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The card company PARIS HILTON is suing for allegedly using her likeness and trademarked ‘That’s hot’ phrase without her permission has hit back at the hotel heiress - claiming she’s a publicity seeker.
Hilton filed her lawsuit against Hallmark Cards in September (07), citing invasion of privacy and misappropriating her image.
But Hallmark bosses have now filed a motion to dismiss the case, in which they defend their right to use Hilton’s image because she deliberately courts public attention.
The motion reads: "Hilton has become a household name, based in large part on her efforts to draw attention to herself. Having done so, she has subjected herself to public scrutiny and the parodist’s pen.
"The First Amendment does not allow her to respond by welcoming the fawning and flattering, but silencing the critical and comical."

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BON JOVI rocker RICHIE SAMBORA is putting his recent troubles behind him by dating stylist JEN MALLANI.
Sambora and Mallani, who have been dating since the summer (07), went public at a Duran Duran concert after-party at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City on 2 November (07).
The guitarist has had a turbulent 2007 - he recently checked out of a Utah rehab facility, where he was treated for alcoholism, his divorce from actress Heather Locklear was finalised and he split from girlfriend Denise Richards.
His father also passed away from lung cancer.

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Oscar winner MIRA SORVINO is considering a career in politics after wowing politicians with her human trafficking knowledge.
The Mighty Aphrodite star has often been asked to consider running for office ever since she made her first official visit to Washington, D.C. in 2004 to speak up for women’s rights.
And, although Sorvino insists a political career isn’t something she’s considering right now, she doesn’t rule out the possibility.
Speaking to Capitol File magazine, she says, "It’s a fascinating prospect, but I think it would be down the line.
"I want to be the best mother I can be to my children, and I don’t think running for public office right now would allow me the time I need to give them." Sorvino became interested in human trafficking issues while researching her role in harrowing 2005 movie Human Trafficking.

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BRITNEY SPEARS put her legal and custody woes behind her to go car shopping on Wednesday (07Nov07).
The pop superstar celebrated the success of her comeback album Blackout, which debuted at number two on the U.S. charts on Wednesday, by paying out more than $200,000 for a luxury Mercedes-Benz.
Spears spent two hours at a Mercedes dealership in Van Nuys, California, test driving a silver SUV and a white Mercedes SL 65.
She eventually bought the car, which she drove off the lot, followed by her assistant, who left in the Mercedes Spears has been driving for the past year.
A bystander tells WENN, "Britney was very happy with her purchase but made it clear that she might return for the SUV she test drove.
"That would certainly be a great family car for her - and prove she means business about becoming a great mum." Spears’ old Mercedes has plenty of bad memories for Spears - she was driving it when she was accused of a hit and run in August (07), and she could face another hit and run charge for driving the motor over a police officer’s foot.
The car also cost her dear in her custody battle for kids Sean Preston and Jayden James - when they were spotted in the backseat without the legally required restraints.

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Hollywood stars KATE HUDSON and ORLANDO BLOOM have sparked rumours of a new Hollywood romance after they were caught kissing at a Halloween party.
The pair got together at a bash Hudson threw at her home in Pacific Palisades, California on 27 October (07), and the actress didn’t care who saw them - including her recent ex, actor Dax Shepherd.
An insider tells OK! magazine, "Kate and Orlando were talking, drinking and laughing. Then they just started going at it (kissing). They made out for ages and looked like they were really enjoying themselves. They didn’t care who was watching.
"After that first make-out session, they walked around and talked to everyone as a couple. They were inseparable for the rest of the night." Another onlooker adds, "At one point, Kate and Orlando were kissing in front of Dax. But he didn’t seem to care at all." Hudson’s divorce from The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson was finalised just two days before her kissing marathon with Bloom, on 25 October (07).
Other guests at the party included another hot new Hollywood couple, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon.

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TERI HATCHER is publicly supporting her DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES co-star EVA LONGORIA after the Latina was verbally abused while serving up pizza to striking writers.
The actress fought back tears as she spoke to TV reporters on the picket lines on Tuesday (06Nov07), but the footage failed to capture the taunting she received from angry writers, who felt she and her co-stars should have joined them on strike.
Hatcher insists her co-star was caught up in a tense stand-off, when she simply wanted to show striking writers her support.
The actress says, "She was upset. It’s a very difficult position to be in…
We support the writers and the issues that they’re fighting for… But we also have contracts and our union says that we have to go to work.
"We can picket when we’re not filming, like, we can join them and have solidarity, which we do - which is what her gesture was with the pizza, and unfortunately it wasn’t received well… They were chanting a lot of intense things about all of us.
"I think they all sort of kissed and made up at the end but it was just a difficult, stressful day." Longoria has since promised to join Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry on the picket line on Thursday (08Nov07).
She says, "I support the writers 100 per cent. I don’t think the writers are unreasonable in anything that they’re asking for." Meanwhile, Hatcher insists she and her castmates are now "out of work" after filming on the show was halted on Tuesday afternoon.

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LINDSAY LOHAN is in talks to play a fallen beauty queen in an upcoming episode of hit sitcom UGLY BETTY.
Lohan’s character is forced to take a job at a fast food restaurant after struggling to pay her rent, according to The New York Observer.
The role will reportedly run for three episodes.
A show source says, "Betty tries to help Lindsay’s character by getting her a job at Mode, the fashion magazine where she works on the show." If Lohan agrees to appear on the show she’ll follow star guest Victoria Beckham, who has played herself on the programme - as a bridesmaid to Vanessa Williams’ catty fashion boss character, Wilhelmina Slater - this season.

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The producers of BATMAN BEGINS sequel THE DARK KNIGHT have been blasted by environmentalists in Hong Kong after asking commercial tenants living along a city waterfront to leave their lights on overnight.
Director Christopher Nolan wanted a night shoot to shimmer with the lights of industry and so producers sent letters to companies in the area, asking them not to go dark for a series of night shoots.
But the letters have upset green bosses in the city, who are desperately trying to save energy.
A spokesperson for city conservation group Green Sense says, "They are asking us to turn on so many lights, wasting so much energy." Green Sense bosses are asking producers to consider adding the light effect digitally in post-production.

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Actress JANE SEYMOUR isn’t shedding any tears about her departure from U.S. TV reality contest DANCING WITH THE STARS - the show has given her a great body and corrected spine issues.
The Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman star was voted off the show on Tuesday (06Nov07) after dancing through the pain of a back injury, food poisoning and the recent death of her mother.
But she’s more than happy with her time on the show, revealing she has lost 22 pounds (9.9 kilograms) "just dancing".
And she adds, "The best part is I had lower back issues; I have a fused spine (and) three herniated discs.
"I used to be three days a week in physiotherapy and, thanks to ballroom dancing, I now have full mobility. (It’s) absolutely amazing."

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The cast of medical drama ER are hoping to financially support their striking writers by staging a series of fundraising events.
Show star John Stamos admits he and his castmates were impressed when writers worked around the clock to make sure they had three full episodes to shoot before Monday’s (05Nov07) strike started, and now the actors and actresses want to show their gratitude.
Stamos has already taken time out of his schedule to join the striking writers on the picket lines in Hollywood.
He says, "I support the writers and we’re all in this together… We’ve got together with the cast and if it (strike) goes on, I think we’re gonna work on raising some money for our people first that may lose their houses or their cars." Stamos insists the strike could benefit the medical drama - because a break might make producers and writers think about making another season of the show.
He adds, "This could nudge another season out of ER. People have invested 14 years of their lives to this show and I feel they need a full season to end the show and wrap it up nice (and) bring back some characters."

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LATEST: ROSIE O’DONNELL’s TV comeback has been scrapped - the actress/talk show host has ruled out a new deal with bosses at U.S. cable network MSNBC.
The A League Of Their Own star had started negotiations to front a new show that would compete directly with CNN icon Larry King’s nightly broadcast.
But, in a message on her blog, O’Donnell reveals the deal is off.
She writes, "2day there is no deal/poof/my career as a pundit is over/b4 it began (sic)." O’Donnell quit daytime talk show The View in May (07) following a contract dispute with producers.

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Tennis ace BORIS BECKER has launched a legal bid for custody of his seven-year-old daughter ANNA.
The former world number one was in London Family Court on Wednesday (07Nov07) for a six-hour hearing with Anna’s mother, Angela Ermokowa.
Although no details of the hearing were available as WENN went to press, Becker was reportedly more than happy with the outcome.
As he left the court, he told reporters, "Now I can see my daughter on a regular basis." Becker, who is also the father of two boys with Barbara Feltus, infamously conceived Anna during a brief tryst with Ermokowa in the cupboard of a London restaurant in 1999. In 2001, a DNA test confirmed his paternity.
In an interview with German magazine Stern, published on Thursday (08Nov07), Becker says, "I have a custody order for my two boys, but not unfortunately for my daughter. Believe me, I will fight for the right.
"It is not something I am doing for publicity, it is something I want to do for the Becker family. My daughter deserves to see her brothers and her father regularly."

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LATEST: One of the two sports memorabilia dealers accusing O.J. SIMPSON of armed robbery stunned a Las Vegas court on Thursday (08Nov07) when he revealed he’s considering a TV movie deal surrounding the events of the September (07) hotel raid.
Bruce Fromong was the first person to testify against Simpson as the preliminary hearing into the case got underway.
After revealing the details of the incident, in which he claimed he was held at gunpoint by one of Simpson’s associates, and had his new cell phone confiscated by the former American football star, Fromong told the court he was considering helping TV networks turn the raid into a movie.
The dealer, a semi-retired California Department Of Corruptions officer, admitted he is in negotiations to sell the rights to his story - but he refused to name names.
Fromong told the court he wants Jack Nicholson to play him in the potential movie.
He said, "(I’ve) talked to people from… (TV networks) ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox; people have asked me." Fromong also revealed his memory of the raid is hazy because he was under the influence of painkiller Oxycontin when it took place.
During a break in proceedings, Simpson spoke briefly to TV reporter Michael Okwu, and revealed he’s quietly confident about the early stages of the hearing.
He said, "This is their (lawyers) day, but my day will come."

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R&B hunk CHRIS BROWN’s kisses are still sweet at the top of the U.S. pop charts - he has claimed the number one spot with KISS KISS for a second week.
Timbaland’s Apologize stays at two on the new chart, while No One by Alicia Keys jumps up a spot to three.
And there’s more good pop chart news for troubled Britney Spears - her new single Piece Of Me is the countdown’s top debut at 65.
The pop superstar’s new album Blackout debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 on Wednesday (07Nov07) and her Gimme More hit has bounced back up the new singles chart, from 16 to 13.
Kenny Chesney follows up his Entertainer Of The Year honour at Wednesday night’s (07Nov07) CMA Awards by claiming a fourth week at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart with Don’t Blink.

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Hip-hop heavyweights JA RULE, BUSTA RHYMES, LIL’ WAYNE and REMY MA all appeared in the same Manhattan, New York courthouse on Wednesday (07Nov07) for hearings into separate court cases.
The quartet were at Manhattan Criminal Court for hearings into assault and weapons possession cases.
All four rappers were given new court dates.
Rhymes - real name Trevor Smith - who is facing four different trials on assault and driving-related charges will return to court on 23 January (08) when jury selection in his assault and drunken driving trial will begin.
Ja Rule - real name Jeffrey Atkins - will be back in court on 5 December (07) to answer weapons charges and Lil’ Wayne - real name Dwayne Carter - now faces a 25 February (08) court date on illegal gun possession charges.
Remy Ma - real name Remy Smith - will join Ja Rule back in court on 5 December (07), when her assault and witness tampering charges will be addressed.

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN sold off his 1991 Harley Davison motorbike at an auction on Wednesday (07Nov07) to raise funds for a wounded soldiers charity.
The rocker was the musical guest at the Bob Woodruff Fund gala in New York, and after performing three songs for the audience, he wheeled out his bike with the help of a troupe of stagehands.
Springsteen told the crowd he was prohibited from turning the bike’s engine on, but refused to play by the rules, revving the motor from the stage.
The bike went under the hammer for $85,000 (£42,500).

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OZZY OSBOURNE’s former detox doctor has been publicly reprimanded for poor record keeping by the Medical Board Of California.
Beverly Hills physician Dr. David Kipper is accused of over-prescribing addictive drugs to celebrity clients, including Osbourne.
He has been under investigation by Medical Board officials for the past nine years, during which time Osbourne himself filed a complaint against Kipper, claiming the doctor’s medications left him a virtual insomniac, afraid to go to sleep for fear he wouldn’t wake up.
Three years ago the Medical Board bosses accused Kipper of gross negligence in the care of eight high-profile patients. They threatened to take away his medical license.
But the doctor’s legal team claims the "slap on the wrist" reprimand, which has been made public two months after Kipper was alerted of the board’s findings, is a victory.
Lawyer John D. Harwell tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "Our client has been completely vindicated of any wrongdoing."

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FOO FIGHTERS frontman DAVE GROHL credits his bandmate TAYLOR HAWKINS’ painkillers overdose with giving him the courage to settle down - he immediately asked his future wife out on a date.
Hawkins spent two days in a coma following the overdose in 2001, and an emotional Grohl decided to contact MTV producer Jordyn Blum, who he had once casually dated - for moral support.
He says, "I had decided I didn’t want to get serious about a relationship because I was single and I was running around. I was free.
"But that (calling Jordyn) was the first thing I thought about when Taylor came out of it. I had met the woman I should marry and have children with and I hadn’t talked to her in months.
"She said, ‘You’re the last person I thought I’d ever hear from again.’ And I said, ‘Hey, let’s go to dinner.’" Grohl and Blum married in 2003 and have an 18-month-old daughter, Violet.

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