Ex-Psychiatric Patient Pleads Not Guilty to Stalking Uma Thurman

NEW YORK   A former psychiatrical patient pleaded non guilty Friday to stalk Uma Thurman for about two years.

Jack Jordan, 35, has been Participle of verb hold on $10,000 bail since his arrest in October. A crime complaint said he had got tried unsuccessfully on Nov. 8, 2005, to acquire into Thurman's dawdler on a film set in Manhattan's SoHo vicinity.

Authorities say he besides sent Thurman e-mails and letter, followed her and vulnerable to kill himself if he saw the 37-year-old actor with another man.

He was accused Friday on an unsuccessful coercion charge in Manhattan's province Supreme Court. He could face up to four old age in prison if pronounced.

The twenty-four hours after his arrest, Jordan's household had him involuntarily attached to a psychiatrical hospital. After his release, he sent legion e-mails addressed to Thurman and early members of her household during August and September of 2006, the criminal ailment says.

Las t August, it says, he looked three or four multiplication a week at Thurman's place, asking to understand her and being stated to leave.

Thurman has asterisked in "Pulp Fiction," "The Producers" and the "Kill Bill" films.

Jordan was stated to return to woo Dec. 5 for a possible temperament of the instance. Meanwhile, an order of protective covering directs him to remain away from Thurman.

Justice Lewis Bart Stone refused a request to cut down bail.

"If the plaintiff weren't Ms. Thurman," emphasised defense lawyer George Vomvolakis, "this would have been a misdemeanour stalking case."

Assistant District Attorney Christopher Hill stated Jordan had been "acting unpredictably for the past respective years" and hence wasn't a good bail risk.

Vomvolakis emphasised Jordan is a 1994 graduate of the University of Chicago and is presently a graduate pupil at Mills College in Oakland. He refused that his customer was homeless, expression he had household and a home in Massachusetts.

Report: 'American Idol' Star Katharine McPhee Is Engaged

"American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee is prosecuted to actor Nick Cokas, accordant to People mag.

McPhee, 23, is allegedly "bubbly over with exhilaration for her approaching wedding," a beginning reportedly told People.

McPhee's human relationship with Cokas, 42, bloomed when Cokas "occupied me up to my San Francisco 'Idol' audition," McPhee stated the magazine. "We wholly fell in love."

McPhee reportedly articulated the age deviation in their human relationship was "never truly a concern," and was late spotted wearing a halo Cokas is expressed to have yielded her.

Judge Issues, Throws Out Warrant for Kanye West's Mother's Doctor

LOS ANGELES   An arrest warrant was published, then thrown out Friday for the plastic operating surgeon who operated on Kanye West's female parent in a instance unrelated to her decease last week.

The warrant was published Friday morning when Dr. January Adams did non show up for a hearing in a polite case unrelated to the decease of Donda West.

Adams demoed up later in the morn and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Tracy Grant called off the warrant, court assistant Becky Liu informated. Adams has expressed little publicly since the decease of Donda West, 58.

She deceased Nov. 10, a twenty-four hours after Adams executed a tummy tuck and breast decrease surgery.

CBS Asks Judge to Dismiss Dan Rather's Defamation Lawsuit

NEW YORK   CBS inquired a judge Thursday to disregard a $70 million calumny lawsuit that veteran telecasting newsman Dan Rather registerred against the web and its parent company, controversy that he held off too long to occupy legal action.

The former anchor's suit claims his bosses ready-made him a "whipping boy" for the contention that arose over a controversial story about President Bush's armed forces service.

CBS' motion reasons the lawsuit should be discharged because it was registerred in September, more than two old age after he was distant from his "CBS Evening News" post.

All of the titles in Rather's suit against the web and Viacom Inc. "are barricaded by New York's one-year-statute of restrictions for defamation," CBS told in a 30-page reply motion registerred in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.

CBS' court document also contend that all of the titles relating to transgress of the newsman's contract with the web should be throw n and twisted out "as CBS made not breach any duties to Rather."

CBS published a statement after submission the motion, expression the company was "metagrobolized and saddened by the groundless and self-serving allegements and distortions of information raised in his (Rather's) suit."

Rather's attorneys, Martin R. Gold and Edward J. Reich, in a argument said: "It is unfortunate that CBS is seeking to delay find of the informations and the test of Dan's claims. We are convinced that the tribunal will reject these tactic."

Rather's suit says he was ready-made a "scapegoat" to pacify the Bush disposal after questions originated about a narrative he narrated that interested the president's military service during the Vietnam War.

Rather told the September 2004 report that expressed Bush disobeyed orders and fiddled some of his responsibilities during his National Guard service and that a commanding officer felt pressured to glaze Bush's record.

Rather, whose final calendar months at CBS existed clouded by contention over the narrative, said the defendants' lyric and actions discredited his reputation and cost him importantly. He left "CBS Evening News" in March 2005.

Besides CBS Corp. and Viacom, Rather's suit names CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone and Andrew Heyward, former President of the United States of CBS News, as suspects.

The suit seeks $20 million in compensatory amends and $50 million in punitory damages.

American Music Awards Set to Kick Off Awards Season

LOS ANGELES  —  Hollywood's awardings season unofficially gets under way Sunday nighttime with the American Music Awards — and for the first time, fellow members of the public existed able to choose for their favorite creative persons online.

Beyonce Knowles, Justin Timberlake, Linkin Park and "American Idol" dissenter Chris Daughtry's band Daughtry had got a leading three nominating speechs apiece heading into the 35th annual AMAs, to be entertained by Jimmy Kimmel and set to air out on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.

Akon, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Young Jeezy, T.I. and "Idol" victor Carrie Underwood had got two nominations each.

The script was scripted before the Writers Guild of America strike got down last week, so without authors to make alterations, it won't admit any topical quips from Kimmel.

"We existed aware of the at hand WGA strike and aforethought accordingly," said manufacturer Larry Klein in a argument.

Klein stated Daughtry, Celine Dion, campaigners Fergie and Rihanna will execute at the display, which will be broadcast from the new L.A. Live amusement complex next to Staples Center downtown.

Nominees existed initially chosen supported on record gross sales. Ballots were then sent to a national sample distribution of 15,000 people and the top three vote-getters in each class became nominees.

Winners existed previously selected by a national survey of some 20,000 people.

The complete list of campaigners:

Pop/Rock:

— Male creative person: Akon, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake.

— Female creative person: Beyonce, Fergie, Avril Lavigne.

— Band, couple or group: Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Nickleback.

— Album: "Daughtry" (Daughtry), "Minutes To Midnight" (Linkin Park), "FutureSex/LoveSounds" (Justin Timberlake).

Country:

— Male creative person: Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley.

— Female creative person: Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood.

— Band, couple or group: Big &ere; Rich, Brooks &ere; Dunn, Rascal Flatts.

— Album: "Let It Go" (Tim McGraw), "Me And My Gang" (Rascal Flatts), "Some Hearts" (Carrie Underwood).

Soul/Rhythm &ere; Blues:

— Male creative person: Akon, Ne-Yo, T-Pain.

— Female creative person: Beyonce, Fantasia, Rihanna.

— Album: "B'Day" (Beyonce), "Double Up" (R. Kelly), "FutureSex/Love Sounds" (Justin Timberlake).

Rap/Hip Hop:

— Male creative person: Fabolous, T.I., Young Jeezy.

— Band, couple or group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Pretty Ricky, Shop Boyz.

— Album: "Strength &ere; Loyalty" (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), "T.I. vs. T.I.P." (T.I.), "The Inspiration" (Young Jeezy).

Adult Contemporary:

— Artist: Daughtry, Norah Jones, John Mayer.

Alternative:

— Artist: Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, White Stripes.

Latin:

— Artist: Daddy Yankee, Juan Luis Guerra y 440, Jennifer Lopez.

Contemporary Inspirational:

— Artist: Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, TobyMac.

Soundtracks:

— Album: "Dreamgirls," "Hairspray," "High School Musical 2."

Breakthrough:

— New creative person: Daughtry, Plain White T's, Robin Thicke.

Ex-Stripper Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Oscar de la Hoya Over Drag Pics

NEW YORK —  A 22-year-old ex-stripper registerred a $100 million suit against boxer Oscar de la Hoya on Thursday for expression that the transvestism photos she claims she occupied of him existed fake, and for allegedly haling her into holding not to deal the photos.

In the suit, Milana Dravnel says she was haled into agreeing non to sell photographs of the married de la Hoya dance around a building room in women's article of clothing after she had got already sold some of the mental images to a Hollywood photograph agency for $70,000, Reuters according.

The suit, filed in New York State Court, emphasised that amount was "at a lower place market value" for the photographs.

In one of the mental images, de la Hoya, 34, looks in a black fishing net bodysuit and black heels. In some other, he is having on a white Tutu.

Dravnel told she was "incognizant of the sound consequences of the dealing" and that she made not have a attorney present when she gestural the agreement. As a consequence, Dravnel has been ripped off out of financial gain and has been ineffective to repair her discredited public reputation, the suit says.

Dravnel is actioning for fraud, calumny, interfering with a declaration and exerting unjustified and intentional imposition of emotional distress.

She stated the New York Post that she oversubscribed the photos because she was "hurt" after de la Hoya rejected her after a long romantic relationship.

Lindsay Lohan Serves One Day Jail Sentence in 84 Minutes

LOS ANGELES  —  Lindsay Lohan was a jail bird for just 84 proceedings Thursday, becoming the latest famous person to serve less than a twenty-four hours for a bibulous driving offense.

Lohan, 21, off herself in to the Los Angeles County women's detainment center in Lynwood at 10:30 a.m. She was sought, fingerprinted and located in a retention cell in the inpatient reception area but acquired to keep her thoroughfare clothes, sheriff's spokesperson Steve Whitmore informated.

"She was cooperative," he stated.

Lohan was let go of at 11:54 a.m. Her original daylong sentence was decreased because she runned into criteria that occupied into account herding at the locking and the information that her offense was nonviolent, Whitmore expressed.

Did the famous person receive special intervention?

"Absolutely non. This is what we do for most everybody in this position," Whitmore told. In fact, 30 to 50 adult females are granted early releases from the installation every day, he appended.

An e-mailed message quest comment from Lohan's publicizer was not instantly returned.

In May, the star of "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday" was collarred after crashing her Mercedes-Benz into a tree diagram in Beverly Hills. She was collarred again in July after the female parent of Lohan's former personal assistant named 911 to describe that her auto was being pursued by an SUV. The chase complete in Santa Monica, where police collarred Lohan for being behind the steering wheel. In both cases, Lohan was found in ownership of small amounts of cocain.

In August, she made a plea deal on misdemeanour drunken driving and cocain charges stemming from the apprehensions. The judge condemned her to four years in jail — the mandatory minimum for a second drunken-driving discourtesy — but yielded her credit for 24 hour already served. She elective to complete 10 years of community service alternatively of 48 hour behind bars.

The total deal named for her to come in treatment, spend a twenty-four hours in jail and execute community service.

"It is unclutterred to me that my living has become wholly unmanageable because I am alcoholic to alcohol and drugs," Lohan told in a argument released by her publicizer in August.

Lohan had got until Jan. 18 to function the jail time.

She exhausted two minutes longer in locking than Nicole Richie made in August for a alike offense.

Richie was collarred Dec. 11, 2006, after witnesses according seeing her black Mercedes-Benz sport utility fomite headed the wrong way on a expressway in Burbank. She appealed guilty in July to a misdemeanour DUI charge in a trade with prosecutors that assisted her avoid a potential twelvemonth in jail because it was a second driving-under-the-influence strong belief. She served 82 proceedings in custody, during which she was engaged but never really placed in a cell.

Richie's co-star on TV's "The Simple Life," Paris Hilton, functioned 23 days at the same jail this twelvemonth after she was found hangdog of driving on a supported license while on trial period for an alcohol-related reckless-driving case.