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Charlie Sheen Has The Last Laugh

andPOP Staff — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:54:54 +0000

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Perhaps Charlie Sheen will have the last laugh. Charlie is apparently getting a huge payday from Warner Bros. worth $25 Million, but he will get many times that over the next 7-10 years.

TMZ reports the first $25 Million is for work already performed on the series and the profits that have already accrued.

However, the 180 episodes he did shoot are worth $100 million for the actor in syndication profits over the next 7-10 years.

Charlie – you are winning.

Mike Tyson Sued for $25 Million by Photographer

andPOP Staff — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:44:49 +0000

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Mike Tyson is being sued for $25 Million by a photographer who claims the boxer beat him down last November at LAX.

TMZ reports the photographer — Antonio Echavarria — claims Tyson attacked him, hit him with a closed fist, and broke his camera. The photographer claims he suffered a concussion and a strained spinal chord.

Tyson was initially arrested after the incident and booked for misdemeanor battery. The case was thrown out however as the L.A. City Attorney officially rejected the case, citing “insufficient evidence.”

‘Twilight’ Stars Getting $25 Million Pay Day

andPOP Staff — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:39:51 +0000

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Wow – we should have become actors in the “Twilight” franchise. That was a huge career error on our part.

PerezHilton reports that Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson are guaranteed $25 Million for the last two “Twilight” films, “Breaking Dawn” Parts One and Two.

Perez also notes that their payday could be potentially even bigger. They have apparently been offered 7.5% of the theatrical gross, which could be $41 Million a piece.

But seriously, aren’t we bored of this “Twilight” thing yet?

Travolta Extortion Case Twists and Turns

Emma Renda — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:21:37 +0000

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As if the Travolta courtcase wasn’t cinematic enough already, his lawyer has adopted some choice moves from the movies to help move the trial along.

According to TMZ, the defense attorney tried to claim Travolta’s lawyer Michael McDermott was the one behind the extortion plot to which – and this is when it gets good – McDermott responded, “You can’t handle the truth! You can’t handle the truth!”

The line is straight out of A Few Good Men starring Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, and the defense lawyer didn’t miss the reference.

The lawyer for the alleged extortionists replied, “You’ve watched ‘A Few Good Men,’ huh?”

The twist in the case came when a transcript was released of a conversation between McDermott and Pleasant Bridgewater, alleged extortionist and attorney for paramedic Tarino Lightbourne. The document shows the two haggling over what the Travoltas would pay to prevent the release of a “Refusal of Treatment” document Travolta allegedly signed the night of Jett’s death. In the transcript, McDermott complains that the demands for $25 million would mean Travolta would have to come up with “like a pickup truck full of money,” and proceeds to offer property instead of the cash.

The whole tragic ordeal started when Travolta’s son, Jett, was taken to hospital via ambulance after suffering a massive seizure in the Bahamas, despite Travolta’s urge to have him flown to Florida where he thought he might get better care. In the end, Jett was driven to hospital, and paramedics tried to revive him on the way with no result. Allegedly, Lightbourne and Bridgewater demanded $25 million if they were to keep quiet about the document authorizing Jett’s transport to the hospital via ambulance.

Travolta claims the two threatened to release a “refusal of treatment” document he signed after Jett was found unconcious following a seizure. Then, in a last-ditch excuse, Bridgewater told McDermott her client wanted to keep the document because it was signed by a celebrity.

Travolta gave a heart-wrenching testimony on Sept. 23 and the case is still developing.