Murky Crystal Ball: Texas Psychic Ordered to Pay $7 Million for Bad Prediction

How come she didn't see this coming?

A psychic medium in Texas has been ordered to pay up almost $7 Million US in damages to a Houston area couple after her murky crystal ball churned out some very bad predictions. The bizarre case all began back in 2011 when the alleged psychic Presley "Rhonda" Gridley (who goes by the name of Angel), told authorities she had been having clairvoyant dreams and visions of a mass grave on the property of Houston couple Joe Bankston and Gena Charlton.

Madame Zelda's claims brought about a media frenzy in the city, as at the time there were a series of missing and abducted children in the area. The couple filed suit against Gridley, alleging that she called the Liberty County Sheriff's Office and falsely claimed that 25 to 30 dismembered bodies—including those of young children— were buried in a mass grave at the plaintiffs' residence. The complaint also stated that the defendant's false statements injured the couple's reputation in the community and exposed them to public hatred, contempt, ridicule and grievous financial injury as well as putting their lives in danger.

Judge Carl Ginsburg awarded $3 million in damages to Bankson and $3,849,000 to Charlton, plus 5 percent interest from the date of the occurrence in 2011. Ginsberg found that Gridley had made defamatory statements about Bankson and Charlton when she volunteered false information to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, claiming that a mass grave containing dismembered bodies was located on the plaintiff's property.

No word on how Grindley is going to conjure up that $7 Million!

Eat It: Weird Al Suing Sony for $5 Million Over Unpaid Royalties

Pop parody performer "Weird" Al Yankovic has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment, claiming he is owed at least that much in unpaid royalties from digital record sales and YouTube views of his videos.

The 53-year-old, who rose to fame in the 1980s with his parodies of Michael Jackson and Madonna hits "Eat It" and "Like a Surgeon", is claiming that Sony Music is paying a straight royalty for download sales, rather than the agreed upon 50 percent of revenues as per his licensing contract.  The download royalties were reportedly listed as sales instead of licenses, which return a larger cut to the artist -- in this case $2 million more.

Yankovic also wants the media giant to hand over a percentage of the money generated by millions of YouTube views of his videos.  Every time a Weird Al Yankovic video is shown on YouTube Sony earns revenue. Google partnerships are believed to be worth $1000 to $6000 per every one million page views.

Yankovic's lawsuit follows in the footsteps of a precedent-setting suit won by rap superstar Eminem in 2010. The controversial artist sued his record company Universal Music Group for the way in which royalties for digital music downloads are calculated and reported.

She Needs a New Attitude: Patti LaBelle Accused of Screaming at Baby & Trying to Punch Mom

"Does this $5 million necklace make me look like a Diva?"

It looks like superstar R&B singer Patti LaBelle needs to heed the advice of her 80s hit song and find a "New Attitude"...

Apparently, the former Lady Marmalade has some anger management issues. It seems that LaBelle became irate at a mother's parenting skills at her Manhattan apartment building. The Queen Diva didn't appreciate the freedom mother Roseanna Monk was giving to her 18-month-old daughter Genevieve in the lobby of the swank Riverside Drive apartment building where LaBelle was living temporarily while starring in the Broadway show Fela! When Monk told her to mind her own business, LaBelle allegedly flew into a rage, screaming obscenities and throwing a bottle of water at the shocked Mom! When Monk told LaBelle that her actions were upsetting the baby, the singer tried to take a swing at the mother. The singer's entourage quickly intervened, ushering the Demonic Diva out of the building and into a limousine, leaving Monk to contend with her upset baby.

The Monk's almost let the incident pass until they heard of another temper tantrum involving Loco LaBelle that made the news. It seems LaBelle and her burly bodyguards got into a scuffle with a West Point cadet at the Houston airport when the singer thought the soldier was standing too close to her priceless luggage. Now, the Monks are suing Lady Marmalade for an undisclosed sum of money. "Violence seems to be a part of their road show," the Monk's lawyer said in a public statement.