Spike Lee announced he is making a film for HBO about the post-Hurricane Katrina flooding in New Orleans, acknowledging conspiracy theories of intentional government involvement in the flooding.
Lee told CNN, “It’s not too far-fetched. … I don’t put anything past the United States government. I don’t find it too far-fetched that they tried to displace all the black people out of New Orleans.”
Brig. Gen. Robert Crear, who commands the Army Corps of Engineers, told CNN there was no truth to the rumors circulating among evacuees from the devastated Ninth Ward section of New Orleans.
Katie Holmes’ father is “very upset” his unmarried daughter is pregnant with Tom Cruise’s child, Life & Style Weekly magazine reported. A devout Catholic, Martin Holmes, also is not a big fan of Cruise’s controversial religion, Scientology.
A close friend of Cruise told the magazine, “Tom had promised her parents that they would do the right thing and get married before any baby came along.” Martin Holmes scolded his daughter and then berated Cruise, declaring, “You’re no good,” the magazine reports in its next issue.
Sienna Miller and Jude Law have ended their engagement, months after he apologized for an affair with his children’s nanny, People magazine’s website reported.
Jon Stewart and his wife, Tracey, are expecting the couple’s second child. A spokesperson for Comedy Central confirmed the baby is a girl and is due in February.
Woody Harrelson told David Letterman on Tuesday night’s “The Late Show” he will be a father for the third time.
“The wife is preggers … and we’ve narrowed it down to me,” said Harrelson, who has two daughters with wife Laura Louie.
Papers released by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said 13 bags of cocaine were found in Boy George’s New York apartment last week, BBC News reported. The former Culture Club lead singer has a Dec. 19 court date and faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty.
Fashion guru Steven Cojocaru received a second kidney transplant – this one donated by his mother – after the first one in January had to be removed due to infection. Cojocaru had the transplant Tuesday and was resting comfortably, a statement said.
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
Craig could be the next Bond
Daniel Craig may be the next 007, according to various British reports.
The widow of Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, producer of more than a dozen of the James Bond films, wants the 37-year-old blond-haired Brit to replace Pierce Brosnan, the Daily Mirror reported.
But Martin Campbell, director of the next 007 movie, “Casino Royale,” still wants little-known Henry Cavill, 22. Co-producers of the 007 series, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, are expected to make an announcement this week. Shooting is slated to begin in January.
