LOS ANGELES — The Ohio homeless man whose smooth broadcaster voice made him an Internet sensation was questioned by police after he and his daughter got into a heated argument at a hotel during a trip to Hollywood to appear on “Dr. Phil” and “Entertainment Tonight.”
“I don’t know how loud they were,” Officer Catherine Massey said, but the argument around 9 p.m. Monday at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel led to a disturbance report.
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“It was minor. Both parties were angry, but there were no signs of visible abuse,” Massey said Tuesday. She said Ted Williams and his daughter “were brought in, calmed down, talked to and released,” and she did not know the nature of the argument.
Williams and his daughter were held at the Hollywood police station for less than an hour, and they were not arrested, Massey said.
She declined to name Williams’ daughter, but a statement from “Entertainment Tonight” identified her as Janey Williams.
Williams, 53, trained to be a radio announcer but found his life derailed by drugs and alcohol in the 1990s. He has served time in prison for theft and forgery and has been cited with numerous misdemeanors.
Williams became famous almost overnight after The Columbus Dispatch newspaper posted a web video of him last week. Viewers were enthralled to hear a deep, honeyed professional voice coming from the shabbily dressed man.
Eva Longoria sued by former club partner
LOS ANGELES — “Desperate Housewives” co-star Eva Longoria is being sued for at least $4 million over her financially troubled Las Vegas nightclub.
A former partner in the Beso club, Mali Nachum, claims Longoria violated California usury laws.
The suit was filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Longoria lent Nachum $1 million for the venture in 2009 and was promised repayment at 8 percent annual interest and a large stake in the club.
But according to the suit, Nachum discovered in December that the terms violated California usury laws. He estimates damages of at least $4 million and is seeking three times that figure.
A statement from Longoria’s publicist calls the suit meritless.
No bad cops on new ‘Idol’
PASADENA, Calif. — Now that Simon Cowell is gone, nobody is ready to claim the villain’s role on “American Idol.” New judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler said Tuesday that they’re looking forward to using their experience to help guide new artists. The series is set to begin its 10th season on Jan. 19, with only Randy Jackson left from the original cast of judges.
The judges have been candid as they’ve filmed early rounds of the contest, Lopez said.
“We’re both very spontaneous with how we critique each and every person who walks in. … We’re very honest and in the moment,” she said.
New Clooney film has room for lots of Ohio extras
CINCINNATI — George Clooney’s new film will begin shooting next month and requires “hundreds of extras.”
Kristen Erwin, the head of the regional film commission, says scenes for “Ides of March” will be shot in more than two dozen locations.
Clooney directs and stars as a Democratic governor running in the presidential primaries. The film also stars Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Erwin said Monday that no release date has been set but that Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures plans to open a local production office.
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