Weaver Hit With LawsuitNovember 15th, 2009 more images
more imagesSIGOURNEY WEAVER has been named in a $5 million (?3.1 million) lawsuit over a business deal involving a cosmetics company she part-owns. The Alien actress is a minority shareholder in the business, and owner Vincent Longo is being sued by Anthony Minuto after a transaction between the pair turned sour.
Cameron Led Jungle Expedition For Avatar StarsNovember 9th, 2009 more imagesMoviemaker JAMES CAMERON sent the cast of his new movie AVATAR off to the jungle for bonding boot camp exercises before he started shooting the upcoming epic. The Titanic director called on stars including Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana to get a feel for rainforest life, so they could better play their jungle-dwelling characters in the film.
'Alien' bionic arm enables humans to lift more than 90 kg with easeNovember 2nd, 2009 more images
more imagesLONDON - Sigourney Weaver's powerful robotic arm in the cult science-fiction film Aliens has become a reality thanks to Japanese engineers. A team of six engineers, led by Go Shirogauchi, has created an exo-skeleton arm that is attached to an operator, and can make humans to lift more than 90 kg with ease.
MJ's ex wife seeks damages from 'confidante' over controversial interviewOctober 20th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's former wife Debbie Rowe is seeking 333,333 pounds in damages from an alleged confidante who gave a controversial interview to a US TV show. Rowe, the biological mother of Jackson's two eldest kids Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, is suing Rebecca White as part of her ongoing defamation lawsuit.
Roberts' Brockovich Voted Top Movie HeroineSeptember 29th, 2009 ERIN BROCKOVICH has been voted the greatest movie heroine of all time. The single mum lawyer, played by Julia Roberts in the 2000 drama based on a real-life story, fights to gain compensation for victims of contaminated drinking water - and Brockovich has come out as moviegoers' favourite fighting woman.
BB 10 winner's striptease video caught on cameraSeptember 6th, 2009 LONDON - A video of Big Brother 10 winner Sophie Reade showing her strip tease is present on the web for thrill seekers to enjoy. The hottie, dubbed Dogface, was apparently caught on cameras before she entered the house for the reality show.
Applegate, Weaver & Hathaway Are First Power Of Women HonoureesSeptember 2nd, 2009 Actresses CHRISTINA APPLEGATE, ANNE HATHAWAY and SIGOURNEY WEAVER are to be honoured for their charity work at Variety magazine's Power of Women luncheon. The event, which will take place at Los Angeles' Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on 24 September (09), will also fete actresses January Jones and Mario Bello, Christina Aguilera, film producer Laura Ziskin and movie mogul Sherry Lansing.
Rolling Stones named 'world's most expensive wedding act'August 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The Rolling Stones have been named 'the world's most expensive wedding act' in a new poll. With an estimated cost of 5 million pounds, Stones topped the poll, conducted for TV channel Living by a financial analyst, reports the Telegraph.
Skint Katona may put up £1m mansion for saleAugust 20th, 2009 LONDON - Drug scandal-hit Kerry Katona may soon put up her 1-million-pound house for sale to save herself from going bankrupt, it has emerged. Katona is nearly penniless and fears her house could be repossessed as she is struggling to pay the mortgage of 4,000 pounds per month.
PRINCE CAUGHT UP IN $300,000 LAWSUITAugust 9th, 2009 Pop star PRINCE is embroiled in a lawsuit after allegedly failing to collect a $300,000 (£200,000) security deposit from a house he was renting. The Purple Rain hitmaker was paying $150,000 (£100,000)-a-month to stay in a luxury property in Los Angeles and left without picking up his $300,000 security bond, according to legal papers obtained by TMZ.com.
Harrison Ford was 'Hollywood's Top Earner Last Year'June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Harrison Ford was Hollywood's top earning actor last year, according to Forbes magazine. Ford earned 43.3 million pounds for his role in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'.
Ghostbusters 3 to go before cameras this winterMay 21st, 2009 LONDON - Dan Aykroyd has confirmed that shooting for third Ghostbusters movie is set to begin this winter. It was earlier reported that Sigourney Weaver - who starred in the first two films - was unwilling to reprise her role as Dana Barrett.
Mel Gibson + Controversy = Passion of the Christ. Another lawsuitMay 20th, 2009 LONDON - Mel Gibson has packed a lawsuit filed against him by the screenwriter of his movie the Passion Of The Christ. The Aussie actor was said to have reached a settlement with Benedict Fitzgerald, who claimed he was underpaid for his work on the 2004 blockbuster.
Paris Hilton makes £7.5M a yearMay 9th, 2009 LONDON - Paris Hilton earns a whopping 7.5 million pounds in a year, it has been revealed. The hotel heiress pocketed a whopping 15million pounds in 2006 and 2007 just from promotional work, reports the Mirror.
Paris Hilton defends herself over movie lawsuitMay 7th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has defended herself against allegations that she owes investors $8.3 million (5.5 million pounds) for not fully promoting her 2006 film 'National Lampoon's Pledge This'. Hilton, 28, signed an agreement in 2004 for the production and distribution of the movie, according to a lawsuit filed in Miami, Florida, in 2008 by Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
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