COMIC KATHY GRIFFIN, PROPERLY SLAMS THOSE DAMN BP BRITS.

TWO LADY WRESTLERS- BATTLE TO SHOW THEIR HEART AND SWEAT.

MILEY CYRUS GOES TOPLESS,AFTER HEARING CHRIS BROWN AND JUSTIN BIEBER ARE TOURING TOGETHER.

LILO SHOULD HAVE TOLD THIS -TO LETTERMAN,CONAN OR KIMMEL...

TOM CRUISE'S DAUGHTER IS MAD AT HIM.SO, SHE'S OFF TO NIKKI KIDMAN'S PLACE.

WILL FAST FIVE CONTINUE TO SAVE BOTH THE ROCK'S AND VIN DIESEL'S CAREER?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE FOR LILO....

LILO'S COURT DAY IS A BIT OF A BLUR.

EXPOSE: SHOULD CHUCK'S SARAH WALKER- BE THE NEXT BOND GIRL?

As she as one of the finalists for NBC's Wonder Woman, She's got expert level gun and kickboxing training and that Barbie vibe- that almost any outfit just melts across her athletic body.

Her poker face excludes good acting skills, for playing a villain or a villain secretly being a good girl, in well dressed disguise.These days, an almost thankless task for the Spy spoof that's about to go into syndication (they have roughly 80 shows now) and God willing...may only a have a year or two left in it.

She could have really good chemistry- with current Bond Daniel Craig- without making the crowd hate her (Olga K. from Quantum of Solice) or with being a mere pretty distraction (Solice's Gemma Arterton.)

Finally, considering how she went all Sonya Blade- on that Asian karate master- earlier in the season. Someone may have again stealthly auditioned for that upcoming flick.

COULD LILO BE REJAILED, ON THE HEELED BOOTS OF A COMEBACK?

THE GREAT JERRY SEINFELD- HAS HIS OWN CONTEST WITH THE DUMB-ASS...DONALD.

DEMI LOVATO BULLIED- ON THE SET OF HER FORMER SHOW.

CHUCK SHEEN LOSING- AGAIN IN COURT.

HAPPY DAYS SUES PARAMOUNT OVER $10 MILLION LOST WAGES

Alex Ben Block said the cast of the classic sitcom Happy Days isn t too happy with CBS
Studios and Paramount Pictures, charging in a lawsuit that they have
not been paid for their share of years of home video releases and
licensed merchandise that used their images and voices. The plaintiffs
say they are owed at least $10 million plus interest and possibly
damages.


The suit was brought Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Anson
Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, Erin Moran and Patricia Bosley, who
is executor of the will of her husband the late Tom Bosley.
Ron Howard and Henry Winkler, also stars of the iconic show, are not
part of the suit.


Happy Days epitomizes what is best in America, says the opening
salvo of the lawsuit, adding that the actions by CBS and Paramount
epitomize what is worst in corporate America, exemplifying the worst
business practices.


The show originally ran on ABC from 1974 until 1984 and has been a
staple in TV syndication and on various cable outlets since. It was
originally produced by Paramount, but after a corporate split in 2005
became part of CBS Studios.


The suit apparently was triggered after a former cast member saw their
images on slot machines at a casino. They had also watched as the show
was repackaged for at least four DVD release in box sets beginning in
2004, again with their pictures on the boxes and in show photographs
used inside, according to the complaint.


The suit says CBS continues to market the brand to merchandisers,
quoting the CBS Consumer Products website as saying that Happy Days
has strong purchase-intent among women 18-54 and men 18-34. CBS also
sells related merchandise online with pictures of the cast on
everything from mugs to T-shirts.


All those included in the suit say they had different salaries but the
same contracts when it came to merchandising. Each was to receive a
portion of net proceeds after the studio took 50% off the top as its
handling fee, a practice the suit now questions.


This handling fee, charges the lawsuit, regardless of actual handling
costs violates defendants business conduct statement and constitutes a
material breach of the implied covenant of good fair and fair deal in
the agreement.


The suit says that beginning in 2002, Moran (who played Joani
Cunningham on the series) contacted the studio to see if she was owed
money for merchandising but was told none was owed. They say they had
no way to know the truth and only acted after seeing Happy Days slot
machines in casinos.


The suit says the failure to pay breached their contracts and that
CBS/Paramount is guilty of oppression, fraud and malice." The cast
believes it is entitled to punitive damages as well as at least $10
million in money they believe they are owed plus interest. They are
also seeking to be repaid for their legal costs in bringing the suit.


On the show Williams played Warren Potsie Weber, Ross was the mom
Marion Cunningham, Most was Ralph Malph, Moran was Joanie and Bosley
was the father, Howard Cunningham.


In a statement, a spokesperson for CBS Consumer Products responded:
We agree that funds are owed to the actors and have been working with
them for quite some time to resolve the issue."


Matthew Belloni also contributed to this article.

NATALIE PORTMAN'S BODYGATE CONTINUES...

FROM MAIL ONLINE-

Her dance double for Black Swan has claimed that she did hardly any of
the full body shots seen in the film.


And now it is claimed that Natalie Portman used yet another body
double for her latest film Your Highness.


In fact, the actress is said to have avoided diving into an icy lake
in Belfast and a local Irish girl was paid just £250 to take the
plunge instead.


Caroline Davis from Ulster was paid the sum of money to jump into the
cold waters meaning that Portman avoided braving the freezing lake.


The Irish student told The Sun: ‘I’m a film studies student so I
jumped at the chance to be on set.’


Portman has been accused of performing very little of the body shots
seen in Black Swan, the film that earned her an Oscar gong.


Sarah Lane, a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre who worked as
Natalie's dance double on the Oscar-winning film, continues to claim
the 29-year-old actress did hardly any of the full body shots seen in
the movie.


Talking to ABC's Elizabeth Vargas, Lane says that the film's producers
are lying about the amount of dancing Portman did in her scenes and
need to come clean.

INDEPENDENT FIGHTER FRANKIE Z., PRODUCES DOCU ON LADY FIGHTERS.

HUGH JACKMAN'S STUPID ROBOT BOXING MOVIE.

LIONSGATE WILL UNLEASH (NON-MICHEAL) BAY ON AMERICAN AUDIENCES.
From PR Newswire

LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Barry Levinson's found footage eco-horror film THE BAY from Alliance Films. The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, President of the Motion Picture Group, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.

From the producers of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise, the film is the next installment in their series following INSIDIOUS, and chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an isopod parasite, carrying a horrific untreatable disease, that jumps from fish to human hosts. The true horror and scope of the event unfolds on footage captured on home videos and the internet by the town's victims.

"Ingenious genre films are and always will be a specialty at Lionsgate," explained Drake of the choice to acquire the film. "THE BAY is a shining example of the kind of truly fresh horror film that audiences are always ready for, and that we excel at eventizing with them. Thanks to Barry, we'll all be afraid to go in the water for years to come."

Adds Constantine, "We have been big admirers of Jason Blum, Steven Schneider and Oren Peli since their breakout hit PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, and are thrilled to be in business with them. This film works so effectively because it establishes a very natural, everyday world, places the audience intimately within it, and then sits back as everything takes a horrific turn. Barry has incorporated found footage to the most satisfying possible effect, and it's all the scarier for not relying on anything supernatural."

"It's exciting to see a company like Lionsgate embrace THE BAY so enthusiastically. The found footage / multiplatform approach opened up the film to creative possibilities I hadn't encountered in my previous films, and I think these sorts of films will only continue to push boundaries as the technology changes," said director Barry Levinson.

The film was directed by Levinson, from a script he co-wrote with Michael Wallach. THE BAY was produced by Levinson, Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, and Oren Peli, and co-produced by Mythodic Films, with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jason Sosnoff, Colin Strause, and Greg Strause executive producing.

THE BAY is an Alliance presentation in association with IM Global. IM Global handled foreign sales, and Alliance will distribute in Canada, the UK and Spain.

The deal was negotiated by Lionsgate's Constantine, with Eda Kowan, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, and Wendy Jaffe, Executive Vice President Business & Legal Affairs for Acquisitions. The sale was brokered on behalf of Alliance by ICM and CAA. ICM packaged the film and represents Levinson and Wallach.

CZ JONES TO VISIT TO SHADDY PINES

Sarah Crow reported that after Michael Douglas "is on the mend after completing
treatment for throat cancer," his wife actress Catherine Zeta-Jones "is finding herself
in need of some expert care."


Gossip Cop reports that the actress has checked herself into a mental
health facility.


"After dealing with the stress of the past year, Catherine made the
decision to check in to a mental health facility for a brief stay to
treat her Bipolar II Disorder," her rep confirms, adding, "She's
feeling great and looking forward to starting work this week on her
two upcoming films."


In addition to her duties as a working actress and mother, Zeta-Jones
has dealt with more than enough stress in the past few years to merit
some much-needed time off and TLC.


In 2010, Zeta-Jones' stepson, Cameron Douglas, was sentenced to five
years in prison for drug-related charges, and only four months later,
her actor husband was diagnosed with cancer. In between the
devastating events, Michael Douglas was also sued by his ex-wife,
Diandra, who claimed she was entitled 50 percent of the profits from
his film 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.'


Sources report, "Catherine had a lot of trouble coping [with Douglas'
cancer]. She was chain smoking and drinking," although her rep has not
confirmed that her stay was related to substance abuse.


It does seem the actress is on the mend, however. Her rep says, "She's
feeling great and looking forward to starting work this week on her
two upcoming films."

MATT AND KATIE TOGETHR AGAIN?