Sentinel: Hospitalized Woman is Tiger Woods’ Mother-In-Law
Regarding that 911 call: The Orlando Sentinel now says the patient is Barbro Holmberg, mother to Elin Nordegren and mother-in-law to Tiger Woods.
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Ambulance Responds to 911 Call at Tiger Woods’ Home
“As if this couldn’t get more bizarre.” That’s how a local TV reporter describes this morning’s incident at Tiger Woods’ home near Orlando, Florida. A 911 call was made at 2:30 am (!), and an ambulance “rushed” an unidentified woman to a local hospital — the same hospital where Woods went after his accident 10 days ago.
‘Sully’ Sullenberger’s Pilot Hat Up for Sale
A pilot’s hat owned for years by Sully Sullenberger, the “hero of the Hudson,” is up for auction on Ebay.Proceeds will benefit two schools in the San Francisco Bay area, where Sullenberger lives when he’s not piloting engineless planes to safety in major waterways.
Iron Man 2: No More Bloated Naffness!
The Guardian is worried about Iron Man 2:A tangled love story? Too many villains? A hero struggling with his demons? Unless I’m mistaken, that sounds just like Spider-Man 3 — a superhero movie legendary in its bloated naffness.
Tiger Woods Mistress Number What?
Oh, heck. We lost count after three. But if you want to keep up with what now seems like the hourly tally of women claiming to have had fun with Tiger Woods, you can go to this story from the New York Daily News.
Birthdays for Musical Opposites
Aaron Carter and his twin sister Angel turn 22 today.Tom Waits turns 60.Safe to say they won’t be sharing a birthday concert stage anytime soon.Other entertainers who turn 60 this month: Jeff Bridges (December 4th), Don Johnson (the 15th) and on Christmas Day, Sissy Spacek.
Is Nelson Mandela Losing His Memory?
(Published December 7, 2009)Is Nelson Mandela losing his mental capacities — and is it being kept quiet? Bill Keller’s feature on the movie Invictus (with Morgan Freeman as Mandela) drops this odd nugget in passing:
5 Celebrity Christmas Songs I Never Want to Hear Again (But Undoubtedly Will)
And now for a little touch of Scrooge. Here are five celebrity Christmas songs I wish would just go away.Merry Christmas (War is Over) by John LennonIt starts out strong enough (“And so this is Christmas…”) but has there ever been a dopier lyric than “Let’s make it a good one / Without any fear”? God bless John Lennon and all, but this is not his strongest effort. Toss in the piercing kiddie backup voices, and this gets my vote for the most irritating holiday song ever.
“May Impair Your Thinking”
The latest rumors have Tiger Woods taking the sleeping pill Ambien, either the night of his accident or at select other times.
Zen (and Jen) and the Art of Process Serving
Jennifer Aniston was served with legal papers hidden in a bouquet last night.The evening ended on a sour note when Aniston left the Sunset Towers Hotel and was served with legal papers hidden in a basket of flowers, telling her she was to be a witness in a sexual harassment suit involving her agent, Todd Shemarya.I’ve always been a little confounded by the strange dance that is process serving.