by Margaret Grey People waiting "on line" (I used that term before anyone else did here in America) for the new iPhone 4 in Los Angeles were treated to the sight of an Apple Store employee escorting Justin Bateman inside when he spotted Mr. Bateman way, way back in line and realized that wouldn't do. But then, shockingly, those very same people who got to see Jackson Bateman escorted inside without even being charged,  apparently booed Mr. Bateman as he exited the store. Oh My Good Gorgeous God! (OMGGG) If they knew who he was, this means they knew he was an actor that they were seeing in the flesh and yet they didn't want his autograph and they let him know they didn't like him. Has the world gone mad? Such activity might be expected from studio executives or other famous people who couldn't care (quotiong Ian McShane in 'Sexy Beast') "one infintesimal fack!" But for regular people who are no one in particular and who could lay for days in the street before medical assistance is summoned to boo a Josh Bateman, you want to be sick.

by Margaret Grey  Vince Neil, he of Motley Crue, attempted to gain some news ink for himself and his band in the usual manner last night by getting arrested in Las Vegas on a drunken driving charge. The Mötley Crüe singer was being held-down....I mean, held at the Clark County jail pending a shower, some breakfast and a court appearance. There are no further details at present but Neil wisely chose driving while inebriated because people will think "Oh, No, a relapse!" given the frontman's 1984 drunk driving charge when he had an accident that killed his passenger, Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley. While not killing anyone this time, it's still the first significant play he's had in the press since Jesus -knows-when. By the way, in the 1984 accident, Neil was subsequently sentenced to a mere 30 days in jail and he was segregated from the rest of the OC Jail population so it's no wonder he'd decide to drink and drive again. In fact, the question is "What took him so long?" That's if anyone with brains is asking it. Motley Crue fans won't. The timing of the incident is obvious for Neil given that both his new CD, and his forthcoming memoir, are titled Tattoos and Tequila. Neil also has his own tequila line, Tres Rios, and earlier this month opened the Vince Neil Tres Rios Cantina at the Las Vegas Hilton. Tres Rios is not Cabo Wabo but Vince Neil is not Sammy Hagar and Motley Crue is not Montrose and...well, you get it. By the way, as expected and to add to the mystery, Vince Neil’s spokesperson was unavailable for comment.