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J-Lo sues to stop sex tape

A Superior Court judge refused on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order barring rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight from marketing a purported sex videotape of singer-actress Jennifer Lopez.

Knight's lawyer said his client doesn't have a sex videotape of Lopez, but that one of his companies is producing a video on the singer-actress titled, "J-Lo Uncut: The Real Story."

Lopez sued Knight and his Death Row Records for invasion of privacy after the Star tabloid reported this week that Knight was planning to market a videotape titled "Jennifer Lopez: Da Real Story."

Hollywood cruel to kids

Shirley Temple Black says life as a child screen star wasn't always glamorous.

The star of such movies as "The Little Colonel" and "Captain January" told The Oakland Tribune in a recent interview that directors would sometimes punish young stars for misbehaving. Reprimands included putting the youngsters in a black box with a block of ice, she said. "My mother didn't believe me about the black box, it just seemed like a story. I learned quickly that time was money and work wasn't play time," Black says.

Black never had to endure the black box, she says, though she was admonished once by producer David Selznick for doing impersonations of Cary Grant on the set. There are fond memories as well. Black says she still has a toy car Bill "Bojangles" Robinson gave her on her eighth birthday.

Ono stops Lennon fund-raiser

Yoko Ono has barred a British artist from using portraits of John Lennon to raise money for his old school, the artist said Sunday. Ono's New York lawyers sent Joanne Shaw, 26, a letter ordering her not to sell the pictures, because Lennon's widow has exclusive rights to his image, Shaw said.

Shaw had sent two drawings to Dovedale County Infant School, where Lennon attended primary school, when she heard it was trying to raise money for repairs. Dovedale sent one to Ono as thanks for a donation she made and put the other on display. Soon after, Shaw received a warning letter from Ono's attorney.

Country singers' trial today

High noon is approaching for country singers Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney in the case of a police horse ride gone awry. Jury selection was scheduled to begin today in Orchard Park, N.Y., Town Court.

McGraw and Chesney were arrested last June after performing at the George Strait Country Music Festival near Buffalo. Erie County Sheriff's deputies said Chesney rode away on a police horse and McGraw tussled with police who tried to pull Chesney off the horse.