Birkhead's lawyer tells Howard K Stern to "Put up or shut up"

Howard K. Stern arriving at court. (02/20/2007).

March 13, 2007 –Larry Birkhead’s lawyer has asked for a court oder to obtain Howard K Stern’s DNA to establish his paternity rights over Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn Smith.

After a closed court hearing Tuesday attorney Debra Opri, who represents Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead, said that they want Stern’s DNA to prove if he is baby Dannielynn's biological father.

"Put up or shut up, that's what we're asking for," Opri said outside court.

"Howard Stern doesn't have to go to Larry Birkhead for anything," attorney Ron Rale said. Rale represents Stern in the custody battle over Smith’s infant daughter. Stern was living with Smith when she died last month in Florida.

Dannielynn is currently in the Bahamas with Stern who is named as the baby’s father on her birth certificate.

Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider refused to make Stern a part of the paternity court action.

Schnider did say that he would review the matter in two weeks after he considers the law more closely.

A court in the Bahamas is currently dealing with custody issues involving the child and has barred Stern from taking the girl out of that country until a custody ruling is made.

Howard Replacing Lohan in Teardrop Diamond

Bryce Dallas Howard is in talks to replace Lindsay Lohan as the female lead in Tennessee Williams' The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, reports Production Weekly.

Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn and David Strathairn are also attached to the film scheduled to shoot in Louisiana later this year. Indie actress Jodie Markell will make her feature directing debut.

In this original, previously undiscovered screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, a rebellious socialite, Fisher Willow (Howard), is caught up in a world of social conventions, glittering society balls, and her father's greed that she desperately wants to escape. Her love for Jimmy (Evans), a handsome farm hand may be her only way out.

Burstyn would play Fisher's mother and Strathairn would play Jimmy's alcoholic father.