NEWS LITE : JUDGE BACKS JURY IN SPELLING CASE.A judge Wednesday refused to throw out a $4.9 million judgment against two companies headed by television producer Aaron television producer Aaron Spelling for firing ``Melrose Place'' actress Hunter Tylo Hunter Tylo (born July 3, 1962) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Dr. Taylor Hayes Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, being one of the longest serving cast members. when she became pregnant. The judge also ordered the defendants to pay Tylo's attorney fees of nearly $1 million. Spelling's defense argued March 24 that the December award in the pregnancy discrimination  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. case was excessive and the product of ``a runaway jury swayed by passion and prejudice.'' Superior Court Judge Fumiko Wasserman, in a two-page decision released Wednesday, denied a reduction in the judgment as well as a motion for a new trial motion for a new trial n. a request made by the loser for the case to be tried again on the basis that there were significant legal errors in the way the trial was conducted and/or the jury or the judge sitting without a jury obviously came to an incorrect result. . He also granted Tylo's motion for $901,839.70 in attorney fees. ``She's very happy that the jury found in her favor and that the judge has reaffirmed the jury's decision,'' said Tylo's attorney, Gloria Allred Gloria Rachel Allred (born Gloria Rachel Bloom on July 3, 1941) is an American lawyer and radio talk show host. She is also the mother of Court TV hostess Lisa Bloom. . Rocker Lee wants swastika forgotten Tommy Lee This article is about the American drummer Tommy Lee. For other uses, see Tommy.
Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962), is a Greek American rock musician. doesn't want jurors to know about his swastika tattoo when he goes on trial for allegedly roughing up a Jewish paparazzo pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. court documents obtained Wednesday. ``The evidence has no bearing upon the disputed issues in this case,'' the rocker's attorney, E. Todd Trumper, wrote in a motion to exclude information on the tattoo. Superior Court Judge Frances Rothschild will consider the request during an April 9 hearing. ``The swastika was not a reflection of Mr. Lee's views. Instead it was simply a stupid tattoo obtained several years ago,'' the motion read, noting, ``The tattoo was insignificant to Mr. Lee, and he eventually removed it. The tattoo was visible on the Motley Crue drummer's arm when he roughed up the cameraman outside a nightclub in 1996. Lee pleaded no contest to criminal battery in the attack on Henry Trappler but faces a civil trial for allegedly throwing him to the ground. Times Square lacks for `Seinfeld' It seems the show about nothing would create too much confusion for New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Times Square. The city has turned down a request from a ``Seinfeld'' sponsor to host a private bash in the heart of the theater district the night of the last episode in May. ``It would have created traffic problems of monumental proportions at the height of rush hour in one of the heaviest traveled areas of the city,'' said Colleen Roche, a spokeswoman for Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Fuji Photo Film wanted to stage a star-studded bash and a massive private viewing of the May 14 show on the giant video screen overlooking Times Square. Incomplete `Monty' next for movie cast The popularity of Britain's biggest box office smash ever, ``The Full Monty,'' has spawned an offer Hollywood can't refuse: a sequel. The stars will keep their clothes on this time, said Rod Hall, agent for the film's scriptwriter script·writ·er n. One who writes copy to be used by an announcer, performer, or director in a film or broadcast. script . Hall said his client, Simon Beaufoy, is negotiating for the project. You can bet 20th Century Fox is keen to repeat the success of the male-stripping movie that cost a measly measly said of beef, pork and mutton because infected meat has a speckled appearance thought to resemble measles (1) in humans. See also cysticercus. $3 million to make but has grossed about $270 million worldwide so far. The film will be a boon for most of the actors who, apart from star Robert Carlyle, got paid less than $25,000 for shaking their booty on screen. Stern and regulars to take aim at `SNL' Howard Stern says he wants to bring some laughter back to Saturday nights. Laughter and strippers and lesbians and angry drunken dwarfs. Stern, whose syndicated radio show has more listeners than any other and whose existing television show is the highest-rated on E! Entertainment Television, is ready to make his assault on network TV. Twelve CBS-owned and -operated stations, including KCBS-TV (Channel 2) in Los Angeles, will carry Stern's new television show beginning in August. Westinghouse owns both Infinity Broadcasting, Stern's radio company, and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . The one-hour show will air at 11:30 p.m., opposite ``Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL ,'' which Stern attacked during a Wednesday morning news conference from New York. ``The Howard Stern Show'' will include highlights from Stern's radio show, as well as other taped comedy bits. About eight years ago, Stern had a local television show in New York that beat ``SNL'' head-to-head. ``CBS is the Tiffany Network,'' Stern said Wednesday during his show. ``But I sat and I thought about it. Tiffany is a stripper's name, so we'll pack the show with strippers and all kinds of things.'' Passing the prize Oscar goes to . . . school Lil' Dalton Hamilton brought in something special for show-and-tell at his Malibu school last week: one of the three Oscars won by his stepfather, ``Titanic'' director James Cameron. Dalton's mom is actress Linda Hamilton. Second-grade teacher Cindy Johnson's class at Point Dume Elementary was most impressed, USA Today reported Wednesday. Johnson said the girls are ``in love with Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. (DiCaprio) and have seen the flick many times. The Oscar surprise was supervised by a nanny, and everybody got to hold it. So, how did it feel? Well, it's darn heavy, and Cameron's name wasn't even on the little guy yet, said school chum Henry Carradine, the 7-year-old nephew of David and Keith Carradine. ``Most kids just bring in rocks or shells,'' he noted. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Frozen in time Buddy, a cocker spaniel cocker spaniel, breed of small sporting dog developed from English cocker spaniels brought to the United States in the 1880s. It stands from 14 to 15 in. (35.6–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 25 lb (11.3 kg). , undergoes a freeze-drying procedure by taxidermist Ray Roos in Pontiac, Mich. Roos has found a new market in the preservation of pets through freeze-drying. David P. Gilkey/Detroit Free Press (2) Lee (3) Tylo |
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