THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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EXTREME MAKE-OVER: JAIL EDITION
TV host apologizes for driving drunk
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LOS ANGELES — Ty Pennington, host of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," apologized to his fans and co-workers Monday after he was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.
"We all make mistakes, however this is about accountability. Under no circumstances should anyone consume alcohol while driving. I could have jeopardized the lives of others and I am grateful there was no accident or harm done to anyone," the reality TV host said.
"Imade an error in judgment," Pennington said in a statement released through his publicist, Stan Rosenfield.
Pennington was arrested on a misdemeanor charge shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday by the Police Department's West Traffic Division, according to inmate information posted on the county Sheriff's Department Web site.
Pennington was released two hours later after posting $5,000 bail and was due back in court June 4, according to the Web site.
"This was my wake-up call," Pennington said. "I also want to apologize to my fans, ABC Television and my design team for my lapse in judgment and the embarrassment I have caused."
Police officials said Monday they had no further information.
Hasselhoff taped drunk
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LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday suspended David Hasselhoff's visitation rights with his two teenage daughters after last week's surfacing of a videotape showing the recovering alcoholic apparently intoxicated in his Las Vegas home.
"This videotape changes the landscape, it just does," Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas said.
The judge set a May 21 hearing to determine if the tape is authentic and who was responsible for its release. His visitation order will remain in effect until then.
Hasselhoff, 54, did not attend the hearing, but his former wife Pamela Bach was there.
Portions of the video were aired last week on syndicated entertainment shows. The video shows Hassel hoff, wearing only blue jeans, lying on a floor and clumsily eating a
sents Bach, said her client was upset about the release of the tape and stunned by her former husband's behavior in front of their daughter.
"She's devastated the videotape was put out in the press," Opri said. "When a mother hears this from her daughter, what does she think? '1 haven't protected my daughters.'"
The syndicated entertainment shows said the tape was made about three months ago by Hasselhoff's 16-year-old daughter, Taylor-Ann, in his home in Las Vegas, where the former "Baywatch" star had been appearing in a stage version of "The Producers."
"When a mother hears this from her daughter, what does she think? 'I haven't protected my daughters.'"
hamburger while one of his daughters videotapes him and reproves him about his drinking.
On the tape, a girl's voice is heard saying: "Dad, you need to promise me you're not gonna get alcohol
Hasselhoff said in a statement last week that he's a recovering alcoholic and the tape was made to show him what he can be like under the influence of alcohol.
"I have learned from it and I am back on my game," he said then.
A message left Monday for Hasselhoff's attorney, Melvin Goldsman, was not immediately returned.
Attorney Debra Opri, who repre-
tonight, OK?"
DEBRA OPRI
Attorney
"If you get alcohol tonight, you're fired from your show tomorrow," the girl continues. "And a doctor's coming over here in the morning to check your alcohol level and if there's any
alcohol in your system you're gonna be fired from the show. Tomorrow. You hear me? No alcohol."
"OK," Hasselhoff replies in a slurred voice.
Hasselhoff filed for divorce from Bach last year after 16 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. Bach, 43, filed her own divorce papers, also citing irreconcilable differences.
In addition to Taylor-Ann, they have a 14-year-old daughter. The couple share joint custody of the girls, Opri said.
Actor David Hasselhoff, center, poses with his daughters Taylor Ann, left, and Hayley at the grand opening of the musical comedy "The Producers" at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 9, 2007. A judge on Monday suspended Hasselhoff visitation rights with his two teenage daughters after last week's surfacing of a videotape showing the recovering alcoholic apparently intoxicated in his Las Vegas home. "This videotape changes the landscape, it just does," Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas said.
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》 USHER
Manager returns to 'mom'
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Singer Usher poses with his mother and manager, Jonnette Patton on March 8, 1999. The Grammy winner confirmed on Monday that Patton is no longer his manager.
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NEW YORK — Usher's mother has been his manager since he was a teen, but now the superstar says he wants her to be just "mom."
The Grammy winner confirmed Monday that Jonnetta Patton is no longer in charge of his career.
"She and I are on great terms and support each other in our life's endeavors. We are both very happy but are now working in different areas of the business," he said in a statement to The Associated Press.
"This is great for me because it means I now get to have my mother strictly as my mother with no added pressure."
Usher said he believed that by ending his professional relationship with his mother, it would bring them closer.
"At this time in my life, I am simply more interested in building the strength of my family. And in order to do that, I feel it's best to separate my business life from my personal life" he said.
This is the second major change this year for Usher, 28. In March, he announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, stylist Tameka
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Rumors have swirled that Foster would replace Patton as Usher's manager, but the singer said: "She has no aspirations of becoming my manager or any other artist's manager."
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