Dead Chef "Doing Well"

March 24, 2006

Isaac Hayes is in better shape than Chef.

This, according to Hayes' production company, which denied a report that suggested the "Shaft" soul great had been incapacitated by a stroke and that a mystery person had issued a headline-making denunciation of "South Park" in his name.

"That's a false report," Amy Harnell of Isaac Hayes Entertainment said Friday.

Specifically, Harnell denied Hayes, 63, suffered a stroke in January. She maintained that, as previously reported, the music legend checked into a hospital in his native Tennessee that month for treatment of high blood pressure and exhaustion.

Don Johnson's Home Repo

March 24, 2006

Forget the pastel blazers and penchant for crime-fighting: Don Johnson's latest vice is not paying his bills on time.

A Colorado lending company has petitioned a local court for permission to sell the "Miami Vice" star's 17-acre Aspen ranch, claiming the former TV cop has failed to make good on a $10.6 million promissory note.

Hasselhoff Abuse Claims

March 24, 2006

David Hasselhoff's divorcewatch is heating up now that previously sealed documents have been released to the public.

In the court papers, which were filed earlier this month to support a restraining order request by the actor's estranged wife, actress Pamela Bach, but not released until Thursday, Hasselhoff is accused of both verbal and physical abuse.

Sambora Seeks Custody

March 24, 2006

Richie Sambora is sticking to his guns when it comes to his parental rights.

The Bon Jovi guitarist responded to his estranged wife Heather Locklear's divorce petition in documents filed last Friday, requesting joint physical and legal custody of the couple's eight-year-old daughter, Ava.