Actress Sienna Miller has agreed to settle her case against News Corp, the parent company of the British News of the World tabloid, which she claimed had illegally hacked her mobile phone, according to Reuters. Miller will receive approximately $160,000 to drop her case, one of several brought by celebrities and British politicians against the paper for allegedly hiring a private investigator to listen in to their calls. “We are pleased that we have managed to bring this case to a satisfactory conclusion. Several weeks ago we admitted liability in certain cases and offered a genuine and unreserved apology,” News International said in a statement on Friday. “We hope to resolve other cases swiftly.”
Archive: May 2011 (41-50 of 77)
May 13
2011
12:25 PM ET
May 13
2011
11:45 AM ET
Mike Myers, wife expecting first child. Party time! Excellent!
Wayne’s World and Shrek star Mike Myers is expecting his first child with wife Kelly Tisdale, People reports. The couple has been married since last fall.
May 12
2011
07:57 PM ET
Matthew Perry returning to rehab
Actor Matthew Perry is returning to rehab, People reports. The former Friends star, who most recently headlined the ABC comedy Mr. Sunshine, released a statement saying, “I’m making plans to go away for a month to focus on my sobriety and to continue my life in recovery,” adding, “Please enjoy making fun of me on the World Wide Web.” This is Perry’s third stint in rehab; he previously sought treatment in 1997 and 2001 for addiction to prescription pills and alcohol.
May 12
2011
03:06 PM ET
Marlee Matlin owes $50,000 to IRS
Celebrity Apprentice star Marlee Matlin owes $50,000 in back taxes to the IRS, the Academy-Award winning actress told People. ”I’m paying it back. I’m not shying away from it and I’m certainly not ashamed of it,” Matlin told the magazine. “It doesn’t mean I’m a bad person. It’s reality. It’s the reality that a lot of people in America are facing.”
The married mother of four maintains that she and her Los Angeles-area policeman-husband haven’t been living extravagantly, and they’re putting the family’s suburban house up for sale. ”I’m not broke,” she said. “Like everybody else, I owe money.”
May 12
2011
10:25 AM ET
John Galliano gets trial date for anti-Semitic charges
Fashion designer John Galliano, who was accused of making anti-Semitic insults at a Paris cafe and was later captured on videotape praising Adolf Hitler, will go to trial on June 22, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors say that Galliano, who was fired from Dior after the videotape surfaced, could face up to six months in prison and $31,000 in fines for prejudicial public insults.
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May 12
2011
10:02 AM ET
Mary Tyler Moore to have brain surgery
Mary Tyler Moore will undergo surgery to remove a benign meningioma tumor from her brain, People reports. “At the recommendation of her neurologist, who has been monitoring this for years, and a neurosurgeon, Mary decided to proceed with this fairly routine procedure,” her rep told the magazine.
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Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White reteaming on ‘Hot in Cleveland’
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May 12
2011
09:12 AM ET
Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli break up
Leonardo DiCaprio and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Bar Refaeli have broken up, according to People. The couple had dated since 2006 — minus a six-month break in 2009. DiCaprio just competed filming his biopic of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover with director Clint Eastwood and is slated to play the titular character in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, set for Australia.
May 11
2011
09:22 PM ET
Lindsay Lohan tested positive for booze after rehab
A probation report that was released Wednesday after Lindsay Lohan pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor theft for swiping a necklace said the actress drank alcohol the night she had a run-in with a Betty Ford Center employee in December, according to People. The report also said that Lohan “has been suspected of similar conduct in other jewelry stores” but no charges were ever filed.
Citing local police interviews, the probation report said Lohan drank alcohol after sneaking out of the desert facility. Charges that she battered a rehab employee that night were dropped for lack of evidence.
Lohan, 24, tested positive for booze in February, one week after her assistant surrendered the allegedly stolen necklace to the LAPD. “The probation officer believes that substance abuse is the root of the defendant’s problems,” the report says.
In exchange for pleading no contest to misdemeanor theft of a $2,500 necklace, Lohan was ordered to undergo psychological counseling instead of more rehab, in addition to a four-month jail term and community service. She’s expected to do her time at home because she’s not violent.
May 11
2011
06:37 PM ET
Mia Amber Davis, 'Road Trip' actress, dies at 36
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Mia Amber Davis, an actress and plus-size model who appeared in Road Trip, passed away at 36 years old. According to Fox News, the actress died from complications from routine knee surgery. Along with acting and modeling for companies like Ashley Stewart, Davis also served as a producer: She worked for such programs as The Ricki Lake Show, Change of Heart, and Divorce Court. Davis, however, is most well known for her memorable turn in 2000′s Road Trip as Rhonda, a woman who romances DJ Qualls’ Kyle Edwards.
May 11
2011
01:41 PM ET
Lindsay Lohan pleads no contest, will likely serve house arrest
As sources previously told EW, Lindsay Lohan has pleaded no contest in connection to her misdemeanor theft charge. Though the actress did not appear in court Wednesday, her lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, entered the no contest plea for Lohan, thereby avoiding a lengthy trial stemming from the charges. (Lohan was accused of shoplifting a necklace from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store called Kamofie & Co.) The plea has the same effect as a guilty plea, but it cannot be used against her in a civil case.
In court, Judge Stephanie Sautner said Lohan still must serve 120 days in jail in connection to her parole violation, which stems from a 2007 drunk driving charge. Lohan has been ordered to begin serving on or before June 17, but it’s likely she’ll avoid time in the actual clinker: Holley told the court that it appears as though the actress will be approved for house arrest. READ FULL STORY »
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