Howard Gensler writes the Tattle column for the Daily News.
REGULAR READERS of this column know of our obsession with ridiculous and unnecessary Hollywood remakes.
Sure, we need a new version of "My Fair Lady," because the one with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, which won eight Oscars, including best picture, wasn't good enough.
Conrad Murray, a cardiologist, was charged yesterday with involuntary manslaughter, for pretending to be an anesthesiologist.
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ACCORDING TO Britain's News of the World, a new bio of Lady Gaga reveals a fondness for cocaine and her belief that she's inhabited by the spirit of her dead aunt.
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ELIN NORDEGREN Woods is reportedly set to pick up husband Tiger at sex rehab. Tattle has an exclusive guesstimation about their conversation on the ride to the airport:
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THE National Enquirer has reported that a key part of Tiger Woods' treatment for sex addiction at Mississippi's Gentle Path rehab, would occur during "Family Week" when Tiger would have to face wife Elin and disclose all his indiscretions.
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TATTLE'S SPECIAL Sundance Film Fest correspondent, Val Knight (of the WOGL Morning Show), has returned from Utah with reflections on her "favorite time of year."
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THE OSCARS have decided there are 10 films worthy of a best-picture nomination this year. The Razzies think that only five merit competing for worst.
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UNCOVERING THE facts behind Brad and Angelina's split/non-split has been a daunting task. Every anonymous source - always the most trustworthy - says something different.
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IF YOU WERE a parent and your child became a semifinalist on "American Idol," you would be pretty excited. The problem is, you wouldn't be able to tell anyone. These shows, especially the episodes taped ahead of time, take their rules (and their secrecy) very seriously.
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TATTLE TAKES a page out of "Action News" today by teasing you with a report that Tiger Woods has officially reached the 19th hole, but our top story is the madness surrounding the alleged split of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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THE ECONOMY is struggling, Haiti is in ruins and health care is in the wood chipper, but Jay Leno will soon return to the "Tonight Show," so we can all laugh again at how screwed we are (if you find Jay funny) and Conan O'Brien can laugh all the way to the bank. Conan and NBC agreed yesterday on a $45 million deal for Conan to not host a TV show.
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MICHAEL JACKSON bowed out of last year's Grammy Awards show when producers wanted him there to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Thriller."
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