HEADLINES 7/13

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From: <m>

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:21:22 -0400

Subject: HEADLINES 7/13

R.I.P. George Steinbrenner

 

 

U.S. officials are disappointed in the Swiss decision to free Roman Polanski. A warrant for his arrest remains active, effectively barring the 76-year-old from returning to the U.S., which he fled in 1978 on the eve of sentencing for a charge of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. The Swiss, for their part, described Polanski as "a free man." /AP, NYP 21, USAT 8A

Bids for Lindsay Lohan’s pre-and post- prison interview are now coming in at over $500,000. Major TV networks are putting in bids by joining forces with weekly magazines to score the big jailhouse chat. /NYP 12

A TV film based on Kitty Kelley’s Oprah Winfrey tell-all biography is in the works and is expected to air in September 2011 – the same month Winfrey’s syndicated weekday talk show ends its run. Veteran producer Larry A. Thompson says he has optioned the project for six figures. /NYP 69, USAT 1D

Insiders are saying it will be impossible to market Mel Gibson’s new film “The Beaver” and the best hope is to just send it directly to video. The film’s director and Gibson’s “Maverick” costar Jodie Foster says, “it’s in post-production.” Rumors are also flying that Leonardo DiCaprio may pull out of a film directed by Gibson because he doesn’t want to be associated with him. /NYP 4, USAT 2D

Jay-Z is suing baseball player David Ortiz for allegedly ripping off the name of his 40/40 Club for Ortiz’s family owned nightclub in the Dominican Republic. /NYP 19

The Nashville Rising benefit concert led by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw has raised over $2.2 million for flood victims in middle Tennessee. The total came from sold-out ticket sales, donations and sponsorships. It will be distributed through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. /AP

Hugh Hefner wants to buy out the portion of the Playboy empire he doesn't already own in a bet that the iconic brand can still bring in profits even if the ink-on-paper magazine is past its prime. /AP, NYP 27, DN 20

Marlo Thomas is joining Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus in Mandate Pictures’ coming-of-age comedy, “LOL.” /NYP 13

Jon Bon Jovi will continue to perform in his band’s world concert tour despite tearing a leg muscle at the end of his show at the Meadowlands. /DN 3

Lady Gaga visited boyfriend Luc Carl at St. Jeromes on Saturday night. She played it cool and was sipping red wine at the bar with her bodyguard. Customers have spotted a sign hanging near the telephone that instructs employees to tell callers, “I don’t know Luc” to ward off gossipmongers seeking information about their relationship. /NYP 12

Lady Gaga spent the evening with her father at Vince and Eddie’s on 68th and Columbus Ave. Saturday night. She was at the bar with just her dad and was dressed down and covered up wearing black and a pair of sunglasses she was slipping on and off. No one bothered them. /DN 9

Stephanie Seymour spent the weekend with her kids at the Panoramic View Resort & Residences in Montauk. She avoided a party for the Ferrari Hamptons Rally at the hotel attended by Jill Zarin and Alex McCord. /NYP 13
 
Cristiano Ronaldo reunited with baby Cristiano Jr. in Portugal yesterday. On Saturday, he was spotted in New York at Exhale Spa in the Gansevoort Hotel getting a “glow” body scrub, which includes “a citrus body scrub” and “White Tea Lotion” said to provide antioxidants and a “lustrous velvety glow.” /NYP 13

Howard Stern called Larry King a “loser” and “the luckiest man in show business” at a Hamptons party over the weekend – and a “f-ing ass –“ on his Sirius radio show yesterday – after learning that King trashed him in an interview published last week in Steppin’ Out magazine. /DN 9

Rachel Uchitel was spotted at Dorrian’s Red Hand while patrons sang Karaoke and photographers waited outside. /NYP 12

John King is the latest CNN anchor rumored to be ousted. A CNN rep said of his possible ouster, “Not true.” /NYP 12

Russian spy Anna Chapman resurfaced on Facebook yesterday quoting Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” She posted: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” /NYP 7

A memorial service was held yesterday for Dennis Hopper at the carousel at the Santa Monica Pier. His ex-wife and daughter attended. /NYP 12

The Village People won't be changing their hit song "Y.M.C.A." just because the YMCA is now known officially as just "the Y." The lead singer of the original group, Victor Willis, released a statement Monday after the Chicago-based U.S. nonprofit announce that it's changing both its logo and name to "the Y." Willis says the change won't affect the song — or the dance that goes along with it, in which participants use their arms to make the shape of each letter. /AP

“Die Hard” director John McTiernan pleaded guilty Monday to lying to FBI agents and a judge during the investigation of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano in a wiretapping case. /AP

Cult comic book writer Harvey Pekar was found dead Monday at his home in Cleveland. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but he had cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression, police said. He was 70. USAT 1D

Photos in the Post: Russel Brand and Helen Mirren on the set of the remake of the film “Arthur.” /NYP 13

Photos in Daily News: Chad Ochocinco wearing sunglasses and holding his cell phone. Molly Sims promoting her jewelry line at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Gerard Butler sporting a mullet on the Detroit set of “Machine Gun Preacher.” Halle Berry snuggling with Nahla at Griffith Park in L.A. Kim Cattrall in cap and gown receiving honorary degree from John Moores University for “services to entertainment.” Blurred photo of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt tying the knot. George Clooney at Emily Blunt and John Krasinski’s wedding. Russell Brand and Helen Mirren on set of “Arthur.”/DN 9, 8, 6