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Ray LaHood Is a God Among Transportation Secretaries

“You know as well as I do that five minutes always extends out to 50 minutes, and almost always to five hours. There’s no such thing as five minutes, never, ever.”That’s transportation secretary Ray LaHood, speaking The Truth about new penalties for airlines who keep customers trapped on grounded planes for three hours or more.

Brittany Murphy: No Foul Play, No Trauma, No Results

Today’s autopsy on the body of actress Brittany Murphy produced no final ruling on her death.  There will be no final ruling as to the cause and manner of death until all of the requested test results have been received and reviewed in context with the autopsy findings. It is anticipated that this process may take approximately 4 to 6 weeks or more.Anatomical findings show no evidence of trauma to the body.

Confounding Letter of the Day

This email just in from a Who2 user, in its entirety:Re: Your bio of Mrs. Camilla (nee Shand) Parker Bowles. Camilla is not actually a wife of Prince Charles. Rather what you saw on television with Camilla and her younger chum Diana Spencer was Prince Charles, an already married man, giving into ransom demands of persons who had abducted his wife.

Brittany Murphy’s Father is a “Retired Mobster”

The Los Angeles Times got a very odd quote last night from the father of actress Brittany Murphy.Reached at his home in northern Florida, Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, said he learned of her death Sunday morning from his son (Murphy’s half brother), who read it on the Internet.

Julie Delpy Turns 40

[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1219:]]Ethereal actress Julie Delpy turns 40 years old today. That’s Delpy at center above, with her parents at the 2007 Edinburgh Film Festival. Here’s a slighly more glam shot from the 2005 Academy Awards:More photos of Julie Delpy >>

Brittany Murphy: “My Heart Would Explode”

LA station KTLA digs up digs up an eerie Brittany Murphy quote from the past: In 2005 the actress faced questions about her apparent weight loss and conjecture that it …..

Brittany Murphy Dead — Morning Update

Brittany Murphy “began vomiting early Sunday morning and told family members she was feeling very ill,” according to TMZ. The gossip site says Murphy was “taking prescription meds for flu-like …..

Brittany Murphy’s Career in PHOTOS

Actress Brittany Murphy died this morning at age 32. Here are some selected photos of Brittany Murphy from her career.

Brittany Murphy Dead; Cardiac Arrest Blamed

Brittany Murphy is dead.  The actress, who got her break in Clueless and played rough-around-the-edges chums and lovers in films like 8 Mile and Sin City, died this morning at age 32.

Kevin Jonas: Impure in the Driven Snow

The purity ring came off for Kevin Jonas yesterday as he married Danielle Delesea at Oheka Castle, a “109,000-square-foot estate in Cold Spring Harbor.”

Where’s Buzz? At the Costco in Marina Del Ray!

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin signs copies of his book ‘Magnificient Desolation’ at Costco in Marina Del Ray, California on Saturday. (One in a series!)

Happy 10th Deathday, Desmond “Q” Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn, the actor who played gadget wizard ‘Q’ in James Bond films for nearly four decades, died 10 years ago today — at age 85 in a head-on crash …..

Bernie Madoff in Prison

According to a story in the Wall Street Journal this week, notorious financier and convicted swindler Bernie Madoff is just like any other inmate at North Carolina’s Butner Federal Correctional Complex.LIke every other federal prisoner there, he wears inmate khakis, works at various jobs, has a roomie named Frank and, according to a recently released inmate, doesn’t give a tinker’s cuss what his victims think.

Sarah Palin Quits… Vacation

Last night former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin announced she was quitting again, only this time she’s giving up her Hawaiian vacation, not an elected office.

Celebs With Santa: George Clooney

George Clooney with an unsettling Santa in Germany.  See more photos of George Clooney >>