People in the News: Magazine pays Beckham damages
Spicy stuff: Victoria Beckham accepted undisclosed damages Monday from a celebrity magazine that claimed the crew of her U.S. TV show considered her "picky, demanding and rude."
The former Spice Girl sued Star magazine over an April article that claimed staff working on the NBC show also had described her as "full of herself and not very nice." Beckham's lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, told Britain's High Court that filming hadn't started at the time the story was published. Northern & Shell PLC, which publishes the magazine, apologized and agreed to pay Beckham's legal costs and "substantial" damages. The amount wasn't disclosed. Beckham, 33, and her husband, soccer star David Beckham, 32, recently moved to the U.S., where he's joining Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy next month. The TV show will air July 16.
# More spicy stuff: The Spice Girls are a big step closer to announcing an already widely rumored reunion tour. They've called a news conference Wednesday in London to discuss "future plans." U.K. tabloids already have reported that Geri "Ginger" Halliwell, Melanie "Sporty" Chisholm, Melanie "Scary" Brown, Victoria "Posh" Beckham and Emma "Baby" Bunton have been paid nearly $20 million each to re-form the '90s pop group for a 24-date world tour that will begin in London in December. The Spice Girls released their first single, "Wannabe" in 1996, and quickly became an international phenomenon. It would be the first time all five singers have performed together since 1998, when Halliwell left the group.
# Actor Tom Sizemore was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison for violating his probation in a drug case. L.A. Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis ordered the sentence after authorities said they found methamphetamine in the actor's car on May 8. Sizemore, 45, was on probation for a previous drug conviction. His screen credits include "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down."
The former Spice Girl sued Star magazine over an April article that claimed staff working on the NBC show also had described her as "full of herself and not very nice." Beckham's lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, told Britain's High Court that filming hadn't started at the time the story was published. Northern & Shell PLC, which publishes the magazine, apologized and agreed to pay Beckham's legal costs and "substantial" damages. The amount wasn't disclosed. Beckham, 33, and her husband, soccer star David Beckham, 32, recently moved to the U.S., where he's joining Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy next month. The TV show will air July 16.
# More spicy stuff: The Spice Girls are a big step closer to announcing an already widely rumored reunion tour. They've called a news conference Wednesday in London to discuss "future plans." U.K. tabloids already have reported that Geri "Ginger" Halliwell, Melanie "Sporty" Chisholm, Melanie "Scary" Brown, Victoria "Posh" Beckham and Emma "Baby" Bunton have been paid nearly $20 million each to re-form the '90s pop group for a 24-date world tour that will begin in London in December. The Spice Girls released their first single, "Wannabe" in 1996, and quickly became an international phenomenon. It would be the first time all five singers have performed together since 1998, when Halliwell left the group.
# Actor Tom Sizemore was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison for violating his probation in a drug case. L.A. Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis ordered the sentence after authorities said they found methamphetamine in the actor's car on May 8. Sizemore, 45, was on probation for a previous drug conviction. His screen credits include "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down."
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