Celebrity News Tidbits June 14, 2007
Here are the celebrity news tidbits for Thursday June 14, 2007.
• Dan Rather has gotten into a feud with CBS, his former employer. He is saying they are dumbing up the news.
• Kurt Waldheim, the ex-president of Austria and former Secretary General of the UN, has died at the age of 88.
• Women over 40 are flocking to fertility clinics.The number of women undergoing fertility treatment in their 40s has increased tenfold in the last 15 years, according to figures released yesterday by the government’s fertility watchdog.
• A new viral video features a woman singing the praises of Barack Obama.
• After the Soprano’s finale, sales of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” have jumped on iTunes.
• Fidel Castro is recovering well. Cuban President Fidel Castro says his health has improved after undergoing several intestinal operations.
• 700 lucky fans were treated to a private Paul McCartney concert in NYC yesterday.
• Two Montana men, one of whom is David Letterman’s stalker, were caught 5 days after escaping from prison.
• Mexico City might legalize prostitution. Yeah baby! What do you get for 10 pesos? Any-TING you want.
• Hostess is releasing a banana-cream-filled Twinkie. Throw that baby in a blender with ice cream and you got the best milkshake ever!
• Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is “heading toward” suspending Jason Giambi next week if he doesn’t cooperate with the steroids investigation by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, USA Today reported on its Web site early Thursday.
• Palestinians are now on the brink of civil war. What else is new?
• A new diet pill has some bad side effects. Alli, the brand name of GlaxoSmithKline’s drug orlistat, certainly seems to help some people lose weight. But it comes with some unpleasant side effects — including diarrhea and upset stomach — that could deter many consumers, and the weight loss is fairly modest, say doctors familiar with the drug.
• Matthew McConaughey is the cover boy of People’s “Hottest Bachelor” issue.
• Golf’s US Open starts June 11th.
• Emma Roberts, Eric Robert’s daughter and Julia Robert’s niece, stars in the new Nancy Drew movie.
• Malfunctioning computers on the international space station are causing problems for astronauts and ground crews. Should have bought a Dell!
• Billy Graham’s wife, Ruth, has fallen into a coma. She must have been listening to Billy’s sermon.