Saturday, October 23, 2004
Zeta-Jones blows her topover club's use of image
LOS ANGELES -- Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has sued a Nevada topless club that she said used her image for advertising and promotion without her permission.
The lawsuit filed in U.S District Court in Los Angeles said The Spice House, which bills itself as "Reno's friendliest topless cabaret," displayed her picture on "numerous pages" of its Web site, sometimes alongside partially nude women.
That created the false impression the actress "endorsed or approved of the sexually explicit content" and could "dilute the value of her celebrity endorsement," the lawsuit says.
The star of "Chicago" and "Intolerable Cruelty" has never authorized the club or its owner, Wesglow Resources, to display her image, according to the lawsuit. She seeks unspecified damages and an order barring further use of her likeness.
Woman accuses Sizemoreof sexual harassment
LOS ANGELES -- A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing actor Tom Sizemore of sexual harassment while he starred in the now-canceled CBS show "Robbery Homicide Division."
Loretta Jody Miller claims Sizemore repeatedly made lewd statements, groped her and exposed himself. She also alleged that she was wrongly fired after she complained.
Miller's position or relation to Sizemore were unclear. A call to attorneys for Miller and Sizemore were not immediately returned Friday night.
Others named in the lawsuit, filed Friday in Superior Court, include CBS Entertainment and Sizemore's holding company, Bare Knuckles Productions.
Sizemore, 42, who has appeared in such films as "Black Hawk Down" and "Saving Private Ryan," was sentenced in October to six months in jail on misdemeanor charges of physically abusing Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss during their two-year relationship.
His parole was revoked last month after he failed to complete a drug test.
Pamela Anderson asksqueen to stop use of pelts
LONDON -- Pamela Anderson has sent a petition to Queen Elizabeth II urging Britain's monarch to stop the use of bear pelts in making the tall black helmets worn by palace guards.
The charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said the former Baywatch star collected 200 signatures from fans in Britain and mailed the petition to Buckingham Palace on Friday. A palace spokeswoman refused to comment.
In her petition, the 37-year-old actress argued that synthetic materials should be used to make the hats worn by guards who patrol the palace gate.
The towering black hat, or busby, dates back almost 200 years to the Battle of Waterloo and is a key part of the uniform of the five guards' regiments -- the Coldstream, Grenadier, Irish, Scots and Welsh. It is also featured in traditional ceremonies like Trooping the Color and the Changing of the Guard.
"We the undersigned urge the queen to call on the Ministry of Defense to cease the use of real fur on the uniforms for the regiment of foot guards," the petition said.
Anderson collected the signatures at a London store where she was signing copies of her new novel on Thursday.
Today's birthdays
Football Hall-of-Famer Y.A. Tittle is 78. Rock musician Bill Wyman is 68. Actor-producer David Nelson is 68. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 65. Actor Kevin Kline is 57. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is 56. Country musician Billy Thomas (Terry McBride and the Ride) is 51. Actor B.D. Wong is 42. Rock musician Ben Gillies (Silverchair) is 25. Singer-actress Monica Arnold is 24. R & amp;B singer Adrienne Bailon (3lw) is 21.
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