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Rockers GREEN DAY are facing legal action from an artist alleging the ban d used one of his creations in a music video without his permission.
The American Idiot hitmakers used an image of a fang-toothed face durin g their concerts, as well as a music video and across their website last year (09).
Artist Dereck Seltzer has filed a lawsuit against Green Day at Los Ange les federal court, alleging he created the image years ago and copyrighte d the picture.
He claims he was never asked permission for the image to be used on the band’s material.
But the group’s lawyer, Don Passman, insists they received the picture from a reputable company and did not realise there would be any legal iss ues.
He tells TMZ.com, "Green Day received Mr. Seltzer’s image from a respon sible company and was unaware that there could be any copyright or other issues."

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A representative for GWYNETH PALTROW has shot down persistent rumours the actress’ marriage to CHRIS MARTIN is in trouble, branding the speculatio n a "complete fabrication".
America’s In Touch magazine claimed earlier this week (begs22Mar10) tha t the distance between the pair =E2=80=9Chas been growing for months=E2=80 =9D, with an insider adding: "They=E2=80=99re ready to split permanently by moving into separate, but adjoining, homes in London.=E2=80=9D But Paltrow’s spokesperson has dismissed the report, insisting the clai ms are false.
He tells GossipCop.com, =E2=80=9CHow many times have we seen this rumou r come and go? (It is a) complete fabrication (without) an ounce of truth ..=E2=80=9D Last year (09) Martin’s rep slammed allegations he had cheated on the S hakespeare in Love star with actress Kate Bosworth, while Paltrow earlier this month (Mar10) denied she was planning to uproot her family from Bri tain and move back to the U.S.

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The winners of this year’s (10) BRIT Awards including LILY ALLEN and KASA BIAN have donated items from the prize-giving to a charity auction.
The Smile singer has given eight Silver Cross prams, which were used in her performance, as well as some of her dancers’ outfits to the sale, wh ich will raise funds for the War Child charity.
The sale also includes a guitar signed by Kasabian, the tuxedo worn by rapper Dizzee Rascal on stage at the event, and clothing from boy band JL S.
The Best of the Brits sale on eBay.com kicks off on 25 March (10) and r uns for 10 days until 4 April (10).

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British singer CRAIG DAVID has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for t he United Nations (U.N).
The Seven Days hitmaker will join the U.N.’s Stop TB Partnership, with the World Health Organization (WHO), to help raise awareness of tuberculo sis, which claims 1.8 million lives worldwide every year.
David travelled to South Africa earlier this month (Mar10) to see how t he disease is impacting the country - and has vowed to help make a differ ence.
He says, "It was a life-changing experience for me to hear first-hand w hat it is like to live in a country where half a million people become il l with TB every year and meet people who are fighting hard and making pro gress every day.
"It’s been an incredible learning curve for me along the way. So to be able to give back in something that I feel very passionate about is somet hing that I wanted to do." Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie are also Goodwill Ambassadors for t he organisation.

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LUDACRIS is the latest star to back the U.S. 2010 census - the rapper is set to tour America to promote the importance of the upcoming survey.
The Number One Spot hitmaker will visit five cities across the country next month (Apr10) as part of the Luda on the Block campaign to raise pub lic awareness of the data analysis scheme.
He says, "I look at our communities now and I see many empty lots, clos ed clinics, dilapidated schools and an overall breakdown of social servic es for the poor and elderly.
"Today is a day for change. I plan to knock on doors in various neighbo urhoods around this country to try and dispel any myths about the census.
It’s important that we all stand up and be counted so we can help create potential financial opportunities for our dying communities." Ludacris’ tour will take in Dallas (Texas), New Orleans (Louisiana), N ew York City, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta (Georgia).
Eva Longoria Parker and Demi Lovato have previously encouraged American s to take part in the census.

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LADY GAGA has set a new record - she’s become the first artist to clock u p more than one billion views on video sharing website YouTube.
Three of the singer’s promos have become fan favourites on the site - P oker Face has received 374,606,128 hits, her debut Just Dance stands at 2 72,941,674 and Bad Romance has been watched 360,020,327 times.
It makes Gaga the first featured artist on the website to total more th an a billion views.
But she may not hold the record for long - clips from the Twilight film franchise have been watched 980 million times, while Soulja Boy’s hits h ave clocked up 860 million views, according to video analytics company Vi sible Measures.

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TULA ‘TULISA’ CONTOSTAVLOS has been left with an ongoing heart condition after taking excessive amounts of drugs in her youth.
The British hip-hop star admits she began smoking marijuana when she wa s a child and only stopped at the age of 14 after a frightening medical e mergency landed her in hospital.
She says, "As a young teenager I’d be getting messy (taking drugs) ever y weekend. I’ve never stopped drinking, but I stopped smoking weed when I was 14 as I started getting heart palpitations and panic attacks. One da y I fell to the floor, started frothing at the mouth and blacked out. I w oke up in an ambulance and never smoked weed again." And the singer admits her drug-taking has left her with ongoing health issues, adding, "I’ve been left with heart palpitations and panic attacks to this day as a result of smoking (weed). So let that be a warning to y ou. You never know how drugs will affect you. In my opinion, stay away."

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TAYLOR SWIFT has fuelled speculation she’s dating CORY MONTEITH after she was snapped embracing the GLEE star on a night out in Los Angeles on Tue sday (23Mar10).
The Love Story hitmaker was first linked to the actor earlier this year (10), when they were spotted together at a Grammy Awards party.
And the pair sparked further rumours of a romance with an evening out a t Pinz bowling alley in L.A. earlier this week.
Monteith was photographed hugging Swift as they enjoyed a game, along w ith the singer’s pal Selena Gomez.

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Teen sensation JUSTIN BIEBER was forced to cut short his album launch par ty in New York on Tuesday night (23Mar10) after the venue was swamped wit h screaming fans.
The pop star took over the Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley in Manhatta n to celebrate the release of his new record My World 2.0 with a couple o f games.
But the party was called off when security teams began to fear for the star’s safety.
A source tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "Justin wanted to stay and bowl, but his security guys didn’t want to take any chances." The 16 year old left the venue with his associates and went on to enjoy burgers and fries at hip nightspot The Eldridge, spending a reported $40 0 (=C2=A3266) on food and donating the leftovers to a homeless shelter. (

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Pop superstar PRINCE is in trouble with U.S. tax officials after allegedl y failing to hand over nearly half a million dollars in payments.
Officials in the star’s hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota claim Prince and his PRN Music Corp. owe almost $500,000 (=C2=A3333,000) in taxes, fi nes and interest relating to more than a dozen of the singer’s properties in the area.
The Purple Rain hitmaker has been named in a list of delinquent tax pay ers by officials in Carver County, relating to missed payments from last year (09). The list was published in the Chaska Herald newspaper.
Taxpayer services manager for Carver County, Laurie Engelen, claims the star was sent a letter on 15 February (10) notifying him of the alleged outstanding debt - but they have yet to receive a response.
Prince has until May (10) to pay up before officials take the matter to court.

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PAUL NEWMAN’s legendary gunslinger is set to be revived in a sequel to 19 69 classic BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID.
The late actor played the real life outlaw opposite Robert Redford in t he Oscar-winning movie, which appeared to show both of their characters d ie in the final shoot-out.
But movie bosses are reviving Newman’s Cassidy character for a sequel, which will show the gun-toting cowboy as an old man, played by Sam Shepha rd.
The follow-up, titled Blackthorn, will pick up the story several years after the end of the first film and will follow Cassidy’s attempts to pul l off one last robbery.
Oscar-winning writer/director Mateo Gil will tackle the project and adm its he’s delighted to be reviving his favourite movie genre - the Western .. He says in a statement, "One of the things that I like best about Weste rns is that it’s a truly moral genre. The characters face life and death and other very important matters (freedom, commitment and loyalty, courag e, treachery). It’s a genre that helps us look at our own life and find a way to face it." (LR/WNBIN/ZN) ————————————————————————-

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Lucky law students in New York were given the chance to appear as extras in U.S. TV show THE GOOD WIFE earlier this week (begs22Mar10) when CHRIS NOTH and JULIANNA MARGULIES filmed an episode on campus.
The stars were shooting at Brooklyn Law School on Tuesday (23Mar10) and producers treated students to free refreshments throughout the day.
One says, "They were giving out refreshments, which had notes attached saying: ‘Have a good day’." But the executives had a hidden motive for their generosity - when stud ents approached the table, they were recruited to appear in the backgroun d of the day’s shoot, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.

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A judge in California has berated TV self-help guru DR. PHIL MCGRAW while sentencing a shoplifting couple who featured on his show - calling the r eality star a "charlatan" and a "terrible man".
Matthew and Laura Eaton appeared on the Dr. Phil programme in 2008, cla iming to have made $1 million (=C2=A366,667) over seven years by stealing from shops and then reselling the goods online.
Authorities eventually caught up with the pair and they were handed pri son sentences at a court in San Diego, California on Monday (22Mar10).
And District Court Judge Irma Gonzalez had some harsh words for the TV star at the sentencing hearing - blasting McGraw for featuring the couple on his show.
She told the court, "What a charlatan this man is. What a terrible, ter rible man."

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A diner in New York has accused GOSSIP GIRL star ED WESTWICK of turfing h im out of a restaurant after mistaking him for a paparazzo.
The British actor was enjoying a night out at Manhattan eaterie Los Fel iz recently when he became annoyed by camera flashes from a nearby table, and allegedly marched over to the party and berated them for taking his picture.
The unnamed diner claims he was not aware of Westwick’s celebrity statu s and he was merely photographing his own night out - an admission which is said to have infuriated the actor.
The man tells the New York Daily News, "Ed came over and was like, ‘Sto p taking my picture!’ He started shouting obscenities at me and getting i n my face. He was all bitter and s**t. I thought it was a joke. He walked off in a cloud of disgust.
"I went over to him and asked him who he thought he was, and he dissolv ed into a fit of rage." And the diner claims Westwick then asked the restaurant manager to have him removed.
He adds, "Ed was snickering in the corner, because the people he was wi th had told the staff that I was paparazzi. So I paid my bill, and I left .." A representative for Westwick admits the star dined at the restaurant, but insists "there was no altercation".

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Actress-turned-activist ASHLEY JUDD has thrown her support behind propose d legislation to help combat violence against women.
The Double Jeopardy star is urging politicians in the U.S. to pass the International Violence Against Women Act, which would help tackle gender- based abuse abroad as well as in America.
Judd, who has long campaigned on the issue and is a global ambassador f or Population Services International (PSI), told reporters on Tuesday (23 Mar10), "I’ve spent an awful lot of time in brothels, more than I care to recall. What I have learned is that gender-based violence is not deviant and perverted and the acts of a few monstrous individuals. What I would posit is that that kind of violence against women is really the norm, and once we accept it’s the norm, then we can broaden the scope of the solut ions that we’re willing to throw at the problem."

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Director KEVIN SMITH has unleashed a furious rant at critics after his ne w film COP OUT received a flurry of negative reviews - insisting he’d rat her see members of the public give their opinion instead of "nasty" movie experts.
The comedy, starring Bruce Willis as a New York police officer, was rel eased in the U.S. last month (Feb10) and has been slated by reviewers, wi th many claiming the movie is let down by a weak script, lacklustre jokes and a contrived plot.
Smith is fuming about the unflattering comments, insisting he feels lik e his film has been "bullied" - and has vowed to force critics to pay to review his movies from now on.
In a series of posts on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "I gotta say t hat every day I hate film theory & film students & critics more & more. F ilm fandom’s become a nasty bloodsport where cartoonishly rooting for fai lure gets the hit count up. Watching them beat the s**t out of it was sad .. Like, it’s called Cop Out; that sound like a very ambitious title to yo u? You REALLY wanna s**t in the mouth of a flick that so OBVIOUSLY strive d for nothing more than laughs. Was it called Schindler’s Cop Out? "Writing a nasty review for Cop Out is akin to bullying a retarded kid.
All you’ve done is make fun of something that wasn’t doing you any harm and wanted only to give some cats some fun laughs." And the experience has convinced Smith the system is "backwards" - he’d prefer to turn the job of reviewing movies over to members of the public ..
He adds, "Realised whole system’s upside down: so we let a bunch of peo ple see it for free & they s**t all over it? Meanwhile, people who’d REAL LY like to see the flick for free are made to pay? Bulls**t: from now on, any flick I’m ever involved with, I conduct critics screenings thusly: y ou wanna see it early to review it? Fine: pay like you would if you saw i t next week. Why am I giving an arbitrary 500 people power over what I do at all, let alone for free? Next flick, I’d rather pick 500 randoms from Twitter & let THEM see it for free in advance, then post THEIR opinions, good AND bad. Same difference. Why’s their opinion more valid? It’s a ba ckwards system."

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Producers of THE DAMNED UNITED have apologised to a former soccer player and paid him compensation over the way he was portrayed in the film.
Dave Mackay was shown in the 2009 movie breaking a players’ strike at B ritish side Derby County in the 1970s - but the sports star was not even signed to the club at the time of the incident.
He insists it made him look "disloyal" to legendary soccer manager Bria n Clough - and sued the producers of the film, which stars Michael Sheen.
Mackay’s lawyers confirm movie bosses have now paid him undisclosed dam ages and issued him with an apology.
The former soccer star says, "They twisted it. I’d never have done anyt hing that was disloyal."

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Police in Australia have yet to launch an investigation into allegations of child abuse on the set of 1980s sitcom HEY DAD! - because they can’t b egin work until one of the alleged victims makes an official complaint.
Sarah Monahan, who played schoolgirl Jenny Kelly on the show between 19 87 and 1994, recently went public with claims she was molested by an unna med man during her time on the series.
The story sparked a media frenzy Down Under, and another unnamed woman reportedly came forward with allegations that she was also abused on set.
Some reports claimed police in Australia had launched an investigation, but Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec, of the New South Wales Sex C rimes Squad, insists cops have yet to be approached by either of the alle ged victims.
He says, "Our information is based on what’s in the media. I’ve had no direct contact - and neither has anyone else in NSW Police - with any of the victims. If victims make contact with police it’ll be taken in strict confidence. Investigators are collating this information… and if there ’s a witness to be interviewed those investigators are ready. I have an e xpectation they’ll come forward.
"It’s based on small pieces of information that have come towards me to day that we’ll hopefully be able to arrange to meet and speak with these people."

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