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Ted Danson is relishing his first Emmy nomination since Cheers.

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Actress Shirley MacLaine wears a pendant, earrings and Chakra Sky Rings from her Chakra Sky Jewelry collection during her appearance on the NBC ‘Today’ television program, in New York Wednesday.

In a remarkable run, Danson was nominated 11 years in a row for each season of the beloved Boston bar comedy, winning twice and mixing in another nomination for the 1984 TV film Something About Amelia, in which he played a father suspected of incest.

But the 60-year-old Danson will be back at the Emmys after being nominated as a supporting actor for his work on the FX drama Damages. Danson says the honour has more meaning this time around.

"When you're younger and you get nominated, there was part of me - I don't know if I took it for granted - but now it's a very rich experience," Danson told The Associated Press. "This is really lovely."

On the FX show, Danson plays Arthur Frobisher, a billionaire CEO who's the target of a class-action lawsuit. He and lawyer Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) are intense adversaries in a legal battle with Hewes representing employees who lost their savings when Frobisher's company went under.

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A criminal court judge has upheld charges against a Long Island, New York, man accused of stalking Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels.

A misdemeanour complaint says 31-year-old Oyster Bay resident Evans Pidhajecky claimed Michaels overheard his conversations and singing and used his thoughts on the SNL show without his permission.

The complaint says an "upset" Pidhajecky tried to contact the 63-year-old Michaels several times at NBC's Manhattan studios and at his home to "chat."

Police arrested Pidhajecky in December and charged him with stalking and resisting arrest. He is free on $1,500 bail.

Manhattan Judge Marc Whiten said last week Pidhajecky's intentions were "irrelevant" since his actions had "no legitimate purpose" and alarmed Michaels.

Pidhajecky's lawyer, Peter Brill, says he disagrees with the judge.

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A business management and accounting firm sued Courtney Love for nearly $1 million (U.S.) on Tuesday, claiming she failed to pay them a share of profits from the sale of Nirvana's publishing catalogue.

Love is the widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain. The five-page lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday afternoon claims she sold a portion of his share of Nirvana's publishing catalogue for $19.5 million.

Los Angeles-based London & Co. alleges Love broke an oral contract to share five per cent of any of her earnings or those from her company, The End of Music.

That company, according to the lawsuit, was created to manage Cobain's intellectual property, including his career with Nirvana.

London & Co. claims its share from the sale would have been $975,000.

Love controlled most of the rights to Cobain and Nirvana's work after his suicide in 1994.

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The Jonas Brothers are reported to have bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb - and some young neighbours sound thrilled.

Tarrant County records obtained by The Dallas Morning News indicate that the three band members granted power of attorney to their mother, Denise Jonas, to buy a $2.8 million (U.S.), six-bedroom house in Vaquero, a gated community in the suburb of Westlake. The documents were signed June 12.

A real estate agent confirmed the house's sale but said the contract prevented her from commenting further. A publicist for the band, which began a tour last month, declined to comment.