But this kontrived kouple finally settled in to where Kim is most komfortable last night: on a red karpet, posing for photographers at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Cruel Summer, a moved produced by West.
The flick centers on a Lamborghini car thief who falls for a beautiful blind Arabic girl and attempts to help her see again.
Based on Kanye’s expressions in these photos (click on each to enlarge), it appears that he may finally be seeing what he’s gotten himself into. Or who, we should say.
Frank Roder, a New Jersey dad, saved his son from falling off a cliff, but couldn’t stop his Jeep from going over the precipice and into a river below.
The reward for his ordeal? Two traffic tickets from local police.
Roder, a construction worker from the town of Winfield Park, had taken his son, Aidan, down to the Rahway River to feed some ducks last week.
But when he stopped briefly before settling on a parking space, the impatient boy jumped out ran toward a ledge, 35 feet above the river.
That’s when Aidan, eyes as big as saucers, said, “Um, Daddy …”
Roder turned in time to see the Jeep nosedive down the embankment and land in the muddy water. Union County police converged on the scene.
He was counting his blessings when a cop approached him and handed him two tickets:
Failure to produce the insurance card (somewhere in the waterlogged cab).
Failure to use his emergency brake.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Roder said. “He said, ‘If you would have taken the five seconds to apply the brake, this never would have happened!’
“I say, ‘Really? And if I did and my boy stepped over the edge and fell instead, then were would I be?’ He says, ‘Jail, for child endangerment.’”
Union County Police Chief Daniel Vaniska told Fox News that his officers have some discretion about when and when not to write a ticket. But he said he just didn’t have enough information to second-guess what this officer did.
“It probably could have gone either way,” Vaniska said.
“I can’t comment on the discretionary practices of an officer, but certainly, the fellow will have an opportunity to tell his story in court.”
Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, recently updated his Harvard alumni class notes, listing his “occupation” and “awards” in a morbidly amusing submission.
In the Harvard alumni magazine, the Class of 1962 shares tales of helping inner city kids, serving on the federal bench, summering in Normandy and so on.
It’s a fairly distinguished, upstanding crew. Except for Ted, who just started his 15th year at the federal maximum security prison in Florence, Colo.
Before he was the “Unabomber,” who was sentenced in May 1998 to eight life sentences for killing three people and injuring 23 more, Ted was an academic.
Kaczynski’s class note appears, in its proper alphabetical place, just ahead of Joseph Kadane’s. Kaczynski, 70, hilariously lists his occupation as “Prisoner.”
Those eight life sentences he puts under “Awards.”
Under “Publications” he lists his infamous 50-page “Manifesto” against the modern world, which The New York Times and The Washington Post agreed to print in exchange for Kaczynski’s promise to end his bombing campaign.
Which, ironically, is how it played out. It was that rambling diatribe that led to his capture, as Ted’s brother recognized the writing style and alerted the feds.
Kaczynski’s campaign of terror lasted nearly 20 years and escalated in the late mid-late ’90s before a need for attention ultimately led to his arrest. Typical.
Troubled actor Lane Garrison was back in a Beverly Hills courtroom yesterday, where he pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence charges.
On April 22, just days before his parole from a vehicular manslaughter conviction was set to end, Lane was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
He is accused of attacking his former girlfriend Ashley Mattingly. He was charged with battery for the incident and has been behind bars ever since.
Wednesday, his bail request was granted and set at $50,000; his next court hearing will be July 11. Look for him to lay low until then … hopefully.
Lane maintains he was just trying to grab his phone from his ex during an argument, but surveillance video of Lane slapping Ashley begs to differ.
In February, Beverly Hills cops investigated an incident at Mattingly’s apartment after she called 911 on him, but no arrests were made at that time.
In 2007, he was sentenced to 40 months in jail after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter for his role in a DUI crash that killed a 17-year-old boy.
If you thought you’d seen every ridiculous use of Twitter by now, we wouldn’t blame you, but Buffalo Bills wide receiver David Clowney proved you wrong.
The NFL player just tweeted the results of his HIV test.
(It’s negative).
“Got My HIV Results Back!! Thank God for keeping my body healthy,” David wrote, before linking to the image below, just in case you doubted him:
This is really a non-story – Clowney is healthy and happy – but it’s a great example of how Twitter has changed the relationship between sports stars and fans.
NBA legend Magic Johnson announcing he had HIV at a press conference 20 years ago was a shocking, watershed moment for the worlds of sports and media.
Nowadays, anyone can just Tweet this stuff.
The question we’re all wondering: Would Clowney have tweeted the image above if the HIV test results were positive? You have to think no, right?
Following a record 132 million votes, performances from Neil Diamond, Rihanna and Aerosmith and a proposal, American Idol crowned a season 11 champion tonight.
Was it ballad singer extraordinaire Jessica Sanchez? Or Dave Matthews prototype Phillip Phillips? Unlike Ryan Seacrest, we won’t keep you in suspense for very long. The winner is…
Not exactly a shocker, huh? The guitar-playing crooner was considered a favorite from his very first audition, considering his similar qualities to every other American Idol champion of the past five seasons.
Jessica appeared genuinely happy for Phillip upon hearing the announcement, as Ryan handed Phillip his guitar, Phillips took the crowd “Home” and eventually dissolved into tears, heading into the crowd to hug his parents.
Move over, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez. Ace Young just stole your spotlight.
About a half hour prior to American Idol announcing its season 11 champion tonight, Young and Diana DeGarmo – who met during a production of Hair – were called on to the stage by Ryan Seacrest.
He already has one franchise under his belt. Might Robert Pattinson soon add another?
According to Movie Fanatic, the Twilight Saga star is under consideration for the role of Finnick Odair in Catching Fire, the wildly anticipated sequel to The Hunger Games.
Finnick is described in Suzanne Collins’ novel as a ridiculously handsome former champion of the competition at the center of the triology’s story. He’s muscular, tan and blonde-haired (doesn’t exactly sound like R. Patt, does it?) and he harbored a troubled personal life.
The Pattinson rumored has gained momentum because Francis Lawrence will directCatching Fire and he worked with Rob in Water For Elephants.
“As with the first film, we won’t be confirming, denying or commenting on any casting rumors for this title,” the studio said in a statement in response to this chatter. “We will announce news wide when there is official casting news to announce.”
Until then… let’s speculate! Who should portray Finnick?
Jim Parsons, the multiple-time Emmy Award winner for his role in The Big Bang Theory, is gay.
The actor made the reveal is an understated manner, simply including it as part of a New York Times article profiling his recent work on Broadway, which includes portraying a gay activist in The Normal Heart.
“The Normal Heart resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment,” author Patrick Healy wrote in the piece.
A couple tabloid reports, including a 2010 article in The National Enquirer, also mentioned Parsons’ sexuality, but this is the star’s first public acknowledgement. Hopefully, it’s met with nothing but a shrug.
