Will Virgie Get in Larry's Way? Today's Custody Fight Looms

136. Rob!! i think you may be right

Posted at 11:21AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Libby

137. I'm sickened buy this. Larry has just lost my respect.

From Fox News:



Sources: Larry Birkhead Cuts High Six-Figure Deal With NBC
Friday , April 13, 2007

By Roger Friedman


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NBC's Six-Figure Deal for Larry

Now, it’s Larry’s turn.

After enduring months of watching Howard K. Stern sell the rights to his story, Anna Nicole Smith’s story and “licensing footage” to Paramount TV for millions of dollars, Larry Birkhead is ready to reap the rewards of paternity.

Sources tell me that Larry cut a high six-figure deal with NBC for the exclusive access to his success story. The deal, they say, was cut by his former attorney, Debra Opri, back around the time of Smith’s funeral.

“It’s in the high six figures,” says my source. “It’s enough to cover the money Debra Opri says he owes her, with plenty left over.”

Opri is suing Birkhead for $620,000 in legal fees. The case is now in arbitration.

I’m told the deal was actually cut through NBC’s Bravo channel for documentaries about Birkhead.

The way it’s been explained is this: Everything Birkhead does for “Access” will be repurposed for Bravo. And it was “Access Hollywood” executive producer Rob Silverstein who delivered Birkhead to NBC’s “Today” show for an exclusive interview with Meredith Vieira. That appearance was also covered by the Bravo deal.

When I found him yesterday on the “Access” soundstage, Silverstein would only say, “I’ve never seen a story where so many hands are out.”

He pointed to Virgie Arthur, Smith’s mother, as another example of someone who wanted money for interviews (she got it, for a while, from ABC).

Of course, Birkhead’s fee is nothing compared to the money sources say Stern has made off the death of Anna Nicole Smith. That figure, my sources report, is now as high as $4 million. This column reported that Stern and Smith had made a deal with Paramount TV back before her baby was born. Then, when the baby arrived and Smith’s son died, “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider” began their long exclusive arrangement with Stern.

Sources also insist that Paramount Television paid for Smith’s lavish Bahamas funeral. “They put $300,000 into Dannielynn’s account,” an insider insists. “That’s how they bought their access.”

But now that Stern is old news, and no longer of interest, “ET” and “The Insider” are out of the picture. Since the DNA test results revealed that Birkhead is the father, the Paramount shows no longer have access to the story. “The Insider” has become “The Outsider.” On the last couple of shows, their reporter “on the ground” in the Bahamas has been relegated to using public information to look exclusive.

Birkhead will need all the money he can lay his hands on once he takes custody of baby Dannielynn. Although he’s billed as a photographer, it’s unclear what kind of career the 34-year-old really had in that arena other than taking pictures of Smith. A few years ago he called himself a celebrity journalist, and wound up in a lawsuit with USA Today over a story about Sharon Stone.

And here — to parody “ET” — is some breaking news you can only find in the FOX 411: Birkhead is said to be in the middle of negotiations for a million-dollar photo shoot of himself and the baby with a celebrity weekly. The suspects: Us Weekly, Star, OK!, Hello!, Life & Style, In Touch Weekly. Why not? He’s going to be buying a lot of diapers soon.

Birkhead did have another career in mind before he met Smith. According to public records, he got a Kentucky real-estate license in 1993. But the license, according to the same records, expired on March 31, 2007.

If Birkhead moves back to Kentucky, he would probably be the best known real-estate agent in the state, which is a good thing, since he wouldn’t be able to touch most of baby Dannielynn’s inherited multi-million-dollar estate.

Posted at 11:21AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Good One Larry...UGGGG!

138. #127 very well put and I agree 100%

Posted at 11:22AM on Apr 13th 2007 by ME

139. ClownPuppy and Vickie...

I don't know which show you saw but I saw cameras get in Virgie's face and her attorneys and BOTH said they wanted to work it out with Larry and then her attorney said, "She WILL be looking for joint custody" and that was yesterdays info. I didn't see anything on Greta last night that indicated one way or another and I still have it on DVR. Both Virgie and her attorney have been very careful of what they say in front of the cameras so as not to "tip their hand". Even Greta, when she couldn't get a read on what Virgie's attorney wants or what Virgie was going for, made the comment, "Does it matter once she'd back in the US? Does the US have to enforce a Bahamian court order?" Watch, it'll end up a fight and Virgie will lose. And even if she doesn't, it'll be a loss once all are back on US soil.

Posted at 11:22AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Christi

140. LARRY CAN CARE LESS ABOUT THAT BABY,HE JUST CUT A DEAL WITH SIX FIGURES DEAL WITH A MAJOR TV CHANNEL NBC,ENOUGH TO PAY OPRI AND STILL HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY,THIS GUY IS A SLUG,IT WASNT ABOUT THE BABY,IT WAS ABOUT THE MONEY

Posted at 11:22AM on Apr 13th 2007 by LARRY IS A SLUG

141. 2. She should let Larry have custody of Dannielynn but she should have visitation.

Posted at 10:33AM on Apr 13th 2007 by BUCKEYEG

I think all she wants to do is have visitation, but let Howard andTMZ tell she want to rule the world.

Posted at 11:22AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Howard is the Grim Reaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

142. Birkhead vs Grandmother

Ethics: Man who had sex with drugged up woman vs Grandmother

In some parts of world - would it not be criminal for a man to sex up with a DRUGGED up woman?

ANNA left the USA to AVOID Berkhead !!!!!!! So now the man who had sex with a drugged up woman should be given all her riches while kicking her biological blood family away?

Posted at 11:23AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Sam

143. Rob....since you started this......what the address??????????????????????????????? I would like to send something. $.01.

Posted at 11:23AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Larry fan club

144. Barb I wonder if you are a mother? Do you have children? I bet if you do Gramma's are great when it comes to FREE BABYSITTING !

Posted at 11:23AM on Apr 13th 2007 by carol ard

145. So how many of you women out there have been the perfect mothers ? I guess all of you huh? Leave Virgie alone . Maybe she wants a right incase the same thing should happen with Larry and drugs come into the picture .Where she can have some kind of say in Dannielynns life and what envirionment she should be in .. It happened once with her daughter and grandson she sure does not want it to happen again .

Posted at 11:23AM on Apr 13th 2007 by frannie

146. Why does Virgie need something on paper saying she is entitled to be part of Danielynns life?? Do those of us that have kids allow our parents to have legal papers saying they get ot have legal rights to our kids???

As long as Larry is a good dad, its not Virgies place to try and re-place Annas role.

Virige couldnt take care of her own messed up kids lives. She has not seen Daniel in 13 years, so what kind of loving grandma is she?

Virgie loves Annas money, thats what she loves.

Posted at 11:24AM on Apr 13th 2007 by Lori

147. Guess it is pick on Virgie Arthur day or are you all a bunch of sternies on here ? Larry will do the right thing , if money comes up today then Virgie will be fought .End of story .. Larry has the strength now for he is the father and it will be his way or no way with Sterns and Arthur .. so don't worry !

Posted at 11:24AM on Apr 13th 2007 by macki

148. OMG Virgie -- GIVE IT UP ALREADY or else Larry may cut you out of the baby's life for GOOD! Man -- some people just don't know when to quit!!!

Posted at 11:24AM on Apr 13th 2007 by HKS SUCKS!!!

149. WHO ARE YOU GUYS SENDING MONEY TO. HOPEFULLY NOT LARRY. HE HAS STATED EMPHATICALLY HE DOES NOT WANT ANY MONEY.

HOWARD COULD USE SOME MONEY. HE NEEDS HIS OWN SHOES. SHIRT. SUIT. HOUSE. CAR. TOOTHBRUSH. UNDERWEAR. ETC....

Posted at 11:24AM on Apr 13th 2007 by MRS MARPLE

150.
THE RACE IS ON - AND SHE IS OFF !!!!!!!!!!!! VERGIE WHERE WERE YOU WHEN ANNA GOT MARRIED TO MARSHALL ?? NO PIC'S OF YOU THEN. WHERE WERE U WHEN DANNILYNN WAS BORN ?? OOPS ! NO PIC'S EITHER. " SHOW ME THE MONEY " AND NOW IT'S TIME TO BE GRAMMA !! HA - GO BACK TO THE FARMLAND AND LET THIS BABY GIRL SETTLE INTO A SAFE AND WARM FAMILY WITH THE OTHER PARENT WHO WILL TELL YOU ALL THE VALUES OF YOUR MOMMY. GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 11:24AM on Apr 13th 2007 by LKBABY8