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8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005
Lohan involved in second crash
BY DENISE PETSKI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan, whose car crash in May led to a state law aimed at reining in celebrity photographers, has crashed again, this time after witnesses said she was swarmed by paparazzi.
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Lohan and a female passenger suffered minor injuries Tuesday after the actress' Mercedes-Benz convertible collided with a van on a West Hollywood street.
She got into her black Mercedes across the street and they literally were like sitting on her car, trying to take pictures of her, she was like yelling at them to get off."
Witnesses said Lohan, 19, had been shopping at a clothing store when she was confronted and that dozens of photographers had been following her before the crash.
Lori Satzberg Witness
"There were about 30 photographers outside covering the store; the poor girl just was shopping and they were just like hounding her." said Lori Satzberg. 43.
"She got into her black Mercedes across the street and they literally were like sitting on her car, she trying to take pictures of her, she was like yelling at them to get off," said Satzberg, who was shopping with her 13-year-old
daughter.
The driver of the van, which careened into a parked vehicle, suffered moderate injuries, said Sgt. Diane Hecht of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Authorities investigating the car crash said Wednesday that contrary to reports from some witnesses, paparazzi had nothing to do with the collision.
The crash occurred because the driver of the van made a Uturn in front of Lohan, said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The van's driver may be cited, he added.
The syndicated television show "Access Hollywood" identified the van driver as Raymundo Ortega, 40, a busboy at a Beverly Hills
eatery.
Ortega told the show that he was treated for minor injuries. Authorities said there was no evidence alcohol was involved in the crash.
"She happens to be an innocent victim in all of this," Whitmore said. "The paparazzi, as far as we can tell, have nothing to do in terms of the accident."
Lohan's publicist did not return a call for comment.
The star of such films as "Mean Girls" and "Herbie: Fully Loaded" also was involved in a May 31 traffic accident when she tried to evade a photographer who collided with her.
That photographer was arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after police said
he deliberately crashed his car into Lohan's.
The crash was credited with prompting passage of a measure Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law on Friday calling for steep financial penalties for paparazzi who commit assaults in their efforts to obtain celebrity photos.
The new law allows victims of paparazzi assaults to file lawsuits seeking up to three times the damages they suffered. The law goes into effect Jan. 1.
Tuesday's accident was witnessed by a number of people, including a reporter for the syndicated television show "The Insider."
Other witnesses said they saw Lohan and her passenger run into an antique store immediately after the crash.
"She was very upset," said Javier Ramirez, who works at Hideaway House antiques.
"She kept saying, 'Oh my God,
oh my God, I can't believe it."
Ramirez said Lohan and her passenger left after a few minutes and although both were shaken up, neither appeared badly hurt.
Actress Lindsay Lohan received minor injuries after a car collided with her convertible. Witnesses said she was swarmed by the paparazzi, but police said they had nothing to do with it.
Chris Pizzello/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baby on the way
Tom Cruise, right,
and Katie Holmes
arrive for the David
di Donatello Italian
film awards in Rome
in April. They are
now expecting a
baby. Holmes' preg-
nancy was reported
Wednesday by
People magazine.
The couple have
been dating since
April and were
engaged in June.
"Tom and Katie are
very excited, and the
entire family is very
excited," Lee Anne
Devette, Cruise's
spokeswoman, told
People.
Corrado Giambalvo/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PEOPLE
Jennifer Lopez attracts crowd in Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico Dressed in a blue shirt, khaki pants and a blond wig, Jennifer Lopez chased a bus and attended a street protest as a crowd of onlookers broke into aclause.
The 37-year-old actress-singer was filming scenes Monday in the Mexican border city of Nogales for "Bordertown," a movie about the largely unsolved killings of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Lopez plays a Chicago-based reporter sent to Mexico to investigate the killings. The film, directed by Gregory
Nava, also stars Antonio Banderas.
Traffic backed up around the set and hundreds of people crowded the streets of Nogales to get a glimpse of Lopez, who was accompanied by her husband, Marc Anthony, local newspapers reported Tuesday.
The Associated Press
Jason Alexander sells pilot to USA Network
OXFORD, Miss. - When the CBS comedy "Listen Up" was canceled, star Jason Alexander was the last to know.
"I found out about it in USA Today," Alexander told The Associated Press recently.
"That show had a sizable audience and a loyal audience and it wasn't a runaway hit but it wasn't a runaway miss," said the 46-year-old actor.
"We did better in our first year than the 'Raymond' show did in their first year, but there was a time that a network would allow a show to grow. Those days are gone."
Alexander, who played Jerry Seinfeld's friend George Costanza on the long-running comedy "Seinfeld," isn't ready to give up on television just yet
He recently sold a pilot to the USA Network that Alexander describes as a "dramedy" with a detective element.
The Associated Press
Popular Japanese comic succeeds in film
HONG KONG - Kentaro Otani said it was difficult to adapt his new film, "Nana" from the best-selling comic book of the same name because there were so many popular scenes.
"For me, the toughest thing was not being able to bring the entire comic book to the big screen," the Japanese director said at a news conference to promote the movie.
Otani, speaking through a translator, said he hoped comics could "transend cultures and be accepted by everyone."
"Nana," the story of two young women of the same name who cross paths, has grossed over $26.4 million in Japan.
The Associated Press
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