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New York, NY, United States (CNS) – Pearl Jam lead Eddie Vedder is being sued by a Canadian musician for changing some of the words of his song. Gordon Peterson claims the rocker altered key lyrics of his song “Hard Sun.”

Vedder recorded Peterson’s song for the soundtrack to the 2007 film “Into the Wild.”

But Peterson, who goes by the stage name Indio, was fuming when he realized that Vedder “altered certain key lyrics” of his 1987 track, “eroding the integrity of the composition.”

He also included Universal Music as defendant in the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court for licensing his tune without his approval.

He is asking for all profits from the “acts of infringement.”

Vedder’s lawyer, Gregory Clark, denies the charge, telling the New York Post that they don’t see any basis for copyright infringement.

Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy Sullivan was found dead Monday at his Huntington Beach, California home.

The body of 28 year old Sullivan, known as “The Rev,” will undergo an autopsy, although police at this stage believe that the death may have been due to natural causes.

In a statement on the band’s site, members wrote “It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan. Jimmy was not only one of the world’s best drummers, but more importantly he was our best friend and brother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy’s family and we hope you will respect their privacy during this difficult time.”

Along with his drumming duties for Avenged Sevenfold, Sullivan performed vocals and piano in Pinkly Smooth with Brian Haner Jr in 2002. Before leaving to join Avenged Sevenfold, Sullivan performed with the third wave ska band Suburban Legends as their drummer.

The Los Angeles County Coroner has released Brittany Murphy’s death certificate nine days following her tragic death.

The Brittany Murphy death certificate lists the cause of death as “deferred” and the manner of death is checked as “pending investigation.”

As we reported previously, it may take up to six weeks for toxicology, histological and neurological test results to be finalized.

The other notable parts of the death certificate: Murhpy’s cousin Tayebe Pajooh is listed as the informant, and Murphy’s father is listed as “unknown.”

The two Taylors are no more with news today that Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner have had a break up.

According to reports, Swift and Lautner split after dating for three moths after realizing that there wasn’t any chemistry between them, just the same first names.

“It just wasn’t happening,” a source told USMagazine. “They met, they liked each other, went out a few times, but the media made a bigger deal of it then it was because they’re young and attractive.”

“He liked her more than she liked him. He went everywhere he could to see her, but she didn’t travel much to see him.”

Both had previously referenced their relationship during appearances on Saturday Night Live.

Katie Holmes wants a tattoo.

The 30-year-old actress, who has three-year-old daughter Suri with husband Tom Cruise, is desperate to get an inking to prove her devotion to Tom, but he is unsure.

A source said, “He’s desperately trying to talk her out of getting the tattoo.”

Katie came up with the idea after seeing the etching pal Victoria Beckham had to mark her 10 year wedding anniversary earlier this year.

Victoria had the Hebrew words for ‘Together, Forever, Eternally’ inked on her wrist in honor of her soccer star husband David.

Katie is determined to get a similar inscription.

Victoria and David are famed for their love of tattoos, with David getting a ring of roses emblazoned on his arm to mark their anniversary earlier this year.

The 34-year-old sportsman has full sleeves of tattoos on both arms, while Victoria has several inscriptions on her body, including five stars on her lower back and a Hebrew saying down her spine.

Zelda Rubenstein, the squeaky voiced psychic from horror classic Poltergeist, has been taken off life support and only has a short time to live, RadarOnline is reporting.

Rubenstein, 76, became well known for the role in Steven Spielberg’s 1982 blockbuster and subsequent Poltergeist sequels. She has been hospitalized for over a month at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, and the decision to remove life support was made after two of her major organs failed:

“Her lungs and kidneys have failed and she’s in and out of consciousness,” a friend of the actress tells RadarOnline.com. “It’s only a matter of time now – she doesn’t have long to live.”

In addition to her distinctive voice, Rubenstein is known for her small stature, of which she says:

“Little People are societally handicapped. They have about two minutes to present themselves as equals—and if they don’t take advantage of that chance, then people fall back on the common assumption that ‘less’ is less.”

Rubenstein’s work after Poltergeist includes roles in Cages, Teen Witch, The Wildcard, Southland Tales and National Lampoon’s Last Resort. Rubenstein also did voice-over work for commercials and the TV shows Hey Arnold! and The Flintstones.

Jim Carrey used to throw himself down the stairs at Christmas time.

The ‘Dumb and Dumber’ star loved the festive period when he was growing up because it gave him the audience he needed to practice his comedy and would do anything to make them laugh.

He said, “Christmas was really where I started coming into my own as a performer because I did all this stuff on my own, all this performing on my own. When other kids were outside playing, I was in my room conjuring characters and impressions and things like that. It came to fruition, it all came together on the Christmas holidays when everybody would come over to our house, all the relatives and neighbors and everybody would storm our house because it was the Jim Carrey show. I was a little kid but I would throw myself down stairways and do all kinds of characters.”

Jim says his comedic routines helped him become one of the most popular members of his family.

He added, “That’s how I first got popular within my family. It’s funny, I needed to get popular within my family. That’s really the test. But that was important to me.”

Susan Boyle is to duet with opera singer Andrea Bocelli.

The Scottish singer, whose debut album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ was the fastest-selling debut LP ever released by a woman, will team up with the Italian operatic legend for a new TV talent show even though she beat him in the US album charts.

The pair will join together for upcoming ITV1 show ‘Pop Star to Opera Star’, where pop musicians will compete against each other by singing classical arias.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “Susan has held Andrea off the top of the US charts for weeks – it’s incredible. But he holds no grudges, he joked that he ‘must sing with this amazing woman.’ ”

The blind tenor’s latest album, ‘My Christmas’, was kept from the Billboard top spot by 48-year-old spinster Susan’s LP.

When they perform together, the pair are expected to duet on one of Grammy-nominated Andrea’s most famous songs – either ‘Time To Say Goodbye’, which he famously performed with Sarah Brightman, or ‘The Prayer’, which he sang with Celine Dion.

Susan shot to fame earlier this year when she appeared on British TV show ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ on which she finished second.

Since releasing her award-winning album earlier this year, Susan has already fulfilled her lifelong dream of performing alongside musical legend Elaine Paige.

Hugh Grant has hinted he is ready to quit Hollywood and become a writer.

The ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’ actor has always dreamed about penning a novel and feels now could be the right time to fulfill his ambition.

He said, “I have always promised myself, ‘When you have made some nice films and earned some money, you are going to finally write your novel.’ ”

Hugh, 49, already has one tome half finished but has been finding excuses not to return to it.

He added, “I don’t know if it is laziness or some kind of fear of failure.”

The other thing stopping Hugh from becoming a full-time writer is the amount of film roles that get offered to him where he gets to work with gorgeous actresses.

The British actor, who stars with Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’ said, “I get theses scripts and I think, ‘Shouldn’t I rather make a film, earn money and work with beautiful women?’ ”

Madonna has reportedly paid $9.6 million for a horse ranch.

The ‘Celebration’ singer splashed out the enormous sum for the estate, which includes 30 acres of land and is situated in the prestigious Hamptons area of New York State.

Madonna, who has four children, Lourdes, 13, Rocco, nine, and adopted Mercy and David, both four – bought the Wild Ocean Farm ranch from designer Calvin Klein’s ex-wife Kelly.

A source said, “Madonna is thrilled the ranch is now hers!”

The Wild Ocean Farm is currently being used to train show horses, and Madonna was only allowed to buy the ranch on the understanding she kept it as a working equine center.

The singer, who is a keen horse-rider and was badly injured in a riding accident four years ago, is believed to be interested in a $2.4 million adjoining plot of land and is making inquiries into buying it so she can build a mansion there.