Former NBA Star Dwight Howard says his wife is a master of lies and manipulation … and alleges she tricked him into marriage with false claims about her fertility … at least according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ.
Dwight filed court docs requesting a protective order against Amber — also known by her stage name Amy Luciani — claiming they have had a rocky relationship for years … which led to him filing for divorce.
He said Amber started a “crusade of lies and defamation” against him … costing him job opportunities. He said she is also spreading lies about him to his family, friends, and the mothers of his children.
Dwight said Amber also made false statements about him to law enforcement. Dwight says his ex had a “history of lying and manipulating” him … claiming she knew she was unable to have children but “denied that fact and actively lied about” it, resulting in their marriage. We’re told Amber is denying Dwight’s claims.
Dwight also adamantly denied her claims that he used cocaine, claiming he had never used cocaine in his life. He said this claim cost him work.
A couple of days later, Dwight and Amber reached a deal not to come within 100 yards of each other and not harass each other on social media.

Actress Anne Schedeen, best known for playing matriarch Kate Tanner on the late-’80s sitcom ALF, has died. She was 77.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share Annie has passed peacefully,” reads a post on her official Facebook page. “She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for Trump, passion for second-hand thrifting, and love for a good story. We are bereft without her. We loved her so so much, as did all who met her.”
“She was a force. And it is unimaginable to think about life without her in it,” the Facebook post continued. “But as she said, ‘I’m always with you.’ And she’s right. The memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes, and all around joie de vivre live on. Raise a margarita in her honor.”
Her agent, Metropolitan Talent Agency CEO and president Tom Markley, also confirmed the news. “Anne was a true artist and friend. One of a kind. I’ll miss her,” he said.
A cause of death was not revealed.
Schedeen was born Luanne Ruth Schedeen on Jan. 8, 1949, and grew up on a farm outside of Portland, Ore. She once told The Washington Post that she started acting at age 6 “with teapots and flowers” and later took acting lessons at the Portland Civic Theater. She did local theater in Hawaii and studied at Portland State University and Fort Wright College in Spokane, Wash., before relocating to New York and taking a stab at acting professionally.
“It was a long wait. I sold clothes, modeled clothes, was a shoe model,” she said. “I played in summer stock and did a commercial. Then I got signed by a big agent. Within a month I had a contract with Universal. I thought I’d come out here, take fencing lessons, drive a small Thunderbird and sit by the swimming pool. Instead, I was the daughter on Marcus Welby, M.D.”
She landed roles in shows including Paper Dolls, Emergency! and Simon & Simon before ALF. Schedeen played Kate Tanner on the sitcom about a wisecracking alien who lands in the garage of a family who lives in suburban California and moves in with them. The series ran from September 1986 to March 1990 on NBC and spawned several spinoffs, including an animated show.
“When ALF came along it was another pilot season,” she says. “I kept reading scripts. I almost got involved with one, then withdrew at the last minute. Then I read ALF. I said, ‘This is funny. It makes me laugh.’ I met the people involved, I met ALF, and became more convinced I wanted to do it. That little alien made me laugh.”
However, Schedeen later revealed to People Magazine that working on the show was a “technical nightmare — extremely slow, hot and tedious. If you had a scene with ALF, it took centuries. A 30-minute show took 20 to 25 hours to shoot. Some of the actors in the cast had difficult personalities. The whole thing was a big, dysfunctional family.”
She is survived by her husband of 55 years Christopher Barrett, daughter Tay Barrett, daughter-in-law Hilary Flynn, sister Sarabeth Schedeen, niece Minnie Schedeen brother Roland “Tony” Schedeen and sister in-law Julieann Schedeen. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Habitat for Humanity.

John Stamos wanted advice from the King of Cool — and got an answer he never forgot.
The “Full House” alum got his big break on television as Blackie Parrish on “General Hospital” from 1982 to 1984. But by the end of his run, Stamos was determined to leave the soap opera world behind and prove he was capable of much more.
“When I was leaving ‘General Hospital,’ Gloria Monty, who was the producer, she didn’t want me to go, and I wanted to be funny,” the actor recalled in an archival clip from Joseph Sibilia’s “Friars Club Podcast,” which was recently re-broadcast on “Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia.”
“I wanted to be on a sitcom, like a Garry Marshall show,” said Stamos, now 62. “And she took me out to [famed restaurant] Le Dome here in Hollywood to try to convince me to stay on the show.”
Stamos described himself as “a very innocent kid” who “loved” the series but was eager to show off his comedic chops.
“She was like, ‘Well, why do you want to leave my show, dear?’” Stamos recalled. “And I said, ‘Well, Gloria, I want to be funny.’ She’s like, ‘You want to be funny.’”
During their conversation, Monty spotted Dean Martin eating alone. She brought Stamos over and introduced him to Martin.
“She said, ‘Mr. Martin, this is the star of my show, ‘General Hospital.’ And he wants to leave the show. He wants to be funny. Now, will you tell him about loyalty and about sticking where you’re at?’” said Stamos.
“He was pretty old by this time, and he was sitting by himself,” said Stamos. “That was a trick of his. He would have a table set for two, but nobody was coming [for] the other [seat]. He just liked to be alone.”
“She said, ‘Tell him not to leave, Mr. Martin.’ And he looked at me, and he said, ‘Run.’”
Stamos ended up moving on to the CBS sitcom “Dreams” in 1984. Then, from 1986 to 1987, he starred in the NBC sitcom “You Again?” before landing on “Full House” later that year. He played Jesse Katsopolis in the series until 1995 and then reprised the role on “Fuller House” from 2016 to 2020.
Back in 2019, Martin’s daughter, Deana Martin, told Fox News Digital that in his later years, her father preferred enjoying his own company while out in Hollywood.
“He would go out to dinner every night, and he had two restaurants,” Deana recalled at the time. “He would go to La Familia every night, but on Sunday nights he would go to The Hamburger Hamlet. He would always sit at the same table and in the same chair. He didn’t really want people to be with him. He didn’t want to have a lot of people around him. But wherever he went, everybody wanted to talk to him.”
“My husband and I would call him and say, ‘Dad, do you want us to come have dinner with you tonight?’” she said. “And he’d say, ‘Well, sure, just no chit-chat.’ He’d say, ‘I don’t mind the chit, it’s the chat.’ He just wanted it to be quiet, but he was perfectly happy being alone at a restaurant, sitting at his table.”
Martin died on Christmas Day 1995. He was 78.

Anne Schedeen, the actress who starred as matriarch Kate Tanner on NBC’s ALF (1986-’90), has died. She was 77.
Deadline confirms the actress died after the family announced on Sunday that she “passed peacefully” with a heartfelt tribute posted on her Facebook. A cause of death was not immediately known.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share Annie has passed peacefully,” the family wrote in the post. “She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for Trump, passion for second-hand thrifting, and love for a good story. We are bereft without her. We loved her so so much, as did all who met her.”
They continued, “She was a force. And it is unimaginable to think about life without her in it. But as she said, ‘I’m always with you.’ And she’s right. The memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes, and all around joie de vivre live on. Raise a margarita in her honor.”
The family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to “one of Annie’s favorite causes,” Habitat for Humanity. “We all love you, Annie,” they added.
Schedeen’s longtime agent Tom Markley also confirmed the news to Deadline. “Annie meant the world to her family and this agency,” he said.
Born Jan. 8, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, Luanne Ruth Schedeen began drama classes as a child, studying and performing at Portland Civic Theatre. After performing dinner theater in Hawaii, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, getting her start in summer stock theater. She eventually moved to Los Angeles and signed a contract with Universal Pictures.
Schedeen made her onscreen debut in a 1974 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, going on to appear in episodes of McCloud, The Bionic Woman, Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk, Three’s Company, Cheers, Magnum PI, Murder She Wrote and Judging Amy, as well as movies like Embryo (1976), Flight to Holocaust (1977), Exo-Man (1977), Champions: A Love Story (1979), Second Thoughts (1983), Slow Burn (1986) and Cast the First Stone (1989).
The actress was most know for her role as Kate Tanner, a mother who takes the titular alien into her home on the NBC sitcom ALF, which ran for four seasons from 1986 to 1990.
Schedeen is survived by her husband of 55 years, Christopher Barrett, daughter Tay Barrett, daughter-in-law Hilary Flynn, sister Sarabeth Schedeen, niece Minnie Land, brother Roland ‘Tony’ Schedeen, sister-in-law Julieanne Schedeen and her rescue dogs Roo and Red.

President Donald Trump’s birthday extravaganza was soundtracked by one of the music industry’s most disgraced figures.
Thousands of spectators on Sunday flocked to the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where giant screens have been set up to broadcast the UFC fights Trump is hosting for his 80th birthday in an arena built on the White House South Lawn.
As the spectators waited for the games, which were delayed an hour due to stormy weather, music from Sean “Diddy” Combs blasted from the speakers—an eyebrow-raising choice given the rapper’s dramatic fall from grace.
In a video posted by journalist Goad Gatsby, “Feel So Good” by rapper Mase could be heard booming across the venue. The 1997 track, Mase’s debut single, features backing vocals from Combs, who also produced it and appears in its music video. The hit was released by Combs’s record label Bad Boy Records.
“Do Ma$e got the ladies? Do Puff drive Mercedes?” Combs sings on the song’s bridge.
“Let me say this, playing Puff Daddy/Diddy at this UFC event at the White House is quite a decision,” Gatsby wrote.
The 56-year-old music mogul, whom Trump once called a “good friend,” is currently incarcerated at a low-security federal prison in New Jersey, where he is serving a 50-month sentence after being convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution last July.
The use of the Combs-produced track at Trump’s birthday bash is all the more notable given that Combs’ lawyers have previously gotten in touch with the White House about a potential pardon.
Combs was accused of manipulating women and leveraging his business empires to run drug-induced, humiliating sex performances known as “freak-offs” that lasted up to four days.
The rapper, who is 21 months into his 50-month sentence, was acquitted by the jury of his sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which could have resulted in a life-in-prison sentence.
In August last year, Combs’ lawyers said his team had held “conversations in reference to a pardon” with the White House, and it later emerged that Combs had written a letter to Trump seeking a pardon.
The president, who has granted a number of controversial pardons, told The New York Times in January that Combs had “asked me for a pardon,” but that he was not considering granting the request.
Trump told Newsmax in an interview last year that he had been “very friendly” with Combs. “I got along with him great, and seemed like a nice guy,” he said.