Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger has auctioned one of his pilot’s caps for $5,800 and will donate the proceeds to three San Francisco Bay-area public schools.
The signed hat — which was not worn the day Sullenberger safely landed a disabled jet into the Hudson River earlier this year — drew 68 bids on eBay.
The 58-year-old is giving portions of the money to Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, where his two daughters attend, and two Oakland schools, Futures Elementary and Community United Elementary.
The winning bidder also will receive a thank-you note from Sullenberger and his wife, Lorrie.
The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been placed in a temporary guardianship, court records show.
A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted control over 17-year-old Frances Bean Cobain to Kurt Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, and his sister, Kimberly Dawn Cobain.
The court filing does not mention Love or give a reason for the guardianship.
In recent months, Love, former frontwoman of the band Hole, has been criticized for rambling online postings that have attacked a former bandmate, a fashion designer and others.
In September 2005, Love was sentenced to 180 days at a drug treatment facility for violating probation in three misdemeanor cases — one for illegal possession of painkillers, one for being under the influence of a controlled substance in public, and another for assault and battery.
Summit Entertainment, the distributor of the “Twilight” films, has picked up Roman Polanski’s latest movie.
Summit says it will distribute Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” in North America. The film is expected to be released in the first half of 2010.
In the film, Pierce Brosnan stars as a former British prime minister who’s writing his memoirs with the help of a ghostwriter, played by Ewan McGregor. It’s Polanski’s first film since 2005’s “Oliver Twist.”
The fate of “The Ghost Writer” had been in some doubt since the 76-year-old director was arrested in Switzerland, where he awaits extradition to the U.S. A California appeals court last week heard arguments on the 32-year-old charge of sexual misconduct against Polanski.
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer.
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit says Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, traveled to Sarasota, Fla., last week to make the purchase along with two others. The DEA was tipped off by a confidential informant who agreed to wear a recording device during the drug negotiation session.
Banton, 36, faces a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, which carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence.
The husky-voiced Banton has been a major star in his native Jamaica since the early 1990s with brash dancehall music and, more recently, a traditional reggae sound. His career has been stunted in the United States because of his attitude toward gays, including songs “Batty Rider” and “Boom Bye Bye,” which glorify the shooting of gay men.
Associated Press
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