Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case. He won't do jail time, but he will spend 6 months doing things like road cleanup. He's also been ordered to stay 50 yards clear of Rihanna.
He'll spend 180 days doing community labor (8 hours a day -- 1440 hours total) -- which is, in effect, hard labor. He'll do his service in Virginia which is where Brown lives. A Virginia law enforcement officer told us Brown will be picking up trash, pulling… Continue
We're told there's a reason Polo Molina, the general manager of the Black Eyed Peas, turned himself in. Sources tell us Toronto cops said they would not let any of the Peas out of the country unless they got their man.
The Peas are on tour, so being locked in Toronto would have created big problems.
Perez Hilton claims Molina beat him in the eye last night, after the MuchMusic Awards.
Blogger Perez Hilton was brutally beaten last night. We're still not 100% sure what went down, but here's what we know so far. Apparently Will.i.Am confronted Perez Hilton about something Perez wrote on his blog - and things went left.
According to Will.i.Am, Perez started getting real reckless with his mouth. He allegedly ran up in Will’s face and yelled, “You’re a f*ggot Will.i.Am.” After that things got… Continue
ATLANTA — There was definitely a little tension in the air, mixed with excitement and anticipation for the city's annual super show, radio station Hot 107.9's Birthday Bash at the Philips Arena. For a decade and a half the station has brought together the best of the best in hip-hop and R&B for one gigantic shindig.
This year, the city was anticipating two of their hometown bigwigs, Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy. The two rocked the concert last year and, for Gucc,… Continue
Sixty-seven Filipino men working in Saudi Arabia face jail and lashes after being arrested at a party in drag, officials said Saturday.
"They had alcohol and some were dressed up like women," Philippines embassy Vice Consul Roussel Reyes said.
Both drinking and cross-dressing are forbidden under Saudi Arabia's conservative Islam-based sharia laws, and both could bring up to six months in prison and lashes.
Michael Bay sent a scathing email to Paramount Studios before the release of "Transformers 2," complaining in effect that his famous director friends would be shocked at the way Paramount was promoting the flick.
We've obtained an email dated May 4, 2009 -- from Bay to Paramount head Brad Grey, along with a bunch of other Paramount honchos. Bay complains bitterly that Paramount's ad campaign for "Transformers 2" was tepid and… Continue
LeBron James is good and he has no problem reminding people about it.
A few days after slyly pointing out to people he won the Most Valuable Player award, King James was spotted in St. Tropez yesterday directing people to his bank account for further affirmation of his supremacy.
A disturbing video of a young woman purportedly shot to death on the streets of Tehran during post-election protests is becoming a touchstone for the opposition.
The horrific footage, posted on YouTube, shows the victim who was watching the protests with her father, collapsing after what sounds like a spray of gunfire is heard in the background.
The gunman, who was "hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house, aimed straight [at] her heart," said the… Continue
It's a jailhouse crock.
City prison officials acted like an entourage of fawning valets for rapper Foxy Brown when she was locked up on Rikers Island, hanging out in her cell, bringing meals and makeup, giving her unlimited TV and phone use, and toting her bags when she was released last April.
Brown, who did nine months for a parole violation after she punched and kicked two nail-salon manicurists in 2006, wore Gucci sneakers and a… Continue
Gucci Mane recently talked about his upcoming collaborations with rap legend Snoop Dogg and R&B queen Mariah Carey. The southern rapper says he credits his unlikely relationship with 50 Cent's manager Chris Lighty for the help getting the collabs.
"[Fif's manager] got me and Mariah together," Gucci explained in an interview. "I appreciate it. He put me on there as well as her. Both of them are smart for doing… Continue
HELENA, Mont. — Job applicants with the city of Bozeman are finding that their private Internet discussions and pictures may not be so private after all.
The city is asking job seekers for the user names and passwords to Internet social networking or Web groups to which they belong. The decision is sparking an outcry from those who say the policy goes way too far.
The issue has spawned hundreds of comments on Web forums and sharp… Continue
A Brooklyn pastor was busted in his native Jamaica for having sex with a 15-year-old girl while a 14-year-old watched, authorities said yesterday.
The Rev. Paul Lewis, founder of the Messengers for Christ Ministries World Healing Center, was held without bail on charges of carnal abuse and indecent assault, Jamaican police said.
The Bedford-Stuyvesant evangelist was arrested Wednesday after witnesses saw him hanging out with the girls and then taking them to a… Continue
SAN FRANCISCO - Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer.
The ruling Friday by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment likely will force pot shops with 10 or more employees to post warnings.
Final guidelines are expected by the time warning requirements take effect in a year.