Author Harper Lee has settled a New York lawsuit against two of the defendants she sued in May to re-secure the copyright to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. A filing Friday in federal court in Manhattan says Lee’s lawsuit against defendants Leigh Ann Winick and Gerald Posner has been dismissed. A lawyer for the two said a settlement with the remaining defendants is likely to be reached this week. Attorney Vincent Carissimi wouldn’t disclose the terms of the settlement. A lawyer for Lee did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The 87-yearold author sued her former literary agent’s son-in-law, Samuel Pinkus; companies he purportedly created; and purported associates of his. She claimed they had failed to protect the book’s copyright.
Christina Aguilera recently debuted her slimmed down body, but the singer said she doesn’t work out like crazy. The 32-year old is on the cover of Maxim magazine’s October issue. In a phone interview Thursday, Aguilera said her daily routine includes working out - on some days. “If I can squeeze in a workout, great. If not, that’s OK, too,” she said. The Grammy winner added that her 5-year-old son, Max, also is keeping her in shape: “Running around with him all day is pretty good exercise.” Aguilera will return to the fifth season of NBC’s The Voice on Sept. 23.
He’s competed in the culinary Olympics and produced countless gourmet dishes for southern West Virginia’s world-class resort, The Greenbrier. But chef Richard Rosendale said he faces his greatest challenges on the set of Recipe Rehab, a CBS Saturday morning show that begins airing Sept. 28. Families submit a favorite high-calorie recipe, and two chefs compete to crank out healthier, lower-calorie versions. Rosendale,who resigned from The Greenbrier in June, competes against California chef Vikki Krinsky in 11 episodes of the new show. As a father of two in West Virginia, a state struggling with an obesity epidemic, Rosendale said it’s important to be part of a show that’s not only entertaining, but has an important message about healthful eating.
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