Posted: January 26, 2012 at 1:34 pm
AUTHOR: Shei
According to reports, the murder trial into the deaths of Jennifer Hudson’s family may be televised.
CBS Chicago state that the decision was apparently made after the Illinois Supreme Court allowed microphones and cameras to be taken into courtrooms. “This is another step to bring more transparency and more accountability to the Illinois court system,” Chief Justice Kilbride said in a statement earlier this week.
“The provisions of this new policy keep discretion in the chief circuit judge and the trial judge to assure that a fair and impartial trial is not compromised, yet affords a closer look at the workings of our court system to the public through the eyes of the electronic news media and news photographers,” he added.
If the trial gets the approval to be televised then it will be one of the first in the state to do so.
William Balfour stands trial accused of murdering Jennifer’s mother, brother and nephew in 2008 and it was recently claimed that Jennifer may be asked to testify against Balfour, although this is yet to be confirmed.
Filed Under: Entertainment News, Legal
Posted: January 22, 2012 at 3:04 pm
AUTHOR: Shei
Jay-Z’s nightclub 40/40 was shutdown last week, just one day after he hosted a massive re-opening party.
Just 24 hours after the re-opening, the club got shut down on Thursday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for several violations.
The inspectors found that the club was in breach of 69 rules, including dangerously warm temperatures in a refrigerator, hot food left on a counter and an employee mixing salsa with his bare hands.
A source told the New York Post: “If you have a walk-in place with food like this, you put a hell of a lot of people at risk. A night of dinner and dancing should not include the risk of contracting food-borne illness.“
Filed Under: Entertainment News, Legal
Posted: January 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm
AUTHOR: Shei
Heidi Klum and her “Kiss From A Rose” beau are getting a divorce after six years of marriage.
Heidi is preparing to file divorce papers in L.A. County Superior Court next week. Insiders told TMZ that the supermodel will cite “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their parting ways.
So far the couple are yet to address the report.
Heidi & Seal has three biological children, and Seal also adopted her daughter from a previous relationship.
They got married in 2005, the couple are known for throwing big ceremonies every year to renew their vows.
Filed Under: Entertainment News, Legal
Posted: January 20, 2012 at 7:53 pm
AUTHOR: Shei
Federal prosecutors have shut down one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.
The indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after websites shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.
Megaupload.com has claimed it is diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under: Entertainment News, Legal
Posted: January 14, 2012 at 12:12 pm
AUTHOR: Shei
The former “90210″ actor claims the actress, with whom he shares a 9-year-old son, borrowed the money and has defaulted on payback of the loan.
Vanessa Marcil-Giovinazzo is used to playing out TV drama on General Hospital and 90210.
Now Brian Austin Green has sparked some real life drama, suing his ex-girlfriend — and mother of his 9-year-old son Kassius– for unpaid loans.
In a lawsuit filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Green claims that starting in 2000 he loaned Marcil-Giovinazzo upwards of $200,000, which she never paid back. Green says each time he wrote Marcil a check, they agreed she would return the money “promptly.”
Green says he visited Marcil-Giovinazzo in November 2011 and asked for the cash, but she refused. Green is suing for all monies loaned, plus additional unspecified damages, TMZ reports.
The pair met while filming 90210, and dated from 1999 to 2003, during which time they had a son together. Marcil-Giovinazzo is now married to CSI: NY actor Carmine Giovinazzo. Austin Green married Transformer’s star Megan Fox in 2010.
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