Rapper Lil Kim Sued by Recording Company

The rapper Lil Kim is being sued by a recording company called Brookland Media for $2.5 million. The company states that she hasn’t delivered all of the recordings that their contract requires and they have already spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on recordings, equipment, and advanced payments after contracting the rapper this year. Court papers state that Lil Kim tried to change the contract and refused to continue recording unless the company agreed. Brookland Media wants the court to declare the contract as valid and wants to bar her from recording for another company.

Rapper 50 Cent Sues Taco Bell

The rapper 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell because he says that the restaurant has used his name without his permission in their advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent. In a federal lawsuit, he also claimed that the Taco Bell print ad features him asking to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent, or 99 Cent. The ad is part of a Taco Bell "Why Pay More?" campaign that promotes items that cost less than a dollar.

The company supposedly sent a bogus letter that requested the name change to the news media but not to 50 Cent. He didn't find out about the letter or that he was featured in the ad campaigns until he saw a news report about it. He wants $4 million in damages.

Lisa Marie Presley Announces Pregnancy

Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, felt she had to speak up when pictures of her looking very heavy were ridiculed in the media and on the internet. She has announced on her Myspace page that she is currently pregnant. She and her husband, Michael Lockwood, are expecting the baby to arrive this next fall. It will be her third child. She has two children from her previous marriage to ex-husband Danny Keough.

Hollywood Writers Go On Strike

Film and TV writers plan to go on strike Monday against the largest media companies over profits from DVDs and Internet programming. The Writers Guild of America board members voted to start the strike at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time unless studios offer a better deal with bigger profits from DVD sales and shows sold and streamed over the Internet. They plan to start picketing in New York and Los Angeles after the strike captains meet and discuss and finalize the details.

The strike may have a big effect because all production will be stopped. The entertainment industry contributes about $30 billion a year and $80 million a day to Los Angeles.

Online Videos May Contain Viruses

Some online videos contain viruses that can hurt your computer. Hackers have even found a way to put viruses in online video players. With people catching on to email scams, hackers are looking for new ways to hack into your computer to get private and confidential information.

There have already been a few cases of hacking through media players so far. Hackers have also put up fake video postings on YouTube that contain viruses. They are also using social networking sites, blogs, and wikis by putting malicious codes into the sites.