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  • Bob Seger was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, opening the ceremony with a spirited version of his 1973 classic, "Turn the Page." (Invision)

    Taking Names: Seger, Lightfoot among Songwriters Hall inductees

    Stevie Nicks prefers writing a song over meeting a handsome prince. Ne-Yo claimed songwriting saved his life. And Bob Seger said writing a song is the hardest, yet most rewarding, thing he does.


  • Kevin Costner arrives June 14, 2012, at a federal courthouse in New Orleans for the trial for Stephen Baldwin's lawsuit against Costner over their multimillion dollar business dispute in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit accuses Costner and Smith of duping Baldwin and friend Spyridon Contogouris over their investments in an oil cleanup device that BP used after the spill. (Associated Press)

    Kevin Costner: Jury sides with actor in BP spill lawsuit

    Kevin Costner said his reputation was at stake as he defended himself against accusations that he cheated fellow actor Stephen Baldwin out of millions of dollars in a lucrative BP contract for oil-cleaning machines after the 2010 spill.


  • Jury sides with Costner in BP spill lawsuit

    Kevin Costner said his reputation was at stake as he defended himself against accusations that he cheated fellow actor Stephen Baldwin out of millions of dollars in a lucrative BP contract for oil-cleaning machines after the 2010 spill.


  • Jury deliberates in Baldwin's lawsuit vs. Costner

    A federal jury on Thursday began weighing claims that Kevin Costner and his business partner cheated fellow actor Stephen Baldwin and a friend out of millions of dollars from a BP contract for using oil cleanup devices in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.


  • Jury sides with Costner in BP spill lawsuit

    A federal jury late Thursday rejected claims that Kevin Costner and his business partner duped fellow actor Stephen Baldwin and a friend out of millions of dollars from a BP contract for using oil cleanup devices in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.


  • Baldwin accused of threatening to smear Costner

    Stephen Baldwin threatened to feed personal information about Kevin Costner to The New York Times if the two actors couldn't resolve their business dispute over millions of dollars in BP money after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a witness testified Wednesday at a trial for Baldwin's lawsuit against Costner.


  • Baldwin: Used celebrity to market oil cleaners

    Stephen Baldwin testified Monday that no one asked him to invest any capital or join Kevin Costner in lobbying BP to use oil cleanup devices that the two actors were touting in the aftermath of the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


  • Kevin Costner downplays Baldwin's role in BP deal

    Kevin Costner says he never saw actor Stephen Baldwin contribute anything to their company's effort to sell oil cleanup devices to BP in the aftermath of the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


  • Costner testifies in suit over oil-cleanup devices

    Actor Kevin Costner testified Thursday that he was heartbroken as he watched millions of gallons of oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and that he headed to New Orleans to see if cleanup devices he helped develop could aid the recovery effort.


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