CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz must pay $916,000 yearly in alimony and child support to his ex-wife and give up their Connecticut home under terms of a newly issued divorce decree. The ruling dissolves the 26-year marriage of Nantz and Ann-Lorraine “Lorrie’’ Carlsen Nantz. It comes after both testified about the breakdown of their marriage; Judge Howard Owens concluded neither was at fault. Although Nantz, 50, acknowledged he started dating a 29-year-old woman before the divorce was final, the judge concluded the marriage deteriorated years earlier and “this remote event in no way contributed to the breakdown of the marriage.’’ Under the ruling, Nantz must pay $72,000 in alimony monthly until he dies or his ex-wife remarries, and another $1,000 weekly in child support for the next two years. (AP)
Alimony: $72k/month
Alley in ‘docu-series’
Kirstie Alley
will star in an A&E reality “docu-series’’ about her life as a single mom and her efforts to lose weight. The network has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the show, which will follow the 58-year-old actress at home with her teenage children, at work, and as she launches a new weight-loss program. (AP)
Pageant suits settled
The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over. A joint statement released yesterday says Prejean and the organizers of the pageant reached a confidential settlement on dueling lawsuits. Prejean sued Miss California USA organizers in August for libel, slander, and religious discrimination. She accused them of telling her to stop mentioning God even before her controversial remarks against gay marriage. Prejean was fired in June after pageant officials accused her of missing events, an allegation that she denied. The pageant countersued Prejean last month. (AP)
Not guilty plea
A man arrested outside Ryan Seacrest’s workplace pleaded not guilty yesterday to a felony stalking charge. Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. entered the plea through an attorney. A court commissioner ordered Uzomah to stay 500 yards away from Seacrest if he is released from jail on $150,000 bail. Los Angeles police arrested Uzomah at the E! Entertainment Television headquarters in Los Angeles on Friday. A request for a civil restraining order stated he was carrying a knife at the time. (AP)
Metaphornication
"Comedy is my mistress, and I'm having dalliances with her every night." -- Dane Cook, talking to the New York Post as he prepared to play the New York Comedy Festival