Amy Adams & Darren Le Gallo Got a Christmas Shopping

Amy Adams does some last minute Christmas shopping with her fiance Darren Le Gallo and their daughter Aviana on Friday (December 24) at the West field Mall in Century City, Calif.

The thirty six year old The Fighter actress told Parade about her holiday traditions as a kid.

Amy said, “There was always a lot of energy around my house during the holidays growing up a lot of food, a lot of football, The whole season has a magical feeling for me that I do not think ever goes away.”

15+ pictures inside of Amy Adams shopping with the family…

James Harrison lives in a cartoon universe

The thing you have to remember about James Harrison, the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ commissioner crunching linebacker, is that he watches cartoons. Lots of cartoons. “Cartoons 24/7,” he claimed at the Super Bowl a few years ago.


And which are his favorites?

” ‘Adult Swim,’ ‘Family Guy,’ ‘American Dad’ … or I can go old school with ‘Bugs Bunny,’ ‘Daffy Duck’ and a little bit of ‘Pink Panther.’ Depends on what time it is and what is on.”

With his Looney Tunes comments in the August issue of Men’s Journal, Harrison officially has become a cartoon character. Let’s face it, He always has been a little Daffy, but some of the cracks he made about the NFL commissioner make you wonder if, on some level, he isn’t playing Tom to Roger Goodell’s Jerry or maybe Sylvester to the commish’s Tweety Bird.

The magazine piece, by the way, is titled, “Confessions of an NFL Hitman” and features a picture of Harrison, arms folded across his brawny chest, holding an FN Five-Seven pistol and a Smith and Wesson 460 V revolver (both from his personal collection). So right away you think: This must be some kind of homage to Yosemite Sam.

Then his gums start flapping, and another thought crosses your mind: If he really were a cartoon character, he’d probably be voiced by James Earl Jones.

At various times in the article, Harrison calls Goodell a “crook” (perhaps he had Snidely Whiplash in mind), a “devil” and a “dictator.” (I am stumped about this last one, unless he was inspired by Bugs Bunny’s spoof of Hitler, “Herr Meets Hare.”)

But Harrison does not stop there. Oh, no. Once he gets going, All-Pro pass rusher that he is, there’s no telling who he’ll blindside. He is like the Tasmanian devil, a veritable tornado of trouble.

He seems to relish the role, too. In fact, when the interviewer turned on his tape recorder, you can almost envision Harrison breaking out in song:

Overture, curtain, lights!

This is it. We’ll hit the heights!

And oh, what heights we’ll hit!

On with the show, this is it!

But back to the Men’s Journal story. When Harrison is not savaging Goodell, he’s ripping teammates Ben Roethlisberger and Rashard Mendenhall for their blunders in the Steelers‘ Super Bowl loss to the Green Bay Packers. That’s not being much of a “Family Guy,” is it? Here’s what he says about Big Ben, who threw 2 damaging 1st half interceptions.

Casey Anthony released from Florida jail

Dozens of protesters showed up to the Orange County Courthouse on Casey Anthony's sentencing day, & officials are bracing for more when she's released from jail on Sunday.

Changes are already being made at the jail, jail officials said, & barricades are set up for protesters.

The Booking and Release Center parking lot will be shut down Saturday evening, & jail staff said major plans are under way for Anthony's safe & secretive release.

Criminal defense attorney Jeff Deen said, "My best guess is you are not going to see her."

When Anthony is released from jail, as early as 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Deen expects that it will not be anything like the frenzy that's surrounded her exits in the past.

Deen said, "The point now is her safety, that she acclimates back into society. Nobody needs to be in anybody's face with the emotions connected to this case & verdict."

A jail spokesman said the facility has not given Anthony any special treatment, but her release is the exception. The jail's preliminary plan will allow three journalists: a video graphic, a photographer & a reporter to be inside the jail to capture Anthony's final steps to freedom.

Jail officials said the media will be notified by email, once Anthony is a safe distance away.

Deen believes beginning a new life for her will not be easy.

Deen said, "She's O.J. Simpson without the fame, & he never got past the stigma of it."

Outside of the jail, protesters like Bree Thornton will be kept in a grassy area along John Young Parkway. Thornton said she is planning to camp out at the jail 24 hours, not to catch a glimpse of Anthony, but to remember Caylee.

Thornton said, "It is about Caylee, not about Casey. I do not care to look at Casey. I do not want to look into the eyes of a killer."

There's no word from Anthony's attorneys what she will do or where she'll go when she walks out a free woman after 1,005 days in jail. Deen said Anthony can leave the country with a passport, even with civil lawsuits pending.