Richard Hatch - 1st Survivor winner in prison for taxes
Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Richard Hatch, the first million dollar winner of the TV show “Survivor”, set in Borneo in 2000, says being in prison for failing to pay taxes on his winnings is “horrendous.” Hatch became known as the “fat naked guy” for his refusal to wear clothes for much of the CBS show. He was also quick openly gay and became close with another contestant that was a professed homophobic.Hatch who was sentenced to 51 months in prison is at the Federal Correctional Institution in Morgantown, West Virginia. His lawyer says that Hatch deserves a new trial because the judge did not allow testimony that CBS said it would pay the income tax in a deal made to avoid Hatch publicizing his claims for cheating on the show.
Hatch claims to be currently writing a book that would begin with his audition for “Survivor” and end with his time in prison. Isn’t this what everyone does in jail? Writing books and enjoying long long showers?
The Force will be felt at United States Postal Service outlets when R2D2 mailboxes are put in place. USPS will be helping Star Wars celebrate its 30th anniversary with mailboxes that look like the robot, R2D2, from the films. There are supposed to be approximately 320 of the mailboxes going out throughout the nation, one per postal district.
An Antigua based online gambling site is taking bets on whether Heather Mills’ artificial leg will come off during her appearances on “Dancing with the Stars.”. Mills, soon to be ex-wife of Paul McCartney of The Beatles, who lost her leg in a traffic accident in 1993 is competing on this seasons “Dancing with the Stars”ABC’s top rated show pairs Mills with professional dancer Jonathan Roberts. The online betting site has laid heavy odds on the event not happening and Mills agreed saying, “It’s very very unlikely my leg’s going to fly off …” Also dancing this season, are Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, Joey Fatone, member of ‘Synch, Leeza Gibbons, talk show host, Ian Ziering formerly of 90210, NBA player Clyde Drexler, former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey, Paulina Proizkova a supermodel and John Ratzenberger of Cheers fame.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s bodyguards were detained by Israeli police after a clash between them and the paparazzi that had been following the star and his Israeli girlfriend, Bar Refaeli. The couple has been visiting Israel and on Monday, during a visit to the Western Wall in the Old City, met with a horde of photographers that have been following their every move. The ensuing scuffle resulted in one photographer being slightly injured and 2 of DiCaprio’s bodyguards being detained for questioning.DiCaprio and Refaeli arrived Sunday and had an after hours tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. The visit to Israel has sparked a frenzy that has resulted in media going so far as to stake out the house of Refaeli’s parents near Tel Aviv. Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for an Oscar this year for his role in “Blood Diamond” and also in the Oscar-winning film “The Departed.”
A lavish spending screening of Frank Miller’s graphic novel about the battle of Thermopylae where 2500 years before, where 300 Spartan soldiers put up the fight of their lives. Directed by Zack Synder that previously did Dawn of the dead, it does have actors, dialogues but the main plot is the blood action battle.
