“20th Century Fox is gearing up to continue its ‘X-Men’ franchise with a younger set of mutants. Studio has tapped ‘Gossip Girl’ creator Josh Schwartz to write ‘X-Men: First Class.’ He’d also been offered a chance to direct the film, but declined. Schwartz, the creator and exec producer of CW’s teen sudser hit as well as Fox’s youth-centric ‘The O.C.’ and NBC’s ‘Chuck,’ is expected to inject a next-gen sensibility into the superhero series, which has collectively earned $1.2 billion worldwide.” [Link]
“In the wake of recent news that naughty photos of Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon had made their way onto the internet, OK! has confirmed that the Disney pop trio is no longer slated to be a part of a huge holiday tradition — the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC.” [Link]
“While promoting her movie Bolt Sunday, the Hannah Montana star told E! News that she’d like to try reality television. ‘I would want to be on a reality show like The Real World because I think that’s crazy,’ said Cyrus. ‘Anyone who would do that has some serious guts.’ With the hectic lifestyle that she lives, the pop princess said it would be nice to just chill out. ‘I just want to be in a really nice house with cameras following me around,’ said Cyrus. ‘I can just sit there, eat Cheetos, read my book, hang out all day.’” [Link]
“Angelina Jolie admits she struggled breastfeeding her 4-month-old twins, Knox and Viv, simultaneously. ‘You think, ‘Ah, if anybody can do that, I can do that,’ she says in an interview on British show GMTV. ‘But it’s a lot harder than it looks in the books. I did that a few times, but [mostly] I would take turns. It just takes a long time.’” [Link]
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is becoming a prosecutor — at least on television. CBS says the rapper has agreed to a two-episode appearance on ‘CSI: Miami.’ The network says Combs will portray a prosecutor who doesn’t get along with police Lt. Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso.” [Link]
“The transplant was given to Claudia Castillo, a 30-year-old Colombian mother of two living in Barcelona, suffered from tuberculosis for years. After a severe collapse of her left lung in March, Castillo needed regular hospital visits to clear her airways and was unable to take care of her children. Doctors initially thought the only solution was to remove the entire left lung. But Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, head of thoracic surgery at Barcelona’s Hospital Clinic, proposed a windpipe transplant instead.” [Link]
“Monaco and Brown – a Dancing winner and runner-up respectively – are set to star in PEEPSHOW, a topless, burlesque-style performance that is expected to open in March at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Neither Brown nor Monaco will be topless, but the showgirls surrounding them will be. Brown will be ’scantily clad, but in a classy way,’ she says. Monaco’s character in the show will be ‘Little Bo Peep,’ a timid and lonely girl who is guided by Brown’s character, ‘Peep Diva.’ ” [Link]
“The children, all younger than 18 and part of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, were taken while custody hearings were being held for six girls seized during a September raid of Alamo’s compound in Fouke, in southwest Arkansas. The court must decide whether the girls should be returned to their parents or remain in state care.” [Link]
“Michael Minelli, a 27-year-old club promoter, claims that the inclusion of his photograph in the book has subjected him to ‘hatred, contempt, and humiliation’ and has resulted in ‘friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employees, and strangers alike’ calling him a ‘douchebag.’” [Link]
“A former ATM software designer for a large bank, Demeter created ‘Trism’ in his spare time and pitched it to Apple last spring. The company made the game available for download with the July launch of its App Store, an online provider of applications for its iPods and iPhones. Priced at $5, ‘Trism’ earned Demeter $250,000 in profits the first two months. ‘It’s done phenomenal business,’ said Demeter, 29, who lives in the California’s San Francisco Bay area. ‘I’m very honored that so many people would enjoy my game. I get e-mails from 50-year-old ladies who say, ‘I don’t play games, but I love Trism.’ That’s the coolest thing.’” [Link]
“ABC says Ashley Alexandra Dupre sat down with Diane Sawyer on the program ‘20/20.’ Dupre reveals how an ‘upper middle-class, girl next door got into the profession and the psychological journey she continues to experience.’” [Link]
“Cuts already have come at some shops, and more could lose jobs in the weeks ahead. While the total number of layoffs is hard to pinpoint, estimates run from 500 to 1,000 or more. As NASCAR gained prominence and was heralded as America’s fastest-growing sport, the Charlotte region proudly touted its strong racing ties. More than 400 motorsports-related companies are based in the area, business recruiters say.” [Link]
“President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition. Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, still has to undergo a formal ‘vetting’ review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final and is publicly announced, said one of the sources, who asked not to be identified talking about the transition process. ” [Link]
“Casey Anthony, 22, filed a counter lawsuit against Orlando resident Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez, after Gonzalez sued her days earlier for saying she was the baby sitter Anthony left then 2-year-old Caylee with when she vanished, according to MyFOXOrlando.com. Anthony is jailed on first-degree murder and other charges in the disappearance of her little girl, who is presumed dead.” [Link]
“Amy Taylor, 28, said she had caught husband David Pollard, 40, having sex with an animated woman. The couple, who met in an Internet chatroom in 2003, are now separated. ‘I went mad — I was so hurt. I just couldn’t believe what he’d done,’ Taylor told the Western Morning News. ‘It may have started online, but it existed entirely in the real world and it hurts just as much now it is over.’” [Link]
“The $52 billion acquisition, announced in November, creates a new entity, Anheuser-Busch InBev, which immediately becomes the world’s largest brewer, with a brand stable that includes Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois, Beck’s, Michelob, Busch, Brahma and many other brews. ” [Link]
“‘I don’t want to enter an unsafe situation but you see this stuff coming out of France,’ said the American rider, who has many critics in France. ‘There’re some aggressive, angry emotions. If you believe what you read, my personal safety could be in jeopardy.” [Link]
“Speaking to British newspaper The Sun, she says: ‘They are as real as real can be. One hundred per cent genuine and untouched… well sort of. I would never spend money on fake boobs. Shoes, maybe. A handbag, maybe. But plastic tits - no way!’ ” [Link]
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