Rep: Letterman's wife didn't leave him
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- David Letterman's spokesman has denied a report claiming the U.S. television star's wife has left him in the wake of his recent sex scandal and extortion case.
"The National Enquirer has it wrong," Letterman's representative Tom Keaney told the New York Daily News.
Letterman admitted on the "Late Show with David Letterman" last month that he has had sexual affairs with female employees of the show. The on-air revelation came after he testified before a grand jury that a man threatened to release the information to the public if Letterman did not pay him $2 million.
A CBS News producer, Robert Halderman, was arrested and charged in the alleged extortion plot. He pleaded innocent and was released on bail.
Letterman has publicly apologized to both his staff and wife, Regina Lasko, whom he married last March after dating her for 20 years. The couple have a 6-year-old son together.
The Enquirer quoted an unnamed "Late Show" source as saying Letterman's wife recently initiated a separation after he declined to discuss in depth the women with whom he had relationships while he was also with her.
"I don't know anything about that," Letterman's mother, Dorothy Mengering, told the Daily News.
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Clint Eastwood honored in France
PARIS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has presented U.S. actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood with the Legion of Honor medal for his contribution to cinema.
"I love France. I love movies, and I love the appreciation that the French people have for movies," the BBC quoted the 79-year-old Hollywood icon as saying as he accepted the recognition of merit, which was established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte.
"As a commander of the arts and letters, I think I will go out on the streets of France today and throw my weight around," Eastwood added.
The veteran actor starred in the "Dirty Harry" action flicks, then went on to direct the celebrated films "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," "Mystic River," "Million Dollar Baby," "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Gran Torino." His movie "Invictus" is slated for theatrical release next month.
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TV Land planning George Segal sit-com
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. actor George Segal has been tapped to co-star in the sit-com pilot "Retired at 35," TV Land announced Monday.
The show, which was previously announced in October along with comedy pilot "Hot in Cleveland," is TV Land's first foray into scripted comedy series and is being developed for TV Land PRIME.
"'Retired at 35' follows a successful businessman who decides to leave the rat race of New York City behind and move into his parents' Florida retirement home to reconnect with them, reevaluate his life and live the dream of retirement that so many are working towards," the network said in a release. "Segal will play the role of the father, who bonds with his son while showing him the glories of his new-found and liberated lifestyle."
Segal's TV credits include "Entourage," "Pushing Daisies" and "Just Shoot Me." On the big screen, he was an Oscar nominee for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and also starred in the movies "A Touch of Class," "The Owl and The Pussycat" and "Fun with Dick and Jane."
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Followill and Baylin marry in Tenn.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Drummer Nathan Followill married singer Jessie Baylin in Brentwood, Tenn., during the weekend, a spokesman for Followill's Kings of Leon band confirmed.
The couple, who reportedly met in 2006 at a music festival, tied the knot Saturday during an outdoor ceremony at Wolf Den Farm, the band's representative told People.com.
"It was a gorgeous 70-degree day and the wedding was beautiful," the spokesman said. "It was a very love-affirming wedding with lots of warmth and happiness."
"I woke up with a married woman in my bed this morning," Followill said via Twitter Sunday morning. "Luckily she was mine."
