A man who claims he wrote the pilot for the ABC series "Lost" is suing the network for replicating his work.

Anthony Spinner alleges that he was paid $30,000 to write a TV pilot in 1977.

Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for defrauding thousands of investors with a massive multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme.

The sentence given by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin was the maximum available and is inline with what prosecutors had hoped for.

Green Day are proud a child was conceived at their show.

Drummer Tre Cool revealed the group - comprising him, singer Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt - were delighted to hear the parents went on to christen their baby Dookie after the band's 1994 breakthrough album.

Hugh Laurie planned to kill himself before he turned 40. The "House" actor - who celebrates his 50th birthday in a few weeks time - and his school friends made a pact to take their own lives because they thought they would have achieved everything by that age.

He said: "I remember I made a pact with some friends when we were 18 that we'd kill ourselves before we got to 40. It just seemed such a ludicrously distant prospect. I think I'd say that you'll never think you know more or feel more acutely or have any clearer an insight into existence than you do right now."

Courtney Love owes over $350,000 on her credit card. American Express filed a lawsuit against the former Hole singer in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles yesterday, alleging she "failed and refused to make payments."

Legal papers claim the rocker owes $352,059.67 in unpaid charges and fees on her Amex Gold Card - which has since been suspended by the company.