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Gloria Allred

According to TMZ, Gloria Allred plans to starve herself for the next 30 days in order to support women everywhere, even ones she doesn’t represent.

Alred says she is going on a solid food fast, skipping a total of 90 meals in order to draw attention to the need to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.

Allred’s strike will end on August 26 which is the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

Allred told TMZ her last supper before the strike was hors d’oeuvres.

PORTLAND, OR – The Portland Police Bureau has released an audio recording of the interview between a detective and the massage therapist who accused former Vice President Al Gore of groping her in 2006.

Al Gore accused of sexual misconduct by Portland massage therapist

The woman spoke with Detective Molly Daul in January 2009 – two years after she canceled three appointments to meet with investigators. Read Full Story

Was Al Gore having an affair with Laurie David the cause of his divorce from Tipper? According to an exclusive Star Magazine article, Al Gore’s split from wife Tipper after 40 years of marriage was a shock to everyone who thought theirs was the ideal marriage.

Now Star Magazine exclusively reveals that the former Vice President was having an affair with Larry David’s ex-wife — for the past two years! … Read Full Story

SAN FRANCISCO – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that prosecutors may not present positive urine samples and other vital evidence that the government says shows that the slugger knowingly used steroids.

Laboratory records alleged to show that former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds used performance-enhancing drugs are inadmissible in the court case against him, a federal appeals court ruled Friday… Read Full Story

Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is now wanted for the killing of a woman in Peru, Peruvian police officials said Wednesday.

The father of the murder girl told Peruvian reporters Wednesday he is certain Dutch national Joran van der Sloot killed his daughter, 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez. Ricardo Flores, a race car driver and well-known businessman in Peru, told reporters, “This is my daughter’s assassin.”… Read Full Story

Ben Roethlisberger’s accuser has dropped all sexual assault charges stemming from an incident that occurred at Capital City nightclub in Milledgeville, Georgia on March 5, 2010.

According to TMZ the prosecutor Fred Bright said the alleged victim wrote a letter on March 17, in which she stated that she no longer wanted to pursue the case… Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES, CA -  Dr Conrad Murray’s criminal defense lawyers will argue that due to Michael Jackson’s long-time Propofol addiction, Michael Jackson grabbed the bottle from the nightstand, injected himself and then dropped the bottle, according to reports by TMZ. One source told TMZ that Jackson liked the sensation of Propofol being administered by IV, adding, “Michael liked to push it.”

Defense lawyers will argue that Michael Jackson's Propofol addiction caused him to inject himself

L.A. County Coroner’s investigators took a picture in the room, showing an empty Propofol bottle on the floor, underneath the nightstand by Jackson’s bed. The defense will argue Jackson grabbed the bottle from the nightstand, injected himself and then dropped the bottle… Read Full Story

The National Enquirer is reporting that John Edwards is about to be indicted by a federal grand jury. Edwards has been under investigation by the Grand Jury for alleged misuse of campaign finances since April 2009.

Edwards, who has been in the media for his sexual scandal involving his mistress Rielle Hunter, is said to have illegally paid Hunter using campaign funds. Read Full Story

BURBANK, CA – With the latest shakeup at NBC over Jay Leno being restored to his old time slot at 11:35 pm, Conan O’Brien is refusing to perform The Tonight Show at 12:05 am. This begs the question as to what the legal ramifications will be.

Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien

It looks like NBC will get a boost in ratings with Jay back in his old time slot, but what about Conan? The blog, THR, Esq. has provided a viewpoint for each side – read the case for Conan O’Brien, and read the case for NBC. Even Reuters has an online analysis of the Jay Leno – Conan O’Brien – NBC case so it looks like there is no shortage of legal opinions on the topic.

The case for Conan has an argument that a jury would interpret his contract in light of his expectation that The Tonight Show would stay at 11:35 – which is entirely reasonable – especially in light of the fact that Conan agreed to wait five years in addition to giving up a huge payday from another network just to wait for the NBC 11:35 time slot to open up.

On the other hand, the case for NBC is counting on its contract language – which means “If the deal doesn’t say ‘The Tonight Show must air at 11:35′, then NBC is free to put the show wherever it darn well pleases.”

The problem with Conan O’Brien’s contract with NBC is that it doesn’t specify a time slot for The Tonight Show. Conan should be upset with his lawyers for that. In David Letterman’s case on his legendary move to CBS, his contract did specify a time slot, which is a big difference in the current situation.

What is your opinion?

LOS ANGELES, CA – Musician, Sammie Lee Smith filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Coldplay claiming that the British pop group turned songs he wrote into massive hits. Smith calls himself a “well-talented” yet “unknown” songwriter.

British pop group, Coldplay

In the lawsuit, Smith claims that he has recorded “approximately 100 tapes” each containing approximately 40 songs since 1976. He is suing the band for an undisclosed sum. The lawsuit alleges that he wrote the songs “Yellow,” “Clocks” and “Trouble” which the band then went on to turn into major hits.

Read the story at TMZ.com.