American Idol Paula Abdul : In or Out?

As Ryan Secrets completed title with his record-shattering contract to return as host, American Idol judge Abdul may not be coming back if doesn't get the contract she's bargaining for, according to her manager, David Sonenberg.
The agent aired the singer's dismay with current talks Friday, telling the LA Times Abdul would not return to the show if production companies FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment didn't step up with a Paula-pleasing contract
Once news got out, fans and past hopefuls took to the Twitterverse to keep the contestant-compassionate judge on the FOX show, tweeting messages with "#keeppaula" in support.
"If it weren't for you, this specific time and situation would feel a whole lot worse," tweeted Abdul in thanks.

Best-selling writer McCourt departs this life

Frank McCourt, writer of best-seller Angela's Ashes, has died of cancer in a New York hospice.
The 78-year-old Irish-American writer was suffering from meningitis and had recently been treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Angela's Ashes, a journal of McCourt's childhood in Ireland, sold millions of copies and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Before the book's 1996 publication, McCourt was a New York high school teacher for 30 years.

Taylor come back home after operation

Elizabeth has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after suffering operation.
The 77-year-old Hollywood celebrity was admitted to a medical center near her home in Beverly Hills on Monday, with reports claiming she was sensitively tired following the death of her long-term pal Michael Jackson.
Her spokesperson slammed the claims, insisting: "(She is) in for standard tests and a minor, though painful, surgical procedure. That's it. No drama, no shrieking, no sedation required. Nobody on her staff is worried. Period."
And after five days in hospital, Taylor has returned home to continue her recuperation.
She writes on her Twitter.com blog, "I'm home from the hospital sore, but intact. Of course I'm still grieving for Michael... I always will."
"I've had many tragedies in my life, but I guess they have all taught me something. I have to look at it that way."

Barton's stop working came following drug overdo

Mischa Barton's recent fail came after a three-day cocaine overdo, according to reports.

On Thursday, the 23-year-old was placed on involuntary psychiatric hold after apparently pain a meltdown and calling cops to her Los Angeles home the day before.

According to New York Post gossip column Page Six, friends of the former The O.C. star alerted police amid fears she would kill herself after three days of hard partying.

A pal tells the newspaper, "She's in very bad figure. She's running out of money and can't find love, so now she is looking for a good time to escape her misery. She is on a downward spiral. She is a mess. She is a suicidal, uninsurable mess."

Los Angeles police and Barton's representative have confirmed the actress required assistance for "a medical issue", but have yet to reveal further details.

Ban on Public Smoking ignite anger, Turkish

"Cigarette Revolution" Hits Bars, Restaurants as Government Dismisses Critics Wary of Economic Impact

Turkey - a nation of smokers - on Sunday extended a ban on indoor public smoking to bars, restaurants, and even to traditionally smoke-filled village coffeehouses.
The ban came into effect despite protests from bar and coffeehouse owners who fear it will ruin businesses that have already been hit hard by the economic crisis.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic-oriented government barred smoking in offices, public transport and other public places in May 2008 in an effort to reduce the country's high smoking rates and the effects of secondhand smoke on people's health. Bars, restaurants and cafes were given a grace period that ended at midnight Saturday.

Devil man agreed veto

A gentleman who exhausted government profit on money making , he look like the devil has been forbidden from leaving his house at night.
The British man, who's also a father of two, spent close to $6,000 to give himself fangs, a forked tongue and even horns. He also wear green reptillian-like contact lenses and usually sports a pointed beard.
He's also changed his name from Gavin Paslow to Diablo Delenfer.
Diablo reportedly also plans to eventually get boney spinal implants from his head to back and maybe even a real tail.

Australian Master Chef Wins Julie Goodwin

Juile gets a kiss from her husband upon becoming Australia's first Master Chef

JULIE Goodwin has devoted her victory in Australian Master Chef to her family after winning the final of the Channel 10 actuality show.
Goodwin, 38, last night beat Adelaide’s Poh Ling Yeow after a gruelling series of challenges that tested both competitors to the maximum.
The New South Wales mother-of-three spent three months away from her husband Mich and sons Joe, 13, Tom, 12, and Paddy, 10, to take part in the TV show and says it was the hardest time of her life.
“Charming MasterChef Australia feels like such an achievement and means the time away from my family was worthwhile,” a thankful Goodwin said.