A photographer who called 911 to report Heather Locklear allegedly driving erratically runs a paparazzi agency and profited from images she took of the actress's subsequent arrest, the woman's attorney said. But Nicholas Tepper, who represents the photographer Jill Ishkanian, also said in a written statement that her phone call to authorities was motivated by "civic duty" and a concern for Locklear's safety. Ishkanian sold her photos to the celebrity gossip site TMZ for $27,000, he said. Meanwhile, TMZ has reported on its Web site that a California Highway Patrol officer assigned to the case called Ishkanian a "credible" witness and that other people had called the authorities with a similar complaint. (AP)Jude Law will play Dr. Watson to Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes in a reworking of the super sleuth, the director Guy Ritchie said. The film, due out in October 2009, will rival a Holmes comedy that stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell. Ritchie said he is planning an adventure film. (BBC)
Melissa Etheridge is planning to marry her companion, Tammy Lynn Michaels, this month, before California voters reconsider whether same-sex couples should have the right to wed, the singer said. "We have four children and we're trying to find the right time," Etheridge said in an interview on the celebrity TV show, "Extra." In May, the California Supreme Court granted same-sex couples the right to marry, but residents opposed to the decision have organized a proposition. If approved by voters in the November election, an amendment to the state's constitution would reverse the court's decision. Etheridge, 47, has two children with her former partner Julie Cypher. In 2006, Etheridge and Michaels, 33, had their own twins. (Reuters)
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival, one of Asia's top film festivals, was to open Thursday with "The Gift to Stalin," a drama by the Kazakh director Rustem Abdrashev that is set against Soviet deportations to central Asia. Some 316 movies from 60 countries, including 84 world premieres, will be shown at the festival, held in Busan, South Korea. The producer Gulnara Sarsenova, who is based in Kazakhstan, is to receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. The festival ends Oct. 10 (AP)
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