EXPECTING
''Paper Planes'' singer M.I.A., 31, announced she's having her first child
with fiancé Ben Brewer, of the indie band the Exit.
BIRTHS
Lisa Marie Presley, 40, and husband Michael Lockwood, 46, added two new
rock stars to their family: The couple welcomed twin daughters, named
Finley and Harper, on Oct. 7. Presley has two children with ex-husband
Danny Keough.
INJURED
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, 30, sustained an injury to his
torso when he fell off the stage during an Oct. 7 performance in Iowa
City. The band subsequently rescheduled two Chicago tour dates.
COURTS
On Oct. 7 in New York, record label Brookland Media filed a $2 million
lawsuit against Lil' Kim, 33, claiming the rapper has cost them hundreds
of thousands of dollars by not recording tracks promised to the label.
Kim's lawyer responded, ''The business arrangement was more akin to a
partnership than a recording contract, and we expect that it will be
amicably resolved.''... Britney Spears, 27, rejected a plea offer on her
driving-without-a-license charge stemming from an August 2007 collision
in L.A. The pop star was scheduled to go to trial for the misdemeanor on
Oct. 15. ''She hasn't done anything wrong,'' said Spears' lawyer. ''She's
not going to plead to a misdemeanor, [and] she doesn't deserve probation
for a year.''... Lindsay Lohan, 22, filed a motion Oct. 8 in L.A. to keep
her upcoming deposition in a case involving DJ Samantha Ronson, 30, from
being videotaped. (Ronson filed a malpractice suit against her former
lawyers.) The motion states that Lohan will likely be questioned about
''the details of the drugs allegedly found in [her] car and her alleged
romantic relationship with Ronson...[which] will most certainly be
leaked to the media and the public.''
DEATHS
All My Children star Eileen Herlie, 90, passed away in New York City of
complications from pneumonia. She had played Myrtle Fargate on the soap
opera since joining the cast in 1976.... French actor and son of Gérard
Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, 37, died on Oct. 13 in Paris due to
complications from pneumonia.... Actor Kim Chan, 94, died in Brooklyn on
Oct. 5 from natural causes. Chan appeared in films like The Fifth
Element and Shanghai Knights.... The ''King of Rock Steady,'' Alton Ellis,
70, died in London on Oct. 11 of cancer. — with additional reporting by Stewart Allen
The Wedding Planner Weds Again
It's been a busy year for Jennifer Lopez: The singer, 39, gave birth to twins in February, completed the Nautica Malibu Triathlon in September, and on Oct. 12 renewed her wedding vows with husband Marc Anthony, 40, at Caesars Palace's Forum Tower Penthouse in Las Vegas. But the couple didn't re-wed alone — Lopez and Anthony shared the spotlight with the New York Mets' Carlos Beltran and his wife, Jessica, who also said ''I do'' for a second time during the joint ceremony. Lopez and Anthony have been married since 2004. — KW
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