AP - One visit to Beyonce's dressing room was all it took for Justin Timberlake to ease her concerns about a "Saturday Night Live" skit featuring the two of them.
AFP - "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan will be Austrian businessman Richard Lugner's star guest at this year's Vienna Opera Ball on February 19, he announced Wednesday.
AP - Listen up wrestlin' fans: actor Mickey Rourke says he's ready to rumble with WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Reliant Stadium on April 5.
E! Online - Angelina Jolie loss may just be Megan Fox's gain.
AP - Kevin Costner signed on to host a glitzy Super Bowl party this year, but the truth is he doesn't really like parties all that much. Too much glad-handing, picture-taking and standing around.
Former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland has reportedly dumped the man who took her in as a teenager and managed her to pop stardom - former bandmate Beyonce Knowles dad.


Joaquin Phoenix rap career is all part of an elaborate hoax, according to the eccentric movie star's closest pals. The two-time Oscar nominee recently announced he was turning his back on acting


Jessica Alba has blasted right-wing TV news pundit Bill O'Reilly after he suggested the actress didn't know her history on his Fox News program.


Matt Damon missed out on President Barack Obama's inauguration day because he refused to pay the $50,000 for two tickets, just so he could watch the man he helped put into office take the oath.


Pete Wentz finds fame so stressful, he's often tempted to ditch his music career and disappear with his wife Ashlee Simpson and their baby son Bronx.


Pop star Lily Allen has her sights set on a rich sugar daddy, so she can move out of London and try to start a family again. The singer suffered a miscarriage at the end of 2006


50 Cent no longer considers rap veteran Nas among his chart competitors - insisting the I Can hit-maker's career is "finished."


Ashlee Simpson has leapt to the defense of her elder sister Jessica, branding reports criticizing her weight "embarrassing and belittling."


Spike Lee and Tyler Perry are among the directors nominated at the upcoming NAACP Image Awards. The civil rights organization announced the nominations in three directing categories on Tuesday, with Lee and Tyler leading the pack.


Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend John Mayer has poked fun at her ex-husband Brad Pitt in a new online video. Aniston divorced Pitt in 2005 and began dating rocker Mayer last year.


NEW YORK (AP) - One visit to Beyonce's dressing room was all it took for Justin Timberlake to ease her concerns about a "Saturday Night Live" skit featuring the two of them.


HOUSTON (AP) — Listen up wrestlin' fans: actor Mickey Rourke says he's ready to rumble with WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Reliant Stadium on April 5.


Jennifer Aniston has turned down a $4 million offer to pose naked for Playboy.


TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Costner signed on to host a glitzy Super Bowl party this year, but the truth is he doesn't really like parties all that much. Too much glad-handing, picture-taking and standing around.


Pregnant actress Cobie Smulders is to marry her actor boyfriend Taran Killam


Actor Jackie Chan urges the cast and crew on his film sets to conserve water - by flushing the toilet just once at the end of the day.


Elizabeth Taylor once kicked legendary hell raiser Richard Harris out of her Hollywood home, after catching him drinking her expensive perfume.


Frank Zappa widow has lost her legal battle against a German festival named after the late rocker.


Filed under: Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal has more important things to do today than Reese Witherspoon -- he's a prospective juror in a misdemeanor battery case in an L.A. courtroom.Jake is in there right now.This morning Jake was sitting in a corner in the jury assembly room...

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We just obtained a copy of Michael Crichton will...and let's put it this way...you wish you were a relative.The author of "Jurassic Park" and "ER" exec producer had a prenup with his wife, according to the doc.As for everything else Crichton had...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal was so bored after his first day of jury service yesterday, he could spit. Yes, we know it doesn't make sense, but he spit as he left the courthouse.Jake's prospective new role -- juror in a misdemeanor battery case in downtown L.A....

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"American Idol" blew over the sunshine state like hurricane Andrew, leaving nothing but a few soggy singers.See Also San Fran IDOL Jam Idol's Dopes With Hopes American Idol's Best Of The Worst...

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Filed under: Hook-Ups, Entourage

Now that he's hookin' up with Jamie-Lynn Sigler in real life -- as well as on "Entourage" -- Jerry Ferrara has quickly become the patron saint of chubby guys everywhere.See Also Piven is Superhuman Fish Eater...

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Bart Simpson is officially cheating on Reverend Lovejoy's church -- with the one created by L. Ron Hubbard Nancy Cartwright -- voice of Bart and a multi-million dollar donor to Scientology -- has recorded a Scientology robocall in which she uses her...

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Filed under: John Travolta Former Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater has just pled not guilty to two charges in the Jett Travolta extortion case.Bridgewater was officially charged in court today with "abetment to extort and conspiracy to extort" -- they're the same charges EMT Tarino...

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NBC's newest reality series is full of celebrity faces and it digs deep into their family history.   Sarah Jessica Parker and Susan Sarandon are set to appear in "Who Do You Think You Are?" NBC's new genealogy reality series, the Hollywood Reporter writes. According to the trade paper, film and television star Lisa Kudrow is the executive producer of the show and will also be featured in the series. The new show will delve into celebrities' ancestral history and is based on a similar BBC series. "This show personalizes history and turns it into a gripping narrative," Kudrow said. "The most striking thing about the show is the realization of how connected we all are." The six-episode series will premiere on NBC April 20 at 8 p.m.

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Angelina Jolie's cyclone romance with Brad Pitt is possibly one of the most divisive celebrity love stories of our times. Two beautiful, successful and filthy rich actors
This Friday a new movie is coming to a theatre near you titled 'The Uninvited'. This movie stars Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks and the new up and coming young actress, Emily Browning
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt believes in the afterlife. She has revealed her ghostly encounter to Britain's OK! magazine. The 29-year-old beauty is convinced her grandma has spoken to her from beyond the grave.
Ashlee Simpson is defending her singer sister Jessica Simpson who has become the subject of media scrutiny due to her weight gain, saying in a post on her blog that she is "completely disgusted by the headlines". The defense comes shortly after photos of Jess sporting fuller figure during her performance at the Radio 99.9 Kiss Country's annual Chili Cookoff in Pembroke Pines, Fla. on Sunday, January 25 appeared all over the web.
Although this pouty-lipped vixen oozes sex appeal, she started out as a much more innocent-looking teen actress in numerous TV guest appearances as well as a regular role as a dolphin's best friend on the small-screen series Flipper.
Camilla Belle sizzle in Nylon Magazine cover, February 2009 issue. Camilla Belle Routh is an American actress. Some of her works include Jurassic Park II, When a Stranger Calls and 10,000 B.C. She is also a Brazilian citizen.
WEBISODE: 1/28/09 Welcome to the latest edition of our web series Lara's Wardrobe Cam. "The Insider"'s fashion guru Anya Sarre has two dresses for Lara Spencer to choose from. Will it be the baby pink Dianne von Furstenberg or the sleek navy Leona Edminston? Help Lara choose by posting your below and then tune in to "The Insider" to see which dress Lara wears on the show!

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Happy Birthday to "Lord of the Rings" hobbit Elijah Wood (1981), Backstreet Boy Nick Carter (1980), *NSync elder Joey Fatone (1977), "Cold Case" actress Kathryn Morris (1969), Eric B.'s partner Rakim (1968),


Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Wacky & Weird

If AnnaLynne McCord did this for the full hour, maybe someone would watch the new "90210."See Also AnnaLynne -- Hard to Swallow...

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Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Hot Bodies

After years of wear and tear on her body and psyche, those Hollywood Blvd. Lucite stripper heels have finally taken their toll on Shauna Sand With her Frenchie husband Romain at her side, the 37-year-old good mother of three rested her tanned,...

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TAKE THAT star HOWARD DONALD was so devastated when the boyband first split he contemplated suicide.The group disbanded in 1996, following the departure of Robbie Williams a year previously.And Donald admits that he was reluctant to let go off his pop star status, and even considered ending his life after they went their separate ways.He
Girlgroup Pussycat Dolls thoroughly interrogated racing driver LEWIS HAMILTON before giving him permission to date their lead singer NICOLE SCHERZINGER.The sexy star began dating the British sportsman after they met in 2007, but Scherzinger’s bandmates had to make sure the Formula One champion was good enough for their pal before they gave the relationship the
Ashlee Simpson has posted a blog blasting newsers for weighing in on her big sis’ Jessica’s full figure. “Since when did a woman's weight become newsworthy,” Ashlee blogs on her MySpace page. “I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight. A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman's weight or figure as a headline on Fox News. "All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms and just because you're a celebrity, there shouldn't be a different standard,” Ashlee says.

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Reuters - Fifty years after he won the Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear for his directorial debut, "Bitter Reunion," French director and Nouvelle Vague pioneer Claude Chabrol will receive the fest's Berlinale Camera lifetime achievement award.
Reuters - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, charged with trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama, considered offering it to talk show star Oprah Winfrey
AFP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II escaped assassination in Australia nearly 40 years ago when plotters tried to derail her train on a mountain pass, a retired detective has claimed.
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Singer Taylor Swift is a loyal fan of one female pop singer. Taylor expressed her adoration for Britney Spears in a candid MySpace blog, telling a story of her mother rearranging her bathroom and moving her belongings. "I turned around and was startled by something... Where was my Britney Spears poster ... No, this can't be right... WHERE is it?!? I searched the room frantically for a few seconds before finding its new spot." Taylor says she was pleased with where her beloved poster was placed. "My Britney Spears poster (from 6th grade) had been relocated to my bedroom, which is another AMAZING upgrade," she writes. "This way, I see it more often and it more proudly displays my unwavering devotion to Britney Spears."

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Madonna has announced a summer tour! Where is she headed next? A Tuesday post on the Material Mom's Web site reads: "The rumors are true! Madonna will tour Europe this summer. Stay tuned for details later this week." Last year Madonna thrilled audiences across the U.S. and abroad with her her blockbuster "Sticky & Sweet" tour.

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E! Online - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit fans can breathe easy.
E! Online - Pauley Perrette masters degree in criminology likely gets put to good use in her acting job as a forensic examiner on NCIS, but it probably had little to do with snagging cameraman Michael Bosman.
E! Online - Jessica Alba is disappointed in all of us for paying attention to her during what she blogs is "perhaps the most salient time in our country's history." (Don't worry, Jess, we're more disappointed in ourselves than you'll ever know.)
AP - Well, there's an upside to Jeremy Piven highly publicized departure last month from the Broadway revival of "Speed-the-Plow." David Mamet's scabrous comedy of Hollywood high jinks has gotten even better.
E! Online - Olivia Newton-John ex-flame who went missing on June 30, 2005, may still be alive...and Dateline is hot on his trail.
E! Online - Remember that Thriller musical we told you about yesterday? Seems Michael Jackson already has a sequel in the works.
E! Online - The stars aligned for Penélope Cruz last night at best friend Salma Hayek L.A.-area home.
AP - The Comedy Central TV channel says Paul McCartney is going to drop in on Stephen Colbert.
Backstreet Boys star A.J. McLean has sparked fears he's losing his long running battle with sobriety after he was filmed stumbling out of a Hollywood club on Monday night looking inebriated.


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Music legend David Bowie has denied he plans to revive his Ziggy Stardust persona for U.S. music festival Coachella.


Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is always happy to meet his male admirers - because he feels "flattered" when gay fans have a crush on him.


TV star Pauley Perrette is to wed after accepting her cameraman beau's proposal recently. The NCIS star and Michael Bosman have been dating since 2005.


Rapper 50 Cent is constantly in awe of the way Jay-Z handles his critics - likening the hip-hop mogul's calm approach to spiritual Indian leader Gandhi.


Jennifer Love Hewitt is a firm believer in the afterlife - the actress is convinced her grandmother has spoken to her from beyond the grave.


Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band are set to launch their 2009 US and European tour. Tickets to most dates in Europe are on sale now,


Music legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Paul McCartney will appear as a guest on Comedy Central's Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning The Colbert Report on Wednesday, January 28 at 11:30


Check out some of the best links and viral videos found around the web today. And be sure to visit our On the Web section where we're constantly pouring in the best stuff from around the tubes.


Jack Bauer's long 24-hour days of torturing terrorists may be numbered. That's because actor and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland may be ready to call Season 9 his last on the hit show '24'.

"I don't think about [the end of 24] a lot, but I did this year for the first time," he tells Entertainment Weekly. "It was one of those weird moments where the stage was unusually quiet; it was like a ghost town. I was looking around [thinking] about all the work that went into building this thing and it hit me: This will end one day, and I'm going to be sad about it."
Jessica Simpson weighs 300 pounds! Well, maybe not that much but she's eating her way huge, like Anna Nicole Smith huge. If she keeps packing on the pounds at this rate, she'll be big enough to play lineman for Tony Romo's Dallas Cowboys.

The wannabe country singer appeared on stage in Florida at the 99.9 Kiss Country 24th Annual Chili Cook Off over the weekend, looking well - see for yourself. She should never have stuffed that ass in those nasty high-waisty mom jeans.
Craig Morgan has made it very clear that he wants to be in movies. The country singer recently said he would never pass up an opportunity to increase his fan base, especially if it offers him the chance to do something he has always wanted to do.

"I think acting would be fun," Morgan says. "I see guys like Jackie Chan and Chris Rock and some of the stuff that they do and think, 'God, I'd love to hang out with those guys and make a movie with them!'"
The girl who's been dating AJ McLean for the past month paints an even more depressing picture of the boozy Backstreet Boy -- telling TMZ he's never been fully clean since she's known him.The chick, Wendy Rice is the one confronting him in the video...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice Jay Mohr is one step closer to officially inserting Cox into his name.Jay -- who's trying to get his wife's last name added to his own -- is required by L.A. County to have a "Proof of Publication"... meaning you have to have your new name printed in...

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Filed under: Food Glorious Food

Mr. Belding is half the man he used he used to be -- and dude claims it's all courtesy of the unofficial TMZ diet plan! Apparently, we gave Dennis Haskins a complex back in '07 when we ran a story on him called, "Saved by the Taco Bell." Our...

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Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Nurse!

Swedish model Victoria Silvstedt earned the coveted title of 1997 Playmate of the Year ... and she still has the injured knees to prove it.The 34-year-old blonde knows you have to be willing to go down on your hands and knees to get what you...

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Filed under: Fashion Police, Photo Galleries

Wearing high-heel shoes takes a bit of practice, but there are some places pumps just don't work....

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Filed under: 24

The following event took place between 7:45PM and 7:46PM.In less than a minute, Jack Bauer's ultra-efficient confidant Chloe O'Brian -- aka Mary Lynn Rajskub -- let us know how she thinks "24" is all gonna end. 07:45:58 ... 07:45:59 ... 07:46:00...

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It's awesome to get Mick Jagger in Hollywood -- Bardot last night, to be specific. We expected he'd leave in a Bentley, but these are difficult times, even for 65-year-old rock legends. So, an Audi does just fine. See Also Beatle Gets Stoned in...

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Filed under: Jessica Alba Jessica Alba is fuming at TMZ for calling her dumb when she called Sweden a "neutral" country last week ... even though it currently has troops in Afghanistan.She is absolutely correct. Sweden was a neutral country ... 60 years ago.Even though she...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, John Travolta New details in the John Travolta extortion case. TMZ has learned why Bahamian cops are investigating Obie Wilchcombe, a member of Parliament and John's close friend.Sources connected with the investigation tell us Pleasant Bridgewater -- the lawyer...

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Our photog thought it would be funny to ask the star of "The Commish" and "The Shield" if he knew how to trick drug-sniffing police dogs. He was right -- it was funny ... and Michael Chiklis response couldn't have been better.Kids -- don't do...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, John Travolta We now know what the document is all about in the John Travolta extortion case.Sources connected with the investigation tell us the document is an authorization for transporting Jett Travolta in the ambulance. We're told John Travolta and Kelly...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal has more important things to do today than Reese Witherspoon -- he's a prospective juror in a misdemeanor battery case in an L.A. courtroom.Jake is in there right now.This morning Jake was sitting in a corner in the jury assembly room...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, John Travolta We've now gotten to the bottom of the mystery document that was the basis for the alleged extortion plot in the John Travolta case.Sources connected with the investigation tell us John Travolta told EMT workers he wanted to fly his son to Florida...

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We just obtained a copy of Michael Crichton will...and let's put it this way...you wish you were a relative.The author of "Jurassic Park" and "ER" exec producer had a prenup with his wife, according to the doc.As for everything else Crichton had...

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Christina Aguilera is set to shock guests visiting her new Beverly Hills pad - if artistic husband JORDAN BRATMAN gets his way.The record label executive was spotted checking out shock artist Cleon Peterson’s latest show at the New Image Art gallery in West Hollywood on Monday (26Jan09) - with a view to filling the home
Fun-loving Oscars host HUGH JACKMAN has given pal Nicole Kidman a pass at the Academy Awards - he won’t be poking fun at her.The actor, who teamed up with Kidman in Australia, insists the actress can rest assured she won’t be facing any embarrassment at the Oscars - because he knows she’ll be mortified if
Pamela Anderson and PINK’s favourite animal rights group PETA’s latest TV ad has been blocked from debuting during the Super Bowl telecast on Sunday (01Feb09) - because it’s too naughty.The saucy commercial, aimed at encouraging sportsmen and women to go veggie, features lingerie-clad models caressing broccoli spears and kissing a pumpkin.But bosses at TV network
Rapper Kanye West refused to seek out professional help to deal with his grief following the death of his mother - because he doesn’t believe in reliving the past.The Stronger hitmaker lost his mother Donda in November 2007 after she suffered complications from plastic surgery. Shortly afterwards, West and his fiancee Alexis Pfeiffer broke off
A Russian singer/songwriter has snagged Mel Gibson as her video director.The movie mogul has signed pretty Oskana to his Icon production company and she is currently recording music for the soundtrack of Gibson’s new movie Edge of Darkness.And, to return the favour, the actor/director is shooting videos to accompany the singer’s new songs.Movie & Entertainment
Donny Osmond is set to follow in his sister MARIE’s waltzing steps - as a contestant in the upcoming DANCING WITH THE STARS season on TV in America.The Puppy Love singer let the news slip during an appearance on a recent taping of The Bonnie Hunt Show.Osmond told actress/presenter Hunt, "I am seriously considering doing
JOAQUIN PHOENIX’s rap career is all part of an elaborate hoax, according to the eccentric movie star’s closest pals.The two-time Oscar nominee recently announced he was turning his back on acting to follow his musical dreams, and he followed up the shock news with a zany three-song debut as a rapper at a Las Vegas
Matt Damon missed out on U.S. President BARACK OBAMA’s inauguration day - because he refused to pay the $50,000 (£35,700) for two tickets, just so he could watch the man he helped put into office take the oath.The actor had hoped his campaign efforts for Obama would secure him tickets for the big event last
Lionel Richie hates attending friends’ weddings - because the ceremony always becomes about him, no matter how much of a low-profile he keeps.The Hello singer urges people to uninvite him from their nuptials - because he knows from past experience that he always becomes the star of the big day.He tells Spin magazine, "I keep
JOSH BROLIN was left red-faced during his first scene with co-star Russell Crowe on the set of their movie AMERICAN GANGSTER, when he ripped the seat out of his pants.Brolin admits he was nervous about acting opposite Oscar winner Crowe in the 2007 film, and the untimely wardrobe malfunction only made things worse.He explains, "I
John Travolta has been named as a witness in an extortion case in the Bahamas.The movie star’s aides alerted police to an alleged bid to extort money from Travolta and his wife while the couple was mourning the loss of their teenage son Jett at the beginning of January (09).Reports suggest an ambulance driver and
Pop star Lily Allen has her sights set on a rich sugar daddy, so she can move out of London and try to start a family again.The singer suffered a miscarriage at the end of 2006 and then ended her romance with Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons - the father of the baby - but
Jessica Alba has blasted right-wing TV news pundit BILL O’REILLY after he suggested the actress didn’t know her history on his Fox News programme in America.The Sin City star took to her MySpace.com blog to defend herself after O’Reilly called her "misguided" for poking fun at a journalist during an inauguration event last week (20Jan09).The
Former DESTINY’S CHILD star KELLY ROWLAND has reportedly dumped the man who took her in as a teenager and managed her to pop stardom - former bandmate BEYONCE’s dad.The singer has parted company with Mathew Knowles following a heated row, according to website Bossip.com.A highly-placed source in Rowlandâ??s camp tells the website the split has
JULIA ROBERTS’ actress niece Emma Roberts is planning a busy 2009 - because she wants to visit Paris, pass her driving test, fall in love and release a photography book - all before she starts college.The 17 year old has revealed she has sent off her applications for college, with a view to furthering her
Moviemaker JOHN LANDIS is suing Michael Jackson over cash he never received from the pop superstar’s THRILLER video.Landis filed suit in Los Angeles last week (ends23Jan09), claiming he has a deal in place with the superstar, in which he’s entitled to 50 per cent of the net profits from the promo he directed and related