Eavesdropping In: Pinkberry Co-Founder Arrested For Assault; Burbank Woman Arrested For Chicken McNuggets Prostitution; Costa Concordia Wreck Update; President Obama To Accept Nom At '12 DNC In Charlotte, N.C.; Lindsay Lohan As Elizabeth Taylor?

by Emily Green · January 17, 2012

    Young Lee, the co-founder of Pinkberry gets arrested after his plane lands at the airport yesterday by the LAX Fugitive Task Force on an outstanding warrant for alleged assault with a deadly weapon in Downtown L.A. last summer, is currently being held on $60,000 bail. [KABC]

    A woman by the name of Khadijah Baseer gets arrested in Burbank for offering McDonald's patrons sexual favors in exchange for Chicken McNuggets. No words, guys. No. Words. [KTLA]

    Five are confirmed dead in the Costa Concordia luxury liner wreck that occurred off the Tuscan coast as a result of "reckless" steering by the captain, six more unverified deaths have been reported, and a least 29 others are still unaccounted for. [LATimes]

    If all goes according to plan, President Obama will formally accept the Democratic nomination for the 2012 presidential race over the summer at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. during the Democratic National Convention. [HuffPo]

    While Lindsay Lohan is due in court today for a routine probation progress check-in with the judge, she's also supposedly in the final negotiation stages of a deal to play Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming film project. Don't eff this one up, girl! [TMZ]