A man charged with stalking Tyra Banks has been ordered to stay away from the talk-show host or face going to jail.
Brady Green, according to a criminal complaint, has followed Banks from coast to coast since January, sent her letters and flowers, and tried to telephone her. Last week he was issued a court order requiring him to leave her alone.
Green, of Dublin, Ga., was arrested when he showed up several times March 18 at the Manhattan building where "The Tyra Banks Show" is taped and asked to speak to her, a misdemeanor complaint filed in Criminal Court says.
Banks also hosts the CW reality show "America's Next Top Model."
The complaint says building custodian Edward Troiano told police Green also had appeared at Banks' Los Angeles studio "on multiple occasions" and asked to speak to her. He said Green had sent her letters and flowers there and had tried to reach her there by telephone at least five times, the complaint says.
Banks, 34, told police that Green's actions had caused her to fear that she was in danger.
Police charged Green, 37, with stalking, criminal trespass and harassment. After his arraignment last Wednesday on the charges, Criminal Court Judge Anthony Ferrara released him without bail and ordered him to return to court May 13.
A telephone call to Green's attorney wasn't immediately returned Monday.
The New York Post said the Chelsea studio staffers were worried about Green returning. The paper said they were handing out photos of Green on Friday with a warning to stay away from him.
Prosecutors said they did not have an address for Green, who likely could face up to a year in jail if convicted.
Pamela Anderson has ended another brief marriage.
The "Baywatch" star's nuptials with Rick Salomon were officially annulled Monday, according to documents filed in Superior Court.
The documents listed fraud as the reason for the annulment but did not include further details.
Salomon and Anderson, 40, were married Oct. 6 in Las Vegas then separated Dec. 13.
Messages left for Anderson's attorney Larry Ginsberg were not immediately returned. The documents did not name a lawyer for Salomon, and he could not be reached.
Court papers entered Friday showed that Salomon agreed to a filing by Anderson in late February requesting that the marriage should be voided. No spousal support was included.
Anderson was previously married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and rocker Kid Rock. Rock and Anderson each filed for divorce in 2006 after less than four months of marriage.
Salomon, known for making a sex videotape with then-girlfriend Paris Hilton, was previously married to actress Shannen Doherty for nine months.
Folksy French-Israeli singer Yael Naim found commercial success after her song "New Soul" played in Apple's MacBook Air laptop ads, pushing the song to No. 7 on U.S. music chart Billboard's Hot 100.
She already had gained fame for what some saw as a comic choice to cover pop singer Britney Spear's "Toxic," singing a soulful, poignant version of the commercial hit while playing piano.
But Naim, 29, whose self-titled new album was just released in the United States two months earlier than originally planned following the success of the Apple ad, says she's not worried about being seen as too commercial.
"It opened a great window for us, for a lot of people to have a chance to hear about our music," she told Reuters in New York. "We had a lot of propositions ... but we thought Apple and Macintosh have some connection because today we work with computers to do our music."
The singer-songwriter, who was born in Paris but spent a large part of her childhood in Israel, recorded her new album in her Paris apartment with her music partner, percussionist David Donatien.
"We did not have a label," she said. "We did not have a lot of money so we did it just with a computer."
NAME HALVED
She became disillusioned with the "big studio" experience after her first album "In a Man's Womb" was released in 2001 through EMI, which insisted she keep her name to just Yael.
"It was like they took half of my energy," she said.
Both "Toxic" and "New Soul" appear on her new, second album, which was recorded in English, Hebrew and French and has received warm reviews. Rolling Stone magazine noted: "The way Naim purrs any word with a hard 'ch' will make your loins tingle."
Naim, who spent two years in the Israel Air Force Orchestra, said she was surprised audiences in France had embraced the mixed-language album.
"I did not think anyone would want to listen to ballads in Hebrew," she said. "It is not considered a very sexy language."
She also didn't expect the success of her version of "Toxic," which Rolling Stone described as "a stripped-down, slow-motion, kinda-brilliant cover."
"I don't particularly like her (Spears) as a musician, the voice, but this song is a good song," she said. "I wanted to take something that is completely opposite of the music we do."
Audiences at live shows, such as one last week in Manhattan, react excitedly to "Toxic," as well as to her current hit.
She confided to the crowd of several hundred that she once believed she was an old soul.
"Then my real life began and I figured that maybe I'm not an old soul," she said before launching into "New Soul."
We haven't gotten a glimpse of sweet Suri Cruise in what feels like ages, and apparently we're not the only ones who've noticed her lack of public appearances. She's even getting her own magazine covers for being out of the spotlight. It may be a touch dramatic, but we must admit we've asked the question ourselves a few times. Tell us — are you curious about Suri's whereabouts?
Baby hungry. Must eat... shoes?
Damon Lindelof, you're killing us with these sad episodes! And apparently, you're also intent on killing Michael, one of Lost's most intriguing characters, weak as he is and okay, sure, yes, a double-murderer — but also a guy who is helplessly in love with his son and paralyzed in the face of real guilt. Admirable traits, really, when seen in a certain light! In contrast to iconic survivors like Jack and Sayid, Michael will never compete for the role of "leader" or "hero" or even "bad boy." He's more a wretchedly emotional Everyman, doomed to eternally unfurl a tiny flag saying "Not Yet." And dammit, we love him for that. There's something great about a show that lets someone fail big and it looks like that's right where Michael is headed.
And speaking of having compassion for life's losers, is anyone finding Sayid kind of self-righteous? We're taking some sick pleasure in knowing that he's going to wind up as Ben's puppet assassin. Is that wrong?
The Present: Exposition and Bad Advice
Locke gathers his team of moody Scorpios to announce "no more secrets." With Miles in tow, he announces that if the freighter gnomes capture Ben, they'll kill everyone on the island. Therefore, they should protect Ben. This conclusion leaves Team Locke itchy and paranoid — and as they shake it off, Ben advises his quasi-family of Alex (looking very Amy Winehouse, but in a good way), Rousseau, and Karl to flee to the Other hideaway, where they will be safe.
Meanwhile, on the Freighter of Hot Jerks, Sayid confronts Michael, who narrates a flashback of pain. Hot Jerk Sayid turns him in to the captain.
The Past: Sad, Sad Michael
Somewhere in Manhattan, a tormented Michael scribbles a note to Walt — then crashes his car into a wall, and because we're a little slow and blinded by tears, it takes us a while to recognize that this is post-island murderer Mike, not first-season sad dad Mike. Walt won't speak to him. Dead Libby haunts him with blankets. Even his own mom won't cut him slack. He's got a gun to his own head, but the island won't let him kill himself — apparently it's a fan of Groundhog Day. So Michael's ripe for recruitment by Evil, which arrives in the jolly form of Tom, who is gay.
Tom suggests Michael do Ben a solid and prevent Widmore from killing everyone on the island. By killing everyone on the freighter. Luckily for the Others, Michael is screwed up enough to believe this is a redemption arc.
Onboard the freighter, Michael activates a bomb, only to get not an enormous explosion but a joke flag: "Not yet!" He's also informed that Walt has called, but when he rushes to the phone so damned hopeful that it just kills us, it's only Ben, who deputizes him to infiltrate, sabotage, get a list, etc. — basically, to behave like a first-season Other. Which he does, but not so much in order to redeem himself, we realize, as just to die, if only the island will let him. This is very sad. And strangely, gives us Buffy season-five ambiguous-sacrifice flashbacks, making us wonder if it's Michael who ends up in that miserable little coffin.
The Present: Surprise Bastards Threaten Our Favorite Character!
Off in the jungle, Alex and Karl exchange doomed banter. A shot rings out and Karl goes down. Rousseau bravely tries to save her daughter but gets shot for her efforts. NO! Don't die before you get a flashback episode, you crazy brunette! A terrified Alex surrenders, shouting, "I'm Ben's daughter!" Which she's not, is she? But if name-dropping might help, go for it.
What We Know Now:
• Ben says Widmore planted the fake wreckage. Widmore says Ben planted it. Of the two, only Ben has receipts.
• Everyone is a "good guy." We all have "work to do."
• Walt is still 10 years old. With no signs of excessive tallness.
The Wha? Factor:
• Who shot Rousseau and Karl? Was it a setup by Ben? Or (more likely, we think) the freighter folk, ferried to the island by Frank?
• What in God's name causes every one of Ben's enemies — Locke, Rousseau, Juliet, Michael, the future Sayid — to do his bidding? And how can we learn his ways?
Jamie Lynn Spears showed up without her growing baby bump on ABC's new primetime sitcom "Miss Guided" Thursday. Taped months ago, Spears plays a makeout-happy high school senior debating if she should go to college while her guidance counselor Becky Freeley, played by Judy Greer, pushes for her to go. Guest star (and executive producer) Ashton Kutcher plays a free-thinking substitute teacher named Beau. Spears' whole appearance is boiled down into the following 2-minute clip:
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Gibson Guitar said on Friday that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom Inc's (VIAb.N) MTV networks and Harmonix as well as Electronic Arts (ERTS.O) relating to the wildly popular "Guitar Hero" video games.
The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Tennessee, relates to the same patent involved in another suit Gibson filed earlier against various retailers, the Tennessee-based guitar maker said in a statement.
The "Guitar Hero" series has sold more than 14 million units in North America and raked in more than $1 billion since its 2005 debut.
Gibson said the games, in which players use a guitar-shaped controller in time with notes on a television screen, violate a 1999 patent for technology to simulate a musical performance.
Harmonix developed the first "Guitar Hero" game and was later bought by MTV. Electronic Arts and another company, Activision Inc (ATVI.O), as well as several retailers, either develop, distribute or sell one or several of the games in the "Guitar Hero" series.
"This lawsuit is completely without merit and we intend to defend it vigorously," Harmonix said in a statement.
A spokesperson for Electronic Arts could not be reached for comment.
Earlier this month, Activision filed a preemptive suit against Gibson, which had complained that the games infringe upon one of its patents.
Activision filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for Central California to declare Gibson's patent invalid and to bar it from seeking damages.
Gibson, whose electric guitars are used by legendary blues and rock artists such as Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Slash, has been a high-profile partner in the "Guitar Hero" games.
Activision licensed the rights to model its video controllers on Gibson guitar models and to use their likenesses in the game.
Activision has said that by waiting three years to raise its claim, Gibson had granted an implied license for any technology.
