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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Kurt Cobain Tops Forbes "Rich Dead" List
The late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain has swept past Elvis Presley to top the rich list for dead celebrities.
Cobain, the grunge rock icon who killed himselfaged 27, earned $50 million from beyond the grave over the past year, US business website Forbes.com said.
Despite having died 12 years ago, the Seattle star's hugely influential records continue to sell.
His place at the top is mainly due to Cobain's widow Courtney Love selling a 25 per cent stake in his song catalogue last year.
During the last years of his life, Cobain battled drug addiction and the media pressures surrounding him and his wife Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain's body was found in his home. His death was officially ruled a suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, the unusual circumstances of his death fueled much analysis and debate.
Elvis has held the number one spot for the past four years but between 2005-2006 he made only $42 million.
Lawyers for Paul McCartney said Wednesday that he will "vigorously" defend himself against allegations that he physically abused his estranged wife, Heather Mills McCartney.
Britain's "Daily Mail" newspaper reported details of an alleged court document filed by Mills McCartney containing accounts of mistreatment and drug use during the couple's four-year marriage.
The newspaper acquired the document, which alleges that McCartney once attacked his wife with a broken wine glass, stabbing her in the arm and causing profuse bleeding. It also claims that he used illegal drugs and drank to excess.
The newspaper reported that the 13-page submission also alleged that McCartney had pushed his estranged wife into a bathtub while she was pregnant with their child.
It said the document, said to be filed by Mills McCartney in response to the former Beatle's divorce petition, lodged in July, also claimed McCartney had later objected to his partner breast-feeding their daughter.
The newspaper quoted the alleged court papers as saying McCartney had told his wife "they are my breasts."
It reported that the document alleged McCartney had grabbed his wife's neck and started choking her during a trip to the U.S. in 2003 and on an earlier occasion pushed her over a coffee table.
Mills McCartney is reported to claim in the legal papers that in late 2005 her husband forced her to cancel surgery for two months, as it interfered with their holiday plans.
The 64-year-oldrocker and 38-year-old anti-land mine campaigner announced their separation in May and have begun divorce proceedings in an increasingly acrimonious split. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Beatrice.
Mills put up with all this for years and didn't make one police report, why? Because she was very happy to know there was never a prenuptial agreement. "As soon as I have this baby, I'm going to take you to the cleaners dumb ass." Something that was on her mind from the start, bad move for Paul.
Ever heard of "Kool-Aid" Paul? When You're thirsty go to the fridge get out the kool-aid pour glass, drink..... Put the kool-aid back. When it's all gone, go buy more kool-aid, and try a different flavor.
After a 33-years in downtown New York hailed by many as the birthplace of punk. The club will close Oct. 31. CBGB's closure has prompted endless protests, tributes and vigils for more than a year, a cycle which ended when CBGB's owner, Hilly Kristal, gave up his legal fight to stay. A homeless advocacy group that owns the property, the Bowery Residents Committee, is not renewing CBGB's lease, which expired in August 2005. CBGB, opened in December 1973 and over the years helped spawn the careers of such acts as the Ramones, Blondie, the Talking Heads and Television. Though the club's glory days are long gone, it has remained a symbolic fixture on the Manhattan music scene. Blondie singer Deborah Harry performed at CBGB on Saturday, part of a weeklong send-off for the club. Kristal plans to move the club to Las Vegas, and its store, CBGB Fashions, will move on Nov. 1 to a nearby location at Broadway and Bond Street.
In the latest edition of Guinness World Records some veteran pop artist beat out their younger rivals in the new book on sale now.
Pop singer Madonna beats out younger rival Britney Spears ,winning the title of highest annual earnings by a female singer after she took home an estimated $50 million in 2004.
Spears is also unseated by another 40-something as the world's most searched-for person and most searched-for news item on the Internet.She loses those top spots to pop diva Janet Jackson who also gets credit for the largest ever fine imposed on a broadcaster after one of her breasts was exposed live on air.
Cher's 2005 "Farewell Tour" was the highest grossing music tour by a female artist and Irish rock band U2 were the biggest earning act in the world last year.
George Michael was arrested on Sunday for possessing cannabis after being found slumped at the wheel of his car for the second time this year.
The singer was rushed to hospital after officers found him unconscious in his Mercedes at a busy junction near his North London home just after 3.20am sunday morning.
They also discovered a small amount of cannabis in his possession.
Police were called to the scene after receiving reports that his car was blocking the street.
The 43-year-old star was later taken into custody at Colindale police station in west London, and booked under his real name Georgios Kyriakos Panayiotou.
As well as being cautioned for possessing cannabis, Michael was arrested under the suspicion of being unfit to drive and released on police bail sunday afternoon.
It is the third time this year the star has been involved in a motoring incident, which many believe is linked to his frequent use of cannabis.
The former Wham frontman was cautioned in February for possession of the class C drug after being found asleep at the wheel of his parked Mercedes near Hyde Park.
The millionaire was arrested for suspicion of being unfit to drive and was held by police over night, although he was never charged.
In April, Michael again faced police questioning after he allegedly smashed into three parked cars in his new 60,000 Range Rover.
Michael, who has just started a sell-out world tour - his first for 15 years - has never made a secret of his fondness for cannabis.
The singer, who has a long-term partner, Kenny Goss, hit the headlines in July after being caught having sex with a stranger on Hampstead Heath.
Michael, in a interview said he felt no shame about his sexual encounters with strangers in public places, an activity known as cruising.
The late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain has swept past Elvis Presley to top the rich list for dead celebrities. 
