Ex-Judge Loses Robes, Penis Pump and Now Retirement Package

US Judge Donald D Thompson may not have achieved much while sitting on the bench in Oklahoma, but the "penis pump" judge who was convicted three years ago for using a penis pump device under his judicial robes has now had his robes taken away along with his pump and retirement package. Thompson filed a petition claims the decision was “made in haste and a result of conjecture and innuendo and not supported by evidence.” As such, he requests ...

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Michael Jackson's Thrilling Adventures

If there's one thing about Michael Jackson it's that his retirement career has been more entertaining than his song-and-moondance routine. The latest installment is a lawsuit from john Landis, director of the "Thriller" video, to prevent Jackson from permitting the video's producing from producing a stage show. Landis claimed he owns the rights and paid Jacko $400,000 for them. Still, for Jacko it's a nice change to be in the civil court ra...

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George Michael's Toilet Trouble - Again

Colorful singer George Michael is in more toilet trouble after suspicious behaviour n a public tilet near Hamstead Heath, London, saw him arrested for being in possession of cannabis and crack cocaine. Michael has spoken openly about his sex and drugs lifestyle before. In May last year Michael was given a two-year driving ban after pleading guilty to driving while unfit through drugs, after being found slumped at the wheel of his car.

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First the Harry Potter Lexicon, Now Harry Potter’s Lonely Planet

No-one can call Steven Vander Ark gun-shy when it comes to coat tailing Harry Potter. Just a week since his “Harry Potter Lexicon” failed to qualify for fair use protection with a $6750 judgment in favour of J K Rowling his passion for Harry Potter continues, this time with a planned “travel memoir” outlining key UK locations that he claims inspired the Harry Potter series.

The owner of Michigan-based RDR, which planned to publish the ...

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Helen Mirren's Date Rape Views Raise Eyebrows

Actress Helen Mirren says date-rape is a "tricky area" best worked out by the parties and she evidently speaks with some authority having been a victim herself, according to a forthcoming story in GQ.

Mirren says if a couple is heavy into sexual activity and the woman says "no" at the last second, technically it's rape, but, "I don't think she can have that man into court under those circumstances. I guess it is one of the subtle part...

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The Donald And The Lawyers . . Oh, And The Lawsuit

Donald Trump's having more than a bad hair day, he's suing the ass off his former New York lawyers for having the temerity to have used his famous name in an ad. The cost (according to The Donald)? $5 million.

"They put my name up all over their ads like I'm in love with them, and I really don't like them," said Trump. "If it was somebody I was happy with, that would be one thing, but I'm not happy with them," Trump added.

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"Holy Toledo, Robin. I've Just Hit Mom!" Chris Bale's Bad Night Out

It goes with the territory for some big noter actors, biffing anyone who gets in their way, (think Russell Crowe, Mickey Rourke, Charlie Sheen, oh the list goes on) but Christian Bales just took the whole game one step further with a claim he belted his mother and his sister prior to the premiere of his blockbuster Batman outing. Evidently an argument occurred at the Dorchester Hotel where mother Jenny (61) and sister Sharon (40) were staying...

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A Short Course In Modern Russian History

Here’s an interesting piece of modern Russian legal history direct from the WSJ Law Blog: In 2006, oil company Yukos, once Russia’s largest private company, was re-nationalized by then-President Vladimir Putin — a move that many saw as retribution for the counter-Kremlin political activities of Yukos chairman Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Whatever the reason, Khodorkovsky sat in a Siberian jail while his company was hacked up and distributed in a seri...

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Uptown Girl's Divorce From A Junkyard Porn Dog

The Christie Brinkley divorce show has all the ingredients of an x-rated Desperate Pornwives flick, with the Long Island proceeding hearing about Peter Cook's fling with a teenage assistant and his gold membership of an internet porn group where he did all manner of unmentionable - well, actually most of them got to be mentioned much to Mr Cook's humiliation - things. "You're not proud of what you did, are you?" Cook's lawyer, Norman Sheresky,...

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The Sick Comic Buchwald And The FBI's Not-So-Funny Bone

Sometimes the Feds just forget where their funny bone is and what could the FBI ever do but laugh at J Edgar Hoover, the cross-dressing chief who thought humourist Art Buchwald was just a "sick comic". So says, a 239-page file was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The sick comic appeared on the FBI radar on several occasions. In 1961 he claimed to have uncovered the “Orlov Plan.” Buchwald often created fictitious characters, an...

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