HEADLINES 7/14

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George Michael Steinbrenner III, owner of the New York Yankees for more than three decades, died Tuesday of a heart attack in his Tampa, Fla. home at age 80. / AP, DN2, NYP2, USATA1
 
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have gotten married. Cruz's representative Amanda Silverman confirms the couple married in the beginning of July at a friend's house in the Bahamas. / AP, NYP23

Attorneys for a couple accused of plotting to extort $680,000 from John Stamos are trying to get them off the hook by attacking the actor's character and the FBI's credibility. Defense lawyers in the trial of Allison Coss and Scott Sippola have portrayed Stamos as a promiscuous drug user - allegations he denied while testifying Tuesday. Cross has also said that her and Stamos took part in a "steamy hot tub session" in 2004; Stamos' lawyer issued a statement saying this allegation was "simply untrue." / AP, DN52, NYP14

The third phone recording of Mel Gibson surfaced yesterday where he tells ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, "I own you!" / NYP23
 
The Daily News picked up PEOPLE's report that Mel Gibson sought therapy over his relationship with Oksana Grigorieva. / DN22
 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed for divorce from his wife Mary Richardson Kennedy. The news broke yesterday—just days before she is scheduled to return to Bedford Town Court in Westchester to face drunken-driving charges stemming from a May 15 arrest. / DN15, NYP11

Roman Polanski, the 76-year-old movie director still faces an Interpol warrant in effect for 188 countries for a 1977 child sex case. That means now, Polanski is truly safe from arrest only in his home nations of France and Poland, and - due to this week's decision - Switzerland. / AP

MTV's "The Hills" ended its series last night after 102 installments. / AP
 
Alex Rodriguez will make his film debut in the comedy "Friends With Benefits." The film stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and starts filming in and around New York this month. / DN15
 
Will and Jada Smith were seen leaving Hollywood's Saddle Ranch Chop House after a four-hour meeting with a group of actors that included Tom Cruise, Jenna Elfman and Tom Skerritt. A spokeswoman for the couple said the meeting was about business—a table read for a project called "Paper Wings" that Smith's production company is developing. / DN15

Sting was seen at the premiere of "2012: Time for Change" at the SVA Theater on Thursday where he said, "I have the right to believe what I want to believe—freedom of expression and all that." / DN15
 
Actor Rip Torn asked a judge yesterday to give him probation for breaking into a Connecticut bank while drunk and armed. Prosecutors will drop a felony burglary charge against Torn but said they will fight probation at an Aug. 11 hearing. / DN12, NYP11
 
Singer Sade and rapper Jay-Z will perform at Alicia Keys' "Keep a Child Alive" foundation's seventh annual Black Ball in New York on Sept. 30. The event raises funds for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. / USATD1

Jewel went undercover to a karaoke bar Monday night in Los Angeles and performed to film a web video for FunnyOrDie.com, the comedy video website co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The video was posted Tuesday and was rapidly circulating online, with more than 160,000 views as of evening. / AP

Ed Norton is speaking out on Facebook after Marvel Studios announced last week that the actor won't reprise his Hulk role in its forthcoming "Avengers" film. Norton says he took to the social-networking site Monday because he felt it would be rude not to respond to an outpouring of support from fans. / AP
 
Mark Sanchez and Jamie-Lynn Sigler were seen at Morton's Steakhouse in Anaheim during the MLB All-Star festivities. / NYP14
 
Jessica Simpson's ex-boyfriend Tony Romo was seen with newly single Ryan Cabrera on Monday night where the two hit Industry nightclub in West Hollywood. / NYP15
 
Madonna began building a horse fence on the 30-acre Bridgehampton spread she bought from Kelly Klein in February and renamed Wild Horses Farms. However, the town of Southampton and Suffolk County own the property's development rights. Madonna's company has now filed an application to complete the fence. / NYP14
 
Eliot Spitzer was seen at Michael's, lunching with former US Ambassador to Slovakia Carl Spielvogel. / NYP15

The former home of Michael Jackson could become California's latest state park under an idea being floated by a California state lawmaker. Assemblyman Mike Davis said Tuesday that he believes it's worth studying whether the California Department of Parks and Recreation should take over the Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County. / AP
 
Sela Ward has joined the cast of the CBS crime drama "CSI: NY" and will make her first appearance in the seventh season premiere. / USATD1
 
U2 is preparing to hit the road again on the 360 Tour following a brief break so that Bono could recover from emergency back surgery. They will begin the 2010 European tour on time on Aug. 6 in Turin, Italy. / USATD1
 
E! reports that Snooki has been contacted by unnamed network execs to star in her own show. Snooki, however, thinks she would be better suited as a talk-show host. / NYP92
 
USA Today profiles Judge Judith Sheindlin, who has surpassed Oprah in TV ratings. / USATD1
 
Oprah Winfrey impersonator Debra Wilson says she does not want to play Oprah this time around in a planned miniseries adaptation of Kitty Kelley's Winfrey biography. Wilson said, "Oprah would have me killed." / NYP93
 
"Glee" will return to television Sept. 21 at 8 p.m., the Fox network announced yesterday. / DN84, USATD1
 
The second "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon will air Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. and will be hosted by Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams. The event will be shown on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, VH1, HBO, HBO Latino, TV One, G4, Discovery Health, E!, MLB and Style Network. / DN85
 
Photos in the Daily News: Tiger Woods in a practice round yesterday at the British Open, Kyra Sedgwick on her way to "The Late Show With David Letterman" yesterday, Bret Michaels and his daughter in NYC yesterday afternoon, Elizabeth Banks getting a touchup on set for "My Idiot Brother" in NYC yesterday, Penn Badgley kissing his girlfriend Blake Lively in the Meatpacking District yesterday, Sofia Vergara in a bikini on an Italian beach yesterday, Renee Zellweger stopping to look at a passerby's baby while grabbing coffee in LA, Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher on their honeymoon in Tahiti on Monday. / DN77, DN15, DN14
 
Photos in the Post: Tiger Woods in a practice round yesterday at the British Open, Orlando Bloom with fiancée Miranda Kerr as he picks up an honorary degree at the University of Kent at Canterbury Cathedral in England yesterday, Penn Badgley and girlfriend Blake Lively strolling through the Meatpacking District, Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher on their honeymoon in Tahiti on Monday, Eva Mendes in Allure's August issue, Ellen Page outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in LA last night. / NYP78, NYP16, NYP15, NYP11