June 18, 2010 in Features

The good, the bad, the Howie

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Howie Mandel contends there’s a Tiny Tim-sized void in entertainment today, and he aims to fill it as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.”

Joining the NBC show this season is allowing the 54-year-old comedian to exercise his taste, which he cheerfully acknowledges embraces the good, the bad and the weird.

“As much as I love seeing somebody undiscovered and unique, there’s something to be said for the insanity and the train wreck. I’m mesmerized by something I don’t understand because it looks like it’s bad,” he said. “I’m just as taken by that as I am brilliance.”

Kinkade’s glow

Authorities say California artist Thomas Kinkade spent a night in jail after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.

California Highway Patrol officials said Monday that Kinkade was pulled over outside Carmel and arrested by a CHP officer just after 10 p.m. Friday.

Kinkade is famous for his paintings of cottages, country gardens and churches in dewy morning light.

The Miley Way

Miley Cyrus won’t be told what she should wear or what she should sing about.

The 17-year-old is releasing a new album, “Can’t Be Tamed,” and is doing it her way, even though some say she is going too far for her age.

“I’m not trying to be ‘slutty,’ ” said Cyrus in a recent interview. “I’m not trying to be like, go to the club and get a bunch of guys … What I’m trying to do is to make a point with my record and look consistent, in the way my record sounds and the way I dress.”

The birthday bunch

Paul McCartney is 68. Roger Ebert is 68. Linda Thorson (“The Avengers”) is 63. Isabella Rossellini is 58. Carol Kane is 58. Singer Alison Moyet is 49. Country singer Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is 43.

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