SAN FRANCISCO — There was no doubt that Phillip Garrido, a paroled sex offender, had long been known as an odd and sometimes frightening character to neighbors, business associates and even the few people who …

LOS ANGELES — A fashion designer has been sentenced to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles.
Superior Court Judge David Wesley on Monday sentenced 35-year-old Anand …

A woman who claims her life has been ruined after a visit at Bliss Spa for a Brazilian wax is going to have her day in court.
Somer Graham filed a lawsuit against the chain after …

New York Magazine’s The Cut is reporting that Project Runway alum Chris March is suing Thierry Mugler for allegedly not paying him for work he did on Beyoncé’s costumes for her current I AM tour.  …

The News and Observer reports that Mark Lyttle expected to return home after serving a few months in prison for inappropriately touching a woman’s backside.
Instead, he says, the U.S. government deported him to Mexico — …

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson is trying out a new look – he’s lost the beard but kept the moustache.
When asked Monday why he shaved the beard he’s had for as long …

Perhaps the Secret Service should make another visit to a Phoenix-area pastor.
According to Fox news, pastor Steven Anderson delivers a sermon titled, “Why I Hate Barack Obama,” and tells his parishioners that he prays for …

According to several Internet sources, Mariah Carey has suffered a miscarriage — and, now she fears that she may never have a biological child.
The rumors of Mariah’s condition surfaced after she canceled major events …

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews tells her side of the story to Oprah Winfrey. Andrews says that having secretly videotaped nude footage of her distributed on the Internet was a “nightmare.”
Winfrey’s interview with Andrews will …

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Columbia Pictures is developing a third installment of the high-octane “Bad Boys” franchise.
The “Boys” movies feature Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, caught …

Actor Macaulay Culkin is the mystery dad of Michael Jackson’s son, Blanket. The Sun is reporting that the Home Alone film star is said to have donated sperm to help Jacko create his seven-year-old …

NEW YORK — Michael Jackson’s father says he’d never heard of the drug propofol until it was implicated in his son’s death.
“I’m not angry. I’m mad,” Joe Jackson said in an interview that aired Monday …

NEW YORK — Jay-Z will hold a Sept. 11 benefit concert in New York City.
The New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund says the rapper is scheduled to make the announcement Monday …

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Pop star Chris Brown has admitted guilt and apologized for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, but he does not remember hitting the singer, he told CNN’s Larry King.
Looking at …

The Washington Post is reporting today that a bill proposed by council member Marion Barry would change that process by requiring mandatory HIV testing for all D.C. inmates.
Barry’s bill mandates collecting blood samples from inmates, …

The 39-year-old supermodel claims that major companies are refusing to use non-white women to promote their products. “This year, we have gone back all the way that we had advanced,” she says. “I don’t …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Rachael Ray” and “The Tyra Banks Show” won the talk show categories at the Daytime Emmy Awards for the second consecutive year on Sunday, while the women of “The View” ended …

After a long absence from music, Whitney Houston is staging a much-hyped career comeback with an appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Houston will be Winfrey’s first guest as the talk-show queen launches her …

ISLAMABAD — A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show drowned while performing a challenge for the program. Saad Khan, 32, was swimming across a lake while wearing a 15-pound (7-kilogram) backpack when …

FERNDALE, Mich. — Police in Michigan say a first date went from bad to worse when a Detroit man skipped out on the restaurant bill, then stole his date’s car.
Police say 23-year-old Terrance Dejuan McCoy …