California's 40 Glocc is no stranger to controversy. As a native of Colton, in California's Inland Empire and a neighborhood affectionately know as "the zoo", it kind of comes with the territory. You can choose either to eat, or be eaten and 40 Glocc stays well fed. Using his experience as a solo artist under Empire Records/BMG, for whom he dropped 2003's "The Jackal", and the knowledge gained from his close association with 50 Cent… Continue
WASHINGTON – Nicole Kidman conceded Wednesday that Hollywood has probably contributed to violence against women by portraying them as weak sex objects.
The Oscar-winning actress said she is not interested in those kinds of demeaning roles, adding that the movie industry also has made an effort to contribute to solutions for ending the violence.
Kidman testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that is considering legislation… Continue
NEW YORK – Lil Wayne's gun possession case is putting a leading edge of DNA science under a microscope.
As the Grammy-winning rapper sat in a Manhattan court on Wednesday, a hearing began on a debated, highly sensitive DNA profiling technique used to tie him to a gun found on his tour bus in 2007.
Proponents see the process, sometimes called low copy number DNA profiling, as a powerful tool for closing cases by identifying people from… Continue
One of the stars of "Smallville" was arrested this morning -- after cops say he was part of a conspiracy to deal more than 10,000 pills of oxycodone.
TMZ has learned Sam Jones, who played Clark Kent's best friend on the show, was taken into custody by DEA agents who claim Jones was a "co-conspirator" in a series of major drug deals in 2008.
According to documents filed in federal court, the DEA claims Jones was the "Hollywood… Continue
Chris Brown's highly anticipated ballad "Crawl" has landed on the Internet just one day after his ex-girlfriend Rihanna's new single, the slow burning "Russian Roulette" debuted
"Crawl" is slated to be Browns' second single from his forthcoming album Graffiti. The singer recently tweeted that the song would be premiering on Wednesday (October 21) and the accompanying video would feature Bad Boy artist Cassie in the clip. The album's first single,… Continue
Missinfo reports that Angie Martinez spoke with Shyne and he wanted to share this update….
Shyne’s team is fighting to stay in the US where his mother and his grandmother live and where they raised him….but it seems like he’s going to have to continue the fight from Belize. Shyne will be released from Immigration custody but will then be deported to Belize soon. He has Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree advocating on his behalf in concert with… Continue
Bernard Kerik - former NYPD police commissioner, one-time Homeland Security Secretary nominee, national Sept. 11 hero - has a new label. Inmate No. 210-717.
Kerik got his assigned number at the Westchester County jail after becoming the first NYPD commissioner to wind up behind bars when a judge revoked his bail Tuesday for trying to taint the jury pool in his upcoming corruption trial.
Officials at the Westchester County Jail in… Continue
Hulk Hogan came "damn close" to killing himself after downing a cocktail of Xanax and rum, but an unexpected phone call saved his life.
In his new tell-all, "My Life Outside the Ring," the notorious wrestler-turned-reality-TV-star admits he hit rock bottom after his divorce from ex-wife Linda, even reaching for a gun and putting his finger on the trigger. Fortunately, a phone call from his "Gladiators" co-star Laila Ali, who noticed that Hogan… Continue
His popularity may be on life support, but rapper Kayne West is alive and well.
On Tuesday, "RIP Kayne West" started trending on popular micro-blogging site Twitter after a bogus report popped up on image-based bulletin board 4chan.org claiming West had died in a car accident in Los Angeles.
But not long after the hoax became the top Google search in the U.S. did West's girlfriend Amber Rose put the rumors to rest.
Bernie Madoff, cocaine kingpin?
New additions to a lawsuit against the jailed Ponzi schemer charge that he presided over an office so fueled by the drug that it was known as the "North Pole."
The suit, filed Tuesday night in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges that Madoff, as far back as 1975, used two street toughs on his payroll to set up a cocaine pipeline into the offices of Madoff Securities.
In this week's issue of Star Magazine - and in it they're talking some DRAMA!!!
According to the mag, Rihanna and Jessica Biel are planning on fighting each other. Here's an excerpt:
"Jessica has been so upset over Justin and Rihanna, and flew to New York to confront her," says an insider close to the actress. "She wanted to intimidate Rihanna, hoping to make her stay away from Justin."
NEW YORK – Lil Wayne is appearing in a Manhattan courtroom, but DNA science is taking center stage.
A hearing on a DNA profiling technique used in the rapper's 2007 gun-possession case started Wednesday. It concerns a process used for identifying people from tiny amounts of DNA — including some that prosecutors say ties the Grammy Award-winner to a gun found on his tour bus after a concert.
The 27-year-old has pleaded not guilty. He faces at least 3 1/2 years in… Continue
MIAMI – A Halloween costume that depicts a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien" is reigniting debate over a long-used term based on the U.S. government's designation of all foreigners as aliens.
The dispute has immigrant advocates calling on retailers to pull the costume from its shelves, while a group that supports strict immigration laws say it's all a to-do over nothing, with freedom of speech being… Continue