Buzz Briefs: Teri Hatcher, RBD
Teri Hatcher Wins Battle In Limp Plumping Lawsuit
Teri Hatcher has won a ruling in a feud between rival lip plumpers worthy of Wisteria Lane.
A judge ruled Monday that a $2 million lawsuit against the 43-year-old "Desperate Housewives" star should be moved out of court and into arbitration.
The lawsuit from cosmetics company Hydroderm, filed late last year in Superior Court, claims that a 2005 endorsement agreement with Hatcher's production company stipulated that she would not pitch competing products.
According to the lawsuit, the company learned Hatcher was also pushing CityLips, a lip plumper made by City Cosmetics, which competes with Hydroderm's Volumizing Lip Serum.
"Hatcher's name, image and likeness have been linked to so many competitors' products," the lawsuit said, "that it is anyone's guess as to what product keeps her skin and lips youthful."
Hatcher's attorney Alan Wertheimer has called the lawsuit an "unjustified and public assault on Teri Hatcher's good name, reputation and celebrity."
Wertheimer has said that the deal with Hydroderm did not affect Hatcher's previous deal with CityLips.
Mexican Supergroup RBD Star Faints On Stage
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Christian Chavez was hospitalized briefly after he fainted onstage during an RBD concert in Jorge Gonzalez Stadium in San Salvador.
Chavez collapsed during the Mexican pop group's second song Sunday night, local media reported. He was admitted to a private hospital that night.
A woman who answered the phone at the hospital confirmed Chavez had fainted. She said he was released early Monday but declined to give further details. The woman said she was a nurse but wouldn't otherwise identify herself.
San Salvador's La Prensa Grafica newspaper reported Chavez had suffered from dehydration. Concert organizers couldn't be reached for comment.
Feb. 4, 2008
Father Of Antonio Banderas Dies
"Jose Dominguez Prieto, loving father of Antonio Banderas, died Saturday, Feb. 2 in Banderas' home in Marballa, Spain," Robin Baum said in a statement.
Dominguez Prieto, who was a policeman in the Spanish Civil Guard for 45 years, had been ill for some time, Baum said.
He is survived by the actor, another son and his wife of 50 years, Ana Banderas.
Antonio Banderas, 47, rose to fame in his native country appearing in movies by noted director Pedro Almodovar, like "Matador," "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," and "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down." In the U.S. he's appeared in "Evita," "The Mask of Zorro," and is the voice of Puss-In-Boots in "Shrek II" and "Shrek III." He is married to actress Melanie Griffith, with whom he has an 11-year-old daughter, Stella.
Hayden Christensen: Country Boy
Forget the Hollywood life, Hayden Christensen was looking for something new and followed his urge to buy a farm in Toronto.
Christensen told CosmoGIRL!, "I just got the inkling to move up to the country."
The heartthrob actor certainly took to his new surroundings in a big way. "Once you're there, you want all of these animals. So right now I have two resident miniature pot-bellied pigs, Petunia and Buddy. Once I build a barn, I'm going to get horses, cattle, and sheep. It's great to hang out with animals and just have them there to look at," he said.
Christensen also dishes in the interview - featured in the magazine's February issue - about his most romantic move.
He said, "I made a swing for someone one time. I carved it out of wood and hung it from a tree. She really liked it. It's up at the farm."
The Soap Dish On The Spears Family
"All My Children" starlette Leven Rambin, against the advice of stylist Shane Cisneros, couldn't hold back her opinions on Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy and the plight of older sister, Britney Spears, while holding court at the Tracy Reese show Sunday night at New York Fashion Week.
"I love Jamie Lynn! I just think it's so awesome that she's having a baby," Rambin said of the 16-year-old pregnant star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101."
Rambin said she "hung out" with the Spears back in the day in Texas. "My friend's mother and Lynn Spears were friends, so we'd go backstage at Britney's concerts and stuff," she said.
As for 26-year-old Britney, whose behavior has become erratic since she filed for divorce from Kevin Federline in November 2006?
"Britney right now," Rambin said, "well, I kind of just wish I could give her a hug. But Jamie Lynn is so cool."
Cisneros, who suggested that Rambin not comment, just rolled his eyes when she did. "Sometimes she's just a little too unjaded," he said.