Casey Anthony's Brother Lee Anthony Testifies on The Court About Caylee's Murder Trial

Lee Anthony, Casey Anthony's brother testified Wednesday about a "combative" confrontation between his mother and sister on the night of July 15, just before his 2-year-old niece Caylee's disappearance a month earlier was reported to police.

Lee told jurors in his sister's capital murder trial he arrived at his parents' house after being contacted by his father and asked to go. He said shortly after he arrived about 8 p.m., his mother Cindy Anthony came home, with his sister in tow.

The two were arguing about Caylee's whereabouts, Lee Anthony said. At that point, according to Cindy Anthony's previous testimony, she had not seen her daughter or granddaughter for weeks. She testified she found her daughter only after contacting a friend and being led to the home of Casey Anthony's then-boyfriend.

Casey Anthony kept insisting the little girl was with her nanny, Lee said, and could be picked up the next day. She maintained Caylee was already asleep by that point and she didn't want to disturb her or disrupt her routine.

Lee told jurors he offered to go get Caylee or have his roommate do it. "There was, in my mind, no excuse why anybody couldn't go get Caylee," he testified.

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Steve Martin Looses $850,000 in German Art Fraud Scandal

Who knew comedian Steve Martin was into art?

Well, some of us did.

If you watch The Colbert Report you have seen Steve and Stephen go head to head in their elite lust for the perfect piece of art and culture.

But seriously, Steve Martin is a connoisseur of fine art and has collected some of the most impressive, and expensive pieces out there for his private collection.

But know it looks like the banjo playing comedian has been burned – and bad.

In Cologne Germany, police believe Martin has been the victim of one of the biggest art forgery scandals in the country's history.

Cops believe he purchased a painting forged by a team of crooks being investigated for selling dozens of such forged art pieces over the last ten years.

According to investigators, in 2004 Martin purchased what he thought was a 1915 painting called “Landscape With Horses” by German modernist painter Heinrich Campendonk.

Landscape With Horses

He bought it from the Paris Gallery, paying $850,000, and then resold it in 2006 at Christie’s Auction House for only $350,000 taking a major loss on the deal.

But now it turns out it was a fake – a forgery so good that it even fooled the Paris Gallery and Christies.

Martin says,

“It wasn’t clear that it was a fake until after Christie’s had sold the picture, it was a long time after that, that it became known. The forgers were quite clever in that they gave it a long provenance and they faked labels, and it came out of a collection that mingled legitimate pictures with faked pictures.”

German police arrested the forgery gang leader Wolfgang Beltracchi, his wife Helene, her sister Jeanette and accomplice Otto Schulte-Kellinghaus, last year.

Investigators believe the group sold at least forty forged paintings over the last ten years and they were all forgeries of artists from the first half of the 20th century, including Campendonk, Max Pechstein, Max Ernst and several others.

Watch Stephen Colbert and Steve Martin Discussing Art


So we have to ask, if you had an extra $850 G’s laying around would you buy that painting for your family room?

Things must be nice in Hollyweird.

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Justin Bieber to Host Benefit Concert – Tickets Cost $40,000

Teen sensation Justin Bieber may have just completed his 150 show My World Concert Tour, but he still has one more show to do.

And it’s not your ordinary show…….

Bieber is scheduled to perform at the historic Mountain Winery in Saratoga California in support of the “College Track 2011 Benefit Concert Series”

College Track is an after-school, college preparatory program that works to increase high school graduation, college eligibility and enrollment, and college graduation rates in under-resourced communities.

And Mountain Winery is not your ordinary concert arena either…..

The Mountain Winery provides the most intimate of concert venues with a picturesque 2,500 seat amphitheater. They have hosted shows for some of the greatest like Tony Bennett, Ringo Starr, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, Carlos Santana, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Mountain Winery

The winery is a California Historical Landmark and is included on the National Register of Historic Places.

But the big news for this show is the ticket prices.

Are you sitting down?

No, really… sit down.

Fan level individual tickets range from $500 to $1500 and all offer great stage views.

Bieber Fever packages and individual tickets get you front and center and start at $2000.

True Belieber packages include a chance to meet Justin in person, and start at $3000.

And those are the CHEAP tickets. The VIP tickets which provide a private meet and greet reception and souvenirs get a little more expensive.

The Bieber Fever Sky Suite tickets will get you 10 seats in a luxury suite on the upper level and Includes lounge seating and beverage service. Price? - $20,000

“$20,000 supports one 9th grade student with four years of comprehensive support to ensure that he or she graduates from high school academically prepared, socially ready, and financially equipped to succeed in a four year university. Over the course of four years, support services at College Track amounts to the equivalent of one extra year of high school. "

But that’s not the most expensive option. If you really want to show your support then you need to be prepared to shell out the major bucks to see this show.

Mountain Winery

True Belieber Second Row VIP Group – Gets you 8 seats in the second row, center floor section. You also get a private reception with the Biebs, photos with the “Baby” maker, and a swag bag. Cost? - $30,000

But the big score is reserved for those true Beliebers where cost is no option, or your parents are really really rich.

True Belieber Luxury Box – Gets you 10 seats in a luxury box on the lower level. Includes lounge seating, beverage service, private reception with Justin, meet and greet and VIP swag bag. Cost? - $40,000

So kids, if you’re not doing anything on June 11th just ask your mom and dad if they have an extra $40,000 so you can go see a Justin Bieber concert. We’re sure they’ll understand.

On a serious note, we are familiar with College Track and know that it is a fantastic program. Most of these high end tickets will be purchased by celebrities and CEO’s of big companies in the name of charity.

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