A North Dakota news anchor whose profanity-laced television debut got him fired after one broadcast is already getting job offers.

A.J. Clemente’s first stint as an anchor at KFYR-TV in Bismarck on Sunday night was also his last after he uttered two obscenities just as cameras began to roll. Clemente was fired Monday.

By Wednesday, he was making appearances on national talk shows as a bit of a celebrity. On “Live with Kelly and Michael,” hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan offered Clemente a job interviewing celebrities on the red carpet at the premiere of Pierce Brosnan’s “Love Is All You Need.” A wide-eyed Clemente agreed.

Later, he tweeted photos from the set of “The Late Show” with David Letterman, where he was to appear Wednesday night.

(AP) —Country singer Billy Currington has been indicted in Georgia on charges that he threatened bodily harm to a man over the age of 65.

A Chatham County grand jury indicted Currington on Wednesday on charges of making terroristic threats and abuse of an elderly person. The indictment says only that Currington threatened “to cause bodily harm” to a man named Charles Harvey Ferrelle on April 15.

District Attorney Meg Heap spokesman Daniel Baxter says a warrant was being issued for Currington’s arrest.

A representative for Currington did not immediately return a phone message. It was not known if he had hired an attorney.

Currington is a native of the Georgia coast. His hits include “Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer,” ”That’s How Country Boys Roll” and “People Are Crazy.”

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Pain & Gain….1:00, 4:05, 7:10 & 10:05
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Oblivion….1:05, 4:00, 7:05 & 9:55
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Big Wedding….1:00, 4:00, 7:00 & 9:10
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“42”….1:05, 4:05, 7:00 & 9:50
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The Croods 2D….4:05 & 9:45
The Croods 3D….1:25 & 7:10
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Scary Movie 5….1:15, 4:15, 7:20 & 9:50

Actress-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple Black is 85
Actor Alan Oppenheimer is 83
Actor David Birney is 74
Actor Lee Majors (“Six Million Dollar Man”) is 74
Actress Blair Brown is 65
Actress Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company”) is 64
Actor James Russo is 60
Director Michael Moore is 59
Actress Judy Davis is 58
Actress Jan Hooks is 56
Actress Valerie Bertinelli is 53
Comedian George Lopez is 52
Drummer Gen (Jesus Jones) is 49
Actress Melina Kanakaredes (kah-nah-KAH’-ree-deez) (“Providence”) is 46
Drummer Stan Frazier of Sugar Ray is 45
Guitarist Tim Womack of Sons of the Desert is 45
Actor Scott Bairstow (BEHR’-stow) (“Party of Five”) is 43
Actor Kal Penn (“House M.D.,” ”Harold and Kumar”) is 36
Singer Taio (TY’-oh) Cruz is 30
Actor Dev Patel (puh-TEHL’) (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 23
Actor Matthew Underwood (“Zoey 101”) is 23
Actor Camryn Walling is 23.

On April 23rd, 1956, Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut, opening for comedian Shecky Greene. Presley’s engagement was canceled after a week because of poor ticket sales, and he didn’t return to Vegas for 13 years.

In 1969, the Los Angeles club the Ash Grove was destroyed by fire. Many artists, like Canned Heat and the Chambers Brothers, got their starts there.

In 1975, Peter Ham of Badfinger hanged himself. He was reported to be depressed about the band’s financial problems. He was 27.

In 1987, singer Carole King sued record company owner Lou Adler for breach of contract. She claimed she was owed more than $400,000 in royalties and demanded the rights to her old recordings.

In 1991, guitarist Johnny Thunders of The New York Dolls died of a drug overdose in New Orleans. He was 40.

In 1996, actress Margot Kidder was found dazed and disheveled, hiding in bushes in a stranger’s yard in Los Angeles after disappearing for three days.

In 2002, Jerry Lee Lewis announced he and his sixth wife, Kerrie, were divorcing after 17 years of marriage.

On April 22nd, 1961, the first annual Country Music Festival was held in Jacksonville, Florida. Performers included Webb Pierce, Porter Wagoner, Patsy Cline and Earl Scruggs.

In 1966, “Wild Thing” by The Troggs was released in the US.

In 1969, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

Also in 1969, The Who performed the rock opera “Tommy” in its entirety for the first time in Dolton, England. That show was unannounced. They premiered it officially in London a few weeks later.

In 1974, Tina Turner began filming her role as the Acid Queen in the film version of “Tommy.”

In 1978, Bob Marley and The Wailers performed at the One Love Peace concert in Jamaica. It was his first public appearance in his homeland since being wounded in an assassination attempt about a year-and-a-half earlier.

Also in 1978, the Blues Brothers — John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — made their network debut on “Saturday Night Live.” On the same show, Steve Martin performed his novelty hit “King Tut.”

In 1979, Keith Richards performed a benefit concert in Ottawa, Canada, with his band, The New Barbarians. The concert was part of his sentence for a 1977 drug arrest.

In 2003, actor Alan Thicke was hit by a puck while playing hockey. He lost five front teeth and had to have 30 stitches in his face.

In 2010, Poison singer Bret Michaels was rushed to a hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was recovering from an emergency appendectomy ten days earlier.

Police say the bassist for the rock band 3 Doors Down has been charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication after a crash that claimed the life of a Nashville man.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement that 41-year-old Robert Todd Harrell was jailed after Friday night’s crash on Interstate 40 that claimed the life of a 47-year-old man.

The statement said a preliminary investigation showed Harrell was driving west at a “high rate of speed” when his car clipped a pickup driven by the other man. Police said the pickup went out of control down an embankment and overturned, ejecting the other driver.

Authorities told The Associated Press Harrell remained jailed in lieu of $100,000 bond early Sunday and they had no information if he had an attorney.

Police in Georgia say that actress Reese Witherspoon has been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a traffic stop involving her husband in Atlanta.

A Georgia State Police incident report says that Witherspoon was arrested early Friday and charged with disorderly conduct.

The report says a state trooper observed that a car driven by Witherspoon’s husband, James Toth, was failing to stay in its lane. The officer writes that Witherspoon disobeyed multiple orders to stay in the car while he performed a field sobriety test on Toth. After she refused to return the car, she was handcuffed and arrested.

The officer says that Witherspoon asked him “Do you know who I am?”

Toth was charged with driving under the influence.

A message left seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned by Witherspoon’s publicist, Meredith O’Sullivan Wasson.

 

Actor Hugh O’Brian is 88
Actress Elinor Donahue (“Father Knows Best”) is 76
Keyboardist Alan Price of The Animals is 71
Actor Tim Curry is 67
Singer Mark “Flo” Volman of The Turtles is 66
Actor Tony Plana (“Ugly Betty”) is 61
Hip-hop mogul Suge (SHUG) Knight is 48
Country singer Bekka Bramlett of Bekka and Billy is 45
Actress Ashley Judd is 45
Actress Jennifer Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”) is 41
Actor James Franco is 35
Actress Kate Hudson is 34
Actor Hayden Christensen (“Star Wars Episodes II and III”) is 32
Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno (“Che,” ”Maria Full of Grace”) is 32
Drummer Steve Johnson of Alabama Shakes is 28
Actor Courtland Mead is 26.

On April 19th, 1945, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel” opened on Broadway.

In 1968, George Harrison, John Lennon and their wives left the religious retreat run by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before their studies were completed. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr had left earlier. Later, all four renounced their association with the Maharishi.

In 1982, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel announced that they would continue their reunion. They had gotten back together for a concert in New York’s Central Park. After their announcement, they toured Europe but drifted apart again in 1983.

In 1988, Sonny Bono was inaugurated as mayor of Palm Springs, California.

In 1997, actress Brooke Shields married tennis star Andre Agassi in Monterey, California. They’ve since separated. On that same day, actor Chris O’Donnell married kindergarten teacher Caroline Fentress in Washington.

In 2002, singer Layne Staley of Alice In Chains was found dead in his apartment in Seattle. He was 34.