"Driver buckles beer in car — but not child"

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Driver buckles beer in car — but not child

DARWIN, Australia — An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined 750 Australian dollars ($710; €460), police said Tuesday.

Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car on Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.

The 30-can carton was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, on the vehicle's floor.

"The child was sitting in the lump in the center, unrestrained," Burnett told reporters Tuesday.

"I haven't ever seen something like this before," he said. "This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child."

The driver was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt.

Alice Springs Police Superintendent Sean Parnell expressed shock at the incident in a statement released Tuesday.

"This serves as a timely reminder to all drivers to ensure they wear seat belts and ensure as is their responsibility that all passengers in their vehicle are secured in the appropriate manner," he said.

No, you're not the only one staring at her crotch.

Miley Cyrus is the new face of the Got Milk campaign.

Let the inappropriate jokes about creamy substances on her lip ensue!

We hope Nick Carey has a good accountant. The barely working actor is spending money like it grows on trees!

The newlywed rented out Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, on Tuesday night for a lavish party to celebrate his nuptials to Mariah.

Yes, he had the park close down in the evening just for the bash!

That must have cost mucho dinero.

Friends and family, almost all of who couldn't make it to their island wedding, were invited to celebrate with the couple.

The park was decorated with pink and purple balloons, M.C.C.'s signature colors.

Let's hope Mimi gets knocked up before the divorce comes!

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Let's not only help find a cure for Parkinson's - let's help TREAT those who have it.

Michael J. Fox would approve!

Oscar nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix is coming out with an album.

Yes…it's another actor morphing into a 'musician'.

Why??????

It didn't work for Scarlett Johansson. It didn't work for Minnie Driver or Kevin Bacon or Billy Bob Thornton or Gina Gershon or….the list goes on and on.

Why must you do this to us Joaquin?????

Apparently, Phoenix got the calling after he learned to play the guitar for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.

Does that mean we can expect to see something from Reese Witherspoon soon?

Phoenix has been working with Britpop star Tim Burgess , the Charlatans frontman.

A release date has not been determined.

For Phoenix's sake, let's hope the album is as good as his acting. But it will probably suck!

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Oh, yeah, it's a Maroon 5 song and they're in the vid, but it's all about RiRi!

Girls Aloud lead singer Nadine Coyle is quite the business woman.

What's her latest venture???

She's opening up a candle shop in LaLaLand.

This is in addition to the Mexican restaurant she opened in California's Orange County and property investments.

She's got a good head on those purty shoulders.

A pop career doesn't last forever!

The U.K. pop princess is now based in LA cuz it's where her fam lives.

When are we going to do tea, Nadine?

It would be something kinda ooohhhh!

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It seems that things might be going sour for Carmen Electra and her "fiance" Rob Patterson, guitarist for Korn.

Just three weeks ago, everyone was talking about the huge black diamond Carmen had on her engagement ring finger.

The ring was given to her during her 36th birthday.

Rob proposed to Carmen just last month, but sources are saying they might not make it down the aisle.

We don't think Carmen was too happy to learn that her new engagement ring cost less than $2k, which Patterson purchased online on Mysolitaire.com.

An insider tells Life & Style, "She seems really embarrassed. I think the ring is a real deal breaker. She thought she'd be getting this giant rock. Instead, Rob bought it online for a bargain price!"

Well, this does kind of make her seem like she's just money hungry!

The insider adds, "Rob doesn't have a lot of money coming in and he's been driving around in Carmen's car while she's working. He's a total freeloader. Carmen's starting to realize that Rob may not be able to hold up his end of the bargain."

Interesting….

So will they stay together or not?

The insider adds that "they aren't breaking up tomorrow. She's shooting the movie Goodie Two Shoes in Louisiana and has lots of appearances lined up, so she and Rob won't be together that much. The less time they spend together, the longer the relationship will drag on, but it won't last. She'll come to her senses."

Let's count this relationship as ovah.

Maybe it's time for Korn to put out a new album and Rob to make some more money???

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News keeps buzzing about the banning of David Archuleta's stage dad from hell, Jeff, from visiting American Idol backstage or during rehearsals. This is the first "ban" of its kind on the show.

We've heard David's side, but….what about the producer's side?

Now, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is speaking out.

Nigel says, "'Banished' is a terrible word, isn't it? It sounds like we're in some far-off kingdom. He has been asked not to participate in the choice of music with David or be in the room when David is working out his routines that he wants to sing. He's fine to be in the studio, nothing wrong with that. We just want David to be able to be free like everybody else to get on and do what they want to do."

So what about the reported argument that occurred over Jeff making influencing David to use other lyrics during his performance of Stand By Me?

To that Nigel adds, "There was a lyric change that happened that was a total misunderstanding. Just another, um, step along the way of us saying, 'Okay, this is what we want to happen from now on.'"

As for the reports that they didn't want Jeff backstage to be "fair" with the other contestants that don't have any outside help with their song selections and arrangements.

To that Nigel adds, "No, no, no. It has nothing to do with fairness. We just want everyone to have an equal opportunity, and if that's fairness, fine. But this is more of just the fact of let's take some pressure away here, you know? It's like anybody appearing in front of their mom and dad. Let's just open up the pressure cooker, release the pressure, and you just get on and do what you gotta do."

So after all that, what it basically comes down to is, Jeff seems to be pressuring David and annoying the hell out of everyone else.

Keep him banned!

Stage dads are even worse than stage moms. Ask Macaulay Culkin.

Actually, speaking of Macaulay, wouldn't it be funny if he joined that VH1 has-been reality show?

We haven't seen him around in years!

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