Celebrities

26 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Paris Hilton's philanthropic trip to Rwanda has been postponed.

"Due to the restructuring of the Playing For Good Foundation, the philanthropic trip to Rwanda that the foundation had previously planned with Paris Hilton has been postponed," the children's charity said in an October 25 statement.

A staffer for the organization's spokesman Andy Gelb said he was unavailable for comment. The 26-year-old socialite, who has promised to use her celebrity status for good causes, was to have traveled to the central African nation in November.    » read more »

26 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Marie Osmond says her fainting spell on the October 22 episode of ABC's Dancing With The Stars resulted from wildfires currently plaguing Southern California.

Speaking to the entertainment television show Access Hollywood, the 48-year-old singer/actress said "The air quality is really bad and I have allergies really bad so maybe that was it. I am a singer. I don't know why I should have been winded. We have done it six, seven times in a row no problem."    » read more »

26 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Britney Spears no longer faces hit-and-run charges after compensating a driver in the wake of an August 6 parking lot accident.    » read more »

26 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Singer and actor Robert Goulet is heavily sedated and breathing through a ventilator while awaiting a lung transplant in a Los Angeles hospital.

Speaking on October 23 to the Associated Press, his wife Vera said "He can hear me but he can't respond." She said doctors told her that lung transplants carry an 88 percent success rate, the highest of any transplant procedure. A suitable donor has yet to be found for the 73-year-old crooner.    » read more »

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 -- Icon, Jay-Z, treated fans to an intimate performance last night while taping an upcoming episode of VH1 Storytellers at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York. This exclusive performance, "VH1 Storytellers: Jay-Z: Life of an American Gangster," will premiere Thursday, November 8 at 9:00 PM*.    » read more »

26 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Rapper Foxy Brown received 76 days in isolation at a New York jail after getting into a shoving match with another inmate and refusing to submit to a drug test.

Brown, born Inga Marchand, has been isolated and confined to her cell for 23 hours each day, said Stephen Morello, deputy commissioner for public information for the New York Department of Corrections. He said she may attend religious services, visit the law library, and meet with visitors.    » read more »

23 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Britney Spears has regained temporary visitation rights with her two young sons, her attorney said on October 21.

In an e-mail to the Associated Press, Britney Spears' lawyer Anne Kiley said "Yes, she has visitation with the children." She did not elaborate.    » read more »

18 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Television talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey said a thyroid condition slowed her metabolism and caused her to gain nine kilos.

"My body was turning on me," Winfrey, 53, says in the October issue of O, the Oprah Magazine. "First hyperthyroidism, which sped up my metabolism and left me unable to sleep for days. Most people lose weight. I didn't."

Winfrey says she then experienced hypothyroidism, which slowed her metabolism and made her constantly sleepy.    » read more »

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16 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested October 13 on a gun charge, just hours before he was to perform at the Black Entertainment Television Hip-Hop Awards.

The 27-year-old rapper - born Clifford Harris - is charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as possession of firearms by a convicted felon.    » read more »

Statement From California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. Regarding Search Warrants Executed Today In Connection With The Death Of Anna Nicole Smith

October 12, 2007 -- “The California Department of Justice today served search warrants at various doctors’ offices, billing locations, and residences in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties, related to the death of Anna Nicole Smith. The locations searched today are related to doctors who provided medical treatment or prescribed drugs for Anna Nicole Smith or her associates.    » read more »

12 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Britney Spears received modified visitation rules allowing one supervised overnight stay a week with her two young sons, while the pop star's attorney requested her mother become the court-appointed monitor.    » read more »

12 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Snoop Dogg will pick up trash and perform park maintenance as part of his sentence for carrying an illegal weapon in an airport last year, said authorities in Santa Ana, CA.

The rapper, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, will do "everything from raking leaves to painting benches" in order to complete his court-ordered 160 hours of community service, according to his attorney, Donald Etra.    » read more »

10 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest on October 9 to drunken driving. He will begin serving a 48-day jail sentence while his Fox drama 24 begins its winter production break in December.

The 40-year-old actor agreed to serve 30 days for driving with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of .08 percent, with an additional 18 days for violating his probation for a 2004 drunken driving case, according to court records.    » read more »

11 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Former ABC TV drama Lost star, Michelle Rodriguez, was sentenced on October 10 to six months in jail for failure to complete community service and alcohol monitoring as part of her probation from a previous drunk driving arrest.

The 29-year-old actress appeared before Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell, who according to the Los Angeles city attorney's office ordered her to report to the county jail on Dec. 24.    » read more »