Paula Deen to become comic book hero

Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who lost book deals, contracts and her television cooking show on The Food Network after she admitted using a racial slur, is set to be a comic book star of female empowerment, a publisher said. Bluewater Productions, which publishes a series of female celebrity-driven comic books, said the biography comic book called Female Force: Paula Deen will be released in October and include Deen’s fall from grace.

Amanda Bynes’ colourful court appearance

Troubled American actress Amanda Bynes, wearing sweat pants and a long blue wig has briefly appeared in a New York court on charges of marijuana possession and throwing a bong out a window, and a judge postponed her case until September. Bynes, 27, made no comment during the hearing but has previously denied the charges of possession, reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with evidence, all of which are misdemeanors

Police seek Rebel without a cause

After a string of hit movies and rave reviews for hosting this year’s MTV Movie Awards, actress Rebel Wilson knew she was in demand, but she didn’t know she was wanted. Based in Los Angeles, Wilson was surprised recently to receive a text message from Packed to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan saying the police were looking for her