Thousands Mourn Proof
April 19, 2006
Eminem, 50 Cent and about 2,000 other people crowded a Detroit chapel Wednesday to pay their last respects to slain D12 rapper Proof, who was shot to death in a nightclub on famed Eight Mile Road last week.
The funeral service started 45 minutes late, according to the Detroit Free Press, held up to accommodate a line of people waiting to get in that wrapped around the building.
Once the pews inside the Fellowship Chapel were packed, a series of speakers, including Proof's D12 buddy Eminem, reminisced about the late hip-hop artist's positive effect on their lives.
Grazer Seeking Separation
April 19, 2006
Brian Grazer's decades-long business partnership with director Ron Howard has resulted in a slew of Hollywood blockbusters, an Oscar win and a couple of Emmys, and they most recently teamed up for "The Da Vinci Code," one of the most anticipated movies of the year. But another important relationship in Grazer's life hasn't worked out quite so well--his marriage of almost nine years to Gigi Levangie Grazer.
The producer, who currently has no less than 17 movies and TV shows in the works for 2006 and '07, filed for a legal separation from his wife Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.
Trump State Park
April 19, 2006
Let's see, there's Trump Plaza, Trump Towers, the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump University and now. . .Trump Park?
In yet another beautiful bit of branding from America's most famous billionaire developer,Donald Trump has announced he's donating 436 acres of pristine property due north of New York City to be turned into a new state park named in his honor.
Teri Triumphs Again
April 19, 2006
Teri Hatcher knows how to make the tabloids sorry.
Britain's "The Sun" is the latest tabloid to bow down in court to the "Desperate Housewives" star over a story that claimed she used a camper van parked outside her home for sexual encounters with various men.
Luke, I Am Your Stalker
April 19, 2006
Luke Perry is asking for a little restraint.
The "Beverly Hills 90210" heartthrob filed a restraining order Apr. 4 in Los Angeles Superior Court against a woman the actor says is harassing him and his two children, according to documents obtained by TMZ.com.
Perry stated that he is seeking protection because the woman in question has repeatedly showed up at [his] professional speaking engagements ("seating herself in a prominent position"), has constantly tried to contact him by phone and mail, and has showed up at his house unannounced.