Jury Whacks 'Sopranos' Lawsuit

They want New Jersey eatery to foot price of trip to India for purification

(NEWSER) - Easy winner for lawsuit of the day: A state appellate panel in New Jersey has ruled that Hindu diners can sue a restaurant that mistakenly served them meat for the price of a trip to India, the Star-Ledger reports. The 16 vegetarians say they must purify their souls and can only do so in a ritual in the Ganges River. A judge dismissed their case last year, but they won their appeal and can now continue with it. More»

She's suing the Century 21 department store

(NEWSER) - A New Jersey mom is suing a department store for $5 million, claiming she got ripped off 80 cents over a coupon, reports the New York Post . Tova Gerson used the $5 coupon to buy more than $100 worth of merchandise from Century 21, then returned one item. The store refunded her money, minus 80 cents from the pro-rated coupon. Gerson's lawsuit, filed by her lawyer-dad Harry Katz, says the store "unjustly enriched" itself with a coupon "scheme." More»

Creator doesn't see series, now shooting Season 4, lasting past Season 6

(NEWSER) - Season 4 of Mad Men is still shooting, but its creator already knows when the hit series will end, reports the Weekly Blend blog . It won't go past Season 6, Matthew Weiner said at an industry convention last week. That seems to be a sweet spot for 1-hour dramas, notes the Wall Street Journal —The Sopranos wrapped up after a half-dozen seasons, and Lost is in the process of doing likewise. More»

(NEWSER) - John Forsythe, a versatile actor who gained lasting fame as Blake Carrington on the pioneering prime-time soap Dynasty and as the voice of the mysterious Charlie on Charlie's Angels, died yesterday in California. He was 92. Best known at the time as the affable star of Bachelor Father, Forsythe played a villainous judge in the 1979 Al Pacino vehicle And Justice for All, demonstrating he had the chops to channel the scheming Blake Carrington. More»

Stereotypes in 'Jersey Shore' are damaging, says UNICO

(NEWSER) - The young Italian-American stars of MTV’s upcoming reality show Jersey Shore are celebrated in a promo as the “hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos” this side of Parsippany. Ick, says Italian-American group UNICO. They may well “keep their hair high, their muscles juiced and their fists pumping all summer long,” as the ad promises, but this breed of “trash television” traffics in stereotypes and should never see broadcast, the group’s president tells the New York Daily News. What? an MTV spokeswoman demurs. The cast “takes pride in their ethnicity.” More»