- More Bad News for Miss California. Miss California -- and Perez Hilton nemesis -- Carrie Prejean may be investigated by the Miss California pageant delegation, a spokesman for the organization confirmed yesterday. Prejean is cited as being in violation of her 12-page contract, which includes provisions against acting as a spokesmodel and against posing nude. Since the Miss USA pageant, where she said she did not believe in gay marriage, Prejean has acted in a spokeswoman capacity for anti-gay marriage activists in her home state; photographs of her posing topless as a teen model (though she's facing half-away from the camera) were also recently uncovered. If found in violation of her state pageant contract, the Miss California organization could strip her of her crown. Gasp! [Associated Press]
- 'Farrah's Story' to Air May 15. Farrah Fawcett, who was recently hospitalized after some experimental surgery in Germany caused complications, will air a raw, homemade documentary about her two-and-a-half-year battle with anal cancer, NBC announced Tuesday. The film is like a video diary, the network said, and will feature those close to the "Charlie's Angels" star -- including Ryan O'Neal, her longtime partner who has also struggled with serious illness (his leukemia has been in remission since 2006). The film will air May 15. [United Press International]
- The Road to $1 Billion: Rome and 'A&D' Get Early Thumbs Up. The early trade reviews are up and generally favorable for "Da Vinci Code" sequel, Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" (May 15). The thriller is charged with being zippier, more energetic and with more spellbinding effects than its predecessor, though not quite a home run. Why is any of this a big deal? Because despite nearly universal panning among critics, the first installment in the franchise went on to gross more than $750 million worldwide. Even pre-recession, that was no chump change. [Variety; The Hollywood Reporter]
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