- Efron to Take On Tony Manero? Zac Efron recently detached himself from the Footloose remake, his reasoning that he didn't want to be the cherubic Musical Guy all his life. But now, Efron's name is cited as the top pick for a Saturday Night Fever remake that American Idol judge Simon Cowell is organizing. Think he'll bite? [Kansas City Star]
- Tyson Marries in Vegas Hotel-Casino. Mike Tyson wed his girlfriend, Lakiha Spicer, at a Vegas casino chapel yesterday -- just two weeks after his four-year-old daughter accidentally strangled herself to death on a dangling cord from a treadmill in the boxer's home. Spicer is Tyson's third wife. [AP via USA Today]
- Carradine Details May Corroborate Family's Claim of Homicide. New details emerging from body photos of 72-year-old actor David Carradine may uphold his family's claims that his bizarre death was not a suicide or a sex-play accident (as Thai authorities have deemed it), but rather a murder. The body photos also show a wig and fishnets, according to ABC News, and there is red women's lingerie nearby, suggesting others helped tie him up. [ABC News]
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