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BOSSIP Exclusive: Author Sues Lee Daniels For $600 Mill – Says “Empire” Was His Idea!!

Romanus Castro Filed $600 Million Lawsuit Against Lee Daniels Over “Empire” Idea Lee Daniels is keeping his lawyers busy this year … having been sued by numerous writers accusing him of stealing their idea for “Empire” … and now another writer has slapped the director with a $600 million dollar suit blasting him for saying he created the hit FOX show himself. A man named Romanus Castro has filed a federal lawsuit against Fox Network, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong and the production companies behind the “Empire” accusing them of stealing his work to create the hit show. The man says that he wrote an original screenplay entitled “The Summit of Beauty of Love.” The story follows a music journalist who falls in love with a musician who is schizophrenic. He says in 2003 he shopped the story around town to various people but never received a response. Castro lays out how similar his story and “Empire” are in the court documents. The author explains that his characters are from Philadelphia like the Lyon family, he says his characters are identical to Cookie, Lucious and the other main characters in Empire – along with them all having a very similar story-line throughout the works. He also claims that several key moments in his book were straight up copied in the first season of the FOX show. Lastly, both works have the main son character coming out as gay. Castro says that his book laid the groundwork for Empire without his consent or compensation. He says he’s furious that Daniels and Strong claimed they created Empire independently because they didn’t. He has filed suit against Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, FOX and the other producers for $600 million dollars in damages for stealing his work.

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Khloe Kardashian Promotes New Show From Inside a Martini Glass

Don't you look saucy, Khloe! We're just a month out from her new FYI series, Kocktails With Khloe , which promises “cooking, pop culture, conversation and outrageously fun party games.” To promote the show, Khloe teased a behind-the-scenes look at videos and photos featuring the reality star in a cocktail glass, as well as on set in the “sitting area” (there will also be a functional kitchen and dining area). “I'm lucky that I've been able to invite fans into my life and home on a weekly basis,” Kardashian said in a statement in July. “This show will give me an opportunity to continue to do that with new and exciting guests. I can’t wait to show my fans what we have in store on Kocktails With Khloé.” The original air date was set for December 9th, according to People .  However, the network agreed to push the premiere back to January 2016 so that Khloe could focus on Lamar Odom's health. Khloe has proven herself as a very entertaining host; when she and Kourtney taped Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami in 2009, Khloe had her own radio show, KHLOE After Dark on South Florida's Y100. In unrelated, but adorable news, Khloe Instagram'd a photo of herself with North West .  Both were wearing neon green-lined space glasses and it was super, super cute. That is all.  

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LeAnn Rimes Probably Doesn’t Want Kids. Ever.

The country star hath spoken. LeAnn Rimes gave an interview   about having children of her own with husband Eddie Cibrian, and it provided the interweb with all sorts of ammunition. While it’s not very polite to ask a married couple if they plan on having kids, In Touch didn’t care and asked Rimes and Cibrian when they were going to start procreating . “I have two kids in my house half the time, so I know what it takes to be a parent,” Rimes said, referring to her two step-sons, Mason, 12, and Jake, 8 (mom is Cibrian’s ex-wife, Brandi Glanville). “I know my life will change – I just don’t know if I’m ready for that yet.” Helping Cibrian raise his boys has allowed Rimes “understand the capacity” she has to form a bond with someone that’s not her “own blood.” With that said, Rimes isn’t in any rush to have any of her own. “Life is fine just as it is,” Rimes said.  “We have lots of love at home.”  Rimes and Cibrian started rolling around on the set of Lifetime’s Northern Lights , causing both to divorce their spouses in 2009. In 2011, they married, and Rimes enjoying engaging in Twitter fights with Glanville.   View Slideshow: 13 Memorable Celebrity Side-Pieces: Because Every Cheater Needs Someone to Cheat With!

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Jill & Jessa Duggar: Advertisers Backing Out of New Series?

On Sunday, Jill & Jessa: Counting On will premiere on TLC, and lots of folks are not too happy about it. Jill & Jessa: Counting On Trailer The controversial family’s return to television has resulted in  Duggar boycott groups springing up all over social media, and now it appears their campaign is beginning to have an impact. A Facebook group called #NoMoreDuggars: Contacting Sponsors has been…well, contacting current and potential sponsors to encourage them to pull their support from Jill and Jessa’s three-part series. The group claims that 928 advertisers have already vowed not to put their money behind any of the Duggars’ future TV efforts, including the forthcoming Counting On. Obviously, most of the anger directed toward the family is the result of the Josh Duggar sex scandals that caused the Duggars to be removed from television in the first place. Though they initially defended their brother’s actions and their family’s handling of the situation Jill and Jessa have been critical of Josh in recent weeks. However, many feel the sisters latest comments are simply part of an effort to win over disillusioned former fans. TLC is only committed to airing three episodes of Counting On, but from the start, the network has hinted that if the show is a hit with fans, we can expect more specials featuring Jill and Jessa, and possibly even a full series. Of course, if execs can’t find anyone to pay for advertising time, the Duggar sisters may soon find themselves counted out.  View Slideshow: 23 Biggest Duggar Family Scandals: How Low Can They Go?!

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 8 Episode 5 Recap: No Love on This Love Boat

Sunday on The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 8 Episode 5 , Cynthia and Porsha’s argument turned nuclear on the ladies’ cruise. While that beef heated up and there was clearly no love lost on this love boat, Kandi hoped to receive some big news from her doctor … If you watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta online , you know the Cynthia Bailey and Porsha Williams feud was nearing its boiling point. Porsha called Cynthia a bitch, which she said was a term of endearment, but Cyn wasn’t buying it, and well, neither was backing down. “We have had years of issues back and forth; I’m going to find out if this how it’s gonna all fall out,” Porsha shouted as Cynthia asked: “This is how you want to be? This is how you want to be?” Fans who love cat fights might answer yes, but the cast? The pushing, shoving and kicking escalated quickly. “I’ve seen this before. She’s like a rabid dog. This is a scary scene,” Kenya Moore, who knows what getting beat down by Porsha is like, said. Pretty nuts all around, even by their standards. In the aftermath of the brawl, Kandi Burruss headed to the doctor for an ultrasound of her baby, while Todd Tucker … had a phone call. One that caused him to miss its heartbeat. Finding work-life balance is tough on all of us, but at least they know it’s a boy … oh wait, that’s just the leg. Sorry Todd. Maybe it still is? Meanwhile, back to the dysfunctional mess that is Cynthia and Porsha’s feud, Kenya decided to insert herself into their reconciliation. It was as bad an idea as it sounds like. Basically, Kenya tried to point out that Porsha was a repeat offender in terms of violence, and Williams didn’t take kindly to this “gotcha” moment. “I don’t trust you,” Porsha told Kenya, wholly unimpressed with her motives. “You don’t have any compassion for me, and I know that.” Still, Porsha said she would “give Cynthia a chance” to make it right, while Bailey admitted that things got out of hand. So there’s hope? Kim Fields, Sheree Whitfield, Kandi, Cynthia, and Phaedra Parks were on edge when Cynthia and Porsha showed up at the same lunch. Once they had some privacy (except for gawking co-stars and Bravo cameras), Porsha and Cynthia got into it … fists-free this time. “Just bruising, so I took a couple days off from work,” Porsha said when Cynthia asked how she is. “But emotionally, I was bothered by the situation.” Porsha stuck to her story, though. “However that made you feel, that was not my intention behind it,” she said of bitch-gate, and that was close enough as apologies go. “I came here today to apologize for my part in it,” Cynthia said, following non-apology suit. “I had no expectation from you whatsoever.” Incredibly, they hugged it out. A few weeks before the most special time of the year, a true Christmas miracle may have just occurred. View Slideshow: The Real Housewives Cast Shake-Ups: Who’s In? Who’s Out?

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Game of Thrones Season 6: Actual Footage!

No more teases. No more vague posters. No more rumor or innuendo. HBO has come out with a new video that features actual footage from Game of Thrones Season 6 . It's not a lot. And it doesn't reveal very much, if anything at all. But, hey, this is Game of Thrones! We'll take whatever we can get! The footage begins around the two-minute, 15-second mark of the following video, which is meant to be a year-end celebration by HBO. It highlights the network's successful programs from the last 12 months and it previews what's on tap for 2016. And leading the way, in the eyes of many, is Game of Thrones Season 6. So, what do the clips reveal: Daenerys is disheveled and looking concerned while surrounded by the Dothraki. Cersei with short hair, giving a rare hug to Tommen. Ramsay Bolton grimly leading his men into battle. No, we'll end all hopes right now and report that there is not any footage of Jon Snow, despite the very strong rumor that he will return this spring. This Game of Thrones poster only added fuel to that exciting fire. Brand new episodes of this epic drama get underway in early April. Check out the following footage, as many times as need be, and see if you can pick out any real spoilers from the action teased here.

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Selena Gomez Gives Health Update: How is She Feeling?

According to a number of recent sightings, Selena Gomez is feeling Justin Bieber these days. The ex-lovers having gotten mighty close again of late. As for Selena is actually feeling herself, however, health wise? “I am in a great place and I’m very healthy,” the singer told Billboard Magazine in interview excerpts that were released this week. Gomez had previously opened up to Billboard in October about her diagnosis of Lupus and how she actually underwent chemotherapy for the disease. That reveal came several months after Gomez spent two weeks in a treatment center, a visit that fueled rumors of substance abuse. “I wanted so badly to say, ‘You guys have no idea. I’m in chemotherapy. You’re assholes,'” the singer told Billboard this fall. “I locked myself away until I was confident and comfortable again.” Lupus is an autoimmune disease that flares up from occasionally. It is incurable and it brings on symptoms such as chronic fatigue, fever, joint pain, rashes and chest pain. “It has been overwhelming and the response has been very supportive, which is nice – but it still makes me a little uncomfortable,” Gomez adds. “I waited for the right time to talk about it… I’m not trying to be loud about it: It was time to use my platform to help.” Other celebrities who have been diagnosed with lupus include Nick Cannon, Toni Braxton and Lady Gaga , who told Larry King in 2010 that she had “tested borderline positive for the disease.” We admire Selena for opening up about her health issues and we wish her the best.

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June Shannon: The Duggars Don’t Deserve a Second Chance!

In October of last year,  TLC canceled Here Comes Honey Boo Boo after it was revealed that June Shannon dated a man who was convicted of molesting one of her daughters. In a bizarre case of history repeating itself, the network found itself dealing with a similar problem in May of this year when the world learned that J osh Duggar molested five young girls (four of whom were his sisters), and his parents went to great lengths to cover it up. The situations are similarly appalling, but there’s one major difference between them: While TLC permanently cut ties with Honey Boo Boo’s proudly redneck family, the network is giving the Duggars a second chance with Jill and Jessa: Counting On premiering next Sunday.  Clearly, the decision was based on the bottom line, as the Duggars consistently brought on much higher ratings than the Shannon-Thompson clan.  But despite the fact that her family never had quite as much clout as the Duggars, “Mama June” Shannon is still calling the network out for what she sees as an act of egregious hypocrisy.  Of course, she didn’t put it in quite those words: “TLC does some crazy stuff. Jill and Jessa are going back on TV,” Mama June said in a recent interview with Radar Online. “Don’t tell me the Duggars aren’t going to be a part of that. They are working the Duggars back on TV in their own secret way. “TLC took everything from us. They took so much away from the girls. Their bodyguards. They made them leave. The Duggars had security for weeks after they were canceled.” View Slideshow: Josh Duggar Sex Scandal Timeline: How His Family’s Empire Crumbled Yes, apparently Honey Boo Boo had a full-time security detail. And Mama June is pissed that they’re not still around: “They took out the two people who had been in my kids’ lives for three years,” she told the website. “If you were concerned about my kids, then why did you do that?” And June believes TLC’s preferential treatment doesn’t stop with the Duggars: “They are bringing Kate Plus 8 and they told me she was the worst person to work for and they were never going to bring her back,” she said. “I can’t believe TLC is bringing her back.” June and “Sugar Bear” Thompson will star in the new season of Marriage Boot Camp , which premieres tonight on WE TV.  Shannon says she’ll take the opportunity to clarify some misconceptions about her affair with convicted child molester Mark McDaniel: “Mark’s not an issue. I’m not with him. I’m not dating him I never have,” Shannon told Radar. “I honestly will feel better once the show comes out and the truth is revealed. The truth . Not just me saying it, the truth.” Shannon adds that she Boot Camp producers even had her take a lie detector test while answering questions about her relationship with McDaniel. Should be interesting – but it’ll never bring in Duggar ratings.

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Top 10 Naked Women of the CW

Perhaps no other network on the dial devotes more time and attention to female-centric shows featuring amazingly hot women than The CW. While the vast majority of ingenues that come through the network have yet to do a nude scene, there are plenty who have happily doffed their duds on film. Here are 10 of our favorite naked women of The CW!

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Bill O’Reilly to Donald Trump: Just Stop Tweeting!

In case it weren't incredible enough that Donald Trump is leading the Republican field for President, consider this: He's leading the Republican field for President while somehow managing to NOT get along well with Fox News anchors. We already know how Trump feels about Megyn Kelly . And now he's gotten into it with the face of the network himself, Bill O'Reilly. Trump appeared on The O’Reilly Factor on Monday to defend his retweet of fabricated crime statistics that blamed African-Americans for most of the country's homicides. The Donald made the news on November 22 when he quoted a chart that somehow claimed African-Americans are responsible for 81 percent of murders in which white people are the victims. The actual number, according to the FBI, is pretty much the exact opposite: 82 percent of murders involving white victims in 2014 were committed by other white people. O’Reilly confronted Trump with this ill-informed message, saying “it’s totally wrong” and he’s “bothered” by Trump publicizing it, to which the politician actually replied: “Hey Bill. Bill. Am I gonna check every statistic? I've got millions and millions of people, @realDonaldTrump by the way.” “You've got to, you're a presidential contender,” O'Reilly replied to Trump's wild notion that he “check every statistic,” or at least the ones that claim one race goes around killing another race. O'Reilly didn't exactly convince Trump of his side (shocking, right?), despite trying to explain that such a message is perfect for Democrats it allows them to paint Trump as “racist.” In the end, after Trump refused to give an inch, O'Reilly offered up a suggestion: just stop Tweeting. “Give it up for Lent,” O'Reilly said. “Lent is coming soon.”  

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