Celebrity roundup: Playmate shoots husband

PLAYMATE IN JAIL

Victoria Rathgeb is accused of shooting her husband in a domestic dispute.

PLAYBOY,

A former Playboy Playmate of the Year who appeared in the horror movie has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting in her Hollywood apartment.

The district attorney's office says 66-year-old VICTORIA RATHGEB pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Tuesday. She remains jailed Wednesday on $1.5 million bail and could face up to life in prison if convicted.

Police say that she shot the man who online sources identify him as her husband, BRUCE RATHGEB during a domestic dispute Saturday evening.

Los Angeles police spokeswoman NORMA EISENMAN says he remains in critical condition.

Rathgeb was 1968's Playmate of the Year under the name of Angela Dorian. She had TV and movie roles in the 1960s and 1970s and played a recovering heroin addict in the 1968 hit

HENDERSON DUMPED FROM 'STARS'

It took FLORENCE HENDERSON 76 years to finally get on the most popular show on television, to each his own and what do they do? They dump her.

We hear they used a gong. Is that true?

"I have been in TV for over 50 years, and I have to say in all honesty that this is one of the best-produced shows I've ever been on," Henderson said after learning her fate Tuesday.

Florence, it's over. You don't have to suck up.

But she kept going.

"I've loved this show since it began. I think it's just a tremendous show. I hope I've inspired people to get up off their behind and move and dance and live and enjoy life."

Yeah, yeah. After our nap.

Henderson shocked many of her fans (well, some) with her sassy antics (we adore sassy antics) during her five weeks on She flashed her bra and abs during the season's premiere episode (do not attempt at home) and performed a few sexy numbers with her professional partner, CORKY BALLAS.

The two earned their highest score of the season on Monday's episode, when they performed a tango to theme.

Man, and they kicked her off?

TWAIN ON TOP

We love it when we manage to sneak dead people into this column. They're less annoying than the living. (OK, we said that before. A classic is a classic.)

MARK TWAIN, aka Samuel Clemens, is back on the best-seller lists. He was at No. 2 on both Amazon.com and Barnes her son, Beau Biden, is a member of the Army National Guard and has served in Iraq.

Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Biden taped the announcement Wednesday at the White House.

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