Celebrity Scoop
Singer Liam Gallagher and several other members of the British rock band Oasis and its entourage were held for questioning after a fight that left Gallagher with several broken teeth. Gallagher's injuries over the weekend forced the band to cancel concerts in Munich and Hamburg. Munich police say they detained three members of the group, including Gallagher and drummer Alan White, and two of their bodyguards on suspicion of assault, resisting arrest and damage to property. All were released after posting bail.
Witnesses told police the clash began early Sunday in the disco of the Muenchner Hof hotel when the band members were drunk and started pushing each other. One of them fell against a table where five Italians were seated, police said witnesses told them. When the Italians tried to remove the musician, the rest of the band reportedly pounced on them. Hotel security separated the two sides and asked them to leave, then called police when the fight resumed outside.
Mr. and Ms. Pac-Man, Super Mario and the princess, and ... Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck? Director Kevin Smith is giving the newly engaged couple a custom-made video game to thank them for costarring in his recently wrapped movie "Jersey Girl," according to the New York Post. The game, "Jen Saves Ben," features an animated Lopez who must find and rescue Affleck, who has been kidnapped and chained to a warehouse wall. "J. Lo has to get him back but doesn't know where he's gone," said Brad Graeber of Texas-based Powerhouse Animation Studios, the company that created the game. As she karate-kicks her way through the game, Lopez must face an animated Smith, who totes a ray-gun, and an evil-robot Matt Damon. She gets three tries to save her fiancé without being killed, and if she succeeds the pair is shown kissing. The game, modeled after a classic 1980s arcade game, plays a soundtrack of Lopez's music.
Robert De Niro will show his new comedy, "Analyze That," to 1,500 troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., two days before the movie opens in theaters. Before the screening Wednesday, De Niro will join Gen. Tommy Franks, head of the U.S. Central Command, in meeting with troops involved in the war on terror in Afghanistan and elsewhere. "Analyze That" is the first in a series of screenings for military personnel planned through the Tribeca Film Institute, which De Niro co-founded with his business partner, Jane Rosenthal. Warner Bros. also has offered prints of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" for screenings Dec. 7 and 8 at MacDill Air Force Base. De Niro reprises his role as mob boss Paul Vitti from the 1999 hit "Analyze This." Billy Crystal also is back as Paul's neurotic therapist, Ben Sobel. The movie comes out Friday in theaters nationwide.
When Courteney Cox Arquette went back to being just Courteney Cox, people wondered whether something was wrong with her marriage to actor David Arquette. But the "Friends" co-star says she started going by her maiden name in some situations out of respect for her father, Richard Cox, who died of cancer last year. "When I was a kid, I wanted to change my name so badly because I didn't like it. Now that my dad's gone, I don't want to lose it," the 38-year-old actress tells InStyle magazine for its
December issue. "It's not an issue for David. I am an Arquette, but I'm also a Cox. My social security card says Courteney Cox Arquette. And when we have children they will not be Cox-Arquettes, they will be Arquettes."
A small crowd gathered Friday at the Beatles' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to mark the first anniversary of George Harrison's death. Flowers decorated the sidewalk star and a violin soloist played "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun." Harrison, 58, died of cancer in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, 2001. Longtime peace activist Jerry Rubin said the memorial was marked by sadness as well as "a celebration of George's life and his ongoing promotion of peace and love throughout the planet." Rubin said the memorial marked "the beginning of something called Ten Days of Peace for John and George." Former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death by a deranged fan in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. That sad anniversary will be marked next month with a memorial at Lennon's Walk of Fame star.