Jackson Makes Good
March 15, 2006
Michael Jackson beat a 5 p.m. (PT) deadline Wednesday and agreed to pay more than $300,000 in back wages to employees of his Neverland Ranch.
Jackson, who had failed to pay the troops since December, was facing a lawsuit from the state of California.
The entertainer has not lived at his sprawling ranch/amusement park since being acquitted of child-molestation charges last June. He has been spending the bulk of his time in Bahrain in the United Arab Emirates.
"Pie" Hubby Goes for Half
March 15, 2006He may have married a busty bride, but it turns out Shannon Elizabeth's estranged hubby is more of an asset man.
Actor, sometime musician and former luckiest man alive Joseph Reitman is suing the "American Pie" star for half of all earnings, property, assets and investments she took home in the half-decade they spent cohabitating before getting married.
Will Ferrell Still Kicking
March 15, 2006
Did you hear that Will Ferrell died in a tragic paragliding accident? Apparently you're not alone.
A publicist for the actor spent the better part of Tuesday shooting down an Internet-spawned rumor that Ferrell had died in said mishap.
The truth: Ferrell is "alive and well" and on location in Canada.
Case closed.