Monday, February 08, 2010

 

 

As you must know by now, the New Orleans Saints came from behind to win Super Bowl 44 yesterday, by a score of 31 to 17. (This was the Saints' first Super Bowl appearance. The Colts won Super Bowl 41 three years ago.)

 

Both CHARLIE SHEEN and BROOKE MUELLER will be in court in Aspen, Colorado today. They want the judge to loosen the restraining order he put in place after Charlie threatened Brooke with a knife on Christmas Day. --They want to move back in together and try to fix their marriage . . . but they can't do it while that restraining order is in place. --While he's in Aspen, Charlie will also more than likely be arraigned on a FELONY charge of menacing . . . and a misdemeanor count of assault. --Lawyers for Charlie and Brooke reportedly spent Friday meeting with the local district attorney's office, trying to get prosecutors to back off the case. They didn't budge. --Prosecutors might have a hard time with this case, though . . . given the fact that Brooke wants it to disappear. Obviously, she's not going to be a very good witness for them.

 

 

On Friday morning at about 4:00 A.M., CHARLIE SHEEN received a call from one of those OnStar-type services. They were calling to tell him that his Mercedes had been involved in a crash, and the airbags had been deployed. --But Charlie wasn't anywhere near the vehicle. He was at home in bed. It turns out someone had stolen the car. Police later found it off Mulholland Drive . . . at the bottom of a 400-foot ravine. There was no sign of the thieves. --TMZ is reporting that Charlie had made it easy for the thieves by leaving the keys in the ignition and his garage door open. (--He does live in a gated community, though.) --Charlie had some HI-larity prepared for the press later in the day. He said, quote, "It was nice to have police come to my house and for once I didn't have to leave with them."

 

Retired NFL star and "Dancing With the Stars" runner-up WARREN SAPP was arrested Saturday on a charge of domestic battery. --The arrest occurred at about 5:00 A.M. at Sapp's hotel room in Miami Beach. The alleged victim is a woman Sapp has been dating for about two years. --She told police that she and Sapp had been partying with a large group of friends, when she got tired and went to lie down in another room. --A few hours later, Sapp entered the room, pulled her out of bed and started yelling at her about other guys she'd been hanging out with and / or had listed in her cell phone. --Then he choked her, threw her down on a couch, picked her up by her shirt and neck and threw her down again. --She suffered a swollen knee and bruises on her neck. --Sapp told police he was just trying to get the woman to leave his room because he had company coming. He says she injured her leg when she fell while he was trying to help her off the couch. --Sapp was released from jail yesterday morning at about 11:00 A.M., after posting $1,500 bond. --He was supposed to have been doing Super Bowl commentary yesterday for the NFL Network. Obviously, that didn't happen. And the network later announced it was pulling Sapp off the air until this whole thing shakes down. --Sapp's attorney released the following statement . . . quote, "He sincerely apologizes to the NFL family and fans for taking away any distraction from today's big game. --We ask that everyone reserve judgment on the matter until all the facts come out in a court of law."

 

It looks like DR. CONRAD MURRAY will be charged for MICHAEL JACKSON'S death TODAY. So it's a good thing he got his visit to Michael's grave out of the way last week. (???) --Seriously . . . Murray was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park last Wednesday afternoon. Although it should be noted that while he was photographed OUTSIDE the mausoleum, he was not seen inside. --As for Murray's legal situation, sources say he'll be charged with involuntary manslaughter this afternoon. (--The charge carries a maximum sentence of FOUR YEARS.) --And things will go the way the D.A.'s office initially wanted them to: Murray will surrender under his own power, and will NOT be led into the courtroom in handcuffs . . . which is what the LAPD was hoping for. --Bail will probably be set at $25,000 . . . and Murray is expected to post it immediately.

 

Before Bristol Palin came along, JAMIE LYNN SPEARS was America's most treasured pregnant teenager. But we haven't heard a thing about her in quite some time. Until now. --Sources are saying that Jamie Lynn has broken up with her baby-daddy, CASEY ALDRIDGE . . . and she has a new boyfriend. --His name is James Watson, and he owns some kind of multimedia company in Hammond, Louisiana. One source says he, quote, "installs communications equipment and high-definition TVs for large corporations." --He's 28 . . . which means he's 10 years older than her. --Jamie Lynn has moved out of the home she shared with Casey and their 19-month-old daughter Maddie in Liberty, Mississippi. She's back living with her mom now. We assume the baby is with her.

 

 

JENNIFER ANISTON celebrated her 41st birthday in Los Cabos, Mexico over the weekend. She was accompanied by one of her many alleged boyfriends, GERARD BUTLER. --COURTENEY COX, her husband DAVID ARQUETTE and SHERYL CROW were there, too.

 

We've been hearing rumors that LINDSAY LOHAN and SAMANTHA RONSON might be getting back together. But if they WERE, it's possible that they're not anymore. --Because Lindsay supposedly threw a drink in Samantha's face this past Wednesday night. Sam was DJ-ing at a bar called Crown, and a source says, quote, "Lindsay turned up around 11:00 P.M. and she was in the mood for trouble." --The source continues, quote, "Lindsay was drinking straight out of a bottle of vodka and I saw her . . . pop a couple of pills that she said were Adderal, she even offered some of the pills to a friend that was with her." --Lindsay tried desperately to get Sam's attention . . . and even resorted to dirty dancing in front of the DJ booth with a hot chick. But Sam kept trying to ignore her. --Eventually, though, she started taunting Lindsay from the booth, saying things like, quote, "Why don't you just have another drink? You're a disgrace."--That's when ALL HECK BROKE LOOSE. The source says, quote, "That made Lindsay just totally flip out on Sam. She picked up a drink and threw it straight in her face! Sam was absolutely furious and picked up some DJ equipment that was by her and threw that at Lindsay. It was crazy!"

 

 

The "New York Post" claims HOWARD STERN is Fox's top choice to replace SIMON COWELL on "American Idol". But we haven't heard anything official from Fox or Stern. --For what it's worth though, Howard recently said, quote, "I was approached by a major TV network to take over a TV show and leave here and do that next year . . . and I did turn it down . . . I'm not even sure if I want to be working. --"I'm waiting to see what happens."