People – Spielberg, Wife Give Cash to Battle Proposition 8
Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, are the latest celebrity donors to the fight against California’s November ballot initiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Spielberg and Capshaw have donated $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, they announced in a statement .
“Such discrimination has NO place in California’s constitution, or any other,” the statement said.
Brad Pitt gave the same amount to the cause last week.
Jewelry worn by Elton up for sale
A sapphire-and-diamond brooch worn by singer Elton John in one of his music videos will go under the gavel this week.
The art deco piece is shaped like a “J” and was worn by John in the 1988 music video “I Don’t Wanna Go on With You Like That.”
It is expected to fetch $22,000 when it goes up for sale at Bonhams auction house in London on Thursday.
McMahon’s lawsuit to move ahead
Ed McMahon’s lawsuit against a hospital and doctors he claims failed to properly diagnose and repair his broken neck has passed a key legal hurdle.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled that McMahon’s lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two physicians lays out adequate legal ground to pursue claims that include negligence, elder abuse, battery, fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Attorneys for Cedars-Sinai had challenged the legal basis for six of the claims.
McMahon, 85, filed suit in July and is seeking an unspecified amount for injuries he sustained after a fall last March at a Los Angeles socialite’s home.
Baldwin admits anger, frustration
Alec Baldwin blamed the bitter custody battle between him and ex- wife Kim Basinger in part for the anger and frustration he was feeling when he berated his daughter in a phone message leaked to the media last year.
In the message, Baldwin called the 11-year-old a “rude, thoughtless little pig.” He was apparently upset that she had missed his phone call.
“I’m disappointed, I’m ashamed to say this: You get angry,” the 50-year-old actor told a crowd of about 120 people this week at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, where he was promoting his new book, “A Promise to Ourselves.”
In the book, Baldwin rails against the family court system in Los Angeles, offers advice based on his own experience with divorce litigation and talks about how one parent can turn a child against another parent.
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Today’s birthdays
Actress Sheila MacRae , 84; singer Sonny Turner of The Platters, 69; actor Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”), 60; actor Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules “), 50; singer Cedric Dent of Take 6, 46; actress-writer Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), 46; drummer Marty Mitchell of Ricochet, 39; singer-guitarist Marty Cintron of No Mercy, 37 .
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