Actor Tom Selleck has been awarded more than $187,000 after a California jury found the actor was duped into buying a lame horse.

Selleck accused Del Mar equestrian Dolores Cuenca of trying to pass off a show horse with a medical condition as fit to ride in competitions.

The defense had argued that Selleck didn't check the veterinarian records of the 10-year-old Zorro.

The bulk of the San Diego County jury's award is for the price of the horse. The rest is to cover boarding costs. A second trial next week will determine how much Selleck should be paid in punitive damages.

Selleck is best known for his role on TV's "Magnum, P.I.," filmed in Hawai'i in the 1980s.

JACKSON BROTHER BLASTS MEDIA INTRUSIONS

One of Michael Jackson's brothers charged that media helicopters disrupted the pop star's burial service at Forest Lawn cemetery on Thursday.

"I was dismayed last night and again today at the coverage I saw on television of our ceremony for Michael," Randy Jackson said in a statement.

"We had asked the media to respect the privacy and the sanctity of this event, to give us one moment of privacy to mourn as a family out of the public spotlight. Unfortunately, despite a no-fly zone around Forest Lawn, many media organizations decided to ignore our wishes. They employed helicopters that not only surreptitiously recorded our private family ceremony, but also severely disrupted it."

About 200 of Michael Jackson's relatives and friends attended the burial.

LEIBOVITZ FACES $24M TUESDAY DEADLINE

Annie Leibovitz's portraits of celebrities regularly grace the covers of Vanity Fair and Vogue, images that have made her as famous as her subjects and earned her millions.

Now Leibovitz risks losing the copyright to the images — and her entire life's work — if she doesn't pay back a $24 million loan by Tuesday. Art Capital Group, a New York company that issues short-term loans against fine and decorative arts and real estate, sued her in late July for breach of contract.

Some experts say filing for bankruptcy reorganization could be the best option for Leibovitz, 59, who has put up as collateral her three historic Greenwich Village townhouses, an upstate property and work. She bought two of the townhouses in 2002, embarking on renovations to combine them into one property. That spurred protests from historic preservationists and a $15 million lawsuit by a neighbor.

'SOPRANOS' ACTOR IN FILM DIRECTING DEBUT

"Sopranos" actor Michael Imperioli has taken on a new role: first-time film director. "The Hungry Ghosts" — packed with the kind of gritty passions found in the hit HBO series — will premiere Sept. 15 in New York.

Ticket sales for what's billed as "a private screening" at the Rubin Museum in downtown Manhattan will benefit Tibetan refugees and elderly Buddhist monks led by the Dalai Lama.