Pop Culture Potpourri: Streisand Rip-Off, “Dateline” Dumped, and Three Times Is Not The Charm

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Michele Cheplic

STREISAND RIP-OFF Rosie O’Donnell may be thrilled about her idol Barbra Streisand’s upcoming concert in Rome, but Italian consumer groups want authorities to cancel the singer’s gig because they think people are getting ripped off. According to European news reports, the consumer group maintains Streisand’s concert tickets cost way too much money. The Adusbef and Codacons groups urged the city of Rome and the Italian Olympic Committee to deny permission for Streisand to perform at the Stadio Flaminio on June 15th. Never mind that the venue is where the singer plans to perform her first-ever concert in Italy and the … Continue reading →

Tom Arnold and Third Wife Separate

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Libby Pelham

Tom Arnold announced this week that he and his wife of four years, Shelby Roos, are separating. Arnold met Roos at the 2000 Democratic National Convention where she was a political consultant. Call me crazy, but I would think a political consultant would be far too serious for Tom. Tom has asked the court that his Beverly Hills home as well as money he had going into the marriage remain strictly as his property. I am not aware as to whether the two signed a prenuptial agreement or not. This is Tom’s third marriage. His first was a high profile … Continue reading →