Skip to content
Link copied to clipboard

The week's celeb news

Where do you go after four Super Bowl rings, three marriages, a career as a NFL commentator and a stint as a toupee model?

Hank Baskett
Hank BaskettRead moreAP

Friday

Where do you go after four Super Bowl rings, three marriages, a career as a NFL commentator and a stint as a toupee model? Las Vegas seems like a natural choice. Pittsburgh Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw will perform tonight at the Mirage Casino in "Terry Bradshaw: America's Favorite Dumb Blonde . . . A Life in Four Quarters." While he may be persona non grata among old school Eagles fans, you gotta admit the 64-year-old former quarterback can entertain.

Thursday

We learned that former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was cut from the team after being charged with murder earlier in the week, is being investigated for a drive-by shooting that killed two men.

"The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini was laid to rest, with a eulogy courtesy of "Sopranos" creator David Chase.

Wednesday

R&B scumbag Chris Brown was charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving without a valid license. Brown took to Twitter to admit that he hit the car, but got out to exchange information with the driver. He ended his rant by saying, "19-24 years of age. I don't have all the answers and you can't show me a person that age who has it figured out. We live and grow. Let me live." We would be happier about letting you grow, Chris, if you weren't so nasty to women.

To celebrate the end of the Defense of Marriage Act, Kristen Bell proposed to baby daddy Dax Shepard. Every gay sighed, "Jeez, you couldn't have let us have one day, huh?"

Tuesday

Camden-born chef and season four winner of "Food Network Star" Aaron McCargo Jr. picked the wrong side of a fight by defending embattled celeb chef Paula Deen, who has been under fire for saying some real racist things. McCargo wrote on his Facebook page, "Paula has always been very helpful and supportive throughout my career, and as her friend I'm saddened to see that she is going through a tough time right now." Uh, Aaron? Being racist doesn't constitute a tough time. McCargo is the star of "Big Daddy's House," airing Fridays at 9:30 p.m.

Halle Berry testified in Sacramento, Calif., in favor of a law curtailing paparazzi's access to celeb babies. Can the law also include sanctions on celebs who force their kids in front of cameras for their own personal gain?

Monday

Former "Girl Next Door" Kendra Wilkinson and former Eagle Hank Baskett told People magazine that they wanted to celebrate four years of marriage by trying for baby No. 2! They already have one bundle of joy: Hank IV, now 3 1/2.

Split Up

Reality star Kat Von D broke off her engagement with DJ Deadmau5 amid cheating rumors.

Hitched Up

"Star Wars" mastermind George Lucas married longtime love Mellody Hobson on his Skywalker Ranch. Wondering how many versions of the wedding video he'll eventually release.

"Girls" star Adam Driver married gal pal Joanna Tucker in a wedding that probably cost decided less than bajillionaire Lucas'.

'Abbey'-ed Up

Paul Giamatti will join the cast of BBC/PBS megasmash "Downton Abbey" for its third season. The Oscar-nominated, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Giamatti will play the brother of American matriarch Cora (Elizabeth McGovern). Cora has a famous family; her mother was played by Shirley MacLaine this year.

Knocked Up

"Real Housewives of Atlanta"/"Don't Be Tardy" star Kim Zolciak, 35, is pregnant with her third baby with Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann, 27. Zolciak has two kids from previous relationships.