和我一起读报纸

31、Doherty faces drug sentencing on Monday
Fri Dec 1, 2006 10:12am ET

advertisement
Entertainment News
Lindsay Lohan attending AA meetings: publicist
Is there such thing as bad publicity for stars?
Comic Richards to apologize to blacks from L.A. club
VIDEO: Schumacher is back
More Entertainment News... Email This Article | Print This Article | Reprints [-] Text [+]
LONDON (Reuters) - Pete Doherty, lead singer with the rock band Babyshambles, returns to court next week to be sentenced for seven drug offences, prosecutors said on Friday.

He is also due to face a review of a community order for previous drug offences at the appointment at Thames Magistrates Court in east London on Monday.

Doherty pleaded guilty in August to four charges of possessing class A drugs including heroin and cocaine and one charge of possessing cannabis.

The 27-year old self-confessed drug addict, who according to tabloids is still romantically linked to top model Kate Moss, has been in and out of court over the past year.


Reuters Pictures

Editors Choice: Best pictures
from the last 24 hours.
View Slideshow

He had to cancel part of a British tour with his band in October to give himself more time to recover from his drug

32、Eva Longoria Engaged! by Sarah Hall
Fri Dec 1, 6:38 AM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - She's not desperate and unlikely to be a housewife anytime in the near future, but     Eva Longoria is a bride-to-be.

ADVERTISEMENT

The actress confirmed exclusively to E!'s own Ryan Seacrest that she had accepted a "perfect, personal and sweet" proposal from her boyfriend, San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker.

"I always promised you that you would hear it first, and here we are...I wanted to tell you that Tony and I are engaged," Longoria said in an early-morning phone call to Seacrest, a longtime friend of the couple. (For an exclusive clip, check out The Vine.)

Longoria said Parker surprised her by grabbing a late flight to Los Angeles Wednesday, after the Spurs played the Utah Jazz. When she returned home from work around midnight, he was there waiting for her, surrounded by candles and rose petals.

Unlike some of her fellow celebrity brides, Longoria vowed that her nuptials would not be shrouded by secrecy.

"You know, Ryan, we aren't going to be crazy hush-hush about this and be dramatic trying to protect it, because we are so excited," she said. "It's going to be huge and beautiful, and we just can't wait."

The Desperate Housewives star, 31, and Parker, 24, met in November 2004, and began dating in January 2005.

Though they endured a brief rough patch in September, their romance bounced back shortly thereafter, with Longoria traveling to Parker's native France in October to watch him play in exhibition games.

The twosome are planning a summer wedding. It will be the second trip down the aisle for Longoria, who was previously wed to General Hospital star     Tyler Christopher, and the first for Parker.

33、Primary Navigation
HomeU.S.BusinessWorldEntertainmentSportsTechPoliticsScienceHealthTravelMost Popular
Secondary Navigation
Movies Music TV Industry Reviews Books Celebrity Fashion Dear Abby Dear Margo Humor Search:   All News Yahoo! News Only News Photos Video/Audio Advanced

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Inside Britney's Underpants by Joal Ryan
Thu Nov 30, 1:47 PM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - Is     Britney Spears allergic to underpants?

Clinically speaking, it's possible.

"Commonly, a lot of underwear is often made out of polyester, which is not a natural fabric," says Dr. Ted Edwards of the Allergy Expert Website. "And a lot of people have a reaction to that."

It is not known if Spears is actually allergic to underpants―polyester, cotton, latex or otherwise. But it is known that the performer is not big on bloomers of late.

In the past week, Spears' formerly private parts have been captured on film on three separate occasions, the latest incident occurring Tuesday night at a Malibu gas station apparently popular with paparazzi and underpants-free pop stars.

The photos, having taken to the Internet like porn to, well, the Internet, have prompted many clicks, some tsk-tsks, and an offer of help from     Rosie O'Donnell.

"I went shopping for [Spears] yesterday. I got her these," O'Donnell said on Thursday's edition of The View, as she held up a pair of pinkish-red bikini briefs. "Can you see? It says, 'No peeking.' "

On Wednesday, O'Donnell asked Victoria's Secret to provide Spears and her two new associates,     Paris Hilton and     Lindsay Lohan, with an unlimited supply of panties. Like Spears, Hilton and Lohan have been caught with their pants down. Or, off, as the case were.

A source tells E! News that Spears took shopping matters into her own hands on Tuesday afternoon at Le Bra Lingerie, the West Hollywood shop where a pre-wedding     Katie Holmes splurged for $3,000 in underthings.

Spears and an unidentified friend scooped up about $3,400 worth of corsets, tuxedo shirts and other designer lingerie.

There was no specific mention of panty purchases.

According to Harry Finley, who has researched the history of underpants for his Website, the Museum of Menstruation & Women's Health, Spears' crotchless lifestyle is a throwback.

"No women [wore underpants] up to a certain point," Finley says. "All men and women wore a kind of chemise―a long undershirt―with nothing underneath. That was their underwear."

Granted, in those days―say the 1700s―panty-free women weren't squeezing into micro-miniskirts and exiting limos outside Hyde, as Spears is wont to do.

"Obviously, if you wore a lot of outer clothing you can get away with more," Finley says.

"Wear more outer clothing" might be one memo to Spears.

"Put underwear on" might be another.

The latter comes courtesy Ginger Burr, who runs the Boston-based company Total Image Consultants.

As a personal image consultant, Burr is at a loss to explain Spears' new away-with-Underoos look.

"One time you can understand. Two times―I don't know," Burr says. "It's crazy. I wouldn't recommend anyone wear a short skirt and no underwear."

Perhaps if Spears wasn't wearing a short skirt sans underwear while simultaneously exiting a limousine, the world would not be so consumed with her nether region.

Or perhaps if Spears was exiting the limo in the correct fashion...

"There is a proper way, particularly when you're going to be slightly indecent," Burr says. "Keep your legs and knees together and swing them out together.

"It's very simple. It's very logical. Why she hasn't figured this out..."

Not that the panty-free life doesn't have its advantages.

"It's certainly more convenient," Finley says.

It's even a way to prevent infections such as vaginitis, which can be caused or exacerbated by too-tight underwear.

Edwards says underpants are mostly matters of modesty, their use entirely optional. And in some cases, such as rashes, the only option might be to go without them for a while.

"I would guarantee you there's several hundred thousand people out there doing the same thing [Spears did]," Edwards says. "But no one cares about them."

On the off chance Spears is alone, maybe all she needs is a time machine.

"People were not concerned a long time ago with smell, and washing was considered not healthy," Finley says. "People were pretty gross."

So Spears would be at home?

"She'd fit right in."

34、Is there such thing as bad publicity for stars?
Sat Dec 2, 2006 9:01am ET

advertisement
Entertainment News
Lindsay Lohan attending AA meetings: publicist
Comic Richards to apologize to blacks from L.A. club
Britney ditches her panties, raises eyebrows
VIDEO: Schumacher is back
More Entertainment News... Email This Article | Print This Article | Reprints [-] Text [+] By Belinda Goldsmith

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The old adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity for a celebrity is getting a workout these days -- and so far appears to be holding true.

Actor Danny DeVito's drunken jokes about President George W. Bush on a morning television show was the most viewed clip on online video site YouTube on Friday with more than 1.6 million clicks -- but the show's host shrugged off his behavior.

DVD sales of the television sitcom Seinfeld were robust, 12th on Amazon.com's best-seller list on Friday, after actor Michael Richard's racist rant in a comedy club and his contrite public apologies alongside various black leaders.

Reuters Pictures

Editors Choice: Best pictures
from the last 24 hours.
View Slideshow

And Disney Co. expected moviegoers to look past Mel Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic comments -- which were also followed by a public apology and a stint in rehab -- when it came to his film "Apocalypto," which is out next week.

"We really live in an era where there is no such thing as bad publicity for a celebrity," said Janice Min, editor of US Weekly, one of the leading U.S. celebrity magazines.

"It is all about being the buzz of the day."

Jay Fishman, adviser to celebrity businesses and managing director of Financial Research Associates, said public gaffes brought attention to the celebrities.

Richards had got more print recently than at any time since "Seinfeld" ended eight years ago and some people actually learned that his name was not Kramer -- the role he played on the show.   Continued...

35、Jay-Z's Kingdom Crowns Charts by David Jenison
Wed Nov 29, 9:40 AM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - Maybe he should retire more often.

ADVERTISEMENT

Lest anyone think his star power faded during his two-year recording hiatus, Jay-Z celebrated his rap comeback by topping one of the most competitive chart weeks of the year.

Released on the music industry's so-called Super Tuesday, which precedes Thanksgiving weekend each year and features a host of big-name titles, Jay-Z's Kingdom Come ruled over new releases from such pretenders as Chris Daughtry, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, U2 and even the Beatles, and gave the rap mogul his seventh straight number one debut as a solo artist and ninth overall.

With that, he ties the Rolling Stones for third-most chart-toppers of all time, behind the Beatles (19) and     Elvis Presley (10).

For the week ended Sunday, Kingdom Come moved 680,000 copies, per Nielsen SoundScan. That marks the third-biggest sales week of the year―trailing Rascal Flatts' 722,000-copy week for Me & My Gang and     Justin Timberlake's 685,000 copies for FutureSex/LoveSounds―and a career-best for the Jigga, whose previous high was 560,000 first-week copies for The Dynasty: Roc La Familia in 2000.

In 2003, Jay-Z said The Black Album would be his last, but even back then he imagined his return. On the album's "Encore," he raps, "Jay's status appears to be at an all-time high/Perfect time to say goodbye/When I come back like Jordan, wearin' the 4-5," referencing     Michael Jordan's comeback jersey number.

Though supposed retired, Jay-Z collaborated with R. Kelly on Best of Both Worlds: Unfinished Business and with Linkin Park on Collision Course, which both scored number one bows in '04. Nevertheless, 2005 was the first year in which the rapper turned Def Jam boss did not release some type of studio album since his 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt. Making a surprisingly strong entry at number two was Daughtry, a new rock band fronted by popular American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry. His band's self-titled disc sold nearly 304,000 copies, making his decision to turn down frontman duties for Fuel seem like an astute career move.

The Beatles checked in at number four spot with Love selling more than 271,000 copies. Unlike previous collections, Love actually intertwines hits, obscure B-sides and previously unreleased material into an audio collage overseen by the band's legendary producer George Martin.

Snoop's latest, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, rolled out 264,000 copies at number five. Snoop reunites with Dr. Dre on the new disc, with Dre producing three tracks and laying down raps on "Imagine." Snoop's last album, R&B (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, gave the rapper his first Hot 100 chart-topper with the Neptunes-produced single "Drop It Like It's Hot." He recently topped the Hot 100 again as a guest on Akon's smash hit "I Wanna Luv U."

Wrapping up the Top 10 bows at nine, Pac's Life, the sixth posthumous studio album from the late Tupac Shakur, sold 159,000. This latest collection of from-the-vaults rhymes commemorates the 10th anniversary of his shooting death, which occurred Sept. 13, 1996 in Las Vegas. His last studio release, Loyal to the Game, debuted at number one in late 2004, while the MTV-backed Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack took the two spot in 2003 behind Jay-Z's The Black Album.

The rest of the Top 10 were holdovers: Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 23 at three, Beyoncé's B-Day at six, the Hannah Montana soundtrack at seven, Akon's Konvicted at eight and     Keith Urban's Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing in the 10 spot. Last week's chart-topper, the Game's Doctor's Advocate, dropped out of the Top 10 completely, landing at 13 in its second week.

Missing the Top 10 by about 22,000 copies, the new U2 collection U218 Singles moved 134,000 discs to open at number 12. The album compiles 16 classic cuts along with two new tracks, "The Saints Are Coming" with Green Day and the Rick Rubin-produced "Window in the Skies."

Latin music powerhouse RBD followed at 15, selling 117,000 copies of the Spanish-language disc Celestial. The six-person group, which grew out of Mexico's hit TV show Rebelde, will release a Portuguese version of the album next month for Brazilian fans. RBD, which also released Portuguese versions of their previous two Spanish discs, will release their English-language debut, Rebels, on Dec. 19.

Il Divo, who topped the charts with last year's Ancora, sold nearly 108,000 copies of Siempre for a number 17 bow. The operatic foursome's previous disc topped the charts in 23 different countries, while their 2004 self-titled debut did the same in 13 countries. Siempre, which was released internationally last Monday, is expected to add to that total when the sales are tallied.

In what was a very busy week for new releases―sales were up 36 percent over the previous week―other notable debuts included Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me at 31, Killswitch Engage's As Daylight Dies at 32,     Tom Waits' Orphans at 74, Hector El Father's Bad Boy at 81, reality TV's Rock Star Supernova's eponymous debut at 101 and prolific indie fave     Sufjan Stevens at 122 with Songs for Christmas.

Here's a recap of last week's Top 10:

1. Kingdom Come, Jay-Z

2. Daughtry, Daughtry

3. Now That's What I Call Music! 23, various

4. Love, Beatles

5. Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, Snoop Dogg

6. B-Day, Beyoncé

7. Hannah Montana soundtrack, various

8. Konvicted, Akon

9. Pac's Life, Tupac Shakur

10. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, Keith Urban

36、Jimmy Buffett settles trademark lawsuit Fri Dec 1, 1:56 PM ET



GALVESTON, Texas -     Jimmy Buffett and a Galveston merchant he accused of unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store have settled the matter ― but not before the merchant spent a few hours in jail.

ADVERTISEMENT




A lawsuit filed last month in federal court sought to shut down Robert Akard's Web site, http://www.underonehut.com.

Anthony Buzbee, a lawyer for Buffett, had accused Akard of unlawfully selling bootleg and marked-up Buffett items on the site, including T-shirts and other items depicting either Buffett or slogans associated with the singer.

Songs recorded by Buffett, 59, include "Margaritaville," "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise."

Akard's lawyer, Darrell Apffel, had called Buffett a financial empire trying to shut down a small business.

On Nov. 13, U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent issued a temporary restraining order telling Akard to shut down his site until the case was resolved. On Monday, Kent ordered Akard into custody for contempt of court after finding Akard had disregarded the order.

After spending a few hours in jail, Akard agreed to stop selling any item that bore Buffett's likeness or any of his registered slogans or images. Akard also must turn over all inventory bearing such images or slogans to Buffett's attorneys.

The order didn't require Akard to shut down his site as long as all Buffett-related references were removed.

Phone messages left Thursday with Buzbee and Apffel weren't immediately returned.

___

On the Net:

Jimmy Buffett: http://margaritaville.com/

37、Judge Nixes Woman's Wacko Jacko Claim by Josh Grossberg
Wed Nov 29, 11:49 AM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - She said, "I am the one," but for now the courts told her to just beat it.

ADVERTISEMENT

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday rejected a British woman's seemingly off-the-wall claim that she is the mother of     Michael Jackson's three children on a legal technicality, according to City News Service.

Nona Paris Lola Jackson, who refers to herself in court papers a "black Jew born in Britain" and signed her lawsuit "dudu," filed her petition Oct. 20 in Los Angeles Superior Court asserting that she had a sexual relationship for years with the "Billie Jean" singer and asking that she play a role in the child custody agreement Jackson struck with ex-wife Debbie Rowe two months ago.

However, after reviewing the case, Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider dismissed the motion, saying the U.K. native offered no evidence before the hearing that Jackson and Rowe were alerted to her filing, despite the fact that attorneys for the estranged couple showed up in court.

There was no immediate comment from the Jackson camp following Wednesday's hearing. When the suit was first filed, the entertainer's publicist, Raymone Bain, said she preferred "not to focus attention to this ludicrous claim."

Nona Jackson sought a legal declaration that she, not Rowe, should be the one Jackson's kids―nine-year-old Prince Michael Jr., eight-year-old Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and four-year-old Prince Michael II, otherwise known as Blanket―call "mom."

"Michael and I are a sexually active couple and have been this way from the beginning," her lawsuit asserts.

During Wednesday's hearing, Nona Jackson affirmed her belief by phone, telling the judge that the former King of Pop never had sexual relations with his first wife,     Lisa Marie Presley, whom he divorced after 20 months in 1996. Nor, she said, did Rowe, Jackson's second wife, whom he married later that same year and divorced in 1999 and whom the courts recognize as the mother of Prince and Paris. (The verdict's still out on the mother of Blanket, the baby Jackson infamously dangled over a hotel balcony as Jackson has never revealed her identity.)

After Schnider informed Nona Jackson of his decision, the plaintiff reportedly asked him, "So what does that mean for me?" She also insisted that she did send Jackson and Rowe copies of her allegations, which outline her supposedly secret life as the Moonwalker's paramour and muse (she says she wrote more than 3,000 songs for Jackson).

The judge did leave the woman a chance to renew her case, noting that a hearing on the claims could be scheduled again once she serves Jackson and Rowe correctly.

But for now, it doesn't look like Nona Jackson will factor into the custody arrangement the entertainer and Rowe sealed back in September.

Although she initially forfeited custody of Prince and Paris, telling the court that she had the children for him and that "they're his kids," Rowe attempted to get her visitation rights reinstated in 2003, after Jackson was arrested on child-molestation charges of which he was eventually acquitted. The two sides finally struck a compromise, though neither refused to divulge details of the settlement.

Meanwhile, the 48-year-old singer is attempting to recover from his botched comeback performance at the World Music Awards in London earlier this month. He claims to be working on a new album and is due to make a non-musical appearance Dec. 19 in Japan, where he will be feted at a party commemorating the 25th anniversary of Thriller.

He is also reportedly planning a trip to Rwanda next year, where he will survey the health-care system in the African nation and come up with ideas to improve living conditions there.

38、Lindsay Lohan attending AA meetings: publicist
Fri Dec 1, 2006 9:21pm ET

advertisement
Entertainment News
Is there such thing as bad publicity for stars?
Comic Richards to apologize to blacks from L.A. club
Britney ditches her panties, raises eyebrows
VIDEO: Schumacher is back
More Entertainment News... Email This Article | Print This Article | Reprints [-] Text [+]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan, who has been a frequent target of the tabloids for her partying ways, has begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, her publicist said on Friday.

"It's positive and she hopes the press leaves her alone," publicist Leslie Sloane-Zelnik said of the 20-year-old film star, whose penchant for parties and nightclubs have made her the focus of tabloid stories portraying the auburn-haired actress as out of control.

In July, a producer of the film "Georgia Rule" blamed Lohan's "hard partying" for a series of late arrivals and absences from the set that her spokeswoman said was due to illness.

Sloane-Zelnik on Thursday blasted Lohan's critics in the media, saying they had crossed a line by mocking a heartfelt letter the screen star wrote following director Robert Altman's death last week.


Reuters Pictures

Editors Choice: Best pictures
from the last 24 hours.
View Slideshow

Sloane-Zelnik said the note, which one columnist suggested was composed by Lohan on "one of her legendary party benders" and contained misspellings and grammatical errors, was instead dashed off by the distraught young actress on a Blackberry, moments after she learned Altman had died.

Lohan burst onto Hollywood's radar at the tender age of 11 after she was cast in 1998's Disney movie "The Parent Trap." She went on to star in several Disney productions for cable TV, and has starred in movies "Freaky Friday" and "Mean Girls."

In a 2005 article in Vanity Fair, she admitted to having an eating disorder and bulimia, then later denied her statements.

39、Marsalis: Politics influenced new album By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer
Fri Dec 1, 4:39 PM ET



NEW YORK - On Wynton Marsalis' upcoming CD, he criticizes political leadership in America, cultural corruption, and sex and violence in rap ― and that's just on one song. "I don't speak from outside, I'm not finger-pointing," the 45-year-old jazz great told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

ADVERTISEMENT

"I'm a part of it, I'm speaking from inside of our culture," Marsalis said. "We're not taking a moralistic view. It's not, `Let me tell y'all how I'm different from you.' It's a comment on our way of life and our culture."

"From the Plantation to the Penitentiary" is due out March 6. Marsalis calls it his most political album in years.

"It's been in my mind for a while. Every decade I like to do one piece that has that kind of social involvement with American culture," he said.

But a look at some of the lyrics shows Marsalis is disenchanted with that culture. "The Return of Romance" appears to take rappers to task, accusing them of being modern-day minstrels with "song-less tunes"; "Super Capitalism" chastises those obsessed with materialistic goals; and "Where Y'all At," among other things, criticizes '60s radicals and idealists who have lost their revolutionary slant.

"Where Y'all At" is notable because it features Marsalis as the vocalist, delivering a sort of rap chant.

"I always try and do something different. I don't try to make any of my records the same," he said. "I'm always singing and chanting all over my house. I grew up doing it in New Orleans, chanting and singing and making up rhymes; long before there was rap music we were doing that. That's the New Orleans' way."

Though the album has its pointed moments, Marsalis isn't completely pessimistic about American culture. He noted the outpouring of support from citizens nationwide after Hurricane Katrina as an example of what people can do when they are aware of a problem.

"That's the one thing the Katrina episode taught us about America. Americans can be moved to do things when they have good information, honest information. People are more serious, people do want to participate in things," he said.

___

On the Net:

Wynton Marsalis: http://www.wyntonmarsalis.net/main1.html%emph

_off(%)

40、Michael Richards' Mea Culpa Mediation by Gina Serpe
Fri Dec 1, 11:56 AM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - Cosmo may no longer be on the rocks.

    Michael Richards has agreed to meet with the African-American comedy club patrons whose heckling triggered the racist rant heard round the world.

The former Seinfeld star will meet with the four men before a retired judge to extend a personal apology for his behavior and potentially offer to ease their outrage by forking over punitive damages.

"Michael Richards would like to apologize in person to the gentleman with whom he had the exchange in the club," read a joint statement from Richards and the camera-ready lawyer Gloria Allred.

"After discussions with Gloria Allred, an attorney who represents the man and three others who were with him that night, Michael has agreed that they will all meet in the presence of a retired judge, who will facilitate the meeting and help the parties resolve this matter.

"All concerned are hopeful that a face-to-face meeting will be constructive and begin the necessary process of healing and closure."

While there was no official word on when, where or which ex-judge would oversee the tête-à-tête, Allred told reporters it would likely take place in early January.

"He's really happy that he has a chance to do this," said Chris Giglio, a representative for Richards. "I imagine it would be sooner, rather than later."

The 57-year-old comic actor has been on a tour of contrition since his N-word-spewing tirade at Hollywood's Laugh Factory Nov. 17, offering a widely lampooned apology on the Late Show with David Letterman and attempting to persuade Reverends     Jesse Jackson and     Al Sharpton that he's not a racist. The targets of his reputation-killing rant have also been making the rounds.

Kyle Doss and Frank McBride, the two men who triggered Richards' now-infamous invective, held a press conference Friday at the Laugh Factory, where Doss claimed to be "very hurt by what happened" and said he's eager to tell the former sitcom star "how his words made us feel."

Last week, the men, who have agreed to abide by whatever recommendation the judge makes, also appeared on the Today show to tell their side of the story.

Doss and McBride said they were at the comedy club with two friends to celebrate a birthday. They acknowledged that their talking likely disrupted Richards' act but maintained that his explosive response was completely out of line.

On that, Richards seems to agree.

Not once on his cross-country apology tour has the onetime sitcom star defended his actions.

While appearing on the Late Show at the behest of     Jerry Seinfeld, Richards claimed that he was "really busted up" over the incident and chalked it up to his simply losing his temper, not to his being a racist.

"I'm not a racist, that's what so insane about this," he said. "And yet, it's said, it comes through―it fires out of me."

On Jackson's nationally syndicated radio show, Keep Hope Alive, Richards said he was seeking help to deal with his anger-management issues and painted himself as a one-man     United Nations, claiming some of his "best friends were African Americans." Despite the appearance, Jackson called for a boycott of the just-released Seinfeld season seven DVD.

Not that it has had much of an effect.

What started out looking like horrendously poor timing may end up proving to be a stroke of marketing luck. Seemingly boosted by Richards' sudden infamy after just one week, the DVD Empire Website reported that sales of the new Seinfeld box set are up more than 75 percent from season six and 90 percent from season five.