Haley Joel Osment charged with DUI
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Teen actor Haley Joel Osment has been charged with misdemeanor drunken driving after an automobile accident in California.
Osment, 18, is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 19 in Glendale Superior Court where if convicted he could be sentenced to six months in jail, The Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Police say Osment lost control of his vehicle on the way home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., on July 20. His car flipped over and he suffered a broken rib and a shoulder injury, the Times reported.
The district attorney's office is expecting Osment to voluntarily surrender. It will seek to have bail set at $15,000.
Osment was charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana while driving. He was also charged with driving with a 0.05 percent blood alcohol content while being younger than 21, said the Times.
Justin Timberlake bans Lindsay Lohan
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The now solo artist Justin Timberlake has banned Lindsay Lohan from his showcase concert in Los Angeles, Teen People magazine said Friday.
He doesn't want the film actress stealing his limelight, the magazine said.
Timberlake plans to perform material from his new solo album "Futuresex/lovesounds," and he doesn't want Lohan's sometimes outrageous behavior to steal his headlines, Britain's The Sun said.
An industry insider told Teen People, "Justin's gig at the House Of Blues will be packed with Hollywood A-listers and a lot of important names in music.
"The last thing his label wants is Lindsay getting drunk and making a spectacle of herself, taking attention away from Justin and his new album," the source said.
"He has a lot riding on his big comeback and doesn't need any distractions," said the insider.
Britney Spears' new chocolate cravings
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Pop singer Britney Spears' second pregnancy is giving the mother-to-be chocolate cravings in the middle of the night.
Spears, who is due next month, said she thinks she has gained about 40 pounds while pregnant with her second child, Teen People reported Friday.
She explains, "I'll get up in the middle of the night and I'll get a Hershey's bar, the real big ones, and I'll put it in the microwave and eat it."
After the baby is born, Spears plans to stick tightly to a diet to lose the extra weight.
Ebert has more surgery
CHICAGO, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Movie critic Roger Ebert remains in the hospital after a third operation in a Chicago hospital.
Ebert, who is being treated for salivary cancer, was hospitalized in June.
The Los Angeles Times reports there is talk in Hollywood that part of Ebert's jaw was removed in his most recent surgery, although the critic's wife called the procedure "minor."
Ebert is the critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and also appears on television on the syndicated "Ebert and Roeper Show."
Gwynne Thomas, an executive for Buena Vista, which syndicates the show, said Ebert is unable to talk at the moment. But she described him as alert and cheerful.
"I know he's going to come back," she told the Times. "He is the same old Roger. The guy is indefatigable. He's turned his hospital room into a screening room and is making jokes and flirting."
