Sunburn Yacht Hotel Ordered to Leave Lagos Shores

LAGOS - As all issues relating to the
controversial Sunburn Yacht Hotel had been
cleared, while arrangement had also been
reached to take it back for rehabilitation
and repairs, Lagos State Government said it
had issued a notice to the owners to remove
it from Lagos shore for security purpose.
It would be recalled that a group had staged a
demonstration to the office of the Economic and
Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, to protest over
what they termed government's financial
involvement by using tax payers' money to fund
the yacht project.
Commissioner for Tourism and Intergovernmental
Relations, Oladisun Holloway, made the
clarification while speaking on the recent public
comments that state government has financial
interest in the yacht.
Holloway, while debunking the reports, stressed
that Governor Babatunde Fashola had on several
occasions stated that the state government never
invested in the project.
He said stakeholders in the business transaction
maintained that all issues relating to the vessel
had been cleared, noting that outstanding issues
have been settled out of court.
Holloway said: "We have to correct that
impression that Lagos has investment in the
vessel. Lagos State government did not invest its
money into acquiring Sunburn Yacht. The state
government did not invest the tax payer's money
in the acquisition of the yacht."

Usher to Tameka Foster: Move Out!

The custody battle between Usher and ex-
wife Tameka Foster may be over, but the
feuding remains.
In the wake of this singer earning primary
custody over the former couple's two
children, Usher has come out swinging
against attacks from Foster, while Tameka has
defended herself as a non-gold digger.
And now Usher is issuing a new statement to
his ex: GET OUT!
Sources confirm to TMZ that the artist is
putting his $3 million Georgia mansion on the
market, the same residence where Foster has
been crashing since 2009.
According to the pair's divorce documents,
Usher is permitted to rid himself of the home
as long as he gives Tameka 60 days notice.
Foster is anything but happy over the
development, considering her lack of income,
but Usher has a simple response to that
complaint:
It's been over three years. Shape up, and
then ship out.

Prince Harry Drops Naked Photo Complaint

Prince Harry has dropped a formal complaint
against editors at the UK newspaper which
published naked photos of the British royal
from his scandalous Las Vegas holiday.
The Sun defied the royal family and published
shots of Prince Harry naked that everyone
had already seen on the Internet anyway
(with a headline that even acknowledged
this).
The scandal first broke with the pics leaked
online in August.
The Sun was the only paper to ignore advice
from the UK's media watchdog, the Press
Complaints Commission (PCC), not to run the
shots, and the images were printed days
later.
The bold move prompted the Prince, who has
since begun active military service on the
front line in Afghanistan, to file a formal
complaint with the PCC, which he has now
dropped.
A spokesperson for royal residence St James's
Palace says:
"We remain of the opinion that a hotel room is
a private space where its occupants would
have a reasonable expectation of privacy,
however Prince Harry is currently focused
entirely on his deployment in Afghanistan, so
to pursue a complaint relating to his private
life would not be appropriate at this time and
would prove to be a distraction."
They also have the Kate Middleton nude
photos to deal with.
She and husband Prince William have filed a
breach of privacy lawsuit against the owners
of Closer, the French magazine which first
printed those images.
The royals have won an injunction against
them barring further publication of the
images, which have since run in several other
European gossip publications.
And, of course, the Internet. Hard as it is to
go through what the royals are in this case,
it's harder and probably fruitless to try to put
the nude genie back in the bottle.
So to speak.

Hotel Transylvania Wins Box Office, Sets September Record

A whole lot of film fans moved in to Hotel
Transylvania this weekend.
The animated flick - which features the voices
of Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez, among
others - earned $43 million in its first three
days, according to studio estimates.
The figure blows away the previous record for
a September opening, which stood at $35.6
million buy Sweet Home Alabama in 2002.

Looper, another VERY well-reviewed movie,
also fared well.
Here's a look at the top five from a strong
couple days:
The weekend's Top 10 movies:
1. Hotel Transylvania, $43 million
2. Looper, $21.2 million
3. End of Watch, $8 million
4. Trouble With the Curve, $7.5 million
5. House at the End of the Street, $7.15
million