Parking lot attendant stole $225,000 from Eagles guard Todd Herremans

Parking lot attendant stole $225,000 from Eagles guard Todd Herremans

By Frank Schwab

Eagles guard Todd Herremans (USA Today Sports Images)

 
The story of Eagles guard Todd Herremans and a parking-lot attendant who managed to steal about a quarter of a million dollars from his checking account is one of the oddest in the NFL this year.

Philly.com had the weird tale. The attendant, who worked at the team hotel according to the Daily News' Les Bowen, entered Herreman's car. He found documents with Herreman's checking account number on it.

And between 2009 and 2010, he stole $225,034.52 from Herremans.

Eagles guard Todd Herremans (USA Today Sports Images)

 

He transferred the money from Herremans' checking account to his own, according to U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger, via Philly.com.

Bowen tweeted that Herremans, who is in his ninth NFL season, has gotten all of the money back.

The story is coming to light because the attendant, 37-year-old Robert Von Ryan, is being charged with bank fraud. If convicted Von Ryan could get up to 30 months in prison and a $1 million fine, Philly.com said.

The team told Philly.com that Von Ryan was a subcontractor and not a team employee. Still, it must be a scary story for the players, who trust those who are supposed to be protecting their belongings.

 

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Divo of The Day “Charles Michael Davis” (10/21/13)

 

Charles Michael Davis, was born on December 1, 1984. Charles is an American actor and model. He's of African American and Filipino descent.

 

 

Charles is best known for his role on the The CW hit television drama, The Originals as well as Grey's Anatomy . On The Originals, Charles plays Marcel Gerard, a protégé of Niklaus “Klaus” Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan), an original vampire. Marcel, who is now in charge of New Orleans, in order to re-take his city, as he originally built New Orleans. But the Mikaelson siblings were forced to flee the city after being chased down by their father Mikael, while it was being constructed and Marcel took charge.

On Grey’s Anatomy, Charles plays Dr. Jason Myers, who is an OB/GYN resident introduced in the ninth season who has a relationship with surgical intern Jo Wilson. Jason seems like a nice guy, and one who makes Alex extremely jealous.

Who could play Christian Grey in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

Will the real Christian Grey, please stand up?

 

Joe Manganiello

Aaron Paul

 

Aaron Taylor Johnson

Colin Farrell

Jay Ryan

Justin Theroux

David Beckham

Zac Efron

Jamie Dornan

Christian Cooke

 

Theo James

 

Ed Westwick

Who Will Replace Charlie Hunnam in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'?

By MICHAEL ROTHMAN

Charlie Hunnam

Depending on one's perspective, "Fifty Shades" fans either moaned or rejoiced this weekend when Charlie Hunnam, 33, dropped out of next year's "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie adaptation. Hunnam's "immersive TV schedule" was too much for him to adequately prepare for the role, the studios behind the movie said.

So, naturally, the next question is, "Who will play Christian Grey?" Who is sexy enough to bring the character with a taste for bondage to life opposite Dakota Johnson, who's set to play the female lead, Anastasia Steel? Here are some of the names on our short list, from Matt Bomer of "White Collar" to Ian Somerhalder of "Vampire Diaries." The role could also go to a relative unknown, so take a look and decide who you want.

Matt Bomer

After Hunnam was cast last month, fans were so outraged that their favorite, Matt Bomer, was not cast, that they filed a petition with Change.org that read, "Matt Bomer is the PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF CHRISTIAN GREY." The 36-year-old is the star of USA's hit "White Collar," where he gets to use his silver tongue as a former con man now helping the FBI. He also displays his ability to swoon the opposite sex. The openly gay actor, who in real life is settled down with partner Simon Halls, also had his "sexy" chops on display as a male stripper in "Magic Mike." This role seems right up his alley.

Ian Somerhalder

Two words: "Vampire Diaries." Fans of the show know Ian Somerhalder, 34, as the dark, brooding vampire Damon Salvatore, whose fast-talking almost makes him more likeable. He would be a great choice to be Grey that you love one second, then hate the very next. Somerhalder, who just split from longtime girlfriend Nina Dobrev, has one drawback, though. He recently spoke to HuffPost Live and admitted that his show films 10 months out of the year. The studios don't want another Hunnam, whom they cast, only to have to drop out weeks later. Either way, he's a solid choice.

 Alexander Skarsgard

Another veteran of some red-hot TV, Alexander Skarsgard, 37, has been making girls and boys blush for years on "True Blood." Indeed, his character on the show, Eric, actually owns a sex dungeon. When asked about his interest and whether he could bring the sexual character to life, he told Daily Chilli, "Absolutely. That wouldn't be an issue. I have a sex chamber in my basement -- my character on 'True Blood' [does] -- so I've had training." He has also been up front about how his sex scenes on the show and in recent movies like "The East" don't bother him at all.

Liam Hemsworth

If anyone can handle the fame and crazed fans that come along with a movie like "Fifty Shades," it's Hemsworth, who has starred in the "Hunger Games" franchise. The studios could also cash in on the publicity that comes with being Miley Cyrus's ex. The Australian actor split from Cyrus last month. If Hemsworth was worthy enough for Sylvester Stallone to cast in "Expendables 2," why not in "Fifty Shades"?

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson was actually "Fifty Shades" author E.L. James's first choice to play Grey, according to Bret Easton Ellis, a well-known novelist and screenwriter. If Hunnam isn't available to do the flick, why not go back to No. 1, no matter the reason it didn't work out the first time? The "Twilight" star would bring a huge following that has now grown up and could actually see the "Fifty Shades" movie when it hits theaters next year. Win-win all around. Fans would also love to speculate on whether he and co-star Dakota Johnson were involved, now that he has split from Kristen Stewart.

Other Possibles

There is a long list of others who could handle the role of Grey, from

 Garrett Hedlund

"Friday Night Lights" star Garrett Hedlund to

Alex Pettyfer

"Magic Mike" hunk Alex Pettyfer.

Ryan Gosling

And what about Ryan Gosling or even

 

Jake Gyllenhaal

 

even Jake Gyllenhaal? So what if they are big stars? Did anyone see Ben Affleck's casting as Batman coming. Guessing that's a "No." Such A-listers could sneak in and take this mega role for themselves now that it's open.

So here's a list of possible actors who could play the infamous Christian Grey

Channing Tatum

Chris Evans

 

 

Chris Pine

 

 

Ben Foster 

 

Dylan McDermott 

Henry Cavill 

 

Luke Evans  

Kellan Lutz

 

 

Daniel Gillies

 

Joseph Morgan   

 

 



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M: The Goldwyn Standard

By George Gurley

 Boss' wool tuxedo and Paul Smith's tton shirt. Brooks Brothers bow tie. (Photo By Jill Greenberg) 

 

Women looked up from laptops to gaze at Tony Goldwyn as he glided away from the counter of a Beverly Hills coffee shop with his cake and cappuccino. He was wearing a tight T-shirt, snug corduroys, and sneakers. He looked less like the heavy-drinking, philandering, murdering President Fitzgerald Grant III, whom he plays on ABC’s hit series Scandal, than a nicely muscled personal trainer.
 

He sat down across from me at a corner table. His straight-backed posture gave him an air of alpha-male authority.
 

The third season of Scandal had just started shooting, but he was not needed on set. He planned to use his time away to work on a series he has developed, The Divide. It is the first scripted program slated for the AMC Network’s WE channel. Goldwyn, the 53-year-old scion of one of Hollywood’s founding families, had a budget meeting to attend later that day and fifteen scripts to comb through with one of his partners on the project, screenwriter Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King, Behind the Candelabra).

Goldwyn signed a six-year contract with Scandal, but it’s not in his nature to put all his eggs in one basket. “This is an entrepreneurial business,” he said. “In order to be creatively satisfied and financially secure, you need to be a self-starter. I’m always assuming nothing’s going to work out and I have to roll up my sleeves.”

The frothy Scandal has definitely worked out for Goldwyn, as evidenced by the reaction he got from Washington insiders at the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “I was shocked,” he said. “People were so into Scandal. I guess it’s a release for people who work in that world day in and day out.”

At a Washington brunch, he met Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama. “He goes, ‘Scandal!’ He wanted to talk about Scandal. So here I am, talking to Gene Sperling about my television show, and he’s dealing with the big issues.”

 

 Boss' wool turtleneck and IWC watch. (Photo By Jill Greenberg)

 

Michelle Obama, her staff, and others in the Obama administration are Scandal fans. Goldwyn heard that from White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, as well as from his costar Kerry Washington, who plays the crisis-management expert Olivia Pope, the brainy bombshell who has been having an on-again, off-again affair with Fitz (and whose election she helped fix). The sex scenes between the two of them, it should be mentioned, are sizzling, especially for network television. So what happens if Goldwyn finds himself aroused on set?

 

“It’s not really about that,” he said. Pause. “It’s weird. Our sex scenes are really intense. But so is our relationship. For Kerry and me, it’s no different than doing an emotional scene. It’s just more awkward, almost in the anticipation of it. Once we start doing it, we commit. You’re lost in the scene.”

Safe to say he and Ms. Washington are physically attracted to each other, though?

“Yeah! Of course. But our chemistry is much more complicated than that, which is what I think makes it erotic. Kerry and I connect on a lot of levels.”

Goldwyn has been married to production designer Jane Musky since 1987. They have lived in Connecticut for seventeen years and have two daughters in college. When they see those Scandal-ous sex scenes, Goldwyn’s daughters like to needle him with rude text messages. Is his wife OK with it, though? “My wife’s cool,” Goldwyn said. “She’s in the business, I’ve been doing this a long time. Jane’s thrilled for the success of the show, and we’re all professionals, you know.”

Does he get hit on by women these days?

“This is embarrassing to say, but I was going through airport security, and the TSA lady goes, ‘Do you have any idea that you are the sexiest man in America?’ I said, ‘Well, thank you!’ She said, ‘No, no, no! I’m not complimenting you. You need to understand this. You need to understand what you are to American women.’ I was like, ‘Wow! Thank you!’ So I have gotten a few of those. But I get the feeling that women know I’m married. I wouldn’t say that I get propositioned. I get appreciated, which is nice.”
 

Of the 4.3 million Scandal-related tweets that appeared on Twitter during season two, a number were X-rated messages directed at Goldwyn. “I can’t repeat them,” he said. “But it’s women describing what they’d like to do to my body. Most of them are not like that. Honestly, people are pretty chill and respectful on Twitter.”

  

Ermenegildo Zegna's wool suit and Canali's cotton shirt. Ermenegildo Zegna tie and Giorgio Armani pocket square. (Photo By Jill Greenberg)

 

He experienced a burst of fame in 1990, when he played the villain in the supernatural romance Ghost: Carl Bruner’s nefarious deeds lead to the death of Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), who is murdered in front of his wife, Molly (Demi Moore). Bruner then hits on the grieving widow. (“You have to live for now, for today,” the scoundrel says, before leaning in for a kiss.) Ghost was huge, eventually grossing a half-billion dollars. “I found it very disorienting, suddenly being recognized,” he said.
 

His performance was so memorable that he was sometimes met with hostility. While doing a play in New York during Ghost’s theatrical run, he went into an empty restaurant, only to find that a waitress would not seat him. “I finally said, ‘Excuse me, can I sit down?’ And she said, ‘Yes,’ very gruff. Then she wouldn’t bring me the menu. I had to say, ‘Excuse me, hello!’ I finally get my dinner, and she’s looking daggers at me. Finally, she comes over and says, ‘I’m sorry. Are you an actor? You’re in that movie, right? I knew I hated you, but I couldn’t figure out where from. I didn’t know if you were someone I’d slept with.’ ” He adds that fame is different the second time around: “I’m able to relax and enjoy it.”

Before the interview, I watched a remarkable American Masters documentary about his grandfather, Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies. He was born Schmuel Gelbfisz and left Poland, on foot, at 15. He ended up in a ghetto in England, did manual labor in Birmingham, sold sponges, and scrounged up enough to book passage to Nova Scotia. He became an expert glove-maker in upstate New York, made a small fortune as a traveling glove salesman, and, at 34, coproduced the first feature-length motion picture made in Hollywood, The Squaw Man. He went on to make another hundred.
 

He finally got real respect in the business when a masterpiece he produced, William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives, swept the 1947 Academy Awards.

“He came home and cried,” Goldwyn said. “He came home, and he had two Oscars in his hands, and he sat on the coffee table and wept.”
 

Tony Goldwyn’s father, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., produced his first movie (Man With the Gun) in 1955 and has made twenty-five since, including Mystic Pizza and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Tony’s brother John is also a major player, having served as Paramount Pictures’ head of production from 1991 to 2004. Recently, he formed a production company with Lorne Michaels. Lately, he has worked with his father, producing Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which comes out this Christmas. (Samuel Goldwyn produced the Danny Kaye version in 1947.)
 





Ralph Lauren Black Label's wool suit and Boss Selection's cotton shirt. Boss tie and Giorgio Armani pocket square. (Photo By Jill Greenberg)

 

As a kid in Los Angeles, Tony had no idea what he wanted to do. His mother, a painter and a musician, hated the Hollywood life, and his father never let the kids visit movie sets. “My parents were obsessed with us being normal kids, so I never knew movie stars,” he said. “They didn’t want us to be Hollywood brats. And yet, on the weekends we’d go to my grandparents’ house, and they lived a very formal life, a life of another era.”

 

There he met the directors George Cukor, Billy Wilder, and William Wyler. He also had a strong connection with his grandfather.

“I was almost 14 when he died. He was very old—he was 94—when he died, but we were really close, yeah. I think I share certain aesthetic sensibilities with him. I think I’ve inherited a kind of…willfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I’ll just hang in there with something until it happens. But he was much more volatile than I am, much tougher than me, more of a visionary than me. This is a guy who walked from Poland and made his way to America on foot, with one suit of clothing, at age 15. He was a tough son of a bitch. And the most charming man ever. But he had trouble getting along with people—he was irascible. I’m more diplomatic.”

“Everyone loved Tony,” John Goldwyn said. “Even when he got into trouble, he would look at you and say, ‘Did I do something wrong?’ And you would start to laugh. He always made friends very easily. And he was handsome. Girls threw themselves at him. He has a genuine talent for people, understands how to talk to people, and, more important, how to listen to them. There is nobody in my family, including myself, who has Tony’s charm. I’m convinced he was a foundling child.”

 

Burberry Prorsum's cotton and polyamide coat and Boss' woll turtleneck. (Photo By Jill Greenberg)

 

Tony went to an all-boys boarding school in Colorado, where, in ninth grade, he auditioned for a production of Inherit the Wind. He was hooked, although he didn’t get the part. “That was it,” he said. “I immediately knew.” He became “very, very focused,” and his father was impressed. After seeing him onstage, he told young Tony, “That’s the only time I’ve ever seen you concentrate.”

He left Los Angeles to attend Hamilton College, in upstate New York; earned a BFA at Brandeis University; and did a stint at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. But his time at the Williamstown Theatre, in Massachusetts, is what gave him confidence as an actor. It’s also where he met and fell in love with his wife (“a Jersey girl”).

 

After a shaky start, he got steady work, making himself a TV fixture from the eighties onward (Designing Women, L.A. Law, Murphy Brown, Dexter, The L Word, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife). He also did character work in numerous movies (Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, Kuffs, The Pelican Brief, Bounce, The Last Samurai, Nixon, The Mechanic, among others). Along the way, he started directing, helming episodes of The L Word, Law & Order, Private Practice, Dexter, Damages, and Grey’s Anatomy, the hit medical soap opera created by Shonda Rhimes, who is the brains behind Scandal (of which Goldwyn has also directed an episode). He also directed the 2010 film Conviction (“It delivers,” Roger Ebert wrote in his review).

 

One last question: What would Samuel Goldwyn, an American patriot, make of his playing the president?

“I think he’d be really thrilled and proud at that, because he would think it had stature, and he would be excited about the career I’ve forged for myself. Because my grandfather was a survivor. He overcame extraordinary adversity. He understood that this is a business of surviving and hanging in there. It’s sort of what we were talking about earlier, about being at this stage of my life, with this opportunity happening. It’s a testament to working your ass off all the time. And then, every once in a while, something hits”—Goldwyn smacked the table—“and you reap the benefits. But not if you don’t hang in there.”

Boxer Orlando Cruz buoyed by support since announcing he's gay

By Kevin Lole

Orlando Cruz will fight Orlando Salido in Las Vegas (Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS – A year ago, Orlando Cruz had come to something of a crossroads. A member of the 2000 Puerto Rican Olympic boxing team, he'd won his first 12 pro bouts and 18 of his first 21.

By all accounts, he was on a path to a world title. He wasn't a particularly big puncher, but he was smart in the ring. He had that sixth sense about when a punch was coming and how to get away from it. He was clever and cunning and had the ability to dictate the way a match unfolded.

Cruz, though, wasn't completely at ease.

 

Cruz will bring a 20-2-1 record with 10 knockouts into his fight with Salido (Getty Images) 

He is gay, and proudly so, and wanted to share the news with the world. Ever since he left the Olympics, there had been suspicions about his orientation. He knew it. He'd hear the gay slurs coming from a fight crowd, directed not only at him, but toward anyone they didn't believe was fearless enough, tough enough.

"Boxing is a macho sport, everyone yelling gay slurs all the time," he said.

He was through living a lie, trying to pretend he is someone other than who he is. He wanted to tell the world his secret, but it was hard to work up the nerve.

Here was a guy who is tough enough to stand across from the hardest-hitting fighters in his division and go toe-to-toe with them, fearful about what a bigoted, thoughtless person might shout from the safety of a crowd in a lame and cowardly attempt to demean him.

 Orlando Cruz Media Workout  (Getty Images) 

 "I was scared," said Cruz, who admitted he saw a psychologist in New York to help him work through his feelings. "I was worried about other boxers. I was worried about the fans. I would cry many, many nights thinking about it."

After the toughest fight of his life – the battle within him – he decided to finally break the secret. On Oct. 4, 2012, Cruz told the world what he had known for years, that he is gay. He became the first openly gay man in professional boxing, a sport not exactly overrun with people known for tolerance and understanding.

Since that announcement, Cruz has won back-to-back fights and he'll carry a 20-2-1 mark and 10 knockouts to the ring when he meets Orlando Salido for the vacant WBO featherweight belt Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

By speaking a few short words, a great burden was lifted from Cruz's shoulders. He proposed to his boyfriend, Jose Manuel, earlier this year on Facebook, and the couple is set to be married next month in New York.

Cruz's fear that he would become the target of angry boxing fans never materialized. The LGBT community embraced him, and on June 18 in Chicago, he was a part of the first class of the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted alongside such luminaries as tennis stars Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, diver Greg Louganis and NBA player Jason Collins.

Salido, as tough and hard-nosed a competitor as there is in the game, essentially shrugged when asked about fighting an openly gay opponent.

Salido professed his respect for Cruz for having the courage to come out of the closet, but otherwise, saw little noteworthy about it.

"We are just two human beings fighting for a world title," Salido said.

Salido, of course, is correct. No one should have to hide who they are, to feel afraid to be themselves. There are people who say their religious beliefs forbid homosexuality, but thousands of people have given their lives for our right to be free and to make those personal choices. Those who disagree have a right to their opinion, but not a right to abuse, to hate, to mock.

It's not going to be a breeze for Cruz going forward, because there will always be someone who wants to impose his or her beliefs.

Cruz said on Monday, "I am a man. I am not a girl. I have to fight on Saturday night."

That's the kind of a statement made by someone who has endured years of abuse.

The good thing, though, is that there has been at least grudging acceptance. He's here to fight, and wasn't interested in talking at length about his personal life.

He praised Salido's ability and said he'd have to be "intelligent all the time, very smart, and give him [a lot of lateral] movement" in order to win.

He's probably always going to be the guy with the asterisk after his name: Orlando Cruz, first openly gay fighter. Still, there are encouraging signs.

Since his psychologist convinced him to speak freely, the hostility that Cruz was fearful of hasn't really been there.

"He made me feel better about it and that is how I made the decision to come out," Cruz said of his psychologist. "He made me ready. Since I made the announcement, I have been getting nothing but support. I am happy. I am free. I am comfortable.

"Everybody gives me support and respect. When I interview with a newspaper, I would just like to have respect. Now, when I walk into the ring, I feel I have the support of a lot of people [in the LGBT community], and it makes me very happy."

Josh Hutcherson Gets Candid About His Sexuality

Josh Hutcherson Gets Candid About His Sexuality

by Jeremy Blacklow                                                           

 

 

Josh Hutcherson certainly knows how to give a provocative interview. The young actor, who turns 21 on Saturday, gears up for all the hoopla surrounding the release of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (out November 22) — the second of four movies based on Suzanne Collins's best-selling book series — he's not holding back at all about who he is and his attitudes towards sexuality.

 

Josh Hutcherson (Nino Muñoz/OUT)

"I would probably list myself as mostly straight," he tells Out magazine in its November cover story. "Maybe I could say right now I'm 100 percent straight. But who knows? In a f---ing year, I could meet a guy and be like, 'Whoa, I'm attracted to this person … I've met guys all the time that I'm like, 'Damn, that's a good-looking guy,' you know? I've never been, like, 'Oh, I want to kiss that guy.' I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100% anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded."

Josh Hutcherson (Nino Muñoz/OUT)

He continues, "I have this dream that one day, my kid's gonna come home from school and be like, 'Dad, there's this girl that I like, and there's this guy that I like, and I don't know which one I like more, and I don't know what to do.' And it'd just be a non-issue, like, 'Which one is a good person? Which one makes you laugh more?'"

Josh Hutcherson (copied from PerezHilton.com)

The actor also explains how the AIDS-related deaths of his two gay uncles, Steve and Jamie, in the early '90s played a big role in shaping his progressive outlook on life. In fact, one of his uncles, Steve, died only one day after Josh's mom revealed to her brother that she was pregnant with Josh. "[My mom] was really sad that I never got to meet them," he notes. "I am, too — they sound amazing."

Sounds like they'd certainly be proud of the path their nephew's chosen to walk.

In the "Hunger Games" films, Josh plays Peeta Mellark, a baker's son from the impoverished District 12, who finds himself in an unconventional love triangle with heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth). In the movies, Peeta and 23 other "tributes" are forced to battle to the death in a game-like arena.

 

Josh Hutcherson (copied from Just Jared)

When asked if he thinks a threesome might be "a more expedient solution to at least some of Peeta's problems," he replies: "I know Peeta would be into it, for sure. He's very sensitive, in touch with his emotions. I think it really might solve a lot of their problems. You know what? I'm going to pitch that idea. Let's make it a — what's it called when three people are in a relationship together? A triad? … That'll go over well with Middle America."

Peeta sounds a lot like Josh. And despite what Middle America thinks, Hutcherson is extremely progressive in his views about equality, and has a strong history of activism in the gay community. In fact, he co-founded the group Straight But Not Narrow, which helps equip heterosexual-identified young people with the tools they need to fight homophobia.

"As soon as I got any ounce of notoriety to bring attention to any kind of issue, it was just an obvious choice," Hutcherson tells Out. "Look at any voting map, and even in a state that's completely red, if you look where a college is — young, educated people — it's blue, without fail. That's got to show that the next generation, and people who get an education, are less ignorant."

In 2012, Josh was presented with the Vanguard Award by GLAAD in recognition of his work, an honor that's given to a straight ally who fights for LGBT equality.

In his acceptance speech, he spoke about why he launched Straight But Not Narrow. "We wanted to create a place where straight people felt safe coming out and saying, 'It’s okay to be gay,'" he said. "And I didn't know one, so we decided we were going to make one and we have. It's gaining momentum and it means the world to me."