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King’s ransom?

- Donnie Walsh: Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni will deliver, NYDailyNews.com, September 30, 2008.

3. Prince has to pay a king’s ransom to the makers of his failed fragrance, the New York Post reported yesterday.

The pint-sized pop star has been ordered to pay almost $4 million to Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics for failing to promote their Prince-inspired 3121 perfume, a Manhattan Supreme Court referee said.

Referee Louis Crespo came up with the figure after the Purple One defaulted on Revelations’ suit against him.

The amount is how much the company said it shelled out to make the “xotic” and “xquisite” fragrances before Prince's indifference resulted in the product going down the eau de toilette.

- $4m stink over Prince’s perfume, CourierMail.com.au, September 4, 2011.

3. Snooker’s Dafabet World Championship is set for a facelift, in plans to be announced next week.

The tournament at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre has been played under a format that has been barely changed since 1982.

Although World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has repeatedly stressed he does not want to make any drastic changes, plans are afoot to introduce some alterations.

Hearn has shed no further light on the upcoming developments, which will be announced in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

There have been calls from players including reigning world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan to reduce the length of the 17-day tournament. Hearn could even act to introduce a flat 128-player draw, having until now protected 16 seeds by handing them automatic entry to the last-32 stage, with all other players entering through qualifying rounds.