Drew First Among Lacheys on Dance Floor
Cheryl Burke and Drew Lachey
A Lachey finally came out the winner in a reality TV show. Drew Lachey, the boy-band mate and younger brother of divorcing Newlyweds star Nick Lachey, was crowned the celebrity king of the ballroom on Sunday's second-season finale of Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
He shared the made-for-TV victory with his professional dance partner, Cheryl Burke.
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Britney Spears Celebrates Mardi Gras
Britney Spears
Britney Spears spent part of Mardi Gras with a group of students whose lives were upended when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area six months ago.
Standing in the French Quarter surrounded by St. Catherine of Siena School dancers wearing "Gatorettes" uniforms, the 24-year-old pop star, a Louisiana native, talked on ABC's "Good Morning America" Tuesday of her recent "surprise" meeting with four older students from Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans.
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George Michael Confirms Arrest
George Michael
George Michael is confirming published reports that he was arrested for suspected drug possession in London this weekend.
In fact, he says the incident was "my own stupid fault, as usual." The singer, 42, was found slumped at the wheel of his car.
"I was in possession of class C drugs which is an offense and I have no complaints about the police who were professional throughout," said Michael.
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Tyra: Undercober Stripper!
Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks is going "undercover" as a stripper at a topless club for a segment of The Tyra Banks Show.
However, the former Victoria's Secret model stops short of complete disclosure. The segment, she said, was the result of hearing friends and viewers express frustration about the men in their lives spending time and money in strip clubs.
"When I found out the majority of business is from males from married homes, I wanted to go inside the minds of the men who frequent these clubs. I wanted to see and hear why they went. And the only way to do that was to go undercover and see for myself," Banks said.
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Anna Nicole Smith Faces Supreme Court
Anna Nicole Smith
Former stripper turned weight-loss promoter Anna Nicole Smith will face the scales of justice on Tuesday, a Supreme Court showdown with millions of dollars on the line.
The legal issue, stemming from a nasty family feud over the fortune of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II, turns on whether state of federal courts have jurisdiction in the matter.
Smith, the buxom spokeswoman for a diet product company, was awarded $474 million by a federal bankruptcy judge. That was later reduced by a federal district judge and then thrown out altogether by a federal appeals court on jurisdictional grounds.
Smith married the oil tycoon in 1994 when he was 89 and she was a 26-year-old topless dancer in Texas. Marshall died the following year. His fortune has been estimated at as much as $1.6 billion.
The high court was hearing arguments in the case, and the eventual ruling will determine whether Smith gets another chance at part of Marshall's estate.
The justices are dealing with a technical question: When may federal courts hear claims that involve state probate proceedings? Smith lost in Texas state courts, which found that E. Pierce Marshall was the sole heir to his father's estate.
Smith, whose legal name is Vickie Lynn Marshall, planned to attend the argument.
"Most people will have a double take," said Edward Morrison, a former Supreme Court clerk who specializes in bankruptcy law at Columbia University. "It raises the novelty level and makes it somewhat more fun."
Douglas Baird, a bankruptcy expert at the University of Chicago, said: "I'd suspect some justices haven't the slightest idea who Anna Nicole is."
The Bush administration is siding with Smith as a technical matter, arguing that the justices should protect federal court jurisdiction in such disputes.
Marshall showered Smith, a former Playboy model, with $6.6 million in gifts that included two homes, $2.8 million in jewelry and $700,000 in clothes, and she contends that he also promised her half his estate.
Pierce Marshall said various wills and trusts his father prepared over the years made him the only heir.
A federal court ruled in 2002 that Smith was entitled to compensatory and punitive damages because the younger Marshall altered, destroyed and falsified documents to try to keep her from receiving money from his father's estate.
The case is Marshall v. Marshall, 04-1544.
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