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TV bosses behind hit medical series HOUSE are facing legal action from th e show’s former assistant prop master who alleges he was fired for refusi ng to partake in debauched antics with his co-workers.
Carl Jones, who was dismissed from his role on Hugh Laurie’s programme in March (10), has filed papers at Los Angeles County Superior Court clai ming he lost his job because he wasn’t willing to join in with the "degen erate conduct" of his superiors.
He alleges the bad behaviour included visits to strip clubs, drug takin g and various sexual escapades.
An extract from the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ.com, reads, "(The) degener ate conduct (included) visits to strip bars, participation in getting dru nk, stoned or intoxicated on cocaine, to participate in sexual conduct at the trailer, and other dangerous conduct." Jones also claims he saw his supervisors get drunk on tequila and engag e in "throwing a knife at a target on set." He claims his attempts to report the alleged misconduct were ignored by co-producers and he was ultimately "blackballed" from working on the sho w.
Jones is suing for $1 million (=C2=A3666,667) in damages over claims he suffered depression and a physical injury as a result of the alleged inc idents.

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s father feels "pessimistic" about her jail sentence - he’s convinced time behind bars will make his daughter’s personal problems wo rse.
The Mean Girls star was jailed for 90 days on Tuesday (20Jul10) for vio lating her parole relating to a 2007 DUI arrest.
She is expected to serve a fraction of her sentence before being releas ed to court-ordered rehab.
But Lohan’s dad Michael, who also spent time in prison, is adamant jail will not help his daughter because she could suffer emotional trauma fro m her experiences inside.
He tells TV host Larry King, "(I feel) pessimistic in the way that I th ink that there’s going to be some deeply rooted issues, some issues that are going to stem from being in prison, like there still are in my life, Larry. There’s things I shoved deep down inside that’s reared their ugly head sometimes, too. You have to swallow a lot when you’re in there." And Michael fears the actress, whose prescription pill regime was revea led in her probation report, won’t be able to kick her addictions because will still have access to drugs while behind bars.
Asked by King whether his daughter will have access to prescription dru gs in jail, he replied, "Yes, sir." His attorney, Lisa Bloom, adds, "She gets them on limited quantities. S o, that’s an improvement."

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Concert mastermind HARVEY GOLDSMITH has called on music executives to fin d more groups like MUSE if they want to put on huge live events and big t ours - or risk another disastrous summer of cancelled shows and poor tick et sales.
The Live Aid promoter admits he’s not surprised that 2010 has been a fl at year for festivals and concert tours - because there are only a handfu l of bands and artists big enough to command sell outs and success.
He tells CelebrityAccess.com, "The only kind of stadium star or arena-p lus star act that has come through recently is Muse. That=E2=80=99s it. B oth here in Britain and in America. We need more of them.
"We need to have, as I have said time and time again, new promoters wit h new ideas, building new acts up so they become the new superstars. With out that, within five years=E2=80=99 time, there will not be a business."

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British singer ROBBIE WILLIAMS’ stage fright will be cured now he has reu nited with his former group TAKE THAT, according to the star’s father.
The Angels hitmaker has rejoined his Back For Good bandmates to form a full line-up for the first time in 15 years to release an album and embar k on a tour.
And Williams’ dad Pete is welcoming the reunion - because he thinks it will help rid the singer of the panic attacks which blighted his last sol o trek.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "With the boys there the stage fright won’t be an issue. I know he suffered from that earlier on. But he’ll have all that support of his band of brothers. It’s so wonderful that he has join ed Take That again. It will be a solid and nice year for him. He’ll have fun and will have genuine friends around him for support. It can get a bi t lonely on your own." And Pete insists the five-piece will be better behaved than they were w hen they first broke into the music scene: "They are all married and Rob has a girlfriend. They’re more mature. It won’t get as wild as it used to .."

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Irish singer LINDA NOLAN is prepared to undergo a full mastectomy if a ge netic test shows her breast cancer is likely to return.
The Nolans star was diagnosed with the disease in 2006 and, as part of her treatment, had a breast removed. She has since received the all-clear ..
Linda’s sister Anne has also overcome the disease, but the singing fami ly was rocked again earlier this year (10) when Bernie Nolan was also dia gnosed with breast cancer.
Three out of the six siblings have now battled the disease, and Linda h as decided to take a genetic test to determine whether she has a gene whi ch makes her more susceptible to the disease.
And the 51 year old has made the brave decision to undergo preventive s urgery if the findings show she’s at risk of a relapse - the procedure co uld involve the removal of her other breast.
She tells Britain’s The One Show, "I feel like I’ve been sitting on a t imebomb waiting for breast cancer to reappear so I’ve decided to do somet hing about it by having the genetic test myself. I won’t find out the res ults for another four weeks, but I’m much clearer in my mind as to what I ‘ll do if they do come back positive - I will have preventive surgery.
"We have to make choices and thankfully because of scientists and genet ic testing we are able to do that. They are terrible choices, but they’re choices our mothers and grandmothers never got to make. If the choice is life then that’s the choice I’m going to take…
"I don’t have children of my own but I want to see my nieces and nephew s grow up… It is a little bit (like being on) tenterhooks, we’re waitin g for Bernie’s results as well. She’s got some nasty side effects from th e chemo… but she’s still positive still."

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British rapper DIZZEE RASCAL is convinced he will pick up the coveted Mer cury Prize for a second time when the winner is announced later this year (10) - insisting organisers should rename the trophy ‘The Dizzee Award’.
The Bonkers hitmaker won the prestigious honour for his debut album Boy In Da Corner in 2003 and he also received a nomination in 2007 for Maths + English, missing out to the Klaxons for their record Myths of the Near Future.
Rascal made the shortlist again on Tuesday (20Jul10) when his hit disc Tongue N’ Cheek was named as one of the 2010 nominees.
He’s set to battle artists including Paul Weller, Corinne Bailey Rae an d Laura Marling for the prize, but Rascal is sure he’ll walk away the win ner.
He tells Britain’s Daily Star, "The Dizzee Award, that’s what they shou ld call it, why not? I’m going to win it this time. I feel like it’s my t ime again. It would be nice for this album to get it. It’s my first indep endent release on (label) Dirtee Stank and my first platinum album. It’s a lot more upbeat and singable. It’s a happier record. I love playing it live."

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The SMASHING PUMPKINS have organised a benefit concert to raise funds for MADINA LAKE rocker MATTHEW LEONE’s medical care following a savage beati ng.
The bass player was attacked and knocked unconscious after he attempted to break up a violent domestic dispute between two strangers at the begi nning of the month (Jul10).
He suffered a broken jaw and nose and a fractured skull, and recently u nderwent a life-saving operation to remove part of his skull to reduce sw elling on his brain.
He has been discharged from hospital, but his twin brother and band fro ntman Nathan Leone reveals the bassist may require more surgery.
Fellow Chicago, Illinois rockers the Smashing Pumpkins will perform a b enefit concert in the city next Tuesday (27Jul10) and they are even selli ng tickets to watch the soundcheck, with all proceeds going to the Matthe w Leone Fund.
Nathan Leone says, "Matthew and I have been completely overwhelmed by t he outpouring of compassion and support during this impossible time. It h as proved that there are far more amazing people in the world than any ot her kind and we’re grateful beyond words.
"Being among the biggest Smashing Pumpkins fans in the world, we still haven’t processed the fact that they are contributing in such an unpreced ented way. Not only is this going to be a monumental event in our lives b ut more importantly it’s a massive statement against domestic violence, v iolence against women and violence in general."

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Child authorities in Los Angeles have cleared BRITNEY SPEARS over allegat ions the pop star is unfit to care for her two young sons, according to U ..K. reports.
Spears’ ex-bodyguard Fernando Flores - a former cop - recently revealed he had reported Spears to the Los Angeles Department of Children and Fam ily Services over fears she was too unstable to look after her boys - Sea n Preston, four, and Jayden James, three.
The allegations caused Los Angeles social workers to launch an investig ation into the Toxic hitmaker.
But they have now ruled in favour of the star, insisting there was "abs olutely no truth" to the claims, reports Britain’s The Sun.
A family source tells the publication, "Flores is an opportunist." The bodyguard claimed he quit after Spears strutted around naked in fro nt of him, and is said to be considering launching a sexual harassment su it against his former employer.

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MAD MEN star JON HAMM is to voice an FBI agent character on THE SIMPSONS.
The actor will lead a sting operation against Joe Mantegna’s character Fat Tony on the upcoming episode.
The Simpsons’ executive producer Al Jean tells EW.com, "Jon=E2=80=99s a gruff FBI man… He has no patience for Homer." And Hamm’s Simpsons debut might lead to more appearances on the show - because the Mad Men star was a big hit. Jean adds, "You gave him one note and he immediately did 12 great things with it. He was really funny. And handsome. He had it all."

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SETH ROGEN is in talks to star in the movie adaptation of hit musical ROC K OF AGES, according to new reports.
The funnyman is reportedly in meetings to play Lonny in the film versio n of the colourful stageshow.
And to fuel reports, Rogen attended the Toronto, Canada production of t he musical on Sunday night (18Jul10).
The film, to be directed by Adam Shankman, is expected to start shootin g later this year (10).
The story is based on the romance between two rock fans who find love o n Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip in 1987. The musical is backed by the rock an thems of the era.

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Former teen star DEBBIE GIBSON has credited her mother with saving her fr om the pitfalls of fame - because she was determined her daughter would b e "sane, happy and healthy" after her popularity disappeared.
The singer-turned-actress became a teen sensation in the 1980s and admi ts she experienced an emotional turmoil but managed to hide it from her f ans.
And Gibson is convinced her manager mum was the one who kept her feet f irmly on the ground, because she refused to allow her daughter to get los t in her own hype.
The singer tells Fox News, "Growing up, there’s this weird thing when y ou start as a child actor or teen star that you’re constantly getting pra ised for being poised and together so you can tend to mask a lot of emoti onal stuff and at some point, the lid’s going to blow off the pot. I went through all that. Luckily, I didn’t go through by way of drugs, alcohol or public meltdowns … I had my meltdowns in private, in a therapist’s o ffice.
"Luckily, my mom managed me and she always said ‘I want a sane, happy a nd healthy daughter who goes on to have a normal personal life and kids i f you want and I don’t want you to be exhausted and burnt out by 25.’ The (paparazzi) would not have caught me stumbling out of a club drunk at tw o in the morning. They might have gotten me coming out of a bowling alley with a diet coke, if they were lucky." And the singer takes aim at label bosses who push young performers to e xhaustion before dropping them once they fall out of favour.
She adds, "The industry people will work you to death and they have a s hort-term vision for you. They’re like, ‘This is our teen star of the mom ent and we’re going to use you up and throw you out and on to the next’ a nd they do not care if you are a whole, happy, sane human being at the en d of that trip."

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BRUCE WILLIS credits his new wife with making him the "happiest" he’s eve r been - confessing he was "single and unhappy" for ten years before they met.
The Die Hard star, who divorced Demi Moore in 2000 after 13 years of ma rriage, wed Emma Heming last year (09).
Willis had convinced himself he was content before meeting the British beauty, but he now realises he had been lonely ever since his marriage to Moore fell apart.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "I’m the happiest I’ve ever been and this c omes after a long period of being kind of lonely, even though I tried to convince myself that I was enjoying my life. For much of the last ten yea rs I was single and unhappy. Now I’m happy all the time.
"She’s brought me her incredible spirit and class and beauty and love. Before I met Emma I was very pessimistic about finding that special woman whom I would want to spend my life with. I thought it would be difficult for someone like me, who is well known, to find a woman who didn’t have an agenda and who just wanted to be with me because they loved me, pure a nd simple. With Emma, I knew I had found a woman who didn’t need or want anything from me other than for us to be together and be happy.
"But deep down, before that, I wasn’t in a very good place and I didn’t realise that. What was missing from my life was having a great woman to love and be together with. Now I have that and it’s beautiful. I never wa nt to spend one moment away from her."

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Filmmaker OLIVER STONE is convinced MEL GIBSON will bounce back from his recent personal scandals - insisting directors will still want the actor to star in their movies.
Gibson’s reputation has been badly damaged following the release of sev eral tape recordings which purportedly feature him hurling abuse and vile threats at ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva during phone calls.
But despite the backlash the actor has faced since the accusations beca me public, Stone is adamant Hollywood directors will still be keen to cas t Gibson in their films.
He says, "Everyone is supposed to have an opinion (about Gibson), but m ost directors don’t work that way. Projects are developed slowly, and ove r the course of weeks, months, there will be projects, and I am sure many of them will want to have Mel Gibson in them." The fall out following Gibson’s split from Grigorieva has turned nasty in recent weeks - the singer has faced allegations she has tried to extor t $10 million (=C2=A36.6 million) from her former lover to keep the tapes private, while her rep, Stephen Jaffe, has accused Gibson’s camp of laun ching a smear campaign against her.
Gibson and Grigorieva share a daughter together and are both battling f or custody.

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LINDSAY LOHAN will serve just two weeks behind bars if she’s a good girl.
The actress surrendered to authorities and began a 90-day sentence for violating parole at Lynwood Correctional Facility on Tuesday morning (20J ul10), but Los Angeles Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore has revealed sh e could just serve 13 days.
He maintains that it’s the policy of the County jail system to release non-violent misdemeanour offenders early due to severe overcrowding.
Lohan’s expected release date is 1 or 2 August (10).

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British rockers THE XX have put aside their differences with ex-bandmate BARIA QURESHI and invited her to join them at the upcoming Mercury Prize ceremony.
The group’s self-titled debut will go up against releases by the likes of rock veteran Paul Weller, rapper Dizzee Rascal and soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae after making the shortlist of 12 albums under consideration f or the U.K.’s most prestigious music trophy.
The xx’s Oliver Sim admits he was in shock when he learned his band was among the nominees on Tuesday (20Jul10) and he still can’t get his head around the news.
He tells NME.com, "It’s absolutely insane considering all the other art ists (nominated), like Paul Weller. It’s really mindblowing." And Sim is adamant keyboard player Qureshi has a right to attend the Lo ndon ceremony in September (10) - because she played a big part in creati ng the band’s sound before quitting the group in November (09) due to "pe rsonal differences".
He says, "She has a place here, definitely. She’s part of the album." Bookmakers have tipped Rascal and The xx as the early joint favourites to win the 2010 Mercury Music Award.

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Rapper COMMON and his ex-girlfriend SERENA WILLIAMS appear to be getting close again - thanks to a foot injury.
The tennis ace has posted new bedroom photos of herself nursing a cast on her foot, surrounded by pals.
The friends include newlywed TV presenter La La Vazquez and a smiling C ommon.
Common and Williams ended their two-year romance in April (10) and the tennis star has admitted their busy careers often got in the way of spend ing time together.
She told Harpers Bazaar magazine, "His schedule is actually worse than mine. He didn’t want the responsibility. It’s really tough."

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RONNIE WOOD’s ex-wife has put the posh London home she shared with the ro cker on the market for $19.5 million (=C2=A313 million).
Jo Wood split from the Rolling Stones star in 2008 after he ran off wit h young Russian lover Ekaterina Ivanova and the couple ended its marriage at the end of last year (09).
And now it seems Jo doesn’t want the memories in her Kingston Hill mano r - the estate she won in the divorce - hanging around any more.
The sale of the seven-bedroom estate comes just weeks after Wood announ ced plans to turn the place into a pop-up restaurant venture.
The former model, who founded food company Mrs Paisley’s Lashings, was hoping to play host to the at-home diner in a bid to educate members of t he public about the benefits of organic produce.
She also hoped to rent out the former rock ‘n’ roll palace as a locatio n for weddings and other events.
But now, the three-storey mansion is on the market and comes with 2.31 acres, a guest cottage and lodge and a pool house, according to RealEstal ker.com.

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The mothers of LIL WAYNE’s children organise regular family activities so the incarcerated rapper’s four kids can get to know their siblings.
The Lollipop hitmaker is currently serving a one-year prison sentence f or weapons possession but his absence has not hindered the blossoming rel ationships between his offspring.
Antonia ‘Toya’ Carter, Wayne’s ex-wife and mother of his teenage daught er Reginae, reveals she works together with the star’s other former lover s to make sure their kids keep in contact.
She says, "We kind of always get together to keep the kids together so they can know each other. The situation is not ideal but at this point it is what it is and we try to make the best of it." Wayne also has three sons: he welcomed baby Neal with singer Nivea in N ovember (09), while model/actress Lauren London is the mother of little L ennox and a third, unidentified woman gave birth to Dwayne Carter III in 2008.

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