Singer Christina Aguilera accidentally cut her arm at home and has been forced to wear a cast and sling, her publicist said.
Aguilera, 24, sliced two tendons in her arm two weeks ago when she picked up a piece of glass from a vase her dog knocked over and broke in her Los Angeles-area house, her publicist said.
Aguilera, whose hits include “What a Girl Wants” and “Genie in a Bottle,” has been photographed lately sporting a cast and sling.
Aguilera became engaged to music executive Jordan Bratman in February and nabbed a third Grammy last year for female pop vocal performance.
Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the 1970s music group the Village People, was arrested by real police who allegedly found a gun and drugs in his convertible in Daly City, Calif.
Willis, who co-wrote disco hits such as “Macho Man” and “In the Navy” before leaving the Village People in the late 1970s, was taken into custody after an officer stopped his Chevrolet Corvette.
Police said Willis didn’t have a valid license or identification and at first lied about his name and residence. Inside the car, an officer found a .45-caliber handgun as well as rock cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
Police arrested him on suspicion of six felony counts, including possession of a firearm, driving on a suspended license and transportation of cocaine. He posted $100,000 bail Tuesday and was to be arraigned Aug. 16.
In honor of its 50th anniversary, Disneyland was given a star near the Hollywood Walk of Fame, making the Walt Disney Co. the first company to receive the entertainment industry’s most enduring symbol.
The star will be not on the Walk of Fame but on private property inches away.
“These are not Walk of Fame stars,” said Johnny Grant, the 82-year-old honorary mayor of Hollywood whose committee oversees the selection of Walk of Fame recipients. “It’s an award of excellence. It will be a Walk of Fame-type star.” Thursday’s unveiling was attended by Grant, Disney chief executive Michael Eisner and a cast of characters including Mickey Mouse.
In order to receive a commercial star, a company must have a strong Hollywood presence and have been around for at least 50 years, Grant said.
Other companies that will soon receive a star: Hollywood trade publications Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.
Rachael Leigh Cook will have a recurring role on the new season of NBC’s “Las Vegas.” Cook, who co-starred with Freddie Prinze Jr. in the 1999 film “She’s All That,” will play a real-estate agent who becomes a potential love interest for casino surveillance expert Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel).
A former teen model, Cook’s screen credits also include “Get Carter” and “Josie and the Pussycats.” The 25-year-old actress recently appeared as Clara Wheeler on the miniseries “Into the West.”
Also joining the cast in a recurring role is Lara Flynn Boyle, who will play the flamboyant new owner of the Montecito Resort & Casino. Boyle, 35, portrayed Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble on “The Practice.”
Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus will help coach Montour High School near Pittsburgh as part of a reality television show that begins Sept. 20 on ESPN.
“Bound for Glory: The Montour Spartans” will consist of eight one-hour episodes and will document the team’s season and its community involvement. Butkus will assist the team’s first-year coach.
Former “Angel” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Charisma Carpenter has been added to the cast of UPN’s “Veronica Mars.” “Veronica Mars” stars Kristen Bell as a smart, fearless 18-year-old apprentice private investigator who is dedicated to solving the toughest mysteries of her wealthy seaside community of Neptune, Calif.
Carpenter will play Kendall Casablancas, a sexy trophy wife and stepmother to brothers Dick and Cassidy “Beaver” Casablancas, two of Veronica’s rival, affluent schoolmates.
The 34-year-old actress, who played the character Cordelia Chase on “Angel” and “Buffy,” will appear in at least six episodes.
– From wire reports
