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Voletta Wallace with a wax figure of her son rapper Notorious B.I.G., NY
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Notorious B.I.G.
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Voletta Wallace with a wax figure of her son rapper Notorious B.I.G., NY
May 09, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A judge has reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the case.
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May 08, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
French cosmetics giant Lancome and Uma Thurman are wrangling over the use of her name and image in an advertising campaign.
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May 08, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Dan Rather has filed an amended lawsuit against CBS that says other TV networks refused to hire him because of the damage executives at his former company did to his reputation aftera disputed 2004 report on President Bush.
Rather’s lawyer, Martin R. Gold, said new papers were filed because a judge said in April the initial lawsuit did not specify how CBS injured Rather in his occupation. The judge said theveteran newsman could submit an amended complaint.
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May 01, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Marcus Allen has given an exclusive statement to Access Hollywood after being referenced in a statement by Rob Lowe’s wife, Sheryl Lowe, earlier today.
The former football legend was mentioned in a statement by Sheryl Lowe, who on Wednesday was accused in a counter lawsuit of making racist remarks in the presence of her former nanny Laura Boyce.
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May 01, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Rob Lowe’s lawyer and his wife Sheryl have hit back following the filing of a counter lawsuit against the couple, yesterday by a former nanny.
On April 7, the Lowe’s preemptively filed lawsuits against three of their former employees, claiming , among other things, that they broke a confidentiality agreement.
Find out what they had to say and what the nanny has alleged, inside!
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Apr 30, 2008
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A judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit by a television writer who claimed Jennifer Lopez had a hand in stealing his idea for a TV series.
Writer Jack Bunick claimed in a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the series “South Beach” that debuted in January 2006 was too similar to a plot he described in 1999 for a pilot episode of a show that would have been called “South Beach Miami.” The lawsuit named Lopez, UPN, CBS Television and others as defendants.
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Apr 14, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
J.K. Rowling said Monday that her efforts to halt a publisher’s “Harry Potter” lexicon have been crushing her creativity.
Rowling said she has stopped work on a new novel because the lawsuit in federal court has “decimated my creative work over the last month.”
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Apr 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A woman’s lawsuit against two paparazzi and the photo agency allegedly responsible for the video of Heath Ledger at a West Hollywood hotel room says the late actor was using cocaine that night.
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Apr 06, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Eva Longoria and Tony Parker have received an apology from a paparazzi agency, which claimed the NBA star had an affair with a woman he met at his wedding to the “Desperate Housewives” star.
In December, X17Online ran several stories alleging Parker had a two-month affair with a French model named Alexandra Paressant.
Now what does the agency have to say?
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Apr 08, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Rob Lowe and his wife are suing their former nanny, claiming she told secrets and lies about their family.
The complaint filed Monday in a Los Angeles Superior Court asks for at least $1,000,000 in damages and charges Laura Boyce with violating a confidentiality agreement, defamation and infliction of emotional distress on the former "West Wing" star; his wife, Sheryl; and their two sons.
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Apr 04, 2008
LONDON, England --
Nicolas Cage will receive published apologies from fellow “Peggy Sue Got Married” co-star, Kathleen Turner, and her co-defendants over claims the actress made in her autobiography, according to a statement from Cage’s lawyer released to Access Hollywood.
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Apr 02, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
A judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit brought by a businessman shown in the movie "Borat" as he is chased down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Find out why the judge made the decision.
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Mar 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Woody Allen asked a federal court on Monday to strip a clothing company known for its racy ads featuring scantily clad models of at least $10 million for using his image on billboards and on the Internet.
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Mar 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Hulk Hogan is being sued by the man who was critically injured in a car crash involving the wrestler's son.
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Mar 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Rock band the Smashing Pumpkins threw a lawsuit at their former record label, Virgin.
In the suit, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the band claims their former imprint pimped their likeness and music to Amazon and Pepsi, without their permission.
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Mar 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Kid Rock was slapping waffles down on fans’ plates earlier this month as part of a charity benefit, but now he's on the receiving end of some slapping thanks to a lawsuit filed against him last Friday.
Kid Rock, AKA Robert Ritchie, is being sued by Michael Medlin, Carlos Bonilla and Jose Perez, who claim he caused them personal injury and “exemplary” personal damages according to the lawsuit obtained by Access Hollywood.
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Mar 14, 2008
GLENDALE, Calif. --
A jury cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist on Friday of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of actor John Ritter, who died of a torn aorta in 2003.
Jurors found that the radiologist advised Ritter to follow up with treatment by a physician after a body scan two years before his death. Ritter didn't follow the order.
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Feb 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Jurors in the trial of a wrongful-death lawsuit against two of John Ritter's doctors heard the actor's voice Thursday as he reported to his wife in a phone message that he wasn't feeling well and thought he had food poisoning.
Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck, testified that the message was left just before he was taken to a hospital from the set of his hit TV show "8 Simple Rules … for Dating My Teenage Daughter."
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Feb 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Lindsay Lohan has settled her civil case with a busboy over a 2005 car accident, according to court papers obtained by Access Hollywood.
In his lawsuit, Raymundo Ortega claimed Lohan was negligent when her car collided with his van after the actress left The Ivy. He also claimed the actress (who was underage at the time) had “consumed alcohol and became intoxicated” prior to the accident.
Ortega was seeking $200,000 in damages.
Access the Full StoryFeb 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
If Britney Spears’ conservatorship case is going to be decided by a federal court, attorney Jon Eardley needs to do a better job of explaining why it belongs there, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
According to court papers obtained by Access Hollywood, federal court Judge Philip Gutierrez has given attorney Jon Eardley until February 29 to prove Britney’s case should be moved from LA Superior Court to the federal level.
Meanwhile, Brit's dad is fighting to keep the case in Superior Court.
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Feb 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A parking lot attendant who claimed he was punched by Omar Sharif has won a knockout decision in court.
Superior Court Judge Joe W. Hilberman entered a default judgment Tuesday for more than $318,000 in damages in favor of Juan Luis Ochoa Anderson when the 75-year-old actor failed to show up for a deposition, according to court documents.
Access the Full StoryFeb 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A stunning development in the Britney Spears conservatorship battle has left lawyers and legal experts scratching their heads all over Los Angeles.
It appears that the case, which involves a small army of lawyers, is now stalled until an unusual (to say the least) dispute can be resolved.What it boils down to is this: are Britney Spears’ civil rights being violated by the conservatorship which has been engineered by her parents?
Access the Full StoryFeb 12, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Sienna Miller felt hunted by a group of paparazzi as they chased hercar across London in an attempt to find out where she lived, the26-year-old actress told a British court Monday.
Miller was estifying at the trial of her friend Otis Ferry, who was charged withcriminal damage after yanking two sets of keys from the ignitions ofpursuing photographers' cars.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Britney teaches the kids some signature dance moves, while Kathleen Turner's new autobiography has Nicolas Cage barking mad!
Plus, Who gave Paris Hilton the cold shoulder on Grammy night? Is Jamie Lynn Spears still with her baby's father? Reality TV gets another actress chronicling her life! And Babs announces her Oscar Night guest list.
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Feb 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Mel Gibson has been slapped with a major fraud & breach of contract lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court by a screenwriter for "The Passion."
In the lawsuit, the screenwriter — Benedict Fitzgerald, claims that in their original negotiations, Gibson said he was going to pay for the film himself, and "because he was so rich," he wouldn't take a cut of any profits, but that they would be divided among the other people who worked on the movie. Also, he claims, because Gibson "considered [the movie] a personal gift to his faith."
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Feb 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A lawyer representing John Ritter's family is telling a Glendale jury he will show that doctors caused the actor's death by improper diagnosis and substandard treatment.
Attorney Moses Lebovits said Monday in opening statements that the doctors did everything wrong, when the actor died from a torn aorta in September 2003.
Feb 06, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Sonja Norwood, the mother of R&B star Brandy, is suing the Kardashian family claiming they used her credit card for thousands of dollars worth of unauthorized purchases.
Norwood claims that Kim Kardashian, who previously served as a stylist for Brandy, was given authorization to use Norwood’s American Express credit card one time in 2004.
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Nov 15, 2007
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NEW YORK, NY (November 15, 2007) — CBS asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a $70 million defamation lawsuit that veteran television newsman Dan Rather filed against the network and its parent company, arguing that he waited too long to take legal action.
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Nov 14, 2007
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“He literally laughed at me. I cried in his office right in front of him because I wasn’t happy and I felt like I wasn’t getting any answers from him,” she recounted.
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Nov 13, 2007
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When the case went to trial, Dr. Adams was found not guilty of DUI, however was guilty of driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater and he was sentenced to 96 hours in jail and given five years probation. He was also ordered to enroll in an alcohol treatment and counseling program and attend 60 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, according to the document.
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Nov 13, 2007
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When the case went to trial, Dr. Adams was found not guilty of DUI, however was guilty of driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater and he was sentenced to 96 hours in jail and given five years probation. He was also ordered to enroll in an alcohol treatment and counseling program and attend 60 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, according to the document.
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Nov 13, 2007
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Criminal charges were filed against the photographer following the listening device incident. Fox News reported they were later dropped.
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Nov 09, 2007
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Her lawsuit claimed “a photograph of Ms. Hilton’s face is superimposed over a cartoon of a waitress serving food to a patron, along with the dialogue: ‘Don’t touch that, it’s hot. What’s hot? That’s Hot.’”
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Nov 07, 2007
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When contacted by Access Hollywood about the lawsuit, reps for Copperfield issued a statement, blaming the cancellation on the promoters themselves.
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Nov 06, 2007
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (November 6, 2007)-- Keanu Reeves has been sued by a photographer who alleges the star struck him with his Porsche earlier this year.
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However, before filing her lawsuit last week, back in July Lohan filed papers saying she wasn’t under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Within those papers, Lohan claimed Ortega’s allegations were “nothing more than an attempt to extort money from a celebrity by making false and scurrilous allegations in a complaint.”
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Jul 30, 2007
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MIAMI, FL (July 30, 2007) — A federal bankruptcy judge Monday awarded the rights of O.J. Simpson’s canceled “If I Did It” book to the family of the late Ronald Goldman to satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against the former football star.
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Jun 08, 2007
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NEW YORK (June 8, 2007) — A businessman seen fleeing from a hug from British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the hit movie “Borat” has sued filmmaker 20th Century Fox, saying his civil rights were violated.
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May 30, 2007
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“She’s just responding to pieces of litigation as they come in and doesn’t want to comment at this time,” Edwin McPherson, an attorney representing Brandy, said Tuesday.
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May 04, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (May 4, 2007) — Singer-actor Brandy was sued for negligence and wrongful death by the husband of a waitress who was killed in a freeway crash involving the entertainer.
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Apr 30, 2007
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Since the same people who produce “American Idol” will be producing the Emmy Awards in September, there’s bound to be some crossover.
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Apr 03, 2007
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NEW YORK (April 3, 2007) — Not long after “The Sopranos” began airing, James Gandolfini remembers someone banging on the door of his Manhattan apartment late at night.
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Mar 14, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (March 14, 2007) — Sensational new claims have emerged surrounding a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against ?American Idol? and former contestant Mario Vazquez in Los Angeles Superior Court last week.On Friday, Magdaleno Olmos, a former assistant production accountant, filed court papers in LA Superior Court accusing Vazquez of sexually harassing him and ?Idol? of letting him go, for reporting the issue. Speaking to Access Hollywood earlier today, Olmos? lawyer, Matt Matern recounted details alleged in the suit including one incident where Vazquez is alleged to have followed Olmos into a bathroom, performed a lewd act in front of him and offered up sexual favors. After Olmos reported the incident, Matern claims ?Idol? producers offered his client their support. That support, the attorney said , may have led to Vazquez?s mysterious departure from the show?s Top 12 during Season 4.?I believe it (Vazquez’s departure) was not voluntary in any way shape or form,? Matern speculated. ?There were meetings held on that same day with the executives Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, with my client and with the attorneys for ?American Idol.? ?They asked my client what had happened,? Olmos? attorney continued. ?Then I believe they interviewed Mr. Vazquez that same day, brought my client back in for a second interview and [I?m told], Nigel Lythgoe, put his arm around my client and said, ?we know that this happened and we are going to let Mario Vazquez go, and you’re going to stay.??Olmos claims that prior to the bathroom incident, he had reported incidents to his supervisor in which he believed Vazquez had stared at him ?lasciviously? and ?at length.? As a result of the alleged harassment, Matern said his client asked to see a psychologist.?The companies offered him to go see a psychologist, but then never actually referred him to anybody,? Olmos? attorney said. ?The only person they said he could go see was the psychologist that had previously seen Mario Vazquez. Obviously my client didn’t want to go see someone who Mr. Vazquez was seeing.?Matern said his client was fired from ?Idol? following an incident when Olmos said he was going to see a doctor and a supervisor told him he ?was not excused to go see this doctor.? ?We believe that the only reason that he was terminated was because he complained about being sexually harassed and his supervisors and the ?American Idol? people didn?t want him there.?There is a two-year statue of limitations on wrongful termination lawsuits in the state of California and this suit comes in just under the wire. When asked why Olmos filed so close to the wire, his attorney suggested settlement talks with the program and its’ production company had stalled. He also accused the companies of sending them on a run around. “Initially, the Fremantle and ‘American Idol’ attorneys said, ‘Well you need to go after Mr. Vazquez, he is the wrongdoer.’ And then when that line of attack didn’t work, then they tried to say, ‘Well, actually this was a consensual relationship between Mr. Olmos and Mr. Vazquez,’ and therefore they’re not liable for anything that happened between my client and Mr. Vazquez because it was consensual. Obviously, those two statements are contradictory.”Matern says that this contradiction led to a breakdown in negotiations.?Mr. Olmos immediately complained about this conduct and sought representation. We tried to resolve this case informally with ‘American Idol’ and Fremantle and Fox, but they refused to engage in meaningful settlement discussions and so we now had to file a lawsuit,? Matern said. FOX released a statement to Access Hollywood yesterday saying “We haven’t been served but we wouldn’t comment on pending litigation.” And calls made to Mario Vazquez’s attorney have not been returned.
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Feb 26, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (February 23, 2007) — Sacha Baron Cohen was slapped with a lawsuit earlier this month by a woman who claims she was defamed in the popular star?s television program ?Da Ali G Show,? Access Hollywood has learned.
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Jan 05, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Celebutante Kim Kardashian has filed a lawsuit against a company threatening to release a sex tape of her and singer Ray J (aka Brandy’s little brother).
She filed the suit against Vivid Entertainment, asking for unspecified damages, attorney fees and a restraining order, which would prevent the company from releasing the tape public.
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Feb 11, 2007
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NEWARK, N.J (February 11, 2007) — Officials from the weight-loss supplement company whose ads featured the late Anna Nicole Smith said Saturday that it can rebound without her.
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Feb 09, 2007
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The company had no immediate comment on the death of its celebrity spokeswoman, who was found in a Florida hotel room. A spokeswoman, Robin Bonnema, did not return several calls to The Associated Press.
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LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2007) — Christian Brando and his ex-wife have settled dueling lawsuits alleging domestic violence.
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Feb 02, 2007
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ORLANDO, Fla. (February 2, 2007) — Claims against boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman have grown to more than $130 million through a spate of lawsuits by creditors and investors related to his business interests that range from an airline leasing company to restaurants.
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Feb 02, 2007
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HONOLULU (February 1, 2007) — A woman has sued Duane “Dog” Chapman, alleging that a member of the TV bounty hunter’s team threw her down a flight of stairs and broke her back while her boyfriend was being apprehended.
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Feb 01, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (February 1, 2007) — A Hollywood partnership between best-selling author Clive Cussler and Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz had the potential to spawn a lucrative action-film franchise such as the “Indiana Jones” series. Instead, the collaboration went sour and led them to a California court room.
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Jan 19, 2007
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NEW YORK (January 19, 2007) — It’s not like Liza Minnelli and David Gest are kissing and making up. But, they are dropping the lawsuits they’d filed against each other.
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Jan 15, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris resents that MTV and other cable music channels built multibillion-dollar businesses around videos given away by record companies anxious to promote their artists.
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Feb 20, 2007
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According to the plaintiffs, Ruiz had suffered a massive heart attack early that day and was placed in a two-bed trauma room in a restricted area of the hospital. She was admitted in critical condition and was put on life support.
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Dec 13, 2006
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (December 13, 2006) — A man who says he was “accosted” by the star of “Borat” while using a restroom at an upscale South Carolina restaurant last year has filed a lawsuit.
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Dec 08, 2006
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LOS ANGELES (December 7, 2006) — Civil-rights groups seeking greater ethnic diversity in the TV industry said Thursday the major broadcast networks are making improvements but it’s time for greater progress and pressure.
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Dec 01, 2006
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PITTSBURGH (December 1, 2006) — A customer at a Three 6 Mafia concert has now gone two for two in lawsuits stemming from the time he went to see the rap group three years ago.
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Nov 16, 2006
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LOS ANGELES (November 16, 2006) — Sacha Baron Cohen, whose fictional Kazakh reporter Borat has sparked controversy, says he could never put himself and others in embarrassing situations if he weren’t in character.
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Nov 09, 2006
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PHILADELPHIA (November 8, 2006) — Bill Cosby settled a lawsuit Wednesday with a woman who said the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home outside Philadelphia.
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May 14, 2007
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With a new album in the works, Jackson is finally readying his musical comeback. Michael’s music has unfortunately taken a back seat to the scandals. It’s high time the music came front and center again.
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May 14, 2007
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With a new album in the works, Jackson is finally readying his musical comeback. Michael’s music has unfortunately taken a back seat to the scandals. It’s high time the music came front and center again.
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Oct 31, 2006
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NASSAU, Bahamas (October 31, 2006) — Anna Nicole Smith has been hospitalized with pneumonia at the same medical center where her 20-year-old son died under mysterious circumstances in September, an attorney for the reality TV star said Tuesday.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (October 17, 2006) — Rose Rock, the mother of comedian Chris Rock, claims she was racially discriminated against when she was seated but ignored for more than a half hour at a Cracker Barrel restaurant along the South Carolina coast.
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Oct 10, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO (October 10, 2006) — Google’s executives say they love YouTube because they see a lot of the Internet search leader’s DNA in the online video phenom.
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Oct 03, 2006
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HOUSTON (October 2, 2006) — A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit a Minneapolis singer-songwriter filed against Beyonce, ruling the songs were “substantially dissimilar.”
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Sep 19, 2006
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NEW YORK (September 19, 2006) — Ashanti and her first producer, Genard Parker, dropped all litigation Tuesday in a contract dispute, ending a trial that began a day earlier. If any money changed hands, their lawyers refused to talk about it, saying only that everyone was pleased that the bitter battle was over. Outside court,Alan Kaminsky, a lawyer for Ashanti, called the decision by both sides to drop all litigation “an excellent result.”
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Sep 07, 2006
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NEW YORK, NY (September 7, 2006) — Author James Frey and Random House have agreed in principle to settle lawsuits filed by readers who said they were defrauded by fabrications in his best-selling memoir “A Million Little Pieces,” according to a published report.
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Aug 29, 2006
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NEW YORK (August 29, 2006) — The idea Barbara Walters had for “The View” a decade ago was a multigenerational panel of women hosting something akin to Regis Philbin’s “Live” crossed with ABC News’ “This Week.”
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Aug 19, 2006
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(August 19, 2006) — Bob Seger turned the page, and Metallica finally found justice for online fans. Now, only a few remaining big-name musical acts refuse to make their songs available on Apple Computer’s popular iTunes Music Store.
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NEW YORK (June 26, 2006) — Boy George won’t be going to jail. But the former Culture Club singer got a scolding from a judge Monday for not complying with the terms of his sentence on a drug charge.
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Though he’s been hit with lawsuits and rebuffed by the Vatican, author Dan Brown said Sunday it’s not his responsibility to address controversies stirred up by his book, “The Da Vinci Code.”
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