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Celebrity Law Posts (November 19, 2009)

Mickey Mouse sues Donald Duck. Yes, really

By Eriq Gardner If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it still may not be a duck. That's the only conclusion we can draw from seeing that Mickey Mouse has filed a...
Posted on The Hollywood Reporter on November 19, 2009 at 4:13 PM

Tom Cruise again hangs with lawyers, this time for Scientology

By Eriq Gardner Tom Cruise is making a habit of showing up in Boston to hang out with lawyers. Last month, he enrolled at Harvard Law School for a few hours to hear a lecture from his attorney Bert Fields....
Posted on The Hollywood Reporter on November 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM

Hollywood Docket: Beatles injunction; Rin Tin Tin trademark ; Joe Francis

Entertainment law news this morning: A federal judge has extended an injunction against Bluebeat.com, preventing the sale of Beatles and other EMI tunes on the website. The court was unconvinced that the technological process used to create "new" recordings entitled...
Posted on The Hollywood Reporter on November 19, 2009 at 4:07 PM

Eddie Cibrian Sues Mag Over LeAnn

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, ExclusivesTMZ.com: Eddie Cibrian is suing "Life & Style weekly" for more than $1 million, for allegedly defaming him over his relationship with LeAnn Rimes.According to the suit ... obtained by TMZ ... Cibrian claims the stories the mag published "falsely portray Eddie ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM

James Caan Files for Divorce ... Again

Filed under: Celebrity JusticeTMZ.com: James Caan has filed for divorce from Linda -- for the second time. James had filed back in 2005, but called off the divorce a month later, claiming they had patched things up. Now, James has filed again in L.A. County Superior Court, citing ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 2:43 PM

Chris Brown Court Hearing -- Live Bloggin'

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Chris BrownTMZ.com: Chris Brown is in court today for a progress report hearing. Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna back in June -- and was sentenced to 180 days of hard labor plus a bunch of other stipulations, including one year of domestic violence ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM

Chris Brown -- I'm Puttin' In the Time

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Chris Brown, ExclusivesTMZ.com: Chris Brown is about to show up in court for his probation progress report in the Rihanna case.Sources say Brown will tell the judge he's on track with his community service -- performing 4 days of it every week. We're told he'll also say he's ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM

'Cocaine' Surfaces in Taylor Swift Lawsuit

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Taylor SwiftTMZ.com: "Cocaine" is never free ... neither is Taylor Swift, John Fogerty and the Harper Valley P.T.A. -- this according to the secret agents who claim they caught an Idaho sports bar playing music they hadn't paid for. As TMZ first reported, BMI -- the ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Paris Hilton -- No More Warnings from Cops

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Paris Hilton, ExclusivesTMZ.com: Paris Hilton has lived with BF Doug Reinhardt a grand total of five months, and already the LAPD, the L.A. City Attorney and the L.A. City Council have gotten involved in her very noisy life.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the LAPD has received ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 9:14 AM

NFL Legend Gets House Arrest for Coke Bust

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk SportsTMZ.com: Jacksonville Jaguars legend Jimmy Smith pled guilty to possession of cocaine yesterday ... and was sentenced to spend the next six months in residential lockdown.The former NFL star was arrested in Florida back in April, when cops pulled him over for ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 9:10 AM

Tila Screwed Up Really Bad, Lawyer Says

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Tila TequilaTMZ.com: Tila Tequila's lawyer blames his client's meltdown on former BF Shawne Merriman.Attorney Cyrus Nownejad tells TMZ he thinks the "domestic violence" incident with Shawne in September may have "pushed her over the edge."Nownejad acknowledges something ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 8:15 AM

Tila Tequila -- Naked and Ranting

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Tila TequilaTMZ.com: Tila Tequila has stripped down naked to go on a bizarre, rambling rant -- live on her Ustream page. We're told Tila has been at this for hours ... ranting about everything from her personal hygiene to her case against San Diego Chargers linebacker ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 7:19 AM

John Kerry's Daughter -- Busted

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Drunks, Politix, ExclusivesTMZ.com: Senator John Kerry's daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested early this morning on suspicion of DUI ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.It went down in Hollywood at 12:40 AM. Alexandra, a 36-year-old film producer and director, was pulled ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 19, 2009 at 6:02 AM

Swift Sues Sports Bar After Sting Operation

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Taylor SwiftTMZ.com: Taylor Swift wants justice after a sting operation in Idaho revealed that a little sports bar was totally cheating her out of ... a few dollars a month. Swift has attached herself to a copyright infringement lawsuit spearheaded by BMI -- the enforcer ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 8:50 PM

Dunaway's Landlord -- Faye Won't Pay!

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, ExclusivesTMZ.com: The only thing outstanding about Faye Dunaway as a tenant is the balance she allegedly owes her NYC landlord -- and if she doesn't pay up, they want her out.According to the landlord, the Oscar winning actress owes $1,920.85 in back rent -- and we've ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 8:30 PM

Beck sues label for control of mid-90s album

By Eriq Gardner Beck has always had a taste for multiple genres of music, and he's just as polymorphous as a businessman, releasing three albums back in 1994 on three different labels and making oral agreements for album rights. This...
Posted on The Hollywood Reporter on November 18, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Joe Francis -- Record-Breaking Tax Debtor

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Joe FrancisTMZ.com: The IRS wants some serious "Girls Gone Wild" money, because they've filed a lien against Joe Francis for a whopping $33,819,087.14 ... this according to documents obtained by TMZ.The Federal Tax Lien doc was filed today. The IRS claims Joe owes the ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 2:20 PM

Hollywood Docket: Fox spies on Redbox; Arnold & Porter gets in line with Jackson creditors; studios vs. OpenBitTorrent

Entertainment law news this morning: Over the past year, various studios have told their distributors to withhold DVDs from low-cost rental kiosk service Redbox for a period of time after release. In response, Redbox filed an antitrust lawsuit and has...
Posted on The Hollywood Reporter on November 18, 2009 at 2:18 PM

Photog Sues Debbie Rowe

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Paparazzi Video, ExclusivesTMZ.com: A photographer who had a physical run-in with Debbie Rowe back in July is now suing Michael Jackson's ex-wife in small claims court.It's all over an incident that went down in front of a Chinese restaurant in Lancaster, California right after MJ died ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM

Andrews' Alleged Peeping Tom Officially Charged

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Exclusives, Erin AndrewsTMZ.com: The man who allegedly secretly filmed ESPN reporter Erin Andrews naked in various hotel rooms followed her around the country ... according to federal charging documents obtained by TMZ. In the docs, the feds claim Michael Barrett called 7 hotels in ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 12:30 PM

Crawford Alleged Extortionist Can't be Extradited

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Cindy CrawfordTMZ.com: Cindy Crawford's alleged extortionist cannot be extradited to the U.S., but he's not out of the woods.TMZ did some checking and found Edis Kayalar, who turned himself in to German police Monday night, cannot be shipped back to the U.S. for allegedly ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Perez Puncher -- The Pen Is Mightier...

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, FightsTMZ.com: The Black Eyed Peas manager accused of punching Perez Hilton in the head back in June will not face criminal charges -- thanks, in part, to a half-ass apology letter he wrote to the emotional blogger.Hilton had agreed to drop the assault charge ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Death of 'Housewives' Ex Ruled a Homicide

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Real HousewivesTMZ.com: TMZ has learned the death of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star A.J. Jewell has officially been ruled a homicide -- this according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner.The cause of death is listed as, "Physical altercation resulting in sickle cell ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 7:30 AM

Drunken Russian Skater -- The Mug Shot

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, ExclusivesTMZ.com: You're looking at the mug shot of a world-class Russian figure skater who allegedly got hammered and stole a car -- AFTER placing 10th in a skating competition in Lake Placid this weekend. Andrei Lutai -- seen here sans his rhinestone unitard -- is ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 7:10 AM

Big Brother Champ: Get Me Outta the Slammer!!

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, ExclusivesTMZ.com: Former Big Brother winner Adam Jasinski is so desperate to get out of the slammer, he's asking the judge to let him move back in with his parents. The season 9 champ -- who's accused of using his $500,000 prize to fund a prescription drug ring -- has ... Read more
Posted on TMZ Celebrity Justice on November 18, 2009 at 6:27 AM

Still more litigation for ThinkFilm's Bergstein

By Alex Ben Block Even as producer David Bergstein plows ahead in the movie business, the lawsuits and judgments continue to pile on. The latest to come to light are a lawsuit for alleged failure to properly distribute a movie,...
Posted on The Hollywood Reporter on November 18, 2009 at 5:00 AM

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