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David Letterman’s Extortionist Robert J. Halderman Released From Prison

Ex-CBS news producer Robert J. Halderman was released from prison in New York Thursday after serving four months in connection with his admitted $2 million extortion attempt aimed at David Letterman last fall.

According to prison records, Halderman left the facility two months early because of good behavior, though he’s still due to perform 1,000 of community service, in which he’ll teach once-homeless people and newly-released convicts job skills.

The brouhaha went public when Letterman said on his October 1, 2009 broadcast that he’d given testimony before a grand jury that day about Halderman’s scheme to expose an extramarital affair Letterman had with a staffer who was Halderman’s girlfriend.

Letterman later admitted in an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly that the affair “was stupid behavior … you take a look at the explosion, and it knocks you down and you wake up every morning and you’re scared and you’re depressed and sad, and you kind of got to let that knock you down and knock you down.”

Halderman, in the meantime, is up for an news Emmy on September 27, as one of four producers who worked on a story for 48 Hours about an exchange student charged with murder.

How ironic is that?

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New Study Finds Women Will Make More Money Than Men

A new study finds that among those aged 22 – 30, women will earn on average 8% more than their male counterparts.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

In 2008, single, childless women between ages 22 and 30 were earning more than their male counterparts in most U.S. cities, with incomes that were 8% greater on average, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data released Wednesday by Reach Advisors, a consumer-research firm in Slingerlands, N.Y.

The trend was first identified several years ago in the country’s biggest cities, but has broadened out to smaller locales and across more industries. The greatest disparity is in Atlanta, where young, childless women were paid 121% the level of their male counterparts, according to Reach Advisors.

These women have gotten a leg up for several reasons. They are more likely than men to attend college, raising their earning potential.

Dang, times have changed!

So here’s the question: who should pay for dinner and a movie?

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Paris Hilton Is Now Banned From The Wynn And Encore Hotels

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Due to her cocaine arrest Paris Hilton is now banned from the Wynn and Encore hotels in Las Vegas.

Good news is she will always be welcome at the Hilton Hotel:

“She has been a guest here many, many times and we would always welcome her back,” says Las Vegas Hilton spokesman Ken Ciancimino.

The heiress, 29, faces felony charges after a bindle of cocaine allegedly fell out of a purse she was carrying following a weekend traffic stop on The Strip. Along with being blackballed from the Steve Wynn-owned properties, nightlife insiders say she’ll find it hard to get pay-to-party bookings at nightclubs.

But all looks bright at the Hilton:

“The history between Paris and this property is long, indeed,” the Hilton spokesman says. “We here at the Hilton certainly wish Paris the best and hope that she gets through any and all of her difficult times.”

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Nicolas Cage To Star In Bollywood Gangster Film

Hollywood actor and Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage is ready to star in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s upcoming Bollywood gangster movie ‘Broken Horses’. The movie is believed to be Chopra’s first English-language film in which the popular actor will make headlines.

Director Vidhu Chopra said that Nicolas Cage has already confirmed for playing a leading role in the movie. However, the actor need not to learn any new languages for the film.

‘Broken Horses’ is a remake of Vidhu Chopra’s Hindi film ‘Parinda’ (1989). The film will be shot in New Mexico and New York in this month.

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Discovery Channel Gunman No Longer A Threat And Hostages Are Safe

James Jay Lee stormed into the Discovery Channel Headquarters in Maryland armed with a gun and with explosives reportedly strapped to his body. Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger held a press conference shortly after confirming Lee’s death and detailing what happened inside the Discovery Channel headquarters building.

Montgomery County Police Department confirms that Lee is now deceased and no longer a threat and was shot and killed by police snipers.

It has been reported: Lee had entered the building at approximately 1pm EST with two boxes and two backpacks, possibly containing explosives and was armed with a handgun. He immediately took three men hostage, one of which was a security guard.

After nearly four hours, police snipers shot Lee and the three hostages were been safely removed from the building.

Thank goodness the hostages made it out safe. Pynk Bubbles.


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Michael Douglas Opens Up About Cancer

Michael Douglas went on Letterman Tuesday and talked about the recent news that he has throat cancer.

He has just completed his first of eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, and appeared a little thinner than usual, with his suit slightly oversize. With the coming weeks of treatment, he said, his voice may change and it could become impossible to swallow solid food.

But he was upbeat, saying that despite his throat cancer being Stage 4, it has not spread down below his throat. Asked by Letterman what the percentages were, Douglas said he has an 80% chance of recovery, with some hospitals even more optimistic.

When Letterman wondered if there was anything he could do, Douglas said, ‘Aw, give me a hug!’

Stay strong Mr. Man!! Pynk Bubbles.

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Bedbug Outbreak At Theatre Inspires New Script!!

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You’ll never guess what has inspired producers Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson to revive New Line’s long-dead Bedbugs script?

A story about an outbreak of bed bugs at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre, where much of next month’s Toronto International Film Festival is supposed to be taking place. The story’s been so widely reported it has caused inspiration for a new script!

Eeewww….

Carter Blanchard’s screenplay was abandoned by New Line in 2004, but Flynn and Vinson were its original backers, and they’re now attempting to set it up at their own Contrafilm company. It’s about a small town infestation of nocturnal killer Heteroptera that get inside you and burrow their way out. Which is a bit like a first-season episode of The X-Files, except that those were prehistoric luminous tree bugs, which is completely different.

In the meantime The Toronto International Film Festival has assured all cinema-goers an itch free time. Following a visit from pest control, of course.

So now, is anyone up for a movie?

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A High Profile Case Right Before Elections Equals Bad News For Paris

A high profile case right before re-election, Paris is in big trouble. Las Vegas is the third bust for Paris Hilton in 3 months. Something Las Vegas won’t take lightly. Think O.J. Simpson.

District Attorney David Roger is highly unlikely to offer Paris a plea bargain deal on her cocaine possession charge, states a source.

The veteran Clark County, Nevada prosecutor put OJ Simpson behind bars on robbery charges after the former football great beat murder charges in Los Angeles.

“Roger won’t tolerate celebrities coming to Las Vegas and thinking they can get away with illegal behavior,”

“It’s going to be extremely difficult for Paris to get out of these charges, even with the brilliant legal skills of her lawyer, David Chesnoff.”

Hilton is facing a felony drug possession charge that carries a prison sentence of one to four years. She claimed the purse she was carrying, where the cocaine was found, did not belong to her.

Also, Roger is running for reelection and has a record of high-profile victories in the legal arena.

“This is a high profile case, right before a very important election, and it’s very likely that there will be no plea bargaining down of these charges,” said the source.

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Breaking News: Paris Hilton Has Been Charged With Felony Cocaine Possession!!

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Hotel princess Paris Hilton has been charged with felony cocaine possession!!

According to the criminal complaint filed by the Las Vegas District Attorney, Paris “Wilfully (sic), unlawfully, feloniously, knowingly, and intentionally possess a controlled substance, to-wit: Cocaine.”

Police wrote in their report that Paris told the officer she was “extremely embarrassed” and needed to used the bathroom “badly” so the officer escorted her into the Wynn.

The officer wrote that Paris was carrying a purse as they went into the Wynn and Hilton told him she needed to put some lip balm on. “As she began to open it, I saw a small bindle of what I believed to be cocaine in a clear baggy begin to fall from the purse and into my hand.”

The officer waited for the arrival of a female officer to assist in the search and they removed the “suspected bindle of cocaine,” and then Paris was read her Miranda rights. Paris told the officer that the purse was not hers, and that “she had borrowed it from a friend.”

When the officer asked Hilton whose cocaine it was “she said she had not seen it but now thought it was gum.”

The officer placed Paris under arrest “for possession of a controlled substance cocaine.”

Note: Paris has changed her story with friends, saying the purse was hers but had been in the possession of a friend. Paris claimed to cops several cosmetic items in the purse were not hers, but she copped to $1,300 cash and some credit cards.

Cops say they found .8 grams of coke in the purse.

So how many felonies does Paris actually have under her belt now? What a joke.

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