Peter Jaycock - "The world so far" today

A restraining order has been issued against Robert O'Ryan after he was arrested by security trying to get onto the set of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS. He was apparently trying to meet celebrity contestant SHAWN JOHNSON, and police found guns, duct tape and plastic zip ties in his car - all the tools normally associated with kidnappers.

Liam Neeson is said to be "doing ok" and moving forward very slowly with his sons in the aftermath of the death of his wife NATASHA RICHARDSON. He will apparently resume work in Toronto in the near future. People reports Natasha's organs were donated by the family after she was taken off life support, that way something good would come from her tragic passing.

CSI star MARG HELGENBERGER has filed for divorce from actor ALAN ROSENBERG, citing "irreconcilable".  She's 50 now and they've been married 20 years and have one adult son. Rosenberg is the current president of the Screen Actors Guild.

We now know the names of a damaging computer worm that threatens to strike computers next Wednesday.  It's known as the "Conficker C" or "Downup" worm and gets more creative the longer it hangs around. It's scheduled to take on another form next week and may jam up systems, crash computers, or hack and steal personal information.

A report from NASA says we're moving closer to a potential disaster at the hands of the sun with our reliance on technology. They say the sun sends out the occasional billion-tonne glob of plasma that could blow power grids and transformers all across North America. The result could be more devastating than Katrina, a smaller version of this type of event happened in Quebec in 1989.

WESLEY SNIPES may not get a pass to travel overseas again after abusing his travel privilege to Thailand in November. He took a side trip to the United Arab Emirates for a hotel opening, but didn't have permission. He's appealing his 3-year prison term for income tax evasion, but this has hurt his chances of success.

One of the fired nannies now says Octomom NADYA SULEMAN "does not care for these kids".  She claims Nadya only cares about her own celebrity status and the media. She claims in the week she spent at the Suleman home, Nadya only fed or did care for the babies when cameras were rolling. The nanny says she has to be the voice for these children.

BRITNEY SPEARS divorce from Kevin Federline has cost her 460-thousand dollars, bringing her total legal bill in the last 11 months to about 2.7 million dollars. That figure doesn't include the 374-thousand dollars she paid to cover Kevin's legal fees. He has primary custody of sons Sean and Jayden.

We in Ontario will be paying a single, harmonized sales tax starting 1 July 2010. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will unveil the plan as part of the new budget later today. Certain consumer-friendly measures will be named to soften the blow of the tax affecting many items that are currently tax-exempt, including the province sending us cheques in the mail.

City of Hamilton is looking to expand and improve WI-FI internet hot spots here in town. Certain dead spots in the coverage will be fixed, and other improvements will be made in Dundas, Ancaster, and Waterdown, as well as Hamilton Bay waterfront at Pier 4 Park.

Lindsay Lohan would like the tabloids to back off and stay out of her personal life. She says it's not really that interesting, and if they did, she believes she could land an Oscar-worthy role in a film. She tells E! news she'd also like to launch her own charity, produce TV and movies, have a music career, and write books. You gotta love someone who's focused.

GEORGE LOPEZ is going from comedy to late-night talk. He'll begin hosting an hour-long chat show for TBS starting this Fall. The show will air at 11PM Monday through Thursday and will be aimed at a diverse, multi-cultural audience.

ANNE HATHAWAY has been signed to play JUDY GARLAND in a movie biopic called GET HAPPY: THE LIFE OF JUDY GARLAND.  Anne shocked many on the Oscars telecast when she sang so beautifully with Hugh Jackman. Producers believe she's good enough to portray Judy in the film.