Rupert Murdoch Tabloid Officially Apologizes For Hacking Into Everyone's Voice Mails

By Lane Moore  |  April 10, 2011 | 3:00pm
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Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid magazine British Sunday has issued an official apology for hacking into voice mails of celebrities, politicians, and “royal household staff.” The weekly paper has offered compensation and “apologized unreservedly” for the “unacceptable hacking.” Apparently, The New York Times had alleged in a story last year that “far from Goodman and Mulcaire being lone culprits, phone hacking was common practice at the newspaper.” Several victims of the hacking are currently suing the publication. [CNN]

In “How did I not know about this???” news, the first of four concert performances of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical Company kicked off at NYC’s Avery Fisher Hall this week. The cast includes: Christina Hendricks, Jon Cryer, Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Martha Plimpton, nearly every awesome person on the planet, etc. [ONTD]

Thank goodness. Dancer Mark Ballas offers “comfort” to recent American Idol cast-off Pia Toscano with a date at a local mall. [TMZ]