Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2009

Oprah Winfrey Sued for $1 Trillion

Oprah Winfrey is being sued for $1 trillion by author Damon Lloyd Goffe who claims that she plagiarized his book "A Tome of Poetry" in her Internet-published work called "Pieces of my Soul." He has reported in legal papers that she admitted to using his original works in 2008. Goffe claims that Winfrey sold approximately 650 million copies of her work online for $20, so he is owed $1.2 trillion even though the website that sold Winfrey's work is no longer available.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Actor Shia LeBeouf Booked for DUI After Car Accident

The actor Shia LeBeouf was arrested and then later released for misdemeanor DUI following a recent car accident that happened this past weekend. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was treated for injuries to his left hand and knee. He also had a minor head injury. He was driving while intoxicated when he made a left turn in front of another car and caused a collision.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Rappers Foxy Brown and Lil Kim Gets Sued

The rappers Foxy Brown and Lil Kim are being used by a New York publisher, named Simon &Schuster Inc., which stated that they paid advances for books that were never delivered. Foxy Brown was paid $75,000 in 2005 for an autobiography called “Broken Silence” that was suppose to be delivered by February of 2006. Lil Kim was paid $40,000 for a book to be delivered by June of 2004.

The publisher wants its money back through the two separate lawsuits that were filed on Thursday. After signing the deals, both women spent time imprisoned. Lil Kim went to prison for lying in court about a shooting in 2005 and Foxy Brown was imprisoned for violating her probation by starting a fight with two manicurists in 2007.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Actress Vivica A. Fox Booked For DUI

The actress Vivica A. Fox was booked for drunken driving that could cost her a $1,000 fine and as long as six months in jail. On Wednesday, she was fingerprinted and photographed at a Northridge police station. After she was booked she was released without bail. On Monday, she was ordered by a judge to turn herself in or get a warrant for her arrest.

On March 20th, Vivica was stopped in the San Fernando Valley by California Highway Patrol Officers who said that her 2007 Cadillac Escalade was going 80 mph and was weaving through traffic on the Ventura Freeway. In September, she pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level that was over the legal limit of .08.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Couple Celebrates 80th Anniversary

In Scottsboro, a couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary and entered the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the longest marriages in living couples.

Alonzo, age 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary on Sunday at the nursing home where they have lived since 2002. They got married in 1927 and raised six children. They say owe their long lives to working on their farm and eating a lot of vegetables and claim that through their marriage they have had very few arguments because they didn’t have the time to fight.

Friday, August 17, 2007

The President's Daughter is Getting Married

It is reported that the President's daughter, Jenna Bush, has gotten engaged on August 15th to her boyfriend, Henry Hager. No wedding date is set yet. It seems as if the Bush family is very happy so far.

Jenna plans to publish a book this fall called Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope. It is about a 17 year old single mother in Panama living with HIV.