Minnelli insists that the chauffeur and Gest are plotting together to "destroy" her. And frankly, Gest could probably use a little settlement cash these days. Not only is celeb after celeb dropping out of his upcoming holiday charity concert in Memphis (Al Green, for one, says he never agreed to appear in the first place, and that Gest used his name to promote the concert without his permission), but the state of Tennessee is also questioning the legitimacy of Gest's fundraising intentions, given that he has failed to register to legally collect money for charity. If he does not register pronto, Gest could face criminal charges. And wouldn't that be a lovely way to end the year?

Bill O'Reilly shares alleged fantasies about loofah-enhanced love, and women everywhere cross their legs.
There's so much that could be said about the allegations of sexual harassment made by former "O'Reilly Factor" associate producer Andrea Mackris and the surrounding scandal -- O'Reilly's bullyish "preemptive strike" in filing an extortion suit against Mackris before she even filed her harassment suit, the stories impugning Mackris' rep that ran in Fox's print sibling the New York Post, the quiet settlement for an undisclosed sum and O'Reilly's subsequent vow never to discuss the case again -- but, really, wouldn't it be way more fun just to reread the section of Mackris' suit in which she quotes O'Reilly trying to woo her with a sexual fantasy about a Caribbean vacation? Click here to relive your fondest loofah/falafel memories.

Courtney Love stands accused again, and again, and again. Does no one hear this woman's cry for help?
Does it seem to you that Courtney Love was in court, like, every week this past year? That's because she pretty much was. She recently pleaded not guilty of felony assault with a deadly weapon in an incident in which she allegedly broke into her ex-boyfriend's home, found another woman sleeping on his couch and attacked her with a bottle of whiskey, a flashlight and a lighted candle, among other things. The alleged victim also claims that Love sat on her, yanked her hair, gouged fingernails into her arm, punched her mouth and gave her left breast "the worst pinch I have ever had." (Love's lawyer says his client was "grossly overcharged.")

Love appeared before a different judge to face felony drug charges related to that case. And in October she pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct brought after that prickly incident back in March in which she chucked a microphone stand from the stage during a performance in New York and hit an unsuspecting fan smack-dab in the noggin. (The poor guy had to have three staples put into his head to close the wound.)

The judge in that case reduced the charges of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault to mere disorderly conduct and ordered Love to pay the victim's medical expenses ($2,236) and to join a drug treatment program. Despite the sentence reduction and relatively light punishment, Love was dissatisfied with the outcome. "I played a rock show. I didn't do anything. I wasn't on drugs. Playing a rock show had nothing to do with drugs," she said.

The singer-actor is also being sued by her former lawyers over unpaid legal fees (the two sides are working toward a settlement) and by a travel agent who says she owes $50,000 in unpaid plane fares, and a lien was recently put on her New York condo because of her failure to pay her common charges. But Love didn't spend all her time in court this past year. Nope, she also spent a few days in a New York hospital, where she was admitted on her 40th birthday for what her lawyer called a "gynecological medical condition," not surprisingly missing a court date along the way.

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