Campbell's at it again, maid says she was abused
Naomi Campbell, who has been accused of hitting several of her employees, was sued Tuesday by a former maid who says the British catwalker viciously assaulted her while calling her a dumb Romanian.
Gaby Gibson filed the lawsuit on the eve of Campbell's scheduled Manhattan Criminal Court appearance on charges of hitting another employee. Gibson's court papers say Campbell, far from being a supermodel, is a “violent super-bigot.”
Campbell, 35, “subjected Gibson to repeated discriminatory assaults based on her national origin” by saying, “You are not in the Third World any more, stupid,” and “Romanians are not usually as dumb as you,” Gibson's court papers say.
New Bond flick
gets royale greeting
The new blond Bond - sandy-haired Daniel Craig - met his public as “Casino Royale” had its world premiere in London.
Queen Elizabeth II, Elton John and Sharon Osborne were among those in the audience at Leicester Square on Tuesday as Craig made his screen debut as the suave secret agent OO7.
Craig, 38, was every inch a James Bond as he walked the red carpet in a tuxedo and black tie while hundreds of fans called his name.
“I've never seen anything like this,” he said. “It's just incredible.
High speed crash leaves reality star hospitalized
Ms. Dynamite was recovering from a 100-mph crash that occurred during filming of “The Race,” a car-racing reality show on Britain's Sky One TV network.
Brian Johnson, lead singer of rock band AC/DC, struck the back of the British rapper's Formula Ford car at Silverstone racetrack in central England on Sunday.
“The Race” pits teams of male and female celebrities against each other.
The drivers had completed lap four of a 25-lap race when the collision occurred.
Buffett claims fraud, ripoff and overpriced
Jimmy Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Galveston merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks to shut down Robert Akard's Web site, http://www.underonehut.com.
The lawsuit claims the Web site falsely represents itself as “Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Online Store for Merchandise.”
A lawyer for Buffett said part of the problem is that some items on the Web site, which sells clothing and beach-themed novelties, are overpriced.
- From wire reports
Gaby Gibson filed the lawsuit on the eve of Campbell's scheduled Manhattan Criminal Court appearance on charges of hitting another employee. Gibson's court papers say Campbell, far from being a supermodel, is a “violent super-bigot.”
Campbell, 35, “subjected Gibson to repeated discriminatory assaults based on her national origin” by saying, “You are not in the Third World any more, stupid,” and “Romanians are not usually as dumb as you,” Gibson's court papers say.
New Bond flick
gets royale greeting
The new blond Bond - sandy-haired Daniel Craig - met his public as “Casino Royale” had its world premiere in London.
Queen Elizabeth II, Elton John and Sharon Osborne were among those in the audience at Leicester Square on Tuesday as Craig made his screen debut as the suave secret agent OO7.
Craig, 38, was every inch a James Bond as he walked the red carpet in a tuxedo and black tie while hundreds of fans called his name.
“I've never seen anything like this,” he said. “It's just incredible.
High speed crash leaves reality star hospitalized
Ms. Dynamite was recovering from a 100-mph crash that occurred during filming of “The Race,” a car-racing reality show on Britain's Sky One TV network.
Brian Johnson, lead singer of rock band AC/DC, struck the back of the British rapper's Formula Ford car at Silverstone racetrack in central England on Sunday.
“The Race” pits teams of male and female celebrities against each other.
The drivers had completed lap four of a 25-lap race when the collision occurred.
Buffett claims fraud, ripoff and overpriced
Jimmy Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Galveston merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks to shut down Robert Akard's Web site, http://www.underonehut.com.
The lawsuit claims the Web site falsely represents itself as “Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Online Store for Merchandise.”
A lawyer for Buffett said part of the problem is that some items on the Web site, which sells clothing and beach-themed novelties, are overpriced.
- From wire reports
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