Sending Madoff Off

Ever heard the expression, "up the creek without a paddle"? Well by now Bernie Madoff should. Madoff, a confessed Ponzi-scammer was sentenced today to 150 years in prison. Madoff managed to swindle some of Hollywood's elite, A-listers and even famous novelists out of their billions. Sixty-five billion dollars to be exact. Madoff is seventy-one-years-old and according to the presiding judge, Denny Chin, none of Madoff's family members or friends offered a letter asking for leniency of the scammers sentence. For this and more information please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

King of Pop King of Debt?

Yesterday afternoon Michael Jackson was rushed to UCLA medical center in Los Angles. It was reported that Jackson had been in Los Angles to reherse for 50 upcoming shows that he was scheduled to hold in Britain as early as next month and parts of next year. Paramedics who responsded to the call entered his rental home and found the fifty-year-old pop singer unconscious and not breathing. After being admitted to the hospital TMZ reporters were told that Jackson was not fairing well. At three thirty in the afternoon, eastern time, News broke that Jackson had been pronounced dead. Michael Jackson leaves behind three children and two privious wives. Contraversy and mystery is surrounding the death of Jackson. According to reports, "The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said the autopsy would begin Friday morning, but it could take six to eight weeks to determine a cause of death, which will likely have to wait for the return of toxicology tests." Despite his death Jackson leaves behind $400 million in debt and at one point Jackson owed Bank of America nearly $270 million. The tour Jackson was reportedly suppose to hold in Britain starting July 8th of this year, is yet another expense. Tickets reportedly sold out on TickMaster and the tours were suppose to be Jackson's big come back before his sad and untimely passing. For this and more news please go to www.foxnews.com, www.cnn.com, www.yahoo.com, or www.thestreet.com.

Farrah Fawcett Passes After Battle with Cancer

For everyone who grew up in America during the 1970s Farrah Fawcett's name was synonymous with the television series Charlie Angels. The sixty-two-year-old mother of one son, and life long love of Ryan O' Neil, passed away yesterday June 25th after her long battle with cancer. Fawcett chronicled her illness with a recent documentary that detailed her diagnoses, her treatments and struggles with the disease. However, Fawcett's determination never ceased and it inspired a lot of people. The documentary touched many lives and many other families the world over who were/are going through the same trails and tribulations with cancer. Fawcett's son, Redmond, was unable to be released from prison to see his ailing mother before her death. Redmond has be incarcerated on drug charges. O' Neil stated in a recent 20/20 interview with Barbara Walters that he had asked Farrah to marry him, to which she had said yes. Sadly Farrah passed yesterday morning with her family, including her elderly father, by her side. For this and other news please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Guilty Verdict = Probation

For Chris Brown and Rhianna, both pop singers and once long time couple, the wait is over. Brown, who faced charges of assault on the songstress Rhianna in his vehicle this past February, as pleaded guilty. According to reports, "Brown will be sentenced on Aug. 5, but the terms of the plea deal call for him to serve five years of formal probation and six months — roughly 1,400 hours — of community labor." Brown reportedly entered his plea before the preliminary. Rhianna in turn received a stay-away order from the judge after Brown had exited the court room. Both have been ordered to stay 50 feet from each other except at music events where they will be allowed to at least be 10 feet apart. For this and other news please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Home Run

Sixteen-year-old Bryce Harper will be leaving his Las Vegas high school to attend a 2-year GED program at a community college in order to pursue his dream of becoming a major league baseball star. Harper, who appeared on the front of Sports Illustrated magazine, is extremely talented. So much so that newspapers, magazines and headlines around the world have given him the title "The Chosen One." While moves such as Harper's have raised eyebrows his father, Ron Harper, stated "People question your parenting and what you're doing. Honestly, we don't think it's that big a deal. He's not leaving school to go work in a fast-food restaurant. Bryce is a good kid. He's smart, and he's going to get his education." By dropping out of school this will make Bryce Harper eligable to be drafted in 2010. For his and other news please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

De-Throned

Miss California 2009, Carrie Prejean, finally got the boot, by the Trump himself. Mr. Trump and pageant officials claim that her dismissal is not due to her previous comments about homosexual marriage, but instead that she breached her contract when she refused to attend certain events. According to news sources Trump provided this statement to Carrie, "I told Carrie she neededto get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA Organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so," Trump said in a statement. "Unfortunately it just doesn't look like it is going to happen." Tami Farrell, 24, the first runner up to be Miss California will be assuming the duties and responsibilities of Miss California in light of Carrie's dismissal. For this and other news please go to www.foxnews.com or www.cnn.com.

Museum Shooting

88-year-old James Vonn Brunn entered the Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum this afternoon not as a visitor or tourist but as an angry World War II veteran known, via his personal website, to be anti-semetic. Brunn was arrested in 1983 for bringing a gun into the Federal Reserve building and was arrested and sentenced to four years in prisoin. Brunn was released in 1989. During his assault on security guards, tourists, and visitors of the museum this afternoon Brunn shot and killed a 39-year-old security guard. No tourists or visitors were injured. Police are currently investigating the shooting and the shooter more closely. For this and other news please go to www.foxnews.com, www.cnn.com or www.yahoo.com.