Blago focuses on own TV show
Yipes! Is embattled former governor Rod Blagojevich eyeing his own reality TV show?
(Brian Jackson/Sun-Times)
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• • To wit: "I'm told a reality show is being discussed by his inner circle," said a source familiar with Blago's inner circle.
Ya gotta be kidding.
• • Hmmm. Would the show be patterned after "The Osbournes," where rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family were trailed by cameras?
• • Hmmm: Or could it be a spin on the hit TV show "Survivor," detailing Blago's struggles to climb out of the fed net?
• • The flip side: "We are focusing on all kinds of things," said Blago's publicist Glenn Selig, who flew into town to accompany Blago to his WLS radio gig Wednesday morning. "But there is nothing beyond talk. Not even a reality show."
• • The book side: "He [Blago] is focusing on his book, despite the fact he joked he's only on Page 3."
Sneed hears a federal grand jury may be asked to indict Blagojevich, his wife, Patti, and his brother Robert today.
• • Translation: "The indictment is expected either today or when the grand jury meets again next Thursday," said a Sneed source.
• • The big question: Will the feds ask for an extension?
• • Response: "I don't know whether it's legal help Blagojevich needs . . . or Lourdes," said a top eagle.
• • Postscript: In case you didn't know, Lourdes is a Catholic grotto in France known for miracles.
It's stranger than fiction! Sneed hears Mayor Daley's car hit a huge pothole Tuesday, which flattened two of his tires!
• • The kicker: The pothole incident occurred shortly after hizzoner apologized to the Chicago public for the behavior of convicted Streets and Sans czar Al Sanchez, who was in charge of plugging the city's potholes!
• • Upshot: It was a Pulaski Avenue pothole, which ruptured the tires while Daley was being driven back to City Hall in his Lincoln Town Car.
I couldn't make this up, folks.
Click. Click. The continuing saga of Drew Peterson never ends. Now comes word the former Bolingbrook cop, whose fourth wife, Stacy, is still missing, and third wife, Kathleen, died under suspicious circumstances, did a photo shoot/interview with People magazine hitting newsstands Friday!
• • The kicker: Peterson is photographed with his 24-year-old fiancee, Christina. There ya go.
Sneed hears state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, who lost a Dem bid to run for U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel's seat to her former beau, Cook County Board Commissioner Mike Quigley -- is now a lock to replace Quigley on the County Board.
Former Blackhawks star Jeremy Roenick at the Palace Grill Wednesday.
• • Wig 'em: Britain's naughty Prince Harry was spotted wearing a black wig in hopes of staying incognito in London last week with his on again/off again lady friend Chelsy Davy. Imagine the brainpower making that decision.
• • Divorce 'em: Actress Marg "CSI" Helgenberger, a Northwestern University grad, filed for divorce from her hubby, Alan Rosenberg. The couple has been married for 20 years. Rosenberg, an actor, is president of the Screen Actors Guild.
Today's birthdays: Diana Ross, 65; Leeza Gibbons, 52; James Caan, 69; Steven Tyler, 61; Vicki Lawrence, 60; Teddy Pendergrass, 59; Martin Short, 59; Alan Arkin, 75, and Jennifer Grey, 49.