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Sometimes saying you're sorry really does make it all better.

David Duchovny has dropped the $1 million defamation lawsuit he filed last month against the U.K.'s Daily Mail over a bogus story that claimed he had an extramarital dalliance with a tennis instructor.

The tabloid printed an apologetic retraction Monday, acknowledging that its Oct. 19 item about the X-Files star and Edith Pakay was bogus.

"We now accept this is inaccurate and Ms. Pakay and Mr. Duchovny are only friends who used to play tennis occasionally," the statement read. "Their relationship went no further and was not a factor in Mr. and Mrs. Duchovny's separation.  We apologize to Ms. Pakay, Mr. Duchovny and to Mr. Duchovny's family."

The recently separated actor was out for blood just days after the article ran, calling the Mail's behavior "intentional and reckless."

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Travis Barker is seeking a different kind of closure.

The former Blink-182 drummer has filed a negligence lawsuit against the owner and makers of what he claims was a "defective" Learjet that crashed Sept. 19, killing four and leaving Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein with severe burns. (View the lawsuit.)

Per court documents filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Barker's camp believes that "one or more of the tires failed, leaving tire debris and portions of airplane components along the 8,600 foot runway" and the pilot made a "negligent attempt to abort the takeoff."

"The pilot's decision was a breach of their duty owed to the passengers onboard and was a substantial factor in causing the crash and resultant injuries and deaths," the suit continues.

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Maybe Britney Spears was just waiting for the madness to die down—and the music to get turned up.

The popster, who chose to remain absent from what turned out to be her mistrial on an invalid-license charge and the majority of this year's conservatorship hearings, was in court Friday to talk business pertaining to dad Jamie Spears' control over her estate—namely, her plans to hit the road.

"There isn't a lot I can tell you about it," court spokesman Allan Parachini said during a brief press conference afterward. "There was discussion of Ms. Spears' future immediate business plans. Particularly touring in support of her album."

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Jason Momoa's beer-glass bully is facing a half-empty future.

Dominic Bando, 21, who allegedly argued with the Stargate: Atlantis actor and hit him in the face with a pint glass, was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angles District Attorney's Office confirms to E! News.

The intergalactic actor required reconstructive surgery and 140 stitches when his face was shattered during the Nov. 15 incident.

Bando is free on $30,000 bail, and his arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 10. If convicted, he faces seven years in the pokey thanks to a March conviction for carrying a loaded firearm.

For the nongeek crowd, Momoa also performed on several shirtless seasons of Baywatch and is boyfriend and baby daddy to Cosby Show queen Lisa Bonet.

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Clearly Bruce Willis doesn't want Michael Jackson to be the only star embroiled in a legal rumble with royalty.

The Die Hard star is looking for legal vengeance on Malaysian technology firm Petra Group and its chairman, Prince Imran Ibni Tuanku Ja'afar, over some ecofriendly rubber.

Willis—along with other boldface types like Al Gore and Mel Gibson—poured funds into the company's subsidiary, Elastomer Technologies Limited, which was developing nontoxic and recyclable rubber.

Willis claims he was "fleeced" into kicking in $2 million. Per his lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, Willis was given the option of a full refund as long as he gave the yippee-ki-OK within a certain amount of time. (View the lawsuit.)

Elastomer returned $1.1 million to Willis in March, but has been holding out on the remaining $900,000.

However, the check might be in the mail. The rubber purveyors claim they will recoup the $900,000 "in the next couple of weeks," according to a Bloomberg report, meaning the case might not be bouncing into court anytime soon.

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Looks like we might have a clue why T.I. went on a gun-shopping spree that got him in so much doo-doo.

Flanked by some serious security, the self-proclaimed King of the South took the stand today as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of an Ohio man accused of killing a member of T.I.'s entourage—and the rapper told a packed courtroom that he believed he was the intended target.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, spent 40 minutes testifying against Hosea Thomas. The 34-year-old defendant faces a litany of charges, including murder and felonious assault, for a May 2006 shooting following a postconcert bash in Cincinnati.

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Sienna Miller scored some big bucks—and a bigger promise—in her battle with paparazzi.

The erstwhile Factory Girl won $79,000 in damages, as well as court costs, to resolve a harassment lawsuit she brought against a photo agency for violating her privacy.

Perhaps more importantly, her lawyers also obtained a promise from said shutterbugs not to hound her when she's at her London residence or with her family.

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Just when she thought it was safe to disrobe...

Despite a federal court's ruling in July that CBS should not be held responsible for Janet Jackson's Justin Timberlake-assisted Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, the FCC has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the finding and reinstate a $550,000 indecency fine on the network.

Over the summer, a Philadelphia court tossed the fine resulting from the now more than four-year-old incident, claiming the FCC was "arbitrary" and "capricious" in deciding to punish the broadcaster.

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Michael Jackson's latest court battle keeps getting weirder. And he hasn't even shown up yet.

Another day of testimony in the case—in which Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Khalifa maintains the singer reneged on a recording contract, among other money-making music ventures—yielded yet more good-natured remarks about both the superstar and the Bahraini royal, including claims they considered each other "brothers."

This time, the gushing came courtesy of Jackson's former personal assistant, who not only backed her boss' seemingly naive belief that the sheik's $7 million-plus payout was nothing more than a gift, but also revealed the seemingly mind-boggling detail that the erstwhile King of Pop is not currently in possession of a bank account.

Suddenly Jackson's never-ending financial problems make a little more sense.

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Sean Stewart won't be getting clubbed in court for brawling outside a Hollywood hotspot.

A Los Angeles judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against the rock 'n' roll scion and his dad, Rod, by a man who claimed that Stewart smacked him around outside of LAX on Las Palmas Avenue after court documents indicated that the two parties had reached a settlement.

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Taco Bell is using fightin' words in its latest beef with 50 Cent, calling him out as "a self-described former drug dealer and hustler" and otherwise faux gangsta.

In July the rapper, otherwise known as Curtis Jackson, sued the fast food chain for $4 million for trademark infringement after the company wrote an open letter asking the star to find a little loose change and make his name 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent for one day in honor of Taco Bell's value menu. In return, the chalupa slingers would send $10,000 to Fiddy's favorite charity. 

Now the burrito bunch is filing a federal lawsuit of their own, calling the previous suit "another of Jackson's attempts to burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition the bona fide, good faith offer that Taco Bell made."

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Looks like Jennifer Garner won't be needing another alias after all.

The actress was granted a permanent restraining order against a fan she described as "obsessive and harassing" in Los Angeles Superior Court this morning, preventing Steven Burky from coming into contact with either Garner or her burgeoning family for three years.

Under the terms of the new order, the 36-year-old Burky, who Garner claims has been stalking her since at least 2002, must stay 100 yards away from the actress, world-saving hubby Ben Affleck and their 2-year-old daughter, Violet.

The alleged stalker is also prohibited from going near the couple's home, Violet's school or Garner's place of work, and the order lasts through Nov. 20, 2011.

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