Somewhere in Boston right now, Tom Cruise is having a hissy fit! His most beloved religious order, the Church of Scientology, has been convicted of fraud in a Paris, France, courtroom this morning and was fined $900,000! Tom makes that in a day on one of his crappy films. Hit him up for cash!

Apparently, the fact that the Church has so many celebrity supporters with deep pockets didn't stop Scientology leaders in France from pressuring members of the congregation to pay large amounts of $$$ for "questionable financial gain" and used "commercial harassment" against recruits.

Thus, the French chapter of the organization, which included six leaders of the church, has to pay up. However, in the end, the Church was not forced to dissolve, despite the prosecutor's assertion that it should.

Deep breathes, Tom! The Church already has a bad rep - this can't hurt it anymore than you do!

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Forget about Nick Prugo!

It turns out 19-year-old Rachel Lee is the ring leader behind the string of robberies in the Hollywood Hills, including the homes Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge.

According to the authorities, she's suspected of plotting to steal cash, clothing, jewelry, luggage and several personal items from several celebrities in the area.

Not to mention, police discovered two laptops, more than two hundred $100 bills, a Korean passport, and a vial of marijuana on arrest at her father's Las Vegas home. Other items include a hat taken from Lindsay Lohan, jeans from Rachel Bilson and partially nude pictures linked to Paris Hilton.

Yikes!

Lee denies being part of these burglaries and is currently being held in a Nevada jail.

clASSy!

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And it doesn't stop there!

Since the recent arrest of alleged thief Nick Prugo, three accomplices have been charged in the burglaries of Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge.

Courtney Ames, Diana Tamayo and Rachel Lee believe to have connections to Prugo and may have been responsible for breaking into the homes of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson and Orlando Bloom.

It doesn't look good for the bunch considering authorities seem to have located their smoking gun!

The suspects used a computer to plot burglaries and store photos and videos showing off stolen goods! The computer is even thought to be stolen from an El Lay business man!

Stoopid!!!!

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Lucky guy!

While leaving Phillippe restaurant in West Hollywood yesterday, a tipsy Dennis Quaid got behind the wheel along with his wife Kimberly. After moving the car mere inches, a police officer pulled up suggesting that he and his wife opt for alternate transportation.

Dennis apparently explained that he didn't want to drive and the cop said "get out of the car" continuously until the Quaids went back in to the restaurant to presumably call the cab that eventually picked them up.

The paparazzi joked with Quaid saying "You don't want a DUI. You don't want to end up like Mel Gibson!"

No, Dennis, you certainly do NOT!

Nice to see celebrities making wise choices after a night out…even if it's only after the law urged them to do so. Baby steps!

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Last season's winner of Big Brother, Adam Jasinski better get used to being watched by another type of camera!

And this time, it's for security purposes!

The reality TV show winner confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills after he was charged with attempting to sell 2,000 pills in Massachusetts to a government witness.

Genius!

According to federal prosecutors, Jasinski was arrested at a strip mall on Saturday while he showed the witness a sock containing two plastic bags filled with the narcodic. As he fought the arrest, he threw the sock under a nearby parked car.

Because no one will find it there!

The douche faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine on a charge of possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute.

Enjoy your time in the Big House!

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Another piece of the crazy puzzle right here - Richard Heene , father to Falcon "Balloon Boy" Heene, were once reported to Child and Family Services.

Doesn't sound like too much a stretch, albeit shocking, but there is a major twist to this story - Balloon Boy's papa fessed up to it!

The story goes that in 2004, when Heene was just working on exploiting his child for media attention getting his production company started, he hired a man named Matt Wineroth. This man was later arrested on suspicion of stealing computer records from Heene's company. It was then that this man went to the CFS to file a complaint against Richard.

Now, Richard owns up to this investigation from the CFS in a hand-written document accompanying a request for a restraining order from Matt Wineroth. In this document, Richard writes that he needed the restraining order to get his former employee to "stop falsely reporting derogatory information to agencies who have an interest to conduct investigations resulting in wasting my time."

Oddly enough, Richard Heene never went through with the proceedings for a restraining order as he never showed up in court the day of the hearing.

Wonder why?

Calling Matt Wineroth! What interesting details do you have for us?

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We bet he wishes his kid actually was in that balloon now! Then maybe there would be some sympathy for this guy, instead of folks coming out every which way to prove he is a liar and a fraud.

The newest development comes to us from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). They're investigating the events of that fateful day when Richard Heene released the tethered balloon sans his child, claiming that Richard had done so without authorization. In addition, Balloon Boy's papa may have also filed a false report with the agency.

Tsk, tsk. At least it won't be considered a criminal offense. You already have enough of those!

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You wanted media attention, you got it!

Richard Heene, better known as the father of the the infamous Balloon Boy, has reason to hang his head this morning as it has been uncovered that he was arrested and sentenced to jail in April 1997.

Heene pled no contest to charges of vandalism, vehicle tampering, and disturbing the peace and was sentenced 30 days in jail, 2 years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $100. Somehow, Heene managed to only have to serve 4 days behind bars before completing his sentence under house arrest.

Wow!

This family just gets crazier and crazier!

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It seems we have a felon of the Magic Kingdom on our hands!

And the Mouse House doesn't take too kindly to these sorts of things!!!

Blake Lively has been playing the good girl gone bad card from a very young age!

“I grew up going to Disneyland twice a week,” said Blake. “But I was banned for a year because I went to Disney prison. I was really young so I wasn’t responsible for this — it was all my brother’s fault."

Claiming innocence?! Typical!

“You get a stamp when you leave the park which if you put hairspray on it you can transfer it to someone else’s hand, so in the parking lot he went up to somebody and said, ‘Hey can we spray hairspray on your hand?’ and we transferred it," she claims. "And then we go in through the turnstile and there’s people there called Fox Fighters or some weird name, They take us aside and I’m like six-years-old and my brother says ‘No matter what they say do not confess’. He was like a professional felon at twelve!”

Between Gossip Girl and this fiasco, we're sure her parents are very proud!

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