Bonsall pleads guilty to assault against girlfriend
Brian Bonsall, who played Andy Keaton in “Family Ties,” pleaded guilty to third-degree assault in a case involving his girlfriend and was sentenced to two years' probation, prosecutors said.
Three other charges against Bonsall, 25, were dismissed under a plea agreement entered on Friday. He was arrested in March after his girlfriend told police he poured an alcoholic drink on her face while she slept, put her in a choke hold and threw her onto a bed when she tried to leave.
Bonsall told investigators he pushed her down in self-defense after she cut his arm and face with a steak knife. She denied the claim and wasn't charged in the case.
Bonsall's lawyer, Paul McCormick, said Bonsall went through a 30-day rehab program and has been sober for over five months. Prosecutor Peter Maguire said Bonsall has been compliant with sobriety monitoring.
McCormick said Bonsall, who is working in construction and playing in a band, has gotten back together with his girlfriend and they are in couples counseling.
Brown seeking custody of daughter from Huston
Bobby Brown went to court Friday to seek custody of his and Whitney Houston's teenage daughter.
Brown and his attorney asked Orange County Superior Court to dismiss a default judgment issued in December that granted Houston sole custody of 14-year-old Bobbi Kristina.
Brown wasn't given enough time to respond to Houston's divorce filings, his attorney Stacy D. Phillips said: “He didn't have his day in court.”
Judge Claudia Silbar ordered Brown and Houston to argue their case at an Oct. 22 hearing before she decides who will get custody.
“I cannot determine credibility on paperwork,” Silbar said. “This really boils down to credibility.”
Houston's attorney, Stephen Kolodny, said that Brown can contest the custody award or make arrangements to visit his daughter, but that he can't change the divorce judgment.
In court filings released last week, Brown claimed that Houston has kept him from seeing their daughter and that he deserved custody because he had been her primary caretaker.
Three Stooges' museum big hit among fans
Posing for a picture with life-size replicas of the Three Stooges, Gary Lassin smiled but didn't say “cheese.”
“Woob-woob-woob-woob-woob!” he trilled in a Curly-like falsetto before breaking into a grin.
The statues of Larry, Moe and Curly are near the entrance to the Stoogeum, home of Lassin's large and priceless collection of Stooges memorabilia.
The Stoogeum (think “Stooges” plus “museum”) has about 3,500 items on display, from Stooges bowling balls and cereal boxes to Shemp Howard's Army discharge, Larry Fine's driver's license and the flying submarine from “The Three Stooges in Orbit.”
“This is as good as it gets,” Lassin said.
Lassin, 52, opened the Stoogeum, in Spring House, Pa., three years ago in a renovated architect's office that looks like a large house. It's a gold mine for fans of the old-time knucklehead movie and TV trio, but its off-the-beaten-path location in Spring House -- about 25 miles north of Philadelphia -- has made it a fairly well-kept secret.
“People sort of have to work to find me,” Lassin said. “I do want people to see it, but I want them to see it on my terms.”
Those terms include no photographs of the memorabilia, as he fears too much exposure will cheapen it. And admission is by appointment only because Lassin, who has a day job as an executive with a mail-order catalog company, is the Stoogeum's sole employee.
CBS news expected to hire new exec. producer
CBS News is expected to change management at its morning show, bringing a hard-charging former “Good Morning America” executive producer to help a program that's spent generations stuck in third place.
Shelley Ross is expected to be named executive in charge of “The Early Show” in the next few weeks, according to two broadcast news insiders with knowledge of the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday.
It's unclear what Ross' hiring would mean for Steve Friedman, brought on in March 2006 as vice president of morning broadcasts at CBS News (part of CBS Corp.), or the show's current executive producer, Michael Bass.
- From staff reports
Three other charges against Bonsall, 25, were dismissed under a plea agreement entered on Friday. He was arrested in March after his girlfriend told police he poured an alcoholic drink on her face while she slept, put her in a choke hold and threw her onto a bed when she tried to leave.
Bonsall told investigators he pushed her down in self-defense after she cut his arm and face with a steak knife. She denied the claim and wasn't charged in the case.
Bonsall's lawyer, Paul McCormick, said Bonsall went through a 30-day rehab program and has been sober for over five months. Prosecutor Peter Maguire said Bonsall has been compliant with sobriety monitoring.
McCormick said Bonsall, who is working in construction and playing in a band, has gotten back together with his girlfriend and they are in couples counseling.
Brown seeking custody of daughter from Huston
Bobby Brown went to court Friday to seek custody of his and Whitney Houston's teenage daughter.
Brown and his attorney asked Orange County Superior Court to dismiss a default judgment issued in December that granted Houston sole custody of 14-year-old Bobbi Kristina.
Brown wasn't given enough time to respond to Houston's divorce filings, his attorney Stacy D. Phillips said: “He didn't have his day in court.”
Judge Claudia Silbar ordered Brown and Houston to argue their case at an Oct. 22 hearing before she decides who will get custody.
“I cannot determine credibility on paperwork,” Silbar said. “This really boils down to credibility.”
Houston's attorney, Stephen Kolodny, said that Brown can contest the custody award or make arrangements to visit his daughter, but that he can't change the divorce judgment.
In court filings released last week, Brown claimed that Houston has kept him from seeing their daughter and that he deserved custody because he had been her primary caretaker.
Three Stooges' museum big hit among fans
Posing for a picture with life-size replicas of the Three Stooges, Gary Lassin smiled but didn't say “cheese.”
“Woob-woob-woob-woob-woob!” he trilled in a Curly-like falsetto before breaking into a grin.
The statues of Larry, Moe and Curly are near the entrance to the Stoogeum, home of Lassin's large and priceless collection of Stooges memorabilia.
The Stoogeum (think “Stooges” plus “museum”) has about 3,500 items on display, from Stooges bowling balls and cereal boxes to Shemp Howard's Army discharge, Larry Fine's driver's license and the flying submarine from “The Three Stooges in Orbit.”
“This is as good as it gets,” Lassin said.
Lassin, 52, opened the Stoogeum, in Spring House, Pa., three years ago in a renovated architect's office that looks like a large house. It's a gold mine for fans of the old-time knucklehead movie and TV trio, but its off-the-beaten-path location in Spring House -- about 25 miles north of Philadelphia -- has made it a fairly well-kept secret.
“People sort of have to work to find me,” Lassin said. “I do want people to see it, but I want them to see it on my terms.”
Those terms include no photographs of the memorabilia, as he fears too much exposure will cheapen it. And admission is by appointment only because Lassin, who has a day job as an executive with a mail-order catalog company, is the Stoogeum's sole employee.
CBS news expected to hire new exec. producer
CBS News is expected to change management at its morning show, bringing a hard-charging former “Good Morning America” executive producer to help a program that's spent generations stuck in third place.
Shelley Ross is expected to be named executive in charge of “The Early Show” in the next few weeks, according to two broadcast news insiders with knowledge of the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday.
It's unclear what Ross' hiring would mean for Steve Friedman, brought on in March 2006 as vice president of morning broadcasts at CBS News (part of CBS Corp.), or the show's current executive producer, Michael Bass.
- From staff reports
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