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Disturbia, starring Shia LaBeouf, and Steven Spielberg are the subjects of a lawsuit filed in New York yesterday September 8, 2008. Spielberg is being accused of stealing the plot of last year’s Disturbia from the classic 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window! See more photos and video below.

Steven Spielberg

Dreamworks, its parent company Viacom Inc, and Universal Pictures are accused of copyright infringement. The lawsuit claim that Rear Window and Disturbia are “essentially the same”. Both feature a protagonist who views what may or may not be a killing through his window. The plot, characters and their interactions are all similar. In reviewing “Disturbia,” the New York Times called it “a kind of adolescent ‘Rear Window.”‘ The Toronto Star newspaper called it “a rip off with wit.”

The story was written in 1942 by Cornell Woolrich and made into a movie, Rear Window, by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954 starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Hitchcock and Stewart obtained the motion picture rights to the story. The lawsuit argues that Spielberg, a Dreamworks founder, should have done the same.

“What the defendants have been unwilling to do openly, legitimately and legally, (they) have done surreptitiously, by their back-door use of the ‘Rear Window’ story without paying compensation,” the lawsuit said.

The 2007 thriller, Disturbia, was a hit upon its release, taking $80m in the US alone on a budget of just $20m. So far neither Spielberg nor his company Dreamworks have made any comment on the suit.

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Krysten Ritter is an actress who plays Suze in the new movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” You can see her biography, photos and video below.

Krysten Ritter

“Confessions of a Shopaholic” releases February 13th, sounds like the perfect Valentine’s Day date movie. I don’t know how great the film will be, but Ritter plays the best friend of Isla Fisher, so the two together should at least make it entertaining.

Ritter was born in Pennsylvania and grew up on a farm. She credits her childhood for setting a solid foundation to survive in Hollywood.

“You don’t meet a whole lot of people in the biz with a background like mine. At least, I don’t. So I do think that makes me different? And I certainly have my feet on the ground and my head on straight because of it. Life on a farm is very basic and very humble.”

She was discovered while walking in a local mall and began modeling. Krysten had a successful career, using her 5′ 9″ measurements on the walkways in Paris, Milan and other major fashion cities. This led to some acting gigs, and she has scored many major roles, mostly comedic in nature.

Ritter’s most recent roles have been in “What Happens in Vegas” and “27 Dresses.” She’s also starred in the popular television shows “Veronica Mars,” “Gilmore Girls” and “Till Death.” Krysten is also a musician, playing in the New York City band Ex Vivian.

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Oksana is a beautiful, Russian musician who is reportedly spending a lot of time with Mel Gibson on the set of his new movie “Edge of Darkness.” Gibson’s spokesman denies any kind of romantic relationship exists.

Oksana is Mel Gibson’s Girlfriend?

The Daily Mail says Women’s Day out of Australia claims the pair have been seen together a lot, including spending time in his private trailer.

“The publication cited numerous occasions when the pair had been seen together in Gibson’s trailer, claiming that tongues were wagging about the pair’s relationship on the set.”

Gibson has been married for 28 years and contends his relationship with Oksana is strictly business. I’m sure he doesn’t mind spending time with her though. She is beautiful. Check out pictures here.

She is ‘one of the artists on Mel’s recording label Icon and is currently in the US recording a new album. She’s a musician.’

Mel has done a good job of staying out of the spotlight after his pr nightmares of late. Hopefully, for Gibson, this situation will garner less attention. As for Edge of Darkness, there is no release date set, but audiences have got to be excited to see Gibson and De Niro on the big screen together.

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