Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria is being sued for allegedly charging an illegal interest rate on her $1 million investment in her restaurant group, Beso. According to a lawsuit filed by co-investor Mali Nachum in Encino, Calf., the company failed to bring action against Longoria after being informed that the star’s eight percent interest rate allegedly violates California law and would eventually have been worth $4.6 million. Nachum is asking for no less that $4 million in damages. “This is a desperate reaction in a lawsuit without merit by prior partners who, through their unauthorized and fraudulent actions, required Eva Longoria to seek reorganization protection through bankruptcy court in Nevada,” said a rep for Longoria in a statement. The first Beso restaurant opened in Hollywood in 2008, followed by a second restaurant and a club, Eve, in Las Vegas. (Beso Las Vegas and Eve recently filed for bankruptcy.)
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Owen Wilson, girlfriend expecting a baby
Image Credit: Bob Charlotte/PR PhotosOwen Wilson’s rep has confirmed to EW that Wilson and his girlfriend of more than a year are having a baby. “Owen Wilson and Jade Duell are happy to be expecting a baby,” said his rep in a statement. No other details are being released. Wilson is currently starring in Little Fockers and has several films being released this year, including Cars 2, the Farrelly brothers’ Hall Pass, and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.
Marion Cotillard expecting first child
Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard is pregnant, People reports. This will be the first child for Cotillard and French actor/director Guillaume Canet, who have been dating since 2007. Though the Inception star has been spotted wearing a diamond ring on her left hand, People‘s source insists that she and Canet are not engaged: “They haven’t disclosed any plans concerning marriage,” he says.
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Richard Hatch found guilty; facing jail-time
Survivor winner Richard Hatch was found guilty of violating his probation after failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize for winning the first season of the hit reality show. According to Barry Weiner, chief U.S. probation officer in Rhode Island, re-filing his 2000 and 2001 tax returns was a condition of his probation, but Hatch failed to do so, claiming he was not required while he was still appealing that issue in tax court. The I.R.S. now claims that Hatch owes $1.7 million on the original million that he won from the reality show. A judge has instructed both sides to submit sentencing suggestions within three weeks, and Hatch could face up to two years in jail for the conviction. A call to Hatch’s attorney was not immediately answered.
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Richard Hatch re-imprisoned
Richard Hatch gets out of jail
Kardashians sued for $75 million over debit card
The Kardashians, who withdrew their support of a Kardashian-themed debit card after it attracted negative attention from the Connecticut attorney general, have been sued for at least $75 million by the card’s company, Revenue Resource Group, LLC, according to the Fresno Bee. The company is claiming breach of contract after the Kardashians terminated their endorsement three weeks into an agreement after critics and legal authorities publicized fine-print details that the card cost $99.95 to own for the first year and was weighted with heavy user fees. A spokesperson for the Kardashian did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
'Band of Brothers' hero Richard Winters dies
Richard Winters, the World War II commander of Easy Company whose heroics and steady leadership were at the heart of Stephen Ambrose’s non-fiction best-seller and the HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was 92 and had suffered from Parkinson’s Disease. Winters took control of Company E, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne during the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, and led them during their battles across western Europe. “When he said ‘Let’s go,’ he was right in the front,” William Guarnere told the AP. “He was never in the back. A leader personified.”
In the Emmy-winning miniseries, Winters was portrayed by Damian Lewis.
'Bullitt' director Peter Yates dies
British filmmaker Peter Yates died in London on Sunday. He was 81. Yates was nominated for four Academy Awards during his four-decade career, two for his 1979 coming-of-age film, Breaking Away. The Dresser, his 1983 adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s play, starring Albert Finney, was rewarded with five Oscar nominations. He also made such memorable films as Krull, The Deep, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and Suspect, but he may be best remembered for directing Steve McQueen in 1968′s stylish cop movie, Bullitt. Yates is survived by his wife, Virginia, a son and a daughter.
Playboy Enterprises going private
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., which publishes Playboy magazine among other things, is set to go private by the end of this quarter, the company announced today. Icon Acquisition Holdings, controlled by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, agreed to pay $6.15 per share to take the company private; the company has been public since 1971.
David and Victoria Beckham expecting fourth child
David and Victoria Beckham announced to People that they’re expecting their fourth child this summer. The high-profile Posh and Becks are already parents to Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5.
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