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Passion of the Christ director Mel Gibson apologized Saturday for his resistant and unruly behavior, and for saying “despicable” things to sheriff’s deputies that he does “not believe to be true” when he was arrested in Malibu for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
After he was stopped, handcuffed and put into a police cruiser, Gibson reportedly launched into an anti-Semitic tirade punctuated by obscenities, threats and sexually abusive language. In the report, which appears to be a chronology of the arrest, Gibson boasted that he “owns Malibu” and ranted about “[expletive] Jews” and how “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”
“I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable,” the actor-director said without elaborating. Read more!

Beyonce Knowles and her mother, Tina Knowles, have been sued for £800,000 9€1.2m) by a former business associate who claims they neglected to compensate him for securing a deal involving their House of Dereon clothing line. Beyonce and her mother, Tina Knowles, run the House of Dereon clothing line.
The suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court by Greg Walker, CEO of Icon Entertainment, alleges the Knowles hired him in Augugst 2003 to broker a slew of endorsement and marketing agreements, including a $15 million contract with clothing maker Wear Me Apparel Corp.

“Beyonce and Tina Knowles agreed on the terms of our business relationship, but have failed to properly compensate me for reasons unknown to me,” Walker said in a statement. “I just want to receive my fair share and move on with my business.” Read more!

Rapper Lil’ Kim, the diminutive rapper known for her raunchy lyrics and sexually provocative attire, is now home from prison fter serving nearly 10 months for perjury and, in typical fashion. She was sent to prison for lying to a grand jury about a shootout outside a New York radio station and released more than two months early for good behavior.
Lil’ Kim — whose real name is Kimberly Jones — emerged from the jail looking glamorous wearing a low-cut white top and flashy sunglasses, the diminutive star clutched a bouquet of flowers as she greeted fans before stepping into a shiny Rolls Royce.

“There she come!” shouted a fan as Lil’ Kim — wearing sunglasses, a white outfit, and holding a bouquet of white roses and a mylar “Welcome Home” balloon — followed her entourage out of the Arch Street entrance and into the back seat of the Rolls, which has a base price of $350,000. Read more!

Gene Simmons of the rock group Kiss and a former girlfriend have settled a defamation lawsuit in which she said he made her sound like a “sex-addicted nymphomaniac” during a documentary shown on VH1 rockumentary When KISS Ruled the World.
In order to solve this incident quietly, the two ex-lovers (Simmons and Ward) released a public statement, in which the 55-year old rocker, also author of the “Calling Dr. Love”, offered his sincere apoloigies with involved no payment of money to her to settle this case, so Simmons got off easy and out an end to a lawsuit that was filed in January 2005 in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Ward, 53, was a girlfriend of Simmons’ in the 1970s. She filed the lawsuit in January 2005, alleging that the documentary defamed her by juxtaposing Simmons’ commentary about himself with photographs that included her. Read more!

Naomi Campbell appeared in court yesterday accused of assaulting a former housekeeper with her mobile phone. The model, who could face up to seven years in prison if found guilty, did not speak during the brief pre-trial hearing in New York.
Lawyers for supermodel Naomi Campbell are discussing a possible plea deal with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, a prosecutor told a court today. “There has been no grand jury action at this time. We are talking about a disposition,” assistant District Attorney Shanda Strain, the assistant district attorney told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Evelyn Laporte.

Campbell, 36, faces a charge of second degree assault after a former maid, Ana Scolavino, accused her of hurling a jewel-encrusted Blackberry emailing device at her head, leaving a 7cm (3in) gash. Read more!

Eminem continued divorce proceedings with his wife, Kimberley Mathers, in a private hearing Thursday. Details of the meeting in Macomb County Circuit Court were not disclosed.
Kimberley Mathers, who is seeking financial support, attorney fees and joint custody of the couple’s 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was seen being escorted out of the building by a sheriff’s deputy.
Her lawyer, Michael J. Smith, declined to comment. A message seeking comment was left Thursday with Eminem’s attorney, Harvey Hauer.

The 33-year-old rapper Eminem got remarried in January after announcing they were getting back together. Eminem filed for divorce 82 days later. Their first marriage lasted from 1999 to 2001. Read more!

A year after Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, a lawsuit by a former associate is headed for a trial that will put Jackson’s chaotic financial dealings in the spotlight. The pop star is not expected in court but he will be seen through videotaped depositions.
Jackson’s being sued by former associate Marc Schaffel for $3.8 million dollars. Schaffel says
the entertainer owes him for loans and expenses, salary for work on a charity record and for a share of proceeds from two TV specials.

His brief reads, “Jackson carried no credit cards, wrote no checks, carried no ‘walking around money’ and had people attending to his every need.
“Jackson hired competent advisers to make business decisions then frequently ignored the decisions being made and…incurred expenses without regard to any rational limits or accountability, as though funds were endless. Read more!

Actor Bruce Willis filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against a paparazzi photographer who accused Willis of attacking him outside a restaurant. Willis, 51, responded to a claim made by photographer Anthony Goodrich.
Goodrich told AOL web site TMZ in a videotaped interview on June 14 that Willis smashed his camera into his face, causing a laceration to his nose and a chip to one of his teeth.

But in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles yesterday and obtained by Web site TMZ.com, Willis’ lawyer Marty Singer insists Goodrich and other “stalker-paparazzi” flashed high-powered strobe lights in his client’s face as he was entering the restaurant. Read more!

British prosecutors said Thursday they would not charge model Kate Moss over allegations of cocaine use reported in a tabloid newspaper _ despite strong evidence she was using illegal drugs.
The Daily Mirror published pictures in September of the supermodel apparently using cocaine in a west London music studio where her then-boyfriend, musician Pete Doherty, was recording with his group Babyshambles.

“The film footage provides an absolutely clear indication that Ms. Moss was using controlled drugs and providing them to others,” Rene Barclay, the Crown Prosecution Service’s London director of serious casework said in a statement. “However, in the absence of any forensic evidence, or direct eyewitness evidence about the substance in question, its precise nature could not be established.” Read more!

A home video that appears to show R&B star R Kelly performing sex acts on a 14-year-old girl, who is now 21 and denies she’s the underaged teen seen in the tape, will be made public during his child pornography trial in Chicago, local media reported on Friday.
“It’s hard to understand what the public benefit is of seeing this tape,” said Jane Doe Inc. spokeswoman Toni Troop. “The way that cases are handled have a chilling effect on other victims when deciding whether to come forward about a sexually violent crime, for fear that they will be the ones that are put on trial,” Troop said yesterday.

Earlier this month, the singer — real name Robert Sylvester Kelly — and prosecutors requested Judge Vincent Gaughan bar the public and media from watching the video because it would embarrass the girl — who is now 21. Read more!

Former Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith won the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday and gets a new chance to collect millions of dollars she says her late Texas oil tycoon husband promised her.
The justices overturned an appeals court ruling that the former topless dancer was entitled to nothing because federal courts lacked jurisdiction to hear claims that are also involved in state probate hearings.
Read the previouse story here Anna Nicole Smith For Justice Read more!

Singer-actress Courtney Love has been release from home detention monitoring on Friday from a Los Angeles judge lead by Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin who praised her progress in recovering from drug addiction.

Rubin ordered the former “Hole” lead singer to return to court on May 12 for another progress report, and said she must continue twice-weekly random drug and alcohol testing and avoid places where alcohol is the main item for sale.
Her probation has been extended to March 2007 and she must attend counseling. Read more!

Martha Stewart, the celebrity trend-setter and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, served five months in prison for her March 2004 conviction and since has resumed her television career.

A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of Martha Stewart and co-defendant Peter Bacanovic on Friday but ruled that Bacanovic’s sentence could be reviewed.

She went to jail proclaiming her innocence but said she wanted to get the ordeal over with and would continue to appeal the conviction. Read more!