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It looks like the singer and actress decided to clarify a few things about her house arrest deal, just so that things are clear to everyone out there. This is what Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer said on the matter: ”People think celebrities get it easier and a break, but the converse is true. With someone in the spotlight, there is a lot of attention on the sheriffs and prosecutors, and they don’t want people to know deals are being made. Anyone with her background would have gotten house arrest, she didn’t get a special deal. I worried perception would harm her. But everyone – the judge, the courts – were professional, so it was fair. It was difficult in my mind. I believed public pressure would make the powers that be behave differently but she got what everyone would have.” So there you have it… no special deal for Lindsay Lohan. It’s not like she didn’t deserve a… what was it? Ah yes, third chance to stay out of jail for alcohol abuse. At least this time it really was the charm.

A hotel manager named Marc Marrouche was arrested on March 5th after he tried to sell Paris Hilton’s cell phone on Craigslist, the New York Post is reporting.

The buyer just happened to be an undercover police officer who offered to pay $5,000 for the phone.

Marrouche’s ex-girlfriend found Paris’ cell at Manhattan nightclub Marquee back in 2005.

Marrouche has been charged with criminal possession of stolen property and could get up to a year in the slammer. I’m surprised that’s all he was charged with. Why not more since there is the high probability of exploitation and extortion involved? Or how about invasions of her privacy and for whoever else’s number is in her phone?

Rihanna and Chris are supposedly back together, PEOPLE and TMZ are reporting.

It’s just been three weeks since he beat her her up and an insider source told the magazine:

“They’re together again. They care for each other.”

The two of them have been hiding out at Sean Diddy’s home on Miami Beach’s Star Island.

Adds the source:

“While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves.”

The snitch told PEOPLE magazine’s latest issue that Chris called Rihanna on her 21st birthday one week ago:

“He called to wish her happy birthday,” a source told the magazine. “They’ve reached out to each other. It’s been mutual.”

The L.A. County D.A. will soon be deciding whether to charge him for the alleged assault on her.

This is really such a sad situation. Even though Rihanna is rich and famous it shows she is not immune from insecurity, low self-esteem and the cycle of abuse.

Rihanna has all the resources that most other abused women don’t to get out of an unhealthy relationship. I feel so sorry for all her young fans that needed her to be strong to set an example.

I’m upset with “Diddy” for supporting their reconciliation by letting them hide out in one of his homes which gives them the privacy that their own places don’t have right now. If he cared about either one of them, he wouldn’t have condoned the violence… the rest of the world was telling her to stay away from him.

PR rep Michael Sitrick, who is dealing with the crisis situation involving Chris Brown and Rihanna made a wise move and suggested that Chris take anger management classes. Brilliant attempt at damage control! This past Monday Chris attended his first one in Glendale, Calif. While he has not been ordered to go, Chris taking the initiative to go on his own just may help him appease the court and at least show the public that he is making an effort to seek the help he so obviously needs.

Rihanna will be returning to Los Angeles so that she can attend the March 5th court date.

The Daily News is reporting that because the February 8th assault was his first offence, and even with her testimony, if convicted, he most likely won’t have to do any jail time.

Suge Knight got his a** kicked again.

He had been at a private party at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ for NBA All-Star weekend.

According to the Scottsdale PD website, when police arrived, they saw a man punch the victim — aka Suge — two times in the head.” Officers had to break out the tasers to “quell the fight.”

The suspect, Robert Carnes Jr., was charged with one count of felony aggravated assault — they ruled it a felony “due to the severity of the victim’s injuries.” A second man was also arrested and charged with one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

According to the Scottsdale PD, “Carnes reported to officers that he is employed as the business manager for singer ‘Akon.’”

Suge was taken to a local hospital and had to undergo treatment for facial injuries.

Apparently, Akon had left the party and was back in his hotel room at The W when the fight was going on.

Akon’s publicist released the following statement about Robert Carnes Jr., the guy accused of beating Suge’s ass:

“He is not Akon’s business manager, David Bolno is. He is with Akon’s camp.”

Suge used to be the man at one time but that time is over since he’s got random dudes stepping up to him with no fear of consequences! Why doesn’t he relocate to somewhere far away, catch some rays and give up this partying and getting KO’d biznass?

Chris Brown released the following statement:

“Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God’s help, to emerging a better person. Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and/or reported in the media is wrong. While I would like to be able to talk about this more, until the legal issues are resolved, this is all I can say except that I have not written any messages or made any posts to Facebook, on blogs or any place else. Those posts or writing under my name are frauds.”

Well, I’ve been trying not to judge until the truth is revealed as none of us really know what happened, although leaving her on the side of the road alone, after what ‘transpired’ is not acceptable. If he didn’t want Rihanna in the car, he should have called the police, not resorted to fighting and violence.

If the allegations are true and he used excessive force, then he broke the law. Chris and anyone else who breaks the law should be held accountable for his/their actions and be punished either with counseling and community service or jail time. Just because he is young and a celebrity and can afford high priced attorneys, doesn’t mean he should get away with what he did… if he did do what he is being charged with.

Chris can pray and call upon God for forgiveness as that is what God is there for – to help get through the difficult times in life.

Chris Brown and Rihanna canceled their Grammy appearances yesterday and the reason is because they had a fight that turned physical with RiRi ending up with “visible injuries.”

The picture above was taken earlier in the evening and it was in this rented Lamborghini as they were on their way back to their hotel that they started arguing. They got out of the car, argued, things got physical, she was injured and he split the scene. Someone in the neighbourhood apparently heard her screams and called 911. Police came, pictures of her injuries were taken, and a warrant was then issued for his arrest after the ‘victim’ as she was initially referred to by the police identified him as her attacker.

He was then later driven to the police station by his high powered celebrity attorney Mark Geragos and surrendered to LAPD on Sunday evening. He was taken into custody at 6:30 p.m. and was officially booked at 7:41 p.m. He has been charged with one felony criminal threats charge after an alleged assault and his bail was set at $50,000. If the D.A. files the case, domestic violence charges may possibly be added.

The bail was paid and Chris was released shortly after being booked. The vehicle is still sitting in an impound lot. Since it was a rental, Chris is going to have to pay the rate of 2k a day until it is released.

Check out an older clip of Chris talking about domestic violence. He as a child experienced the pain he felt when his mother was abused:

Reps for Rihanna, released a statement saying:

“Rihanna is well. Thank you for your concern and support.”

Update on Rihanna’s condition:

TMZ is reporting:

“that her injuries were severe — two “huge contusions” which swelled up on both sides of her forehead. We’re told she also suffered “a bloody lip and nose.”

One of the law enforcement people put it this way — the contusions “look like an MMA fighter or something … [It] looked like she was growing devil’s horns.”

More info just released from TMZ:

As we reported, the photos show major contusions on both sides of the singer’s face — there is serious swelling and bruising. Her lip is split and her nose bloody. We have now confirmed there are bite marks on one of her arms and on several fingers.

Rapper DMX, real name, Earl Simmons is sitting in jail waiting to be sentenced for theft, drug convictions and animal cruelty. The rapper who made millions from sales of his records as well as earned big bucks playing roles in several movies, now has his valley home in foreclosure.

Andrew Wheeler, the agent who is selling the shell of the once former prestigious home on behalf of the bank had this to say:

“It’s very nerve-racking, sometimes I think he’ll just show up, this was probably his pride and joy.”

A SWAT team raided the home last May and it’s now in shambles. The carpet and tiles are charred as well as doors and windows damaged and blown out. The raid left the house unsecured which allowed thieves to rob the place and toss things into the pool.

Wheeler said:

“I think people showed up, walked the house and took what they wanted.”

The panoramic views from the property are the primary selling feature, the same feature DMX in his reality show said as to why he bought the place .

DMX paid around 600k for the property back in 2003, and it is now listed for the bank set sale of $429k.

T.I. is one half of the double-sided cover for Rap-Up (Christina Milian is the other cover star).

The issue has him reflecting on the biggest year of his career, in particular, his impending jail sentence and the effect it will have on his family. He also comments on how the King always gets his way.

When asked how he thinks his children will handle his time in prison:

“My oldest is 12—she understands. She’s strong and smart. The three weeks I was in, before I got to come home, she said to me, ‘Don’t worry. I’ll hold things down ’til you get back.’ I’m more worried about how my boys are going to deal.”

His thoughts on how the recession has affected him:

“I think I’d be selling more houses had the economy been in better shape. I think I’d be selling more records had the economy been in better shape. I’d be selling more clothes, too.”

When asked what would make him conceited like Kanye West:

“Selling a billion. At about a billion, I think I’d be pretty hard to deal with.”

On winning awards:

“No disrespect to Kanye, but that kinda stuff just don’t mean nothing to me. Whether or not I win an award, I mean that’s nice, but at the end of the day I understand that I’m a man. What being a man means to me is not defined by an award or an amount of records sold.”

So winning awards means nothing, but selling a billion records does, and going to jail won’t define what type of man he is?

Talk about his own set of standards!

DMX was arrested at the Palm Island home of record producer Scott Storch who also had a warrant for his arrest this year.

Scott’s Palm Island mansion was foreclosed on in July. Supposedly a woman in Georgia tipped off the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office to DMX’s whereabouts after hearing of a reward. $5,000 was offered for any info that would lead to the rapper’s capture… which must be why the woman did her civic duty… times are tough, she needed the cash.

Scott’s warrant was issued earlier this year after he was a no-show at his child-support hearing.

I was waiting for his response to the media frenzy that incurred when Kanye got himself arrested for allegedly slamming a camera into a paparazzo’s face the other day in England. Here it is for your enjoyment. Isn’t it so typically Kanye to do the entire RANT in CAPS? If you don’t want to read the entire thing, basically he says he was only trying to protect his private space and held his hand up to the camera. From the looks of the small scratches on the pap’s nose, it was kind of obvious that since the ‘damage’ was so slight, there really was no reason for the police to charge him.

Kanye Rants:

WHO’S WINNING, ME OR THE MEDIA?

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH LIGHT I PUT OUT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING JUST AS HARD TO ONLY DELIVER DARKNESS. IF YOU LISTEN TO MY MUSIC, HOW COULD I DELIVER SO MANY POSITIVE UPLIFTING MESSAGES AND BE THE MONSTER THAT THE MEDIA PAINTS. PAPARAZZI GIVE REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS A BAD NAME. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, THEIRS ARE WORTH A THOUSAND DOLLARS…

LET US NOT FORGET THE PAPS KILLED PRINCESS DIANA. WHEN WILL THERE BE A LAW PASSED THAT SIMPLY ENFORCES THAT SOMEONE HAS TO ASK TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH
OF YOU. THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE COMMON COURTESY. RIGHT NOW THE PAPS ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND THE PEOPLE THEY SHOOT ARE BELOW IT. WHAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IS PICTURES TAKEN WITH THE INTENT TO SELL….LIKE DRUGS WITH THE INTENT TO SELL… OR CROSSING CUSTOMS WITH ENOUGH MERCHANDISE TO HAVE THE INTENT TO SELL. THE EXPLOITATION OF MY IMAGE IS THE PROBLEM. IT PRODUCES A “BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY” BEHAVIOR THAT CAUSE THE PAPS TO DRIVE RECKLESSLY ON FREEWAYS, JUMP OVER FENCES AND INVADE PRIVACY ALL IN AN EFFORT TO GET THAT “MONEY SHOT.” YOU SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SELL A PICTURE OF ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. AFTER THIS LAW IS PASSED, WHEN YOU ENTER A PUBLIC PLACE LIKE A BASKETBALL ARENA ETC., THERE WILL BE A SIGN THAT READS…”ALL PHOTOS TAKEN HERE ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND CAN BE USED AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS DISCRETION.” OBVIOUSLY RED CARPET EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE SHOW UP TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WILL ALSO APPLY. THE PERSONAL PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE PAPS IS WHEN THEY TRY TO CATCH YOU BEING A REGULAR PERSON. I AM NOT A CELEBRITY. I’M A NORMAL PERSON THAT’S JUST FAMOUS. I REFUSE TO SNEAK IN AND OUT OF BACK DOORS AND KITCHENS OF HOTELS ETC….

I AM PROTECTING MY PERSONAL SPACE SINCE THERE ARE NO LAWS TO PROTECT THAT FOR ME.

I PUT MY HAND UP TO THE CAMERA IN SELF DEFENSE!

HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED…WHEN I LEFT THE CLUB, I WAS ENCOUNTERED BY A THIRSTY PAPARAZZI AS USUAL. HE FELT HE HAD MORE RIGHTS TO MY SPACE THAN ME, SO I PUT MY HAND UP TO PREVENT HIM FROM TAKING MY IMAGE. I DIDN’T ASSAULT HIM BUT MERELY PUTTING MY HAND UP TO COVER HIS LENS. MY SECURITY YELLED, “GET THE CAMERA OFF HIM.” I GUESS IN ALL THE COMMOTION THE CAMERA SCRAPED HIS NOSE.

THREE HOURS LATER I GET A KNOCK AT MY HOTEL DOOR. THERE WERE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS IN FRONT OF MY ROOM AND I HAD NO IDEA WHY. I HAD MY SECURITY GO SPEAK WITH THEM. THE COPS WERE VERY CORDIAL BUT TOLD ME THEY HAD TO ARREST ME BECAUSE A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THAT WAS THE BOGUS PART. THEY PLACED ME IN HANDCUFFS AND DROVE ME TO THE STATION. THEY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A PUBLICITY STUNT BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER BUT THEY STILL HAD TO GO THOUGH THE MOTIONS. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL THERE WERE PAPARAZZI HANGING OVER THE BRIDGE ABOVE THE HOTEL TRYING TO GET A SHOT OF ME GETTING OUT THE POLICE VAN. EVEN THOUGH I WASN’T CHARGED, THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. SURE ENOUGH THE NEXT MORNING, PLASTERED ACROSS EVERY MEDIA OUTLET… KANYE GETS ARRESTED. IT DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WASN’T CHARGED OR THE FACT THAT I HADN’T ASSAULTED ANYONE. ALL THAT MATTERED WAS THAT I WAS ARRESTED.

SIDEBAR, THEY QUOTED ME AS SAYING…”GET THE CAMERA OFF HIM!” LIKE I WAS TALKING IN THIRD PERSON. HE TRIED TO MAKE ME SOUND LIKE A CRAZY PERSON AND PEOPLE BELIEVED HIM. WHAT MERIT DOES THIS GUY HAVE THAT HE CAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ME AND PEOPLE TAKE IT AS LAW? THE FACT THAT HE COULD GET ME ARRESTED OFF A MERE COMPLAINT BUT I CAN’T ASK HIM TO STOP TAKING PICTURES OF ME IS VERY LOPSIDED.

WHO’S WINNING, ME OR THE MEDIA?

Blake Fielder-Civil, Amy Winehouse’s husband has just been released from Pentonville Prison in Suffolk today equipped with an electronic monitor. He had been incarcerated for almost a year. As part of his probation, he then went and checked into Lifeworks, a rehab clinic where he needs to complete a programe.

His reunion with his beloved Amy, will be delayed as she has been in The London Clinic being treated for a chest infection. I’m disappointed, I was so hoping for a cracktastic reunion between the two.

As well as the mandatory drug counseling, British police made him “promise to behave” and to “stay out of trouble.”

An update on the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson’s mom and brother.

Police have arrested a person of interest and he is in custody being questioned. His name is William Balfour. The missing boy Julian King (Jennifer Hudson’s nephew) has still not been found and the FBI is now assisting in the search for him. Balfour was married to Jennifer Hudson’s sister Julia for several years, but they were separated. Public records show that Balfour had listed as one of his residences the home where the shootings occurred.

Jennifer Hudson’s personal publicist, Lisa Kasteler, said the family has asked for privacy.

Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show Balfour who is 27 had been on parole after having spent nearly seven years in jail for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle.

The timing of this tragedy comes when Jennifer’s career has been soaring and she will no longer be able to share it with her beloved mom and brother. Her song “Spotlight” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and she also just launched her self-tiled debut album which is also topping the charts. She had a role in this year’s hit “Sex and the City” movie and is also starring in the “The Secret Life of Bees.”

She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in “Dreamgirls.” In an interview last year with Vogue, Hudson gave her mom all the credit for insisting she try out and audition for “American Idol,” which launched her career.

A DUI arrest may have been the reason behind multi-platinum songwriter and Hip Hop music producer Johnny Jackson’s, (aka Johnny J) apparent suicide in an LA County jail on Oct. 3rd.

According to several news reports, Jackson, allegedly jumped from a tier in the prison, although the official cause of his death has not been determined.

He is famous for such albums as Tupac Shakur’s “All Eyez on Me” which contained the hit single How Do U Want It as well as Above The Rim soundtrack, Thug Life album, and Me Against The World. Johnny J. produced or scored music for movies like Blood Diamond, The Fan and The Big Hit.

Johnny J. also worked with a number of artists, some of whom include Tatyana Ali and The Outlawz to Lil’ Eazy E’s group The Kings of L.A.

Johnny Jackson August 28, 1969 – October 3, 2008

Here is Kanye doing his thang, and beating up the paparazzi in an airport on September 11th of all days. What a Jerk, and I was really feeling his new song Love Lockdown too. The rest of the US was in mourning and Kanye was being violent. He shouldn’t be attacking the paparazzi, if he really wants to not be bothered he should fly private. I guess the gas prices are too high maybe Kanye should give Diddy a call and they airpool!

The auction that eBay is having of Michael Jackson’s size-28 Calvin Klein soiled undies is up tomorrow. The reserve price is $1 million. Can you even imagine how something like this leaves the police evidence room and into the hands of someone wanting to make mega dollars off it?

The underwear was part of Michael’s 2003 child molestation case. They are the SAME pair that the DA took a DNA sample from as they are still packaged in the sealed evidence bag with police tape wrapped around it.

Apparently a New Jersey business man obtained them somehow through a bankruptcy case and he now wants to make a fortune off them as well as other personal item that include a handwritten note from MJ to Lisa Marie Presley detailing why he wants an annulment and a tube of skin bleaching cream.

Whoever buys MJ’s stained undies is a freak of a collector. Just the idea of it all sickens me.

DMX pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony theft charges in a Phoenix court on Thursday, and then performed an impromptu rap for the reporters and paparazzi waiting outside.

DMX, whose birth name is Earl Simmons, was charged with one count of theft and one count of taking someone else’s identity.

The charges came about after a visit Simmons made to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, in April when he gave his name as “Troy Jones,” allegedly to avoid paying for treatment.

Here’s the lil rap he serenaded the reporters with:

“If and when you ever fall down, get back up,” Simmons began, according to a censored recording on a local radio station’s Web site.

“Drop something, stop fretting, pick that … back up, stand for something or fall for everything, wait for the right pitch or miss with every swing,”

He is scheduled to appear back in court on August 12.

He has gotten himself into a tangle of legal messes recently. In May, he was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and drug possession after his home was searched and cops allegedly found dog carcasses, abused pit bulls drugs and weapons.

He served more than two months at New York’s Rikers Island jail in 2006 in connection with a 2004 incident when he smashed his SUV into a gate at John F. Kennedy Airport after identifying himself as a federal agent.

His first five albums opened at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts, but his most recent release, 2006’s “Year of the Dog … Again,” ended that run by debuting at No. 2. Simmons has also acted in several action movies, including “Cradle 2 The Grave” and “Exit Wounds.”

Here are a few pictures taken of her after her latest visit to see her hubby “Blake who is incarcerated. ” She’s looking so much healthier, the impetigo seems to be healing nicely, and the beehive is beeutiful dont you think?
She proudly showed off a bruise on her neck to the paparrazzi. In case you are wondering how she got it, it was courtsey of a love bite / nip from her husband.

It’s been awhile since any of us have had the pleasure of watching her on the tv, but that may be about to change soon! “Newlyweds” was a huge hit, and rumour has it she and her people have been in talks about bringing her back to the small screen.

She has been in the studio recording her upcoming country LP – and her father who also happens to be her manager had this to say: “With Newlyweds, she let everyone into her world. Then she had to shut the world out. Now she can open it up again so people can see, here’s a girl struggling with self-esteem and finding her way. Country music is about storytelling, after all.”
Interestingly enough Jess’s rep had this to say on the subject: “They’re in talks with CMT for a special timed to air when the album is released, but there’s no truth whatsoever to there being a reality show.”

Mischa Barton was busted early Thursday morning and is still currently in jail with a 10,000 dollar bail! She has been charged with a DUI, possession of illegal narcotics and driving without a valid California license. She was pulled over after forgetting to signal, and straddling two lanes.

We knew her career was going downhill but I never expected this of the ex OC star. I guess she figured she need to get pregnant or get thrown in jail to give her career a boost. HOW SAD IS THAT??

It’s really starting to irk me that all these girls are drug addics and we are obsessed with them (well not necessarily Mischa) but Britney, Lindsay, and Paris!!