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Kate Winslet Wins Law Suit Against ‘The Daily Mail’ UK
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Lawyers for Kate Winslet say the actress has accepted more than $40,000 in damages after The Daily Mail falsely reported in January she lied about her exercise regime.
Winslet — who won a Golden Globe and an Oscar earlier this year for the 2008 film The Reader –has been an outspoken critic of excessive dieting. In 2007, she won damages against a British magazine which wrongly stated she had visited a diet doctor.
Kate was not in court for yesterday morning’s settlement, but wanted an apology “to demonstrate my commitment to the views that I have always expressed about body issues, including diet and exercise,” her lawyer said.
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Top-Earning Deceased Celebrity Of 2009
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has been named the Top-Earning Dead Celebrity in a new list compiled by Forbes Magazine.
In its ninth annual listing, Forbes.com said the Frenchman, considered one of the greatest designers of the 20th century has earned $350 million since passing away from brain cancer in June 2008.
Following him were Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein with $235 million, and Michael Jackson, who has clocked $90 million since his death last June. Elvis Presley was fourth with $55 million.
However, according to Matthew Miller, the editor of the list, Jackson is likely to be a bigger earner in years to come.
“He will make tens of millions because he has lucrative publishing rights and rights to all his memorabilia…”
The complete list:
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
- Michael Jackson
- Elvis Presley
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Charles Schulz
- John Lennon
- Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
- Albert Einstein
- Michael Crichton
- Jimi Hendrix
- Aaron Spelling
- Andy Warhol
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Southwest Airlines Helping Flyers Get Through The Recession, 4th Quarter Sale $25 One-Way Fares
Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Feeling like flying? On Tuesday, Southwest Airlines announced a one-way fare sale that will allows travelers to purchase tickets for less than it cost to eat out at a four-star restaurant.
According to a press release from the discount airline, the Southwest 72-hour “4th Quarter Sale” allows guests traveling 375 miles or less to grab tickets for just $25 one-way. For travel between 375 and 549 miles, the one-way fare is $50. For one-way travel between 550 and 999 miles, fares are $75. Any one-way flight that goes 1,000 miles will cost $100.
The cheap flights must be booked by 11:59AM MDT Friday @ www.southwest.com. The fares are good travel between December 2, 2009 and December 16, 2009 or between January 5, 2010 and February, 10 2010. Travel is valid every day except Sundays. Fare does not include local and federal fees and charges.
Southwest cautions that seats are limited, especially to destinations in Florida and Las Vegas. Special fares may not be offered on busy days such as the Super Bowl in Miami.
What an awesome marketing ploy… If only I weren’t completely broke from the recession I would so be scooping up some of these tickets!
Happy Traveling!
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Microsoft Pulls The Plug On ‘Family Guy’ Variety Special Advertising
Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
FOX still plans to air Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show on Nov. 8, but it will be doing so without the support of Microsoft. The network has lost the software giant as the exclusive sponsor of its upcoming Family Guy variety special after the company’s executives watched the show’s taping, Variety says.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced they were teaming for a collaboration with the side-splitting, envelope-pushing comedy, in a special set to air during FOX’s primetime Sunday animated block. Instead of traditional commercials, the special would have featured interwoven promotion of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7.
A 30-second ad during Family Guy costs about $214,750, so the entire half-hour special likely costs Microsoft millions…..but that was before execs actually saw what they were signing up for. The special reportedly contains jokes about deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene, and incest. Um, how is that any different than a regular episode of Family Guy?
Then executives watched the animated show in a live taping before a studio audience, and subsequently presented this statement announcing its back-out:
“We initially chose to participate in the ‘Seth and Alex’ variety show based on the audience composition and creative humor of ‘Family Guy,’ but after reviewing an early version of the variety show it became clear that the content was not a fit with the Windows brand. We continue to have a good partnership with Fox, (series creator and writer) Seth MacFarlane and (co-star and writer) Alex Borstein and are working with them in other areas. We continue to believe in the value of brand integrations and partnerships between brands, media companies and talent.”
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Samantha Burke And Jude Law’s Baby, Sophia, Grace The Cover ‘Hello’ Magazine
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Jude Law’s lovechild made her big debut on the cover of London’s Hello! Magazine on Monday.
Sophia, five weeks old, was the result of a short-lived fling between the star and aspiring actress Samantha Burke, who he met while filming Sherlock Holmes in New York City last Christmas. Jude has made no plans to visit his youngest daughter and hasn’t even sent a present, according to the baby’s mother.
Despite the actor’s seeming resistence to get involved in Sophia’s life, Samantha remains optimistic about their future relationship.
“I am very hopeful it will work out for Sophia’s sake. He’s a great father to his three kids. She’s his daughter and I believe he’ll come through,” Samantha explains in an interview that reportedly earned her $300,000. “It would be great if we can have a friendship and remain cordial. Hopefully, he’ll be a big part of her life and she’ll be proud to have him as her father.”
Samantha also slammed “hurtful” reports branding her a golddigger: “I have never dated a guy for money. All my ex-boyfriends were just normal guys.”
Samantha’s agent revealed that Britain’s Hello! Magazine bought the photos and interview with Samantha for $300,000.
“Samantha may have got pregnant by accident but she’s a smart businesswoman. The child has rarely left the house since her birth and when Samantha has had to take her out for some reason or the other, her face is carefully covered,” an insider divulged to London’s Daily Mail on Sunday.
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Taylor Swift ‘Fearless’ Tour Sells Out In Minutes
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Taylor Swift’s hitting the road again, and tickets for the first fifteen dates of the singer’s upcoming Fearless 2010 Tour sold out within minutes on Friday.
A rep for the singer tells The Associated Press that tickets to four New York-area shows sold out within two minutes on Ticketmaster.com.
The Fearless 2010 Tour will take Taylor, and tour mate Kellie Pickler, to 37 shows in 29 cities in the U.S. and Canada, as well as seven concerts in Australia. Prices range from $25-$69.
Taylor’s 2008 sophomore album, Fearless, has sold more than 1 million copies internationally since its debut last November. Taylor Swift fans can get more tickets at other ticket outlets selling at a slightly higher price. For more on Taylor’s Fearless 2010 Tour, visit www.taylorswift.com.
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‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Star Teresa Giudice Facing Forclosure
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Heads will roll and tables will fly: Franklin Lakes socialite and Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice is facing foreclosure. According to a report from RadarOnline, DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc filed papers in Superior Court of New Jersey this week to begin foreclosing on the swank dream home Teresa owns with her husband Joe and the couple’s four young daughters; Gia, Gabriella, Milania and Audriana. What exactly Teresa’s husband does for a living remained a mystery for much of the show’s first season.
The spitfire Italian princess joins NeNe Leakes, Kim Wu-Hartwell and Lynne Curtin as star of Bravo’s smash Real Housewives franchise who have been sent packing after falling behind on the mortgage.
How much is Bravo paying these ladies? Nonetheless, this is a travesty! How can they dream of evicting the woman who coined the phrase “prostitution whore!”
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Heidi Montag Launching Fragrance On HSN
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
How would you like to smell like the women who married Spencer Pratt?
So her Heidiwood clothing line didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, but that hasn’t stopped The Hill’s Heidi Montag from steam rolling ahead with plans to hawk her own signature fragrance in cooperation with the Home Shopping Network.
Heidi’s been in the lab diligently working with chemists on several feminine scents she plans to sell on the shop-at-home cable network, blabbing informants (Spencer) tell In Touch Weekly.
A pal says: “Heidi has always wanted to do her own fragrance. This is another one of her dreams come true. She lives a charmed life.”
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say the first ‘informant’ is none other than hubby Spencer Pratt and the ‘pal’ is of course Spencer’s sis Stephanie Pratt.
On a more positive note, her perfume can’t possibly stink as much as her music…..
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Disney Launches Fairytale Inspired Engagement Rings
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Disney struck gold a few years ago, when they began selling wedding and bridal party dresses based on the empire’s signature princesses, Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella, Ariel, and Snow White. Now, Disney is taking the fairy tale a step farther with the introduction of a new line of wedding bands and engagement rings, retailing between $1,200 and $6,000.
Luxist.com writes:
The line consists of six engagement rings with matching wedding bands that correspond to six Disney heroines, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Princess Jasmine, Ariel from The Little Mermaid and Belle from Beauty and the Beast.
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Make Drew Carey Give Away $1 Million For Cancer
Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Drew Olanoff, cancer-fighter and blogger, is auctioning off his enviable Twitter username “@drew” to benefit the LiveStrong foundation. Its value has already been raised to $1 million, thanks to that other Drew — last name Carey.
This is pretty awesome.
