Words With Friends

Billy Baldwin Has Fun At Brother Alec's Expense, But All For A Good Cause


Posted on Feb 12, 2012 @ 12:30PM - Add a comment

By Radar Staff

Billy Baldwin was the MC at Saturday night's American Riviera Wine Auction Benefiting Direct Relief International and he had lots of fun at the expense of his brother, Alec. But at least it was all for the good cause.

With a top exec from Zynga, the company that makes Words for Friends in the A-List audience, Billy couldn't help but talk about Alec's notorious incident with American Airlines, when he was kicked off a plane for refusing to shut down his smart phone while he was in the middle of a Words with Friends match.

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American Airlines Flight Attendants Strike Back At Alec Baldwin


Posted on Dec 09, 2011 @ 01:00AM - 13 comments

By Radar Staff

Don’t mess with flight attendants.

American Airlines flight attendants want the carrier to strike back at Alec Baldwin after his in-flight, profanity-laced rant after being told to turn off his cell phone.

The flight attendants want Baldwin slapped with a fine and added to the carrier’s no-fly list. In addition, they also want the carrier to remove his NBC show 30 Rock from all in-flight entertainment.

Don’t mess with flight attendants.

American Airlines flight attendants want the carrier to strike back at Alec Baldwin after his in-flight, profanity-laced rant after being told to turn off his cell phone.

The flight attendants want Baldwin slapped with a fine and added to the carrier’s no-fly list. In addition, they also want the carrier to remove his NBC show 30 Rock from all in-flight entertainment.

PHOTOS: Alec Baldwin Gets Kicked Off American Airlines Flight

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Alec Baldwin Slammed By Flight Attendants Organization


Posted on Dec 07, 2011 @ 12:30PM - 31 comments

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Alec Baldwin may have deleted his Twitter account, but his vitriolic rant against American Airlines flight attendants didn’t go unnoticed.

Alec Baldwin may have deleted his Twitter account, but his vitriolic rant against American Airlines flight attendants didn’t go unnoticed.

After being kicked off a flight for refusing to turn off his mobile device while playing the game Words with Friends, Alec tweeted "Last flight with American, where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950s find jobs as flight attendants,” and RadarOnline.com has the exclusive response from the Flight Attendants organization.

“While I personally enjoy Words with Friends as much as anybody, passengers can continue to search for that double letter triple word score after takeoff.  I’m sure people are used to Alec Baldwin and his expressions,” Julie Frederick from the Association of Professional Flight Attendants told RadarOnline.com.

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Alec Baldwin Deletes Twitter Account As American Airlines Calls Him ‘Offensive & Rude’


Posted on Dec 07, 2011 @ 07:30AM - 25 comments

By Radar Staff

Alec Baldwin deleted his twitter account as American Airlines Wednesday issued a statement addressing why the opinionated actor was booted off a flight at LAX on Tuesday.

In it, they said Baldwin ignored orders to turn off his cell phone, tried to sneak it into the plane bathroom, and was vulgar and rude when confronted by the crew about his infractions.

Alec Baldwin deleted his twitter account as American Airlines Wednesday issued a statement addressing why the opinionated actor was booted off a flight at LAX on Tuesday.

In it, they said Baldwin ignored orders to turn off his cell phone, tried to sneak it into the plane bathroom, and was vulgar and rude when confronted by the crew about his infractions.

Here is the full statement, per the airline: "Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter as well as the FAA regulations which American, and all airlines, must enforce. Cell phones and electronic devices are allowed to be used while the aircraft is at the gate and the door is open for boarding. When the door is closed for departure and the seat belt light is turned on, all cell phones and electronic devices must be turned off for taxi-out and take-off.

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Alec Baldwin Thrown Off Flight For Refusing To Turn Off His Cell Phone


Posted on Dec 06, 2011 @ 11:00PM - 22 comments

By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter

Move over Angry Birds, there’s a new mobile game making headlines!

Move over Angry Birds, there’s a new mobile game making headlines!

Alec Baldwin was thrown off an American Airlines flight on Tuesday when he refused to turn off his cell phone because he was in the middle of a game of Words With Friends, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The 30 Rock star quickly tweeted, “Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt.”

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