Oksana Grigorieva Said She Got Restraining Order Before Mel Gibson Did

TMZ has learned it was Oksana Grigorieva who got a domestic violence restraining order against Mel Gibson, and not vice versa ... and she claims the actor was violent toward her.

We've learned Oksana's lawyers went to the family law court in downtown L.A. last Monday for an emergency hearing, and told the judge that Mel allegedly got violent with her -- two sources say Oksana claimed Mel was "extremely violent."

Sources tell TMZ the judge issued a restraining order prohibiting Mel from having any contact with Oksana. We're told the next day, Mel's lawyers went back to court and got the order modified so Mel could see their daughter.

We're told Mel also got a restraining order against Oksana, but only with respect to prohibiting her from releasing certain information.

A source connected with Mel Gibson scoffed at Oksana's allegations, claiming the alleged incidents occurred this past January and she traveled with him afterwards -- all over the world. As the source put it, "In these cases, when somebody cries wolf, the judge is mandated to assume there's a wolf, until a full hearing can be held."

A source connected with Oksana confirms the alleged violent incidents occurred in January, but added, "There were other acts after January that were not physical but still constituted domestic violence."

No more Mr. Nice Judges on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

Just when we were starting to think they were the nicest people on reality TV, the "So You Think You Can Dance" judges got a little feisty on Thursday night.

In Dallas, they accused Haylee, a girl who was trying out in memory of her late father, of having a "stank face" when she dances. "Stank face" got one more chance to loosen up, but in the end, she didn't make the cut. But stank face was Baryshnikov compared to the guy who auditioned on skates, aka "Scooter Rocket." Scooter Rocket described his style as "scooter style" and called "scooter rocket" "a way of seeing the world." Huh? Were we the only ones who had no idea what he was talking about? The judges actually laughed in his face and did not back down when Scooter tried to draw a connection between his style and the economy.

"This has nothing to do with the economy," guest judge Tyce Diorio said. Our thoughts exactly! Nigel even compared Scooter to "Clay Aiken's younger brother" — ouch!

Things picked up a bit with Nicole — and by up, we mean way up. Nicole had her hair piled high in a Marge Simpson-style bun, which oddly enough became a liability for her in the competition. Tyce went so far as to say she had the kind of talent that "comes along every 100 years" — but later, they needed to her perform again WITHOUT the bun to make a decision. Who knew that hair had such an effect on a person's dancing? Nigel got in another good line at the expense of Deroccius, whose routine to Britney Spears' "Toxic" was straight out of our step aerobics class. "You might make the Dallas cowboy cheerleaders," but you're not right for this show, he reasoned. Please, Nigel — we really don't want to see Deroccius in a miniskirt. Next up, a real-life Mafia princess. Gorgeous Marcella, the daughter of a convicted mobster, revealed that guys were too scared to date her in high school, even though she's a dead ringer for Shakira. We actually loved her audition, but the judges sent her to choreography, saying she needed to find her "passion" or Fuggedaboutit (yes, there were mobster jokes aplenty). Guest judge Toni Redpath got pretty hot and heavy over Jordan, a former addict who is now five years' clean. "You're not traditionally handsome, but your energy is sexy. I want to crawl over the table," she cooed. Down, girl!

Unfortunately for Toni — who is Scarlett Johansson's lookalike — Jordan had no ballroom dancing ability whatsoever. On to Tennessee, where the judges got even snarkier. Two Amish-looking BFFs did a Flamenco dance right out of the fourth-grade talent show, leading Nigel to quip, "You make dead people seem like party animals." All in all, 122 contestants made it to Vegas, a number that will be boiled down to five guys and five girls. Sarah, the "big dancer" from last week, is already out. Another guy from Queens, N.Y., "danced for his life" and now he's in. Ida, whose mother wasn't allowed to dance in Iran, is still in, but looks like there's trouble ahead for her next week. And a guy with painful scoliosis didn't make the cut but will appear on the show with his "crew" at some point.

Brit girl, 7, has a granny's body

A seven-year old Brit girl has the face and body of an old woman as she suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome.

The condition, shared by just another child in the UK, makes Ashanti Elliott-Smith age eight times faster than normal, reducing her life expectancy to 13.

She currently battles problems of ageing like arthritis and a weakening heart.

Ashanti's hair growth has stopped. She is now bald and plagued by wrinkles like any elderly person.

She currently stands at just under 3ft and is just 2st, the usual weight for a three-year-old.

She needs extra care and hygiene because illnesses like chicken pox and flu can kill her.

However, when Ashanti was born in May 2003, she weighed 5lb 10oz and looked like a healthy baby.

"I'd had a normal pregnancy and I thought she was perfect. Her dad Albi and I were thrilled," the News of the World quoted mum Phoebe, as saying.

The first symptoms of the disorder crept in at three weeks, when Ashanti's body started to convulse.

Doctors mistakenly thought the baby had been violently shaken by an adult.

But over the next few months her condition worsened.

Phoebe, 24, who lives near Brighton, said: "She was still jerking and she wasn't gaining weight and she was still bald - and my health visitor thought I was neglecting her."

Just before Ashanti's first birthday she was sent to London's Great Ormond Street children's hospital.

Phoebe said: "A doctor there took one look at her and knew straight away what it was.

"When he told us what Progeria was, I fainted in the room. Afterwards Albi explained to me it would be just like looking after a grandmother.

"He said we had to care for Ashanti as if she was an old person, as her body would age so fast. It was devastating but I knew I had to carry on and cope with it."

A defective gene causes progeria but the disorder not hereditary; Ashanti's little sister Brandy Lou does not have it.

Phoebe has taken Ashanti's illness in her stride.

She said: "We make the most of each day.

"Ashanti's such an easy-going lively little girl - she's so precious.

"I'm so proud of her. She doesn't let her condition bother her at all. She's such a big character and everyone knows when she is in the room."

Ashanti's dad Albi Elliott, 40, said: "I used to own a metal recycling company and I've given it up to spend as much time with Ashanti as I can.

"I'm so proud of her - she is a great daughter."

Like all kids her age, Ashanti goes to a mainstream school, loves playing with pup Samson and is a huge fan of Girls Aloud and JLS.

Jessica Biel Goes Glam

Actress Jessica Biel may be the world's hottest tomboy.

In the July issue of Glamour magazine, the "A-Team" star admits that she spent most of her teen years in "No Fear" T-shirts.

These days, she is the portrait of Hollywood beauty, and everyone wants to know about her love life and how she stays in such great shape. Click through our exclusive sneak peek to see Jess' lovely pics, then pick up the issue, on newstands now.

Israel restricts access to Al-Aqsa mosque

Israeli police on Friday restricted access to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound amid tension over Israel's deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld also said police "are on high alert across the country and particularly in Jerusalem," adding that hundreds of officers are deployed around the Old City.

Only women and men over 40 will be allowed to attend Friday prayers at the mosque compound, he said. The site is the third holiest in Islam and the holiest for Jews because their Second Temple stood there before Romans destroyed it in 70 AD. The area has often been the site of clashes in the past.

Tension has been high since Israeli commandos stormed an aid flotilla set up to break the Gaza embargo, killing nine of the activists on board on Monday.

Ankle-Monitored Lindsay Lohan Changes Drinking Habits

Lindsay Lohan has turned to caffeine for her latest kicks, and spent the holiday downing can after can of Red Bull.

The newly sober starlet -- who was banned from drinking alcohol by a judge and ordered to wear a Scram monitoring bracelet -- partied with pals including British actress and reality star Lady Victoria Hervey during Memorial Day weekend.

Friends say Lohan lives on eight cans of Red Bull a day, followed by Coca-Cola, and chain-smokes cigarettes. After spending Saturday sunbathing with Hervey at Pacific Palisades, she tweeted: "Red Bull and waters and work -- my new bff's hehe. Everyone should try it! It's more fun -- you'll see."

Lohan and aristocrat Hervey -- who is set to appear in the next season of Tinsley Mortimer's show "High Society"-- have become close friends after hanging out together at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sources tell us Lohan, who kept her alcohol-monitoring bracelet covered up under a pair of knee-high boots, is really trying hard to mend her ways. One told us, "Lindsay finally realizes the seriousness of the situation she faces. She doesn't want to go to jail and she wants her career back. She is trying to surround herself with people who are a good influence instead of the usual enablers."

Lady Victoria is said to be a good influence because she's seen the perils of drugs. Her half-brother John Hervey, the 7th Marquess of Bristol, was a heavy drug user and died in 1999 of AIDS-related illnesses.

But Lohan's new clean act has yet to open doors for her in Hollywood. She tried to check into the plush Sunset Tower Hotel for the weekend, but was refused. An onlooker told us, "The front desk manager told Lindsay they were full. But she wouldn't take no for an answer and kept insisting the Internet said there was room. She even insisted the front desk call the owner Jeff Klein, but he was not available, and was again told 'Sorry, no room.' So she stormed off."

Tallest waterfall kayaked by a woman

Christie Glissmeyer, 31, of Hood River, Oregon, a student and part-time bar worker, who is part of Femme 45, a ladies' kayaking adventure team, plummeted 82 feet off Metlako Falls at Eagle Creek, Oregon - setting the new world record for the Tallest waterfall kayaked by a woman.

Speaking of her new world record, she said: "It was about double the size of any waterfall I had previously run.

"The horizon line was very intimidating and it looked like the river was dropping off the face of the earth. It took a lot of concentration to keep my nerves under control so that I wouldn't make a mistake.

"But halfway down I was enveloped by the veil of water around me and the landing was surprisingly soft. It was a very exciting day."

The incredible feat added to Christie's already impressive repertoire of extreme sports trophies collected around the world.

In 2009 and 2008 she was undefeated in the Western Whitewater Championship racing series, Western US.

In 2008 she was Women's Champion of the Himalayan Whitewater Festival in Nepal, and in 2007 she scooped first place in the Teva Extreme Games, Italy.

Brave kayakers Christie Glissmeyer, 31, (a student), Kate Wagner, 29, (a mental health therapist) and Melissa DeCarlo, 30, (a certified public accountant ) take life to the limit with their daring antics down some of America's fastest and most dangerous rivers.

Together they form ladies' adventure team Femme 45 and recruit other daredevil women who want more excitement from their lives.

The group's name comes from the signature 45-second video clips they shoot to document and share their extreme experiences.

All three of the girls are actively involved with volunteering at some of the camps. Christie is volunteering as a safety boater, Kate is volunteering as a photographer, and Melissa is volunteering as a camp counsellor.

The previous Guinness world record for the tallest waterfall kayaked by women was 78-foot, set by Shannon Carroll in 1998.

Golden Girl Rue McClanahan dies at 76

The award-winning performer played feisty Southern belle Blanche in the popular series.

McClanahan, who underwent heart bypass surgery last year, is the third of the main cast members to pass away.

Only Betty White remains, following the deaths of Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur, who died in 2008 and 2009.

Drag queen mother

White, 88, recently hosted Saturday Night Live, and fans are lobbying for her to present next year's Academy Awards.

"I treasured our relationship," she said. "It hurts more than I ever thought it would, if that's even possible."

McClanahan had a varied stage career before landing the role of Blanche Devereaux in 1985 when The Golden Girls hit the small screen.

The actress said of her seductive character: "She is in love with life and loves men.

"I think she has an attitude towards women that's competitive. I think basically she's insecure."

Blanche always referred to her father as "Big Daddy" and was the perpetual target of her housemates.

McClanahan won an Emmy for her role in 1987.

Five years later, after The Golden Girls ended, she co-starred alongside White and Getty in a short-lived spin-off called Golden Palace.

Earlier in her career, she had appeared with Arthur in the 1970s sitcom Maude as her best friend and sidekick.

In later years, she continued to appear on TV and on stage, playing the elderly mother of a drag queen in 2008 serial Sordid Lives, which included the filming of a sex scene.

The actress was recovering from knee surgery at the time, but still hung onto a window sill when the bed she was using broke.

McClanahan, who was born in Oklahoma, married six times and wrote a memoir in 2007 entitled My First Five Husbands... And The Ones Who Got Away.

Cyclone Phet takes new direction

The eye of cyclone Phet is 200 kilometers away from Masirah, an eastern Island of Oman which has been hit by heavy rains and strong winds.

According to Arab TV, the authorities have completed evacuation of the people from Masirah Island and areas on the eastern coast of Oman.

Heavy rains lashed Oman's areas along its east coast particularly Masirah Island.

The cyclone, rated at a factor of 3.5 on a scale of five, was moving northwestwardly at a speed of eight kilometres (five miles) an hour. Winds were blowing at a 180 kilometres (112 miles) an hour.

The capital Muscat further north could be affected by Saturday, authorities said.

But Muscat airport was still open with no intention to suspend flights, Transport Minister Salem al-Nuaimi said.

Phet was expected to veer towards the Indian and Pakistani coasts, sparing Oman a devastating impact similar to that of cyclone Gonu. It tore through Oman in 2007, killing at least 49 people and causing damage worth 3.9 billion dollars.

The cyclone is expected to hit Pakistan’s coastal areas on Sunday at a medium pace. It’s speed could touch 34 to 47 nautical miles with tides up to 3 to 5 meter high.

Heavy rains with strong winds are expected in the coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan in the next 84 hours.

Fort Hood shooting suspect makes 1st court appearance as defense attorney seeks to delay case

A military court hearing has begun for the Army psychiatrist accused of gunning down 13 people at Fort Hood, and his defense attorney is likely to seek a delay.

Maj. Nidal Hasan (nih-DAHL' hah-SAHN') made his first courtroom appearance Tuesday, but wasn't expected to speak at the hearing. Military prosecutors and defense attorneys instead were to discuss case preparations.Defense attorney John Galligan says he'll seek to delay Hasan's Article 32 hearing. That's similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding in which a judge hears witness testimony to determine whether the case should go to trial.The Army psychiatrist accused of opening fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding dozens more, was to make his first military courtroom appearance Tuesday as his attorney seeks to delay the case.

Neither Maj. Nidal Hasan nor any witnesses were expected to speak during the hearing, at which military prosecutors and defense attorneys planned to discuss case preparations and other basic matters.

Defense attorney John Galligan said he would seek to delay Hasan's Article 32 hearing, which is similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding in which a judge hears witness testimony to determine whether the case should go to trial. No date has been set, but authorities have said the trial could be held as early as July 1.

Galligan said the Article 32 hearing should not proceed before Oct. 1 because he still needs key documents, including some of Hasan's military records, FBI files on Hasan's alleged contact with a radical Islamic cleric in Yemen months before the shooting, and some government reviews of the shooting rampage.

Officials increased security at the court building Tuesday, blocking off the road to the Lawrence J. Williams Judicial Center, bomb-sniffing dogs searched the parking lot and visitors were screened with hand-held metal detectors. Usually none of those precautions are taken.

Hasan is awaiting a mental evaluation, which is to be conducted sometime after the Article 32 hearing. A panel of doctors will determine whether Hasan had a severe mental illness at the time of the shooting. If so, the doctors will offer a clinical psychological diagnosis and determine whether it prevented Hasan from knowing his alleged actions were wrong at the time, and if he is competent to stand trial, according to military law.

Prosecutors have not announced if they will seek the death penalty against Hasan, who faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military post.

If convicted, Hasan could be sentenced to death only if the military jurors determine there is an aggravating factor, according to military law. Last month, prosecutors sent a notice to Galligan listing one aggravating factor in the case: that more than one person was killed in the same incident.

Experts have said prosecutors would not send such a notice unless they planned to seek the death penalty.

While Tuesday's hearing is the second for Hasan, it is the first time he will appear in a Fort Hood courtroom. His initial hearing — two weeks after the Nov. 5 shootings — was held in his hospital room at San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center. He was paralyzed from the chest down after being wounded that day by military police officers.