Woman revises lawsuit over Ledger tape

A magazine freelancer suing two photographers and a paparazzi agency over a video that purportedly shows Heath Ledger doing drugs has amended her lawsuit to downplay her role as a reporter.

The revisions come less than a month after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge frequently cited her profession in dismissing most of the woman's claims.

The lawsuit focuses on a tape that was allegedly made hours after the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards, which Ledger had attended as a nominee in a best actor category for his role in "Brokeback Mountain."

The revised suit is seeking unspecified damages, destruction of the video and the profits of the tape's sale. The new complaint alleges fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and six other claims; the original lawsuit featured 12 claims, 11 of which were dismissed.

Judge John S. Wiley Jr. cited the woman's assignment in his reasoning for invalidating several of the initial claims. He said the woman, identified only as "Jane Doe," rented a hotel room at the Chateau Marmont as part of her job. She was on assignment for People magazine.

The amended lawsuit filed Thursday, however, states that the woman's assignment was only to observe the "Brokeback Mountain" and "Capote" after-parties at the hotel that night. The suit claims she was not authorized to conduct one-on-one interviews with any celebrities.

According to the amended suit, Ledger agreed to go back to the woman's hotel room after he was befriended at the after-party by two men who worked for Splash News & Picture Agency. The freelancer had brought one of the men to the party as her date but did not invite the other Splash employee, the lawsuit states.

The woman was "excited and almost could not believe that she was going to 'hang out' with the person who was nominated for a SAG award," the lawsuit states.

The woman did not identify herself as a reporter to Ledger, nor did the Splash News paparazzi, according to the lawsuit.

Ronald Makarem, an attorney representing the photographers and Splash News, said Friday he had not seen the revised lawsuit and declined to comment.

The existence of the tape was not revealed until after Ledger's death from an accidental prescription drug overdose earlier this year. "Entertainment Tonight" and its sister show "The Insider" scrapped plans to air the footage, but it later surfaced online.

The lawsuit states it may have generated more than $1 million in revenues.

Ledger who has been celebrated this year for his role as the villainous Joker in "The Dark Knight" was already an established actor when the tape was made.

The reporter's likeness is blurred on the video.

Wiley tentatively dismissed several of the lawsuit's claims on Sept. 3, saying that the woman's brief appearance on the video did not make it valuable.

The judge also sided with defense attorneys, who argued that the woman could not make many of her claims on behalf of Ledger. "The tape's valuable because of Heath Ledger, not because of Jane Doe," Wiley said.

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McCartney's ex donating $1M in vegan food to Bronx

Paul McCartney's ex-wife is donating $1 million worth of soy hamburgers, soy hot dogs and soy chicken cutlets to one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Bronx.

Heather Mills is set to announce the donation just before the Hunts Point Back to School Fair kicks off Saturday afternoon. The vegan animal rights campaigner is an honorary chairwoman of the nonprofit that organizes the event.

She tells the New York Post that she wants to make sure children in the neighborhood "have as many nutritional advantages as anyone else."

Children in Hunts Point have some of the highest obesity and asthma rates in the city.

Mills and McCartney were granted a divorce earlier this year.

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Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.

Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".

Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.

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J.K. Rowling backs Labour Party with big check

It sounds like Harry Potter will vote for the Labour Party when the boy wizard is old enough to cast a ballot.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made a rare foray into Britain's bruising political battles Saturday, donating $1.8 million to the struggling Labour Party and accusing the rival Conservatives of discriminating against poor parents trying to work their way out of poverty.

In a statement that referred back to the days when she was struggling to feed and cloth her family, Rowling said Prime Minister Gordon Brown has worked hard to reduce child poverty while Conservative chief David Cameron has proposed tax changes that would hurt working single parents

"I believe that poor and vulnerable families will fare much better under the Labour Party than they would under a Cameron-led Conservative Party," said Rowling, who has become one of the world's richest and most successful authors with the unprecedented appetite for Harry Potter stories.

The Labour Party opens its annual conference trailing the resurgent Conservatives by more than 20 points in most opinion polls with an election due within two years.

Brown, who is trying to quash a rebellion from some members of his own party, thanked Rowling for the donation, which comes at a time when the Labour Party is saddled with extensive debts. He said he was "delighted" with her help.

Rowling has generally stayed out of the political frays, but she appears to have been upset by Conservative tax plans that she said would increase benefits for married couples without helping single parents.

"David Cameron's promise of tax perks for the married is reminiscent of the Conservative government I experienced as a lone parent," she said. "It sends the message that the Conservatives still believe a childless, dual-income, but married couple is more deserving of a financial pat on the head than those struggling, as I once was, to keep their families afloat in difficult times."

British newspapers this year estimated Rowling's wealth at $1 billion.

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--"Batch Mode" means that user can select the DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD's, MTV DVD's and Episodic DVD's.

Support almost any kinds of DVD to iPod format

Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.

Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".

Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.

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Actress Mia Farrow visits Haiti storm victims

Actress Mia Farrow is in Haiti to draw attention to thousands of children left homeless and hungry after four storms struck the impoverished country in a month.

Farrow visited a mud-filled cathedral on Saturday in Gonaives, where hundreds of storm victims have been living since early September.

The storms killed at least 425 people, destroyed thousands of homes and razed 60 percent of the island's agriculture.

Farrow, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, will also visit sites in Port-au-Prince and the hard-hit town of Cabaret during a five-day tour.

The United Nations has distributed food and water to some 240,000 people, but raised only 2 percent of its US$108 million aid goal.

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Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.

Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".

Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.

Support customize output video file size and video quality.

Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.

Support DVD to MP3 audio conversion.

Support Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.

Support Apple TV as well.

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Part of paparazzo's suit against Reeves tossed

Keanu Reeves may have pulled off some daredevil stunts on-screen with a speeding bus, but a judge ruled Monday that his driving didn't warrant assault and battery claims by a photographer.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes ruled that paparazzo Alison Silva cannot seek punitive damages against Reeves, whose films include "Speed" and "The Matrix"

Silva claimed he was struck by Reeves' Porsche while photographing the actor in March 2007, causing serious injuries. Reeves' attorneys argued in court documents that Silva placed his hand on the actor's car and tripped over his own feet.

Grimes ruled Monday that Reeves didn't act maliciously as he moved his car forward to leave a parking space in a residential area about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

"They offered no evidence that the car Mr. Reeves was driving touched Mr. Silva," said Reeves' attorney, Mark Williams. "We're confident that should this case go to a jury, they'll find in favor of Mr. Reeves."

Silva can still pursue a negligence claim, which Reeves did not contest. Silva's attorney, Joseph Farzam, said the ruling, while a setback, would not deter the case from going to trial in late October.

"Mr. Silva is still entitled to fully recover his damages for the injuries he sustained," Farzam said.

"It's much easier to prove that someone was being careless," Farzam said, "than to prove that Mr. Reeves intended to harm Mr. Silva."

Farzam said the fall to the pavement fractured Silva's wrist and that he has already undergone one unsuccessful surgery. Another surgery is scheduled, but Farzam said Silva could remain partially disabled even if it is successful.

In a signed declaration, Reeves said he stopped the car after Silva fell and brought the photographer water. He recounted Silva as saying, "I am a paparazzo. He is a movie star. It was an accident!" according to court documents

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--"Batch Mode" means that user can select the DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD's, MTV DVD's and Episodic DVD's.

Support almost any kinds of DVD to iPod format

Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.

Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".

Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.

Support customize output video file size and video quality.

Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.

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Support Apple TV as well.

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Robert Wagner reveals love affair with Stanwyck

Robert Wagner's marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret until now.

In his new memoir "Pieces of My Heart," Wagner writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as "Stella Dallas" and "Double Indemnity." They met on the set of "Titanic," released in 1953, when he was 22 and she 45 and divorced from actor Robert Taylor.

The press knew nothing about their relationship and neither did most of Hollywood, except for such friends as Nancy Sinatra, the first wife of Frank Sinatra; and Spencer Tracy, whose bond with Katharine Hepburn was the ultimate show business secret.

"I would say she gave me self-esteem," writes the actor whose successful TV series included "It Takes a Thief" and "Hart to Hart," but the relationship didn't hold. They were both too busy working and the age difference was too great. Stanwyck eventually broke it off.

"I would always have been Mr. Stanwyck," Wagner, now 78, writes, "and we both knew it."

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--"Batch Mode" means that user can select the DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD's, MTV DVD's and Episodic DVD's.

Support almost any kinds of DVD to iPod format

Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....

--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.

--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.

Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.

Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".

Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.

Support customize output video file size and video quality.

Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.

Support DVD to MP3 audio conversion.

Support Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.

Support Apple TV as well.

Support latest iPod touch and iPod video nano. New

Minimum Requirements of Cucusoft DVD to iPod Video Converter

Software requirements:

Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows, Vista, Windows 2003 Server, etc.

DirectX 8.0 or later.

Hardware requirements:

MMX-enhanced CPU or more powerful

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Mac Security: Antivirus Programs!!!

By buying a Mac, you've already taken the first and best step toward keeping malware off your computer. (It's striking how many of the security experts interviewed for this article are Mac users.)

Both Symantec and Intego sell Mac antivirus programs: Norton AntiVirus 11 ($50; ) andVirusBarrier X5 ($70; ), respectively. But if you don't run Windows and you don't mind passing along virus-laden e-mail attachments to your Windows friends, you don't need either one.

If you do run Windows on your Mac, you should install a Windows antivirus program on your virtual PC. Our con- federates at PC World recommend Symantec's $70 Norton Internet Security 2008, the $80 Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0, McAfee Internet Security Suite (three-seat license $70), and BitDefender Internet Security 2008, which costs $50 for three PCs. Each of these general-purpose security suites can protect your virtual Windows machine against all sorts of threats.

Symantec and Intego both offer dual-protection products for users who run both Windows and OS X on their Macs. These bundles give you Windows and Mac antivirus apps. Norton's package costs $70 and includes Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac andNorton AntiVirus 2008 for Windows, while Intego's package costs $80 and includes VirusBarrier X5 for Mac and BitDefender Antivirus 2008 for Windows. Each of these packages costs far less than its two programs bought separately; you have to install the Mac program and the Windows program on their respective operating systems.

If you're worried about passing along infected e-mails to friends, these bundles or one of the stand-alone Mac apps can also scan your inbox for malware attachments. The free, open-source ClamXav ( ) will do so, too, but it's slow.

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