Last Week’s Scoop (in case you missed something)
Oil prices have crawled up to their highest point since last October.
Supposedly, the Jackson family has signed the papers so that Michael will be buried at the Hollywood Hills location of Forest Lawn.
Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi are all in Denver this weekend for season 9 auditions. We’re officially entering the “no Paula” zone. Not wasting time, Simon Cowell has already lined up Victoria Beckham as a celebrity judge for the next season of “American Idol.” At least one website is claiming this whole Paula Abdul leaving Idol thing is just a big hoax. We’ll see
Hurricane Felicia — a category 4 storm — is heading right for Hawaii!
Paula Abdul wrote on Twitter Tuesday that she will not be back on “American Idol.” She’s done!
“Let’s Make a Deal” is coming back to daytime television. CBS says that an updated version of the show will debut October 5, with Wayne Brady as host.
An apple a day can keep pounds away, according to a study from Penn State University at State College. People who consumed the fruit before a meal took in 15% fewer calories overall than those who didn’t.
People with at least one sister are generally more optimistic and ambitious than those without one, suggests a study from the University of Ulster in Magee, Ireland.
Pink thinks the only way to get celebrities to stop wearing fur is to tell them that it makes them look fat. And so she tells them that.
Columbia Pictures got the rights to turn that footage of Michael Jackson’s final rehearsals into a movie.
Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg are among those that are set to test their general knowledge on TV after signing up to appear on a special celebrity edition of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” Vanessa Williams and
Lauren Conrad will also appear on the show later this month.
Eddie Van Halen will appear as himself in the season opener of “Two and a Half Men” next month.
Sources say Billy Joel is distraught over his break up with his soon-to-be ex-wife Katie Lee Joel. Billy Joel who is legally separated from Katie Lee, apparently wants to get his woman back. The two split because Katie Lee — a TV food critic and chef — wanted to have kids and a family, and Joel did not.
Starting today, August 3rd, Oprah.com members can download the book Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. The book is one of Oprah Magazine’s 25 Books Of Summer and has gotten stellar reviews. Hurry, though, the download is only available for 48 hours and ends on Wednesday, August 5 at 10:59pm EST. Oprah did the same thing two weeks ago with Jill Ciment’s Heroic Measures. Girlfriend is a giver and a marketing genius! Not an Oprah.com member? Not too late to join - it’s also free!
Jet Blue and United Airlines are using Twitter to fill up their planes and sell seats fast.
Larry King has opened up his own Twitter account.
Gwyneth Paltrow says she feels “pure” after surviving for three weeks on pumpkin seeds and coconut water.
In Seattle, a bank teller chased after a bank robber, tackled him in the streets and held him until police arrived… and was FIRED for his efforts. (Bank policy is that you DON’T confront a robber.)
Drew Barrymore is obsessed with dolphins–so much so that she is convinced she was a dolphin in a previous life, reports the National Enquirer.
Steven Spielberg is going to remake the 1950’s Jimmy Stewart classic, “Harvey,” the story of a man and his 6-foot tall invisible rabbit.
Country singer Billy Currington was performing his last song on a stage at a fair in Canada over the weekend when a storm hit, causing the stage to collapse. One person died, 60 were injured. Currington was unhurt. But scheduled to take the stage after Billy:
Kevin Costner and his band!
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