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R. Kelly Deputies Rebuff Reporter Over Doughnuts

Jury selection continues in child pornography trial

May 14, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It seems Chicago cops are dead serious about keeping the media on a short leash during the R. Kelly child-pornography trial: Today, deputies rejected doughnuts from radio reporter Brendan Greeley, worried it could be interpreted as a sign of favoritism. Greeley was told he was “being a distraction” and... More »

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 One Step Closer 
 to Officially Single 

Preliminary divorce for McCartney-Mills becomes final in six weeks

May 12, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul McCartney is 6 weeks from being officially single again, the AP reports. The same judge who awarded Heather Mills $47.5 million and called her a "less than impressive witness" today granted a preliminary divorce for McCartney, 65, and Mills, 40, that will become final in 6 weeks... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • London • celebrity trials • celebrity divorces

UPDATED

Judge Begins Jury Selection
in R. Kelly Trial

Denies motion to postpone 6-year-old child-porn case

May 9, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chicago judge today denied R. Kelly's attempt to further delay his child-pornography trial—already six years in the making—and began jury selection before recessing for the weekend, reports the Tribune in its gavel-to-gavel coverage. A circus atmosphere earlier prevailed outside the court, with fans and detractors of the... More »

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 The View
 From Inside
 the Uma Jury 

Member explains how panel reached stalking verdict

May 7, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Wall Street Journal reporter who served on the jury that convicted Uma Thurman’s stalker yesterday looks back today, recalling just over a week of debate, junk food, and weird dreams. “The fact that she was a famous movie star made us partly charmed, partly suspicious," writes... More »

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New York City • Wall Street Journal • celebrity trials • stalker • celebrity • juror • verdict • Uma Thurman

 Thurman's 
 Stalker 
 Convicted 

Harassment charge carries sentence
of up to 1 year

May 6, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man accused of shadowing Uma Thurman and repeatedly following her home was convicted today of stalking and aggravated harassment, the New York Times reports. Both charges are misdemeanors, with potential jail time of 90 days for stalking and up to a year for aggravated harassment. Jack Jordan, 37,... More »

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Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm

Bizarre missives were just creative writing,
he tells court

May 3, 08 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man accused of stalking Uma Thurman for years has told a court he never meant to scare the star, the New York Post reports. Jack Jordan says the bizarre letters he sent Thurman—including pictures of razor blades and open graves, descriptions of aborted fetuses, and reference to her... More »

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 Uma Breaks Down
 in Stalker Trial 

Star gives tearful testimony against stoic defendant

May 1, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Uma Thurman had barely begun her testimony against alleged stalker Jack Jordan when the waterworks began, E! Online reports. Appearing pale, with nary a trace of makeup, Thurman teared up as she told the court how she’d feared for her kids’ and family’s safety. She described an incident... More »

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Denzel, Others Go to Bat
for Snipes

He's a 'mighty oak,' judge told; sentencing in tax case tomorrow

Apr 23, 08 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wesley Snipes is not merely an actor trying to get out of a jail sentence on tax charges. He is a "mighty oak," says Denzel Washington. "True citizen of the world," says Woody Harrelson. "Goodness in his heart," says Judge Joe Brown. Snipes is... More »

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taxes • celebrity trials • Internal Revenue Service • Denzel Washington • Wesley Snipes

Britney Owes Lawyers $400K, Court Rules

Bills represent three months of work

Apr 17, 08 10:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears must pay nearly $400,000 to the lawyers who have been handling her affairs for the past three months, People magazine reports. Among the disbursements ordered by an LA court: $175,000 to the firm that won Spears' father control over the pop star's affairs, an arrangement that's... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • celebrity trials • child custody • custody battle

 Nic Cage Not a Chihuahua Thief  

Turner backs off accusations, loses court case

Apr 4, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s official: Nicolas Cage is not a chihuahua kleptomaniac, former co-star Kathleen Turner admits. Turner settled a libel lawsuit with Cage, confessing that she’d lied when she wrote that Cage had been “arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog.” Turner and her... More »

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Shandling Says Private Eye Smeared Him

He's the first big celebrity to testify in
the Pellicano trial

Mar 14, 08 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comedian Garry Shandling took the stand yesterday and accused Los Angeles private eye Anthony Pellicano of using underhanded tactics to "smear" him. Shandling’s former manager hired Pellicano after promising to “make my life miserable,” Shandling said. The FBI soon told Shandling that the detective had rifled... More »

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Private Eye's Assistant
Spills on Stand

Arranged wiretaps, transcribed tapes for Hollywood's Pellicano

Mar 8, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - A former assistant to Anthony Pellicano, improbably named Tarita Virtue, told a packed courtoom yesterday that she transcribed many wiretapped conversations for the Hollywood private eye, Variety reports. She explained Pellicano's wiretapping process step by step, and described the detective's security system, including punch-code locks on every room  and files... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • Tom Cruise • celebrity trials • trial • celebrity • racketeering • wiretap • Anthony Pellicano • private eye

Hollywood Private-Eye
Trial Begins

Celebs expected to be called in Pellicano
racketeering case

Mar 7, 08 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The illegal wiretapping and racketeering trial of Hollywood private detective Anthony Pellicano kicked off yesterday with a celebrity-studded witness list that sounds more like a casting call than a legal action, the Guardian reports. Sylvester Stallone, Farrah Fawcett and Chris Rock are among 127 possible prosecution witnesses. Studio heads and... More »

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Hollywood • celebrity trials • Sylvester Stallone • wiretap • Anthony Pellicano • private eye • Chris Rock • Garry Shandling

IRS Takes on Action Star Snipes in Court

Tax fraud conviction could net actor up to 16 years in slammer

Jan 13, 08 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Action movie star Wesley Snipes tomorrow faces his toughest opponent yet: the IRS in a Florida court. Snipes could face up to 16 years in prison if he's convicted of failing to report the $37.9 million he earned between 1999 and 2004, and filing for $11.3 million in... More »

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Mischa Barton Busted in LA

Former 'OC' star
facing DUI,
drug-related charges

Dec 28, 07 3:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Former "OC" star Mischa Barton was booked early yesterday on suspicion of driving under the influence, possessing an illegal narcotic and driving with an invalid license, E! News is reporting. Barton, 21, was pulled over in West Hollywood before dawn after deputies spotted the actress driving her Range Rover... More »

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Boy George Charged With Chaining Up Male Escort

Singer faces false imprisonment charges

Nov 13, 07 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Demonstrating endless imagination in running afoul of the law, Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after a male escort told police the eccentric pop star chained him to the wall of his London flat. Police originally arrested the singer in April, when a 28-year-old Norwegian complained that George,... More »

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Spector Judge Rejects Option of Manslaughter

Jury may be asked to deliberate further in celebrity murder trial

Sep 19, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saying it would imply a guilty verdict of some kind is the goal, the judge in Phil Spector's murder trial today decided against having deadlocked jurors deliberate a lesser charge of manslaughter. The jury said yesterday it was split 7-5 after seven days of deliberation over the charge facing the... More »

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Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • celebrity trials • murder • trial • manslaughter

NBC Cancels $1M Deal With Ex-Con Heiress

Network renegs on Paris interview; Walters won't do it for free

Jun 23, 07 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton got jilted by NBC yesterday, the New York Post reports. The peacock network reneged on its reported $1-million offer for her first apres-jail interview after executives got cold feet. Then they decided they didn't even want the "Today" show interview for free. And none of the other... More »

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media • NBC • Barbara Walters • celebrity trials • Paris Hilton • celebrity • heiress

Weeping
Heiress Sent Back to Cell

'It's not fair!' Paris calls to mom as peeved judge orders lockup

Jun 8, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton is back in lockup after a courtroom scene worthy of a daytime soap, with the 26-year-old celebutante led from the room weeping and wailing, "Mom, Mom! It's not right!" Judge Michael Sauer, miffed that the scofflaw heiress had been sprung after just 3 days of a... More »

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prison • celebrity trials • Paris Hilton • Judge Michael Sauer • LA County Jail • celebrity • heiress

Spector Faces the Music

Mar 19, 07 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sixties icon Phil Spector was supposedly drunk, depressed, and on prescription medication when he brought B-movie actor Lana Clarkson home from a club four years ago, and shot her-—accidentally, he claims. With his televised trial opening today, Dan Glaister walks readers through what is known of events and gives... More »

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entertainment • Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • Bruce Cutler • celebrity trials • trial • celebrity

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