March 2009 Archives

Andre 3000 of the hip hop duo Outkast is free on bond after police charged him with driving 109 mph on a highway in suburban Atlanta.

Was he running away from a mirror? Overalls should never leave the barn yard.

Authorities say the entertainer was clocked speeding in his Porsche in a 65 mph zone south of Atlanta early Saturday.

Police say Benjamin told them he was going so fast because he missed an exit and had to turn around.

Everyone together now...I'm sorry Mr. Officer! I am for REEEEEEEAAAAAALLLL!

A judge sentenced Rapper T.I. to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges on Friday. The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, apologized at the hearing.

“Today I would like to say thank you to some, and apologize to all,” the rapper told U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. at sentencing.

Harris pleaded guilty last March after he was arrested in 2007, attempting to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. The arrest on Oct. 13 of that year occurred blocks from where he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta hours later.
He will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison. Harris already has completed about 1,000 hours of community service and has warned youths about the pitfalls of guns, drugs, violence. He will need to complete 470 additional hours.
He had faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count, until he cut a deal and pleaded guilty last March to the federal weapons charge and was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.

T.I. said fear was the reason he tried to buy the guns. His best friend, Philant Johnson, was killed following a post-performance party in Cincinnati in 2006. A man was found guilty last year in the murder case.

Madonna may not have a baby daddy any longer but she is keeping her baby — or at least adopting another.

An official at the Malawi welfare department said the pop star had filed adoption papers. Another person in Malawi close to the case said Madonna would be there this weekend and a court could hear her adoption case as soon as Monday.

A U.S. government official confirmed that an adoption bid by Madonna was under way.

Madonna’s adoption of her Malawian son David in 2008 raised questions about whether rules had been broken for the singer because foreign adoptions were not allowed in Malawi.

There are now new concerns that rules again will be broken for the newly divorced Madonna as Malawi also does not approve adoptions for single or divorced parents.

There have been rumors for some time that Madonna wanted to adopt a girl from Malawi, where she also runs a charity, Raising Malawi.

Bruce Willis has tied the knot for the second time. No word yet if Demi Moore was his best woman, but we wouldn't doubt it. The exes have a peculiar relationship, even after their divorce.

The 54-year-old Willis married Emma Heming in a small, private ceremony at his home in Parrot Cay in the Turks & Caicos Islands. This is the first marriage for Heming, a 30-year-old model/actress. Hmmm...54 and 30...

The couple met through mutual friends more than a year ago.

Guests included Willis’ three daughters from his first marriage to actress Moore: Rumer, 20, Scout, 17, and Tallulah Belle, 14, as well as Moore, and her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher.

What do you think? She kind of looks like a young Demi.

It was a role of a lifetime for David Robson of Tyngsboro. In 2006, the then 10-year-old landed a part in a feature film playing the son of the late Natasha Richardson and grandson of Richardson’s real-life mother, Vanessa Redgrave.

The local boy met both Richardson and Redgrave on the set of Evening in Rhode Island. He would have never guessed it would be the last time he would ever work with the star.

Richardson, a Tony award winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson, died on Wednesday evening after falling on a ski slope at a resort in Quebec. The 45-year-old died of blunt impact to the head according to the New York City medical examiner’s office, who conducted an autopsy yesterday.

In an interview with The Sun shortly after wrapping the film, Robson’s mother, Sue, had very kind words for Richardson.

“Natasha was great with the kids. The whole experience was very nice,” Sue Robson was quoted as saying.

Evening was Richardson’s second to last film she ever starred in.

Another former child star, Lindsay Lohan, worked with Richardson on a remake of The Parent Trap in 1998. She also had very nice things to say about the actress.

“She was a wonderful woman and actress and treated me like I was her own. ... My heart goes out to her family. This is a tragic loss,” said Lohan

Talk about a real-life cat fight! Kenley Collins, the mousy, whiney brunette from last season's Project Runway is accused of using her cat as a weapon during a spat with her ex-fiancee.

And I thought we heard it all.

Kenley told the New York Post that the Brooklyn police report exaggerated the incident and called it “a miscommunication.”

According to the Post and Daily News, Zak Penley (Wow! Thank God they broke up. If they married her name would have been Kenley Penley!) told authorities Collins woke him Tuesday by tossing the cat in his face. He said the cat-apault was followed by a laptop toss. Three apples and some water also made it into the mix.

Penley called 911; Collins was charged with assault.

Collins had a sharp-tongued reputation on the Bravo TV fashion-design competition.
Penley, an artist and musician, wrote a song called “CAT?” for Collins’ Runway finale.

Actress Natasha Richardson died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury from a skiing accident.

Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson’s husband actor Liam Neeson, confirmed her death in a written statement.

“Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha,” the statement said. “They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time.”

The statement did not give details on the cause of death for Richardson, who suffered a head injury when she fell on a beginner’s trail during a private ski lesson at the luxury Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec. She was hospitalized Tuesday in Montreal and later flown to a hospital in New York City.

Family members had been seen coming and going from the New York hospital where Richardson was reportedly taken.

Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson’s mother, arrived in a car with darkened windows and was taken through a garage when she arrived at the Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side at around 5 p.m. Wednesday. An hour earlier, Richardson’s sister, Joely, arrived alone and was swarmed by the media as she entered through the back of the hospital.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends.

As the story develops, check back in to The Frosting for more details.

Britney Spears ex will not get to make any booty calls until 2012.

A Los Angeles judge issued a restraining order Wednesday against Adnan Ghalib, her ex and a paparazzo.

In January, her daddy, Jamie, sought protection on his daughter’s behalf against Ghalib, her former business manager, Sam Lutfi, and an attorney.

Court documents contend the trio have tried to undermine the singer’s conservatorship, which was established after a series of high-profile incidents of erratic behavior.

The restraining orders are in effect until March 17, 2012. Makes for an interesting St. Paddy's Day in three years!

British actress Natasha Richardson is in critical condition in a Montreal hospital after being severely injured in a skiing accident in Quebec.

People.com and IrishCentral.com reported that the Tony award-winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a head injury Monday and is in a Montreal hospital.

People.com said Richardson was initially taken to a hospital near the luxury Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, and was later transferred to the Montreal hospital.
A family member confirmed Richardson had had a skiing accident.

“We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details,” said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson’s uncle, Corin Redgrave. “We are very concerned.”

Richardson, 45, is the elder daughter of Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave and the late director Tony Richardson, and belongs to a British acting dynasty.

Her maternal grandparents were the actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and her uncle Corin and aunt Lynne Redgrave are also both actors. Sister Joely Richardson is also an actress, best known for starring in TV series “Nip/Tuck.”

She married Neeson in 1994, and the couple has two sons.

You thought that the whole wardrobe malfunction was bad, lock your kids in the closet now because the MTV Movie Awards will be hosted by Andy Samberg this year. One can expect lots of f-bombs, bathroom humor and references to private parts at this year's show.

But hey, it is MTV and what would it be without a controversy.

This will be a first for the “Saturday Night Live” star. The event, to air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., on May 31. It sure won't be a lazy Sunday.

Samberg says he grew up watching the awards and was a writer for the show before landing his gig on “SNL,” so “it will be a sweet and satisfying homecoming. I can’t wait to act really important.”

Well, lets hope he already met his wifey's parents before walking down the aisle, but Brazilian media are reporting that QB cutie, Tom Brady is in Gisele's hometown so that she can introduce her hubby to her family.

Zero Hora newspaper says the leggy glamazon and Tom-Tom are in the southern Brazilian city of Horizontina for the 83rd birthday of her grandfather.

The couple were reportedly "married" last month in Cali. They have not confirmed it...yet...but all signs point a yes to the "I dos."

The newspaper published a photo showing G and T eating ice cream inside a car. It said the couple spent most of Saturday touring the town of 18,000 inhabitants and that Brady exercised at a local gym.

Well, at least we know he is getting ready for his return to Foxboro later this year.

Beverly Hills police say an arrest warrant has been issued for actress Lindsay Lohan and they believe it involves her 2007 drunken driving conviction.

Police Sgt. Mike Foxen said Saturday that a court issued the warrant on Friday but he said he didn’t have any details. He says police had not yet contacted the actress.

Lohan pleaded guilty or no contest to DUI and cocaine charges after she crashed her Mercedes into a tree in Beverly Hills in 2007 and later chased the mother of an acquaintance into Santa Monica in an SUV.

She could go to jail if she violates any terms of her three-year probation, such as failing to have a drug test or meet with her probation officer.

Hmmm...could she have failed a drug test?

Just when we forgot about the drama that is Anna Nicole Smith, someone is digging up the past.

Anna Nicole's lawyer-turned-boyfriend and a doctor surrendered to face charges that they conspired to provide the Playboy Playmate with thousands of prescription pills before her 2007 fatal overdose.

Howard K. Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor were released late Thursday after posting $20,000 bond. Charges include conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance and prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict, authorities said.

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich was expected to surrender Monday.

Prosecutors said the doctors gave thousands of prescription drugs — including opiates and sedatives — to Stern, who then gave them to Smith. The prescriptions were issued between June 2004 and January 2007, just weeks before her death on Feb. 8, 2007.

Eroshevich began treating Smith in September 2006 when she suffered a nervous breakdown stemming from the death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith, who died of an accidental drug overdose three days after his mother gave birth to a girl.
Eroshevich traveled several times over six months to the Bahamas, where Smith was living with Stern and wrote the prescriptions.

The criminal complaint also alleges Kapoor gave her excessive amounts of sleep aids, opiates, muscle relaxants and methadone-like drugs used to treat addiction, knowing she was an addict.

The quantity was staggering. More than 600 pills — including about 450 muscle relaxants — were missing from prescriptions that were no more than 5 weeks old. Ultimately, it was a syrup — the powerful sleeping aid chloral hydrate — blamed with tipping the balance in the toxic mix of drugs and causing her death.

U2 shut down the center of Somerville, Mass., and riled up a core of rabid fans when it gave a private concert in a venue a fraction of the size of the stadiums the band plans to fill later this summer.

U2 played the 1,000-seat Somerville Theater in Davis Square, which was sealed off to cars Wednesday night as fans swarmed the area, looking for a way into the show, or for just a glimpse of the band.

The group played a total of five songs, four from its new album, “No Line on the Horizon.” U2 started off the set with the new song “Get on Your Boots.”

U2 was big in the Boston area before it was big everywhere, and played the Paradise club in Boston in 1980 during its first North American tour.

“This is where it all began for us, Boston, Mass.,” said Bono, who took questions from the audience after the performance.

The band is touring this summer, starting in Europe and ending in the United States, including a Sept. 20 concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

How much you want to bet that Mandy Moore is with child? Can someone say shotgun!

After announcing last month that she was engaged to Ryan Adams, the 24-year-old pop tart tied the know yesterday in Savannah, Ga.

Her hubby played in the band Whiskeytown during the 1990s before beginning his prolific solo career. Adams is best known for his song “New York, New York,” which appeared on his album “Gold,” released in 2001.

Strange that Moore was linked to be back with her ex, DJ AM, after he was involved in a plane crash last year....

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is moving to Melrose Place.

The 24-year-old singer will join the cast of the CW’s “Melrose Place,”

Simpson-Wentz will be playing a small-town girl with a “shrewd sex kitten” within, Entertainment Weekly first reported on www.ew.com Monday.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the cast of Melrose Place and I look forward to being a part of its new generation of residents,” she said in a statement in People magazine.

The show is expected in the fall.

“The Hills” will no longer be alive with the drama of Lauren Conrad — at least, after the fifth season.

The producer of the MTV reality series confirms Conrad is leaving “The Hills,” and that season five, premiering March 30, will be Conrad’s final appearance.

Liz Gately says Conrad wants to move forward and lead a more private life. Gately plans to give the 23-year-old fashion designer a big send-off, and is evaluating how to continue with the show following Conrad’s departure.

“The Hills,” which debuted in 2006, has followed Conrad as she struggles with man problems, career drama and friendship fall outs.

MTV’s cameras began rolling on Conrad when she was a high school student on “Laguna Beach” before graduating to “The Hills.”

What is your favorite "Hills" moment?

Quirky rockers CAKE will make their debut at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, May 27, at 8pm.

Tickets are $38.50 and go on sale this Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m.

Tickets will be available in person at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium box office located at 50 East Merrimack St., by calling the box office at (978) 454-2299 or online at www.lowellauditorium.com.

There has been a serious case of relationship recycling going on. Now, Hayden Panettiere is rebounding with her ex!

Fool me twice, shame on me. Or is Hayden not smart enough to follow our advice.

The "Hero" was spotted with ex Stephen Colletti, of "Laguna Beach" fame and a former flame of Lauren Conrad out in Los Angeles. Hayden and her former lover/co-star Milo Ventimiglia recently called it quits over a reported pregnancy scare.

That should make for an awkward Monday at work.

A former contestant on Sharon Osbourne’s Rock of Love Charm School has sued over an altercation with Osbourne during an episode of the VH1 show.

Megan Hauserman’s suit filed Monday in Los Angeles claims battery, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She seeks a jury trial and punitive damages.

You remember Megan of course. The contestant who had a two piece for every day of the week. How could we forget her?

The December incident can be seen on VH1’s Web site billed as “Sharon and Megan’s big fight.” In the video, the women exchange insults, Osbourne pours a drink on Hauserman and then the two are surrounded by a rush of people.

The suit claims Osbourne hit Hauserman, pulled her hair and scratched her.

Hauserman’s attorney Warren J. Binder said in an interview: “It’s pretty hard to deny what happened on the video.”

Our opinion is that Megan started the fight with Sharon, by calling her hubby, Ozzy, a has-been rock star. No one messes with the Prince of Darkness baby!