Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Page 1 Consider (06/27)


  • Jumbo Jack: Looking for a 6-foot-7, 250-pound murder suspect? Better check the local Jack-in-the-Box. (NBC10)

  • Say Anything, But Get the F**k Away from Me: Actor John Cusack wants a restraining order against a 31-year-old "fan" named Emily Leatherman. Cusack alleges that the woman has been "showing unusual interest [in him] by stalking, throwing long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside, making unannounced visits to offices of people I work with in an attempt to meet with me and listing my address as her own during a recent arrest. Mail addressed to her has been arriving at my residence without my permission. I have never met this person." With the way John's been looking lately -- not to mention that whole "Must Love Dogs" embarrassment -- I think he should consider himself lucky to even have a stalker. (TMZ)

  • The Cost of Loving: E. Pierce Marshall, 67, the son of J. Howard Marshall II who has been warring with the former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith for years over his dad's fortune, has died. It's very expensive to be her so here's hoping this gets the poor gal the money she needs. (AP)

  • Leather Lovers: These fashionistas are really fit to be tied. (NYT)

  • The Crying Game: A lawyer for Boy George says the reason the pop star can't do community service work, like raking leaves in Central Park, is because it would create "a media circus." George wishes ... (Telegraph)

  • In the Bag: Bottega Veneta's menswear collection was shown in Milan recently and man purses have never looked so good (FWD)

  • Those Wacky Arquettes: "Medium" famous Patricia Arquette wed her longtime boyfriend, the not-so-famous Thomas Jane, over the weekend in Venice, Italy. No word if sibling Alexis acted as a bridesmaid or a groomsman or if Patricia is still actually romantically involved with her new husband, or if she will this is the same as her six-year marriage to Nicolas Cage, who it later turned out she was only involved with for nine months after their 1995 wedding, yet they continued appearing in public together as a couple until 2001. (AP)

  • Rush to Judgment: Could Rush Limbaugh be any more of a dick? He's trying. (AP)

  • From Russia With Love: If you didn't see this story about three sets of orphaned twin siblings on "Dateline" this Sunday, you've got to read this. Michael and I cried and cried and cried ... (NBC)

  • Big Brother Complex: Adding to the growing mountain of scientific evidence that there is a strong biological component to being gay or lesbian, researchers in Canada have shown that boys with older brothers are slightly more likely to be gay than those without. "It's likely to be a prenatal effect," Anthony F. Bogaert of Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, told the Associated Press. "This and other studies suggest that there is probably a biological basis for” homosexuality. (Advocate)

  • Playing Footsie: Two British tabloids that published articles insinuating British soccer player Ashley Cole had participating in a gay orgy that involved a cell phone cum sex toy have apologized to the soccer star, each stating that there was "no truth" to their stories. Now if Ashley could only figure out a way to explain this "Footballers Wives" moment from over the weekend. (PinkNews)

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