NEWS LITE : NEWS MAY NEVER BE THE SAME; WEB GOSSIP-MONGER GETS JOB WITH FOX.Matt Drudge Matthew Nathan Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American Internet journalist and a talk radio host.[1] He is best known as the proprietor of the Drudge Report website, which attracted national attention when it was the first to break the news of the , who runs a gossipy Web site on politics and the media, has been hired by Fox News Channel to be host of a weekly television show. Moving to television may force Drudge to change his much-criticized style of reporting. Fox will try to make sure what Drudge puts on the air is factual, said Chet Collier, senior vice president of Fox News Channel. ``It will be the same standard that we apply to the rest of the channel,'' he said Thursday. ``We don't let anybody go off without the facts.'' The Drudge Report The Drudge Report is a U.S.-based opinion website run by Matt Drudge. The site consists primarily of links to stories from the US and international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and current events as well as links to many popular columnists. Web site summarizes news from a variety of sources. Drudge freely passes along gossip and says he isn't bound by traditional journalism rules about checking the accuracy of stories. He was among the first to report that Newsweek was working on a story about a relationship between Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. and the president. ``He's the first guy who's broken out of the Internet thing, which I think is going to get bigger and bigger,'' Collier said. ``He seems to have very good sources, unusual sources.'' Fox began thinking of offering Drudge a show after seeing him as a guest on NBC's ``Meet the Press.'' NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. was criticized for inviting Drudge by some journalists, who said the network was giving him more credence than he deserved. Drudge, who works out of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Sheriff clips the wings of jailed actor Work release must cease for Robert Downey Jr. So says the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. , which opposes any more escorted excursions for the actor, who is serving a six-month jail sentence jail sentence jail n → peine f de prison for drug violations. Downey has twice been allowed to leave jail for a day to work on movies. The most recent trip came Feb. 17, when deputies escorted him to Paramount Studios to do some recording. ``It's too disruptive and not the way to operate a jail for the convenience of any inmate, no matter who that might be,'' Sheriff Sherman Block said Wednesday. Judge Lawrence Mira Lawrence Joseph Mira (b. August 9, 1942) is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge whose courtroom is in Malibu, California. Known by some as "Judge to the Stars", Mira's name has been mentioned in numerous high-profile and celebrity arrests due to the region his courtroom ordered Downey, 32, to pay for the escorts. After a series of drug arrests and second chances, the actor was sent to jail Dec. 8 for violating probation by failing to stay clean and sober. On Feb. 13, Downey suffered a slight cut on his nose after fighting with another inmate. He was moved to another jail across the street. Lee family split by abuse charges Rock drummer Tommy Lee This article is about the American drummer Tommy Lee. For other uses, see Tommy.
Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962), is a Greek American rock musician. was charged Thursday with abusing one of his sons and wife, Pamela Anderson Lee, who filed for divorce and asked for court protection. Few details of the allegations emerged Thursday as Lee, a member of the band Motley Crue, was brought to court in handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. for a brief hearing. He is being held on $1 million bail and was scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of spousal abuse, child abuse and a firearms violation. He had not posted bail as of Thursday afternoon. Pamela Lee, formerly a star on the syndicated ``Baywatch'' series, told police her husband assaulted her Tuesday at their Malibu home as she held their 7-week-old son Dylan and in front of their other son, 20-month-old Brandon. The charges say Dylan was also a victim. The actress had a bloody broken fingernail fin·ger·nail n. The nail on a finger. and redness on her back but declined medical treatment, according to deputies. Her publicist Marleah Leslie said Lee planned to end her marriage of three years and wanted a court order ``protecting the safety of her and her children.'' She also pledged to ``vigorously cooperate in the prosecution of her husband.'' Tommy Lee's publicist, Hayley Sumner, had no comment. Lee was ordered last month to undergo 12 hours of anger management counseling and 200 hours of community service after pleading no contest to assaulting a photographer in 1996. He pleaded not guilty earlier this month in Phoenix to misdemeanor assault for allegedly attacking a concert guard. Pamela Lee and Tommy Lee, the former husband of ``Melrose Place'' star Heather Locklear, married on a beach in Mexico in February 1995 after a four-day courtship. Writer Steel to wed her fifth husband Romance novelist Danielle Steel is writing a new chapter in her life. The best-selling author will marry for the fifth time, this time to venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. Thomas J. Perkins, who helped found Genentech, Compaq and Tandem Computers. Steel would not give a date for the wedding but said the ceremony will be small. In Perkins, she gets a husband who takes an avid interest in her career and inspired her book ``The Klone and I,'' due this summer. ``The idea came from correspondence between us and a joke between us, and I actually wrote the book as a Christmas present for him,'' she told the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the . Perkins, 65, is a widower with two grown children. Steel, 49, has seven children and two stepchildren. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Robert Downey Jr. Sheriff puts brakes on breaks (2) A handcuffed Tommy Lee makes his court appearance Thursday. (3) Matt Drudge, who runs a gossip site on the Web, will host a weekly TV show pfor Fox News Network. |
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