Roy Scheider, best known for playing Chief Brody in “Jaws” movies, passed away on Feb 10 at the age of 75.
Rest in peace.
Canadian singer Avril Lavigne is cleared from a copyright suit.
Avril Lavigne was reported to have settled her lawsuit with songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer, who claimed that her hit song, “Girlfriend”, was plagiarizing the Rubinoos 1979 single, “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”.
Dunbar and Gangwer filed the lawsuit in July 2007 against Avril (and her songwriting partner, Dr. Luke). On Tuesday (Jan 15) however, they issued a statement that cleared Lavigne and Luke from the suit…
“We are satisfied that any similarities between the two songs resulted from Avril and Luke’s use of certain common and widely used lyrics,”
“We therefore completely exonerate Avril and Luke from any wrongdoing of any kind in connection with the claims made by us in our lawsuit.”
Korean star Lee Byung-hun is named as one of the cast for Hollywood movie “G.I. Joe”, which is based on the popular comic and cartoon series.
Lee will play the role Shadow Storm, not the main character but one of the fans favourite. He will star alongside Sienna Miller, Ray Park and Rachel Nichols etc. The movie has not started filming yet, and is expected to be released in summer 2009.
Reality TV star Nicole Richie and pop star Christina Aguilera have given birth to babies at the same Los Angeles hospital on Saturday (Jan 12), just about an hour apart.
Richie got a baby girl while Aguilera a boy.
Congrats.
Official trailer of “The Forbidden Kingdom”… movie starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Crystal Liu and Li Bingbing etc.
The movie is set to show in April or May 2008 depending on locations.
Britney Spears has lost custody of her two sons. She is ordered by the LA court on Monday to hand over the boys to ex-husband Kevin Federline on Wednesday (Oct 3).
Britney’s lawyer said that the 25-year-old pop star lost the case because she fail to produce a California driver’s license and allegedly missed a drug and alcohol test as ordered by the court. I believe there are many other reasons though.
Frankly I am not a fan of K-Fed… but at the moment, he is probably a much better option to take care of the kids. Too bad for Britney, but she can’t blame anyone… she is an adult and has to be responsible for what she did.
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova and NBA basketball player Lebron James shot series of photos together in New York for a United Nations Development Programme campaign.
Taiwanese pop star Evonne Hsu is recovering well from her surgery; she was seen strolling in a shopping area with her manager yesterday (September 12).
American born Chinese pop star Wang Lee Hom held his Taiwan concert over the weekend in Taipei. Taiwanese artists Selina Ren and Rainie Yang were the guest stars….
Hollywood star Owen Wilson is hospitalized on Sunday Afternoon (August 26); some reports have suggested that Wilson has attempted suicide… it’s said that Wilson had sliced his left wrist and taken some pills.
The 38-year-old actor was admitted to St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica and was later transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Wilson hasn’t respond directly to the rumour yet, but asked for some privacy instead… “I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time,” the actor said in a statement released by his publicist on Monday.