The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| Pierce Brosnan’s daughter dies of ovarian cancer Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:24 AM PDT Irish actor Pierce Brosnan said today that his 41-year-old daughter Charlotte had died after a three year battle with ovarian cancer, the same disease that killed his first wife more than 20 years ago. Brosnan, 60, who was the fifth actor to take on the role of the fictional British spy 007 in the James Bond movies, said his daughter died last Friday, leaving behind her husband and two children. Charlotte's mother was Brosnan's first wife, Australian actress Cassandra Harris, who died from the same type of cancer at the age of 43 in 1991. "Charlotte fought her cancer with grace and humanity, courage and dignity. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our beautiful dear girl," Brosnan said in a statement. "We pray for her and that the cure for this wretched disease will be close at hand soon." Brosnan adopted Charlotte and her brother Christopher in the 1980s after their father died and they took his surname. He went on to have another son, Sean, with Harris. Brosnan married Keely Shaye Smith in 2001 and the couple has two children. Angelina Jolie revealed in May that she underwent a double mastectomy after discovering she carried a gene that increased her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, the same disease that killed her mother Marcheline Bertrand age 56. - Reuters, July 2, 2013. |
| Pharrell Williams sues will.i.am over ‘i am’ Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:15 AM PDT Music producer Pharrell Williams filed a lawsuit asking a U.S. court to rule he has not violated any trademark that Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am owns for the phrase "I AM." The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday, said that will.i.am, whose real name is William Adams, has repeatedly sent letters to Williams demanding he stop using versions of the phrase "I AM" on a website founded by Williams, iamother.com The website, according to the lawsuit, focuses on "encouraging individuality through different forms of expression." Trademarks owned by Williams's company, I Am Other Entertainment, do not have periods between the "i" and the "am," while those owned by will.i.am do, the lawsuit said. Further, the lawsuit claimed, will.i.am's trademark for "I AM" covers clothing and is "relatively weak" because similar trademarks already exist. An attorney for will.i.am was not immediately available for comment. The lawsuit asked the court to declare that the phrase "I Am Other" does not "infringe, dilute or unfairly compete" with will.i.am, said Brad Rose, counsel for Williams. Williams is part of the musical duo The Neptunes and has collaborated with artists including Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and Jay-Z. The Black Eyed Peas have sold more than 31 million albums, according to will.i.am's website. The case is I Am Other Entertainment, LLC v. William Adams, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 13-4547. - Reuters, July 2, 2013. |
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