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One Direction Sues One Direction…HUH?

JB Foxx — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:19:20 +0000

The managers of the British boy band One Direction have countersued an American group with the same name. The U.S. One Direction sued Simon Cowell and his partners at Syco Entertainment and Sony Music for trademark violation earlier this year claiming they had the name first- one year before the Brit group perfomed on the [...]

Sandusky Verdict Is In And…

JB Foxx — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:51:15 +0000

GUILTY! How guilty? Jerry Sandusky was found guilty Friday of 45 out of 48 counts of child sexual abuse and faces a minimum of 60 years in prison. His attorney plans to file an appeal. Attorney Joseph Amendola asked Judge John Cleland to release Sandusky on house arrest but was denied, instead revoking Sandusky’s bail [...]

Judge Revokes Lohan's Probation

JB Foxx — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:35:09 +0000

Actress Lindsay Lohan had her probation revoked in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and walked out in handcuffs. Lohan appeared before a visibly angry Judge Stephanie Sautner who chastised her for only performing 21 out of 360 hours of ordered community service at the Downtown Women’s Shelter and none out of 120 at the Los Angeles County Morgue. [...]

Charlie Sheen Awarded $25 Million In Settlement

JB Foxx — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:47:57 +0000

Our long national nightmare is over! Charlie Sheen is set to receive $25 million in his settlement with Warner Bros. Television and “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre. The studio issued a statement Monday saying, “Warner Bros. Television, Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen have resolved their dispute to the parties’ mutual satisfaction. The [...]

Chris Brown Skates Again!

JB Foxx — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:50:00 +0000

Singer Chris Brown caught another lucky break…95 out of 117 parking tickets accrued by the singer have been dismissed. According to his lawyer Mark Geragos, Brown had racked up a mind-boggling $15,000 in traffic citations for parking in what looked like handicapped spaces in the lot of his L.A. condo. But it turns out the [...]

Outkast's "Big Boi" Arrested On Drug Charges

JB Foxx — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:52:38 +0000

Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Outkast, was arrested in Miami Sunday for possession of drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills. The Miami-Dade CountyCorrections website reports that was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possission of drug paraphenalia. Patton was booked on $16,000 [...]

LiLo Facing $1 Million Lawsuit

JB Foxx — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:33:10 +0000

A rehab worker who claims Lindsay Lohan assaulted her during her stay in rehab last year is filing a $1 million lawsuit against the troubled actress, TMZ reports. Dawn Holland (aka Bradley) told TMZ Lohan grabbed her wrist and “twist(ed) and pull(ed) it for 8-10 seconds”. Holland filed the suit Thursday and is seeking at least $1 million [...]

Kim Kardashian Sues Old Navy for $20 Million for Using Look-alike in Commercials [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:01:45 +0000

Clothing retailer Old Navy is known for its kitschy commercials featuring ’80s and ’90s icons such as Morgan Fairchild and Joan Collins.

But in its latest campaign, “Super C-U-T-E,” the company bypassed an actual star and went with an apparent lookalike of reality show phenom Kim Kardashian — and she is not amused.

Halle Berry Granted Restraining Order

JB Foxx — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:22:52 +0000

A Los Angeles judge has ordered alleged stalker Richard Franco to stay at least 100 yards away from actress Halle Berry and her daughter. Franco was arrested Monday night after climbing over a locked security gate at Berry’s Hollywood Hills home. Berry wrote in court filings that there were at least three instances since Saturday [...]

Another Lohan Fail; Court Date Set For Thursday

JB Foxx — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:49:30 +0000

Entertainment website TMZ.com reports that troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is due back in a Los Angeles court after a failed sobriety test. According to the website, Lohan was tested twice last week, testing negative for drugs but positive for alcohol on one test. The actress has been under house arrest following two DWI cases and [...]

Tupac's Shooter Confesses(?)

JB Foxx — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:07:47 +0000

Justice isn’t going to be done, but…better late than never? A man who’s already behind bars for life has confessed to participating in an attack on Tupac Shakur at a New York City recording studio in November 1994, two years before the rapper was gunned down in Las Vegas. But why is Dexter Isaac, who [...]

Internet Phenom Antoine Dodson Arrested

JB Foxx — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:29:17 +0000

The problem with being a viral star is that everyone knows when you get in trouble, too. Antoine Dodson, the viral sensation who shot to fame when he jumped in on a local news report and screamed “Hide ya kids, hide ya wife!” was arrested early Saturday morning in Huntsville, Alabama on a charge of [...]

Britney Sued Over Perfume

JB Foxx — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:21:07 +0000

Britney Spears allegedly defrauded a company that hooked her up with Elizabeth Arden in a deal that made Britney a fortune … this according to a $10 million lawsuit obtained by TMZ.Brand Sense Partners, LLC claims it had a deal with Brit in which the company would get 35% of Britney’s profits in return for [...]

Bret Michaels Sues Tonys, CBS

JB Foxx — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:21:55 +0000

Bret Michaels is taking on the Tonys. Last year, he nearly died of a brain hemorrhage, and now the singer is claiming the life-threatening condition resulted from an injury during his 2009 performance at the Tony Awards. On Friday, Michaels, 48, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Tony Award Productions, CBS, [...]