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• Headstone Swiped from Joy Division Singer's Grave

  E! Online - Thu Jul 3, 11:52 AM PDT
  Ian Curtis wasn't around long but he left quite an impression. Someone has stolen the memorial gravestone that marks the late Joy Division singer's final resting place in a Macclesfield cemetery, British authorities said Thursday. Curtis, who was recently played by Sam Riley in the well-received biopic Control, hanged himself May, 18, 1980, at the age of 23, right before his band was about to embark on its first U.S. tour. The stone, which had been there for more than more »

• Steve-O, Bodyguard Sued for Boutique Bopping

  E! Online - Thu Jul 3, 11:18 AM PDT
  Maybe working for Steve-O has made his bodyguard forget that most people don't enjoy the occasional blow to the head. A former security guard has sued the Jackass daredevil and his muscle, Reggie Pace, for assault and battery, claiming Pace punched him when he refused to let their entourage into a West Hollywood boutique last summer. "It's all about getting justice," Joseph Barrett, attorney for the plaintiff, Roland Cano, said in a statement Thursday. " Steve-O may more »

• Brinkley Feels "Really Badly" for the Other Woman

  E! Online - Thu Jul 3, 10:27 AM PDT
  Christie Brinkley has been through a lot—and she still has a lot to go through—but she hasn't lost her ability to empathize. "I'd just like to say after two days of testimony that I can't help but think about Diana Bianchi, and I want her and her family to know that I feel really badly for them," the jilted former supermodel said after court Thursday, referring to the woman who was a teenager when she had an affair with Brinkley's soon to be ex-husband, Peter more »

• Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

  Associated Press - Thu Jul 3, 5:24 PM PDT
  Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83. His publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press he died at his home. Although not the original Bozo, Harmon portrayed the popular clown in countless appearances and, as an entrepreneur, he licensed the character to others, particularly dozens of television stations around the country. more »

• Rachael Ray employee claims anorexia bias

  Associated Press - Thu Jul 3, 4:18 PM PDT
  A former accountant for Rachael Ray 's TV cooking show has filed a $1 million lawsuit saying he was forced out of his job because he has an eating disorder. Aaron Ferguson says in papers filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court that he has suffered from anorexia for about six years. He says his supervisor repeatedly exhibited "hostile behavior" and made "vile," discriminatory and hurtful comments. The comments included, "Anorexics are sick in the head," and, "Anorexics more »

• Ashley Dupré Puts Francis Out of Focus

  E! Online - Thu Jul 3, 8:39 AM PDT
  It might be wishful thinking at this point, but Ashley Alexandra Dupré is going to try to turn the page. The former call girl, who was unexpectedly outed when ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was caught partaking of her services, has dropped her $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild boss Joe Francis, citing her wish to "eliminate all negativity from her life and focus on the positive." "She has prospects for many exciting new projects and is looking forward to starting a more »

• Brinkley: Husband's affair 'shattered' my life

  Associated Press - Thu Jul 3, 3:48 PM PDT
  A tearful Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that she was devastated by her husband's affair with a teenager and his attempts to find other paramours through pornographic Web sites. "My world was completely shattered," the former Sports Illustrated model said. "My life as I knew it had vanished." Brinkley took the stand in state Supreme Court a day after the trial opened with testimony from her architect-husband, Peter Cook, and his former mistress, Diana more »

• Paisley says working with Griffith a highlight

  Associated Press - Thu Jul 3, 2:48 PM PDT
  Brad Paisley says he got to mark a biggie off his wish list when Andy Griffith agreed to be in the video for his new single, "Waitin' On a Woman." "He has influenced my life more than most people that I grew up with -- more than most people that I actually knew my whole life," Paisley said recently. "I wrote Andy a letter telling him what he has meant to me over the years and asked him to be in the video." In the video, which began airing this week, the 82-year-old star of more »

• Priestley says music industry 'a mess' but works

  Associated Press - Thu Jul 3, 2:06 PM PDT
  Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers. Priestley, 38, followed the group to Nashville as they sought a record deal. "I got there as an outsider following this band who had a lot of autonomy in Canada and were basically left alone by their record label and did things how they wanted to do them and were successful," the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star told The Associated more »