Well, this is interesting. James Lipton, host of the iconic show Inside the Actor’s Studio, told Parade Magazine that before he was a household name interviewing the stars, he was a pimp: “I was. It was only a few years after the war. Paris was different then, still poor. Men couldn’t get jobs and, in the male chauvinist Paris of that time, the women couldn’t get work at all. It was perfectly respectable for them to go into le milieu.” Read the rest of his interview here…[Parade]
When pranks backfire. Kaitlyn Booth, 17, got into some trouble after she changed a classmate’s name to “masturbate” in the school yearbook, which printed 720 copies. She was arrested on suspicion of felony property damage. The student whose name was changed said she was “annoyed” but otherwise okay. [Gawker]
When a motorist in Pittsburgh saw this 10-year-old girl riding in the back of a pickup truck INSIDE a dog cage, it caused some alarm. Now, the girl’s mother is stepping forward and telling reporters that her daughter wanted to be with her dog, that’s why she was in the cage. “She plays with him in here all the time. They were strapped in,” 29-year-old Abbey Carlson said. Oh. Okay…[Gawker]
Worst. Parent. Ever. Tyler James Deutsch of Washington appeared in court yesterday after he was accused of putting his six-week-old baby in the freezer for an hour to stop her crying. He pled not guilty to charges of child assault, criminal mistreatment and interfering with reporting of domestic violence. [DailyMail]
Damn Busta! Busta Rhymes has just been sued for $70,300 by Paramount Recording Studios for stiffing them on a huge bill. Read about it here…[TMZ]
