"[citation needed] Four years later, Pecker appointed former Us Weekly editor Bonnie Fuller to oversee the paper and, at her demand, he moved it back to New York in the summer of 2003.

Star received attention in 1991 for writing a story about KISS drummer Peter Criss, claiming that he had become homeless, was a habitual drunkard, and was living on the streets of Santa Monica, California.

The real Peter Criss was mourning his mother at the time and has stated that he was distressed to learn that his friends and associates believed the other story.

[6] In 2011, actress Katie Holmes sued Star magazine for libel after the tabloid published a story about her that suggested she abused drugs.

[citation needed] A Star magazine's chief editor said that people are only intrigued by the "juiciest dirt", leaving the cover page to be where the most gossip and biggest celebrity news is to be shown.