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‘Pop Champagne’ Rapper Jim Jones Admits Beatdown of Ne-Yo Friend

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Rapper Jim Jones (real name Joseph Jones) pleaded guilty to a minor assault charge Monday and was sentenced to time served.

Harlem rapper Jim Jones pleaded guilty to a minor assault charge Monday for beating up a pal of R&B star Ne-Yo in a luxury Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Ave.
The “Pop Champagne” [...]

Tyrese Tells Ex Wife Get A Job In Divorce Update

Tyrese Gibson wants his soon to be ex-wife Norma to get a job and pay her own way, according to recently obtained court documents.
Gibson, who filed for divorce late last year (2008), claims he has paid at least $75,000 worth of fees and other costs for a marriage that lasted less than a year.
According [...]

LA Times: Michael Jackson Hospitalized

Michael Jackson has been rushed to the hospital, a fire department official told the Los Angeles Times. Capt. Steve Ruda said Thursday that Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical [...]

Usher Gone Detective With Divorce, Seeks Wife’s Notes, Tapes

Usher’s ongoing divorce is already getting deep, just days after documents were filed in Georgia.
According to revealing documents obtained Tuesday, Usher wants a copy of nearly everything his soon to be ex-wife Tameka Foster-Raymond has touched — including cards, letters and personal notes written over the course of their 22 month marriage.
In the Grammy [...]

Whitney Houston Countersuing Stepmother

Whitney Houston is countersuing her stepmother for $1.6 million.
The Grammy-winning singer claims Barbara Houston owes her the money for failing to make mortgage, tax, and condo association payments for the Fort Lee condominium where she has lived since 1987.
Her stepmother initiated the legal tussle last year when she claimed the 45-year-old singer, who issued the [...]

NYC Judge Tosses Ex’s Lawsuit Against 50 Cent

A judge has thrown out a $50 million lawsuit filed by 50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend, who said the rapper promised to take care of her for life.
Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead dismissed Shaniqua Tompkins’ claims to half the rapper’s assets. The judge said 50 Cent’s financial worth is “set at no less than $50 [...]

Michael Jackson Sued By Arab Sheikh in UK Court

The son of an Arab monarch took the King of Pop to court Monday, charging that Michael Jackson took $7 million as an advance on an album and an autobiography that he never produced.
Lawyers for Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa say their client paid Jackson expenses as an advance on the book and joint [...]

Lawsuit: Blige Stole Tunes, Including IPod Ad

Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used on an iPod commercial.
The Drama Family Entertainment company filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday.
The lawsuit claims the [...]

Trial Postponed for Ex-`Idol’ Finalist

 
A judge rescheduled ex-”American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra’s trial on battery and drug charges after her lawyer said the singer is in a California rehabilitation facility.

Sierra, 21, is accused of hitting a man on the head with a glass at a Tampa nightspot in April, police said. Officers found a “small amount of cocaine” while [...]

Vick Pleads Guilty In Dogfighting Case

 
 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was solemn as he pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday in a dogfighting case almost certain to wreck his football career.

Standing ramrod straight, Vick said “guilty” when asked by U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson how he would plead to the charges of conspiracy in connection with an illegal, interstate [...]

Michael Jackson Sued By Former Lawyers

 
Michael Jackson’s former entertainment lawyers filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the singer owes them more than $113,000.
 
The law firm Lavely & Singer of Los Angeles says Jackson agreed in arbitration last year to pay them $180,000 in three installments.
Jackson failed to make the final payment of $113,750 before the July 31, 2007, deadline stipulated in [...]

DMX Loses Dog Suit

DMX was barking up the wrong tree when it came to this business venture.

A Manhattan State Supreme Court judge has ordered the Year of the Dog emcee to fork over a $242,000 judgment to a fashion company for failing to fulfill a deal to hype a canine clothing line.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, [...]

Stylist Sues Jamie Foxx

A stylist who claims Jamie Foxx failed to pay for her services cannot expand her lawsuit against the actor to include allegations he mistreated her, a judge ruled Monday.

50 Cent Sues Over ‘Shoot the Rapper’

Rapper 50 Cent sued an Internet advertising company for $1 million Friday, claiming it illegally used his image in a game where the player pretends to shoot him.

 
 

The game, called “Shoot the Rapper,” shows 50 Cent walking back and forth in an ad across the top of a Web page while the viewer is encouraged [...]