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Team Edward vs. Team Jacob: Who’d You Rather?

Filed under: Robert Pattinson , Taylor Lautner , Twilight , Beauty Team Edward ‘s Robert Pattinson , 24, and Team Jacob ‘s Taylor Lautner , 18, put aside their differences and made nice at the ” Eclipse ” premiere in L.A. last night. Question is …

Katherine Jackson to Joe: Don’t Drag Me Into This!

Filed under: Katherine Jackson , Joe Jackson , Michael Jackson , Conrad Murray , Celebrity Justice Joe Jackson has no business dragging his wife into the wrongful death lawsuit he’s filing against Dr. Conrad Murray … this according to her lawyer. TMZ broke the story … Brian Oxman is filing the wrongful death suit in federal court today.

Court Stops BP Forcing Oil Spill Clean-Up Volunteers to Sign Away Their Rights

photo: US Coast Guard via flickr. A federal court in Louisiana has issued the first in what is bound to be many blows against BP: The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has stopped BP from forcing fisherman volunteering to help with oil spill clean-up efforts from signing away their right to free speech, from holding BP harmless for any accidents that might occur, and requiring them to give the oil giant a month’s notice before filing any legal claims…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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ESPN Calls Foul, Sues Erin Andrews’ Stalker

ESPN is taking Erin Andrews’ stalker case into overtime. The network has sued Michael David Barrett in Los Angeles federal court for $327,442.27 in legal fees, travel expenses and…

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Cameron Douglas Gets Five Years in Prison

Michael Douglas’ son Cameron, who was nabbed last year in a major drug dealing operation, was sentenced to five years in prison this afternoon in NYC. Cameron Douglas, along with his father and his mother Diandra, was present in federal court in Manhattan today when the judge fired off the sentence. Michael asked for leniency for his son … and didn’t really get it. Along with the prison time, Cameron was ordered to pay $25,000 in fines and must serve 450 hours of community service as a result of his guilty plea . Once he’s out of jail Cameron is also required to spend an additional five years in a supervised release program. They certainly didn’t go easy on him. Last year, Cameron Douglas was caught in a federal sting operation with large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine with intent to distribute . Hopefully prison straightens this guy out .

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Writer: ‘Ugly Betty’ Jacked My Idea

Filed under: Celebrity Justice ” Ugly Betty ” just went off the air and now a writer/director is claiming the show’s producers, including ABC and Touchstone , ripped off her idea — this according to a federal lawsuit. In the court documents, filed today in federal court in Los… Read more

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Carrie Underwood Cast in ‘Soul Surfer’

Grammy winner will begin filming the project this month, after performing the national anthem at Sunday’s Super Bowl. By Jocelyn Vena Carrie Underwood Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for PCA Carrie Underwood is taking her act from the small screen to the big screen

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Men At Work’s ‘Down Under’ Violated Copyright

Australian court ruled the song copied the children’s classic ‘Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.’ By Gil Kaufman Men At Work’s Colin Hay in “Down Under” Photo: Sony BMG Music Entertainment For a generation of pop music fans in the 1980s, it was the bubbly anthem that provided a lesson about the Australian vegetable-based brown sandwich spread vegemite.

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Michael Douglas’ Son Pleads Guilty to Felonies

Filed under: Celebrity Justice Michael Douglas’ son pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to two felony drug charges.Cameron Douglas — who was arrested last year after a 3-year investigation by the DEA — pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute a … Permalink

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Erin Andrews Gives Color Commentary as Stalker Pleads Guilty

Erin Andrews is ready to send her peeper to the pokey. The ESPN reporter turned up in federal court in Los Angeles this afternoon to watch as her No.

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