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CARRIE FISHER has become embroiled in a dispute with the producer of her = Broadway show - accusing the theatre mogul of owing her money and failing= to fulfil his contractual obligations.
The Star Wars actress recently ended her run on the New York stage in h= er one-woman show Wishful Drinking, which is based on her book of the sam= e name about her early struggles in Hollywood.
But Fisher has now become entangled in an ugly dispute with her produce= r, Jonathan Reinis, who she claims owes her $60,000 (=C2=A337,500) for he= r time in the show. She also alleges he failed to keep a promise to move = the production from the non-profit Studio 54 theatre, which is owned by t= he Roundabout Theater Company, to a "first-class Broadway house" at the e= nd of last year (09).
In an email to New York Post columnist Michael Riedel, Fisher writes, "= As you can imagine, Jonny seems to be a bit cranky, which I figure is why= he still hasn’t paid me the remaining money he owes me. For whatever rea= son, (he) was unable to get (the move) done. I don’t know why, since I wa= s told there was plenty of theatre availability. So, his rights reverted = back to me under our contract.
"Trust me, there are a lot of things in the contract I wasn’t thrilled = about. But I fulfilled my obligations, didn’t miss one show and made a lo= t of money for my producer - from which I’m assuming he ultimately plans = on making a donation to the Roundabout Theater Company. This isn’t the fi= rst time I’ve had to force Jonny to fulfil his obligations under our deal= .. I hope he’ll comply in this circumstance soon. This whole thing doesn’t= have to get ugly." Reinis’ attorney, Ronald Feiner, has responded to Fisher’s claims, cont= ending the Studio 54 theatre is a "first-class" Broadway house because sh= ows performed there are eligible for Tony awards.
Feiner also insists Fisher should be grateful to Reinis for the play’s = success and alleges the actress is the one who hampered the production, b= y failing to agree to a tour.
He adds, "(My client) should not be dismissed by Carrie Fisher in this = way. He took her show from nothing - it had no sets, no video, it had not= hing - and turned it into a hit.
"It is our belief that she owes us a substantial amount in lost profits= from what could be a lucrative tour. We have offers from Australia, Cana= da and theatres around the United States, but we are unable to close the = deal because she will not perform the show."

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Former U.S. President BILL CLINTON has opened up about his recent heart s= urgery, blaming a lifetime of unhealthy eating for the medical scare.
The 63 year old checked into Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian H= ospital last week (ends14Feb10) after complaining of chest pains, and doc= tors operated last Thursday (11Feb10) to unblock a coronary artery.
Clinton, who underwent a quadruple heart bypass in 2004, was released f= rom doctors’ care last Friday (12Feb10).
And now the former American leader is urging children to eat healthily = and exercise more, because he could have avoided heart surgery if he had = improved his diet.
He says, "I’m very, very lucky that I didn’t have a much worse set of c= ircumstances. Everybody knows I went to the doctor last week for a little= tune up on my heart. I’m glad to be back to work.
"The root causes were the habits I acquired in my childhood, mostly the= way I ate and the way it interacted with my own biology and propensity t= o produce bad cholesterol. I ate too much fried food, too much ice cream,= too much everything."

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Irish actor PIERCE BROSNAN is making the most of life in his adopted Hawa= ii - by studying the local culture.
The former James Bond star is taking time between movie projects to mas= ter the ukelele and to perfect the islands’ art trends.
He tells WENN, "I sing and play the ukelele. We’ve got this place in Ha= waii so I’m partial to the ukelele, and I’ve been taking classes in Plein= Air (outdoor painting).
"I go out with a couple of good mates. I like the repetition of certain= images and drawings of landscapes or portraits. I’m a very enthusiastic = painter."

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HEATHER MILLS missed her mother’s death after she became embroiled in a d= epartment store dispute just minutes after leaving her hospital bedside.
The former wife of Sir Paul McCartney grew up in a troubled household, = with her mother Beatrice abandoning her three children after allegedly su= ffering years of domestic abuse at the hand’s of Mills’ father John.
Mills relished the chance to get close to her mother again in her late = teens, and stayed at the matriarch’s bedside when she entered hospital fo= r a routine operation on her leg.
But the reunion was destined to be short-lived as the charity campaigne= r lost out on the chance to say goodbye to her mum as a blood clot claime= d her life - because she got into a brawl while buying new pyjamas for he= r mother’s hospital stay.
She tells U.K. show Shrink Rap, "My mother lost her leg at the same age= and in the same place (as me). Years and years later, when she was 47, s= he had bad blood circulation in it and they were going to do a very small= procedure of vascular surgery. She was in the Middlesex hospital in Lond= on, and she had asked me to go and get some red pyjamas because her wound= was leaking so much in her white ones that she was fed up of changing th= em.
"So I went to (U.K. retailer) Topshop on Oxford Street, and walked up t= hese escalators and there were these two ladies in front of me - young te= enage hard (tough) girls. I said, ‘Excuse me, if I could just get by,’ an= d they just moved out of the way and tutted. And I just went, ‘Sorry?’ an= d started to walk up. The next thing I felt was this girl pull my hair an= d down the escalator and I remember tumbling on the floor and this fight,= but all I remember was I have to get back to my mother. And when I got b= ack she had died, and it had literally been three minutes.
"So If I hadn’t got into this fight with this girl, I might have got to= say goodbye. And for the first time in my life, all my anger came out, a= nd I just kicked the furniture around the room." Mills lost her left leg below the knee aged 25 after a police motorbike= knocked her down while responding to an emergency in 2003.

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Best pals BEN AFFLECK and MATT DAMON are planning to reteam for new movie= projects - the pair is reportedly set to sign a producing deal with Warn= er Bros. studio.
The Hollywood stars are longterm friends and won the Oscar for Best Ori= ginal Screenplay after teaming up to write 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, = but they have since failed to reunite on the big screen.
However, Affleck and Damon could be working together in the near future= following reports they are drawing up a deal with Warner Bros. to give m= ovie bosses the first look at any projects they produce.
Affleck revealed last year (09) he would love to team up with Damon aga= in - because a joint movie venture would give them an "excuse to hang out= ".

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has vowed to fight a proposed vote to decide whether a= ban against fox hunting in the U.K. should be lifted.
The animal rights activist has been left disgusted after politician Dav= id Cameron - who is vying to become Britain’s Prime Minister in the May (= 10) elections - said he would let Members of Parliament decide whether th= e ban should be overturned.
Hunting foxes - a popular sport in U.K. countryside communities - was o= utlawed in 2004.
And McCartney has called for fellow animal protection advocates to stan= d against the proposal - as the sport is "cruel and unnecessary".
He says, "I, along with the majority of the British public, backed this= historic victory for wildlife."

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PETE WENTZ stunned the style crowd at New York Fashion Week after he was = wheeled down the runway dressed as ANTHONY HOPKINS’ psychopathic cannibal= character HANNIBAL LECTER.
The former Fall Out Boy rocker was showcasing his latest designs for fa= shion house Clandestine Industries in the Big Apple on Wednesday (17Feb10= ).
But rather than taking an understated bow at the finale of his collecti= on, Wentz made a creepy entrance by being pushed down the catwalk on a gu= rney - wearing the muzzle and jumpsuit made famous by Hopkins in scary 19= 91 thriller The Silence of the Lambs.
However, his bizarre antics went down a storm with the assembled fashio= n experts - with wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz leading the applause from the = front row.

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LIAM GALLAGHER was thrown out of the BRIT Awards after he pushed over a m= odel and got into a scuffle with the beauty’s boyfriend backstage, accord= ing to a U.K. report.
The rocker has come under fire after hurling a special award presented = to his former band Oasis into the crowd at the ceremony in London on Tues= day (16Feb10).
And the unpredictable singer caused more mayhem backstage, after he all= egedly pushed over a model dressed as a BRITs silver trophy in the VIP ba= r area.
According to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, Gallagher knocked the girl ov= er and was confronted by her boyfriend, before being escorted out by even= t security.
In a bizarre interview with his wife Nicole Appleton for U.K. network I= TV2 after the incident, Gallagher said, "I have been silvered before. I h= ave been pushed over. But I got up and f**king carried on. He is sitting = there going, ‘Hey, you pushed my bird (girlfriend) over. She’s silver.’ I= was gold and I was bronze too, baby. Now can we all take loads of Class = A drugs?" Meanwhile, Gallagher has hit out at the award show’s host - U.K. comic = Peter Kay - after the funnyman humiliated him in front of the event’s sta= r-studded audience.
Kay labelled the star a "k**bhead" after he threw his trophy into the a= udience, and Gallagher got his revenge on Twitter.com, by labelling the p= ortly comedian - who hails from the north of England - a "fat f**k".
He wrote, "Listen up fat f**k. As a real northerner I was brought up 2 = say s**t 2 (sic) people’s faces, not behind their back. Live forever LG."=

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Former WESTLIFE singer BRIAN MCFADDEN has lost a second custody battle fo= r his children with ex-wife KERRY KATONA.
The Irish singer, who now lives in Australia with fiancee Delta Goodrem= , launched a legal bid for custody of his daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue i= n September (09) after British reality star Katona was caught on camera s= norting cocaine.
He filed papers demanding that his children be put in his care temporar= ily, fearing they were in danger while in the care of their mother.
But McFadden has revealed he has launched two bids for custody - and lo= st both.
He tells Australia’s The Daily Telegraph, "It is over again. It actuall= y was finished a couple of months ago. I just have not said anything abou= t it. I have had two battles now and unfortunately I have lost both of th= em. It is twice I have gone to court and spent a lot of money and lost." McFadden and Katona wed in 2002 and divorced in 2006.

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Rapper JAY-Z has been caught up in a race scandal following allegations s= ecurity at his BRIT Awards afterparty on Tuesday (16Feb10) banned white p= eople from entering the VIP area.
The 99 Problems superstar threw a lavish bash at Merah nightclub in Lon= don following his Best International Male Solo win at the ceremony.
But the night descended into chaos after fights broke out amid people s= crambling to get close to the star.
And the atmosphere turned even nastier after security personnel working= on the doors of the VIP room allegedly refused to allow any white people= into the area, while letting black partygoers straight through, accordin= g to Britain’s Daily Star newspaper.
The publication’s music reporter Kim Dawson writes, "I’ve been to count= less showbiz bashes but never have I met meatheads like those at the Jay-= Z do (party). Jay-Z is a megastar and yet it was clear white people were = not welcome in his VIP area. While the red rope was lifted for black gues= ts to breeze through, let’s just say it stayed down if your face didn’t f= it. I have never felt so intimidated. It left me feeling like a mauled do= g." Meanwhile, black pop star Alesha Dixon, who attended the party, was als= o left disgusted at the way the bash was organised.
She reportedly told the newspaper at the party, "My friends have been g= etting knocked about and no-one seems to care. I need to get out of here.= What a horrible end to the night. I was having a blast at my record labe= l party and now the mood is soured. I wish I’d never come." The publication claims the rapper’s representative insisted the securit= y was hired by the club, but the venue’s bosses state they had no idea of= any problems.

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The U.K.’s media watchdog has rejected a complaint against a British jour= nalist who wrote a controversial article insisting there was "nothing nat= ural" about the death of BOYZONE star STEPHEN GATELY.
Britain’s Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir caused outrage after penning th= e piece about Gately’s death, which was published just a day before his f= uneral in October (09).
In the article - which sparked a record 25,000 complaints to the Press = Complaints Commission (PCC), including one by Gately’s record company Pol= ydor - Moir claimed the singer’s death shattered the "happy ever after my= th" of gay marriages.
Moir later apologised to Gately’s family for her comments.
But despite the public uproar, the PCC has decided not to act on the co= mplaints, insisting it could lead to "a slide towards censorship".
A PCC boss says, "It would not be proportionate to rule against the col= umnist’s right to offer freely expressed views about something that was t= he focus of public attention." Gately died at his home in Majorca, Spain on 10 October (09) from a bui= ld-up of fluid in his lungs. A coroner ruled the death was caused by natu= ral causes.

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Socialite KIM KARDASHIAN came under fire from her Twitter.com followers o= n Tuesday (16Feb10) after she nearly disclosed the identity of an underco= ver U.S. air marshal while onboard a flight bound for Los Angeles.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star logged on to the micro-bloggin= g website after boarding a plane in New York and told fans she was seated= next to a top secret agent - whose identity is concealed to ensure the s= afety of fellow passengers.
She wrote: "I’m on the airplane…love wifi. I am sitting next to an Ai= r Marshall (sic)! Jim the air marshall (sic) makes me feel safe!" Kardashian’s ‘tweet’ sparked fury among some of her followers, who rais= ed concerns about the star exposing such privileged information.
But Kardashian brushed off the criticism and defended her air companion= , whose full name was not revealed.
She responded: "RELAX I just told u guys the Air Marshall (sic) is sitt= ing next to me, highly doubt anyone is twittering like me on this flight!= Shhh.
"Air Marshall’s (sic) are supposed to keep their identity concealed. He= did! I am just a private eye & assumed, so I asked him & he was honest!"=

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Former child star GARY COLEMAN unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade during a U= ..S. TV interview on Tuesday (16Feb10) - storming out of the studio after = a guest attorney quizzed him over his recent domestic violence arrest.
The Diff’rent Strokes star agreed to appear on America’s The Insider in= a bid to set the record straight about his arrest following a domestic d= ispute at his home in January (10) involving wife Shannon Price.
He was handed a suspended sentence of 31 and a half days in jail and or= dered to attend a domestic violence course after pleading guilty to one c= ount of domestic violence criminal mischief at a court hearing on 8 Febru= ary (10).
But when the show’s guest lawyer Lisa Bloom asked him whether he attack= ed his wife, Coleman lost his temper - and began an expletive-filled rant= at the attorney.
He shouted, "She’s (Bloom) pushing my buttons and I don’t like her now,= the next thing I’m going to do is leave, f**k you all." Coleman jumped off his stool and stormed off the set, reportedly cursin= g all the way to his waiting car outside the studio.
The Insider host Lara Spencer later admitted she was shocked by the out= burst, telling Bloom, "I thought he was almost going to get violent with = you. I got scared for you Lisa."

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GLEE star LEA MICHELE suffers for her art - the hit U.S. show’s energetic= dance numbers have left her with recurring back spasms.
The 23 year old plays wannabe actress Rachel Berry in the popular music= al comedy, which is based around an all-singing, all-dancing choir at a f= ictional Ohio high school.
And the tough routines have taken their toll on the former Broadway sta= r, who has been left with damaged back muscles.
But Michele insists she can learn to live with the condition - because = her job is so much fun.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "We all did this one dance number a c= ouple of weeks ago that was extremely gruelling. Now I have back spasms e= very so often. I’ll be talking and be like, ‘Excuse me a minute,’ and my = back will just spaz out. And then I’ll be fine. But we ignore it because = we’re all just happy doing what we do. We don’t pay attention to our inju= ries."

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BRITNEY SPEARS has teamed up with celebrated fashion photographers ANNIE = LEIBOVITZ, MARK SELIGER and TERRY RICHARDSON to shoot her new ads for Ame= rican clothing line Candie’s.
The Toxic hitmaker, who became a Candie’s girl last year (09), strikes = several poses in different scenarios for the special "through the lens" p= romotional campaign.
In one of Seliger’s shots, sexy Spears wears nothing but a corset and f= eather boas while posing in a boudoir. The shot was inspired by a French = burlesque dancer’s dressing room.
Leibovitz’s shoot took place against an industrial backdrop, while Rich= ardson opted for a plain white set.
In a statement, Spears says, "Annie, Mark and Terry are three of the bi= ggest photographers in the world, I am honoured to be working with them..= .. It was an amazing shoot and I know my fans are going to love the cool i= mages."

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PIERCE BROSNAN studied former U.K. leader TONY BLAIR to perfect his polit= ician in ROMAN POLANSKI’s new film THE GHOST WRITER - because he’s convin= ced author ROBERT HARRIS based the character on the ex-Prime Minister.
Polanski assured the actor that Blair wasn’t the basis for the Adam Lan= g character, but Brosnan wasn’t convinced.
He says, "I hopped on a train and met Polanski and the first question a= cross the table was, ‘Am I playing Tony Blair?’ He said, ‘No, you’re not = playing Tony Blair.’ However, all roads, indications, emblems and stories= seemed to point to him, so I looked at Tony Blair, his performance of To= ny Blair being Prime Minister and his persona." But Brosnan struggled with his studies because he knew very little abou= t the former Prime Minister: "I met him once and he was very charming, an= d I met his wife.
"But I’ve lived in America for many years now, so I have not really bee= n paying deep attention to the politics of Britain. I can’t help but expe= rience the politics of America, especially in the last year. When Mr. Bla= ir came into office he appeared to be somebody who was doing great things= and then seemed to fall by the wayside. That’s just an observance from m= y shallow perspective of his life."

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Punk veterans PENNYWISE have found a permanent replacement for frontman J= IM LINDBERG, who quit the band last year (09).
The cult California group will now be fronted by Zoli Teglas, who joine= d the band for shows at the end of 2009.
Thrilled Teglas says, "I’m stoked to be singing with Pennywise. I’m a h= uge fan of the band and am super grateful." Lindberg was the band’s leader for 19 years. He quit so he could turn h= is attention to documentary work and action sports and music network Havo= c TV, which he founded.
Last year (09) he told WENN, "After 20 years, nine albums and thousands= of shows around the world, my time in Pennywise has come to an end." (KL=

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Folk legend JOAN BAEZ refused U.S. First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA’s request to= sing IF I HAD A HAMMER with JOHN MELLENCAMP at the White House - because= she hates the song.
Baez joined Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson and Bob Dylan for a tribute to = the U.S. civil rights movement in Washington, D.C. on 9 February (10) and= was stunned when concert organisers suggested she perform the Pete Seege= r classic.
She tells Rolling Stone magazine, "They said it was a special request f= rom Michelle Obama. I said, ‘You tell her I will do it privately for her = anytime, but we just can’t do it." Instead, Baez and Mellencamp duetted on protest anthem We Shall Overcom= e.

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