Charlize Theron sued by watchmakers at Raymond Weil

Charlize Theron got sued for wearing the wrong watch on the red carpet.

Watchmakers at Raymond Weil signed her as a spokesmodel for their $7,000 (Shine watches, and were upset when they spotted her wearing a rival Dior timepiece at a 2006 Texas film festival. According to website FilmStew.com, the Theron/Weil deal was worth an estimated $20 million and now the watchmakers are asking for their money back. In court papers, they insist Theron is guilty of breaching a contract and promoting a competing watch. Weil attorney David Jaraslowicz says, “If you’re the model for Ralph Lauren, you can’t show up wearing Gucci at the Academy Awards. She undercut our entire ad campaign. “We spent a fortune on an ad campaign centred around her, then she goes off and makes us look silly in the industry by wearing Dior.”

Tom Cruise is the most talked about celeb of 2006

Washington, Dec 13: Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has displaced TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey as Entertainment Tonight’s biggest TV news celebrity headline grabber of 2006.

The actor has been making the headlines throughout the year, be it his wedding to girlfriend Katie Holmes, his support of Scientology, his related criticism of psychiatry, or his rift with Paramount pictures.

Cruise has been trying his best to change his image, but most Americans still consider him too strange and also recently voted him the least favourite star in a poll. Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow denies rumors that she hates Americans

Reuter reported :”In a statement issued through People magazine’s Web site, Paltrow said she was “deeply upset” by remarks attributed to her by the Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias, which quoted the actress as saying: “The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.”

“I never, ever would have said that,” said Paltrow, 34, who is married to British rock star
Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, and resides part time with him and their two children in London.

“I feel so lucky to be American,” she said. “I feel so proud to be American.”

Paltrow denies giving an interview to the Portuguese daily, though she did speak at a news conference in Spanish, according to People.

“This is what I said,” Paltrow explained. “I said that Europe is a much older culture, and there’s a difference. I always say in America, people live to work, and in Europe, people work to live. There are positives in both.”

She added: “Obviously, I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish.”

Maybe she planning a sequel for “lost in translation”.