[Anderson:] Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. Tonight, another explosive development in the Anna Nicole Smith case. Howard K. Stern says two of Anna Nicole`s diaries were stolen and he`s threatening to sue. Last month the contents of the diaries were sold for more than half a million dollars on eBay. Anna Nicole wrote them in 1992 and `94. Juicy secrets in there, her love for her then husband, 90- year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall. She details her drug use. She wrote of her weight struggle. The diaries are scheduled to be auctioned off again this weekend. We`ll explain that in just a minute. With me tonight is the man who owned Anna`s diaries and sold them the first time, Thomas Riccio of Universal Rarities, Fine Collectibles and Memorabilia. Thomas, hi there.
[Thomas Riccio, Universal Rarities:] Hi. How are you?
[Anderson:] Doing well. OK, what do you say, Thomas? He says the diaries are stolen. Did you or somebody else steal those diaries?
[Riccio:] No. A lot of people in the business know these diaries have been around for years. They were discarded. They were legally obtained. The guy who had them for several years was asking a little bit more than what they were worth at the time Anna was around. After her son passed away, there was some interest in them. He couldn`t find them. And then after she passed away, there was a little bit of a bidding war with him. We had an investor involved and bought them, put them up on auction where they broke records. And then they bought them for the media rights, the winner, and they`re now actually reselling them. They`re up for sale tomorrow at HeritageAuctions.com. They`ll be on sale tomorrow.
[Anderson:] So the man who bought them is reselling them to make a profit?
[Riccio:] Well, basically, he`s made his money from the media rights. He did a book deal and some other media stuff in Europe. And after April 10th, he was free to resell them for whatever collectibility value they have. And they`re at www.HeriageAuctions.com, HA.com. Tomorrow they`re going for sale over there.
[Anderson:] OK, well, why do you think Stern`s attorney is so worked up about this? These diaries were written long before they met.
[Riccio:] Well, I understand him going after things to do with her estate. From what I understand, there are some diaries out there that maybe have been elicitly gotten. In fact, we were approached with some and we didn`t represent them, but these ones here, everyone in the hobby, every auction house knows that these have been around for several years and these are not the ones from the Bahamas. These are not the ones that were embezzled by a former person close to Anna Nicole. These are the two that were legitimate. I think right now, actually, we were contacted we did contact him and I think he`s aware of that. And he has responded in the right way to that at this point. And we have responded with requested documentation that we faxed over to his office. So I don`t think that`s an issue. But there are other ones out there, which we are helping him with right now.
[Anderson:] OK, well I want to talk really quickly we`re looking at some pages from the diary. Out of all the things in the diary that eventually came out, what was the most explosive, the thing that shocked you most about Anna Nicole?
[Riccio:] In the old diaries?
[Anderson:] Yes.
[Riccio:] Well, she mentioned that she hates men, which seems kind of weird, because she had a lot of men in her life. She had a pregnancy scare, didn`t know who the father was. She actually mentions partying quite a bit with her mom in those diaries. And then there`s the real shocking thing about her ex-husband, Howard Marshall. She has like an undying love for him, praying for him that he`ll get better. I wasn`t aware that she, at least in her diaries, loved him that much. That was pretty shocking.
[Anderson:] Well, the new diaries that are set to be coming out, you know, you said they have explosive information about her sex life. They`ve been called triple-x, why?
[Riccio:] Well, These diaries, I just want to say right now, the diaries are sponsored by www.Clips4Sale.com and actually I have some breaking news. A couple of pages are on the website right now. You can go to www.Clips4Sale.com and view some of these new diaries. It`s some amazing stuff. Every day they`re going to have new stuff from these diaries. We`re not representing these diaries.
[Anderson:] Were they legally obtained, Thomas?
[Riccio:] You know, that`s a question I can`t answer right now, if they were legally obtained, the other ones. I don`t know. There were some questions as to how they were gotten. We wouldn`t represent those diaries. But, you know, everybody has scans of them and they`re out there right now. But we won`t represent the new diaries, because there is some question as to how those were obtained, not the ones that are for sale tomorrow, the other ones. There is some question.
[Anderson:] OK, we`re trying to keep all the diaries straight here. Thomas Riccio, we do have to end it there. Thanks so much for taking time with us.
[Riccio:] Thank you.
[Anderson:] Thomas will be back with us on Monday to reveal the downright dirty details from the explicit and explosive new Anna Nicole diaries. More of Anna`s secrets revealed Monday here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
[Hammer:] Big Beatles news today. Julian Lennon, John Lennon`s 44- year-old son, has sold a significant stake in the Beatles songs written by his late father, talking about songs like "All You Need Is Love, "Sargent Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band," and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." Here`s what all this means: Julian probably gets a big check. In return, the company sets up the deal with, which is called Primary Wave Music Publishing, gets a cut when it licenses the songs for say TV shows, commercials, that sort of thing.
[Anderson:] A.J., so many people outraged about this Don Imus controversy. So many questions.
[Hammer:] Oh, yes. And a lot of mixed opinion on all of it, Brooke.
[Anderson:] That`s right, and coming up, we have a special event, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT does, Imus` most outspoken critics and supporters here. We`re asking the tough controversial questions, an explosive no-holds barred debate at 30 past the hour.
[Hammer:] And listen to this, the Imus controversy has actually led some to call for Rosie O`Donnell`s firing. The shocking connection between Imus, Rosie, and former Congressman Tom Delay coming up.
[Anderson:] And, A.J., there`s more. Halle berry, the unbelievable tie she has to the Imus outrage.