Coogan denies paternity
Actor Steve Coogan has denied reports he is the father of Courtney Love’s alleged child.
“It’s nonsense,” a rep for Coogan, who appeared in the film “Around the World in 80 Days,” told BBCnews.com.
The British tabloid News of the World quoted Love, 41, as saying she was “pregnant with Steve’s baby” on Sunday. On Friday, Love, at left, was ordered to enter a drug-rehabilitation clinic by a Los Angeles judge.
The TV gossip show “Extra” claimed on its Monday night show that the Brad Pitt-Jennifer Aniston divorce will become final Oct. 2. “Extra” reports neither party asked for alimony and the couple’s Beverly Hills mansion is on the market.
The Sienna Miller-Jude Law merry-go-round has come to a screeching halt.
After rumors the engaged couple would reconcile, Miller, 23, told friends she was breaking up with Law, according to several British newspaper stories. The “Alfie” star had an affair with his children’s nanny, according to reports last month.
The other John Roberts – the CBS News anchor, not the Supreme Court nominee – is wearing a gold wedding band again, the New York Post reported.
“John and his wife were briefly separated,” a CBS spokeswoman said. “They have reconciled, and they’ve been back together for 15 months.”
50 Cent is suing a Philadelphia-area car dealer for using a picture of the rapper in a newspaper advertisement selling Dodge Magnums with the tag line “Just Like 50 Says!”
Attorneys for Curtis Jackson – 50’s real name – filed the lawsuit against Gary Barbera Enterprises on Friday in a Pennsylvania federal court, thesmokinggun.com reported. He seeks more than $1 million for trademark infringements.
Natasha Lyonne, co-star in two of the “American Pie” movies, was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday with hepatitis C, a collapsed lung and a heart infection. The New York Post also reported Lyonne, 26, is receiving methadone treatment, typically used to combat heroin addiction.
Lyonne’s father, Aaron Braunstein, told the New York Daily News he plans to sue Beth Israel Hospital, claiming a hospital official leaked information. The hospital has denied it leaked the story.
Lyonne was charged in December with criminal mischief, harassment and trespassing for threatening a New York neighbor. She was due in court April 19 to answer the charges, but left the courthouse early. An arrest warning then was issued by a Manhattan Criminal Court judge.
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
Madonna set to ride again
Madonna, recovering from a fall from a horse last week, told the Sun newspaper that “as soon as the doctors give me the OK, I expect to be right back on a horse and riding again.”
In an unrelated matter, the singer is suing a lingerie company for featuring nude images of her. The Madonna Nude 1979 underwear will be launched in Britain in November by Internet lingerie retailer Figleaves.com. The designs are based on Martin Schreiber’s photos taken of Madonna, then an unknown dancer, in 1979.
