Larry Birkhead is in talks to star in a reality TV show documenting his life as the father of late Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn.

Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer and companion Howard Stern has filed a £30m (€43m) libel action against author Rita Cosby and her publisher over a book that claims Stern and Smith’s ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, had a sexual encounter.

Howard Stern and Larry Birkhead plan to sue the author of a new book that claims the two men shared a sexual encounter before Anna Nicole Smith’s death and worked together afterwards to manipulate the media and maximise profits.

Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead has moved into the tragic actress/model's Studio City, California home with the couple's baby daughter Dannielynn.

David Hasselhoff's ex-wife has fired her attorney after losing custody of her teenage daughters last Friday.

Photographer Larry Birkhead has blasted claims he abused late model Anna Nicole Smith.

A judge in Florida who briefly heard arguments in cases involving Anna Nicole Smith’s death was today ordered to undergo drug testing for six months on a misdemeanour marijuana possession charge.

A Bahamian court cleared the way today for Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend to leave with their baby daughter, rejecting an appeal by the mother of the former reality TV star.

LARRY Birkhead has only kind words to say about Howard K Stern, his former adversary in the Anna Nicole Smith paternity case.

Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead has confirmed he has changed their baby daughter's name - but she'll always be Dannielynn.

A former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith said he does not intend to share custody of their baby daughter, but hopes he can avoid a major court battle over the issue.

DNA tests have revealed that Anna Nicole Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead fathered her baby, a Bahamas court has ruled.

DNA analysis has proved that Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of her baby daughter, an expert in genetic evidence said last night.

The identity of the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter could be revealed in Nassau, Bahamas, today in the latest round in the custody dispute pitting the former Playboy Playmate’s ex-boyfriend against her lawyer-turned-partner.

Diaries written by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s reveal her love for her husband, octogenarian oil tycoon Howard Marshall.

The Bahamas Supreme Court was expected to hold a hearing today in the paternity case of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter.

A BAHAMIAN court yesterday refused to prevent the release of DNA results that could reveal the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter.

The lawyer-turned-partner of Anna Nicole Smith has dropped his bid to halt the use of DNA to prove the paternity of the former Playboy playmate's infant daughter.

A judge in the Bahamas said he is close to resolving a legal issue that delayed an inquest into what caused the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son.

The murky circumstances surrounding Anna Nicole Smith’s death could become clearer today, when authorities are expected to release the results of the former pin-up’s post-mortem examination.

Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter is to have a DNA test to find out who her father is, according to a lawyer for the tragic former Playboy model.

A judge who played a role in the recent Anna Nicole Smith proceedings was cited for smoking marijuana in a city park, police said today.

An ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith returned to a Bahamas court today to press ahead with his claim for paternity of her baby daughter.

A photographer who claims to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby today urged the late model's partner to undergo paternity tests to end the "circus" surrounding the child.

A lawyer for one of three men claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby asked a judge to order the late Playboy model’s partner, Howard Stern, to come to California and provide a DNA sample.

A lawyer for one of the three men claiming paternity of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby today asked a judge to order Howard K Stern to come to California and provide a DNA sample.

Anna Nicole Smith's companion Howard K Stern is reportedly in secret talks with her former boyfriend Larry Birkhead to reach a settlement regarding the custody of her daughter Dannielynn.

With feuding guests, booing spectators and a coffin draped in a pink cover studded with rhinestones spelling out her name, Anna Nicole’s Smith’s funeral was part soap opera, part circus.

Tragic Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest today alongside her son Daniel, but reportedly only after a failed last-ditch attempt by her estranged mother to halt her burial in the Bahamas.

A US Supreme Court justice today denied a motion by Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, to halt the burial of the former Playboy Playmate and take her body to Texas, according to reports tonight.

A white hearse carrying Anna Nicole Smith’s body drove toward a Bahamas church today where the former Playboy Playmate and reality TV star was to be laid to rest in a beaded gown and tiara after a tightly guarded memorial service.

The coffin holding Anna Nicole Smith’s body was today loaded onto a private flight to the Bahamas for her funeral, after weeks of legal wrangling over where the pin-up should be buried.

Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her 20-year-old son tomorrow in a custom-made gown after an extravagant private and "very pink" ceremony bringing together three factions battling for custody of her infant daughter.

Anna Nicole Smith’s body will leave for the Bahamas by private plane tomorrow morning, and the starlet will be buried hours later, said the attorney given control of her remains after weeks of legal fighting.

Anna Nicole Smith’s friends and family awaited the release of her body today, as they planned for starlet’s funeral in the Bahamas after weeks of legal wrangling over her remains.

Anna Nicole Smith will be buried next to her son Daniel in the Bahamas on Friday morning after a Florida court rejected an appeal by the late star's estranged mother.

An appeals court today upheld a judge’s ruling that allowed Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas.

A three-judge appeals panel in Florida expressed doubts today about burying Anna Nicole Smith in Texas, as her mother wants, but also questioned how the advocate in charge of funeral plans knew the Playboy model intended to be laid to rest in the Bahamas.

Anna Nicole Smith’s mother received permission to see the former Playboy Playmate’s daughter, her lawyer said.

A Florida appeals court today issued a stay in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s body, ruling that her remains cannot be moved to the Bahamas until the court hears a challenge from the starlet’s estranged mother.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother today asked a Florida appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried.

Some members of the legal profession and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept – no, sobbed – on live, national TV as he announced a ruling in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried.

A US judge last night expressed doubt that he had jurisdiction to get involved in the paternity dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter, a day after the starlet’s remains were ordered to be buried in the Bahamas next to those of her son.

Hugh Hefner says he believes Anna Nicole Smith – a former Playboy Playmate - wanted to be buried in the Bahamas next to her late son, Daniel.