Kate Hudson and partner, David Babaii, are being sued by 220 Laboratories (that's the name of the company, not a whole load of laboratories!) for misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and breach of contract and confidence.

The problem is with her new hair care range, David Babaii for Wildaid. Apparently, in August 2006, Hudson and Babaii entered into a contract with suppliers of volcanic ash, they agreed that 220 Laboratories would develop and manufacture the new Babaii for Wildaid hair care range.

However, once the dumb couple had a hold of the confidential ingredient list, they took it to other companies in search of a more lucrative deal. They were successful and Universal now make the range.

Gotta get that company right out of their hair?

Celebrity Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:49 AM | Permalink

That well known skin-flint and drummer, Phil Collins, has been ordered to pay his third wife, Orianne Cevey, $50 million in a divorce settlement. That is even more than Paul McCartney had to pay Heather Mills.

As this is the guy who told his second wife he was leaving her via a fax message, I have to say (with tongue firmly in cheek) this couldn't have happened to a nicer person!

I supposes there is some kudos to be gained in shelling out more than Mr McC...

Stupid Celebrities Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:46 AM | Permalink

Well, I suppose most of us are ex-virgins, but this particular ex-virgin is Shelley Malil, the Indian actor who played Haziz in the movie 40 Year Old Virgin and Chad in the Budweiser Wassup commercials.

According to the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the stabbing occurred sometime before 9 pm in San Marcos, California.

When Shelley Malil discovered his ex-girlfriend in her backyard with another man, he grabbed a knife and stabbed her repeatedly. He then chased her into her home. The victim's male friend received stab wounds to his hands as he tried to deflect the blows. The victim, who was allegedly stabbed up to twenty times, has two children who were present at the time of the attack.

The victim is currently said to be in critical condition, but is expected to survive.

It's ironic in this romantic tragedy to realize that Malil made his name in a romantic comedy.

Wassup indeed.

Stupid Celebrities

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:34 AM | Permalink

Hairspray actress, Nikki Blonsky, is not all sweetness and light it seems.

Various sources reveal that, on Wednesday of this week, Blonsky and her father were involved in an airport scuffle with America's Next Top Model contestant, Bianca Golden. Apparently, the Blonksy's refused to move their luggage when Golden, who was traveling with her mother, tried to take one of their reserved seats at the Providenciales International Airport in Turks and Caicos

As a result of the fight that broke out, the sweet faced 19 year old actress was charged with assault and actual bodily harm as well as common assault, her father was charged with grievous bodily harm, and Golden was charged with actual bodily harm and assault. Golden's mother was seriously hurt and had to be airlifted to hospital.

Blonsky Jr and Golden Jr have both been released on bail. Blonsky Snr is being held until August 8.

Silence might be Golden, but Golden certainly isn't silent. And as for the rather rotund Hairspray actress - well, the thought of being in a fight with her makes your hair stand on end.

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:12 AM | Permalink

That hunk of a celebrity footballer, Thierry Henry, is heading for a nasty battle - he's told his ex-wife not to expect a cash settlement from him. Ex-wife, Claire Merry, has asked for $20 million; Henry has told her to prepare for a tough battle.

The Henry divorce was precipitated by a raunchy text message on the footballer's phone, he unfortunately scored an own goal when Madame Henry found it.

Merry and Henry, who sound suspiciously like a double act, were married for 4 years and have a daughter, Tea Henry.

Merry vowed to take Henry to the cleaners in an endeavor to get as much as possible out of him.

Not such a merry ending.

Stupid Celebrities Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:05 AM | Permalink

Anne Hathaway of The Devil Wears Prada fame (as opposed to the one of Shakespeare fame) has had her diaries seized by the FBI. If they were short of a little bedside reading, I would suggest they'd be better off with the original Ann Hathaway's diaries!

Hathaway (Mark II) allegedly split up with Raffaello Follieri last month, shortly before his arrest on suspicion of dodgy dealings. Her ex-paramour was charged with a dozen counts of federal wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering and will remain in jail until he can post $21 million bail.

Hathaway, meanwhile, has been partying fit to bust at the Martini Beach restaurant, where she karaoke'd the night away.

Gossip Girls
Celebrity Cafe

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:31 AM | Permalink

Amy Winehouse's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil has been jailed for perverting the course of justice and beating up a pub landlord. The 26 year old was sentenced to 27 months and told by Judge David Radford at Snaresbrook Crown Court, East London, that he had behaved in a "gratuitous, cowardly and disgraceful" way.

Fielder-Civil, and his friend beat up the landlord of the Macbeths pub in Hoxton, East London, in June 2006. The landlord sustained such serious injuries that he needed plates put into his face to repair a broken cheekbone.

Cowardly Fielder-Civil and his friend enlisted two other friends to pay Mr King $400,000 to ensure he did not testify. The so-called friends then attempted to sell footage of the pay-off to a newspaper reporter.

Nothing funny about any of that eh? No - but what is funny is the fact that Fielder-Civil appealed to a judge to let him walk free so he could become a role model for the troubled singer. That's like asking Britney to model the perfect mother.

Daily Telegraph

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:06 AM | Permalink

Oh, and that was after he pulled up the tank top and bra of a 17-year-old girl in the same parking lot. The very aptly named Andy Dick was arrested on charges of drug possession and sexual battery; he was described by officers as being "extremely intoxicated." When searched, marijuana and Xanax were found in the not very funny comedian's pockets.

The (oops, sorry,) Mr Dick was booked at 4:30am on felony possession of narcotics, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and misdemeanor sexual battery. He was later released on $5,000 bail from the Riverside County jail. His court date was set for August 12

The Gossip Girls

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:45 AM | Permalink

Khloe Kardashian is off to prison in a couple of days time, she has until this Friday, July 18th to turn herself in. The reality show star was ordered to spend up to 30 days in jail for violating a probation order stemming from a 2007 drunken driving arrest.

So, given that it was booze that got her into this mess, how do you think Kardashian spent her last few hours before being incarcerated? That's right, she went bar hopping in LA, apparently making appearances at the trendy Villa Lounge, as well as stopping by the Gamespot party at the Goa night club. She posed for photographers and sipped champagne with friends before being picked up by a car service and taken home.

Well, at least she had the good sense not to drive.

Oh, and Kardashian's late father gained fame for helping to represent O.J. Simpson after his accusation for murder. I know there's a joke there somewhere, I just can't find it.

The Gossip Girls

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:21 AM | Permalink

According to CBS News, Christie Brinkley wants Cook in her children's lives - presumably referring to her estranged husband, Peter Cook, whom she is divorcing.

I think that CBS probably misheard - what Brinkley wants is A Cook in her children's lives. After all, Uptown Girls don't bake cookies. Do they?

CBS News

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:43 AM | Permalink

That's what friends of Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan, should be saying to him right now.

Hogan has challenged Australian Tax Authorities to locate him in the US and get him for tax evasion. The actor, who predicts that if he lands in Australia he will be arrested, claims that Australian tax officials are illegally trying to get his banking records and documents to charge him.

Stupid Celebrities Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:43 AM | Permalink

Dr Jan Adam is the doctor who performed cosmetic surgery on the mother of rap artist Kanye West, Dr Donda West. Dr West died last year from complications that developed after her surgery.

Apparently Jan Adams' medical license has expired. Not only that, yesterday he was arrested for driving up a ramp the wrong way.

I can't quite work out how you drive up a ramp the wrong way, perhaps you have to be drunk to work that one out, which is exactly what happened in this case. Adams has been charged with DUI having failed a field sobriety test and being found to be driving on a suspended license. He is currently being held at the Solano County Jail.

There is no way I would let somebody who can't tell one end of a ramp from the other take a scalpel to my nose!

Stupid Celebrities

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:29 AM | Permalink

But, the way things are going for rapper, 50 Cent, may soon represent the state of his finances as well as his name.

Earlier this month, New York judge ordered 50 Cent not to sell the $2.4 million property where his ex-girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, lived with their son. The property was destroyed by fire, which police were investigating as 'suspicious.' It wasn't all bad - Tompkins was ordered to pay the rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, $4,500 in rent for staying in the house during its final month.

Now the rapper has been ordered to surrender any guns he might have after a judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order requested by Tompkins.

It was only 5 years ago that 50 Cent released his debut album, but since then he has built a business with a record label, a clothing and footwear line, ring tones and video games. He has also starred in a movie based on his life, "Get Rich or Die Tryin' "

Now is that life imitating art, or vice versa?

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 06:51 AM | Permalink

British supermodel, Naomi Campbell, has avoided jail for her Heathrow air-rage incident, despite pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers back in April. Instead of six months in prison and a $9,800 fine, Ms Campbell has been ordered to do 200 hours of community service and to pay compensation of around $400 to one of the police officers, $300 to the flight captain, and $4,600 in fines.

This isn't the first time that Campbell has done community service, of course, last year in New York she mopped floors and cleaned toilets for five days.

She also took anger management classes. They didn't work.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 11:48 AM | Permalink

Linda Hogan is showing no mercy to her soon to be ex-husband,wrestler Hulk Hogan; she has asked that Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, be held in contempt of court until he has paid his agreed share of their $4.2 million condominium in Las Vegas.

Mrs Hogan has already deposited her share of the money towards the condo. The condo was in escrow when the Hogans filed their divorce papers. The court order requested for both Hogans to close the deal and place the property into their common community lot.

She's not without heart though, she wants Hulk jailed in Pinellas County, where their son, Nick Hogan, was jailed.

Stupid Celebrities Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:15 AM | Permalink

Now, if you don't know who Scott Storch is, let me enlighten you - he is the music producer and songwriter partially responsible for the success of Mariah Carey and Christine Aguiliera. But let's not hold that against him, the boy's in a bit of trouble - there is a warrant out for his arrest due to his failure to pay $500,000 in back taxes. He also owes $100,000 in back payments on child support.

In 2007, Vanessa Bellido claimed that Storch was the biological father of her sixteen year old son; the composer acknowledged his paternity and made payments until Jan. 2008. Vanessa made an emergency petition for child support as she claimed that her son had to sleep on a couch in their shared room. He also gave his son a car that has since been repossessed.

Maybe Storch could make an emergency petition for support because he is sleeping on a couch in a shared room - I'm sure Ms Bellido would be happy to help.

Stupid Celebrities Gosip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:34 AM | Permalink

From English tabloid paper, The Sun, comes the news that troubled singer Amy Winehouse is employing 5 minders for her imprisoned husband, Blake, at a cost of £1,000 a week. Blake Fielder-Civil is on remand at Pentonville jail awaiting his trial for assault.

Winehouse is, allegedly, also funding a continuing supply of cocaine and heroin to her husband while he is locked up.

The news comes hot on the heels of yet another video showing the couple taking drugs and having sex in public.

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 07:15 AM | Permalink

Actually, not a dumb celebrity at all - just a very dumb celebrity lawyer!

Mike Roman works as a criminal defense attorney in Chicago. Out of hours, he fronts for a rock band that goes under the name of "Mike Roman and the Telstars." They even have a new album out.

By the sound of things, Roman is something of a pushy character and, on Friday, he was thrown out of court for trying to push his demo CD onto R Kelly during the rapper's child pornography trial.

Kelly, quite politely it has to be said, declined the disc, but Roman persisted to push. Kelly continued to decline, eventually reminding the attorney that he (KelLy)was subject to a gag order and wasn't allowed to talk to anybody.

Roman, determined not to be beaten, offered to leave the disc with Kelly.

Kelly didn't want the bloody disc. Kelly didn't want Roman to speak to him. Kelly, still polite, asked to be left alone.

Eventually, other attorneys in the court room came to Kelly's aid, and Roman was detained. Even then he couldn't see the error of his ways: "I’m a lawyer and I’m musician," he said, "what’s wrong with that?"

Roman eventually complied with an order to leave the courtroom, but not before trying to sell a copy of the aforementioned new album to one of Kelly’s defense attorneys for $15.

Let's hope, for Roman's sake, that he's understands the music scene better than he understands the legal scene. Although this shameless self promotion would suggest that he doesn't.

Wall Street Journal

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NO JUST SO CRACKED, SHE OBVIOUSLY BROKEN...

Actress, Tatum O'Neal, was arrested on Sunday after being spotted buying crack on the Lower East Side, close to where she lives.

Before they found her bag of crack, her bag of coke and her crack pipe, the actress insisted she was just researching an acting role.

After they found her, um, accoutrements, she changed her story to: "I’ve been clean for a long time. Today was the first time I was relapsing, but you guys saved me! Can you let me go?"

They obviously didn't fall for her acting - she was booked for seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance

Huffington Post

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:01 AM | Permalink

Okay, I have to 'fess up front that I have never heard of this guy but he is, apparently, a celebrity in the world of boy bands, having launched The Backstreet Boys and NSync. Hmm..

Anyway, Pearlman was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison, after swindling investors and major U.S. banks out of more than $300 million. His twenty-year long scam, which involved tempting individuals and banks to invest millions of dollars in two companies that existed only on paper, has been described as 'audacious.'

Even more audacious was the fact that Swineman (sorry, Pearlman) tried to delay his sentencing so that he had time to continue work on his new 'project', European pop band US 5.

This pearl of a man actually proposed that he had authorized access to the internet to carry on his business dealings while he is in jail. Unsurprisingly, access was denied.

I know that, somewhere in there, is a one liner about pearls before swine but I just can't get my brain around it. So insert your own joke at this point.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:47 AM | Permalink

ALLEGEDLY, OF COURSE!

Lindsay Lohan is being sued for allegedly stealing an $11,000 mink coat from a New York Student, apparently making off with the coat after a party that both women attended in Manhattan. The next time Masha Markova, the rightful owner of the coat, saw her prized possession, it was draped across Lohan in a photograph in OK magazine. Markova said the coat was eventually returned to her, but that it smelled of cigarettes and liquor.

What intrigues me is, sadly, not that Lindsay Lohan should accidentally pick up a mink coat that doesn't belong to her; rather, it is the fact that a student can afford to frequent a Manhattan night club while sporting a mink coat!

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:43 AM | Permalink

ENSURE THAT THE LEGAL OWNER IS STILL IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING FIRST!

Jamar Hornsby, who plays football for the Universiry of Florida, was arrested on Friday, accused of using a dead woman’s credit card.

Hornsby surrendered himself and appeared at Alachua County Court to face the charges. The credit card belonged to James Slonina and was used by his daughter, Ashley Slonina. Ashley was killed in a motorbike accident, along with another footballer from Florida University, Michael Guilford. The dead woman was the girlfriend of Joe Haden, another Florida football player.

So, Hornsby must have known that the girl was dead. Bit of an own goal there son.

Stupid Celebrities Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:51 AM | Permalink

Colin Leahy, who auditioned for season three of American Idol, has been arrested for sending sexual messages to a 12 year old teenager and accused with propositioning a 10 year old while working as a volunteer at a Broooklyn elementary school. Both the youngsters he preyed upon were male.

When Colin was auditioning for American Idol, he told the judges that fellow contestant, Clay Aiken, and himself were once fellow camp counselors.

He never said which definition of 'camp' he was using....

Stupid Celebrities Gossip

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:47 AM | Permalink

AND THAT, ESSENTIALLY, WAS WHAT GOT HIM INTO THE SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Brazilian striker, Ronaldo, is at pains to explain that he is "tearful, ashamed, and completely heterosexual" following his assignation with three transvestites in Rio de Janeiro last week. He took the three 'girls' to a motel after having a bust-up with his girlfriend. He went to the motel believing that they were call girls but later discovered that they were not girls at all.

So, does that mean its okay to take three call girls back to a motel then - as long as they don't have penises? I have to say I'm a little concerned to read that he is recovering from a knee injury. I want to know if he sustained the injury before, during, or after his time with the 'girls.'

Stuff

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:19 AM | Permalink

CSI star, Gary Dourdan, saw the real CSI at work recently when police officers found certain substances in his car - those substances are believed to be cocaine, heroin, Ecstasy, plus various prescription drugs.

The 41 year old dumb celebrity was found asleep in the driver's seat of a parked car before dawn on Monday in Palm Springs, about 100 miles east of LA. Of course, not wishing to draw any attention to himself, the star had parked on the wrong side of the street and left his interior light on. See, they get addicted to the spotlight these people, I suspect he continuously opens the door of his refrigerator too!

He was released on $5,000 bail. What's that phrase about life imitating art?

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Troubled British singer, Amy Whitehouse, has just scored another massive hit - on a a 38 year-old man in the street. The singer had enjoyed a night out on the town and was rather the worse for wear; a good Samaritan offered to hail her a cab for which his reward was a head butt from the singer. She had also punched a guy in the face because he refused make way for her at the pool table.

Later she walked into a lampost while smoking cannabis (or something!). That's not her usual sort of smack, is it.

She wasn't so much bar-hopping as bar-staggering. At one point, Winehouse apparently screamed "I am a legend, get these people out. I want to take drugs." Well, she had at least two hits!

She was due to be questioned today (Friday) on the grounds of assault.

The Sun

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:01 AM | Permalink

I've been trying to come up with a US equivalent of Britain's Pete Doherty, the shambling wreck of a man who was once supermodel Kate Moss's lover. I don't think you have anybody quite so pathetic!

Latest news about the ex Baby Shambles singer is from jail, where he is serving a 14 week sentence for drug offenses. Apparently, the dumb celebrity has been transferred into the high security unit after prison officials informed him that there was a plot to attack him. Apparently he has been borrowing from other inmates so that he can buy luxuries, like toiletries and cigarettes. Trouble is, he hasn't been paying the money back and he has asked ex Kate Moss for help in clearing his debts. So he's not only stupid, he has no pride either.

Gonna be a long 14 weeks I think.

ITN

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:53 AM | Permalink

Bridget Bardot has been charged for the fifth time since 1997 with inciting racial hatred. The 73 year old former blond bombshell went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims. She faces a two-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of $23,760 for commenting that the Muslim community was destroying France and "imposing its acts." Previous comments from Bardot are not confined to Muslims, although she has said that France is being invaded by sheep-slaughtering Muslims; she has also published a book that attacks gays, immigrants and the unemployed.

Reading this, its hardly surprising that the prosecutor in the case is quoted as saying:

"I am a little tired of prosecuting Mrs Bardot."

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:50 AM | Permalink

IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GROPE THEM!

The 24 year old nanny who was sued by Rob Lowe and his wife for violating a confidentiality agreement, has claimed that the star groped and sexually harassed her, and has filed a counter-suit against the couple.

Nanny Jessica Gibson says that Lowe stuck his hands into her panties, grabbed her bottom, exposed himself, masturbated in front of her and showed her pornography. She also claims that Mrs Lowe told the nanny that she would never get married because only married men would be attracted to her. Nice eh?

Gibson is seeking $50,000 in general damages plus unspecified punitive damages and unpaid wages; she was paid $18 an hour by the Lowes.

This is not the first time that 'Lowest of the Lowe' Rob has been involved in a sex scandal - in the 1980's he was videotaped having sex with two young women, one of them only a teenager.

Seems that Rob's interests are definitely beLOWE the waist when it comes to young women.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:39 AM | Permalink

In an attempt to keep his little girl safe, Britney Spears' father had banned her from using her car. Recently, however, his attitude softened and he gave his daughter "permission" to tool around the block in her car. (And we wonder why the girl fails to grow up!).

Anyway, Britney may be about to have her driving privileges revoked - she caused a minor accident on the LA Freeway yesterday evening when, in stop-and-go traffic, she forgot the 'stop' bit. She failed to stop her Mercedes in time, rear-ending the car in front, causing the car in front of her to rear end the car in front.....

Strangely, although the accident was attended by the California Highway Police, no tickets were issued. Wonder why that was then...

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:12 AM | Permalink

It sounds like pure cinema, a wigged and gowned London judge stared down from the bench onto a Stormtrooper in London on Tuesday.

Well, he stared down onto a Stormtrooper costume and nine masks anyway, as the breach of copyright case between Star Wars' George Lucas and props designer Andrew Ainsworth got underway.

Ainsworth is charged with breach of copyright because he sells replicas of the Star Wars characters from his London studio but he argues that copyright has expired and, anyway, it belongs to him, and not to George Lucas.

Lucas and his associates have already won a $20 million claim against Ainsworth.

I think Ainsworth should beware of the dark side.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 11:18 AM | Permalink

After her latest violent outburst, British Airways have banned Naomi Campbell from using the airline. Her latest outburst, last week in the trouble-stricken new Heathrow Terminal Five, culminated in her assaulting a police officer.

Campbell hoped that the situation could be "resolved amicably," however, BA don't seem to want to be friends with the violent and abusive catwalk model.

Given the debacle over the opening of Terminal Five, I can't help wondering if this situation is being used as a smokescreen for BA. With hundreds of flights canceled and tens of thousands of bags gone missing, they're probably grateful for the light entertainment provided by Campbell.

Campbell will probably be delighted to hear that a large percentage of the missing bags have turned up in Madrid - the home of high fashion.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 07:06 AM | Permalink

Nicholas Cage has won and apology and damages from actress Kathleen Turner following the claims she made about him in her autobiography. The actress not only said that the actor had twice been arrested for drunk driving, but also that he had once stolen a chihuahua.

Not that Nicholas Cage read Ms Turner's autobiography; the offending piece appeared in English newspaper, The Daily Mail, which serialized the book. The extract appeared under the headline, "Why I hate Burt Reynolds and Nicholas Cage."

Hmm - perhaps she'll write a sequel - "Why I hate Nicholas Cage even more than before."

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 11:26 AM | Permalink

The British have suspected it for years but now their suspicions have been confirmed by the highest court in the land. Paul Burrell is a liar. This man, Princess Diana's alleged 'rock' has spent the years since her death cashing in on his privileged relationship with the Princess.

Yesterday, in his summing up speech at the Diana Inquest, Lord Justice Scott Baker said it was "blindingly obvious" that butler Paul Burrell — who was more concerned with exploiting his connection to Diana — "hadn't told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" during three days of testimony.

Well, hallelujah, it's about time that this obsequious man had the shabby truth revealed. He is still making money from his connections to the Princess, with his Royal Butler Collection. It's telling though that he spends more time in the US than he does in the UK - we saw through him years ago.

Mohammad Al Fayed should put him on the payroll - takes one deluded idiot to recognize another one.

Paul Burrell may or may not have been Diana's rock. Diana is certainly Paul Burrell's pension.

MSNBC

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:30 AM | Permalink

Even after all these years, the surviving members of The Doors are squabbling. Having split up after Jim Morrison's death; they are still involved in legal wrangling.

Drummer John Densmore has been involved in legal battle with guitarist Robby Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek over their use of the name "The Doors of the 21st Century." A judge eventually told them to stop using that name.

According to court papers, the Densmore lawsuit cost Manzarek and Doors Touring, Inc. more than $3 million in legal fees. Amid that fight, Manzarek filed a commercial liability insurance policy that includes a clause protecting against advertising injury, which refers to losses from things such as slander, libel and privacy infringement.

Manzarek notified his insurers of the Densmore suite, but they refused coverage. However, this decision was overruled in the court of appeals, with the advice that the lower court should review the previous ruling.

Morrison will be turning in his grave. The phrase "Doors of the 21st Century" is a contradiction in terms.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 11:10 AM | Permalink

To Eric Clapton, BB King, and other guitar heroes of my generation, Gibson guitars are certainly celebrities - so I think I can just about get away with this one!

Gibson Guitar announced yesterday that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom Inc's MTV networks and Harmonix, as well as Electronic Arts, about the "Guitar Hero" video games. These stunningly popular games allow, nay encourage, those air guitarists among us. You are provided with a plastic guitar shaped thingie, which you play in time to the notes on the television screen. Just in case you're interested, my rendition of the old Bon Jovi number, Sweet Child of Mine has to be seen to be believed.

I digress.

Gibson said the games violate a 1999 patent for technology to simulate a musical performance. Harmonix developed the first "Guitar Hero" game and was later bought by MTV. Electronic Arts and another company, Activision Inc, as well as several retailers, either develop, distribute or sell one or several of the games in the "Guitar Hero" series.

Harmonix have given a metaphorical finger to Gibson by saying, 'This lawsuit is completely without merit and we intend to defend it vigorously.' EA have declined to comment.

Activision licensed the rights to model its video controllers on Gibson guitar models and to use their likenesses in the game. The company has said that by waiting three years to raise its claim, Gibson had granted an implied license for any technology.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 11:25 AM | Permalink

British author Sebastian Horsley was denied entry into the US yesterday on the grounds of 'moral turpitude.' The author of Dandy in the Underworld, his autobiography that details his sex and drug addictions, said he thought that the problem might have been his flamboyant dress and top hat.

I don't suppose for one minute that his exclusion could have anything to do with his admissions about sleeping with more than 1,000 prostitutes, working as a male escort, or being in and out of rehab to treat drug addiction. Or his staged self-crucifixion in the Philippines in 2000.

Horsley's parting shot, as he was loaded on a plane bound for the UK was, "God bless America, land of the free, but sadly not the home of the depraved."

You read it here first folks!

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 12:24 PM | Permalink

Heather Mills yesterday professed herself to be happy with her divorce settlement from ex Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney. Okay, she gave out mixed messages, I mean, if she was so happy why did she throw a jug of water over Sir Paul's lawyer's head? Never mind, I thought, let's give her the benefit of the doubt.

Then today, details of the trial were published and poor (sorry, rich) old Heather doesn't come out of it too well.

The Judge in the trial said that Heather Mills gave "inconsistent and inaccurate" evidence, and said that she was a less than impressive witness.

Still, if being less than impressive gets you $34,000 for each day of a four-year marriage, perhaps she's not as stupid as she looks.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:52 AM | Permalink

NONETHELESS, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HE'S NUTS TOO!

Police in Pennsylvania said that they've arrested a naked man who ran amok on Friday, attacking businesses near a resort area.

A supermarket and the nearby Willow Valley Resort hotel are assessing the damage. Authorities said some office space at the hotel was trashed, a forklift was driven into an interior wall, and an overhead sewer pipe was damaged.

Police said the man then entered a nearby market, and threw a 300-pound pizza oven to the floor. Among other equipment damaged in the incident -- which was captured on surveillance cameras -- was a $90,000 meat-wrapping machine.

The 28-year-old suspect had reportedly been a guest at the resort.

He's now charged with risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, open lewdness and other counts. He's been held in Lancaster County Prison on $200,000 bail. And I hope his nuts are no longer visible.

Local6.com

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 03:00 PM | Permalink

Back in December, when PGA tour golfer Tripp Isenhour, was filming a video segment for his television show "Shoot Like A Pro" he apparently killed a protected bird.

The bird, a red-shouldered hawk, was making such a noise that the crew had to do a second take. Isenhour tried to hit the bird, supposedly in an effort to silence it, from 300 yards away but he was unsuccessful. When the bird moved to another tree, just 75 yards away, Isenhour was heard to say "I'll get him now." And after taking about ten shots, he did just that - knocking the hawk out of the tree and causing it to fall 30' to the ground, where it lay bleeding from both nostrils. At this point, the golfer apparently said "I didn't think I would hit it." That's how you shoot like a pro, then.

The golfer, whose real name is John Henry Isenhour III, was charged with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird.

This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'target golf.'

Local6.com

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 11:22 AM | Permalink

Unless fallen pop idol, Michael Jackson, pays a balance of nearly $25 million he will lose his Neverland ranch; which will be sold to the highest bidder. The county recorder's Web site shows that a Notice of Trustees Sale was filed against Neverland Valley Ranch on Monday.

Jackson has rarely visited his once beloved ranch since his acquittal of child molestation charges in 2005, and in 2006 state authorities ordered the property shuttered and fined Jackson for failing to pay his employees or maintain proper insurance. The zoo animals have reportedly been removed.

Should have stopped before he got enough, shouldn't he.

Reuters

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:19 AM | Permalink

In British Columbia, startled motorists contacted the police to report the fact that three people were having sex. Nothing wrong with that you might think - good luck to 'em. Thing is, there were in a car on the Trans Canada Highway at the time.

The three, erm, performers, - a male and two females - were described as 'wanting to attract attention from other motorists.' Well, I suppose, having sex would be the way to do it - especially since the male participant was also driving the car.

The owner of the vehicle was traced from the license plates and officers went to that address to await the car's return, Rice said.

On arrival, only one of the women was inside with the male driver, who said he had dropped the other woman off. The woman has been sent off for psychiatric reports but - get this - as the police did not witness the sex acts, the man can only be charged with driving without due care and attention.

Some guys have all the luck, eh?

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:08 AM | Permalink