Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight due to depart from LAX after refusing to put away his phone before take off. Baldwin tweeted, "Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt."
An airline representative declined to comment on the incident, only offering this statement: "We're sorry but owing to privacy concerns regarding our customers, we don't comment on something that might or might not have happened."
Baldwin again tweeted, "Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants."—-
Chicago Police arrested Anthony Miranda, 24, after he attempted to rob a man at gunpoint. Unfortunately for Miranda, the target was a master of the arts — mixed martial arts, that is. Now Miranda looks like this:
“Give me your wallet and an elbow strike to the face!”
An elderly woman in New York terrorized the Bay Bridge area, nakedly running amok and jumping on cars. Testimony from the incident reads:
“We couldn’t really make out what she was saying. Then she reached behind her back and unzipped her skirt, pulled down her underwear, kicked off her shoes, ripped off her top, unsnapped her bra and started parading around – still in the middle of the street! She then jumped onto the hood of a car that was trying to get through the intersection and spread eagle on it! Then she slid off and ran into the Chinese food restaurant and trashed the place!”
There are photos and a video here but beware, this shit is NSFW.
Director Patty Jenkins (Monster) has walked away from Thor 2 due to creative differences.
Pittsburgh police are looking for a man who on Tuesday broke into a liquor store and stole two bottles of alcoholic eggnog.
Happy Birthday to Jennifer Carpenter, Eli Wallach, Emily Browning, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Burstyn, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Waits, Mark Rolston, Aaron Carter, Sara Bareilles, Larry Bird and a shout out to the late Patrice O’Neal.
Michael Bay is set to return for Transformers 4.
“Let’s go blow up that city.”
Mitt Romney has chosen Kid Rock’s “Born Free” as his campaign song and there is now word that Kid Rock is on the shortlist of potential candidates to run with Romney as vice president.
Trent Reznor says he is will plan a “good portion” of 2012 working on new Nine Inch Nails material.
Country soul singer Dobie Gray died yesterday of unknown causes at the age of 71.
M83 has released a tour schedule for 2012.
The Black Keys’s new album Lonely Boy is now available on iTunes and at your local record shop.