Wyclef, Timberland team up on eco-friendly boots
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Wyclef Jean and The Timberland Co. are teaming up to sell eco-friendly footwear and support reforestation of the singer's native Haiti.
Jean, who achieved fame with The Fugees before going solo, collaborated with the New Hampshire-based footwear and apparel company on a 16-boot collection going on sale in November. Timberland also will sell T-shirts designed by Haitian children, and a new line of organic shirts and hats will be sold at Jean's concerts, with a cut of the profits going to Jean's Yele Haiti foundation.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Jean says he hopes the partnership will inspire children and put a new face on his homeland. The partnership is part of Timberland's Earthkeepers program, which promotes environmental and social activism.
'Hills' star Patridge gets restraining order
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge on Wednesday granted a three-year restraining order against a man accused of stalking "The Hills" star Audrina Patridge, calling evidence presented against him "disturbing."
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cunningham III issued the order prohibiting any contact by Zachary Loring with Patridge, who sought protection from Loring after he showed up at her house several times.
He was arrested on Aug. 30 after Patridge spotted him outside her home.
She testified during Wednesday's hearing, calmly recounting how Loring presented her with beer, wine, poetry and drawings.
"I was afraid," Patridge told the judge. "He had no emotion. He was monotone. He was very intense."
The actress said she accepted the items from Loring because she was afraid to provoke him, but later stayed away from her home.
Patridge, 24, said she was afraid of Loring, who was not in court.
A Los Angeles police detective testified that the 24-year-old Northern California man was exhibiting stalking behavior. Records show he has not yet been formally charged for the Aug. 30 incident.
Grisham says he supports changes to help innocent
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Novelist John Grisham has told a North Carolina gathering that he supports changes to the criminal justice system he thinks would reduce the chances of an innocent person being convicted.
The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that Grisham spoke Tuesday at an event to support the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence. The former lawyer said he thinks police should be required to videotape interrogations for serious crimes; that police procedures in witness identifications should be tighter; and that forensic experts should be nationally certified.
Grisham said his next book will be his first collection of short stories, half of which will deal with lawyers. After that book, titled "Ford Country," is published, Grisham plans another legal thriller scheduled for November 2010.