Hank Williams Jr. Gets Pink Slip After Comparing Obama to Hitler; Don Lapre Commits Suicide in Jail; Olivia Wilde Officially Available
Posted 10.04.11 by reelz
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Hank Williams Jr. had his "Are You Ready for Some Football?" song yanked by ESPN before last night's game after comparing Barack Obama to Hitler in an interview on Fox News' Fox & Friends. He also called Obama and Vice President Biden "The Three Stooges." After sobering up, the country singer backtracked somewhat from his Hitler comparison, claiming his comments were "misunderstood."
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It's rumored Madonna will perform at halftime of Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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Famed TV pitchman Don Lapre was found dead in his jail cell in an apparent suicide. Lapre had been charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and promotional money laundering with his company, "The Greatest Vitamin in the World." Had he been convicted on all counts he couldn't been sentenced to up to 1025 years in jail.
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Rob Kardashian is the latest celebrity to lose weight thanks to Dancing With the Stars. The weight hasn't been coming off for Chaz Bono, and he might not get the chance to shed some pounds as the transgender son of Cher had the lowest scores in Week 3 of the show.
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More than 600,000 people showed up to see Kate Middleton's dress while it was on display at Buckingham Palace, shattering the previous palace record of 420,000 visitors that was set in 1994 after the palace was opened to the public.
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Finally, Olivia Wilde is officially back on the market now that her divorce from Italian Prince Tao Ruspoli is final.