Archive: November 2009 (151-160 of 321)

Nov 13 2009 02:26 PM ET

Jon Gosselin files $5 million lawsuit against TLC

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Categories: Lawsuits, Television

People.com is reporting that Jon Gosselin has filed a $5 million claim against TLC, alleging that the network’s representatives damaged his reputation and career by preventing him from working with other media outlets. In the suit (which is a counterclaim against one that TLC filed earlier this year), the erstwhile star of Jon and Kate Plus Eight claims that TLC contacted various media outlets to discourage them from doing business with him. “Their behavior has caused Jon great anguish and it has caused him financial losses,” his attorney, Mark Heller, told People.com. Gosselin’s lawsuit also claims that the network owes him $175,000 for shows that have aired.

Nov 13 2009 01:21 PM ET

Gucci Mane: Album still coming despite jail sentence

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Categories: Music

A Warner Bros. representative tells EW that Gucci Mane’s The State vs. Radric Davis is still set to arrive as planned on Dec. 8. The prolific rapper was sentenced to 12 months in prison for probation violation yesterday, leading to speculation as to whether the album’s release would be delayed. Gucci’s star has risen this year with a series of popular mixtapes, so anticipation among rap fans for The State vs. Radric Davis, his sophomore full-length, is high.

Nov 13 2009 11:26 AM ET

'Balloon Boy' father Richard Heene pleads guilty to felony

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Categories: Television

Richard Heene, the Colorado man who claimed his 6-year-old son was aboard an escaped balloon last month and caused a media firestorm, plead guilty today to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant, according to CNN.com. Mayumi Heene, his wife, is being charged with a misdemeanor for false reporting to authorities. Richard’s felony carries a penalty of two to six years in prison with a fine of anywhere between $2,000 and $500,000, while the penalty for the misdemeanor would be six months of jail time with a fine of $50 to $750. Attorneys for the Heenes said they’ve cut a deal with prosecutors for Richard to possibly serve up to 90 days in jail with probation and for his wife, who had been threatened with deportation since she’s a Japanese citizen, to serve up to 60 days.

Nov 13 2009 10:48 AM ET

Daniel Radcliffe's rep denies pot claim

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Daniel Radcliffe’s rep is denying allegations of marijuana use by the actor made in the UK newspaper Daily Mirror. The paper displayed a blurry photo taken at a party of Radcliffe smoking what it describes as a “spliff.” His rep countered the charge, releasing a statement to EW: “We categorically deny the allegations regarding Daniel Radcliffe published in today’s Daily Mirror. Daniel does smoke the occasional roll-up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this. We are considering our position and will be taking all necessary action in relation to such allegations”

Nov 13 2009 07:12 AM ET

Cindy Crawford targeted in extortion plot

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Categories: Lawsuits

People reports that a 26-year-old German man is being accused of trying to extort $100,000 from Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber over a photograph of their 7-year-old daughter said to have been taken by a former nanny, according to court papers filed Thursday by the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office.  L.A. TV station KTLA says the photo shows the girl, who is now 8, bound to a chair wearing shorts and a T-shirt, according to the court papers. An affidavit filed in the case reportedly states that the girl told her parents the photo was taken as part of a game of cops and robbers. Crawford and her husband said they did not know about the photograph and did not consent to it being taken.

Edis Kayalar, 26, a recent deportee to Germany, threatened to release the photo to the media if he was not paid $100,000. He has been charged with one count of extortion, which carries a prison sentence of up to two years. The nanny has not been charged.

A rep for Crawford released a statement to People: “Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford intend to pursue any and all available legal action against anyone who aids the perpetrator in the distribution or sale of the photograph of their daughter.”

Nov 13 2009 05:57 AM ET

Director Roland Emmerich planning two 'Independence Day' sequels

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Categories: Movies

Director Roland Emmerich told MTV news that he’s planning two sequels to his 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. “What we want to do in the next—it’s actually two movies—we want to do a bigger arc,” he told MTV. “Independence Day was always like the king who leads his troops into battle against an evil force, and that stays like that.” Though there’s no script yet, there is a title he had in mind: ID4-ever. He also said he expected Independence Day star Will Smith will be involved when the time comes.

Nov 13 2009 05:56 AM ET

Craig Ferguson draws more 18-49 viewers than Jimmy Fallon for first time

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Categories: Television

In a first in the late-night talk show world, CBS’ Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson beat NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in the coveted 18-49 demo, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ferguson has been inching closer to this for a while: In five of the last seven weeks, he’s tied Fallon. But this is the first time since Ferguson’s 2005 premiere that he’s beaten his competitor from NBC in the advertiser-coveted demo. Jimmy Kimmel Live! managed to tie Late Night last week, too.

Nov 13 2009 05:56 AM ET

'Michael Jackson's This Is It' passes $200 million mark

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Categories: Movie Biz

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced yesterday that Michael Jackson’s This Is It had passed a box-office milestone, collecting over $200 million worldwide in theater receipts in its first two weeks of release. The movie opened on Oct. 28 and recently had its limited run extended into December.

Nov 13 2009 05:55 AM ET

'Arrested Development' star Jeffrey Tambor join's NBC's 'Rex'

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Categories: Television

Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor has joined David Tennant in the hourlong pilot from NBC, Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The potential series stars Tennant as a top litigator named Rex who suffers panic attacks and coaches his clients so they can represent themselves. Tambor has landed the role of Rex’s psychiatrist who also suffers from anxiety attacks and becomes involved with Rex’s mother.

Nov 13 2009 04:00 AM ET

Greenpeace coming to big screen

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Categories: Movies

A new film will chronicle the origins of the Greenpeace movement, Variety reports. National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub has signed on to direct. Set mostly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the film will be told through the eyes of the organization’s founders Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler. Aaron Sorkin is in early discussions to write, according to Variety.

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