur C. Clarke’s health was failing fast, but he still had a story to tell. So he turned to gink science fiction writer Frederik Pohl, and together the longtime friends wrote what turned out to be Clarke’s last novel.
"The Last Theorem," which grew from 100 pages of notes scribbled by Clarke, is more than [...]
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Why fans gave Neil Young the finger
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Not every musician will mould a film over that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended — more than one fan, in fact.
Neil Young was singing protest songs on a "Freedom of Speech" tour with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash at the time. [...]
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Kelsey Grammer hospitalized
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Kelsey Grammer, who had a heart attack last month, was hospitalized in New York after feeling pass out.
The actor’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield, says Grammer checked himself into an undisclosed nursing home over the weekend as a apprehension.
The publicist says it’s possible Grammer’s medication led to his symptoms. At the time, the actor was [...]
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‘Knight’s’ Bale: Who is that masked man?
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
He armors himself, keeps other people guessing and likes to garb a mask.
Batman? Try Christian Bale.
Though in his case the armor and mask are metaphorical, the 34-year-old "Dark Knight" star likes to keep his personal life as shadowy as a superhero’s primitive fish story. He’s been known to keep a low profile — [...]
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Troubled singer Winehouse hospitalized
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Troubled pop star Amy Winehouse spent the evensong in a London hospital after suffering a reaction to a medication she was taking at home Monday night, according to her spokeswoman.
Tracey Miller said she could not break what medication was tangled.
A statement from University College Hospital said Winehouse had been kept in overnight for [...]
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Review: ‘X-Files’? Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments
The makers of the new "X-Files" movie have done themselves a damage in coming up with the elongated title, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." Really, it just invites a whole bunch of bad jokes which, unfortunately, are justified.
It’s easy to imagine how they might go: I want to believe another "X-Files" movie is [...]
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Review: ‘Step Brothers’ full of funny stuff
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but producer Judd Apatow has another hit comedy on his hands. This time it’s "Step Brothers," an astute no-brainer that’s also Will Ferrell’s funniest effort since "Talladega Nights."
It’s no coincidence that Ferrell is back with the "Talladega" team: "Anchorman" director Adam McKay and co-star John C. [...]
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‘Last Lecture’ professor dies at 47
July 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Randy Pausch, the professor whose "last lecture" became a runaway phenomenon on the Internet and was turned into a best-selling book, died Friday of pancreatic cancer, Carnegie Mellon University announced on its Web site.
Pausch, 47, a computer science professor, delivered the lecture, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007, [...]
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Spector wants to exclude gory details at retrial
July 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Jurors in Phil Spector’s upcoming murder retrial should be allowed to hear testimony about blood evidence and the autopsy of the actress he is accused of shooting, prosecutors argued in court documents.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office opposed a motion by means of Spector’s lawyers to exclude testimony presented at the music producer’s [...]
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