Weird News

Well, sort of: Primary Wave, the publisher that owns most of the Hall & Oates catalog is shopping around a cartoon called "J-Stache" in which John's upper-lip hair is used as a weapon to fell such evil stache-wearing villains as Tom Selleck and David Crosby. (If you're sensing irony in all this, you win!)

Jeff, it's Lachey -- not "Latchee." And he was dating Vanessa Minnillo, not Alyssa Milano.

It's been one year since Paris Hilton turned Lynwood Jail on it's ass -- and since her former roommates don't have anything better to do -- they're celebrating!

You think the movie "Glitter" caused rioting in the streets? Check this out!

21-year-old Zachary Alan Schreiber of North Naples, Fl. was popped Saturday night after allegedly throwing a beer bottle at someone who went off because he was blasting Mariah Carey music.

The real Patti LaBelle, Wynonna Judd and Chaka Khan showed up to a charity gala in L.A. on Sunday.

Sources tell TMZ actor Dennis Farina was arrested at LAX this morning after trying to get through security with a loaded gun.

It happened at around 8 AM. Farina was flying out when he was nabbed at the security checkpoint. Sources say he told cops he had forgotten that the gun was in his carry-on luggage. It was a .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol.

Farina was taken to LAPD's Pacific Division. He was booked on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon.

Farina, 64, is in the movie, "What Happens in Vegas..."

UPDATE: Farina told cops he had the gun in his briefcase when he drove from Arizona to L.A. and forgot it was there. He was taking a flight from LAX to his home in Chicago. Farina was apologetic and cooperative with cops, telling them he was a retired Chicago Cop with 19 years on the job. But he had no apparent authority to carry a loaded pistol at the time of his arrest.

We're told the FBI interviewed Farina but declined prosecution because the locals were handling it.

Pop singer-turned-edgy rocker Ryan Cabrera, better known as that guy that used to date Ashlee Simpson, is set to debut his white meat at the Chickenfest in Darboy, Wisc. Is Joe Simpson behind this?

No, the Chickenfest is not code for anything, it's really a festival celebrating the chicken. Cabrera is the highlight of the poultry party that also includes chicken wing eating contests and hourly "chicken dance" competitions.

Brooke's been looking for a school where she can shoot her VH1 reality show, and she tried to get Florida State University, Central Florida, and South Florida to let her play prospective college student. They rejected her outright, reports the Palm Beach Post, because all the cameras and crew would be too distracting. Never mind that she probably couldn't get into those schools anyway.

According to the arrest report, 18-year-old Michael Alfinez copped to dressing up his 85-year-old nana, Marie Huertas, in gangsta gear and making her aim a piece at the camera, saying "This is for all the pigs" and "F*** you if you don't like it." He was charged with elder abuse, and shooting off the weapon in question from his car.

Busey tore after our guy, ripping the microphone and battery off his camera. But after Gary went inside his apartment and cooled down, he came back and apologized for it all. He told us he didn't get evicted from his place and he doesn't owe his old landlord $50k as had been reported -- he just moved out of Malibu because he needed a change of pace.

Is gangsta twang a new musical genre, because why the hell would Snoop Dogg show up to the CMT Music Awards -- in full on vampire western gear?! Drop it like it's WHAT?!

Sly Stallone showed up at an L.A. courthouse today for jury duty ... and almost immediately got pissed off at the candy machine -- throw the book at that contraption!

Rambo was escorted into the jury room by six -- count them, six -- deputies and an assistant, who filled out all of Sly's paperwork.

Stallone then retreated to the vending machine, apparently in search of a particular type of candy. When it wasn't there, Sly said, "Oh s**t," and then went to another machine and got Skittles.

He was pacing up and down in the jury assembly room. One prospective juror says Sly was "disruptive," speaking loudly as he paced back and forth. At one point, Sly screamed, "Oh f**k." The prospective juror says it looked as if Sly got a Skittle stuck in his teeth.

Gloria Allred 1, TSA 0!

The Transportation Security Administration has officially changed their screening process regarding nipple rings.

Today they acknowledged that they may have gone too far by having a woman remove her nipple rings during a stop at airport security clearance in Lubbock, TX.

The TSA posted the following statement on their website: "TSA acknowledges that our procedures caused difficulty for the passenger involved and regrets the situation in which she found herself. We appreciate her raising awareness on this issue and we are changing the procedures to ensure that this does not happen again."