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Oh, Give Miley An Achy-Break Why Don’t You

So Disney are hot, and so too is Miley Cyrus. So what? It’s Annie Liebovitz again, so what did they expect when a hot teen idol is exposed to the woman who put pregnant Demi Moore on the cover of Vanity Fair? A picture of Miley at the playground – clothed? Hardly. So all the disclosures and warranties and exemptions were signed off and the only ones feeling the heat here are distressed Mid-West housewives, pastors and . . of course Disney....

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"Divorczilla" For Bridezilla - The Dissolution Of Miss Star Jones

So much for corporate sponsorships. After much bally-hoo and moolah spent on her wedding Star Jones, host of 'The View' is divorcing. "The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone's life that requires privacy with one's thoughts," Jones said in the statement. "I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman." Jones, 46, and Rey...

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CNN's Quest's Arrest With Strange, Sex-And-Drugs Link

So what was CNN's Richard Quest doing sans camera in New York's Central Park after hours with a rope around his neck, tied to his genitals, with drugs and a sex object in his car trunk. A new series: "Quest's Arrest"? He was picked up for loitering, until the unusual objects were located. Quest, 46, confirmed the contents of the bag by saying, "I've got some meth in my pocket". He later agreed to six months of drug counselling in exchange ...

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Britney's Galaxy of Legal Issues - And Their Fees

Now comes the number crunching, handled courtesy of Commissioenr Reva Goetz, who ruled that the following lawyers were entitled to the following money: First, court-appointe4d Samuel Ingham will continue to receive $10,000 a week. Second, Andrew Wallet, the co-conservator of Spears' finances, will receive an advance of $100,000. Third, the law firm which won Jamie Spears control of his daughter's affairs will also be advanced $175,000, and a ...

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Marilyn Monroe And Kennedy Sex Tape?

That’s the question on some lips, but the $1.5 million purchase of a grainy, 15-minute 16mm sex tape showing Marilyn Monroe pleasuring an anonymous man dates to the early 50s and according to the collector, New Yorker Keya Morgan. The footage was believed to have been analysed by FBI boss J Edgar Hoover to establish it was one of the Kennedy’s, Bob or Jack, who featured, although the time line doesn’t fit.

The tape was tracked down t...

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Lawsuit Claims Heath Ledger's Death Causes Outpourings of Cash Not Grief

Heath Ledger's death has resulted in outpourings of cash in some quarters as much as cash in others. Sample: According to the plaintiffs in a $1 million lawsuit agains the Splash News and Picture Agency, photographers gave the deceased actor cocaine in order to film him snorthing it. The lawsuit claims the video has generated more than $1 million in revenue that should be forfeited under a California state law that requires paparazzi to dis...

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Heavy Charges For Heavy Metal Drummer Rikki Rockett

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has been arrested on a Mississippi rape warrant following his return from a New Zealand band reunion concert. Rockett, a former hairdresser who formed part of the famous "hair band" was arrested by the LAPD as he went through customs.

Rockett and singer Bret Michaels founded Poison together. He was in New Zealand to reunite and perform with other original members of the band at Rock2Wellington, a huge heavy...

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She Fought For 9/11 Families. Now She's Fighting The Casinos.

First she fought for the families affected by the World Trade Center attacks and now Arelia Margarita Taveras is taking on Atlantic City. The client? Herself. The charge? That they let her lose over $1 million gambling.

Ms Taveras is now a former lawyer is gambling on winning a major multimillion dollar lawsuit against seven casinos who she says had a duty of care to spot her compulsive behaviour and intervene.

Soon, however,...

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Latest Michael Jackson Tape Gets $18 Million . . Damages That IS

Michael Jackson's latest top-grossing tape was an $18 million damages suit, won by his former lawyer Mark Geragos, who sued an air charter company for secretly filming the attorney and his lawyer on the jet. The tape was recorded in the Gulfstream jet in November 2003 when Jackson was flying with his alwyer from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara to surrender to the molestation charges.

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The McCartney Mills Divorce Heads Back To Court Soon

Paul McCartney and Heather Mills' divorce proceedings are scheduled to continue on March 17, according to reports. The case's judge, Mr Justice Bennett, is expected to resume the hearing upon his return to London from Cardiff to deliver his ruling in the long-running, bitter divorce proceeding.

The question that now arises is how much of the Judge's ruling will be made public. While McCartney and Mills want the case to remain private,...

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