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Sacha Baron Cohen Settles Bruno Lawsuit

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Sacha Baron Cohen as BrunoSacha Baron Cohen has settled a $110 million lawsuit with a Palestinian man who was portrayed as a terrorist in Bruno.

Grocer Ayman Abu Alta was interviewed in the spoof documentary by the gay Austrian fashion journalist - played by Sacha - and under his name a caption appeared on screen which read "Terrorist group leader, Al-Aqsa Martyrs brigade." Later in the comedy movie - released by Universal Pictures in 2009 - the fake character also appears on The David Letterman Show and recalls his meeting with a terrorist and footage of Ayman is shown.

In his lawsuit, Ayman claimed he had received death threats and had endured a massive "loss of reputation" because of the movie. According to RadarOnline.com, the legal dispute has now been resolved and although details of the case are confidential, Ayman's lawyer Joseph Peter Drennan did reveal it had been "settled to the mutual satisfaction" of everyone involved.


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Celebrity Chatter: Rimes Wants to Stop the Slander, Klum Wants to Stop Making Babies

Naveed Andrews and Barbara Hershey-Naveed Andrews didn’t get the woman in the end after all. The Lost star and longtime girlfriend Barbara Hershey broke up six months ago. Probably didn’t help that he fathered someone else’s child.

-Lindsay Lohan may fight publicly Samantha Ronson, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be friends - right? The DJ was seen leaving her ex’s apartment Friday night.

-LeAnn Rimes is accusing her boyfriend’s estranged wife, Brandi Glanville, of slander. Maybe Rimes should have thought “cease and desist” when she got involved with Eddie Cibrian?

-Finally some good news for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer star! James Marsters, 47, is set to wed 24-year-old Patricia Rahman this fall.

-Heidi Klum says she and Seal are officially done making babies. They don’t feel the need to flaunt their amazing genetics anymore.


Courtney Love Reveals Childhood Molestation - of Britney Spears?

Courtney LoveCourtney Love Cobain’s on , and if you ever check out her Wall you’re going to see a lot of weird $***. Some of her recent writings are so off-the-wall, the social networking site might need to come up with more upgrades. It all began with a rant on actor and ex-boyfriend Edward Norton, with whom she called it quits around a decade ago.

Love was ranting about “my will” when she wrote “needs altering as it has Edward in it and Norton doesn’t have a CLUE how evil his own BM is he wont (expletive deleted) a future Senator/Film Actor but hell purposefully refinance Kim Cobains Property i bought her cash outright…” It goes on from there, getting stranger and stranger until it winds down with “oh yeah Norton just LOST 300k.”

But that’s even the really (expletive deleted) crazy part. Courtney then goes on to talk about .

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Former Miss California Sues Pageant Officials


Carrie Prejean, who created a firestorm of controversy when asked a question about gay marriage during a typical Q&A pageant session, is now suing the officials behind the event. Prejean famously , who delivered the question at the Miss USA pageant.

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