Ex-Laguna Beach' Star Jason Wahler Arrested in N.C. for Underage Drinking, Authorities Say

Viacom to YouTube: Pay up -- $1 billion. The media giant says the video-sharing Web site boosts its own business by using copyrighted material. It sued in U.S. District Court in New York, saying YouTube has ''brazen disregard'' of intellectual property laws.

MTV's "Laguna Beach" and "The Hills" alum Jason Wahler pleaded no contest yesterday to one count of battery and was sentenced to 60 days in Los Angeles County Jail, reports TMZ.com

Some people worry more about the brand of shampoo Jessica Simpson uses than who was elected to city government or the mass genocide happening in Darfur. Students should stop obsessing about celebrities and start paying more attention to the world around them.

Take away college basketball, the rivalry between Duke and Carolina, sweet tea, and convert Northerners to the South and maybe you'll understand "Maui Fever" from a local's perspective. With disbelief, a weekend ago I watched MTV for about an hour and then realized something: other than the brief music videos used as "teasers&q uot; at the end of the show there aren't anymore music videos.

By: George Kennedy. He can be reached at LedZepKennedy@y ahoo.com. I was sitting down to watch some TV the other night and was flipping through the channels. I happen to see a new episode of "Viva La Bam," or so I thought it was.

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner has announced an ambitious plan to launch Prom Queen, a new short-form serialized online series in conjunction with the launch of Vuguru, a new standalone production studio built to create content for various digital platforms.