FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP

FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP



STUDIO CITY, Calif. (Wireless Flash) – Robert Blake’s maid is airing his dirty laundry – literally. Lidia Benavides tells the National Enquirer the former Our Gang star wouldn’t let her do any laundry belonging to his wife Bonny Lee – or clean her rooms.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Talk about creepy: A middle-aged Kentucky man and his wife have both died of heart attacks within hours of receiving a tombstone for their family plot. Sources say Dwayne and Carolyn Carroll both had a history of heart trouble.

MALIBU, Calif. – Tom Petty’s heart is anything but broken now that he’s married his longtime sweetheart for the second time. The rocker first got hitched in a quickie Las Vegas ceremony earlier this month, but just did it again at his Malibu home with Little Richard conducting the ceremony.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police have dropped a bomb on copyright pirates who created an X-rated version of the hit film Pearl Harbor. The first five minutes of the film are the same as the Ben Affleck flick, but the rest is hardcore porn.

NEW YORK – The mild-mannered rockers of Radiohead will show their humorous sides with an upcoming appearance on South Park. Band members will lend their voices to a July 11 episode in which fat boy Cartman takes revenge on a classmate who cons him into buying – get this – some pubic hair.

HOLLYWOOD – If you want to squeeze David Ducovny’s buns, just ask his wife for permission. That’s the lesson one fan learned at a recent Hollywood bash. Star magazine reports that when the lass approached the actor with her bottom line request, he asked wife Tea Leoni if it was OK, then offered up his cheeks.

LONDON – The Queen of England is being forced to tighten her purse strings: Buckingham Palace has announced it will cut its budget by about $4.2 million, with most of the savings coming from cuts in royal travel expenses.

PARIS – The party is over in Paris: Tourism officials there say the 20,000 light bulbs that illuminate the Eiffel Tower will be turned off on July 14. The silver bulbs were placed on the tower in December 1999 to usher in the new millennium.

BERLIN – Jewish victims of Nazi Germany may get the last laugh on their oppressors: A Jewish rights group has passed the first hurdle towards gaining possession of the land where Adolf Hitler’s bunker sat.