Some Lindsay Lohan Nail Art For The Emmys

The Emmy nominations have come out and The Clone Wars got hosed! Not a single nomination.

What's the matter with these people? They eliminated two animated categories and combined them into one category, and most the noms are for has-beeners like "The Simpsons" or stuff nobody watched. No nominations for the score, the writing, or the voice work and even most of the voice nominees are for known celebrities slumming on a single episode of whatever. Absolutely disgusting. This is better than just about everything else on t.v., but I guess as long as you're not swaying voters with coke and whores, or if you're not pushing an agenda, or if you don't have the media behind you, you're screwed.

I have half a mind to pay Kanye West to crash the award ceremony, heh heh.

Hayden: Yo, "Royal Pains" Was MY Idea!

Hayden Christensen and his brother Tove are suing USA Network, claiming the show "Royal Pains" ripped off an idea they pitched in 2005 for a show called "Housecalls." The Christensens claimed they pitched a show about a doctor whose clients are the rich and famous to USA execs, while "Royal Pains" is about a couple of brothers who serve the wealthy residents of the Hamptons.

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Hayden_Christensen_Suing_The_USA_Network_132425.asp

Now let's call in our legal expert, lazypadawan. In these kinds of cases, the plaintiff must make a prima fascie showing that the defendant had access to the material or idea. Once the plaintiff does that, the defendant must prove it did not use the plaintiff's material or ideas and that the show, movie, song, or whatever was developed independently and/or the end product is substantially different from the plaintiff's idea.

As you might have figured out, if the Christensens pitched the show to USA as they said and can prove it, they'll easily leap over that initial hurdle. I think what's key here is the brothers' claim that their show was about a "concierge" doctor who goes to their clients' homes instead of an office, which is one of the things about "Royal Pains" that separates it from other medi-dramas. It will then be up to USA to prove its show was somehow purely a coinkydink. Or settle ASAP.