Miley Cyrus hacker admits computer fraud
NASHVILLE, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A young Tennessee man who admitted hacking into Miley Cyrus' e-mail has pleaded guilty to computer fraud charges.
Josh Holly, 21, faces up to 13 years in federal prison and large fines when he is sentenced, The Nashville Tennessean reported. Sentencing is scheduled for October.
At a hearing Monday, Holly admitted possession of 200 stolen credit card numbers, pleading guilty to access device fraud, and hacking into celebrity MySpace sites so that visitors would receive spam. A site selling cellphone ring tones allegedly paid him more than $100,000 for his services.
Holly was charged with those offenses after he posted racy pictures of Cyrus on the Internet, saying he obtained them by hacking into her MySpace and gmail accounts. The FBI searched his computer, although he was never charged in connection with the Cyrus hacking.
U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger scolded Holly for going online when one of the conditions of his bail is staying off the Internet. He agreed when the judge suggested he is an Internet addict.
"You just let all your friends know you have no access to the Internet," Trauger said. "This is all for your own good anyway."
Fishburne lands 'Man of Steel' role
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Laurence Fishburne has been cast as Daily Planet editor in chief Perry White in the upcoming Superman picture "Man of Steel," EW.com reported.
The role was played in previous Superman flicks by Jackie Cooper and Frank Langella.
Fishburne recently left TV's "CSI" after two seasons. His film credits include "Mystic River," the "Matrix" trilogy, "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "Apocalypse Now."
Zack Snyder is directing "Man of Steel," which stars Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent and Diane Lane as Martha Kent. It is slated for a 2013 theatrical release.
Tree from 'Shawshank' damaged in storm
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A 100-foot-tall oak tree featured in the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption" has been seriously damaged by a storm, Ohio parks officials said.
Heavy winds split the popular tourist attraction in half last Friday and the remaining part is rotten, making it vulnerable to future storms, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported.
The family that owns the Richland County, Ohio, farm on which the tree is located declined to comment on its fate, the Dispatch said, adding the oak is at least 175 years old.
"I don't know how pervasive this rotting is. If it's pretty major, the next storm could knock down the rest of it, as well," Louis Andres, a regional manager for Ohio State Parks, told the newspaper.
"People really were attached to that tree," said Lee Tasseff, president of the visitors bureau for Mansfield and Richland counties. "Something in the movie struck a chord in them, and seeing the tree was almost like a pilgrimage for them."
Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, the movie was based on a Stephen King novella. It chronicles the friendship two inmates form in a prison starting in the 1940s.
'Chief' is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Eric Church's "Chief" is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart, Billboard.com reported Wednesday.
Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 is Adele's "21," followed by Kelly Rowland's "Here I Am" at No. 3,
the late Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" at No. 4 and Jason Aldean's "My Kinda Party" at No. 5.
Rounding out the top tier are Beyonce's "4" at No. 6, "Kidz Bop 20" at No. 7, Blake Shelton's "Red River Blue" at No. 8, Joss Stone's "LP1" at No. 9 and Bad Meets Evil's "Hell: the Sequel" at No. 10.
