When he was pulled over Fossella told police that he was visiting a sick daughter on Grimm Street when he was really visiting his former mistress and mother to his ‘love-child’.  That has brought out the New York press and they are digging deep into the lives of Laura Fay and of course Vito Fossella.  The newspapers are publishing photos of the celebrity couple as well and the press is digging deep just to find any pictures of the sex scandal pair.

Gothamist has pics here and reports that both New York tabloids have published pictures of Laura Fay, Fossella’s mistress, the mother of his child, and his post-DWI ride.  While it hasn’t quite reached the proportions Governor Eliot Spitzer and the nude photos (the first link is safe) of call girl Ashley Dupre it has Gotham buzzing.  Who knows what will emerge next.

 
Several months ago, when the new ECW was hitting a then-record low 1.34, a former WWE executive commented “ECW was the stuff of urban legend. It had a rabid fan base, created more memorable moments in the 1990s on their budget than WCW did with hundreds of millions of dollars, discovered more talent and created more memorable characters than anyone in history except WWE, and when it came back after 4 1/2 years, we charged 400 dollars per seat ringside for The Hammerstein Ballroom and sold it out. Not to mention a pretty impressive pay per view buyrate  Amazing how WWE puts their machine behind it and can’t duplicate what was done with passion, creativity, a great fan base, and dedicated workers.”
 
The ECW brand was born “Eastern Championship Wrestling” in 1992 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Promoter and jewelry store owner Tod Gordon started running small shows in bars and nightclubs. When he got a television clearance on the now-defunct Sports Channel Philadelphia, he followed the independent promoters’ pattern of using former big names from WWE (then WWF) and the NWA like Don Muraco, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Tito Santana, Abdullah The Butcher,  Ivan Koloff and Stan Hansen, with some local talent to round out the cards. Gordon imported noted wrestling writer and producer Eddie Gilbert, who built the show around himself and the veterans, placing himself in a main event feud with Terry Funk.

But a falling out between Gordon and Gilbert lead to the former Paul E. Dangerously, Paul Heyman taking over creative duties in September 1993. Heyman had a much different vision for professional wrestling, and used Funk to make a new generation of homegrown stars. Gordon famously gave Heyman tremendous freedom in experimenting with brand new ways to present professional wrestling, and Heyman started making stars out of the local talent, having them win in big matches against the experienced “bigger name” veterans.
 
Heyman had lofty goals, too, and started expanding the promotion outside of Philadelphia. A falling out between Heyman and Gordon saw Heyman buy the original owner out, and by mid-1995, Heyman (who had already renamed the promotion “Extreme Championship Wrestling”) set out on his course of competing with WWE and WCW.

 
But without the multi-million dollar resources of WWE’s McMahon or the Ted Turner -owned WCW (helmed by Eric Bischoff), there was no way to compete, and in 2000 it was obvious both WCW and ECW were going to be swallowed up by the surging WWE.
 
While WCW was considered by many a dead brand, fans still clamored for the return of ECW, and when WWE released “The Rise and Fall of ECW” DVD in 2004, it became the fastest selling DVD in pro wrestling history. The DVD surpassed 100,000 and 200,000 units in record time, and was neck-and-neck for a while with Wrestlemania XXI for the title of “Biggest Selling WWE DVD of all time.”

 
The success of the DVD convinced McMahon to schedule a reunion of sorts, which turned out to be the June 12, 2005 “ECW One Night Stand” pay per view. Between the 400 dollar ringside seats and the shockingly successful pay per view, WWE knew it had a viable commodity in the brand. 8 months later, plans were implemented to re-launch the brand, with Heyman being named the Head Writer of the brand he brought to worldwide cult status.
 
But the revised ECW was not to be the alternative product to WWE the fans had hoped for. McMahon wanted ECW to fit in nicely with the other WWE brands. McMahon and Heyman clashed often, and after a disastrous Decemeber To Dismember pay per view on December 3, 2006, the fallout between McMahon and Heyman reached a point where Heyman –whose “Extreme” approach changed wrestling–  went home. Heyman declined Stephanie McMahon-Levesque’s reported offer to run the developmental system, and sometime in 2007.

 
WWE and Heyman very quietly parted ways. Former Heyman assistant David Lagana, now sharing the writing duties with Dusty Rhodes, couldn’t stop the audience from rotting away. A little more than a year after Heyman’s departure, Lagana was fired by World Wrestling Entertainment. The brand is now in the hands of writer Christopher DeJoseph, best known as The Fat Oily Guy (Dick Johnson) on WWE broadcasts.

Just a few weeks ago, ECW play-by-play announcer Joey Styles was re-assigned to WWE.com and was replaced on air by former American Gladiators host Mike Adamle, which has been labeled nothing short of a disaster.

Miley Cyrus has been at the center of controversy ever since several pictures began leaking out showing her in flirtatious poses.  The racy photos of Miley Cyrus (the link is safe) showed her in all kinds of different situations, with boys and girls and in others she was flashing her underwear and lifting up her shirt.

The scandal went over the top when she posed topless for Vanity Fair with just a sheet covering her front.  Many believed that was a bit too much for a fifteen-year-old that is watched by millions of young girls that are under ten years old.   

Jordin Sparks, last year’s winner, who was also 17, is “a role model”, he says.  When he met her, “it was neat to see how normal of a teenager she still was.”  She has done a fantastic job of handling the instant fame pressure.  David Archuleta also chimes in on those screaming girls that always seem to surround the stage. - “It’s pretty cool,” he says, giggling.  

“People put the time and effort into making signs for you with your name and pictures on it!  I do appreciate it.  To have that kind of effect on people is amazing.”  All of our American idol coverage is here.  The contestants go home this week and that gives them a bit of time outside of the very scripted idol life and could make for some very interesting news.

The device uses computer guidance to precisely target tumors with light doses of radiation while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. Doctors hoped to shrink the tumor so it could be surgically removed.

According to the report from Enquirer, the growth has responded somewhat, but physicians discovered it had also spread to part of his stomach - which they removed. For now, the magazine reports that Swayze is continuing chemotherapy and his fans continue to support him and wish him the best.

REALITY GAVE HER A ROLE: “Paradise Hotel 2″ is nearing its end for the season, with Monday night’s (5/12) semi-final show, the “Top 25 Wildest Moments of Paradise Hotel 2″ show, and the May 19 finale coming up. Hostess Amanda Byram hopes to continue into “Paradise Hotel 3.” Notes the Dublin-born beauty, “I’ve done such a wide variety of shows — early morning business and politics, zany live shows, and reality, which, of course, is bubblegum for the brain. It’s so addictive to see people’s strategies unfold before your eyes.” Byram, also known for hosting the Game Show Network’s “Grand Slam” with Dennis Miller, as well as “The Swan,” also notes that the perks in “Paradise” have a big allure. “Who can beat a month or so on a tropical location, given the role of matriarch/rule-giver for a bunch of kids?”

THE BIG-SCREEN SCENE: Actor John Reardon says he welcomed the change of pace provided by the big-screen sci-fi horror/comedy “Hunter” that he’s currently shooting. “I’ve done dramatic roles for a while, so I thought this would be kind of cool,” says Reardon, who most recently starred in the Hallmark Channel miniseries “Son of the Dragon.” He says “Hunter” “is about an alien life form that feeds off people and takes different forms, like a car at one point. I play a meathead weight-lifting freak who’s pretty lazy. Although he lifts weights all day, he’s always complaining about his sore back, and that’s why he can’t go out and get a job.”

Meanwhile, Reardon stars with Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the upcoming feature “Make It Happen” about an aspiring young dancer (Winstead) in a small town. He’s the big brother standing in the way. “I’m just very protective of her,” says Reardon of his character. “I don’t want her to get her hopes up and fail at a dream. They lost their parents when they were younger, and because they’ve grown very close I think he’s also a little bit scared of her going off to the big city and forgetting him.”

With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster.

“Shannon doesn’t like to live alone, and Derek is at her house all the time now anyhow, playing with her dogs and watching movies, so it’s no big deal for him to move some of his stuff in,” a source tells the magazine.

The report claims that Shannon is so determined to make the romance work that she’s even teaching Derek how to play poker.   Says the source, “Poker is her passion.  She’s won a lot of money in poker tournaments.”  As Star first reported, Shannon took up with Derek soon after splitting with math teacher beau Brett Estrada.

She won’t be wearing that anymore.  In fact in a new racy photo shoot for Italian Vogue magazine she is posing in some very provocative ways and the pictures are quite stunning.  The leaked scans hit the World Wide Web on Thursday and have stunned fans of the actress as they take it all in.

She goes way beyond and of her recent work and surpasses the Lindsay Lohan topless photo shoot that was in Vanity Fair earlier this year.  The pics are here (the first link is safe, and will have a link at the bottom of the article to the very “not safe’ photos) This is all about Eva Mendes this time and she look great.

Wilson joined WWE in 2001 as part of Vince McMahon’s pennies-on-the-dollar purchase of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and AOL Time Warner. Long time McMahon foe Ted Turner was already out of power, retaining a Vice Chairman position in title only. Torrie’s entrance into WWE came at the same time of Stacy Keibler, who has since departed WWE on bad terms. The two were scripted into a storyline rivalry with WWE headliners Amy “Lita” Dumas (who left WWE 2 years ago) and Trish Stratus, who retired after getting married.
 
The current crop of WWE Divas includes former fetish model and Go Daddy Super Bowl sex kitten Candice Michelle, former nude model Mickie James, alleged former high priced escort Ashley Massaro, and the athletic Beth Phoenix.

More on Wilson’s departure here along with a sexy photo gallery of her most amazing pictures.

The family of the soldier will have an opportunity to testify at a sentencing hearing on Friday.  One can expect some very emotional testimony on how the crime has affected their lives.  The sentencing will be left completely up to the judge, as though the plea deal has been reached, TMZ is calling it an “open plea,” and that means that once Bollea pleads guilty (or no contest) the judge will have the discretion to sentence him any way he sees fit under the sentencing guidelines.

The maximum sentence is five years in prison.  Police have maintained that they believe that Nick Bollea was speeding at the time of the accident.  Spectacular photos of the car crash wreckage are here.   Other reports cited witnesses that also claimed that he was street racing when he lost control of the car.