Hollywood Crap

Rumor has it that Angelina Jolie has already given birth to her twin girls in France.

In a statement to OK!, Entertainment Tonight claims to have confirmed reports of the birth of the Jolie-Pitt twins with a source close to the quickly expanding family.

According to the rumors from this morning, the Oscar-winner gave birth on Sunday in a Catholic clinic in the Aix-En-Provence region of France.

Angelina had her doctor flown in from California, and she named them Isla Marcheline Jolie-Pitt and Amelie Jane Jolie-Pitt.

If you watched last night’s Lost season finale, then you already know who the man in the coffin from last season’s finale. If you haven’t seen it, then you should stop reading right now as the rest of this post and the video contain spoilers.

Their were two alternate endings shot to the finale, and you can view them in the video below.

If you haven’t seen the finale and want to check out the final moments, or read the theories about Jeremy Bentham, you can see them HERE.

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Photo of the REAL Jeremy Bentham

The two hour Lost season 4 finale did not disappoint viewers who spend way too much time trying to figure out the liberal hints and symbolism on the show when it revealed the identity of Jeremy Bentham - the man in the coffin - in the show’s finale moments.

Interesting to note:

Jeremy Bentham was one of the founders of the Utilitarian philosophy in the 19th century - the path to goodness consists of finding or doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Bentham developed this philosophy with James Mill, whose son, John Stuart Mill, refined it (JS Mill argued, correctly I think, that there are qualitative differences between goods - saving someone’s life is worth much more than giving someone $100 as charity). This philosophy is certainly not irrelevant to the castaways, and the whole story of Lost…. Bentham is also known for devising the Panopticon prison - a design which allows the prison guard to observe all prisoners, who are unaware that they’re being observed - a state also not exactly alien to Lost…. In any case: if the name in the article is indeed Jeremy Bentham, this would be consistent with major characters in Lost having the complete or partial names of great philosophers - John Locke, Hume, Rousseau.

Spoiler Alert: Do not read any further if you haven’t yet seen the show and don’t want to know the identity of the man in the coffin from season 3.

Also interesting to note:

The REAL Jeremy Bentham requested that his body be put on display in a wooden case for people to gaze upon after he died. Not a statue. His actual body. So it is - you can see it today at the University College London. He died in 1832, you know. This body is truly an antique.

I digress. The body has a wax head, because Bentham’s real head was damaged in the preservation process. The real head used to be in the case with Jeremy, but students at the college kept pulling pranks with it so it had to be put in a secure location somewhere.

They still pull old Jeremy Bentham out for important meetings, where they list him as “present but not voting.”

Gross. But… does this mean John Locke is made of wax? Maybe it’s not really John Locke who is dead? Who knows what this means. But to me, that’s the most interesting factoid about Jeremy Bentham… NOT the fact that he was a philosopher.

Let the speculation begin!

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Anderson Cooper attended the 6th Annual Sesame Workshop Gala last night with Elmo. I know he’s interviewed some interesting and strange people and went to some very dangerous places in his day, but never was he caught in the crossfires like the day he interviewed Oscar the Grouch!

Here’s Anderson with the rest of the Sesame Street gang.  How cute (yet odd) is this?

George Clooney and Sarah Larson have called it quits after a year of dating.

“George is relieved to be single again.” according to an insider. “He thinks Sarah is sweet and that is why it was so hard to break up with her.”

The 47-year-old actor met 29-year-old Larson when she was a cocktail waitress at The Whiskey Bar nearly four years ago, however the couple didn’t start dating until their second meeting in June 2007 in Las Vegas.

According to the insider, the couple’s different backgrounds created a strain on the relationship. “The truth is that they had little in common and he just doesn’t want to be tied down.”

A friend of Sarah’s says George moved out of his Los Angeles home while she removed her belongings.

Clooney’s rep declined to comment on the split.

Dianne ODell in iron lung

61-year-old Dianne Odell from Jackson, TN, has died after a power failure in the city, about 80 miles northeast of Memphis.

ODell has been in an iron lung for nearly 60 years, after being diagnosed with polio as a child, and is the longest living iron lung survivor.

Family members tried to get the emergency generator working to the 7-foot-long machine. “We did everything we could do but we couldn’t keep her breathing,” said brother-in-law Will Beyer. “Dianne had gotten a lot weaker over the past several months and she just didn’t have the strength to keep going.”

Emergency crews were called to the scene, but were unable to help.

Though confined to the 750-pound machine for most of her life, Dianne was able to get a high school diploma, take college courses and write a children’s book.

Mark Madden shocked listeners on his radio show earlier this month when he made controversial remarks after it was reported that Sen. Edward Kennedy had been hospitalized.

“I’m very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated,” the ESPN Radio 1250 talk show host said on May 21.

Sen. Kennedy had just been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

Although Madden issued an on air apology, ESPN Radio decided to terminate his contract and remove his show from the air.

Madden often found himself in trouble with his employers for crude, sexist and homophobic remarks.

Country music star Chris Cagle and his girlfriend Jennifer Tant are being held in jail in Nashville on domestic assault charges following a drunken fight at the couple’s home.

Cagle and his girlfriend got into an argument after leaving a bar in the Bellevue community, west of Nashville. The argument escalated to physical violence once they arrived home.

After arriving at Cagle’s house, officers determined that Cagle and Taut appeared to be intoxicated and that both showed signs of physical abuse. According to a police affidavit, Cagle had a bump on his head caused by Taut hitting him with an umbrella, and Taut had a scrape on her lip and a sore arm from Cagle hitting her with her purse. According to the television station, the couple refused to leave the house, and Taut told police she would rather go to jail than leave Cagle’s home.

Cagle and Taut were arrested and taken into custody under Tennessee state domestic violence laws that considered both of them to be a primary aggressor. The law also mandates that both of them remain in jail until 4:40 p.m. Wednesday. Bond has been set at $1,500 each.

Cagle is also facing trial stemming from a misdemeanor assault charge involving an altercation outside a Tuscon, AZ nightclub on December 13.

View Chris Cagle and Jennifer Tant mugshots HERE.

Actor Patrick Swayze has released a statement letting the public know that he is responding well to treatment. Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year.

Says Patrick:

“Thought I’d give you guys a little update. Lisa and I have been back and forth from New Mexico enjoying the arrival of spring and new baby calves. This past weekend, we spent a fun time with friends in Reno for Lisa’s birthday, where I took her jewelry shopping at Kenny G & Company and (we) were able to find her something really special and much deserved! In the meantime, I am continuing treatment at Stanford and the great news is I continue to respond well.”

Good luck! Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Swayze and his family during this difficult time.

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After asking out former American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell on live television last week, David Cook cashed in and the couple went out for dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in New York over the weekend.

Tuesday on Live with Regis and Kelly, Cook said he enjoyed his date with Kimberly and they would “probably hang out again.”

Caldwell finished seventh on American Idol season two.

View video of Cook and Caldwell leaving Ruth’s Chris at TMZ.