Keanu’s Depo Won’t Leave Legal Matrix
Keanu Reeves’ next court date will remain his own private session.
A judge has granted the actor’s request to seal the transcript and tape of his deposition pertaining to a paparazzo’s negligence lawsuit, deeming it a “reasonable request.”
“I expect everyone to comply in good faith,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes said Monday. “I do not view this as an attempt by the defense to take unfair advantage of the plaintiff.”
Reeves’ attorney had argued that, if a video of the Q&A session got out, it would “undoubtedly be analyzed frame by frame in an attempt to embarrass Mr. Reeves.”
Meanwhile, legal eagle Joseph Farzam, who’s representing shutterbug Alison Silva, said that the public was unlikely to give Reeves the fine-tooth comb treatment reserved for celebs such as “Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith.”
The Street Kings star is “certainly not more important than the president of the United States,” Farzam argued.
But, per Grimes’ order, only the warring parties’ lawyers and expert witnesses will have access to the depo transcripts and an unnamed third party will hang onto the tape.
Silva sued Reeves in November for unspecified damages, claiming that “in a sudden, erratic and dangerous manner” Reeves hit him with his Porsche in March 2007 while pulling out of a parking space in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., leaving him with “serious injuries to body and severe shock and injuries to the nervous system and person, all of which…have caused and continue to cause Plaintiff great mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering.”
The case is scheduled to go to trial Oct. 27, but the judge expresed her belief that the two sides will settle up before then.
Paparazzo Richie’s Beach Blanket Bingo
Nicole Richie played voyeur for her Fourth of July festivities as the new mom strolled sans baby Harlow and rocker beau Joel Madden on the beaches of Malibu.
With several girlfriends in tow, Nicole happened upon an interpretive dance performance going on in the sand. Either that or a new strip club was opening. Whatever the case, an eyewitness tells us that eight Cal State dance students were “gyrating,” part of a traveling beach exhibit that explores man’s relationship with the ocean. Ah, the motion of the ocean.
Are we absolutely sure it wasn’t a traveling strip club?
Anyhoo, Richie cheered on the dancers and even whipped out her own camera to film them, paparazzi-style. But the camera love only went so farand in only one direction. When several stargazers tried to snap Richie filming the dancers, a peeved pal of Nicole’s approached and barked at the fans, “You need to stop.”
Talk about a buzzkill. So much for our new business venture: Beach Blanket Ba-Da-Bingo!
Reporting by Matt Donnelly
Burning Q’s: Dean’s Other Girl & More Hills Haters
I’ve been watching the third season of Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott on Oxygen. They keep saying their new daughter is their first little girl. Didn’t Dean have a girl with his first wife, right before he left her for Tori? Debby
Good eye, kid, good eye. Dean McDermott and former wife Mary Jo Eustace adopted a daughter together in 2005, the same year that he began his relationship with Spelling. But McDermott no longer has any legal responsibility for the little girl, named Lola. So take the “first daughter” gushing as you will. I know I won’t.
Got more Burning Q’s? Let’s go!
Why do people report about the so-called “stars” from the MTV show The Hills? Most people don’t seem to care about Heidi Montag and the other idiots who populate the show. Why can’t they report real news about actual celebrities? Kelly
They may annoy you and irk melooking at Audrina too long gives me a tic in my left eyebut as far as ratings are concerned, they are bona fide TV stars. The season-three opener in March brought in 4.8 million viewers, MTV’s biggest audience ever for a single episode.
Is Raven-Symoné married with kids? T.S.
No.
Miss Beaatch, what are you doing for the Fourth? Tandy
Celebrating my independence from Battlestar Galactica, thank God that’s over. Frack, that last season was looking a mess. I shall also receive gifts, celebrity-style, at a party in Malibu, and see if there are any surfer-vs.-paparazzo fights going down in the vicinity. So much more fun than fireworks.
Oh, and be my fan on Facebook, ’kay?
Halle Berry Has a Brand New Diamond Ring
Halle Berry Has a Brand New Diamond Ring
Looking radiant a summery white dress, Halle Berry was spotted out for a visit to a friend’s house in Los Angeles on Friday morning (June 20).
Accompanied by a bodyguard to keep the paparazzi at a safe distance, the Catwoman actress enjoyed an hour inside before being escorted to her nearby car and back home.
Meanwhile, an accessory on Miss Berry’s left hand is sure to set the rumor mill abuzz - as suspicions about the marital status of the new mother will certainly be raised.
According to a paparazzo on the scene, “As she left her car, a diamond ring on her left ring finger twinkled in the sunlight - definitely surprising photogs on location.”
So far there’s been no word from Halle’s camp in response to the wedding rumors - but count on to keep you in the know.