Well, we haven't had one of these in a while. But today I found two news stories relating to Anna Nicole Smith. I've actually completely lost interest in this story which is sad. But this is the longest, drawn out case I have ever covered. Here we go:
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Daniel Smith's death inquest will begin next month in the Bahamas. Howard K. Stern is attempting to make some changes to the proceedings. He has filed an "appeal for the jury selection in the inquest, asking that his attorneys be allowed to submit a special questionnaire for the screening process." Nervous much?

Forty witnesses are on the list for the inquest, which is expected to include testimony from a hospital nurse who may claim that she noticed two white tablets on the bed where Daniel died -- one that turned out to be methadone.

Larry Birkhead is also getting involved saying that he is just there to do the right thing.

"I'm just here to do what's right, to help Daniel," he told ET. "I'm here to give the truth."

Debra Opri is itching to get paid for services rendered to Larry in the Dannielynn paternity case.

In the petition to the court, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Opri claims Larry Birkhead "has refused and continues to refuse to pay [her] for any of her services." She now wants a judge to step in and force Larry to engage in binding arbitration.
In the document, Opri claims she "spent hundreds of hours working on Mr. Birkhead's case," which the documents say were at a cost of $475 an hour.

Larry has released an exclusive statement to TMZ saying there were "unbelievable circumstances" that led him to fire her:

Despite their filings, both Ms. Opri and her attorney received notification making them aware that I would be out of the state of California taking care of my daughter until the conclusion of an upcoming June custody hearing in the Bahamas.
Although at this time, the public is not aware of the unbelievable circumstances which led to me firing Ms. Opri, the only question at the end of the day is, how much money will Debra Opri be paying me? Thanks to the efforts of my Bahamas attorney, Emerick Knowles, I am fortunate enough now to be spending time with my daughter, Dannielynn.

In the end, she has to get paid. How much of a settlement she will receive is the real question.