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Phone-Hacking Scandal Makes Its Way to America

It looks like the saga that’s engulfed the U.K. could make the leap across the pond, as a British lawyer has announced he’ll be taking legal action within the U.S. on behalf of three new alleged victims of phone-hacking.

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Jude Law, Other Celebrities Receive Settlements in Phone-Hacking Case

Law settled with Rupert Murdoch’s News International on Thursday, saying repeated phone hacking had made him “distrustful of people close to me.”

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J.K. Rowling and Sienna Miller Testify Before Phone-Hacking Inquiry

A glamorous government inquiry? Under normal circumstances, it would be an oxymoron

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Parents of Kidnapped 3-Year-Old Testify Before U.K. Hacking Inquiry

The British government’s inquiry into phone hacking continues today with the testimony of British doctors Kate and Gerry McCann

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“Nobody expects their medical records to be made public.”

Hugh Grant gives evidence on the media ethics inquiry on phone hacking, describing the times he believes that Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloids, as well as non-Murdoch-owned Mail on Sunday, hacked his phone.

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News Corp Offers Compensation for Phone-Hacking Victims as James Murdoch Faces New Grilling

News International is already facing more than 60 civil action suits for invasion of privacy. The website was launched to, presumably, streamline further claims.

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‘It Was Wrong’: Hollywood Hacker Says He’s Sorry

Christopher Chaney, a Florida man accused of hacking into the email accounts of about 50 celebrities, says it was just a curiosity that went too far—and that he “deeply apologizes” to celebrity victims like Scarlett Johansson.

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Emmy Editing: Alec Baldwin’s Phone-Hacking Joke Cut from Fox Telecast

Nobody puts Baldwin in the corner.

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Meet the Godfather: Wendi Deng Reveals Just How Close Tony Blair Is to the Murdochs

From a tiger-wife stint to a TMI interview, Wendi Deng has certainly been making headlines recently.

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Roasting Rupert: The 10 Best Tweets About the Murdoch Testimony

Throughout the parliamentary grilling and pie attack, tweeters from around the world tuned in to the scene at London’s Portcullis House and offered their humorous takes on #hackgate. Here are 10 of the best.