Winfrey also posts warning about scam on her Web site
updated 12:09 p.m. ET April 9, 2009
The FBI and Oprah Winfrey herself, through a message on her Web site, are warning fans to beware of scams that fraudulently use the TV queen's name in a fake $1 million giveaway.
Among the latest is the "Oprah Millionaire Contest Show," in which recipients are informed they have been "nominated" to appear on an episode of Winfrey's show where $1 million will be awarded. They are further told they must purchase – from the sender of the message — a transportation ticket to Chicago and pay to get into the show.
One such alleged scammer — apparently, "at least a dozen" exist, according to the Winfrey Web site — lists its return address as "Harpo Productions" at Studio 54 in Seattle. Winfrey's operations, which are indeed called Harpo Productions, are based in Chicago — and its show tickets are free.
It’s Oprah’s worldFrom film star to media mogul, Oprah Winfrey has built an empire and secured a legion of devoted fans.
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Says Jared Ashley falsely claimed Rich hit him in the face
updated 9:17 p.m. ET April 9, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Country star John Rich has sued a former "Nashville Star" contestant, saying the aspiring singer defamed him by claiming Rich hit him in the face.
Rich filed the lawsuit Monday against Jared Ashley, a contestant during the fourth season of the TV show. Rich claims Ashley entered his private club without permission and had to be removed by security on March 13.
Rich also contends that Ashley defamed him by falsely stating during a radio interview that Rich hit him that night. Rich is part of the musical duo Big & Rich and a former judge on the show.
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Comedian owes $2.5 million, singer owes $2.2 million
updated 9:23 p.m. ET April 9, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's budget deficit would shrink by nearly $5 million if singer Dionne Warwick and comedian Sinbad Adkins would pay their taxes.
They are among the state's biggest tax scofflaws, according to a report issued Thursday by the Franchise Tax Board.
Sinbad owes $2.5 million in personal income tax while Warwick owes $2.2 million, putting them in the top 10 of the state's 250 worst tax debtors.
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Actress and husband Freddie Prinze Jr. expect child in the fall
updated 10:19 p.m. ET April 9, 2009
NEW YORK - Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
"They're very excited," says the source, adding that the actress is due in the fall. The couple has been married for six years.
Gellar will next shoot the HBO pilot "The Wonderful Maladays," for which she serves as an executive producer. Prinze Jr. recently shot the comedy pilot "No Heroics" for ABC.
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
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Source says 3-year-old Mercy James has referred to pop star as ‘Mummy’
updated 11:31 a.m. ET April 9, 2009
Madonna is ready to do battle.
The singer, who has appealed a judge's rejection of her request to adopt 3-year-old Mercy James from Malawi, isn't about to give up the fight for the little girl, who, according to a source, has already called Madonna "Mummy."
The pop star's appeal is expected to be heard in the next few weeks. Plus, her side scored a "morale booster" when the Malawi Human Rights Commission decided to get involved in the star's bid to adopt, according to her lawyer Alan Chinula.
Madonna spent last week in Malawi where she and her three children — Lourdes, Rocco, 8, and David, 3 — reunited with David's birth father and visited with Mercy and officials from Raising Malawi.
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