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A Los Angeles hotel is suing Phil Spector, his wife and agent for failing to pay more than 0,000 in accommodations for lawyers and expert witnesses in his murder trial.

The son of "The Godfather" creator Mario Puzo sued Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, claiming the studio failed to pay royalties from a 2006 video game based on the book and movie characters.

The 24-year-old soul diva is having more hospital tests after fainting earlier this week.

Johnny Cash's longtime lakeside home, a showcase where he wrote much of his famous music and entertained U.S. presidents, music royalty and visiting fans, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday.

Jerry Seinfeld claims a cookbook author is cooking up some fancy semantics by calling him an actor rather than a comedian to minimize the humor in statements she says defamed her.

Rapper Young Jeezy was charged with driving under the influence and speeding after he was pulled over on an Atlanta highway early Wednesday.

Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and Tinkerbell.

"It's way overdue," the 44-year-old English pop star told The Associated Press. "It's something that happened ... almost without a whisper in England, but it was basically because we weren't that concerned about the word 'marriage."'

Wesley Snipes recently received a 7,363 "cost of prosecution" bill from the government for his tax trial, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

A popular transsexual Turkish singer went on trial Wednesday on charges of trying to turn the public against military service.

Two allegations brought against Rob Lowe by his ex-nanny Jessica Gibson were tossed out of court, TMZ.com reported.

Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, the Associated Press confirmed.

Piers Morgan apologized Wednesday for introducing Paul McCartney to Heather Mills and dissed fellow "America's Got Talent" judge David Hasselhoff's spray-on tans.

WowOwow.com lists 12 of its favorite "cougars," including Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Halle Berry.

Britney's ailing personal economy is reflected in the just-filed tax statement of her charitable foundation for 2006.

The tension between ex-spouses Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards reached another boiling point this week when a three-year-old voicemail of the 'Two and a Half Men' star using the N-word against Richards emerged.

The human body comes in all shapes an sizes. Some people are genetically gifted and some are genetically cursed. While most of us fall somewhere in the middle, here are six people who occupy extreme ends of the spectrum...

At that point, you can just sit back and forget about the email newsletter and instead focus on adding fresh, informative content to your blog, which will automatically populate the newsletter.

We talk to countless personal trainers who have their own website already, but want to sell health and wellness products on it. Most of them do not have the thousands of dollars to invest in a website, or the thousands of dollars to spend on search engine optimization.

This is BY FAR the best idea I've seen in 2008 so far for making money online from your health and fitness website. Good luck and have fun!

Michelle Khai has taken one of the first pieces of exercise equipment ever and made it anew. She has taken something used by strongmen, gladiators and Olympians to build powerful, explosive muscles and changed the weight and movements so that it works perfectly for ballet dancers. Think about that. From Roman gladitors in the late second century BC, to ballet dancers and everyday women in 2008.

Some unsuccessful dieters spend years - and hundreds of pounds - seeking the secret of weight-loss success. Surely this pill (with so many glowing testimonies) must work? And even though the last diet plan was impossible to stick to for more than two days, this celebrity-endorsed regime has got to be worth a try. Then there's that list of amazing superfoods...

None of these work. However much they promise to be "the secret", the one effortless way to lose weight, they're all ways to distract yourself from the truth. There's only one secret to losing weight - and it's one you probably wish wasn't true.

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As a nutritionist who was once fat, I have examined the weight issue from every angle. I have worked with thousands of clients in successfully fighting fat and I am now, myself, tiny and fit, a mere fraction of my once fat self.

A big part of the problem is that dieters do nothing to change their mental state. Your body's set point is created first in your mind. New research in cell biology shows our perceptions activate our genes, health and behavior. You can't get your body to change without getting your mind on board.

The second problem is low-calorie, low-fat diets slow metabolism, block fat-burning and stimulate appetite, making weight loss more difficult on multiple levels.

Here are three common mistakes:

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For years, hopeful dieters have been counting shopping as a form of exercise. And now, a new fitness trend sweeping the US and UK seems to be offering some justification: it's been dubbed "mallercise".

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We're all becoming more conscious not only of the nutrients in our food, but of the wider environmental factors involved in what we eat. Concepts like "food miles", "organic", "sustainable" and "locally produced" are often on our minds. But just how far would you go?

In Britain, we've come up with a novel way to deal with the long-standing problem of grey squirrels - we're eating them.

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It has been well established that journaling and documenting your weight loss efforts is helpful when it comes to achieving long term success. Video journaling via YouTube (Vlogging, as the techies call it) has boomed in popularity - sparking a new way to inspire or be inspired and share experiences.

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With a food crisis on our hands and the prospect of shelling out big bucks for our food sources of phytochemicals, many people have thought about starting a garden. The prospect of growing one's own fruits and veggies does have a certain nostalgic appeal to accompany the financial one. The idea is certainly gaining ground (at least in my neck of the woods in western Canada). Companies that sell seeds, soil and other essentials have seen unprecedented demand for their goods.

Because the idea of gardening is new to me, I've had to pull together some resources to help get me started. I would recommend doing your homework, speaking to someone who works at a gardening store and clip some articles from the web.

Here are some basic tips on how to start a vegetable garden:

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There is considerable confusion over the caloric content of coffee. Not all coffee drinks are high in calories. Coffee - without additives - is almost a zero-calorie drink.

Here is a complete guide to understanding coffee calories.

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Say it ain't so! The accepted conventional wisdom of eating several smaller meals throughout the day to shed pounds is being challenged at almost every turn. A recent article has gone so far as calling extra meals a "faddish dieting trend" (gasps in horror).

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Arguably one of the most concerning aspects of the obesity crisis is how it is impacting our children. After 25 years of the climbing obesity rates in children, there may be cause for hope as these levels have stalled - according to the CDC. The findings, based on survey data gathered from 1999 to 2006 are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Courtesy of NY Times)

Now the big question: Is this a temporary blip in the continued upward spiral, or is this cause to celebrate (with carrot sticks and a game of soccer, of course).

Guarded enthusiasm may be the best way to handle this news at the moment. With that, let's take a look at these findings from both perspectives.

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