Chris Brown has opened his heart about the “terrible” night he attacked girlfriend Rihanna – and insisted: “I still love her.”
Brown – who insists he will never hit a woman again – insists that he feels enduring love for the woman he left bloodied and battered after a jealous tiff.
“I never fell out of love with her,” he insisted. “That just wouldn’t go away.”
The R&B star sat next to his mother Joyce Hawkins – herself a victim of domestic abuse – to speak of his shame at his own violent behaviour.
He says he turned to his mother straight away after he attacked the Umbrella star in his car after they drove away from a pre-Grammy’s party in L.A..
“I was distraught,” he said. “I went to my mum on the same night and told [her] what happened and broke down.”
Despite his attack, however, he still believes he is different than abusers like the stepfather he grew up living in terror of. “I feel like he enjoyed it,” Chris said. “It was continuous.”
Brown, 20, has pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced last week to five years’ probation for the attack.
One of the doctors who assisted the LAPD in Michael Jackson’s death investigation has written a letter to President Barrack Obama. The topic of the letter was to make it tougher for people to obtain controlled medication. In the letter, Dr. Susan Essien Etok, the doctor who claimed that the late King of Pop offered her £500,000 to supply him with drugs, urges the President to consider “harsher punitive measures” for unethical doctors who are willing to hand out strong drugs to anyone for the right price. Etok also said that “no individual Doctor is responsible for Michael’s death.” She also compared the singer’s passing to that of Elvis Presley, Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith – all of whom died with drug cocktails in their system.
Superstar Bono has said he believes to make the most out of success, you have to ignore the critics and make fame work for you.
The lead singer of U2 recently spoke out about how he handles being a major celebrity.
The 49-year-old said: “If you’re smart, you can create a world where you shrink in size and then you find oxygen and room to manoeuvre. If you’re not, then you shrink your world and tower above it.”
The Irish star added: “When you are a singer in a band, you stick your neck out for a living, get used to the knocks. And I’ve noticed that the spleen and ire of your enemy usually take them out.”
One of the most successful singer-songwriters around, Bono has been in the spotlight since the 1970s, when he rose to fame with his band U2.
He said: “People have a short attention span; you need a picture of a pop star and a Pope together, that gets their attention.”
Chris Brown’s February assault on Rihanna was apparently not an isolated incident, as the domestic abuser was involved in at least two unreported acts of violence toward his ex-girlfriend. According to a probation officer’s report, the first incident happened in Europe about three months prior to the publicized assault during a heated argument between the singers. Rihanna slapped Chris and he responded by shoving her into a wall. Then, during a trip to Barbados in January, the two got into a fight in their rented Range Rover. Chris exited the car and smashed both the driver’s and front passenger side windows. I’m surprised that Rihanna wasn’t injured and that she stayed with him for so long.
While performing at the V Festival at Hylands Park in the UK last weekend, second wave ska legends The Specials introduced a very special surprise guest to the crowd – Amy Winehouse. The singer’s performance with the group was less than impressive but it’s still great to see Wino back on the stage while staying steady on her own two feet. Wino wiggled along to ‘Ghost Town’ and ‘You’re Wondering Now’ before bidding the crowd goodbye and shouting “Give it up for the fucking Specials!” Here’s to hoping that once she’s back with her own music, she’ll be as great as when she first debuted.
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong recently had an interview with Maxim. In that interview, the rock star talked about what drug he will never do again. The band’s front man said “Acid. I don’t regret doing it, but. I sure as fuck wouldn’t do it now. I’m way too neurotic. I’d be, like, sitting in the corner sucking my thumb for nine hours.” Honestly, I can imagine him behaving like that. I don’t know. There’s just something about the way that he looks that screams that sort of behavior. I’m not talking about the drug use here, alright? It’s just the thumb sucking thing.
Rapper Pitbull is being slapped with a lawsuit by an Australian promoter for failing to abide by their agreed contract. That’s the one where he said that he would show up for a tour in 2008 but he didn’t. Suave Promotions released a statement saying “It is with great regret that Suave Productions and Don Juan Entertainment announce that Armando Christian Perez aka Mr 305, Pitbull is being sued for the failed Australian Tour in December 2008.” Suave representative Jamie Hernandez continued, saying “…We did everything we could to make him happy, sometimes even going that extra mile in order to meet his demands. But yet he still refused to get on the plane. Not only that, he also failed to notify that he wasn’t coming & also kept half the money for doing nothing at all.”
If there was ever and award for nicest celebrity ever, Taylor Swift would easily take the top honors after the stunt she pulled outside her London hotel last Friday night. The 19-year old country singer treated all of her waiting fans to dinner by buying ten Domino’s pizza pies, several boxes of cookies and cartons of milk. Everything was delivered but the blonde cutie still took the time to hand some food out to all her waiting fans. I don’t think there’s any other star like Taylor who would do that. She’s epic I tell you. She just keeps giving you reasons to fall in love with her.
TV presenter Myleene Klass would love to join Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue on The X Factor judging panel, she has revealed.
The 31-year-old said she is a big fan of the hit ITV show and would love to be part of it.
She said: “I can’t believe I missed the first X Factor show because I was at V Festival. I really love the show. Cheryl is my favourite judge, she’s fabulous, don’t you think?”
Myleene also admitted that she would jump at the chance of appearing on the show.
She said to British newspaper the Daily Star: “Simon Cowell is a good friend of mine. So who knows, maybe I’ll get to go on the show one day. I would absolutely love to, it would be an honour.”
Myleene, who appeared as the host of the US version of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, could get her wish sooner than later as a source said: “I wouldn’t be surprised if Simon asked Myleene to join the show.
“He would love a harem of sexy ladies surrounding him, that’s just his style.”
Jason Mraz just carved himself into the foundations of history as his song ‘I’m Yours’ is now the longest0running song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in its 51-year history. The singer has officially beaten the likes of LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. The song is also the only track to reach number 1 on each of the following four radio-based charts, namely Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40 and Triple A. And it still doesn’t seem like his song will be going anywhere soon and Jason still has the chance to edge out a lead that might prove to be unbeatable. Congratulations!
Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s under-fire personal physician say police have twisted his account of the superstar’s final hours.
Attorney Edward Chernoff called much of the contents of the search warrant affidavit “police theory”. Los Angeles Police had filed the documents to search Dr Conrad Murray’s clinic in Houston, Texas, last month.
A statement released by Chernoff said: “Much of what was in the search warrant affidavit is factual.
“However, unfortunately, much is police theory. Dr Murray simply never told investigators that he found Michael Jackson at 11am not breathing. He also never said that he waited a mere 10 minutes before leaving to make several phone calls. In fact, Dr Murray never said that he left Michael Jackson’s room to make phone calls at all.”
The Los Angeles Coroner’s office has ruled Jackson’s death a homicide caused by a mix of drugs meant to treat insomnia, according to reports.
Billy Corgan has hired a new drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins and the new kid’s only 19 years old. Mike Byrne sent the singer a demo tape of his drumming skills when the band made it known online that they were looking for a new drummer last Spring. Billy was reportedly blown away by the kid’s talents and put the Portland, Oregon native on a plane to LA for a live audition. Billy says that Mike “seemed to have that X-factor that all the great drummers have” and the singer is anxious to begin work on the band’s new album because he believes “in [his] heart he will push [him] to be a better musician.”
Due to a diagnosed ear infection, Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger is unable to travel or to perform, forcing the rest of the group to cancel the first three shows of their upcoming tour with the Black Eyed Peas. I’m sure the other girls aren’t thrilled. I guess the people in charge don’t think that any of the other girls are good enough to fill in for Nicole. But what’s this? Pussycat Dolls’ management recently released a statement saying that the group wasn’t even asked to tour with the BEPs, Nicole doesn’t have an ear infection and that she’s in Europe on holiday. Just cut to the chase. I don’t think we’ll be seeing more of the Dolls anytime soon or ever again.
Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood and girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova are reportedly looking for their first home together.
Wood, 62, and 20-year-old Russian model Ivanova are said to be looking at properties in Westbourne Park, London.
However, they reportedly have different ideas about what they want. The couple were heard talking while househunting and a source heard Ivanova saying: “It can be on two floors”.
Wood left his wife Jo after 23 years to be with Ivanova, but Jo allegedly no longer cares about reports of what they are doing together.
A source close to Jo said: “As far as Jo’s concerned she’s glad to be rid of Ronnie. This news about more cosy holidays and househunting will have no effect anymore.”
Carrie Underwood met and performed for the soldiers at the ‘Salute to the Troops’ concert at the Division Parade Field taking place in Fort Campbell, Kentucky last week. As part of the 2009 Week of the Eagles, the 26-year old American Idol alum was joined by fellow country singer Hank Williams Jr. The event-filled biannual celebration pays tribute to the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division who will soon be returning from their service in the Middle East. Welcome home guys! And thanks for protecting the country and the rest of the world from terror. You’ve made a lot of people proud.
Michael Jackson’s doctor is expected to be charged with manslaughter within the next two weeks, according to a US report.
A law enforcement source had told Foxnews.com that Dr Conrad Murray is set to be arrested and charged within the next 14 days.
The news comes just a day after Murray posted a one-minute video online insisting: “I told the truth and I have faith the truth will prevail.”
The source initially told Fox that Dr Murray could be arrested as soon as August 26.
But investigators have now reportedly decided to execute one more search warrant, likely at a Los Angeles pharmacy, next week in an attempt to gather more evidence against him and the arrest is now expected the following week. They have searched Murray’s offices in Houston.
And Murray is not the only doctor who faces criminal charges in connection with Jackson’s shock death on June 25. A law enforcement source told FOXNews.com that Jackson’s long-time dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, will also be hit with charges related to medical malpractice.
Investigators are still building their case against Klein, and he will not be arrested for at least another two weeks, the source said.
However Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, denied that prosecutors had decided to charge Jackson’s physicians.
She insisted: “Until police complete their investigation and bring it to our office, there is no way to know what charges may be filed and against whom.”
Law enforcement sources previously revealed that Murray admitted he gave the King of Pop the intravenous anaesthetic Propofol to help him sleep just hours before his death – and that Propofol was at least a contributing factor in the 50-year-old entertainer’s death.
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz recently went through another embarrassing moment because of his wife’s partying ways. First, there was the incident where Ashlee Simpson publicly berated the rock star’s ex-girlfriend Michelle Trachtenberg. Now, Ashlee reportedly instigated a fight with her husband this past Saturday. Pete just finished performing with his band at the Blink 182 concert in Chicago. Then, he went to celebrate the one year anniversary of his bar, Angels & Kings. Multiple sources are saying that Ashlee proceeded to get drunk and belligerent. A source said that while Pete was in the DJ booth, Ashlee “came up completely wasted and yells at him to leave. They fought, she told him he was horrible in front of a whole group of people and made him leave his own party early. So they make a scene and leave the bar.” I think someone needs to go to rehab.
Steven Tyler is back on his feet after taking a topple on a South Dakota stage.
The Aerosmith frontman said: “I landed upside down, and after 20 stitches on the back of my head, and a broken left shoulder, I just want to say that I’m plain grateful that I didn’t break my neck!”
Tyler, 61, who was airlifted from the scene in Sturgis, recalled: “Tens of thousands of my biker buddies were ready to rock! [It was] one of the best shows we’ve played in a long time! The band was slammin’ and I was lovin’ every minute of it!”
But electrical problems ensued and Tyler fell during the band’s classic Love In An Elevator. “Well, I wasn’t gonna go hide under the big top and play ‘ROCK STAR’ and wait for everything to be fixed,” he said. “I wanted to go out to the crowd to continue the show, so, the train kept a-rollin’ and I ran out on the catwalk and grabbed my mic to finish the song.”
Explaining how it happened, he said: “I was doing the Tyler shuffle and then I zigged when I should have zagged. And I slipped, and as I live on the edge, I fell off the edge!”
He also thanked “all the doctors and nurses at the Rapid City Hospital for putting my Humpty Dumpty ass back together again.”
“And most of all … I want to thank the angel on my shoulder,” he said. “Looking forward to seeing all of you very soon.”
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Conrad Murray, live-in physician to Michael Jackson, kept a stash of the powerful anaesthetic Propofol in a closet in Michael Jackson’s home, a report claims.
The drug is the smoking gun in the case building against Murray, which has been labelled a manslaughter investigation, even though no charges have been laid. Propofol could well be the pivot point in the minds of prosecutors.
Law enforcement sources said three large bottles and five vials of the anaesthetic were discovered at the Jackson house.
The drugs were found in the closet attached to Murray’s bedroom. Murray is said to have administered the drug in the bedroom where Jackson was later discovered to have arrested.
He may also have kept the drug elsewhere and had a steady stream of Fedex deliveries of it, the report claims.
Her album was recently pushed back, all her appearances have been cancelled, and now, it seems that Mariah Carey’s Las Vegas show won’t be going down either. Apparently, the singer’s Sin City gig isn’t stirring up as much buzz as everyone had hoped. Tickets are still available for her opening night at the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort where her residency was supposed to begin this September. The theater only has a capacity of 2,500. Good seats are still available. I guess Mariah isn’t as popular now as they claim her to be. It looks like her career is on its way out.
