An off-duty Washington D.C. police detective went berserk and began waving his gun around when his Hummer was pelted with snowballs during this weekend's storm.
"Yes I did (pull my gun), because I got hit with snowballs!" the cop said in a video of the confrontation posted to YouTube by a witness.
He identified himself as Det. Baylor or Det. Bailey - the video's sound is unclear.
D.C. Police, who say they are investigating the Saturday… Continue
A lawyer got his nose bent out of shape during an altercation over an occupied bathroom stall -- and retaliated by chomping off part of a man's schnoz.
Mark Lambert admitted during an interview with WMC-TV to biting off a portion of Greg Herbers' nose, according to a report on the TV station's Web site. The bite occurred during a fracas at Memphis-area hot spot Dish.
Herbers is now reportedly suing Lambert, claiming he needs plastic… Continue
Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ.
She was 32.
A 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack, the Los Angeles City Fire Department tells TMZ.
We're told Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Cudi hosted a party at LAVO in Vegas the other night with Jamie Baratta a Def Jam executive. GreenJAR.net is Founded by Island Def Jam’s Jamie Baratta, GreenJAR serves as a free marketplace for individuals to exchange ideas on how to change up common practices that harm the earth into beneficial ones. The goal of GreenJAR, is to…
Rapper Kid Cudi loves the earth and is helping spread the word. Check it… Continue
Last night wasn't James Franco's first on-screen kiss with a man, though it may be his most controversial.
The actor who recently played Sean Penn's lover in "Milk," hosted "Saturday Night Live" yesterday and topped off his performance with an x-rated man-on-man smooch.
Franco's public display of affection may ruffle feathers as it comes less than a month after Adam Lambert's controversial same-sex kiss on the American Music… Continue
A suicidal Manhattan woman, clad only in her pajamas, survived a 120-foot plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the icy East River early Saturday.
A pair of NYPD divers found the woman conscious and treading water near the Manhattan shoreline after her leap from the world-renowned span around 7 a.m., police said.
"If she went hypothermic and couldn't keep herself afloat, she would have died," said Detective Michael Cocchi, one of the… Continue
Girls with the love bug for Kevin Jonas probably wish he had waited a little bit longer - but the teen idol married on Long Island Saturday night in a fairy tale wedding.
"We're so happy that we're finally married and we were able to share the special moment with family, friends and loved ones," the couple told People magazine.
Kevin Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers, married Danielle Deleasa at Oheka Castle, a turn-of-the-century… Continue
Lupe Fiasco has canceled a mixtape that was slated for a Christmas release via the internet.
The rapper's mixtape, Friend of the People, was slated to drop on the holiday following the Thanksgiving Day release of Enemy of the State: A Love Story.
The rapper created a frenzy by making the mixtape announcement on Twitter as he did the cancellation.
He said, "Friend of the people is canceled...sorry folks. super busy training… Continue
The 56-year-old money manager has quietly settled with Jane Doe 102, an unnamed woman who alleged in federal court in Florida that Epstein had induced her to "serve his every sexual whim" from the time she was 15 until she was 19. The woman also claimed Epstein had flown her around the world, paying her "to be sexually exploited by [his friends] ... including royalty, politicians, academicians [and] businessmen."
Epstein flatly denied those charges. But a source close to… Continue
An argument between two men in wheelchairs ended in deadly violence early Saturday when one stabbed the other after being gashed on the head, police and witnesses said.
A resident of Barrier-Free Living, an assisted-living facility in the East Village, said the killer managed to corner the victim because he was using a motorized wheelchair.
The battle started in the early morning hours when a 24-year-old resident smashed a 51-year-old… Continue
So Que (formerly) of Day 26 just put out this video explaining what went down. Kinda. He said him getting kicked out the group wasn’t Diddy or Bad Boy’s fault, but it was Screwface’s–the group’s manager reportedly hired by Willie. He didn’t go into anymore detail, but basically said Day 26 doesn’t have their business in order and it’s not in his character to just not show up for Day 26 events. I guess that’s what he’s being accused of.
I thought this vid was a joke for… Continue
Houston rap legend and former Geto Boys member Willie D. appeared in a Houston court today (December 18), where he formally pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to a fake company, Texas One Wireless.
Willie D., born William Dennis pleaded guilty to the charge, which stemmed from an international scam the rapper was running on customers who were attempting to buy iPhones and other electronics on eBay.
NEW YORK (Billboard) – With seven No. 1s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally and four consecutive chart-toppers on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Alicia Keys walks off as Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the decade.
The singer's 2001 debut album, "Songs in A Minor," reigned over Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for six weeks and launched a pair of top 10 singles, including the multiformat smash "Fallin'."
Los Angeles police arrested "America's Best Dance Crew" judge Shane Sparks (born Melvin Shane Sparks), Friday morning (December 18) on a felony warrant and charged him with eight counts of felony child molestation. He is being held on $590,000 bail.
According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, Sparks was taken into custody at around 8 a.m. PT on Friday on a felony warrant charging him with molestation that began in… Continue
More than $100,000 worth of heroin was found in the upper West Side apartment where a gunman killed three men and then plunged to his death, police sources said Friday.
Cops believe the triple murder was drug-related - a small amount of cocaine was also found - but what sparked it was unclear.
They were grilling associates of gunman Hector Quinones, 44, and his former prison buddy, Carlos Rodriguez Sr., 52, one of the three victims of… Continue