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50 Cent's money pit
June 3, 2009
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50 Cent's money pit
Rapper 50 Cent (inset) said yesterday that he never would have bought a Connecticut mansion once owned by boxer Mike Tyson had he realized it would require millions of dollars in repairs and renovations. The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, testified in Hartford Superior Court as part of his lawsuit against BVH Integrated Services. 50 Cent testified he hired the engineering firm to inspect the 52-room Farmington mansion in 2003 when he was buying it from Tyson's ex-wife. The company estimated that repairs would cost $500,000, but 50 Cent spent about $6 million - $3 million of which he said was excessive. BVH attorney Michael Byrne said 50 Cent wanted "extravagant and costly upgrades." (AP)Leno debuts Sept. 14
NBC says "The Jay Leno Show" will premiere Sept. 14. The hour program will air weeknights at 10. It's the first talk-entertainment show to be scheduled by a broadcast network to run five nights a week in prime time. (AP)Good news for Boyle
Susan Boyle is getting better after an anxiety attack, and celebrity judge Simon Cowell plans to help her launch a career, Cowell's spokesman said yesterday. The Scottish songbird who finished second in "Britain's Got Talent" landed in a London hospital Sunday night after suffering what one of her brothers described as severe anxiety. (AP)Nixon eyes NY wedding
Actress Cynthia Nixon is lobbying New York lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage and says she hopes to marry her partner in New York next year if the law is enacted. The self-described lifelong New Yorker is engaged to Christine Marinoni. Holding up her diamond engagement ring in Albany yesterday, Nixon said she's going to marry next summer and hopes to do it in New York. (AP)Decision in Falk case
A judge said Peter Falk should be placed under his wife's care. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aviva K. Bobb established a conservatorship for the 81-year-old actor, who has dementia, after a two-day hearing in Los Angeles. (AP)Later
'A part of me is sad to say goodbye to something that has been such a prominent part of my life, but I know that it was time.' Lauren Conrad, posting on her MySpace page about her decision to leave MTV's "The Hills"
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