HOTLIST - 12/14

ARTIE LANGE: In Jail

Artie Lange was thrown behind bars Tuesday night after missing a court date.

The comedian was busted at his home in Hoboken, New Jersey for not facing the judge on charges of heroin possession and drug paraphernalia from his arrest in May.

As of Wednesday, Artie was still in jail waiting to see the judge.

This comes just days after he posted a disturbing Twitter pic of himself with a bruised and swollen face.

OMAROSA: Insists She Resigned and Wasn't Fired   

Omarosa Manigault Newman appeared on Good Morning America today to set the record straight about her departure from the White House and insists she resigned and wasn't fired, contrary to media reports.

The former Apprentice star, who worked as the director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison, denied all of the reports suggesting that she was physically removed by Secret Service after trying to gain access to the White House residence. She also denied reports of a shouting match with Chief of Staff John Kelly and says they had a straightforward discussion about her resignation which, she insists, had always been planned for a year into President Trump's term.

The Secret Service backed up her story and says it had no part in removing Omarosa from the White House. All it did was deactivate her access to the complex, which means that if Omarosa is going to work until her last day on January 20th, she'll have to do it somewhere other than the White House. Omarosa also claimed that the reports about high drama involving her departure were fabricated by reporter April Ryan whom she says has had a personal vendetta against her. 

TMZ also caught up with Omarosa who said she still has a good relationship with President Trump and sees politics in her future, possibly as an undersecretary or an ambassador. 

SALMA HAYEK: Harvey Weinstein Responds to Sexual Harassment Claim

Harvey Weinstein has responded to Salma Hayek's New York Times column in which she alleges he sexually harassed her during the production of their movie Frida.

The actress says she had to repeatedly fend off Weinstein's sexual advances on the set of the movie and says the producer had even threatened her life. Overnight, Weinstein responded in a statement which reads, "all of the sexual allegations as portrayed by Salma are not accurate and others who witnessed the events have a different account of what transpired." 

Hayek said Weinstein forced her to film a sex scene with another woman, which the producer remembers differently. His spokesperson says he "did not recall pressuring Salma to do a gratuitous sex scene with a female costar and he was not there for the filming. 

However, that was part of the story, as Frida Kahlo was bisexual and the more significant sex scene in the movie was choreographed by Ms. Hayek with Geoffrey Rush."