NY judge rejects claim that cookbook best-seller by Seinfeld’s wife was culinary copycat

September 30th, 2009 Palin already a best-sellerNEW YORK — Sarah Palin finished her book quickly and became a best seller even faster. Just two days after HarperCollins announced that the release of Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue," had been moved up from the spring to Nov.

September 23rd, 2009 A woman trying to contest MICHAEL JACKSON's will has had her attempt turned down by a U.S. judge. Charlaine Buie maintains she had a relationship with the late singer and appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court Judge on Tuesday (22Sep09) to object to Jackson's will, reports RadarOnline.com.

September 11th, 2009 Chef Rocco cooks with a little help from his fansTwitter and Facebook are helping Rocco DiSpirito write his new cookbook. The media savvy chef is turning to the social networks to help decide which dishes he should include in his new book, devoted to healthy versions of popular dishes.

September 10th, 2009 A New York judge has dismissed a chef's cookbook plagiarism lawsuit against JERRY SEINFELD's wife - insisting there are no notable similarities between the two publications. Chef Missy Chase Lapine sued Seinfeld's wife Jessica in January (08), claiming Seinfeld's bestselling cookbook Deceptively Delicious is "brazenly plagiarised" from her own tome, The Sneaky Chef.

September 8th, 2009 The movie mogul behind the OCEAN'S ELEVEN film franchise is seeking a restraining order against his former assistant - alleging the man is a danger to his family. Jerry Weintraub, a film producer and former boss of the United Artists studio, has filed papers at Los Angeles County Superior Court with his estranged wife Jane, claiming the man, named only as Steven, was fired amid allegations he stole $45,000 (£28,000) in cash to support a "gambling and drug habit." The document goes on to reveal that just days after his dismissal, Jane received a phone call in the early hours of the morning from Steven's daughter, who claimed her father was upset and was on his way back to the house to collect a gun.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - After late Michael Jackson's friend Mark Lester claimed that he could be the father of the singer's daughter Paris, the Jackson family's lawyer Brian Oxman has revealed that it might be a little difficult for him to prove it, as under California law it is forbidden. Lester, 51, who is godfather to Jacko's three children Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II, admitted to having donated sperm to Jackson in 1996, while the singer was married to ex-wife Debbie Rowe.

August 3rd, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's mother has officially been granted permanent custody of the pop superstar's three children after a Los Angeles judge approved the motion in court on Monday (03Aug09). Katherine Jackson reached an agreement with her son's ex-wife Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, over the care of the kids and their younger brother Prince Michael II, aka Blanket, last week (ends31Jul09).

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heather Mills has revealed that her five-year-old daughter irked holidaymakers in France by campaigning for animal rights. The former wife of Sir Paul McCartney said little Beatrice went on to quiz fellow vacationers about their culinary decisions during a recent trip, reports The China Daily.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran actress Meryl Streep has said that she had no problems playing Stanley Tucci's wife in new movie 'Julie and Julia', as both of them have been old friends and have been arguing "like married people" for years. In the biopic, the 'Devil Wears Prada' star is playing the role of 1960s culinary queen Julia Child, starring alongside Tucci, who is playing her husband Paul Child.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Blake Fielder-Civil, Amy Winehouse's recently divorced husband, has reportedly demanded 6 million pounds as settlement amount. He has apparently justified his demand by saying that he inspired the Grammy Award winner singer's huge album 'Back To Black...' by cheating on her.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's elder kids will be interviewed to know who they want to live with if their mother Debbie Rowe pursues custody claim. A hearing is scheduled to take place on July 20 for Judge Mitch Beckloff to begin deliberating who should win custody rights amid Rowe's announcement she will try to regain control of the two eldest kids, Prince, 12, and Paris, 11.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Keanu Reeves has apparently set his sights on a new career, for the actor wants to get trained to become a chef. The 'Speed' star was so impressed with a cookbook by famed French chef Herve This that he says that it has changed his life.

July 1st, 2009 Judge blocks publication of Salinger spinoff bookNEW YORK — A federal judge has ruled that a Swedish author cannot publish in the United States a book he wrote that was advertised as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye." Judge Deborah Batts issued her ruling Wednesday after hearing arguments in a lawsuit brought by the 90-year-old Salinger against the publishers of "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye." The book was scheduled to be published in the United States this summer.

June 14th, 2009 Christian Albin, 'culinary Rip van Winkle,' diesNEW YORK — Christian "Hitsch" Albin, who fed the world's luminaries for decades as executive chef of The Four Seasons — a restaurant that invented the "power lunch" — has died. He was 61. Albin died at New York University Medical Center on Saturday, five days after being diagnosed with cancer, the restaurant's owners said in a statement.

June 2nd, 2009 Judge puts 'Columbo' actor Falk in conservatorshipLOS ANGELES — A judge says "Columbo" actor Peter Falk should be placed under his wife's care. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aviva K.