Former Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek has filed for divorce from his wife of six years, Los Angeles court records show.
Van Der Beek, 32, and actress Heather Ann McComb had separated earlier this year, with the papers citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason.
The pair got engaged in early 2003 and were married [...]

A website accused of selling music by The Beatles without permission was placed under a temporary restraining order on Friday.
BlueBeat.com were issued an order by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter that has stopped them from offering digital Beatles music.
Beatles’ record label EMI sued the Santa Cruz based company on Tuesday for alleged copyright [...]

Tameka Foster says her divorce with singer Usher is yet to be finalised.
Usher filed for divorce from Foster in June and demanded joint custody of their sons, Usher Raymond V, 22 months, and Naviyd, 10 months.
The star declared he was single after signing divorce papers in August and media reports suggested the divorce had [...]

Usher’s new single Papers was widely believed to be the story of the recent breakdown of his marriage.
But according to the song’s writer, it was instead written about the strain of Usher’s relationship with his mother.
Sean Garrett, who claims the song was written before the singer’s divorce, explained: “Some of it is true and [...]

The widow of Michael Crichton has filed a creditor’s claim against his estate.
Sherri Alexander Crichton claims she signed a prenuptial agreement with the Jurassic Park writer on April 22, 2005, that stated she would receive $1 million a year for nine years.
In the court documents, filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Sherri says she [...]

Usher lays out the emotional rollercoaster of his divorce on his new album, music critics say.
The lyrics of the song Papers are widely seen as a post-mortem on what went wrong in his brief marriage to Tameka Foster, a stylist. Usher intones about being fed up and “ready to sign them papers”.
He sings: “I’m losing [...]

Newly released court documents have – literally – revealed a blow-by-blow account of Chris Brown’s shocking assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
A police officer’s report from the night the R&B star launched a vicious attack on the Barbadian beauty inside his Lamborghini have described the incident in graphic detail.
Brown was convicted of felony assault and on Tuesday [...]

The battle over Michael Jackson’s inheritance is heating up.
The late King of Pop’s mum Katherine has gone back to court in her battle with lawyers for the star’s estate and a concert promoter.
Katherine has already lost a bid to be named the temporary administrator of her son’s estate.
Now she has filed court papers demanding that [...]

Katherine Jackson’s has asked a court to give her a temporary financial allowance from son Michael’s estate.
Katherine Jackson was “financially dependent” upon the late King of Pop and needs the money to live, court papers state.
“We are informed that Mrs Jackson was also financially dependent upon Michael Jackson and that other than extremely modest social [...]

Michael Jackson’s estate has been given permission to enter into book deals following the superstar’s death.
A judge in California today gave the estate’s administrators the green light to reprint Jackson’s autobiography Moonwalk.
The book was originally published back in 1988, and is now set to hit bookshelves again in the US, Canada, France, Germany and the [...]