Authorities in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta

Authorities in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, police said Friday.One of the suspects, ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne, was detained on Friday. Earlier, several tabloids quoted him describing efforts to revive the celebrity's chronically ill son, Jett, who died of a seizure this month at their family vacation home on Grand Bahama.Authorities did not reveal what the alleged extortion involved. Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston returned home to Florida with the ashes of their 16-year-old son, and Travolta's publicist Paul Bloch said Friday he has no comment.Gossip website TMZ has reported that a third man was arrested in connection with the alleged extortion case: Obie Wilchcombe, the former Minister of Tourism. Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater, an attorney from Grand Bahama, has been held for questioning since Thursday, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames told The Associated Press.Dames said Lightbourne was detained after police issued an alert that he was wanted for attempted extortion, was "considered dangerous and should be approached with caution."

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Seahawks LB Leroy Hill became the first celebrity to be busted for marijuana in 2009

Seahawks LB Leroy Hill became the first celebrity to be busted for marijuana in 2009 and the ninth NFL player to be arrested for drugs since 2008 when he was apprehended outside of Atlanta, asleep at the wheel. Police found two bags of weed in his 1975 Buick Electra.Hill had apparently passed out at 4 am at an intersection on Saturday, Jan 24. He was booked and then released on $1,500 bond.It's unclear exactly where the arrest took place. Reports claims Hill was in a county outside of Atlanta. He's from Haddock, which is 70 miles southeast of Atlanta.Hill went to Clemson and was picked by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2005 draft. The 6-1, 238-pound linebacker has averaged 82 tackles a season over his first four years in the NFL. He becomes a free agent on Feb. 27.

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William Hill declared Ulrika’s victory “the biggest shock in reality TV history”.

Ulrika Jonsson, not Verne Troyer, is crowned Celebrity Big Brother 2009’s winner. The former weathergirl beat TV presenter Terry Christian to the top spot. When the result was announced, she said: “Oh my God, that’s bonkers,” before leaving the house to fireworks and confetti.Despite taking 56.7% of the final vote between her and Terry Christian, she could not avoid the inevitable boos which have come to accompany the exit of every housemate. Terry was second with 43.3%. In third place was US rapper Coolio (25.3% at the time of the third reading), while actor Verne Troyer, for weeks the bookies’ favourite, had to make do with fourth place (15.8% of votes cast at that time). Former singer Ben Adams came fifth with 15.2% of the vote at the time of the first reading. William Hill declared Ulrika’s victory “the biggest shock in reality TV history”.In the studio with Davina McCall, Ulrika said of Big Brother: “It’s singularly the weirdest experience of my entire life and I’ve had quite a weird life.” She revealed that she had not expected to survive the first round of nominations.The mother of four said she understood why some of the housemates had found her bossy: “My husband tells me that all the time. I’m a mother, and I have to organise people so it has to be like that. Sometimes I get told to just stop. It’s hard to switch off, you are a certain way.”

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Prince Harry and longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy have ended their relationship

Prince Harry and longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy have ended their relationship, People reported. The British prince, 24, and Chelsy, 23, a law school student at Leeds University, split after five years together. “They are remaining friends,” a source told the mag. “There have been all sorts of reasons given [for the split] but suffice it to say they felt that it had run its course.” According to the U.K.’s Sunday Telegraph, Chelsy confirmed the split on her Facebook page, ending the relationship after “tiring” of the prince’s “playboy antics.” Though they dated for a half-decade, three of those years were spent apart long distance. The Zimbabwe-born Chelsy studied at a university in Capetown, South Africa, while Harry attended Britain’s Sandhurst Military Academy. The prince is currently undergoing a two-and-a-half year course in helicopter pilot training with the Army Air Corps. He drew criticism recently for being videotaped using derogatory racial terms, for which a spokesman later apologized in his stead.

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Igor Olenicoff, a Newport Beach billionaire real estate mogul, has added racketeering charges to his $500 million lawsuit against Swiss banking giant

Igor Olenicoff, a Newport Beach billionaire real estate mogul, has added racketeering charges to his $500 million lawsuit against Swiss banking giant UBS AG and individuals who sold what he claims were overseas investments falsely billed as tax-free accounts.Olenicoff, founder of the Newport Beach commercial real estate firm Olen Properties, agreed in December 2007 to pay federal authorities $52 million in taxes and penalties after pleading guilty to criminal tax evasion charges.
In September, he filed suit against UBS but added more details to his allegations, including the racketeering charge, in an amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Jan. 9.The suit names UBS AG, four other companies and 25 individuals as defendants in a scheme that “robbed” Olenicoff of millions of dollars through charging fees or simply pocketing his money, while also exposing him to criminal charges and causing his company to lose more than $100 million in business.
Olenicoff’s attorney, William J. King, said the lawsuit seeks to penalize the financiers who targeted more than 19,000 wealthy investors with a scheme that enriched only the money handlers.“The issue isn’t his tax penalties,” King said of Olenicoff. “It’s that he thought he was doing something legal from a tax perspective and he trusted their advice and they were stealing from him.”

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Identity of The Stig, the unknown driver who tests high performance cars on Top Gear, has been revealed.

identity of The Stig, the unknown driver who tests high performance cars on Top Gear, has been revealed. Several papers named the mysterious driver as Ben Collins.
Collins, who began racing professionally in 1994, was a stunt driver in the James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace and has appeared as himself on Top Gear a number of times. The BBC has refused to confirm or deny whether Collins is The Stig. "We never comment on speculation as to whom or what The Stig is" said a spokesperson in a statement. Perry McCarthy, a former Formula 1 driver, used to be The Stig. However, he was 'killed off' when he revealed his identity in 2002

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Joke abt Lindsey's recent arrest

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Shia LaBeouf's driver's license has been suspended

Shia LaBeouf's driver's license has been suspended for at least one year as a result of his July 27 car crash.The suspension took effect on Jan. 17 because LaBeouf, 22, "refused a chemical test" after officers pulled him over, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. S. Wolf told the Associated Press in July that officers responding found it "immediately apparent" that LaBeouf was intoxicated, and he was placed under arrest.The actor was booked for a misdemeanor DUI, but the LA. County District Attorney's Office declined to file charges due to insufficient evidence. At the time, the DA's office said that prosecutors instead planned to file criminal charges against the other driver, who was found to have run a red light

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Kelly Osbourne is free on bail until March after her arrest for allegedly smacking celeb gossip writer Zoe Griffin

Kelly Osbourne has been arrested for allegedly slapping a woman in a Soho nightclub. Witnesses claim the radio DJ flew into a blinding rage after celeb gossip columnist Zoe Griffin insinuated that her fiancé, Luke Worrall, is a moron.Zoe Griffin is said to have taunted Kelly Osbourne, 24, that Luke Worrall, 19, did not know what an earthquake was. That will totally do it every time.The incident occurred in Londo’s Punk nightclub in August. Kelly Osbourne went with her lawyers to a central London police station earlier this month.A Met spokesman said: “We can confirm a 24-year-old woman attended a central London police by appointment on January 2. She was arrested for common assault relating to an alleged incident in Soho in the early hours of 29 August 2008.”Kelly Osbourne is free on bail until March after her arrest for allegedly smacking celeb gossip writer Zoe Griffin, after she allegedly called Luke Worrall an idiot.Ozzy’s daughter, who’s giving Amy Winehouse a run for her money as the most unstable British celebrity, recently said she would “do anything” for Luke Worrall. Guess that means physically attacking anyone who looks at him weird.This family’s legal woes don’t end there. In a separate incident, Los Angeles police are investigating Osbourne’s mother, Sharon, for allegedly attacking a contestant on the reality show Rock of Love: Charm School last month.Megan Hauserman, 26, claims Sharon, 56, pulled her hair and scratched her until she was pulled away and restrained by security staff. Obviously.

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Divorce action between Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford and her estranged husband has turned ugly

Divorce action between Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford and her estranged husband has turned ugly, with the actress seeking to bar him from leaving the United States with their 2-year-old son for fear they'll disappear. Estranged husband David Giersch countered in L.A. Superior Court with papers alleging the actress, who's four months pregnant with their second child, has a bad temper, once throwing a laptop at him and another time trying to sock him with her fist. Rutherford, 40, filed for divorce from Giersch, an entrepreneur, last month after being married a little over two years, seeking sole physical custody with monitored visitation. On the same day, Giersch filed for legal separation, seeking sole legal and physical custody with visitation for her. In emergency papers filed Jan. 9, Rutherford sought to bar Giersch, 34, from traveling outside the United States with their son Hermes.

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Britain’s biggest comedy exports, Borat star Sasha Baron Cohen, and The Office creator Ricky Gervais, questionably tasteless jokes caused boos

“I told you, do a Holocaust movie and the awards come, didn’t I?” he quipped.

The joke reflected Winslet’s caricatured portrayal of herself in the Extras episode, where she mentioned the only way to win an Oscar was to act in a holocaust movie, or portray a disabled person.

Britain’s biggest comedy exports, Borat star Sasha Baron Cohen, and The Office creator Ricky Gervais, have raised eyebrows at this years Golden Globes – a slew of questionably tasteless jokes caused the crowd to groan and boo.Contrasting the lauding of national counterpart Kate Winslet, who took home two Globes for her performances in The Reader and The Revolutionary Road, Gervais and Baron-Cohen’s on-stage antics were met with an awkward response.Taking the stage to preview the film Happy-Go-Lucky, Gervais made mention of Winslet’s performance in his own show, Extras.

“Trouble is with Holocaust films is there’s never any gag reel on the DVDs.” He continued to a murmur and spattered laughs.While the gags landed a little flat, they stayed true to the awkward and offensive comedy style that Gervais is famous for.
With the audience recoiling from the first wave of bad-taste, the next onslaught came from Ali G star Sasha Baron Cohen.Baron-Cohen, who is also well known for his provocative and controversial comedy, took a range of offensive pot shots at prominent celebrities.‘This recession is affecting everyone, even celebrities,’ he said. ‘Victoria Beckham hasn’t eaten for three weeks. Charlie Sheen has been forced to have sex without paying for it, it’s true.’The crowd didn’t seem to take to Baron-Cohen’s gags, but that didn’t deter him.‘Even Madonna has had to get rid of one of her personal assistants. Our thoughts go out to you Guy Ritchie.’Cuts to the crowd showed a range of celebrities politely smiling at the jokes, but the mood on the floor was said to be rather icy.It’s unsure if the damage done at the ceremony will have any effect on the comedian’s upcoming offerings – Baron-Cohen’s third prank comedy film, Bruno, and Gervais’s This Side Of Truth are set for release later this year.

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Charles Barkley legally drunk after he was arrested on New Year’s Eve in Scottsdale, Arizona on suspicion of drunk driving.

former NBA star Charles Barkley is taking time off. Barkley, a studio analyst for the pre-game and half-time telecasts of TNT since the year 2000, is expected to take a leave of absence for a few weeks — exactly how long is still uncertain.This announcement was made in the wake of the release of police results that declared Barkley legally drunk after he was arrested on New Year’s Eve in Scottsdale, Arizona on suspicion of drunk driving.It is reported that Charles Barkley was stopped by a police officer for failing to correctly acknowledge a stop sign after leaving a popular night club. He failed field sobriety tests, and while it is said that he was cooperative at the scene, there were also reports that he initially refused to submit to a blood test.Even if the reported refusal on Barkley’s part had been true, this wouldn’t have taken him off the hook as even a suspect who passed field sobriety tests may be charged with a DUI if he does not submit to testing that is asked of him. According to the police, Charles Barkley’s blood alcohol level was at 0.149 which was significantly above the Arizona legal limit of 0.08.Barkley has already issued a statement expressing his apologies as well as his personal disappointment in having been caught in this predicament. This situation was actually played out all throughout America during the holidays – it certainly becomes a big issue when a celebrity is involved. This serves as another reminder about the importance of moderation in everything that we do, no matter what the occasion may be.

David Levy, president of Turner Records, has issued a statement still expressing support for Barkley.

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Jason Gardiner apparently "got into trouble" after his cheeky language on Dancing On Ice.

The 37-year-old admitted he got a telling off after telling celebrity skater Todd Carty he looked and moved "like you have cr****d yourself", reports the Daily Mirror. "I got into trouble," the choreographer and singer confessed on This Morning.

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