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SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS has been hit with a lawsuit by a man who alleges he was attacked by the rapper’s bodyguards at a party following the BET Hip Hop Awards in October (10).
Jabari Tilgham claims he was beaten while working as a photographer at an afterparty hosted by Combs in Club Mansion in Atlanta, Georgia, according to a lawsuit filed in DeKalb County State Court on Friday (15Apr11).
The 30 year old maintains he was targeted by Combs’ personal security and assaulted while snapping celebrity guests at the bash.
A security guard who was working at the venue has confirmed Tilgham’s story in a signed affidavit, attorney Jeffrey Gewirtz tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The suit includes Combs, four unnamed bodyguards and nightclub bosses as defendants.

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Legendary rapper/producer DR. DRE has won a legal ruling entitling him to 100 per cent of the profits of digital sales of his iconic album, THE CHRONIC.
Dr. Dre, real name Andre Young, took label executives to court last year (10), alleging they were improperly selling his 1992 debut online and using his hits in compilations without his authorisation.
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder ruled on Tuesday (19Apr11) that Death Row Records bosses do not have the rights to sell the album online and that Dr. Dre has received far less cash than he is due from web sales.
The ruling will now see the hip-hop star receive 100 per cent of the proceeds, according to Dr. Dre’s attorney Howard King.
In a statement to the Associated Press, King explains, "For years, Death Row Records forgot about Dre when they continued to distribute his music digitally and combined his hits with weaker Death Row tracks in an attempt to elevate the stature of their other artists.
"We are gratified that the federal court has unambiguously declared that Death Row has no right to engage in such tactics, and must hold all proceeds from these illicit distributions in trust for our client." It’s not the first time Dr. Dre has battled the label he left in 1996 - last year (10), he sued Death Row Records over claims a modified version of his album, retitled The Chronic Re-Lit, was in violation of trademark and publicity law. The case was thrown out of court.

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GILMORE GIRLS actress LAUREN GRAHAM can add author to her resume - publishing bosses have commissioned her debut novel.
The Parenthood star has written semi-autobiographical book You’ll Never Make It, about an aspiring actress in New York who "waits tables as she hopes for (her) big break".
Now executives at publishing company Random House have acquired the rights to the book.

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RUSSELL BRAND fears his portrayal of a drunk in ARTHUR isn’t as light-hearted as DUDLEY MOORE’s original turn - because alcoholism is now viewed as a disease and not a "giggly and frivolous" matter.
The British funnyman stepped into Moore’s shoes to play the millionaire playboy in a remake of the iconic 1981 comedy, but admits it was a challenge to portray a booze-addled character when substance abuse is now considered taboo.
He tells Britain’s Independent newspaper, "Dudley’s performance really stands out because it wasn’t like it was a chilling portrayal of the horrors of alcoholism. It was really a device for clowning and facilitating physical comedy.
"But nowadays you have to address the fact that alcohol is a problem. Aldous Snow, the previous lunatic drunk I’ve played (in Forgetting Sarah Marshall), was a dark, bleak character, whereas Arthur is far more merry and twinkly. But I think that anyone who drinks that much is an alcoholic.
"Alcohol now is recognised as a disease and a social problem, not something we can be all giggly and frivolous about. So my own Arthur, whilst he’s still a raving alcoholic, he doesn’t get away with it in the way that Dudley did. In those days, clearly, it wasn’t a problem for people to be alcoholics. People were dying of alcoholism and it was considered fun."

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STARSKY AND HUTCH star PAUL MICHAEL GLASER has applied for a restraining order against a woman who has left him fearing for his safety.
The actor, who played Detective David Starsky in the classic 1970s cop series, filed papers at Los Angeles County Superior Court last week (ends17Apr11) alleging a woman who used to run his official website is obsessed with him.
Glaser claims the unidentified female has sent him more than 500 emails over the last two years in which she exhibits "both a rational and very irrational side".
The 68 year old has asked a judge to ban the woman from coming within 200 yards (183 metres) of him.
In legal documents obtained by TMZ.com, Glaser states, "I am about to start a tour with my book, and given (the woman’s) behavior, I fear for my safety."

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MICKEY ROURKE is making amends with PASSION PLAY director MITCH GLAZER after publicly slamming the film, insisting he was in a bad mood when he branded it a "terrible movie".
The actor ranted about the drama in a recent interview with New York Magazine’s Vulture column and claimed the reason the film is set for a limited release was because it’s "not very good" Now Rourke, who plays a musician in Passion Play, has backtracked on his comments, admitting they were made in haste.
He tells Vulture, "Hey, guys. When I talked to you, I was at a party. It was loud and crowded, I was in a s**tty mood and I was trying to get rid of your reporter.
"Mitch is one of my best friends since we were kids. I loved working with him and would do it again tomorrow. I don’t know why I said that stupid s**t. I love Mitch, I love Megan. My bad."

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Hollywood actor JON CEDAR has died after a brief battle with leukaemia.
The star passed away on Thursday (14Apr11) in Tarzana, California. He was 80.
Cedar started his career on the stage, appearing Off-Broadway and in tours across the U.S. in shows including The Deputy and South Pacific.
He also racked up a number of roles in feature films including Foxy Brown, Capricorn One and Murder in Mind, while also appearing in TV shows such as Hogan’s Heroes, Moonlighting, Matlock and Murder, She Wrote.
Cedar is survived by his longtime companion, Elynore Leigh, his actress daughter Loren Thompson, producer son Michael and his actor brother George, as well as several grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday (21Apr11) at the Groman Eden Mortuary in Mission Hills, California, according to Variety.com.

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BEN AFFLECK has pulled out of director BAZ LUHRMANN’s adaptation of F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’s classic THE GREAT GATSBY.
Just hours after news broke about Isla Fisher joining the cast - as the mistress of Affleck’s character Tom Buchanan - The Town star has reportedly quit the project to concentrate on his next directorial role on Iranian hostage crisis drama Argo.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan are still a part of the all-star cast.

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Pop superstar JENNIFER LOPEZ has revealed she was in discussions to judge SIMON COWELL’s upcoming U.S. version of THE X FACTOR - but she turned it down for AMERICAN IDOL instead.
The Jenny From the Block hitmaker currently sits on the panel of the revamped talent show alongside Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson.
As anticipation mounts over who will judge the forthcoming series The X Factor, Lopez has now admitted she was in talks to join the programme.
But Lopez picked American Idol because it’s an established "institution" in U.S. TV.
She tells Britain’s Daily Star, "We did talk about The X Factor for a little bit. But at the end of the day, thinking about my career and everything that was going on, when the opportunity to do Idol came along it seemed a better fit. Idol has been a show for so many years. It’s an institution. To be involved in something like that felt really great." However Lopez insists she’s not sure if she will return for a second series of Idol: "I don’t know if I will do another season. I’m taking it day by day at the moment and we’ll see what happens. I’ve been having a great time, I can’t lie. I’m really enjoying it and having fun and enjoying working with the contestants."

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GWYNETH PALTROW adopted a super-healthy macrobiotic lifestyle in the hope it would encourage her father to eat better - and beat cancer.
The Emma actress accepts it may have been a naive notion, but when her late dad Bruce was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998, she really thought a better diet and alternative medicine would help keep him alive.
She then became the poster woman for raw and macrobiotic food - something she gave up when she first became a mum.
The actress, who has just released a healthy food cookbook dedicated to her dad, says, "I was convinced he could heal himself with good foods and alternative medicine, even if he was resistant to the perhaps naive idea.
"I read everything that linked pesticides, growth hormones and preservatives to cancer. I enlisted a macrobiotic counsellor, who said she had healed herself from cancer by eating this way, and I brought in a chef to get us started.
"Still, I was dealing with a man who upon hearing his cancer diagnosis went out for hot dogs and after an excruciating throat surgery wanted to go straight to eat at (Hollywood restaurant) Mr. Chow. He never embraced the idea of cutting anything out." But Paltrow insists the research she did wasn’t wasted - it made her think carefully about the food she ate.
She tells health magazine Self, "All the information I gathered made an impact on me. In a bid to heal my father by proxy, I went strictly organic, local and macro and eliminated dairy, sugar, meat, liquor and gluten… although sometimes I wanted a slice of cake or a martini with olives."

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Singer JOSH GROBAN’s memory failed him on British television on Tuesday (18Apr11) - he had to borrow some shoes from the production staff after forgetting to bring his own.
The Awake hitmaker was getting ready to perform and appear on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, but when he arrived Groban realised he had no footwear for his appearance.
And he thanked Titchmarsh live on air for saving him at the last minute.
He told the host, "I must say you and your team here are quite quite excellent… I came here today and I was the absent minded professor. I forgot my shoes!" Pointing at the smart black shoes he was wearing, Groban said, "These are from your prop department. They were kind enough to say, ‘We’ll find you some shoes’. And they found me shoes."

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FLEET FOXES frontman ROBIN PECKNOLD and his longtime on/off girlfriend are attempting to patch up their romance after she dumped him as he struggled to complete the band’s new album.
The singer/songwriter accepts he became "hard to be around" after deciding to scrap his band’s new album and start all over again in 2009 - and his relationship with girlfriend Olivia suffered.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I was f**king up in terms of being present. She’d say, ‘What are you thinking about?’ and I’d be like, ‘The third lyric of…’ I was self-obsessed, and it didn’t leave a lot of mental space for her." But the couple’s split drove the folk star to make sure he and his band recorded the best album they could.
He adds, "From then on, I needed the record to be perfect. I was like, ‘If this is going to have affected all these other things in a crappy way, it needs to be f**king awesome.’" The result, Helplessness Blues, has helped Pecknold win back his ex.
He reveals, "She said, ‘If this is why (we broke up)… then it was worth it.’" The couple is now hoping to set up home in Portland, Oregon, where the singer has just leased a house

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KRAYZIE BONE’s BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY bandmates have slammed the star’s "disrespectful" decision to leave the hip-hop band after 20 years.
The rapper - real name Anthony Henderson - helped found the group in the early 1990s and went on to enjoy years of success, but last week (14Apr11) he announced via a YouTube message he will no longer be a part of the line-up.
Now his groupmates have reacted to the news, insisting the star’s snub is disrespectful to Eazy-E, who discovered the collective in the 1990s and died in 1995.
Flesh-n-Bone tells TMZ.com, "Krayzie might as well say ‘F**k Eazy-E’ because he is disrespecting Eazy-E’s legacy by leaving the group." But the rapper is adamant Bone Thugs-n-Harmony will continue without Bone, adding: "Let (Krayzie) walk away… Bone Thugs will be here regardless. The group will not be affected by Krayzie going … he knows where home is."

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The BLACK EYED PEAS have opened a special school in New York for local teenagers to learn how to use music and video equipment.
The Boom Boom Pow hitmakers teamed up their charitable Peapod Foundation with the Adobe Foundation, run by heads at software giant Adobe Systems Inc., for their latest venture.
The group has already set up three Youth Voices academies throughout California - and now they’ve branched out to Manhattan.
The school will allow teenagers to use professional equipment to produce music and videos when it opens in July (11).
Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am explains, "Our passion for music and media was fuelled by many generous people on our road to success.
"Expanding the network of Peapod Adobe Youth Voices academies enables us to pay it forward, giving more youth the skills and encouragement they need to realise their dreams."

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JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME was left devastated on the set of his new movie DRAGON EYES after he accidentally chipped an extra’s teeth during a fight scene.
The movie tough guy was shooting the action drama in December (10) and he was finishing off the final shot of the project, which involved a brawl with a number of men.
The Timecop star had to split up a fight and kick one extra in the face during the sequence - but the man missed his mark and was left with blood dripping down his face.
The accident was caught on camera for new reality TV series, Jean Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors.
The extra, named Johnny, was quickly attended to as he told onlookers, "He got my teeth and my nose." A shocked Van Damme looked on, asking, "Is it broken?" The actors nose was OK, but both of his front teeth were chipped.

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British comic STEPHEN FRY and actor/singer JOHN BARROWMAN have led tributes to former DOCTOR WHO star ELISABETH SLADEN, who died on Tuesday (19Apr11).
The actress, who played Sarah Jane Smith, the sidekick of Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker’s time-travelling doctors for a decade, passed away at the age of 63 following a battle with cancer.
Fry has paid his respects to the star, writing on Twitter.com, "What terribly sad news about Elisabeth Sladen - her Sarah Jane was part of my childhood. Deepest sympathy to her family." And Barrowman, who co-starred with Sladen when she returned to the show in 2006, ‘Tweets’, "Elisabeth Sladen Matriarch of Dr Who - I loved my time on the Tardis with her. I am proud to have worked with such an icon of the sci fi world. Your Dr Who family are very sad and will miss you and your beautiful smile. (Doctor Who writer) RTD (Russell T. Davies) called me this morning when I woke up. She lived in my flat in Cardiff when she was filming SJA (spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures).
"She was a delight. Can’t tell you how sad I am. I wanted to let you know I got the news as a lot of you were concerned. I’m off to chill, I hope you understand."

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Screenwriter SOL SAKS, who created iconic TV show BEWITCHED, has died at the age of 100.
The TV producer passed away in Los Angeles on Saturday (16Apr11).
Saks came up with the idea of a nose-twitching witch who marries a mortal for the pilot episode of Bewitched, entitled I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha.
Elizabeth Montgomery played the lead role of Samantha until the show ended in 1972, and it was later revamped into a movie starring Nicole Kidman in 2005.
Saks also wrote a series of radio comedies and TV shows including I Married Joan and My Favorite Husband.
Additionally, he wrote the screenplay for the 1966 comedy Walk Don’t Run, starring Cary Grant.

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Actor TIM ROBBINS’ mother has died, less than two weeks after his father passed away.
Robbins’ dad, folk singer Gil Robbins, died earlier this month (Apr11) at the age of 80 at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico.
Now The Shawshank Redemption star is facing further tragedy - his mother, musician Mary Robbins, passed away on Sunday (17Apr11) from a heart arrhythmia - just 12 days after Gil Robbins’ death.
Mary, who was 78, became a professional musician in the 1950s after studying at the University of California in Los Angeles.
Tim has paid tribute to his beloved mum, insisting she had a "calm and cheerful demeanour, a sharp wit, a gentle spirit and a generous and loving heart".

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