Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington, 43, has publicly apologized for his behaviour during an on-set scuffle with co-star Patrick Dempsey. "I sincerely regret my actions and the unfortunate use of words during the recent incident on (the) set," he said in a statement to People magazine. "Both are beneath my own personal standards .
. . I have nothing but respect for my co-workers .
. . and have apologized personally to everyone involved.
" The magazine, citing a source on the set, reported that when T.R. Knight was late to film a scene, a debate ensued between Dempsey and Washington, with Dempsey insisting on waiting for Knight.
The argument quickly intensified and an alleged homophobic slur was used, but Knight wasn't present. Washington plays Dr. Preston Burke and Dempsey, 40, plays Dr.
Derek Shepherd. Knight, 33, plays an intern, Dr. George O'Malley.
The clash occurred Oct. 9. Knight revealed Oct.
19 that he is gay. For four years during the 1960s, two brothers were on the run after a prison break at a juvenile facility. Robert Hughes, wrongfully incarcerated at 16, turned to older brother Donald for help escaping.
Sound like Fox's Prison Break? The Hughes brothers think so. In a federal lawsuit, they say their agent sent Fox a manuscript in 2001 chronicling their experiences and the network wasn't interested in it.
So they were surprised when, last fall, Fox began airing Prison Break. "It's a classic case of the rich trampling on the poor," said Donald Hughes, 63. Their copyright infringement case, seeks unspecified damages and other costs.
Said Robert Hughes, 59: "If we sold the manuscript at this point to a movie studio or network, they'd think we were copying Prison Break." To all the critics who think their snarky words fall on deaf ears, take heart: Diddy says not only did he listen to past digs at his rap talent, but also the criticism helped him make his best album to date with Press Play. It debuted at the top of the charts this week with about 170,000 CDs sold, the first time he's been at No.
1 in almost 10 years. The album boasts an all-star list of collaborations, including Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx and Nas, and features a variety of new musical sounds from Diddy.
He even sings on one track. "I would say I'm a great shower singer," he joked about his vocal abilities. Medical experts and fans of beloved Canadian actor Michael J.
Fox are outraged by right-wing commentator Rush Limbaugh's assertion the Family Ties star exaggerated the symptoms of Parkinson's disease in a political commercial. The 30-second spot shows Fox, 45, swaying uncontrollably, urging Missouri voters to support stem cell research. It's an ad for Democratic U.
S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill. McCaskill's Republican opponent in Nov.
7 elections, Senator Jim Talent, opposes stem-cell research. Limbaugh initially said Fox was "exaggerating the effects of the disease." He later said he would apologize to Fox if he was wrong, but added that Fox "is allowing his illness to be exploited.
" "It's terribly unfortunate that he said that," said Joyce Gordon, chief executive of Parkinson Society Canada. "It shows that there needs to be a lot more information and awareness about this disease. It is progressive, it is chronic and this is what it looks like.
" An opposition leader in the Bahamas called on the government to investigate Anna Nicole Smith's residence status, saying the reality TV star doesn't appear to own the Nassau home she's been living in. Hubert Ingraham, leader of the main opposition Free National Movement, said he has learned another person owns the mansion Smith claimed to own in an application for permanent residency. He declined to say whether be believed her status should be revoked.
"I expect the government of the Bahamas to make a determination in accordance with the law," he said. Motley Crue, with frontman Vince Neil, is back and promising to be bad in downtown London. The U.
S. rock band is bringing its Carnival of Sins tour to the John Labatt Centre onDec. 4 at 8 p.
m. and promises more of the self-proclaimed Loudest Show On Earth. Crue played the JLC in April 2005 on its Red, White Crue: Better Live Than Dead tour.
Tickets go on sale Saturday and are $70 and $58, plus applicable charges and fees. Call1-866-455-2849 or online at www.johnlabattcentre.
com.
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