UK tabloid accused of payouts after tapping phones of celebrities, politicians

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood funnyman Vince Vaughn has revealed he hates mobile phones. The "Break-Up" actor refuses to own one and will borrow his friends' when he needs to chat with someone on the phone, reports contactmusic.com.

July 16th, 2009 UK prosecutors decline new privacy investigationLONDON — British prosecutors say they won't reopen an investigation into a phone-hacking case that saw a tabloid reporter sent to jail. The News of the World's royal editor and a private investigator were jailed in 2007 for hacking into the phones of employees of the royal family.

July 11th, 2009 British tabloid denies it hacked celebritiesLONDON — The publisher of a British tabloid owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch denied on Friday a report that it had accessed the voice mail of celebrities and politicians and tried to suppress evidence of the hacking. The Guardian newspaper has accused the News of the World of paying private investigators to obtain voice mail messages, bank statements and other information about public figures, including Gwyneth Paltrow, George Michael and senior British politicians.

July 11th, 2009 Lawyer says victims of phone hacking could sueLONDON — The publisher of a British tabloid owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch denied on Friday a report that it had accessed the voice mail of celebrities and politicians and tried to suppress evidence of the hacking. The Guardian newspaper has accused the News of the World of paying private investigators to obtain voice mail messages, bank statements and other information about public figures, including Gwyneth Paltrow, George Michael and senior British politicians.

July 9th, 2009 Report: UK tabloid hacked into voicemailsLONDON — British lawmakers said Thursday that executives from Rupert Murdoch's media group must answer claims that journalists from a tabloid hacked into the phones of politician, celebrities and other public figures Lawmaker John Whittingdale, who heads Parliament's culture, media and sport committee, said it would hold an urgent meeting Thursday on the report by The Guardian newspaper. "There are a number of questions I would like to put to News International on the basis of what The Guardian has reported," Whittingdale said.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has accused Michael Jackson's dad for many of the late superstar's troubles. The former Beatle said that the King of Pop's alleged beatings from his dad Joe, 79, might have been responsible for his troubles.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Julia Roberts and Demi Moore are among 64 Hollywood celebrities who have, along with politicians like Gordon Brown, joined a 'Twitter' campaign calling for the release of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi was first held under house arrest 19 years ago, and has spent almost 13 years as a captive ever since.

June 13th, 2009 Iran's Ahmadinejad attacks foreign media coverageTEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the foreign media of coverage that harms the Iranian people after authorities claimed he was re-elected in a bitterly disputed vote. He called on the public to respect the vote on Friday, after his main pro-reform challenger rejected the results and accused authorities of election fraud.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Brit singer Lily Allen has come up with a song putting down the British National Party while touring Down Under. Allen, 24, sang the song, which has been included in her album 'It's Not Me, It's You' at a gig in Sydney.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Outspoken singer Lily Allen slammed the right wing British National Party (BNP) party during a concert in Australia. Thesun.co.uk quoted Allen as saying: "I wrote this song about the BNP.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Former 'Beatle' Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he did not bother to vote in the European elections because he did not find any politicians worthy. "There was no one who inspired me or who I thought was worthy," the Telegraph quoted him as saying at the St Martin's Lane Hotel in the West End.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Brooke Shields has finally settled her dispute with the bosses of a U.S. tabloid, after she threatened to sue them over taking her elderly mother out of a nursing home for an interview.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - American actor Ryan O'Neal has been accused of pestering a woman for phone sex. The 68-year-old actor, heartbroken over the condition of cancer-stricken lover Farrah Fawcett, has been accused for harassing one Dania Marin, 20.

May 11th, 2009 UK tabloid darlings Katie Price, Peter Andre splitLONDON — British tabloid darling Katie Price and her husband, Peter Andre, are splitting up. Better known to her male fans as Jordan, the 30-year-old's career kicked off in 1996 when she was picked as one of the topless models who appear daily in The Sun newspaper.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - Kate Winslet is to sue a leading UK tabloid newspaper over an article claiming that she had lied about her diet. The 33-year-old actress has filed papers at London's High Court and is suing the Daily Mail newspaper for 150,000 pounds.