Chicago area resident Michael David Barrett was arrested Friday night  at O’Hare airport as he arrived on a flight from Buffalo. He’s charged with interstate stalking and accused of taking the hotel room peephole videos of a nekkid Erin Andrews that surfaced last year.

Barret was tracked down through the emails he sent to TMZ when he tried to sell them the videos. FBI agents found that he had followed Andrews to Nashville in September of 2008 and called tons of area hotels to find out where she was staying, then requested a room next to her. I can’t believe that whatever numb nuts was working at the hotel was like, “Yes, obviously obsessed random guy on the phone trying to track down a celebrity, she’s staying in room number blahblah. Sure you can have the room right next to her!”

Barret also stayed in a hotel room next to Andrews in Milwaukee in July of 2007. FBI agents found that the peephole of that hotel room had also been rigged to record video.  Creepy!

He’s scheduled to appear in court later today and could get up to 5 years in Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison if convicted.

Nicolas Cage is being sued by his bank after not making payments on his line of credit. Apparently the bank extended a $2 million line of credit to the actor and he agreed to make payments of $12,000 a month. He hasn’t made a payment on the account since May, and now the bank is invoking its right to demand the full balance immediately.

And you thought your credit card debt was bad. This makes me feel really, really good about being only $3,000 in the hole.

Cage has been attempting to liquidate his assets, including a bunch of real estate, in an effort to pay off his debts. When I went to New Orleans a few weeks ago, I took one of those historic ghost tours, and guess whose mansion was the primary stop? Apparently Cage’s three story French Quarter mansion is a bargain at $3.5 million, but no one will touch it because of the crazy, horrific  shit that is rumored to have gone on there– buckets of brains, intestines nailed to the floor, and a lot of other macabre stuff that is almsot as inhuman as Cage’s acting.

Kick ‘em when they’re down! Bam!

Keanu Reeves went shopping yesterday in Los Angeles and one over-eager store owner just couldn’t let her dream man go without stealing a kiss. Granted all she got was a peck on the cheek, but these photos make it look like she was going in for the kill. Keanu seemed nonplussed per usual, but probably was thinking that he’d never bother to go back to Sunset Plaza again without security.

The ever humble Madonna couldn’t help but notice that everyone had their eyes on her on her recent tour. How observant! The audience was watching who they probably paid too much to see! She’s always been a sharp one, that Madge.

However, what stuck out to pop icon was how many other pop icons seemed to be taking notes at her shows. In an interview this morning with Ryan Seacrest, she said “I was getting super-sharp looks from Jennifer Lopez…Whenever artists come to see my show, they’re studying me”

Is there a feud between the two? Who knows, but I think it’s a pretty well known fact that Madonna is one of the most emulated people in the history of entertainment. I’ve never heard her take issue with the Britneys and Katy Perry’s of the world. Is Madonna just figuring out her influence on the biz or is this just her not-so-subtle way of reminding everyone?

Sunday marks one year since I began work here at Evil Beet as your Weekend Editor.  I thank you for all of your support both then and as I moved to weekdays.  For every reader that has vomited their venomous vitriol in my direction, I’ve encountered a hundred-fold of kind and wonderful people.  I even thank the vomiters for reading and sharing their thoughts.

I’ve also learned a lot about myself over the past year, but no self-revelation has been more jarring than when I realized that I don’t watch enough television.  I had to research the premise of How I Met Your Mother because it’s yet another show that I’ve never seen.  Odd really, since I totally love Neil Patrick Harris.  And odd since I write entertainment and celeb news for a living.  As I start Year Two here at EB, I commit to watching a lot more television.  I’ve spent the past few days teaching my kids how to cook, drive and do their own laundry, so I should be all set to dedicate about 8 hours a day to the tube starting next week.

Anyway, if you’re a fan of HIMYM you already know that the audience doesn’t know who the mother of Ted’s kids is.  In honor of the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother, it sounds like there’s a chance that you might finally meet the mom.  And she’s, uh … hot.

Rachel Bilson has signed on for a one-episode appearance that is expected to happen around that 100th episode, which is when the question of “Who?” will finally be answered.

I like Rachel Bilson.  I think she’s cute and had a great clothing collection prior to getting Lindsayed – that’s my new term for mysterious, masked home invasions — but I don’t get the Rachel and Hayden Christensen match up at all.  They are one of those couple that got engaged, yet I can not envision them ever getting married.  Sorry, Rach!

Kim Kardashian would like you to know that she is ready to rip the face off of the industry with her endless talent, business know-how and moxie. You may know her from getting boned and owned by Brandy’s little brother in a sex tape, her childish reality TV antics or her mediumishly-high profile relationship with Reggie Bush, but if she has her way, she’s going to be the next Donald Trump!

Kardashian speaks to all of this in an interview with Cosmopolitan that’s on newsstands now, saying  ”I’m an entrepreneur. ‘Ambitious’ is my middle name.” However, she’s the first to admit that all of her “ambition” wasn’t focused on the right things in the past, namely her romantic relationships. ”A lot of work goes into relationships. Right now, I’m figuring it out.”

Well, whenever she’s done doing that math, we all better watch out, because Kimberly “Ambitious” Kardashian is about to take the world by storm with her lines of lingerie or perfume or hair extensions or whatever these famous broads cook up and pass off as a business. Check yourself, Barry Diller. K.A.K. is coming for you full speed.