Back in April, Kelly told us all about So You Think You Can Dance’s choreographer Alex Da Silva and the numerous rape charges that were filed against him.  His bail was set at 3.8 million, but he was eventually cleared of all charges.  He really got a second chance at life, huh?  Not so much.

Today, this predator who must be taken off the streets permanently, was arrested again.  

The SYTYCD star was charged with eight felony counts of assault after being arrested Tuesday morning at his North Hollywood home, TMZ.com reports.

The charges include four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object.

The District Attorney claims the alleged assaults occurred between August 2002 and March 2009. The four alleged victims were between the ages of 20 and 26 and were all dancers who met Da Silva through his dance classes.

If there is any peace of mind, it’s knowing that bail has been set at $6.2M.

Dr. Conrad Murray, the dude who is under major scrutiny with the LAPD regarding the death of Michael Jackson, has finally released a statement.  Some of you young whippersnappers might not know this, but there used to be something called a press conference.  A bunch of reporters would gather with microphones and cameras whenever a notable had a statement to make.  They would record and stream to a television satellite.  No. Longer.  Now it’s all about Twitter and web cams.

Murray read off a teleprompter recorded a one-minute video that he posted on YouTube as a means of reaching out and expressing gratitude to all of his supporters while proclaiming his faith in justice.  He totally got this idea from Chris Brown and he’s about as convincing.

The other day I reported about how Kourtney Kardashian got pregnant by forgetting to take her birth control pill.  And I voiced concern, because if you can’t remember to take one pill a day to avoid creating a human, you probably are going to have a bit of trouble actually raising a human.

Well today’s revelation — we should just expect these daily media announcements from now until the kid graduates college — was about how she told her sister and mom that she was expecting.  Reminder:  Kourtney Kardashian is 30-years-old.

“It was so hard for me to tell Kim and my mom,” Kourtney tells PEOPLE. “Khloe and I called Kim on speakerphone, and I made Khloe tell her. I think Kim thought we were lying! Kim was excited, but I feel like her first reaction was like, ‘Why? What are you doing?’ It was really just shock. Especially since we are so extremely close, anything that happens in our family is earth-shattering to us. But she was excited. She just wanted to make sure that I had thought this through.”

Kourtney waited until she returned home to Los Angeles to break the news to her mom, Kris. “I was scared,” Kourtney admits. 

 

So with Khloe at her side, Kourtney says she told Kris, “Okay, we have to tell you something. It’s serious.” Khloe then broke the news to Jenner, who’s initial reaction was a mix of shock and joy. “It took her a minute to digest it,” says Kourtney. “She didn’t even know Scott was around since we broken up, so was like ‘Scott, who?’ “ 

Since then, though, Kourtney says her mom and Disick get along, and any issues they had are a thing of the past. 

Kourtney has some serious growing up to do which will probably happen right about the time that a seven-pound terror passes through her pelvis and she can’t get her sister to handle the pain for her.

In other Kardashian news, Kim was seen dining with Reggie Bush at a Ruth Chris steakhouse Monday night.  So maybe those two are back “on” again.  Oh, I can only hope.

Quentin Tarantino was on Howard Stern’s show yesterday to talk about his movie, Inglourious Basterds.  He shared entirely too much information about the movie’s star, Brad Pitt.  To recap:  Pitt admits to being a former pot smoker, but claimed to have given it up once he became a dad.  Yeah, he lied — kinda like when he told Wife #1 that he was “just friends” with Angelina Jolie.  I totally believe Tarantino’s version of this story even though I’m not a huge QT fan — well, not since his non-speaking part as an Elvis impersonator during Season 4 of The Golden Girls.  Here’s a transcript of part of his conversation with Howard which, incidentally, this is a great site if you want to see what transpired on Stern’s show and you don’t have satellite radio:

Howard asked if Angelina had come home while he was visiting with Brad. He said that she was in the hospital at the time having twins. Howard asked if they have help there at their house because Brad and Angelina claim they don’t. Quentin said they do have friends that help them out.

Quentin said he was at Brad and Agelina’s until about 3 in the morning. Howard asked if he ever worried that he was annoying them by staying so late. Quentin said that he had flown all the way to France to visit them so he didn’t think that would come up.

Quentin said that things eventually ended and he went to his hotel. He said that Brad had this big brick of hash and he was going to give him some for the night. He said that Brad whipped out a knife and cut up a big sliver for him and the stuff was pretty good. He said that he asked for a pipe to go with it and Brad handed him a Coke can to use instead. Quentin said that would make for a great scene in a movie and he may have to use that.

Quentin said that he doesn’t get paranoid when he smokes hash. He said that he does with pot though. Howard said he would get paranoid if he smoked that stuff and he’d have to run out of the room if he did. Quentin said that people can bond by doing stuff like that and he really doesn’t get paranoid smoking hash. Howard wondered why that is because he gets paranoid on either one.

So, you know, whatever, Brad Pitt’s a pot head who likes to keep a brick of hash hanging around the house.  I always thought he was a stoner when he was with Jen, so this isn’t a huge revelation, but I’m sure Brad is just so appreciative that Tarantino is sharing the deets of how they sparked one up.  

More importantly, what will happen when Angie finds out?

Lindsay took some time off from her endorsement work for the Kim Zolciak wig company to attend a screening of — can you believe how many screenings there are for this movie? — Inglourious Basterds.  Personally, I think she’s just willing to attend any event that’s paid for by Grey Goose Vodka.  

Beyond the really long poly-hair and the really short skirt, Linds continues to have issues with patchy tanner — If you are an ’80s kid you may remember the two-tone jeans that were light denim on the front of the legs and dark on the back?  LL’s legs are bringing that shit back. — and neon toenails.  I worry for this kid.  I worry.

As a more positive observation, I’m happy to report that her new lips are settling in nicely.

Michael Vick, the disgraced quarterback who served his time for running illegal dog-fighting operations, has started a blog.  His first entry was all about remorse.  

I know many folks think Vick is a disgusting human being and a lot of people were very upset that he landed a job with the Philadelphia Eagles, but read the post anyway.  Let me know if it changes your outlook at all.  It’s a long entry, but worth the read.  If nothing else, this is how an apology should look.  I read it and saw sincerity and remorse, accountability and a plan for change.  Chris Brown could learn a thing or two here:

I’m sorry.  That’s the place where I need to begin.  My feeling of remorse.  I ain’t never written a blog before, so putting my thoughts down on paper is a challenge – however it’s a challenge I must face.   I can look a 250 pound linebacker in his eyes at the line of scrimmage and have no fear. But expressing myself when I know that there are millions of people who are so angry with me, and rightfully so, is a challenge unlike any other I have faced before.

What I did was horrendous.  Awful. Inhumane.   And I’ve no excuses for my actions.  It makes my heart hurt now to think about what I’ve done.  And I’m gonna be real honest, it took a while for me to get to this place.

Sitting in a prison cell didn’t make me feel remorse.  It was meeting so many animal lovers, speaking with them and looking them in their eyes. Staring at them.  Looking so deep into their eyes that I began to feel their pain. Allowing that pain to enter into my body is when I started to understand how bad it really was.   I have been trying hard to connect with people who feel this pain,because for my whole life I was disconnected from the suffering of animals.  And you might say, “come on Mike, how could you do those things to those dogs?”  And you’re right…I
ask myself those questions every day.  What kind of person does this?  How does a human-being treat dogs or any animal with such pain and cruelty? And the hard part for me is the answer to these questions.  Because the answer is ME.  And I am trying so hard right now to become a better person, because who I was, I am ashamed of.

Cause see, my whole life has been numb.  I was numb to the violence in my community…cause I saw it all the time, ever since I was a child.  I mean, how does one grow up in a city that’s nickname is Bad Newz?  You can probably guess that from the jump, ya’ know I’ve seen some bad things in my life.  And football was the only way that I could escape.  As a kid, I even used to go out fishing, and most of the times I wouldn’t catch a darn thing, but just needed to get away from the chaos every once in a while. So, when the commissioner called my name as the #1 draft pick in the NFL – the first time a black quarterback had ever been chosen as the #1 pick, I thought my life was all good.  But, what I didn’t realize then, that I have begun to realize now, is that even though I had more money in my pocket, big cars and big houses, I was still numb.  And when I say numb, I ain’t talkin about not realizing the stuff that was going on around me, it was just like I was living life asleep.  However, that is still no excuse for what I did.  But let’s not forget that there are still hundreds of thousands of young people growing in similar environments and seeing violence at a young age has severe consequences.

Now that I’m trying my best to wake up, I know I have a lot of work to do. And this isn’t about trying to win a Super Bowl ring or a MVP trophy…this is about trying to save lives.  I think back to when I use to play football and of course I use to see all those kids in the stands wearing #7 jerseys. And I would never want them to look up to the Michael Vick who did all of those terrible things to the dogs.  I know where I need to do the most work is with all of the people around the world who continue to fight dogs.  Let me be straight forward with y’all: What I did was wrong, and what you’re doing is wrong.  We must stop dog fighting, and I will do everything in my power to be a voice of someone who has finally woken up from the numbness, and knows just how bad it really is.  My mission now is to be a source of service to save many animals.  I am working very closely with The Humane Society and will be launching a new campaign shortly.  If I had one hope in life, it would be that my actions will speak louder than my words.  I know it will be hard to forgive me until you see my sincerity through my actions, but I promise you and I promise myself that that day will come.

Lastly, I accept this challenge, not of writing this blog, but of redeeming myself.