To ensure that you continue to receive Celebrity Nooz e-mails, please add sarah@gophercentral.com to your e-mail address book.
July 6, 2011
Here's the Scoop....
After 33 days of testimony and two days of closing arguments, a jury of seven women and five men acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in just 10 hours and 40 minutes of deliberation.
Red-faced, Casey, 25, held back tears as the verdict was read in the Orlando, Fla., courtroom. The jury, which ranged in ages from 32 to 65, handed down their decision.
The defense spent four hours on Sunday poking holes in the state's case. "There is plenty of reasonable doubt," defense attorney Jose Baez told jurors. "You cannot convict her."
They agreed, except on charges of providing false information to law enforcement officers, where they found Casey guilty.
The high-profile trial began on May 24. While she remained mostly expressionless in the court room, Casey broke down in tears on several occasions as her family was repeatedly called to the stand.
Here's the breakdown:
Count 1. Murder in the first degree: Not Guilty
Count 2. Crime of aggravated child abuse: Not Guilty
Count 3. Aggravated manslaughter of a child: Not Guilty
Counts 4, 5, 6, 7: Providing false information to law enforcement officers: Guilty, immediately finger-printed in open court. All are misdemeanors.
Casey's sentencing will be Thursday at 9 a.m.
Ciao,
Sarah
Charlie Sheen Roast to Air on Comedy Central...
Cue the jokes about "tiger blood," "Adonis DNA" and "winning."
Charlie Sheen will be the subject of Comedy Central's next roast.
The Comedy Central Roast Of Charlie Sheen will tape in Los Angeles on Sept. 10 and will premiere Sept. 19 (10 p.m. ET)
The same night that Ashton Kutcher will make his debut as Charlie's replacement on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.
After Charlie's whirlwind year, which included a bizarre media tour and one-man shows around the country, the roasters, who have yet to be announced, certainly won't suffer from a lack of material.
"Nothing will be off-limits," according to a release from Comedy Central.
Officially unemployed at the moment, the actor seems to be in good humor about the special.
"You could say I've been providing kindling for this Roast for a while," he said in the release. "It's time to light it up. It's going to be epic."
Previous Comedy Central roasts have featured celebrities like Donald Trump, Joan Rivers and Sheen's pal David Hasselhoff.
Daniel Radcliffe Reveals His Alcohol Problem...
Daniel Radcliffe tried to conjure his own magical powers with whiskey, the Harry Potter star admits, but he has been dry since last August.
"I became so reliant on [alcohol] to enjoy stuff," Daniel, now starring in Broadway's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, reveals.
In particular, Daniel reveals his drinking became an issue on the set of 2009's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Though, luckily for him, photographers weren't around.
"I really got away with that because there were many instances when a paparazzi shot like that could have been taken," he says.
The drinking, it is suggested, was an attempt to cope with his early success. "There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me," Daniel says.
His turnaround came shortly after shooting wrapped last summer on the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (it opens July 15).
? ? ? ? GUESS WHO ? ? ? ?
This singer has big plans for her third album. She wants to take charge and go acoustic...
Answer Below
Zac Efron & Ashley Tisdale Party on the Beach...
What did Zac Efron get longtime pal Ashley Tisdale for her 26th birthday?
A beachside piggyback ride!
Zac, 23, was spotted giving his High School Musical costar a friendly lift as they marked the milestone Saturday in Malibu, Calif.
"So happy zacary made it to my party!" Ashley, who sported a striped Mara Hoffman bikini, Tweeted. "He's my brother/best friend!"
After frolicking in the sand, with buff and bronzed bods on display, Zac gave the birthday girl an encore piggyback ride as they headed back to a nearby friend's home to continue the festivities.
Prince William & Kate Plant a Tree to Symbolize Love...
Just two months into their marriage, Prince William and Duchess Catherine were looking to the future on the third day of their Canadian tour, 800 years in the future, to be exact.
The couple, energized from Friday's Canada Day festivities, planted an Eastern Hemlock tree in the shadow of the Pin Oak planted by William's parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, on June 21, 1983 (the prince's first birthday).
The native species planted by William and Kate will serve as an enduring symbol of the couple's love for 800
William, 29, took a deep breath as he was shown the plaque bearing his late mother's name on one of the more than 120 commemorative trees gracing the grounds of Rideau Hall, the home of Canada's governor general.
The couple's tree is surrounded by red oaks planted by other members of the Royal Family, including the Queen's, which was planted in 1977.
The tree-planting tradition was first started by Japan's Prince Fushimi when he made the first official foreign royal visit to Ottawa in 1907, and the Royal Family has planted 16 ceremonial trees since 1939.
LOOSE LIPS:
"They need glasses!" � Transformers bombshell Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, reacting to topping Maxim's Hot 100 list, on Live! With Regis and Kelly.
*-*-* GUESS WHO *-*-*-
This singer has big plans for her third album. She wants to take charge and go acoustic...
It's Adele...
The singer plans on going back into the studio this summer and is hoping for a more one-on-one feel on her next record. She adds:
"I�ve accumulated some things to write about again. I�d go into the studio tomorrow if I could. It won�t be a big production. I want it to be quite acoustic and piano-led. I want to write it, record it, producer it all and master it on my own. I think it�ll take a lot longer because I want to do it this way. When I move house in the summer, my sound engineer is going to come and help me install a studio and teach me how to use it."