The AP reports that the L.A. coroner’s office has determined that 40-year-old British-born screenwriter Simon Monjack’s death on May 23 was caused by pneumonia, the same illness that killed his wife, actress Brittany Murphy, five months earlier. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told AP that both deaths were likely preventable. “In simple English,” he said, “they didn’t take care of themselves.”
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Aug 4
2010
04:13 PM ET
Aug 4
2010
04:11 PM ET
Sean Penn and Robin Wright's divorce finalized
People reports Sean Penn and Robin Wright have finalized their divorce. The duo, who officially split last August, have reached an agreement regarding assets and custody of their son, 17-year-old Hopper Jack. (They also have a daughter, 19-year-old Dylan.) The papers were filed July 22 in Marin County, Calif. The couple first filed for divorce back in 2007, and then reconciled before Penn filed in April 2009 once again. The pair reconciled for a second time prior to the August filing.
Aug 4
2010
06:00 AM ET
Gawker settles 'McSteamy' lawsuit
Gawker Media has agreed to pay actors Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart an undisclosed sum and to remove the video they shot with friend Kari Ann Peniche in exchange for the couple dropping their $1 million lawsuit, The Hollywood Reporter says. The couple had sued for copyright infringement after the video leaked to Gawker’s Defamer blog and Fleshbot. Gawker argued “fair use,” and a U.S. District Judge ruled in December that the spouses could not recover statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringement because they registered the tape with the Copyright Office days after it was posted online. The settlement was reached through private mediation. “Although we are confident that our use of the video on Gawker was protected fair use, because the posts already had been available to our readers for nearly a year, and because we already had won an important decision from the court striking large parts of the plaintiffs’ damages claims, we agreed to remove the posts as part of a global settlement to avoid the burden of further litigation,” Gawker COO Gaby Darbyshire said in a statement. Reps for Dane and Gayheart could not immediately be reached for comment.
Aug 4
2010
05:56 AM ET
Martin Bashir leaves ABC's 'Nightline,' joins MSNBC and NBC's 'Dateline'
Martin Bashir is decamping from ABC News’ Nightline for a spot with NBC News, where he’ll helm an afternoon show on MSNBC and contribute to Dateline, according to the Washington Post. Bashir has been anchoring Nightline since October 2005 and is most famous for his pre-Nightline chat with Michael Jackson in 2003, which was a sensational, ratings-grabbing special with the King of Pop. “I am absolutely delighted to be joining MSNBC and NBC,” Bashir said in a statement about the move. “This is a rare and special opportunity—to host a daily news and current affairs show and also work on long-form journalism both at MSNBC and with Dateline. This is an enormous privilege and I cannot wait to get started.” Bill Weir, a ABC News vet since 2004 who has worked as a reporter and co-anchor of weekend Good Morning America, will replace Bashir on Nightline.
Aug 4
2010
05:55 AM ET
Neil Gaiman owed royalties in 'Spawn' suit
Neil Gaiman is owed royalties from characters in Todd McFarlane’s Spawn comic-book series, according to a ruling by a federal judge in Wisconsin, reports Variety. The judge ruled that characters Dark Ages Spawn, Domina, and Tiffany were created by Gaiman when he worked on an issue of the Spawn comic in 1992, at the request of McFarlane. The dispute between Gaiman and McFarlane has been brewing for years, since a 2002 jury originally found that Gaiman had a copyright interest in three characters he’d worked on for the property.
Aug 3
2010
10:48 PM ET
Wyclef Jean to run for President of Haiti
Days before the Aug. 7 deadline, Haitian-American superstar Wyclef Jean has confirmed to Time.com that he will run for President of Haiti in this year’s Nov. 28 election. “If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,” Jean said. “If I can’t take five years out to serve my country as President…then everything I’ve been singing about, like equal rights, doesn’t mean anything.” Jean may announce his candidacy on Thursday’s Larry King Live once he has arrived in Port-au-Prince from New York.
Aug 3
2010
09:00 PM ET
'Sunny' songwriter, Bobby Hebb, dies at age 72
Singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb, 72, who was best known for his 1966 hit song, “Sunny,” died Tuesday of cancer in Nashville, Tenn., according to the AP. “Sunny,” a song that’s been frequently covered by dozens of artists (including Cher, Frank Sinatra, Jose Feliciano, Marvin Gaye, and Wilson Pickett), was written by Hebb shortly after his brother was fatally knifed outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb also told reporters that the song was a response to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which occurred the day before Hebb’s brother was killed. The surprisingly optimistic song, about how a woman’s smile brightened the musician’s mood, was later recorded in 1966 and became a hit that summer. Hebb was born to blind parents in Nashville, where his brother and he grew up performing as a song-and-dance team. Hebb remained active in Nashville until his death, operating his own publishing company and record label, Hebb Cats. He is survived by a daughter and four sisters.
Aug 3
2010
05:00 PM ET
Tamyra Gray has baby
American Idol alum Tamyra Gray gave birth to a baby girl July 17, People reports. Sienna Marie is the first child for Gray and her husband, former Color Me Badd member Sam Watters. “We didn’t actually pick her name — she did,” Gray told People. “I know it sounds weird, but back in February I had a dream where she told me her name. I shared my dream with Sam, and we decided we’d wait and see. It took us eight hours after her birth to name her, and, at the end, we went with her suggestion.”
Aug 3
2010
04:53 PM ET
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston's on-again off-again relationship is off-again
After announcing her engagement to Levi Johnston less than three weeks ago, much to the surprise of the American public and the imagined chagrin of her mother, Bristol Palin confirmed to People that two of them are no longer together. The couple has a 19-month-old son and decided last month to give their relationship a second chance, but Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, says that on the very same day they announced their engagement, Johnston admitted that he might be the father of yet another teenage girl’s child. “He’s just obsessed with the limelight and I got played,” says Palin.
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