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Anne Hathaway's handlers are SO glad they talked her into separating from her con artist boyfriend Raffaello Follieri - before the chips started to fall. According to the NY Post, Follieri is bringing down the larcenous people he did his funny business with - including a few priests. Follieri is accused of paying off highranking Catholic clergymen who pretended to be his business associates and helped him defraud investors in real estate schemes. Cardinals and monsignors are running for cover! The question is: will any of this diminish Anne deep feelings for Raffaello? People who say they know Raffaello are starting to claim Anne snitched on him, but we doubt that very much.

Anne Hathaway isn't fooling us. Sure, she ANNOUNCED that she and her con artist boyfriend Raffaello Follieri split right before his latest troubles hit the headlines, but that was for show purposes only. Her people are trying to save her from being dragged into in his tawdry illegal activities. But she still loves him as much as ever and whenever he 's not locked up you can bet they will have secret rendezvous. Surely they are in constant contact, but from a distance. She's waiting and hoping that he will get out of his legal mess relatively unscathed so they can resume their romance in public. We'll see.
For some strange reason we are intrigued by Gary Glitter's tawdry life. If you can't place the 70's British glam rocker, listen to his hit song "Rock and Roll (Part 2) AKA The Hey Song" - it's still an anthem at sports events. After serving three years in Vietnam for "committing obscene acts with children" (underage girls 10 and 11) he's getting out in August and has no plans to return to the UK where he feels distinctly unwelcome. The disgraced singer plans to live in Hong Kong or Singapore and record again. We're fascinated by his fake eyebrows - then and now.

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Amy Winehouse is puzzled because R Kelly is a free man and her her Blaaake has been languishing in jail for the better part of a year. There IS a similarity in the cases if you dig deep. Blake had roughed up a guy in a pub and later tried to bribe him so he wouldn't press charges. The guy was happy to take the bribe, but someone snitched to the papers and exposed the plot. Blake got locked up for bribing, not for beating the guy up. R Kelly was accused of appearing in a sex video with an underage girl. It's rumored that R Kelly bribed his young victim and members of her family so they wouldn't testify against him. Supposedly they're living high on the hog these days. So HE got away scot free. Amy's not happy.

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Wesley Snipes was seen hanging out with three of his five kids in New York. His wife Nikki Park was most likely home with their youngest. Wesley also has a 20 year old son from his first marriage. Dad is bound to be feeling bad about leaving his family when he goes to jail to serve three years for those IRS problems. We wonder if he ever thinks of making a run for it and hiding out in his wife's homeland South Korea, which he calls his "second home."

50 Cent's 2.5 million dollar Long Island mansion that just burned down was occupied by Shaniqua Tompkins, his exgirlfriend and the mother of his ten year old son. Mother, son and four other people barely got out alive. Shaniqua and Fitty were last seen together arguing violently in the street. He was trying to get her to move. Firemen suspect foul play and are investigating. 50 Cent has an alibi - he was filming in Louisiana. SOMEBODY will probably be going to jail. Who do YOU think is responsible for the conflagration?

How lucky can a guy be? First Gary Dourdan was bounced from his CSI show and then on April 28 after Coachella, he was caught with a pharmacy of drugs in his car. He pleaded guilty to possession of coke and ecstasy and got off without a jail sentence. He must complete a drug program, but when he's finished, ALL charges will be dropped. When the CSI people heard he was in a drug program they decided to give him another chance. If he completes the drug treatment they'll bring him back next season. Some people have all the luck!

This is what we call GREAT news! Readers are familiar with the story about Lindsay Lohan stealing a mink coat at a New York nightclub. Lohan was seated near a New York model named Maria Markova, and when Lindsay left the club she took Maria's $11,000 mink coat. Maria was distraught at the loss of her fur until she saw photos of Lindsay FLAUNTING it and called her lawyer. Since Lindsay was caught red-handed, her lawyer eventually surrendered the coat back to Maria. And THAT'S where she made her big mistake- Lindsay FAILED to apologize or explain her actions! Not a word! Wasn't there a law broken here? Is stealing a mink coat no big deal in New York? Lucky Lindsay didn't have charges pressed against her, but Maria is now suing her for $10,000 and we think she deserves MORE!

Notice something missing? Ringo, of course! This is a topiary sculpture of The Beatles featured near the train station in the industrial town of Liverpool where the fab four grew up. It took 18 painstaking months to grow these plants into Beatle form. Last week somebody chopped off Ringo's head and his figure had to be brought into the nursery for repair and regrowth. Locals figure the vandals were outraged by Ringo's recent comments on a talk show that he "missed nothing" about his hometown.

CNN's witty broadcaster Richard Quest was arrested after he was found involved in mischief with another man in Central Park at 3:40 AM when the park is closed. When he was detained for loitering, he admitted to the cop that he had meth in his pocket. But more startling was the fact that Quest happened to be wearing a ROPE NOOSE around his neck that was ATTACHED to his private parts. Besides the oddly configured rope, police found a sex toy in his boot. He was charged with loitering and possession of a controlled substance - fortunately he wasn't exposing himself and avoided a lewd conduct charge. His friend simply got a summons for not carrying identification. We can't help but wonder what kind of game they were playing.

Malibu landlords beware! Loose cannon Gary Busey is on the prowl since his landlord evicted him from the three bedroom ocean view house he's lived in for over fifteen years. They were not peaceful years. There were court battles with Gary and the landlord suing each other over late rent, water damage, etc. Police were called to Gary's house to break up noisy fights between him and his exwife a number of times, and he was arrested for spousal abuse. Gary's landlord finally forced him out last week because he allegedly owed $50,000 in back rent. Gary could be looking at YOUR "For Rent" sign this very minute.

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When will Anne Hathaway FINALLY come to terms with the fact that her Italian boyfriend is a con man? Raffaello Follieri in the process of being sued by billionaire Ron Burkle for misusing 55 million dollars in a real estate deal. He was sued for nonpayment of debts by a PR firm for $240,000 and almost $500,000 for a private jet service. The slippery casanova also is accused of starting up a shady charity that takes in lots of money, but has yet to donate funds to any needy recipients. Cops went to Anne's Manhattan home this week looking for Raffaello because he bounced a $215,000 check. The account had only $30.08 in it. Anne was reportedly in tears. In this case, the Devil Wearing Prada is a man.



