Kiefer Sutherland To Turn Himself In

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  • Kiefer Sutherland may be looking at a minor assault charge in NYC for headbutting designer Jack McCollough. The real problem?

He may have violated the probation of his L.A. DUI conviction. If so, it’s back to the slammer. [People]

  • According to this report, Kiefer Sutherland will surrender today and be charged with with third-degree assault for his “attack” on Jack McCollough. [NY Daily News, TMZ, E!]
  • Kiefer will get a desk ticket for the headbutt — meaning he won’t be jailed and he’s free to travel. [NY Daily News, NY Post]
  • Donald Trump intends to make a decision about Miss California Carrie Prejean very soon; additionally, the guy from the website which has been releasing “controversial” photos of her says he has more, and he intends to post them. [E!]
  • The Carrie Prejean semi-nude pictures will “roll out” slowly. [CNN]
  • Chris Brown‘s lawyer, Mark Geragos, has filed legal papers asking the LAPD to state how the picture of Rihanna was leaked to TMZ. If there was misconduct by law enforcement, Geragos will file a motion to have the case dismissed. [TMZ]
  • Oprah wrote her Time 100 essay about Michelle Obama on her BlackBerry: “And then I went to hit the wrong button and the whole thing deleted! I went to hit ‘Save’ and instead I hit … ‘Oh my God! Oh my God! It’s gone!’ That ever happened to you? And then you can’t remember – not one sentence you wrote.” What did she do? “I couldn’t even think for two days… I couldn’t even, like, think of a sentence. I stared at the BlackBerry, then I hit every button trying to make it come back. I hit ‘Options.’ I did everything!” Then she started over. [New York Mag, Gatecrasher]
  • Lindsay and Sam: Romantic relapse? A source says Sam might take LL back. They’ve been texting and “having visits.” But another source says: “Lindsay plays stupid mind games saying she is being pursued by major celebrity actors. She has a lot of free time to play all these childish games. Sam knows in her head, life is truly better off without Lindsay.” [People]
  • This paper claims that Lindsay Lohan “chased her ex-lover across LA yesterday before finally tracking her down at 2am and demanding one of those horrible late-night discussions.” [Daily Mail]
  • Steve Zahn had to touch Jennifer Aniston‘s ass for the new flick, The Management, and says: “We had to do it so many times. It’s so weird, very awkward and bizarre. [But] she’s a pro, a gifted actor, humble, modest, a genuinely kind person. She has no agenda. She’s just a really beautiful person.” So wait: she’s not desperate and lonely, sobbing over an empty uterus? Huh. [People]
  • Jennifer Aniston says if there’s gonna be a Friends movie, “they should hurry up.” [Mirror]
  • Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper: Flirting??!?!?!?! [Page Six]
  • In the new Marie Claire, Beyoncé says that when she was singing for the Obamas in January, she was almost overcome: “I had to tell myself, ‘They asked you to do this. You have to do a great job. This is their history. Calm down. Calm down… I barely made it. Literally seconds before the song started, I was crying like a 5-year-old.” [People]
  • In this video, some dude who works security at a Pennsylvania motel says Jon Gosselin from Jon & Kate Plus 8 shows up frequently and was seen “romantically kissing” a woman who was not his wife. [Radar Online]
  • Twilight fans fell in love with Robert Pattinson as a vampire who makes girls swoon. But in Little Ashes, which opens on Friday, the actor explores a relationship that could reshape his heartthrob image.” No one wants you to forget that he sexes a dude in this flick. No one. [Reuters>]
  • Another day, another Michael Jackson lawsuit; this one involves a former publicist who claims, “Mr. Jackson has elected not to honor the financial obligations of our contractual relationship.” She wants $44 million. [TMZ, Reuters]
  • Reese Witherspoon is thought to be connected to a man named John Witherspoon, who left Scotland in 1768 and went on to witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A BBC series, A History Of Scotland, will tell his story. [Daily Express]
  • Guess who’s started working out with Tracy Anderson — Gwyneth and Madonna’s trainer? Emma Thompson. [Daily Express]
  • Are cops in Massachusetts targeting celebs in Massachusetts? What’s with all the searches on Tom Brady and Matt Damon? [E!]
  • Dr. Phil has fired 15 members of his staff. “It was a bloodbath… People who had worked together for years suddenly were unemployed,” says a source. Ouch! Someone call Oprah. [Perez]
  • WTF headline of the day: “When Harry Met Tranny.” (Daniel Radcliffe had dinner with a drag queen.) [The Sun]
  • JJ Abrams says of the original TV series Star Trek: “I remember appreciating it, but feeling like I didn’t get it.” He was not a Trekkie! “I had no idea there had been 10 movies! I still haven’t seen them all.” [Guardian]
  • Speaking of Trek, Zachary Quinto couldn’t do Vulcan fingers while filming and JJ Abrams had to glue his fingers together. [Page Six]
  • Director Robert Rodriguez was working on an adaptation of Barbarella — with Rose McGowan playing the Jane Fonda role, naturally — but the project is now dead. No orgasmatron! [MTV]
  • Jennifer Aniston, Holly Hunter, Elizabeth Banks, Catherine Hardwicke and cinematographer Petra Korner will be honored at the 2009 Crystal + Lucy Awards, presented by Women in Film. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Katie Holmes will star in a thriller called Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, scripted by Guillermo del Toro. Xenu knows she could use a hit flick. [Variety]
  • Robert De Niro and Edward Norton will star in an indie psychological thriller Stone, about a a correctional officer (De Niro) who is seduced by the wife of a convicted arsonist (Norton) up for parole. [Variety]
  • Susan Boyle is now in the top 5 list of most watched viral videos, right under Soulja Boy and something called Achmed the Dead Terrorist. [NY Daily News]
  • Megan Fox wants to be like George Clooney: “He’s sarcastic, and he has a different girlfriend constantly. It’s considered charismatic. He’s like this James Bond, sexy dude. The older he gets, the better he gets. It’s a double standard. To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women. As soon as you curse or, God forbid, make some sort of sexual reference that’s a joke, you’re (labelled a party girl). They don’t do that with men, so I feel it would be a lot easier.” [Mirror]
  • This was in Midweek Madness, but here it is again: Sarah Jessica Parker‘s surrogate is a “tattooed bisexual.” The horrors. [The Sun]
  • Liz Hurley thinks people look sexier in the country than in the city. Also, she likes to have sex on sheepskin rugs in front of fireplaces. [Daily Mail]
  • In 2000, Jemima Khan‘s plane was hijacked; she says her hair turned white after the incident and she’s had to dye it ever since. [Daily Express]
  • A new biography reveals that Stephen King “spent most of the Eighties on an extended drug and alcohol binge which so fogged his mind that even today he cannot remember working on many of the books he wrote during that period.” [Daily Mail]
  • Ryan O’Neal says Farrah Fawcett has “lost her famous hair” from battling cancer. [Daily Express]
  • Ryan O’Neal also says: “It’s a love story. I just don’t know how to play this one. I won’t know this world without her.” [People]
  • Trent Reznor is pissed at Apple, because a Nine Inch Nails iPhone app was rejected for having ‘objectionable content.” [NY Daily News]
  • RIP Stanley Tucci’s wife, Kate. [Page Six]
  • Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen is returning to competitive figure skating. Will we see her in Vancouver for the winter Olympics? [AP]
  • Stephanie Tanner Jodie Sweetin is being sued for not paying her Home Owner’s Association fees. How rude! [Perez]
  • James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel will star in The Details, a flick about a a couple who discover an infestation of raccoons in their back yard. [Variety]
  • Rare Marilyn Monroe photographs for sale — on eBay. [UPI]
  • Blind item! “Which film director could give Robert Pattinson a run for his money in the odor department? The big-time movie man smelled so badly during a recent shoot that even his actors couldn’t stand to be around him!” [Gatecrasher]
  • “Would I run for public office? A delegation of Democrats from Ohio asked me if I wanted to run for a Senate seat in 2004, and I said it was a tempting offer, but no. We already had an old actor in national politics, and it didn’t work out so well. He shall remain nameless.” — Martin Sheen. [Mirror]
  • “The rumours aren’t true. We aren’t moving. So many people come up to me and say ‘I hear you’re moving.’ We love America. We’ve been very happy here.” — Victoria Beckham. [Mirror]
  • “I’ve never changed my name officially. I never have and I never will. In my heart, I am still Ramon. I love the name. I would never give it up.” — Martin Sheen. [Mirror]
  • “I’d like to see Benson and Stabler get together…but I can’t let that happen. Mariska [Hargitay] and I have been a wonderful, solid married couple now for 10 years-we see each other more than our families. It’s just nice to get a different dynamic in there every once in a while.” — Chris Meloni. [E!]
  • “I’m looking for an encyclopaedia and a dictionary. A bit of the Boy Scouts Handbook. A person who is conscientious about the trail he leaves behind him. I’m attracted to intelligence and creativity and passion — and not necessarily the romantic kind. I want to learn from someone who is greedy for information and light and laughter and the whole world.” — Renée Zellweger, on what she looks for in a man. [Mirror via Glamour]
  • “We know the people whose lives are on the line-those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender-will be there. But we need everyone there. Especially straight people.” — Charlize Theron, who is encouraging Californians to attend a Meet In The Middle For Equality rally in Fresno. [E!]
  • “I’m a big fan of Tyra’s! She is sexy. I mean, I don’t really get obsessed with anyone, but Tyra is definitely hot.” — Idris Elba. [Gatecrasher]
  • “I’m not fiddling about with myself. We’re in this awful youth-driven thing now where everybody needs to look 30 at 60 . This is the law of diminishing returns. The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great so that everyone looks forward to it.” — Emma Thompson. [Daily Express]
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