Dog inherits $12M from Helmsley’s estate

New York – Leona Helmsley’s dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley’s grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire’s estate.

Helmsley left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, according to her will, which was made public Tuesday in surrogate court.

She also left millions for her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was named to care for Trouble in her absence, as well as two of four grandchildren from her late son Jay Panzirer – so long as they visit their father’s grave site once each calendar year.

Helmsley left nothing to two of Jay Panzirer’s other children – Craig and Meegan Panzirer – for “reasons that are known to them,” she wrote.

Keith Richards demands apology for poor reviews

Stockholm, Sweden – Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has demanded an apology from Swedish newspapers for their scathing reviews of the group’s performance in the country earlier this month.

Tabloids Expressen and Aftonbladet panned the Aug. 3 concert in Goteborg, with Expressen suggesting Richards was “superdrunk” on stage.

“This is a first!” the 63-year-old rock star wrote in a letter published by Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter. “Never before have I risen to the bait of a bad review. But this time … I have to stand up … for our fans all over Sweden … to say that you owe them, and us, an apology.”

Aftonbladet’s music writer Markus Larsson gave the concert a score of two on a five-point scale, and said Richards appeared “a bit confused.”

“I am not going to apologize for my subjective opinion,” Larsson said Wednesday. “It is Keith who should apologize. After all it costs around $145 to see a rock star who can hardly handle the (guitar) riff to ‘Brown Sugar’ any more.”

Owen Wilson quits upcoming movie

Los Angeles – Owen Wilson, hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt, has dropped out of the upcoming ensemble comedy “Tropic Thunder.”

The 38-year-old actor will not appear in the DreamWorks movie, already six weeks into production in Hawaii. Wilson was to have a cameo role in the film. “Tropic Thunder” stars Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., and Ben Stiller, who is also directing.

Wilson’s next big-screen appearance is in “The Darjeeling Limited,” slated for release next month, in which he stars with Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman. In an eerie coincidence, Wilson plays a distraught man – bandaged throughout the film – who other characters imply has attempted suicide.