VANESSA MACIAS Ex-'Amazing Race' Finalistn Arrested for DUI

Vanessa Macias -- part of the Dating Divorcees team on last season's "Amazing Race" -- was arrested in Texas early Friday morning for driving while intoxicated ... TMZ has learned.

32-year-old Macias -- who came in 4th place on "Race" -- was pulled over by the San Antonio Police Department around 2 AM on October 26. During the stop, officers claim they detected the presence of alcohol.

Macias was arrested and hauled to a nearby station where she was booked for misdemeanor DWI -- and posed for an extremely wide-eyed mug shot.

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Police called To TOM CRUISE We BUSTED a Drunk Intruder

Sullivan is a self-described model and interior designer who appeared on a reality show in Australia about interior design.

One of Tom Cruise's neighbors got drunk, stumbled onto Tom's Beverly Hills property ... and then got zapped with a Taser for his mistake ... according to cops.

BH PD say the man, Jason Sullivan, drunkenly attempted to scale a fence at the Cruise home around 9PM last night ... and was met by a security guard who opened fire with a Taser.

The Taser jolt messed up Sullivan badly enough that paramedics had to take him to a hospital for treatment. Cops say 41-year-old Sullivan actually lives in a home "adjacent" to Tom's ... and, due to "intoxication," may have gotten confused and entered the wrong property.

Tom was not home at the time of the incident.

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Hollywood Sign Owner Cries Foul Over Ad Agency 'Infringement'

BB Hollywood, a new branded entertainment venture, finds that its own branding may run afoul of a Los Angeles landmark.

Lotman is the CEO of Global Icons, a licensing agency that represents the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The non-profit Chamber, as much of Hollywood knows, owns a trademark in the Hollywood sign – and they police it vigilantly.

“It’s an infringement of our trademark,” said Chamber president and CEO Leron Gubler, when asked about the BB Hollywood image. “This is not an isolated occurrence.”

This might all sound ominous for The Brooklyn Brothers, whose three partners are neither brothers nor from Brooklyn. A chat with agency head Guy Barnett made clear from his accent that he hales from England, in fact.

No doubt a quick settlement will allow the agency to focus on the new enterprise, which aims to create branded entertainment. It’s actually a joint venture between The Brooklyn Brothers and eight writers and producers: Ned Rice (“The Tonight Show,” “Politically Incorrect”), Mark Goffman (“White Collar,” “The West Wing”), Lester Lewis (“Madison High,” “The Office”), Rob Long (“Cheers”), Adam Kulakow (Les Miserables, Race to Witch Mountain), Danielle Uhlarik (“The Family Tools”), Paul Ruehl (“Hard Times of RJ Berger”) and producer Laylee Olfat (casting director and producer on Roger Dodger and Secret Lives of Dentists).

But about that logo. “It’s not a logo,” said Barnett. “It’s just a way to launch the company, a fun visual.”

“We won’t be so pleased if we get sued,” he added a bit nervously.

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Cantor Gaming Director Arrested In Illegal Sportsbetting Ring

Colbert was not the only person charged as online gambling website PinnacleSports.com owners were also among 25 individuals arrested by law enforcement agents in the U.S. in as a part of a multi-million dollar illegal sports betting ring.

Colbert, 32, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. He faces eight counts of conspiracy, money laundering and enterprise corruption and is scheduled to appear Monday in Clark County District Court.

“The defendants are accused of operating an incredibly lucrative illegal gambling operation – taking in more than $50 million in a year and a half. Such unlawfully earned profits are often – and easily – diverted to more insidious criminal enterprises,” said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown.

Gaming and legal sources on Wednesday had said the matter did not involve Cantor Gaming and was unrelated to its business in Las Vegas. The company declined comment Thursday on Markling’s statement.

Read More: http://www.casinoscamreport.com/2012/10/26/cantor-gaming-director-arrested-in-illegal-sportsbetting-ring/

Comcast CEO Vows to Support Family of CNBC Executive Whose Kids Were Killed by Nanny

                                                             Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts

"We will do anything we can to support the family," he said in ending the quarterly earnings call of his company, which controls NBCUniversal.

CNN had reported that the nanny stabbed the children before slashing her own throat in the apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

"The father of the children was part of our CNBC family," Roberts said in wrapping up the earnings call of the cable company, which controls 51 percent of CNBC parent NBCUniversal. "So, I just wanted to say on behalf of all of us at CNBC and Comcast and NBCUniversal and many others around the nation how touched and sad we are by this unspeakable act. And we will do anything we can to support the family in [this] awful time."

CNN had identified the father as CNBC executive Kevin Krim. His title is listed as senior vp/general manager, CNBC Digital in online listings.

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Sony Sued Over William Faulkner Quote in 'Midnight in Paris'

The lawsuit claims a line spoken by actor Owen Wilson in the Woody Allen film infringes on the author's literary rights.

The copyright infringement suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Mississippi claims Sony and others did not seek permission to use a quote spoken in the movie by Gil Pender (played by Owen Wilson). The dialogue describes his experiences with the line, “The past is not dead! Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. And I met him, too. I ran into him at a dinner party.”

The quote, notes the suit, is from a passage in Faulkner’s Requiem for a Nun, which reads: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

The suit charges: “The use of the infringing quote and of William Faulkner’s name in the infringing film is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, and/or to deceive the infringing film's viewers as to a perceived affiliation, connection or association between William Faulkner and his works, on the one hand, and Sony, on the other hand.”

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Reverend Jesse Jackson arrested

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. was among those arrested in Wednesday's protests. (Photo courtesy ofBainport.com.)
Jackson was taken into custody alongside a dozen workers for alleged civil disobedience at the Sensata Technologies plant, which manufactures and sells sensors and controls for auto companies.

The Baptist minister marched onto the property in Freeport holding a banner reading "Full Severance" in reference to the company's decision to relocate its manufacturing to China, costing 170 jobs.

Jackson was taken to the Freeport Fire Station for processing and after being released, he insisted the protests will continue next week (beg29Oct12) with greater numbers.

"There is a war going on today for the soul of our nation. We're at the heart of that war. We have a military surplus; the Chinese have a trade surplus. We have the guns, they have the jobs. It's not a good trade off. There is something painful about this struggle.

"Now, you're looking at an economic terrorism. If you use your most basic right, your right to fight back, if you use that right, they'll threaten to fire you... You vote in a democracy to be protected from terrorism."

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