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Duran Duran bassist gets robbed
A Hollywood Hills house belonging to eighties pop star John Taylor of Duran Duran was burglarized Monday night. The house was ransacked and unspecified items were stolen, including a safe, according to police. Housekeeping staff discovered the burglary as Taylor and his family are currently in England. “At this point, the fingerprints and photos are being taken of the scene and it is an ongoing investigation,” a police spokesperson said.
JLo upsets Latino music stores
Hispanic fans of Jennifer Lopez are unhappy with the singer after she reportedly refused to promote her new Spanish-language album in Ritmo Latino stores, the largest Latino music chain. Ritmo Latino is permanently removing JLo’s music from their shelves in all 50 U.S. stores after the singer “refused personally to promote her new CD in any of our stores,” said the chain’s president. “We’ve supported her from the beginning. Now we’re told by her record company she will only visit Anglo retail outlets.” Lopez made an appearance at an “Anglo” F.Y.E. store in the Bronx on Wednesday.
Michelle Branch stalker apprehended
Michelle Branch stopped her concert in Sheboygan earlier this week when she spotted her alleged stalker in the crowd, asking from the stage for security to approach the guy. “Michelle Branch just said, ‘Wait a second. There’s a guy in the audience – striped shirt and glasses – can somebody check him out?’” said a concert-goer. “It left everyone just so confused, like, ‘Is this a joke, part of the show?’” After security apprehended the man, Branch apologized to the crowd and played her last song. Authorities say the man has been following Branch to concerts around the country for more than three years and has weasled his way backstage and to aftershow parties, and even lunged at the singer at an autograph signing. “He used to get his way into meet-and-greets and private events somehow and would try to approach her and touch her and just really inappropriate stuff,” said the Wreckers singer’s road manager. Branch was especially concerned to see the man in her audience on Monday night because her 19-month-old daughter was there. “He’s been to her last several shows, but it caught her completely off-guard that he was in Sheboygan,” said a police lieutenant.
Mary Weiland blames bipolar disorder
Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland‘s wife Mary has spoken out about her erratic behavior last weekend, blaming the hotel trashing and fire-lighting incidents on bipolar disorder. “The weekend’s difficulties were brought on by a reaction to an imbalance in medications used to treat my bipolar disorder,” Mary Weiland said in a statement. “Scott was simply trying to help calm me down. I want to make it clear that he did not hurt me in any way. For lack of a better expression, I was unstable and just lost it.” Weiland added that she has “a loving husband, drug-free for 3 1/2 years now, who is able to care for me during this challenging time.” She also says the couple’s two children did not witness “any of these events.”
Black Eyed Peas star arrested for DUI
Black Eyed Peas member Taboo is the latest celeb arrested for suspicion of DUI. 31-year-old Jaime Luis Gomez was taken into custody after being involved in a collision yesterday morning in Industry, CA. The hip-hop star was issued a citation for possession of marijauna, possession of a prescribed medication and driving under the influence. He was released on $1,500 bail. Geez, these DUI arrests are becoming an epidemic.
Eva’s guy should keep his day job
Eva Longoria‘s fiancee Tony Parker should stick to basketball. The French bball player released a rap album yesterday to sour reviews. See what you think…
Wynonna splits from husband after arrest for sexual assault
Country star Wynonna Judd has filed for divorce a week after her husband’s arrest on three charges of aggravated sexual battery on a child under 13. A statement posted on Judd’s website reads:
“Wynonna Judd today filed for divorce against her estranged husband, D.R. Roach, citing irreconcilable differences. Roach was arrested on March 22, 2007 in Abilene, TX and charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a minor. ‘I am obviously devastated. Our family will pull together, begin the healing process hopefully – by the Grace of God – become stronger. We will move forward with our faith, family and our friends to find resolution to this difficult situation,’ Judd said. Roach had been seeking treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at the Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas since February 21, 2007. The couple was married in November, 2003.”
A Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesperson did not offer specifics about the alleged victim’s connection to Roach but said his arrest stems from an investigation by the police department’s sex crimes unit that began in late February. Roach is being held on $750,000 bail.
Scott Weiland’s wife arrested for burning clothes
On the heels of a room-trashing incident at a Burbank hotel last weekend, 31-year-old Mary Weiland, wife of Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland, has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to the singer’s $10,000 wardrobe in front of the couple’s Toluca Lake home. Police responded to a call of a “female burning clothes” and booked Mary Weiland for investigation of felony arson vandalism shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. The couple have two children, who have thankfully been placed in the custody of family friends.
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