Mattel (Barbie) won a court case that was filed against MGA Entertainment (Bratz) a $1 billion-plus doll franchise.
A nine-member federal jury in California found the creator of the multi-ethnic, big-headed dolls, Carter Bryant, created their characters and the name while he was under contract as a Barbie designer at Mattel.
The decision put Mattel in commanding position going into the damages phase of the trial, which begins July 23.
Other than the four drawings that Bryant testified that he made in a notebook while on an eight-month hiatus from Mattel in 1998, privately held MGA lost the rights to all drawings and “sculpts” of the Bratz.
While the verdict is a blow for MGA, it can say in the damages phase that Mattel has no rights to the dolls themselves because they are different from the drawings and were made by MGA designers.
Sounds to me like Barbie was a bit jealous of the Bratz craze and wants a piece of the pie. Nothing hotter than two plastic dolls in a catfight.
source: Jury finds in favor of Mattel in Bratz trial [usa today]
Hugh Hefner’s number one Bunny Holly Madison is ruling the Mansion with an iron fist and the other bunnies are hopping mad. heh
The heat is causing major drama with the staff and on the set of “The Girls Next Door.” Everyone “hates” Holly, but no one more than Kendra Wilkinson, Hef’s other Bunny-in-Waiting.
It’s gotten so bad, those two can’t be in a room for more than five minutes without totally going at it. And that’s posing major problems for producers of the show who have to shoot around the flying fur. As for Bridget, she’s Switzerland, often trying, but failing, to keep the peace.
Our spies also say Holly’s ambition is spilling over to the magazine too. She wants to have editorial control over the mag’s spreads — which is not going over well with longtime employees.
For their part, “Girls” producers tell us they’re “not aware” of any rift between the ladies — affecting the show or life at the Mansion.
What others said:
Dlisted says, “Holly needs to stop the fighting and start the plotting! This girl should be knocked up with Hef’s spawn by now! She doesn’t have much time before he goes off to the great, big bunny field in the sky.”
Flisted says, “What’s the point of having three women in your life if they’re not licking each others fish tacos?”
The Blemish says, “I’ve never watched the show and I probably never will, but can’t this be solved with a naked pillow cage fight episode? Sure, maybe it won’t resolve ALL their problems, but it definitely will mine.”
Now Paris Hilton’s movie ‘The Hottie and the Nottie‘ is being released in theaters on February 8th [see official trailer below].
Yup, real theaters!
That’s right… Jessica’s movie ‘Blonde Ambition‘ will only be released in movie theaters in the state of Texas and her movie ‘Major Movie Star‘ is going straight to DVD.
Paris Hilton is a really bad actress… and Jessica has just been upstaged by her!
Here’s the official movie trailer for ‘The Hottie and the Nottie’:
Poor Ashlee. Poor always second best, runner-up, standing in the shadows Ashlee. Her years worth of work, croaking out a new album all became second hand thanks to Britney’s little sister outdoing her by releasing her pregnancy news. Her video for “Outta My Head” was set to be the favorite on the media train. Nothing like Ashlee sitting on a giant rubiks cube to capture the heart of America.
Reps for Simpson say she is happy with feedback and attention it received. Others, namely family friends, say that she is super pissed that bitch robbed her of her big day. Not only did was her media mayhem yanked from beneath her, this said to be her last chance. Her last album, “I am Me,” flopped and she needs stellar sales with this latest album.
Damn! Jamie Lynn Spears went and got herself knocked up just to steal Ashlee Simpson’s thunder. Now that is being devoted. Of course I don’t really believe that Jamie was manically strumming her fingers together as she decided to jump on the teenage pregnancy train, laughing all the way to CVS for a test stick to pee on.
Source: Jamie Lynn rains on Ashlee Simpson’s parade [MSNBC]
Poor Paris Hilton. I’m guessing that Shanna Moakler scared the crap out of her. You KNOW that Shanna could “oh so kick her ass”. I would contribute a few greens to watch it happen too!
Paris Hilton dumped boyfriend Travis Barker after a nasty catfight with an ex, according to a report.
Hilton claims that Shanna Moakler, Barker’s estranged wife, called Hilton a “skinny [bleep]” and punched her in the jaw on Oct. 3 at the hot Los Angeles club Hyde, according to In Touch Weekly.
But Moakler insists that Hilton’s ex-boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos, pushed her down stairs and dumped a drink on her.
Hilton called it quits with Travis the following weekend, explains a “pal,” who told ITW: “Paris realized this was not what she needed in her life right now.”
Nicole moves on
Meanwhile, Paris Hilton’s best-friend-again Nicole Richie has also moved on from her ex-beau, Brody Jenner.
A newly redheaded Richie has a new sweetie, Samuel Plouchart, a fashion editor at the French Magazine Citizen K, according to Us. “New boy, new look,” Richie told the mag.
Jenner told Us that toward the end of their two-month romance, Richie “didn’t treat me like a friend or a boyfriend.” He did, however, care deeply for her, according to a source, who told the mag, “He tried to help her gain weight. When she’d eat a few bites and stop, he’d say, ‘Finish that!’” source
James Poling reports that a woman going by the name of Pumpkin, who was thrown off of VH1’s “Flavor of Love” after a catfight (video here) has been fired from her job as a substitute teacher. Or, technically, just taken off the eligibility list, since being a substitute teacher isn’t really a job.
Poling conjectures, reasonably enough, that televised catfights and “posing nude with a giant clock covering your tits isn’t the kind of influence the Bakersfield, CA school district was looking for.” Of course, it could be a coincidence. It’s not inconceivable that she’s simply not all that bright.
The Guardian reports that a remake of the popular 1980s nighttime soap opera “Dallas” is in the works, with John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez in starring roles.
A film remake of Dallas, the 80s TV series that had millions of viewers glued to their TV screens, is in the pipeline. The hit show, which starred Larry Hagman as the Stetson-wearing oil magnate JR Ewing, hooked audiences around the world for over a decade with its over-the-top plots, shady oil deals, family backstabbing and catfights.
Fifteen year later, the cast currently being assembled for the Dallas movie promises to be just as flamboyant as the original series. John Travolta is in line to play evil oil baron JR, while Jennifer Lopez is set to play Sue Ellen, his long-suffering alcoholic wife. Shirley MacLaine could play the part of the Ewing family matriarch, Miss Ellie, and Luke Wilson is in negotiations to play her nice-but-dim son, Bobby Ewing.
I don’t recall Bobby being particularly “dim,” but Wilson has a way of infusing a character with that quality.
As for Travolta in the role of J.R., I have my doubts. Then again, one would never have suspectedd Larry Hagman could play the role so convincingly given that he was previously best known for goofball Major Anthony Nelson on “I Dream of Jeannie.”
I don’t recall Bobby being particularly “dim,” but Wilson has a way of infusing a character with that quality. 
