Conan O'Brien Receives $45 Million Settlement

The late night tv host Conan O'Brien has reached a $45 million settlement with the televison network NBC. O'Brien will get a severance of $32.5 million whether he gets another hosting job or not. NBC will also pay $4.5 million to the executive producer. O'Brien has agreed to not have another hosting job until at least September of this year. His last show will be on Friday.

Actor Bruce Willis Gets Sued

The actor Bruce Willis and his production company, Willis Brothers Films, are being sued in Los Angels for $4 million due to a breach of contract. The lawsuit claims that Willis Brothers Films agreed on a contract with Foresight Unlimited, Signature Entertainment Group, and Three Stories productions to produce the movie "Three Stories About Joan." Willis was suppose to star in the movie and direct it but on Sept. 29th Willis quit as the director without prior notice and violated the agreement.

Rapper Lil Jon Now Into Winemaking

The rapper and producer Lil Jon has started his own wine label called the Little Jonathan Winery. The label offers different wines, such as chardonnay, merlot, white wines, and dessert wines. Lil Jon has said that he isn’t a wine expert and doesn’t drink wine everyday but he likes the taste.

Scientists Produce Human Embryo Clones

There are scientists in California that have made embryos that are clones of two different men. The embryos were made using ordinary skin cells. The next big thing they are waiting for is to make a human embryonic stem cell line from cloned human embryos. Scientists think that stem cells from cloned embryos could be used to study diseases, screen drugs, and make transplant materials to treat conditions, such as diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.

The problems with cloning human embryos include, creating human lives in a laboratory purposely to destroy them to benefit and help other people, there are health risks involved in the process, and exploiting the women who are asked to provide eggs.

The cloning process works by injecting DNA from a person into an egg. The egg would grow into an embryo in about five days. Then, stem cells would be extracted from the embryo.

Journal of Stem Cells: http://stemcells.alphamedpress.org

Info on Stem Cells: http://stemcells.nih.gov