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Porn star/escort Devon James claims to have had multiple sexual encounters over the years with pro golfer Tiger Woods, left, and that one of those encounters led to a child. James tells the site RadarOnline that she had a 2 1/2 year affair with Woods, who she said paid her $2,000 to have a threesome with another woman. James claims to have become pregnant at that time and gave birth to a son, who she named Austin, who is now 9-years-old.

James' mother, Sandra Brinling, however, says that the story is all made up. Brinling told E! News that her daughter is a "pathological liar" and that she is "only out to lie, steal and cheat. ... All she is looking for is to get money from him." Brinling tells the site, that at the time of Austin's birth, James was living with her and that the father of the child was in prison. Brinling says that she currently has custody of all three of James' children, and that she wishes that she could get the truth to Woods. "I would love to talk to Tiger Woods and apologize that that is my daughter doing that and tell him the real truth that I know," Brinling told E!

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The executor of Gary Coleman's estate says that there will be no funeral for the late child star, per the wishes in his 2005 will. Coleman's body will be cremated once former girlfriend Anna Gray can pay her respects, but it is not clear what will happen to the remains. Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price wants a private memorial service and to spread some of Coleman's ashes near some train tracks, because Coleman was a train enthusiast. But until the matter of multiple wills are settled in court, nothing is certain.

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With the 30th anniversary of "The Blues Brothers,"  the Vatican's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has declared the film a "Catholic classic" and says it is recommended viewing for all Catholics. In the film, Jake and Ellwood Blues -- played by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd -- get their band back together to raise money with a benefit concert to save the orphanage where they grew up. In the film, they call it their "mission from God." The recommendation now puts "The Blues Brothers" up there with other Vatican-endorsed films such as "The Ten Commandments," "The Passion of the Christ,""Jesus of Nazareth" and "It's a Wonderful Life."

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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have gotten married after eight years of dating. The couple became engaged on Valentine's Day 2009, and were married during a ceremony at the governor's mansion in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gov. Bill Richardson married the couple on Tuesday and was supervised by the state's chief justice to make it official. Flockhart's adopted son, Liam, was also in attendance. It is the third marriage for Ford, and the first for Flockhart.

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Chris Klein, of the "American Pie" films, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles when police observed him weaving in and out of lanes on the highway. Klein failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody on suspicions of DUI. Police told E! News that Klein's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit of .08. Klein is still on probation from a 2005 DUI charge and faces a jail sentence if convicted of the new charge. He was freed on $25,000 bail.

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"Transformers" star Megan Fox has gotten engaged to former "Beverly Hills 90210" star Brian Austin Green -- again. The couple was previously engaged from November 2006 til their mutual split in February 2009. 

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As Charlie Sheen straightens out his legal woes, his wife Brooke Mueller has fled Los Angeles with the couple's twin children. Mueller is said to be particularly stressed by Sheen's current legal problems and is "close to having a nervous breakdown," according to a source for People magazine. Mueller continues to battle her alcohol addiction and the stress was reported to have put her sobriety back into question, thus the need to get away from L.A.

-- Dave Valenzuela

Blogger Perez Hilton, left, is being criticized and could face criminal charges for posting what appeared to be an explicit paparazzi photo of 17-year-old Miley Cyrus, taken as she was climbing out of a car. Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira Jr., removed the offending photo soon after he posted it on Sunday, but he could still face charges of distributing child pornography. Jeffrey Douglas, a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney specializing in child pornography cases, told Salon.com that it was "suicidal" for Hilton to distribute the image, in which Cyrus appeared to be without panties. "We're not talking about a misdemeanor," he said. Even if the photo was altered to make it appear as though Cyrus was exposed, Hilton could still be charged, Douglas says. But in a sassy taped interview, Hilton denies that Cyrus was exposed in the photo and adds that he only published it because he thought she was climbing out of the car "in a very unladlylike fashion! And, you know, I like to encourage Miley to be ladylike."

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Gary Coleman's body is expected to be cremated in the next few days, but possession of his ashes -- along with the rest of his estate -- could remain unsettled for months. His ex-wife, Shannon Price, has offered a handwritten 2007 will allegedly signed by Coleman, and his ex-girlfriend Anna Gray, of Portland, Ore., has filed a typewritten witnessed 2005 will that leaves his estate to her and his collection of toy trains to several hobby shops. "Anna just wants to carry out Gary's wishes," her attorney, Randy Kester, told People. "Her will is the most objective reflection of what Gary wanted. We're going to be in this case for the long haul." Gray was a business associate of the actor's for about eight years before living with him briefly in Utah, Kester said. The will filed by Gray eliminated a 1999 will that appointed Coleman's former business manager Dion Mial as executor. "After seeing a copy of the 2005 document, it was clear we didn't have a dog in this fight," Mial's attorney said. In both Price and Gray's wills, Coleman asked to be cremated and that no funeral service be held, so cremation is expected to take place in the next few days. Price said she hopes to spread Coleman's ashes around train tracks, adding, "I want to make sure I have an urn and a necklace with his ashes. That's all I want." A Utah judge ruled Monday that Gray will be allowed 48 hours to view Coleman's body before it's cremated.

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Meanwhile, Price says she removed Coleman from life support two days after he injured his head in a fall at their house because "This is what the doctors advised me." Coleman signed legal papers in 2006 in which he chose to "prolong life," but asked for medical treatment to be stopped if two doctors agreed his condition was terminal or if he was in a coma at least 15 days. "I did what I could," Price told "Entertainment Tonight." The doctors advised me that he was not going to make it because his heart was going to give out and [it was] the time to pull it. Gary and I had talked about that and he said, 'If I am a vegetable, just pull it.' I tried very hard to make sure that I did everything … for him to have a chance at surviving."

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Police are again investigating the theft and wrecking of an unoccupied Mercedes belonging to Charlie Sheen, discovered crashed at the bottom of a cliff near his house in the Hollywood Hills early Tuesday. It was almost identical to the Feb. 5 incident in which Sheen's SUV was taken from his driveway and sent over a cliff near his house. Police says Sheen again left the keys in the car in the driveway of his gated community, and the new car was crashed about a mile from the spot on Mulholland Drive where the first car was found. Like the first time, neither the surveillance video from his house nor the guard gate shows anything of use. Nobody was ever arrested for the first theft. TMZ reports that law enforcement sources say police joked when they got the call early this morning that it was Sheen's car, not believing it would be. A police officer told EOnline, "Mr. Sheen spoke with PD but he has no idea [who may have taken the car] because there's no information from him."

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Meanwhile, a 41-page agreement signed by both Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller sets out what each will get in case they divorce. The most interesting part of the agreement states that Mueller gets $55,000 a month in child support, and, according to the document, "under no circumstances shall the child support paid by Charlie for Bob and Max be less than the child support paid by Charlie to [ex-wife] Denise Richards for Sam and Lola." Richards is believed to get between gets $50,000 and $55,000 a month in child support. The document also states that Sheen and Mueller will share legal custody of Bob and Max, with Mueller getting primary physical custody and Sheen getting weekend custody.

Sources tell TMZ that Mueller is headed back to rehab for 30 days, but her spokesman says it's not rehab. "Brooke is receiving professional help in the area of stress management," says Elliot Mintz, because stress-related issues "have the potential for challenging her sobriety. By seeking proper guidance, she will be able to continue to resist returning to old behavior patterns."

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In an interview to be published Sunday in Parade, 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson says kissing costar Kristen Stewart "felt a little bit more natural" in the duo's latest movie as their characters' relationship grew. "In 'New Moon' and 'Twilight,' it was always like, 'Oh, I'm gonna kill you if I kiss you' or something. It was always kind of odd," he says. "But, in this one, they [their characters] both understand their situation a lot more, which makes it easier. Kissing felt a little bit more natural in 'Eclipse' ... It's the first time Kristen and I have been able to just act like a normal couple."  But when asked, "Well, are you a real couple?" Pattinson replies, "I guess people like stories, that's my basic conclusion. They just want everything in our lives to be like 'Twilight.' The truth is ... that I wish I had a few more hours of sleep today so I could think of a better answer." But he does say that he shares the reticence of his vampire character, Edward Cullen: "Nowadays, everyone just goes around screwing everyone for no reason. I guess Edward doesn't really want to sort of cheapen his relationship with Bella, even though she's pushing him to go all the way. He's got this certain idea of how it should go with the love of his life. He wants to do it right and not just follow his base instincts. I guess I'm a bit old-fashioned in that way as well."

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"Saved by the Bell" and "Beverly Hills 90210" star Tiffani Thiessen and husband Brady Smith, an artist and actor, are the proud parents of daughter Harper Renn Smith. Born Tuesday in Lose Angeles, baby Harper weighed in at 8 lbs., 3 oz., and is "doing great," as are the new parents, Thiessen's spokesman tells People. Thiessen and Smith, who married in 2005, have said that starting a family is "something we've wanted for a long time and we are thrilled that it's actually happening."

-- Anne Neville

Newly discovered documents show that Gary Coleman wanted to live no matter what. A health care directive signed by Coleman in 2006 stated that he did not want anyone to pull the plug. In the health care directive, Coleman checked the box for "Choice to Prolong Life" which states "I want my life to be prolonged as long as possible within the limits of generally accepted health care standards."

Price insists that she was "forced" to make the decision to go against the document and end Coleman's treatment. It is possible that the hospital interpreted the clause in the document which stated that if two physicians are in agreement that his condition was incurable, terminal and likely to result in his death within twelve months, then he wishes that treatment be discontinued.

Meanwhile, the death certificate is finally public. The official cause of death is listed as "closed head injury" as well as "chronic renal failure."

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Kim Kardashian, look out. After raising the ire Justin Bieber fans earlier this year, Kardashian appeared in a photo shoot this weekend with the white-hot pop star. The two were photographed holding hands on the beach of the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas.Bieber tweeted "Photoshoot on the beach ... ummmm yeah. I told her to watch out ... I love my fans" and posted a photo of the two of them together. Kardashian posted a photo of her own, in which she says, "My dream! I messed up Justin Bieber's hair!!!" The first time they were photographed together, the 29-year-old Kardashian stated she received death threats from Bieber fans who felt she was not a good person for the teen star to associate himself with. 

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Actress Kelly Preston was spotted in South Africa sporting her baby bump. Preston and husband John Travolta, in the country for the World Cup, visited the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa, where they also donated $10,000 to the charity.

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The man accused with stalking Ryan Seacrest was given the maximum sentence after completing a 90-day psychiatric evaluation. Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. will serve two years for stalking the 'American Idol' host after pleading 'no contest' to the charge earlier this year. Two other misdemeanor counts were dismissed. The judge also ordered that Uzomah, once released, must stay at least 500 yards away from Seacrest and any location where he is working for 10 years.

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Filming for the final 'Harry Potter' film wrapped this week, and star Daniel Radcliffe says that everyone is "devastated" by the end of the franchise. "Everyone was really devastated. It was really, really sad," Radcliffe said of the final shoot. "We're crying quite a lot." Radcliffe has spent 10-years playing the boy wizard, and says that he would like to return to Broadway at some point.

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Rapper Kid Cudi was arrested on Friday and charged with criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance. Cudi, real name Scott Mescudi, was arrested after an altercation at the Manhattan home of a woman whose door he kicked off the hinges busting in. Mescudi had a vial of liquid cocaine on his person at the time of his arrest, which resulted in the drug charge. 

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Country singer and sausage king, Jimmy Dean, died over the weekend at the age of 81. Dean died of 'natural causes' at his Virginia home on Sunday while watching television. Dean was known to most for his Jimmy Dean sausage line, but he scored his first number one song on the country charts with "Big Bad John" in 1961.

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MIchael Jackson will be coming to a video game near you in time for Christmas. The untitled video game is a cross between 'The Beatles Rock Band' and 'Dance Dance Revolution,' a 1990s arcade game in which players performed dance routines to score points. In the Jackson video game, players will dance next to a Jackson avatar and try to match his dance moves. A karaoke aspect is also included in the game, like the Rock Band franchise, including an autotuning feature. The game is being developed by Ubisoft and is endorsed by the Jackson estate.

-- Dave Valenzuela

A third will written Gary Coleman in 2005 has surfaced, in which the actor leaves everything to a woman named Anna Gray, who was a close friend of Coleman before he married Shannon Price. Coleman's agent, Robert Malcolm, told "Entertainment Tonight" that Anna Gray was a dear friend who had her own bedroom in Coleman's Los Angeles home and then moved to Utah to be with him. In the will, he appoints Gray as his executor and conservator of his person. He also bequeathed her most of his property, except for some of his model trains. "When Shannon moved in, the relationship got difficult because Shannon didn't like the fact that there was somebody else in his life," said Malcolm, "and, of course, he sided with [Shannon], and Anna was asked to leave." Coleman was photographed with Gray at the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in 2003, left.

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Joe Jackson is pointing the finger for his son Michael's death -- at his estranged wife, Katherine. In a taped interview with "News of the World," Joe Jackson says he noticed that Michael was "looking kinda funny and frail" and asked Katherine to speak to Michael. Joe Jackson says, "I wanted her to step in." But Katherine refused, he says, because she didn't want to invade Michael's privacy. After their son's death, he says he confronted Katherine, "I said this would have never happened if you had went and been with him." When the two viewed their son's body in the mortuary, he says, "Katherine was weeping uncontrollably and highly upset. But I didn't give her a hug because I was mad at her crying. I said, 'If you had listened to me Michael would be living now!' I kept thinking about the times I had stood in front of her saying something was wrong. I couldn't bottle up my feelings. ... If she'd done what I asked, Michael would be here today. I am incensed with her. She could have made a difference.

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"Jackass" star that Bam Margera was briefly hospitalized in West Chester, Pa., after he was struck in the back of the head by a woman swinging a bat at 2 a.m. Saturday. Elizabeth Ray, 59, faces two counts of simple assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person and one felony count of aggravated assault after the incident, which happened outside Margera's bar, The Note, during a fight. On Sunday, Steve-O told TMZ that Bam was taken to an intensive care unit after the incident, but was released from the hospital soon afterward. Steve-O said, "I think he's gonna be okay."

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Police say "Mad Men" star January Jones did nothing wrong when she left the scene of an accident after striking two parked cars and then returned. Jones was at the wheel of her Range Rover around 9 p.m. Thursday when she struck several parked vehicles. A witness told police that Jones said, "I can't deal with this commotion," and walked away. Jones returned later and said she had left the scene – and her license in the Range Rover – because she was being followed by paparazzi. Oddly, witnesses said before walking away, she phoned chef Bobby Flay, who showed up at the scene and urged her to leave. In a statement, a rep for Jones said, "While being followed by paparazzi, Ms. Jones struck two parked cars. She did not flee the scene; she left her license with a witness and walked to her nearby home to call the police. She immediately returned to the scene to speak with the police." An LAPD spokesman said, "No crime occurred here. If this was a hit-and-run, Ms. Jones would have been arrested. She was being followed by paparazzi and hit two parked cars. She wasn't under the influence of anything. No one got hurt. That's pretty much it. There is no investigation."

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The laptop owned by Brittany Murphy's deceased husband, Simon Monjack, revealed that he may have been paying child support to two women. The secret was discovered when Monjack's mother, brother and therapist looked at the computer while they stayed with Murphy's mother, Sharon, who was present when first her daughter and then her bereaved son-in-law died in the house. The Monjack family found emails from two women who wanted money from Simon for child support, for a son and a daughter.  Also in the computer was evidence of wire transfers of large amounts of money, up to $48,000 at a time, to attorneys and someone in Europe for some sort of settlement. Monjack's mother and brother handed the laptop over to the coroner, and it is currently being reviewed, but Murphy filed a theft report with police when she discovered the computer was missing from the house. The cause of Monjack's death in late May is still listed as "deferred."

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Spokesmen for Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger are saying plainly that the two are not engaged. Rumors that the couple were set to walk down the aisle swirled last week after Zellweger left the Carolina Herrera boutique in West Hollywood carrying a garment bag. The pair have been dating since July but haven't spoken publicly about their relationship.

-- Anne Neville

Gary Coleman's ex-wife filed court papers Thursday in Utah to take over his estate, and a hearing on her claim is scheduled for Monday, according to her attorney, Todd Bradford. Shannon Price is contesting a typed 1999 will produced this week by Coleman's former manager Dion Mial, who told RadarOnline, "She is the full and complete impediment to honor Gary's wishes." In her papers, Price argues she was Gary's common-law wife and therefore has power over "disposition of the body." The handwritten codicil purportedly from Coleman, says that Price is his sole beneficiary. "This I have done because of my personal selfishness and weakness and I Love her with all my heart," the codicil states. The document states that Price should be the "sole heir of any and all monies, properties, bank accounts, earnings, model trains, vehicles, cars, toys, games, electronics, homes, other inheritances if any, all things physical and/or intellectual." It is dated 11:44 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2007, six days after the two married. They secretly divorced on Aug. 12, 2008, but, her attorney says, "Shannon and the decedent continued to have a romantic relationship and engage in romantic and sexual relations." • • •

Mial and Price's war of words had become increasingly ugly even before she filed the papers. "I wholeheartedly believe there was foul play here," Mial said Thursday. "She's shamelessly brazen and coldly matter-of-fact about this precious life that we've lost." Price's spokesman, Shielia Erickson, said, "Shannon has God on her side! Gary is here as well! So all will work out to her good! This is all Gary wanted was to make sure Shannon was OK. Dion is confused as to Gary's priorities." Meanwhile, Coleman's body lies unclaimed in a Utah mortuary, EOnline reports. "In a situation like this where we have different individuals or family members claiming the right of disposition ... the Utah statute provides that we really don't do anything until we either receive a court order determining right of disposition or the parties themselves come to agreement," said Matt Bagley, spokesman for Memorial Mortuaries. Both Mial and Price agree that Coleman's wish to be cremated will be carried out, but they are arguing over the disposition of his ashes. Price says she will spread Coleman's ashes along train tracks since trains "were his hobby and he loved that very much." But Mial says Coleman wanted to have his ashes scattered in Hawaii.

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Larry King's wife, Shawn Southwick, who reportedly wrote a suicide note and took an overdose of medication May 28, has been deeply depressed for more than five years due to her husband's relationship with her sister, Shannon Engemann, TMZ is reporting. After a showdown with King a few years ago over his relationship with her sister, King transferred title to all three of their homes to his wife. The pair separated in April and both filed for divorce, then reconciled, but the source says Southwick is still deeply depressed. One source says, "She fought like crazy to remain sane, just to take care of her kids." The pair have two sons together. About the overdose, the source says, "Shawn's not a pill popper, but she feels it's her only way to deal with her depression." Police found eight prescriptions at Southwick's bedside in the Provo, Utah, home, including Subutex, used to treat narcotic addiction; Cymbalta, an anti-depressant; Lyrica, which prevents seizures; Ambien, a sleep medication; and anti-anxiety meds Compro, Klonopin and Clonazepam, as well as the hormone Prometrium. Engemann has denied that she and King are having an affair.

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Olympic gymnast and "Dancing With the Stars" winner Shawn Johnson, 18, spent 23 minutes on the stand in a Los Angeles court Thursday, testifying against Robert O'Ryan, who is accused of stalking her. Johnson became visibly upset when prosecutors showed her the knife which, along with two guns and restraints, was part of a "kidnapping kit" found in O'Ryan's car. Johnson testified that she considered dropping out of "DWTS" when O'Ryan was arrested for trying to get onto the set of the show while she was there. "We had thought about leaving the show, and moving home if it was necessary," she said. "I was told I couldn't go shopping or basically [to] public places." She talked about her fear: "To see that somebody had that much obsession, it made me really scared," she said on the stand. On Monday, O'Ryan pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of felony stalking, felony commercial burglary and two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in his car. He faces six years in prison if convicted.

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When Renee Zellweger was spotted leaving the Melrose Place shop of bridal designer Carolina Herrera last week carrying a garment bag, as seen at left, speculation began that she had picked out a gown for a wedding to boyfriend Bradley Cooper. Star magazine, which reported that a rack of wedding gowns had been brought to her inside the shop, quoted a witness as saying, "She just kept smiling when asked if she's getting married." But Zellweger's rep told EOnline, "Please don't believe the gossip." The couple, who were also spotted having lunch with her parents this week, have been dating since August. Oddly, each has been married once before, for four months -- Cooper to actress Jennifer Esposito and Zellweger to singer Kenny Chesney.

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Miley Cyrus says "it would be a huge honor" if she were asked to appear in another "Sex and the City" film, possibly a prequel in which she would play a young Carrie. "Nobody's ever contacted me," Cyrus told Ryan Seacrest during an interview on his radio show Thursday. "But if I was asked, it would be a huge honor. I'm so obsessed with the show, so I would probably do it if they asked me to." But one thing she says she'll never do is use drugs. "Drugs are for idiots and I'm never going to be that person," says Cyrus. "IAs long as I steer clear of that and keep that mindframe, I think I'll be cool because I just have way too much fun on my own."

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The district attorney in Plano, Texas, has received the marijuana-possession case of "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford. "The case has been referred to prosecutors, and they will determine whether they have enough evidence to pursue charges against him," a police spokesman says. Crawford was arrested in the early morning hours last Friday, when he and a friend were found in a car that contained an unlit marijuana cigarette. Crawford was booked on a misdemeanor count of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and released a few hours later. The penalty could be a maximum of six months in jail and a $2,000 fine, but if he is convicted, he would probably be sentenced to probation, fined and sent to drug-education classes.

-- Anne Neville

The final photo of Gary Coleman before his death was snatched up by supermarket tabloid The Globe. The photo (purposely blurred at left) appears on the cover of this morning's issue, and shows Coleman in his hospital bed, with tubes coming out of his nose and his head heavily bandaged. Ex-wife Shannon Price leans in close to Coleman's still body, looking far from a mourning partner, with no tears are in her eyes. Instead Price looks like someone sneaking a photo they know isn't quite appropriate.

The headlines read "It was MURDER!", "Wife Shannon sobs: I didn't push him" and "Who killed him & why." The tabloid reportedly paid $10,000 to Price for the photos, which her rep continues to insist "were never meant to get out."

The hospital, in the meantime, continues to distance itself from the photo scandal. In a statement, the hospital said: "In accordance with federal privacy guidelines, no pictures are taken by hospital staff of any patient without patient or family permission. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center staff was not involved in taking any photos of Mr. Coleman."

Carrie Underwood continues her dominance in country music with big wins at the Country Music Television awards last night. Underwood, a former 'American Idol' winner, grabbed the awards for video of the year and performance of the year. The CMTs are voted on entirely by fans, and Underwood took a moment to thank them, saying "They were there before I had anything, an album, a record deal, a tour or anything like that. They built me from the ground up." Other big winners include Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert.

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The feud between Lynne Spears and former Britney Spears manager Sam Lutfi has reached the California Court of Appeals. During Britney's meltdown of 2007-08, mother Lynne blamed Lutfi for drugging and manipulating the pop star, and cutting off communication from her family. In her book, "Through the Storm," Lynn Spears wrote about Lutfi in not so flattering terms. Lutfi filed a defamation suit, which has now reached the California Court of Appeals

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TV financial analyst Suze Orman had a scare on her 59th birthday last Saturday. Orman was rushed to a Chicago hospital for an emergency appendectomy. After a few days at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Orman was discharged, and her rep now says that she is taking a couple of days to rest and recover at a Chicago hotel before returning to her home in Florida. 

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As the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death approaches, long-time friend Corey Feldman, took to the stage in homage to the King of Pop. In Oregon to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1980's film 'The Goonies' Part of the four-day schedule of events was a concert by Feldman's band. Feldman took the stage dressed like Jackson, and as the band played, Feldman dances and sang Jackson's monster hit "Billie Jean."

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Kevin Costner testified before Congress yesterday, not for anything related to Hollywood, but about the continuing Gulf of Mexico oil spill saga. While filming his mega-flop "Waterworld," Costner witnessed the use of a machine that helped clean the water of any impurities that were dropped in the water during filming. Costner invested in that technology and he says it can help clean the water in the gulf. "What I can provide is a technology that is available immediately, a technology that will allow rigs to resume operation and put people back to work," Costner said. The machine uses filters and centrifugal force to separate dirty particles from water. 

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Shania Twain is now officially single, as her divorce was finalized this week in Switzerland. Twain will be busy, however, as she prepares for her new talk show to premiere on The Oprah WInfrey Network this fall. She also has been rumored to be in consideration to replace Simon Cowell on 'American Idol' after a stint as a guest judge last season. 

-- Dave Valenzuela

Gary Coleman's former agent, who was named as his executor in the 1999 will filed yesterday in court, has changed the locks on the home Coleman shared with his ex-wife, Shannon Price, and has contacted police to force her to return things she has taken from the house, including a 2005 Dodge pickup truck, a cargo trailer, a video game system, computers, telephones and musical instruments. The local police chief says executor Dion Mial called police Monday night as Price and her father were loading property from the house into their vehicle, and police told him to return the items, which he did. But Mial says Price has already cleaned out the house.

In that will filed by Mial, Coleman ordered that only people who "really cared personally for Gary Coleman" be allowed at his services. The two-page typewritten will instructs that he be cremated, then requires that people allowed to attend the wake must be "those who have had no financial ties to me and who can look each other in the eyes and say they really cared personally for Gary Coleman." The will also says, "I direct my personal representative to permit no members of the press to be present at my wake or funeral." The will names Mial as executor of his estate, giving him broad powers to arrange the funeral and pay out estate assets to ""my entire estate to the Trustee of the Millennium Edge Trust."  The details of the trust were not revealed. Coleman's main asset was his $315,000 Utah home. In court documents accompanying the will, Mial complained that Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price, 24, "has been removing personal property from [Coleman's] home which has not been inventoried or accounted for." Price's spokeswoman, Shielia Erickson, said Price has a 2007 will in which Coleman leaves her everything, and will use that to contest the 1999 will.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Price said she plans to spread some of Coleman's ashes "around some train tracks, because trains were his hobby and he loved that very much. And I think that he would really appreciate that I did that for him." About his estate, Price says Coleman "wanted me to have everything," although he didn't have much money. "His financial problems have always been bad with people stealing from him," she said. "Gary hasn't been able to take care of finances very well because no one taught him. [But] we survived through everything. I had some family help us. My family's been very supportive."

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A judge briefly issued a bench warrant for Lindsay Lohan's arrest  after her alcohol-sensing bracelet reported that she had consumed alcohol, thereby violating her probation. Lohan's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, told TMZ that the bracelet "indicated the presence of a small amount of alcohol on Sunday night," after Lohan attended the MTV Movie Awards. Holley said, "Having just received the report, I am not in a position to speak to its accuracy or validity, however, Ms. Lohan maintains that she has been in complete compliance with all of the terms of her probation and her bail." Judge Marsha Revel ordered Lohan's current bail forfeited and set new bail at $200,000, which was immediately posted by the same bondsman who posted bail last month when Lohan failed to attend a required court hearing. The bench warrant was recalled and Lohan is due in court July 6 to explain herself. On her Twitter page Lohan wrote, "My scram wasn't set off-Its physically impossible considering I've nothing for it to go off-All of these false reports are absolutely wrong."

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Meanwhile, Lohan's father Michael Lohan is a partner in a nightclub named "Controversy" that will open in a restaurant in the Hamptons. Michael, who has been charged with DUI, tells TMZ that the club will offer a driving service for patrons who have had "a little too much too drink," and he claims the club will "screen for drugs."

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There was speculation that it was just another Speidi publicity stunt, but if so, it's legal too. Heidi Montag filed papers for a legal separation from Spencer Pratt on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable differences. In the document, which Montag wrote herself, she lists the date of separation as Tuesday, so any of her earnings on or after that date become her separate property. The papers say the pair married April 25, 2009.

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Hustler says it will release a sex tape featuring "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Danielle Staub and a mystery man. The tape, which was reportedly shot last September, features Staub, who has proclaimed on the show that she's reformed after her checkered past, "She knows it's being released," Julie Messing, Hustler's director of public relations, said the tape was not offered to Hustler by Staub or by the man in it. "It was shopped to Hustler by a production company that purchased the rights to the video. They purchased the tape legally from an undisclosed party, maybe a rep or an agent. They wanted us to be the distributor," Messing said. The 75-minute sex tape will be released Monday.

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Larry King’s wife Shawn Southwick overdosed on pills back on May 28, according to a 911 call obtained by RadarOnline. "I can’t wake her up," Shawn’s father Karl Engemann told a 911 operator after finding his daughter unresponsive at her home in Provo, Utah. "She may have overmedicated," Engemann tells the 911 operator. “I don’t think she did it on purpose. Last night she seemed confused about what she had taken, the last time she had taken it." Engemann denied that his daughter would have tried to kill herself. "No, no. No, it wouldn’t be suicidal," he says. Larry King and Shawn both filed for divorce on April 14 this year, but later reconciled. The pair have two sons.

-- Anne Neville

I had to laugh this morning when I read in our newspaper about the new Bravo network show "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist." It's a new reality show from Sarah Jessica Parker's production company, which pits artists against one another for a big cash prize and a major exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. 

The show is nearly identical to a show I concocted back in October 2007 during the middle of the hysteria of a possible Hollywood writer's strike.

Back then, for fun, I threw out a bunch of ideas, some crazy (see 'Ice Hotel'), some not so crazy, for production companies and networks to think about to fill holes in the nightly line-up if scripted television came to a screeching halt.

One of the shows, I called 'American Artist' and the concept was this:

American Artist: Have a competition in the spirit of American Idol or American Inventor where we look for the next undiscovered art phenom. Get artists of all ages, from different mediums and give them a weekly challenge, to paint, sculpt or photograph a theme or object. Film the contestants working on the piece during the week, and unveil it live. Have the American public vote for their favorite "masterpiece" every week. The winner gets an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art and a major cash prize

I didn't think it was so crazy an idea. It was when 'American Idol' was really enjoying success, and 'American Inventor' had hit the airwaves. I thought it was a reasonable concept, and even signed off my blog saying, "Hollywood producers, you know where to find me..."

Well, nobody called, and I forgot about the blog until this morning when I read the wire story and visited the Bravo web site.

Here is how the network describes it:

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist will bring together fourteen aspiring artists to compete for a solo show at a nationally recognized museum and a generous cash prize. 

In each episode, contestants are faced with the challenge of creating unique pieces in a variety of mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography, collage and industrial design. The weekly assignments are exciting, original and will challenge the artists to push the limits of their technical skills and creative boundaries. Completed works of art will be appraised by our panel of top art world figures alongside a new celebrated guest judge every week. Through a gallery showing at the end of each challenge, these industry select dictate which artists have successfully mastered the subject matter and creation of their piece, as well as whose concept leaves the greatest impact.

Pretty similar. Group of artists. Check. Different mediums. Check. Weekly challenges. Check. Winner gets a show at a major museum. Check. Cash prize. Check.

Only difference I can see if that America isn't voting, but a panel of art critics.

I guess I should be flattered that my idea is coming to the small screen, but I can't help but wonder whether I missed my calling in television. 

It's not too late for 'Ice Hotel' ... Call me!

-- Dave Valenzuela

It's a battle of wills. Literally. At least three wills created by former child actor Gary Coleman have surfaced this week. Ex-wife Shannon Price has a hand-written will dated in 2009, when they were still married, which names her as the sole beneficiary of Coleman's estate. Former co-star Todd Bridges claims to have a secret will that contains Coleman's true wishes, and will 'shut everybody up.' And Coleman's attorney has a will from 1999 which he said will trump all of them in court.

Bridges says of his document, "Gary had certain wishes [to exclude his parents]. I'm not going to go against a dying man's wishes. There's a reason why he didn't speak to them for 23 years."

Attorney Kent Alderman and Dion Mial, whom Coleman chose to be executor of his estate, both agree that the will Price claims to have will be ruled null and void in Utah court because it fails to meet certain criteria.

Price's rep, however, is fighting for what she thinks is her client's. Sheilia Erickson says that her client gave Coleman the money to have the will drafted, and that his wishes should be honored. Erickson also claims that Coleman had a falling out with Mial and said that they weren't friends any longer.

But it appears that Alderman and Mial will be successful in court this week. 

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Price rep also confirmed that Shannon was behind the photos that are being shopped around the tabloid world. Erickson confirms that Price and her family took photos of Coleman while he was on life support, but also of his lifeless body, hours after he passed. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center employees noted that the family was taking photos of Coleman, and news of the photos landed on TMZ. The photos of Coleman on life support are said to have been snapped up, for a reported 5-figures, but the death photos were turned down as poor taste. Price's rep insists that the photos "were never meant to get out," but Price is expected to benefit from the sale of the photos.

Coleman's parents call the photos "extremely disrespectful." Sue Coleman told TMZ, "I can't think of any other reason why she would do that unless it's just for the money."

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Charlie Sheen's plea deal in his domestic assault case has 'hit a snag' according to E! News. Pitken County District Attorney Arnold Mordkin tells the site, "We need more time than is available for us to complete some of the finer points [of the plea deal]." Sheen was going to make his plea deal in court yesterday and expected to be sentenced to 30 days in jail. A source tells E!, ""This was a big surprise, we thought everything would go according to plan."

TMZ reports this morning that Pitkin County's Jail Administrative Officer, Beverly Campbell, was the one who caused the snag. Campbell, according to the site, wanted to take a harder line on Sheen's plea deal. Campbell doesn't believe Sheen is eligible for work release, but that he only qualifies for Useful Public Service. Under UPS, Sheen would only be eligible for daily release between 10 AM and 4 PM, as opposed to the proposed 8 AM to 8 PM window that Sheen's team requested. Campbell also wants to limit the quality of meals Sheen can have on the outside, not to mention prevent Sheen from smoking.

Demi Moore has agreed to write her memoirs for HarperCollins for a reported $2 million. The tentative released date will be 2012, and the memoir will cover her three decades in Hollywood, plus her three marriages -- to singer/songwriter Freddy Moore, actor Bruce Willis and actor Ashton Kutcher. It is also expected that Moore will write about her troubled childhood, including her troubled relationship with an alcoholic mother.

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Marvin Isley, of the Isley Brothers, passed away on Sunday at a Chicago-area hospice, the AP reports. Marvin Isley was the bass player of the band, which at one time featured five of the Isley brothers. He was was a long-time sufferer of diabetes, but also had suffered a stroke, battle high blood pressure and lost use of his legs and one hand. The spokesperson of Weiss Memorial Hospital confirmed the death, but no other details were available. 

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Alanis Morissette was married last month to boyfriend/rapper Souleye (real name Mario Treadway). People magazine reports that the couple was married in an intimate ceremony on May 22, at the Los Angeles home they share. Morissette tweeted her news, telling fans: "So happy to share with you that my man Souleye and I got married. We're very excited to embark on this journey with each other....sending love...connect soon xo - Alanis"

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The man accused of stalking former Olympic gymnastics champion Shawn Johnson has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in a Los Angeles court. Robert O'Ryan was was arrested in March 2009 at the studio where Johnson was filming 'Dancing with the Stars' with what police called a "kidnapping kit." O'Ryan had two loaded shotguns, duct tape and zip ties in his vehicle, police said at the time. O'Ryan also sent creepy love letters to Johnson in which he professed his undying devotion to the Olympic star. O'Ryan is facing one count of felony stalking and two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm. If convicted in this non-jury trial, O'Ryan could face four years in prison. If found to be 'insane,' he would be remanded to a state mental hospital.

-- Dave Valenzuela

TMZ is reporting that four photos of Gary Coleman in the hospital after his fall -- the final one taken after his death -- are being offered for sale. The web site reports, "We've seen one of the photos and declined to even look at the rest. In the pic, Gary is in the hospital, his eyes are closed and he is hooked up to a ventilation machine. It is not a pleasant sight." The asking price for the photos is said to be "in the low five figures," possibly around $10,000. The web post concludes, "We're guessing someone will buy it. It's just the way it is."

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Suddenly, Sandra Bullock is everywhere! First she surprised the crowd when she made her first public appearance Saturday night since the Jesse James cheating scandal to accept the "Troops Choice" Award for Entertainer of the Year at the Guys Choice Awards in Los Angeles. After being greeted by a standing ovation, she joked about her personal troubles. "Did I win this because of the spectacular I.E.D. explosion that became my personal life?" asked Bullock, who wore a form-fitting black leather mini-dress, left. "Because I would do it over again if it was to entertain our troops, and our extraordinary troops deserve something much more than some actress in a tight dress talking about herself," she said. The crowd at the ceremony Saturday included active duty members of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard, as as well as stars, including Robert DeNiro, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Bradley Cooper, John Hamm and Jessica Biel. The "Troops Choice" Award is voted on by active-duty members of the military. Organizers had been told in advance that Bullock would not attend, "So it was a great surprise to see her coming out on the stage," said U.S. Army 1st Sergeant Nicholas McClain.

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Then Bullock showed up at Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards, sharing a brief and slightly awkward kiss with Scarlett Johannson as she was given the Generation Award by Johannson, Betty White and her "All About Steve" costar Bradley Cooper. Cooper told her that he hopes she knows "how loved you are ... you are once-in-a-generation talent." After the brief kiss with Johannson, Bullock said, "Now that we have done that, can you please go back to normal? "Because therapy is expensive... Get back to making fun of me!"

The night's other buzzed-about moment was an energetic hip-hop dance routine perfomed by Jennifer Lopez and her pal Tom Cruise, who was in character as the brash, foul-mouthed movie mogul Les Grossman from the movie "Tropic Thunder." The pair surprised the croud with a routine to her song, "Get Right."

The big winner at the award show was "New Moon," which took five of 13 awards, including "Best Kiss" for Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Best Male and Female Performance for those two stars and Global Superstar for Pattinson.

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Charlie Sheen is scheduled to appear in court in Aspen today to plead no contest to a reduced charge of misdemeanor assault in the domestic violence case against him and begin serving a 30-day jail sentence. But Sunday, Sheen was all smiles as he did errands in Los Angeles, joking with the ever-present paparazzi and gassing up his Mercedes. TMZ reports that Sheen will be held in the jail between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., but be free to work during the day at Theatre Aspen, coaching actors who will be working on the play "Same Time Next Year," and helping in the fundraising department.

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Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former "Survivor" producer who is being sought by Mexican police in the April 8  murder of his wife, took the couple's two children to the Los Angeles Zoo on Saturday. Camila, 5, and Alec, 3, were also with Beresford-Redman's mother. Little Alec was photographed wearing a red T-shirt that had written on the front, "I LOVE CANDY TOYS MOMMY."  When Mexican officials issued an arrest warrant for Beresford-Redman on May 31, he proclaimed his innocence. "I am devastated at her loss; and I am incensed at the suggestion that I could have had anything to do with her death," Beresford-Redman said in a statement. "I am innocent." Monica, a restaurant owner, was killed and her body stuffed into a sewer at a Cancun resort where the family was vacationing.

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"Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford was was arrested early Friday for possession of marijuana, according to a police report. Police in Plano, Texas, discovered a marijuana cigarette in the vehicle he was in when they searched it in the parking lot of a shopping center. TMZ reports that Crawford was in the car with one other person. The charge is a misdemeanor, for having two ounces or less of marijuana. On Friday, Crawford was spotted having lunch with two other people at Naan Sushi, a restaurant in the same shopping center where he was arrested, a source told People. The usually smiling and handsome Crawford appeared red-eyed and grin in his mug shot, left.

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Also arrested was troubled "Hills" and "Laguna Beach"star Jason Wahler, who faces charges of misdemeanor battery. Police said they were called to a Hollywood party after a woman said Wahler struck her during an argument. In late March, Wahler, who had tangled with Mexican police after a bar fight and was later charged with DUI in Newport Beach, said, "I'm am very, very ashamed of everything ... I am very sorry for everything that's happened." He also said, "I never want to drink again ... God did that to me, so maybe I would be at [rock] bottom and want to climb my way to the top."

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A car registered to Kanye West struck a vacant house in Honolulu early Saturday morning, but West was apparently not involved. Police say the car, a Porsche Panamera, hit the house at about 4 a.m. and witnesses said they saw three men running from the crash. The car was reported stolen sometime after the accident.

-- Anne Neville