Second Travolta accuser drops suit, hires celebrity attorney

May 17th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The second masseur who accused John Travolta of sexual battery dropped his lawsuit against the Hollywood star on Thursday and hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who said she may file a new complaint in a different court.

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Lawyer says John Travolta vindicated by dropped sex lawsuit

May 16th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of the two male masseurs who accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault dropped his $2 million lawsuit on Tuesday, but the lawyer for the second man said he was going ahead with that case and was confident of success. The unidentified man, referred to as John Doe No

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Masseur drops sex assault claim against John Travolta

May 15th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of the two male masseurs who accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault dropped his $2 million lawsuit on Tuesday, but the lawyer for the second masseur said he was going ahead with that case and was confident of success. The unidentified man, referred to as John Doe No.

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Obama-Clooney fundraiser rakes in celebrity dollars

May 9th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (The Wrap.com) – If President Obama has ever acted cool in courting celebrities, on Thursday he’ll be dropping that act and heading for the mother lode. In what’s shaping up to be one of the biggest one-off fundraisers in the history of the presidency, Obama will pitch to a houseful of boosters from Hollywood’s inner circles at a sold-out event in Studio City. And it’s not just any house – it’s George Clooney’s 7,354-square-foot crib

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Dustin Hoffman joins roll-call of celebrity heroes

May 8th, 2012 - 

(Reuters) – A London lawyer has credited actor Dustin Hoffman for saving his life when he suffered a heart attack while jogging in the city’s Hyde Park, becoming the latest celebrity in recent weeks to help rescue a person in crisis. Sam Dempster, 27, told Britain’s Sun newspaper on Tuesday that Hoffman came to his aid when he collapsed in the park 10 days ago, and called emergency services. “I have no memory of what happened.

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Music fans hanker for Ray Charles hologram: poll

April 27th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When a hologram of late rapper Tupac Shakur appeared on stage with Snoop Dogg at the recent Coachella music festival, it stunned audiences by literally bringing the performer back to life – technologically, anyway. Reuters asked Los Angeles-based E-Poll Market Research, which surveys consumers about celebrities for Hollywood’s major studios and TV networks, to pull together a list of dead celebrities who remain popular and, like Tupac, might still be big draws at a concert if only as a hologram.

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Victoria Beckham turns designer hand to cars

April 23rd, 2012 - 

BEIJING (Reuters) – British fashion designer Victoria Beckham had her soccer-superstar husband “David in mind” when helping create a new special edition of Range Rover’s off-road vehicle, the “Evoque”. “I’ve stayed very true to myself.

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Mel Gibson fires back at anti-Semitism claim

April 12th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Mel Gibson fired back Thursday at screenwriter Joe Eszterhas for accusing the “Braveheart” star of anti-Semitism, calling the writer’s comments “utter fabrications” and saying he was angry over a rejected film script. Gibson, who has been dogged by similar criticism since making an anti-Semitic statement in 2006 to police in a drunken rant, had been working with the “Basic Instinct” screenwriter on a movie about the ancient Jewish hero Judah Maccabee.

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A Minute With: Martin Scorsese on time running out

April 11th, 2012 - 

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time slipping away seems to be on Martin Scorsese’s mind. After the critical success of his recent “Hugo,” the luminary director says he would make every future film in 3D, but approaching age 70, he is more concerned with movies that perfect his take on American life than with technology

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Barbra Streisand won’t sing at Obama’s L.A. fund-raiser

April 8th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES, April 8 (TheWrap.com) – Barbra Streisand is still backing President Obama’s re-election campaign, but she won’t be singing for the president on his next fund-raising stop in Southern California.

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