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Jury sides with Courtney Love in trial over tweet

By Associated Press on Jan 24, 2014 at 8:30PM

A jury says Courtney Love did not defame one of her former lawyers in a 2010 Twitter post.

Friday’s verdict comes after an eight-day trial that centered on Love’s statements against San Diego-based lawyer Rhonda Holmes. Love hired Holmes to pursue a case against the estate of her late husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The case was never filed, and Holmes said Love fired her.

The singer’s tweet suggested that Holmes had been “bought off.”

Attorneys for Love maintained that the Hole singer meant for the post to be a private message and few people saw it.

Holmes’ lawyers sought $8 million in damages.

Love attended and testified at the trial but was not present when the verdict was read.

Three cops suspended for Justin Bieber escort

By Associated Press on Jan 24, 2014 at 1:40PM

An official says three Florida police officers have been suspended for giving Justin Bieber an unauthorized escort from the airport.

Opa-locka Assistant City Manager David Chiverton said Friday that the officers were suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation.

Police escorts from the Opa-locka Executive Airport are not uncommon, but they must follow procedure. Chiverton says the one that accompanied Bieber on Monday had not been authorized.

According to Chiverton, investigators are still trying to get more information from the airport and the officers about where police escorted Bieber.

Bieber was free on bail Friday after an arrest on charges of DUI, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest. Miami Beach police say Bieber smelled of alcohol when he was stopped after drag-racing down a residential street early Thursday.

Mary J. Blige's father stabbed, critically wounded

By Associated Press on Jan 23, 2014 at 9:41PM

Michigan police say the father of multi-platinum-selling singer Mary J. Blige was stabbed and critically injured.

Police say his ex-girlfriend is in jail on an attempted murder charge.

Battle Creek police say the attack happened about 7 a.m. Thursday at the apartment of 63-year-old Thomas Blige.

Police say he had a neck wound and was taken to Kalamazoo’s Bronson Methodist Hospital, which says it has no information on his condition.

Detective Sgt. Jim Martens tells the Battle Creek Enquirer that officers recovered the knife and found Blige’s ex-girlfriend with blood on her clothing. She’s in the Calhoun County jail and is expected to be arraigned Friday.

Forty-three-year-old Mary J. Blige is a Grammy award winner whose hits include “Real Love,” “No More Drama,” and “Family Affair.”

'Behind the Candelabra' author, ex-Liberace lover sentenced to prison

By Associated Press on Jan 23, 2014 at 9:04PM

A former lover of Liberace who was the subject of Behind the Candelabra, the HBO film on the pianist’s life, has been sentenced to eight to 20 years in a Nevada prison for failing another court-ordered drug test while on probation for burglary and identity theft convictions.

Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan sentenced Scott Thorson on Wednesday after a string of bad drug tests capped by his failure to show up at a court-ordered treatment facility.

Flanagan originally suspended the prison sentence in July and gave Thorson a second chance in September after testing positive for methamphetamine, but he failed tests twice in October and again on Nov. 1. He was arrested Nov. 19 after violating an order to enter an inpatient treatment facility in Reno two weeks earlier, court records show.

Thorson, 54, whose real name is Jess Marlow, had admitted he was an addict but insisted he was determined to get sober when he tearfully appealed to the judge in September to spare him from prison.
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Teen who stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini gets life in prison

By Associated Press on Jan 23, 2014 at 7:51PM

A Northern California man convicted of a series of crimes, including attempted murder and the theft of celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 21 years and four months.

Max Wade, 19, had been found guilty in October of attempted murder, vehicle theft, and other crimes, the Marin Independent Journal reported. He was charged in Marin County Superior Court as an adult even though he was under 18 at the time the crimes were committed, the paper said.

Among Wade’s crimes was a drive-by shooting that occurred on April 13, 2012, in Mill Valley.

Wade was convicted of firing at a truck occupied by two acquaintances — Landon Wahstrom, 18, and Eva Dedier, 17, of San Rafael.

Prosecutors alleged that Wade desired Dedier and was jealous that she was with Wahlstrom.

The investigation of the shooting led detectives to Wade’s storage locker, where he was keeping the $200,000 sports car stolen from Fieri, known for his Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The Lamborghini was taken in 2011 while it was at a San Francisco dealership. It was stolen by a burglar who rappelled from a high window, authorities said.

Tori Spelling's husband Dean McDermott checks himself into rehab

By Jake Perlman on Jan 23, 2014 at 3:20PM

After fighting off cheating rumors over the holidays, Tori Spelling’s husband, Dean McDermott, has checked himself into rehab.

“I am truly sorry for the mistakes I have made and for the pain I’ve caused my family,” McDermott told People. “I take full responsibility for my actions and have voluntarily checked myself into a treatment center to address some health and personal issues. I am grateful to be getting the help I need so I can become the husband and father my family deserves.”

McDermott, 47, will be receiving intense treatment but will be allowed to visit his four children with Spelling, 40 — Liam, Stella, Hattie, and Finn. The couple have been married since 2006.

Actors Tyler Hilton and Megan Park engaged

By Pamela Gocobachi on Jan 23, 2014 at 3:18PM

Actors Tyler Hilton and Megan Park are engaged.

The couple, who met in 2006 while filming Charlie Bartlett, made it official at the end of last year in California. The couple dished details about their engagement to People and revealed that Hilton (best known for his role on One Tree Hill) popped the question to the Secret Life of the American Teenager actress by proposing with his great-grandmother’s ring.

Hilton and Park have not set a date for the wedding, but the pair hope to tie the knot in California in the spring of 2015.

Captain & Tennille are getting divorced

By Katie Atkinson on Jan 22, 2014 at 6:26PM

“Love Will Keep Us Together” duo Captain & Tennille are divorcing after nearly four decades of marriage, People reports.

Toni Tennille, 73, has filed for divorce from her husband, Daryl Dragon, 71. The musical and romantic pair were married in 1975 and have no children.

'Shameless' star Shanola Hampton gives birth to baby girl

By Jake Perlman on Jan 22, 2014 at 4:53PM

Shanola Hampton and her husband, Daren Dukes, welcomed their first child together on Monday, her rep confirmed to People.

The Shameless actress and her Dallas Cowboy Show producer husband welcomed daughter Cai MyAnna Dukes, weighing in at 6 lbs., 3 oz.

“We never knew how much was missing from our life until our baby girl arrived. So blessed, so overjoyed, pure bliss,” the couple said in a statement.

Evanescence's Amy Lee announces pregnancy via Twitter

By Ariana Bacle on Jan 22, 2014 at 10:12AM

Amy Lee, lead singer of rock band Evanescence, announced on her personal Twitter account that she and husband Josh Hartzler are expecting a child. Lee and Hartzler, a therapist, married in 2007. This will be their first child together. READ FULL STORY

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