Hollywood 360 July 23

WE SAY GOODBYE TO A FRIEND

Actress Estelle Getty from the Golden Girls passed away yesterday at the age of 84…she played the very funny Sophia Petrillo from 1985-92. Picture it. Sicily..

CHRISTIAN GOES "BALE-ISTIC"

Batman update: It made $24 million at the box office MONDAY…It’s almost at the $200 million mark. …Now yesterday we learned that Christian was arrested and taken in for questioning around the whole assault allegations made by his mom and sister. He’s saying it’s ALL false.
TODAY…we hear he had a meltdown on the set of his new movie Terminator Salvation, yelling "I will kick your BLEEP," at crew members… All they’re saying is that Christian was "extremely tired and having a bad day."

WHY ALL THE SCREAMING IN TEXAS?

Looks like the Jonas Brothers are moving to Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports that the guys have granted their mother DENISE power of attorney to purchase a 6-bedroom house in a gated Texas community called Vaquero…for 3 million dollars.

BEN AND BEN TAKE OVER FOR EBERT AND ROEPER

Though they won't be able to give the "thumbs up," Ben Lyons of E! News and TCM's Ben Mankevitz will attempt to fill the shoes of Ebert and Roeper on the syndicated movie review series At The Movies. Are they qualified? Well Ben Lyons' father is film critic Jeffrey Lyons and Ben Mankevitz’s grandfather Herman won an Academy Award for Citizen Kane.