Sideshow: Center's Lohan leaker loses her job
Dawn Holland, the Betty Ford Center chemical-dependency tech who leaked news that Lindsay Lohan had allegedly attacked her after getting drunk with her roommates, has been given the sack - and a sackload of dough.
Dawn Holland
, the Betty Ford Center chemical-dependency tech who leaked news that
Lindsay Lohan
had allegedly attacked her after getting drunk with her roommates, has been given the sack - and a sackload of dough.
RadarOnline says Holland was fired for blabbing about the Dec. 12 incident to TMZ in exchange for a nice payday (between $10,000 and $15,000).
LiLo, who was sent to rehab after serving 13 days in jail for violating her probation in an '07 DUI case, claims Holland was so abusive she made her cry. LiLo says she was sober.
(We assume she knows one shouldn't drink while being treated for alcohol and drug dependency.)
Making babies
Celebs continue to breed.
Friends alum David Schwimmer, 44, and his 26-year-old wife, Zoe Buckman, who wed in June, are expecting their first baby, their reps tell Entertainment Weekly, describing the couple as "thrilled." David also is on the verge of delivering his latest film as a director. Trust, starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener, is due in April.
Heroes' baddest bad girl, Ali Larter, gave birth to a boy on Monday in Lalaland, her rep tells UsMagazine.com. Theodore Hayes MacArthur is the first baby for Ali, 34, and her hub, Perfect Couples actor Hayes MacArthur, 33.
"He's our perfect Christmas present," says Ali. The couple wed in August '09 after seven years of dating.
Speaking of booze . . .
The Hartford Courant says police have arrested two young gents,
Alexander Hernandez
, 19, and
Santos Padilla
, 21, after finding them hiding in closets in
50 Cent
's Farmington, Conn., manse. The lads hadn't lifted any loot - except for a bottle of wine. Cops found Hernandez sipping Fiddy's vino.
Tidbits 'n' pieces
Life & Style says former prez
Bill Clinton
will celebrate his 65th b-day in August with a concert for 20,000 of his closest pals at Lalaland's Staples Center. His reps are reportedly talking to
Paul McCartney
,
Mary J. Blige
,
Jay-Z
, and
Bruce Springsteen
about performing. . . . No need to refer to him as Sir
Darth Vader
just yet:
American Idol
and
X Factor
misanthrope
Simon Cowell
tells
Extra
rumors that
Queen Elizabeth II
plans to knight him in 2011 are untrue. . . . The London zebra crossing made famous by the
Beatles
'
Abbey Road
album cover was named a site of national importance Wednesday by the British government.
The prince and the glue . . .
Zsa Zsa Gabor
's better half, Prince
Frederic Von Anhalt
, glued shut his right eye Tuesday after mistaking a bottle of his wife's nail glue for eyedrops, says CNN. Von Anhalt, 68, was treated at a Beverly Hills hospital. He's fine, but must wear an eye patch for two weeks.
Today in ShowBiz news
The curtain will go up again Thursday on
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
after the producers of the accident-plagued Broadway musical agreed to new safety precautions to prevent another fall like the one that left a stuntman seriously injured. Wednesday night's performance was canceled so that the cast and crew of the $65 million production could rehearse the new precautions.
Michael Jackson's posthumous CD has failed to top Billboard's album charts! Michael debuted this week at No. 3, selling 228,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Taylor Swift's Speak is at No. 1, with 259,000. Scottish import Susan Boyle is in second place with The Gift, which sold 254,000 units.
Julie Andrews, 75, Dolly Parton, 64, jazz drummer Roy Haynes, 85, and American punk heroes the Ramones will receive Grammys for lifetime achievement at a special event on Feb. 12, a day before the Grammy Awards ceremony.
A video for a cause
Sudanese singer and rapper
Emmanuel Jal
says he wants his new music vid, "We Want Peace," to educate Americans about the ongoing strife in Sudan.
He says he's worried about his country's Jan. 9 referendum, which may result in his native southern Sudan gaining independence from the north.