Wednesday, July 21, 2010

HEADLINES 7/21

Laptop is fixed!  Now I'm holed up in my apartment with the Fios guy who chats more than he works.   Wireless is almost ready...baby steps!

Here's the DIRT: 

Lindsay Lohan walked into a California lockup to cheers from fellow inmates yesterday. Sheriff's officials say that Lindsay Lohan will spend only about two weeks of a 90-day sentence in jail. But, once Lohan is released in early August, she will be required to report to probation officials within a day. She has also been ordered to spend three months at an inpatient rehab. / AP, DN3, NYP9, USATD1
 
The sixth Mel Gibson tape is out. Gibson taunts his ex-girlfriend by saying no one will believe her claims of domestic abuse. After Oksana Grigorieva accuses Gibson of hitting her and their child he replies, "I want my child, and no one will believe you! So f--- you!" / DN4, NYP11
 
Jennifer Aniston got a restraining order yesterday against a "mentally ill and delusional" stalker who drove cross-country on a mission to marry her. Jayson Peyton was caught last Thursday waiting for the actress "with a sharp object, a bag, a roll of duct tape and written messages about [her]," according to court documents filed in LA. / DN12, NYP18

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio and Jenni "JWOWW" Farley will each earn about $30,000 per episode next season for MTV's "Jersey Shore." / NYP77

Taylor Swift will release her third album, "Speak Now," worldwide on Oct. 25. / AP, USATD1

Ice-T was arrested on accusations of driving with a suspended license. New York City police say the entertainer was driving a 2009 Cadillac near West 40th Street and 11th Avenue on Tuesday when officers stopped him for not wearing a seat belt. They said they ran a check and discovered his license was suspended. / AP, DN7, NYP5

Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck says he's been diagnosed with an eye disease that could eventually blind him. The conservative commentator told an audience attending his "American Revival" tour over the weekend in Salt Lake City that a doctor told him he has the degenerative disease macular dystrophy. / AP, NYP76
 
Leonardo DiCaprio will be on the cover of Rolling Stone's Aug. 5 issue where he talks about settling down and working on a project with Mel Gibson—before news of the Gibson scandal broke. / USATD1
 
Two former contestants from "The Bachelor" were injured in a car accident after the taping of a "Men Tell All" episode over the weekend. Christina Costa and Tiffany Sandles attended the taping and the after-party and were giving two unidentified "Bachelor" cast members a ride to their cars. Costa, who was driving, lost control and hit a lamppost. Her arm was broken when the pole fell on the car and airbags deployed. / NYP77

George Clooney will be recognized for his humanitarian efforts at the Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present the 49-year-old actor with its Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the ceremony next month. / AP

A judge preparing for jury selection in the trial of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and boyfriend said Tuesday he will dismiss any prospective jurors who refuse to reveal their medical histories, including prescription drug use. "I really want to focus on prescription drugs because I think that's what this case is about," said Superior Court Judge Robert Perry. / AP
 
Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian will be joined Saturday by Bethenny Frankel on opening day of the Mercedes-Benz Bridgehampton Polo Challenge at Blue Stars Jets Field. / NYP18
 
Donald Trump is suing a south Florida county and its airport to get them to quiet down. His lawsuit, filed Monday in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, is the latest legal action he's taken in a decades-old disagreement over noise control at Palm Beach International Airport, near his ritzy Mar-a-Lago home. / NYP7
 
Lady Gaga was seen carrying a 10-speed bike over her shoulder while her bodyguard walked beside her in front of St. Jerome's watering hole on the Lower East Side, where boyfriend Luc Carl bartends. / NYP16
 
Tiger Woods is tied with Kobe Bryant as America's favorite sports star, a new Harris Interactive poll found. Derek Jeter is third and Brett Favre is fourth. / NYP11
 
Susan Sarandon finds it "weird" that she has become strongly associated with ping-pong. "I've become an entrepreneur through ping-pong," she said. Sarandon helped launch Spin, a New York temple to table tennis. Its second outpost will open Wednesday at LA's Mondrian Hotel. / USATD7
 
Charlie Sheen's estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, recently out of rehab, was seen dodging reporters at the Sunset Tower in LA. / NYP18
 
"Entourage" stars Kevin Connolly and Kevin Dillon are among the investors backing the new owners of Siro's, a popular eatery next door to the Saratoga Race Course. / NYP17
 
Producer Phil Ramone is set to record an album with John Mayer to re-create the classic sound of "Blood on the Tracks," which Ramone produced for Bob Dylan in the '70s. / NYP18
 
Every weekday afternoon, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" interns hand out about 40 tickets for people to watch Fallon do a live run-through of that night's opening monologue. Fallon is the only late-night host to do a public run-through of that night's monologue. / NYP76
 
Steve Carell made co-star Paul Rudd laugh during multiple scenes while filming "Dinner for Schmucks." At Monday night's premiere of the film director, Jay Roach, said, "As soon as Steve got Paul going, we'd lose a whole roll of film waiting for him to get his composure back!" / DN9
 
Fabolous was seen on his BlackBerry all night at Morton's Steakhouse in Hackensack, NJ, the other night, but forgot the phone when he left. When a server ran out to the parking lot to return it, the rapper was grateful because he said he was writing song lyrics on it all night. / NYP16
 
Kevin Kline attended the after-party for his film "The Extra Man" at Vapiano restaurant just long enough to take photos with co-star Paul Dano and author Jonathan Ames. The film's leading lady Katie Holmes flew into town for the flick's red-carpet arrivals at Village East Cinema and then caught a helicopter for a trip back to Toronto where she is filming a miniseries for the History Channel in which she plays Jackie Onassis. / DN9
 
Paul McCartney was seen walking with his daughter Beatrice after taking in a matinee of "Toy Story 3" in East Hampton. / NYP16
 
Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer was seen Friday night in Poughkeepsie with fiancé Ben Walker partying at the Beach Tree Grill after a reading of a musical at Vassar. / NYP16
 
As of yesterday, the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck was still booking tables for July 30, where it is believed Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky will hold their rehearsal dinner. / DN9
 
Eliot Spitzer accepted a contract from CNN for less than $1 million to host a prime-time, 8 p.m. show. Larry King also signed a contract—for $3 million to present specials for CNN with the possibility of hosting a weekend show similar to "Larry King Live." / NYP16
 
Danity Kane member Aubrey O'Day has landed her own reality series, "The Aubrey O'Day Project," on Oxygen. / DN80
 
A rural school district that canceled its prom rather than allow Constance McMillen, a lesbian student, to attend with her girlfriend has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit the ACLU has filed on her behalf. / DN23
 
Photos in the Daily News: Jada Pinkett-Smith at Monday night's Berlin premiere of her son's movie, "The Karate Kid," Lenny Kravitz dining outside at Da Silvano on Monday afternoon, Sienna Miller in Italy on Monday during a vacation with Jude Law, Jennifer Garner teaching her daughter Violet how to hail a cab in NYC on Monday, Cyndi Lauper performing yesterday morning on CBS' "The Early Show," Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis on the set of their flick "Friends With Benefits," on the Upper East Side, Lindsay Lohan walking into the Beverly Hills courthouse yesterday, Lindsay Lohan's mug shot. / DN9, DN8, DN3

Photos in the Post: Kate Winslet filming a commercial inspired by the movie "La Dolce Vita" in Rome yesterday, Jennifer Aniston arriving at Heathrow Airport yesterday, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis on the set of their flick "Friends With Benefits," Kate Hudson leaving Scott's restaurant in London after dinner with Harvey Weinstein, Lindsay Lohan's mug shot, Lindsay Lohan nervously waiting in court yesterday, Lindsay Lohan on her ride to jail. / NYP18, NYP17, NYP9

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