People – Bai Says Her Thefts Were an ‘Innocent Mistake’
Chinese Actress Bai Ling says she made an “innocent mistake” when she allegedly took a pack of batteries and two tabloid magazines at Los Angeles International Airport without paying for them.
In a message posted on her blog hours after she was charged with petty theft this week , the Chinese actress said she’s “relieved” that prosecutors decided not to pursue a more serious misdemeanor count against her.
The actress faces a $250 fine for allegedly shoplifting $16.22 worth of items .
Her arraignment was scheduled for today , when Bai could contest the infraction or pay the fine, Mateljan said.
“What happened was an innocent mistake on my part and I am confident that the truth will be told since I never had any intention of taking items without paying for them,” she wrote without elaborating.
The actress, who has appeared in such films as “The Crow” and “Anna and the King,” was arrested Feb. 13 after she was detained by a store employee who summoned police.
Did she really get that Oscar?
Marion Cotillard , who won the best actress Oscar last month for her role as Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose,” is back in the news over remarks she made a year ago on French TV.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Cotillard suggested that the United States might have fabricated the Sept. 11 attacks because the twin towers were outdated “money suckers.”
She also indicated that 1969′s Apollo 11 moon landing might have been faked: “Did a man really walk on the moon? … I saw plenty of documentaries on it and I really wondered. And in any case I don’t believe all they tell me, that’s for sure.”
Four’s a crowd
Jessica Simpson was the blonde elephant in the room when two of her exes and her new guy – Dane Cook , John Mayer and Tony Romo – were honored together at Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Male Awards in New York.
But Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, broke the ice when he joked about the situation while claiming his award at this week’s luncheon.
When musing about what made him qualify as one of Cosmo’s Fun Fearless Males, Romo said: “Dane Cook, John Mayer … if you date Jessica Simpson, I guess.”
The Simpson trend began when her ex-husband, Nick Lachey , was honored by the mag as 2007′s Fun Fearless Male of the Year (Mayer got the top award this year). But there were honorees with non- Simpson connections: John Krasinski (NBC’s “The Office”), Chris Brown , rapper Common , Peter Krause (ABC’s “Dirty Sexy Money”), Dave Annable (ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters”), Animal Planet’s Dave Salmoni and MySpace.com co-founder Tom Anderson .
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Today’s birthdays
James Noble , 86; James B. Sikking , 74; Dean Stockwell , 72; Fred Williamson , 70; Penn Jillette , 53; Teena Marie , 52; John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers, 38; Kevin Connolly , 34; Niki Taylor , 33; Jake Lloyd (“Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace”), 19.
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