Tuesday, November 16, 2010

HEADLINES 11/16

Oh, good stuff!

Kanye is still expected to perform at the Macy's Day Parade?  No way.  I'll put money on it that he'll cancel!

Mel was really "trying to save the baby"???  WHAH?

Good stuff...have fun!


A Manhattan judge has tossed out a bid by Michael Douglas' ex wife, Diandra Douglas, to pocket a 50 percent cut from the actor's role in "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." Diandra, who divorced the megastar in 2000, wanted half of the millions he made in the sequel. / NYP33, DN2

Mel Gibson has admitted slapping Oksana Grigorieva in their explosive January fight, but claims he was trying to save the baby. Gibson said Grigorieva grabbed their daughter, Lucia, out of her bassinet and ran away with the child, "causing Lucia's little body to be flung from one side to the other, her head shaking violently." / DN2

Kanye West is expected to show up for his Nov. 25 Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade performance -- which happens to be televised by NBC and is co-hosted by Matt Lauer. / NYP80

The premiere of TLC's reality show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska" scored 5 million views on Sunday, the biggest series opener in the network's history, according to preliminary Nielsen figures. / USATD1, DN76

Randy Quaid and his wife are due back in a Santa Barbara courthouse on Tuesday for two hearings that could result in arrest warrants and restraining orders if they don't show up. / AP

David Arquette partied until the early hours with a beautiful, 21-year-old female British tourist, her sister and a friend in a suite at LA's Mondrian Hotel, draining the minibar and prompting complaints from other guests due to loud music. Just hours after his late-night binge, Arquette was with Cox and their daughter, Coco, at a Saturday charity event in Studio City. / NYP20

Apple is expected to finally start carrying iTunes from the Beatles. / NYP3, DN39

Anne Hathaway stormed out of her birthday dinner with her parents and boyfriend, Adam Shulman, on Friday when the conversation took a turn for the worse at restaurant Tocqueville in NYC. "She told the server, 'We just need a few minutes,' and then she walked out and didn't return," according to sources. A rep for Hathaway, who turned 28, acknowledged she was at Tocqueville but said the drama "never happened." / NYP20

Gordon Ramsay now believes that someone inside his restaurant may be hacking his e-mails -- and has suspended one of his computer technicians, according to reports. It is the latest chapter in an increasingly bitter family feud between the TV chef and his estranged father-in-law, whom Ramsay fired as his business partner last month. / NYP81

Tom Cruise staged his own "Days of Thunder" for the cast and crew of "Mission Impossible: IV," now shooting in Dubai. During a break, Cruise booked the go-kart venue Dubai Kartdrome for 75 people, including co-stars Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg. / NYP20

Lots of big names have signed up to present---not to mention perform---at Sunday's American Music Awards. A few of the presenters are Christina Milian, Drake, Seal, Sheryl Crow, Eva Longoria Parker and Willow Smith. Among the performers: Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and more. / USATD1

As long as Anthony Mackie's around Kerry Washington doesn't need an agent or casting director. At the premiere of their film "Night Catches Us," at the AMC Loews theater, Mackie said that when another actress dropped out of the movie, "I called Kerry right away and asked her to take the part." / DN9

When comedians Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers got together at the Carlyle Hotel recently, they learned Al Pacino was also in the house and decided to introduce themselves. / DN9

A suspension is proving good business for MSNBC and Keith Olbermann - at least in the short term. The size of Olbermann 's audience shot up in the days after his return from a two-day suspension for donating to three Democratic candidates. / AP
 
USA Today profiles rapper Jay-Z about his new book, "Decoded." / USATD1
 
"Glee" guest star Darren Criss has turned a "Teenage Dream" into reality. The Fox series' co-producer, says Criss and his character, prep school glee club member Blaine, will continue to appear on the show this season and that Criss could become a regular next year under a newly signed deal. / AP
 
The animated hit "Megamind" remained the No. 1 movie with $29.1 million in its second weekend, while the runaway train thriller "Unstoppable" debuted in second-place with $22.7 million. / AP
 
Jay-Z hosted a coming-out party for new Roc Nation artist Jay Electronica on Friday night at The Box. Electronica, a soulful rapper, gave an intimate performance in front of a crowd that included Beyoncé, Estelle and Electronica's mother. / NYP20

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