Hamburg to finally exploit its claim to be the city where Beatlemania began

September 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Socialite Kim Kardashian's younger sister Khloe has confirmed reports that she will marry basketball player beau Lamar Odom. Khloe began dating Los Angeles Lakers hunk - a father of two - last month.

September 9th, 2009 Beatlemania returns with rollout of CD, video gameLONDON — Beatlemania is back with the rollout Wednesday of the Fab Four's remastered CDs and first-ever video game, reaching out to a whole new generation decades after their parents — and even grandparents — first succumbed. It's been nearly 40 years since John, Paul, George and Ringo announced their breakup, but the new game and discs caused a worldwide buzz as the Beatles returned to the top of the charts in Britain, the land where it all began.

September 9th, 2009 Beatlemania back as Britain celebrates B-DayLONDON — The Beatles are back, sounding better than ever, and Britain is embracing them one more time. It's not exactly 1964 — no fainting teens or visible signs of feverish Beatlemania — but the long-awaited release of the remastered Beatles CDs and the Rock Band video game has again brought the Fab Four to the top of the British charts.

August 8th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson may be finally laid to rest as his brain has been returned to his family. It was removed from his corpse, for pathologists had to carry out tests in a bid to find out the reason behind his sudden demise.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Mischa Barton developed an alcohol problem in her teens, triggering years of subsequent abuse, according to a close friend. Stacey Kives, a stylist who worked with Mischa on the set of The O.C, claims the actress began her affair with booze from the tender age of 14, reports The Sun.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood legend Robert Redford has reportedly married his long-term partner Sibylle Szaggars at a secret ceremony in her native Germany. Imdb.com reports the veteran actor, 72, tied the knot with abstract painter Szaggars, 51, in front of 30 family and friends at a hotel in Hamburg July 11, according to local church officials whose pastor presided over the wedding.

July 15th, 2009 Robert Redford marries German girlfriendHAMBURG — Robert Redford married his partner, a 51-year-old German artist, over the weekend, a German church said Wednesday. Renate Massfeller of the St.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - American socialite Paris Hilton is set to testify in a court in Miami, Florida, on July 10 against the allegation that she has failed to adequately promote her 2006 movie flop 'Pledge This!'. Hilton, 28, has been sued for breach of contract by bosses at Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc., reports the Daily Star.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton will take the stand in a Miami, Florida court Friday to testify against allegations that she failed to adequately promote her 2006 flop "Pledge This!" The occasional actress-singer is being sued for breach of contract by bosses at Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc., who claim she neglected to honour promotion and publicity agreements for the film, insisting she owes investors a massive $8.3 million, reports contactmusic.com. The movie executives claim Hilton was paid $1 million for her acting services and for "reasonable promotion and publicity" for the film, which featured the her as the president of an exclusive sorority.

June 24th, 2009 Elisabeth Hasselbeck: No merit to plagiarism claimBOSTON — "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck says a claim that she plagiarized parts of her best-selling diet book is "without merit." Hasselbeck defended her book "The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide" on Wednesday, speaking to the camera briefly just before the first break on the ABC daytime show. Susan Hassett, a self-published author on Cape Cod, alleges in the lawsuit filed in Massachusetts that Hasselbeck lifted content from her book on celiac disease "word for word." It doesn't cite specific examples.

June 20th, 2009 Mich. mermaid sculpture targeted as illegal copyGREENVILLE, Mich. — A Little Mermaid statue that has stood in a park in a Michigan city since 1994 may be removed because of a claim it's an illegal replica of the famous original in Denmark.

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - The on and off relationship between singer-actress Lindsay Lohan and her ex-girlfriend DJ Samantha Ronson took a new turn with Lohan chasing Ronson around London as she wanted to talk about "their future together". The 22-year-old actress followed Ronson, with whom she split from earlier this year, from club to club Wednesday night, reported femalefirst.co.uk.

May 9th, 2009 NYC cops to question Sutherland on head-butt claimNEW YORK — Police in New York City say Kiefer Sutherland is expected to turn himself in for questioning about a fashion designer's claim that the actor head-butted him at a nightclub. The star of Fox television's "24" could be charged with misdemeanor assault in the incident early Tuesday.

May 9th, 2009 Sutherland reports to NYPD on head-butt claimNEW YORK — Kiefer Sutherland arrived at a New York City police precinct on Thursday for questioning about a fashion designer's claim that the actor head-butted him at a Manhattan nightclub. The star of Fox television's "24" could be charged with misdemeanor assault in a case that could create another major legal hassle for Sutherland, who served 48 days in jail on a drunken driving charge in California last year.

May 8th, 2009 Clothier denies he wants to exploit Allen's pastNEW YORK — The founder of a clothing company being sued by Woody Allen denies the defense ever wanted to delve into the film director's past. Dov Charney of American Apparel said in a statement Thursday that Allen "is a source of inspiration to me." Allen sued the company for $10 million after it used his picture on its billboards and on a Web site.