Young got charge from Oscars party
Actress Sean Young wants folks to know that she was sober when she was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery after the Academy Awards on Sunday. Young, 52, is currently out on $20,000 bail after being booked , at the LAPD’s Hollywood Division station late Sunday.
Police said she was involved in “some type of physical altercation.” Young told People magazine she “was just standing by the little line” outside the Governors Ball, for which she did not have a ticket. “I wasn’t bothering anybody.” The actress did tell People, however, that she struck a security guard after she went to leave and he allegedly grabbed her arm.
Said Young via Facebook on Monday: “I just want everyone to know that I was sober, extremely well behaved when a very stupid security guard went postal on me … and I have grounds for a lawsuit against the Academy although I believe a public apology to me would be much better.” Young is due in court March 19.
Show unveils next dancing stars
Urkel, the Empress of Soul and one of the Green Bay Packers are waltzing onto “Dancing With the Stars.” “Family Matters” actor Jaleel White, singer Gladys Knight and wide receiver Donald Driver will be among the 12 celebrity contestants on the next season of the ABC dancing competition.
Other famous faces participating in the 14th edition include “The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd, singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, “Little House on the Prairie” actress Melissa Gilbert and Disney Channel star Roshon Fegan. The new cast, which also includes tennis great Martina Navratilova, “Melrose Place” actor Jack Wagner, telenovela star William Levy, operatic singer Katherine Jenkins and “Extra” co-host Maria Menounos, was announced Tuesday. The new competition begins March 19.
Lohan’s ready for a comeback
Lindsay Lohan says she’s “clean and sober” and “a homebody” these days. And she likes it that way. The troubled starlet’s career in recent years has been upstaged by legal and personal problems. But she’s on a comeback that now has brought her to NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” which she hosts this week.
She acknowledges in an interview for NBC’s “Today” show that airs Thursday that repairing her damaged reputation could be a lengthy process. Her next project is playing Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic that she says will start production soon.
The birthday bunch
Actor Alex Rocco is 76. Former space shuttle astronaut Jack Lousma is 76. Actor Dennis Farina is 68. Motivational speaker Tony Robbins is 52. Rapper Ja Rule is 36.