Thursday
Pearl Jam has donated $210,000 to plant 33 acres of trees and plants around the Seattle area.
A Tim Burton treatment of Sleeping Beauty with Angelina Jolie as the evil witch is apparently in the works.
A Chinese company is buying Volvo from Ford for $1.8 billion.
Fox is planning big changes to “So You Think You Can Dance” for it’s 7th season. The finalist field will shrink from 20 dancers to ten: five women, five men - with one contestant eliminated each week instead of two.
At least one web site claims Sandra Bullock is going for a divorce. Not a surprise. Jesse James has checked himself into an Arizona rehab center for an undisclosed addiction
The hardest college to get into is Stanford University. The prestigious California school rejected 93% of the tens of thousands of students who applied for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Tiger Woods’ wife has told that she won’t be going with him to the Masters next week. She’s reportedly furious at him for returning to the links so soon.
Shannen Doherty was sent home on last night’s Dancing With the Stars. …”I think that dancing really isn’t my thing,” said Shannen on her exit.
Kenny Chesney will be on Oprah April 9th to offer a peek at his upcoming 3D concert movie “Summer”
Toby Keith will be one of the first guests on Sarah Palin’s Fox News show, Real American Stories….Thursday night 10pm…
Wednesday
A Tim Burton treatment of Sleeping Beauty with Angelina Jolie as the evil witch is apparently in the works.
A Chinese company is buying Volvo from Ford for $1.8 billion.
Fox is planning big changes to “So You Think You Can Dance” for it’s 7th season. The finalist field will shrink from 20 dancers to ten: five women, five men - with one contestant eliminated each week instead of two.
At least one web site claims Sandra Bullock is going for a divorce. Not a surprise. Jesse James has checked himself into an Arizona rehab center for an undisclosed addiction
The hardest college to get into is Stanford University. The prestigious California school rejected 93% of the tens of thousands of students who applied for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Tiger Woods’ wife has told that she won’t be going with him to the Masters next week. She’s reportedly furious at him for returning to the links so soon.
Shannen Doherty was sent home on last night’s Dancing With the Stars. …”I think that dancing really isn’t my thing,” said Shannen on her exit.
Kenny Chesney will be on Oprah April 9th to offer a peek at his upcoming 3D concert movie “Summer”
Toby Keith will be one of the first guests on Sarah Palin’s Fox News show, Real American Stories….Thursday night 10pm…
Tuesday
The Beach Boys will perform tonight on “Dancing with the Stars,” including honorary member John Stamos.
Former First Lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized for tests, after complaining she hasn’t felt well for the past couple of weeks. She’s 84.
May 24th — that’ll be the day the final two hours of “24″ will air on Fox.
69-year-old Placido Domingo is recovering following surgery to remove a cancerous polyp from his colon, but he has returned to work and resumed singing in private - and plans to be back on stage in a couple weeks.
New York State Senator Eric Adams has announced plans to put up six billboards around Brooklyn imploring youths to “raise your paints, raise your image
Kate Gosselin got into a televised spat with her professional partner during a ‘Dancing with the Stars’ rehearsal last night
A Kingsport, Tennessee, man who was arrested for streaking through a supermarket cited boredom as the reason he did it
New to DVD today
Sherlock Holmes (Robert downey Jr) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
In Theatres tomorrow THE LAST SONG (drama) Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston, Bobby Coleman. A rebellious teenager spends the summer with her estranged father.
June 18th is the official opening day of that Harry Potter attraction in Florida.
Monday
Dan Aykroyd is a very generous tipper. After dining with a mammoth party of 34 at popular Lower East Side eatery Stanton Social, the “Ghostbusters” star left a whopping $1,900 gratuity on a $4,200 bill. “He and his friends were drinking martinis and wine all night,” says one delighted diner. “He was a really nice guy. He took pictures with anyone who asked.”
Today’s good news: Sandra Bullock did have a pre-nupt agreement with Jesse James.
The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether to get rid of a $5 cover charge to enter strip clubs. Thank God they’re addressing the important issues.
The Beach Boys will perform on tomorrow night’s “Dancing with the Stars” results show.
Who’s going to perform at halftime of the next Super Bowl? One Fox executives promise it won’t be any aging rocker. Among the names being tossed around: Kenny Chesney,
Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Bon Jovi… or even a Brooks and Dunn reunion.
Dennis Hopper, who’s terminally ill with prostate cancer, got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame over the weekend.
Remember Sanjaya from “American Idol.” He was caught going 110mph on Interstate 405 outside of Seattle last week.
If you like to plan ahead, the Oscars next year will be on February 27. Still a Sunday, but a week earlier than usual.
The state of Illinois is considering a switch to a 4-day school week to save money.