August 2012 Blog Posts (104)

Betty Smithey, Longest-Serving …

....For the past 49 years, Betty Smithey has woken up in a prison cell, the nation's longest serving female inmate. But on Tuesday, she woke up a free woman.

Smithey, now 69, was granted parole by the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency on Monday. She was released from the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville,…

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Props to Bobby Brown for doing something about his addiction to alcohol. He’s in rehab.

Sources extremely close to Brown tell TMZ, the former “New Edition” singer admitted himself to the treatment facility very recently — because “he realized he couldn’t do it on his own.”

We’re told he’s being treated for alcohol abuse issues — a problem Brown has…

To put it all in perspective, Evelyn has written a statement about her domestic violence ‘incident’ as she refers to it.

“It is with great sadness and much trepidation that I release this statement addressing the domestic violence incident that happened this past Saturday. I am deeply disappointed that Chad has failed to take responsibility for…

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On Thursday night, an 18-year-old Broward County, Florida, man was arrested for groping a Walmart shopper, and for the cops who arrested him, he thought he had the perfect excuse. "Her booty looked so good," Aaron Morris reportedly noted, "I just couldn't resist touching it."

The Smoking Gun website reports Morris has been charged with "touch or…

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson was released on bail Sunday after allegedly head-butting his new wife during an argument over his purchase of a box of condoms.  He was also released from the Miami Dolphins football team.

Johnson, 34, and his wife, Evelyn Lozado, who have a reality TV show due to premiere next month, were ordered to have no…

When Oprah traveled to Rihanna's home island of Barbados to interview the singer for Oprah's Next Chapter, Ms. Winfrey had expected to meet what she describes as "a bad-ass, kind of a hard-edged rocker pop woman."

In a teaser for the upcoming show, Oprah says that, instead, she found herself engaging with a woman who she says was thoughtful, edgy, emotional and…

Actor and political activist Harry Belafonte isn't happy with the image of minorities in the entertainment industry, and tells The Hollywood Reporter that he counts Beyonce and Jay-Z as part of the problem.  That's despite the celeb couple's philanthropic work, which between them includes Jay's work to raise money for the United Way of New York City and Beyonce's upcoming…

Young Jeezy has a new title.  He tweeted on Thursday that he's been named the senior vice president of A&R at Atlantic Records.

"From the streets to the Boardroom. SVP of [A&R] @ Atlantic Records I am. Let's Get it!" Jeezy tweeted,…

It's finally happening. ESPN and other news organizations reported Thursday night that Dwight Howard is headed to the Los Angeles Lakers as part of a four-team trade that still has to be approved by the NBA.

If the league approves the deal, here's who will be moving and where they'll be landing:

•Howard goes from the Orlando Magic to the…

Randy Travis is accused of driving while intoxicated and threatening to kill state troopers after the country singer crashed his car and was found naked and combative at the scene.



A mug shot released on Wednesday by the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office shows a battered-looking Travis in a T-shirt, with a black eye and dried blood on his face. He later walked…