Sheen's Latest Legal Woe
April 27, 2006
These days, even the fictional women in Charlie Sheen's life are giving him grief.
The actor, in the midst of a messy divorce from Denise Richards, has been sued by a reputed former flame who alleges Sheen ripped off her life for a "crazy" female neighbor on his CBS sitcom, "Two and a Half Men."
The lawsuit by Ursula Auburn was filed Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Johnson Not Homeless
April 27, 2006
Sonny Crockett lived on a boat. Apparently Don Johnson doesn't want to.
The former pastel-loving "Miami Vice" cop managed to scrape together $14.5 million to settle a delinquent debt and rescue his Aspen, Colorado, ranch from foreclosure, according to published reports.
DE Shaw Laminar Lending Inc., a New York-based lending company, had given the actor until Wednesday to come up with the payment or else the company planned to auction off his beloved 17-acre Woody Creek estate to recoup its dues.
Stone's Maternal Instincts
April 27, 2006
Sharon Stone has taken the ice pick to a British tab.
The femme fatale was awarded undisclosed damages and a formal apology from London's Daily Mail Thursday for a report claiming Stone's basic maternal instincts were lacking.
The newspaper agreed to pay the "substantial" damages after publishing a story last June entitled "Sharon's Son Sleeps in Car While She Dines Out," which--yes--alleges that the actress left her four-year-old son, Roan, with her driver for more than two hours while she dined at London's Ivy restaurant.
Critics: Bite Me, "Lestat"
April 27, 2006
Bela Lugosi made them classic, Gary Oldman made them tragic and Buffy made them downright chic. But Elton John and Anne Rice may have set vampires back a thousand years.
The $12 million spectacle that is the new musical "Lestat," based on Rice's cult classic novel series "The Vampire Chronicles" and featuring music by John and his longtime songwriting pal Bernie Taupin, opened on Broadway Tuesday night with a bloody splat.