A slew of lawsuits involving a celebrity have surfaced this week. Our justice system will be working overtime as the complaints of the high powered suing or being sued.
Dennis Quaid Suing Heparin Makers
After he and his wife Kimberly Buffington welcomed their newborn twins to the world the were overdosed with a blood thinner. Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone were almost killed by a lethal amount of Heparin being administered. The babies were given adult sized doses from a 10,000 unit vial two times before they started to bleed out. They were originally set to receive just 10 units. A technician at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles put the wrong vials in the storage cabinet used for infants.
Three other infants were killed from the same overdose in Indiana this year. Six other babies and two adult patients were also overdosed since 2001. The makers of Heparin, Baxter Healthcare issued a warning memo nearly a year ago of the overdosing. Cedars-Sinai had gotten the memo.
So why is Dennis suing Baxter Healthcare instead of the hospital? The suit sites poor labeling and failing to recall the drug despite the deaths. The couple is seeking $50,000 is damages. That is a modest sum being that their children almost died.
Us Weekly is feeling the wrath of Scarlett Johansson. The magazine ran a celebrity plastic surgery based issue. It contained side by side photo comparisons and a headline reading, “A-List Nip/Tuck. Did they or didn’t they? The best before and after photos that prove not all stars were born beautiful.” The cover featured Scarlett Johansson and insinuated that she had a nose job.
After seeing the copy of Us Magazine Johansson and her attorney issued statements calling their accusations of surgery defamatory and outrageous. She assured the press that she “will be taking legal action.” No word on what grounds she will be suing or for how much, but I foresee a settlement out of court.
Teri Hatcher and Hyrdoderm signed a contract in 2005 with a $2.4 million dollar price tag. Under the obligations, Teri was not allowed to support, back, represent or promote any other beauty products. The suit accused her of associating herself, name and image with at least 17 other beauty related products or companies. CityLips was one of the named products Hydroderm seemed to have the biggest problem. She gave the lip plumper from the competition credit for her red carpet glamour.
The skin care company is seeking the full $2.4 million in their suit. Meanwhile Hatcher and her lawyer are fighting the suit and seeking the full payment promised to her.
A New Zealand strip club is being served. Kylie Minogue sent her attorney team after the establishment after an image feature Kylie in a wet t-shirt was used to attract customers. The lawyers sent a letter asking them to remove the poster and stated that the image gave the idication that Minogue “endorsed” the club.
The owner of the strip club said that the image on the photo was not Kylie. A local paper quoted him as defending that he simply downloaded the image from the net over three months ago. He also felt it looked nothing like Kylie. After throwing a fit, he took it down due to a lawsuit threat. He is still trying to post the image and sent it to her attorney team to see if they would reconsider.
A rapper is trying to score some funds from a song he supposedly was a part of. Kyle Jones, aka Scratch, has filled a suit against Pink, aka Alecia Moore, for copyright infringement and breach of contract. Kyle claims he recorded a performance in November 2001 for the track “Respect” on her album “Missundaztood” and was never paid for his “work.” The legal papers state that they verbally spoke of payments but never came to an agreement. He is seeking at least $717, 600 in damages.
Why he waited six years to sue is probably one giant sign the guy is desperate and seeking some cash he doesn’t deserve. Pinks reps brushed off the suit saying it was “unjustified.”
Two more season premieres tonight for another good night of television: ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Brothers & Sisters’.
‘Desperate Housewives’ is back tonight for the beginning of its 4th season, and Nicollette Sheridan is back on Wisterian Lane despite storylines that indicated possibly otherwise. And Dana Delaney will join the cast this year.
When last season ended, Edie appeared to have committed suicide, Gabby got married to a politician who only married her for the Hispanic vote, Lynette learned she has cancer, Bree was faking a pregnancy to cover-up her daughter’s pregnancy, and Mike and Susan finally got married.
When this season begins, the big mystery will involve Dana Delaney and her family and the reason they left Wisteria Lane years ago. Also, there’s a rumor that Susan will get pregnant this season.
Season Premiere Tonight at 9 pm EST/8 pm CST on ABC
Also on ABC, ‘Brothers & Sisters’ returns for its 2nd season. After taking home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama, Sally Field promises to deliever again this time around. Her speech focused on mothers and war, and the second season will relate as Sally Field’s character deals with her son’s deployment to Iraq.
Season Premiere Tonight at 10 pm EST/9 pm CST on ABC
Other shows premiering tonight:
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - 8 pm EST on ABC
American Dad - 9:30 pm EST on FOX
Friday Eva Longoria and Tony Parker married in a civil ceremony in a Paris City Hall in accordance with French law, but the couple wanted a religious ceremony as well. Yesterday, in front of 250 friends and family, the two wed at the Church of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois across from the Louvre.
OK! will have the exclusive pics, but here’s a sketch of the wedding dress, a couture Angel Sanchez mermaid gown made of silk wool, with silk gazar metallic embroidery, a scoop back and a long train.
Wedding presents for the pair included personalized Oceanaut watches engraved with “Eve & Tony 07-07-07″, and $200 Fendi travel pillows. Eva’s bridesmaids received $395 Rafe Swarovski snakeskin clutches and female guests got a custom shade of L’Oreal Paris lipstick called Pink Romance.
Apparently, Edie Britt, Nicolle Sheridan’s character on “Desperate Housewives,” killed herself in the third season-ending cliffhanger. My wife and I don’t watch the show, but my mother-in-law loves it.
i literally leapt out of my seat at the very end of desperate housewives’s season three finale - did edie britt (played by nicollette sherdian) really hang herself after carlos (sexy ricardo chavira) found out her scheme to make him love her?!?
craziness!
oh my gosh - i still totally love this show and the return of bree (oh my marcia cross) on tonight’s episode totally set the stage for season four - poor gabby (ms. eva longoria) she found out that her new hubby was only interested in securing the latino vote in his race for governor - meanhwile susan (oh teri hatcher) finally found happiness with mike (hunky james denton) - last but not least lynnette’s (the incredible felicity huffman) mom joined in on the action & her daughter’s current marital problems - portrayed by the always awesome polly bergin!
I’m so excited, I can’t stand it.
Go read the rest of his thoughts at the link. He also fills you in on “Grey’s Anatomy,” which my wife and I actually do watch, although we’re one episode behind on the TiVo.
With her fellow Desperate Housewives all married or engaged, Teri Hatcher was the only “real” desperate one in the bunch. You know she’s made this “in love” thing up… convinced herself that she is. [heh]
FYI… her man is spooky looking.
“I’m not single anymore,” the actress, 42, told TV’s Extra Monday night at the Golden Globes. “I’m totally in love and it’s fabulous.”
The lucky guy? Her red-carpet date, director Stephen Kay. “I will just say that he’s the most beautiful human being on the planet,” Hatcher said, although she admitted, “He doesn’t want to be here!”
Kay, whose credits include the horror movie Boogieman and an episode of the TV show Friday Night Lights, previously dated Eva Longoria – who gave the pair her blessing.
“Eva and (fiancé) Tony (Parker) have never been happier together, and Eva wishes the same happiness for Teri,” Longoria’s rep said in November when Hatcher and Kay first revealed they were dating.
So will Hatcher follow in the footsteps of Longoria and fellow Housewife Nicollette Sheridan and get engaged? “Oh please,” she told Extra. “I’m just happy to be happy. I’m always the last one!”
Oprah Winfrey
Winfrey was self-helping her way to the top long before the world ever heard of Dr. Phil. Arriving at a radio station to collect a watch she had won through a promotional contest, a 16-year-old Winfrey read for producers and secured herself a spot as an on-air reporter earning $100 per week.
Radio announcer’s current income: $10.64 per hour
Winfrey’s current income: $225 million from June 2005 to June 2006
Steven Spielberg
Sure, Spielberg has three Academy Awards and millions of dollars in the bank now, but back when he was a 16-year-old intern at Universal Studios his paycheck wasn’t anything to “phone home” about.
(Unpaid) intern’s current income: Zero. Nada. Nilch.
Spielberg’s current income: $332 million from June 2005 to June 2006
Teri Hatcher
Looks like Hatcher’s wardrobe included short skirts decades before she made the move to Wisteria Lane. Back in 1984, Hatcher was lifting football fans’ spirits as a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers.
Professional cheerleader’s current income: $15-$50 game
Hatcher’s current income: Estimated $285,000 per Desperate Housewives episode
Sean “Diddy” Combs
Diddy’s first job as a paperboy at 12 years old may have been a humble beginning for the hip-hop mogul, but he’s since soared from lowly to loaded.
Newspaper carrier’s current income: Minors delivering newspapers are exempt from federal child labor laws and can be paid less than the minimum wage ($5.15 per hour)
Combs’ current income: $16 million from June 2005 to June 2006
Jennifer Lopez
Long before Jennifer Lopez sang, danced and acted her way to superstardom, she briefly traded in her velour tracksuit for a suit of the pin-striped variety while working at a law office.
Legal assistant’s current income: $39,130
Lopez’s current income: $10 million from June 2005 to June 2006
Following in the spike-heeled footsteps of Demi Moore, Lindsay Lohan is learning stripper moves for her new movie role – and the lessons have left their mark, literally. “I’ve been in pole dancing lessons, S Factor by Sheila Kelley, every day for four hours,” Lohan told PEOPLE last week at Hollywood’s club Shag. “I have bruises all over. That’s why I haven’t worn shorts.”
The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Lohan is telling friends the classes have given her a new appreciation for professional exotic dancers. Her rep, Leslie Sloane, tells Page Six, “Her character is a stripper, and she now realizes that the job isn’t easy.”
Lohan, 20, will play a stripper in the thriller I Know Who Killed Me, due to film in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in mid-January, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
As for Lohan’s preparation for her role, Sheila Kelley’s S Factor striptease workouts and pole-dancing classes, which incorporate elements of yoga and ballet, count Kate Hudson, Teri Hatcher and Lisa Rinna as fans.
You would think Lohan already has enough practice showing off usually covered body parts to the public, but I guess she usually doesn’t involve a pole in her act.
In her first high-profile public appearance since her recent split from husband Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston was the belle of the ball Saturday night at a stellar benefit in Beverly Hills that raised more than $70 million for juvenile diabetes research. “I feel great,” said Houston, basking in the attention.
Whitney looked truly amazing. This writer couldn’t be happier for her; I can’t wait for her big musical comeback!
The singer, 43, was escorted to the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball by one of the evening’s honorees, her record producer Clive Davis, who told USA Today of the woman at his side: “She’s been through emotional trauma, and everybody’s rooting for her.”
Davis also told PEOPLE: “We’re going to make a killer album.”
Fellow music producer (and the event’s other honoree) Quincy Jones, who has known Houston since she was 16, said Houston seems to have turned a corner, telling USA Today, “She’s looking at the light, instead of darkness.”
Houston sat at the main table with Halle Berry – who herself is a diabetic – and the actress’s boyfriend Gabriel Aubry. Elsewhere at the gala, which was hosted by Jay Leno, were Brooke Shields, Teri Hatcher, Hilary Duff, Kristin Davis, Sharon Stone, Minnie Driver, Sidney Poitier and couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.
Houston did not sing at the event, but her attendance prompted the evening’s entertainer Katharine McPhee to drop her signature number, “Over the Rainbow,” in favor of Houston’s “I Have Nothing.” Houston’s acknowledged the tribute by nodding at this season’s American Idol runner-up during the performance, the newspaper reports.
“It’s her first big appearance since the breakup,” McPhee, 22, said on the arrivals carpet about Houston. “I would love to sing with her, but unfortunately all eyes are on me.”
Two weeks ago, Houston filed for divorce from Brown after 14 years of marriage. The couple had separated on Sept. 8.
In the separation papers, Houston asked for custody of the couple’s 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and that Brown, 37, be allowed visitation rights. source
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