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- Britney Spears' ex pleads no contest - News-Democrat
- K-Fed owes $139,000 in rent - Straits Times
- Kevin Federline owes over $110,000 in unpaid rent and damages after ... - Transworld News
- School choir to repeat 'Grandma' - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
- Shelter dogs turn show biz in ‘Dalmatians’ musical - Houma Courier
| Britney Spears' ex pleads no contest - News-Democrat Posted: 11 Oct 2009 02:41 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- A former boyfriend of singer Britney Spears has pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of an accident that injured a man who was trying to serve him with a restraining order. Adnan Ghalib, 37, entered the plea Friday in Van Nuys Superior Court. Prosecutors say the victim was trying to serve Ghalib a temporary restraining order obtained by Spears' father at Ghalib's Encino apartment complex last February when Ghalib drove his car toward the process server. The man jumped on the car's hood and then fell off, breaking his wrist and sustaining other injuries. Ghalib then drove away. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors say two other felony counts will be dismissed when Ghalib is sentenced next month. He faces up to a year in county jail. Commenting allows our readers to share information, insights and observations about the news stories on our site. We encourage lively, thoughtful discussion, but ask you to refrain from abusive, racist or profane comments. Do not attack other posters for their viewpoints, race, gender or sexual orientation. We do not monitor each and every posting, but reserve the right to delete comments that violate these rules. Notify us of violations by hitting the "Report Abuse" button. Repeat or flagrant offenders will lose their commenting privileges, at our discretion. Showing: @Nyx.CommentBody@ This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| K-Fed owes $139,000 in rent - Straits Times Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:19 AM PDT LOS ANGELES - FORMER husband of Britney Spears', Kevin Federline, reportedly owes over S$139,000 in unpaid rent and damages after abandoning his home, said media outlets on Friday. The dancer and performer - who released an unsuccessful hip-hop album under the moniker 'K-Fed' - left his rented Los Angeles home without paying six months of rent and leaving the property 'uninhabitable', reported celebrity website Bang Showbiz. The owners of the property are reportedly furious with the father of Spears' two sons. According to Bang Showbiz, photos show cigarette butts and glass bottles tossed across the garden and in the gutters, drawings over the walls, a broken dishwasher and damage to smoke detectors.
A source told the website: 'Everything was broken and even the garden lampposts were bent.' -- REUTERS
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| Kevin Federline owes over $110,000 in unpaid rent and damages after ... - Transworld News Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:07 AM PDT London, UK 10/08/2009 03:03 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)
The dancer – who has two sons, Sean Preston, four, and Jayden James, three, with ex-wife Britney Spears – allegedly infuriated landlords of his rented Los Angeles home by disappearing without paying the last six months of rent and leaving the property uninhabitable. Photographic evidence shows cigarette butts and glass bottles tossed across the garden and in the gutters, drawings over the walls, a broken dishwasher and damage to smoke detectors and light fittings. The aspiring rapper also had tinted windows installed in the bathroom and converted another room into a studio without permission. A source said: "The landlord was distraught when he saw the state of the house. "Everything was broken and even the garden lampposts were bent." The unnamed landlord has sent a letter to Kevin, 31, demanding $110,661 in back rent and compensation or he will take legal action. A spokesperson for the star is unsure why the house has been left in such bad condition or why the rent wasn't paid. The representative added: "His agent, manager and lawyer no longer work for him. None of us have any idea what is going on."
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| School choir to repeat 'Grandma' - Entertainment.uk.msn.com Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT Eighties chart-toppers the St Winifred's School Choir are aiming for a second crack at number one this Christmas with a new version of their hit There's No One Quite Like Grandma. The group of angelic young faces from the Stockport school first rose to fame in 1980 and knocked music legend John Lennon off the number one spot with his song Happy Christmas (War is Over). Now aged in their late 30s and early 40s, members of the choir include a police detective, an HR consultant and a mortgage advisor. They will work with former X Factor vocal coach Annie Skates, who will help them sound pitch perfect as they record their smash hit once more for charity. Cash raised will go to food and drink company Innocent's Big Knit campaign, which aims to raise more than £250,000 for Age Concern and Help the Aged. The Big Knit charity single will be out in November and is produced by Darran Bennett, who has worked with Fleetwood Mac and Britney Spears and helped Holly Valance get to number one with Kiss Kiss. The song, loved by some and mocked by others, was written by Gordon Lorenz and was the UK's Christmas number one from December 27 1980 to January 3 1981. To date the Big Knit has raised over £600,000. The initiative sees members of the public and Age Concern volunteers knit woollen hats for innocent Smoothies and Squeezies, and woollen warmers for innocent Veg Pots. For every woolly product sold in Sainsbury's stores, innocent and Sainsbury's will give 35p to Age Concern and Help the Aged. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Shelter dogs turn show biz in ‘Dalmatians’ musical - Houma Courier Posted: 11 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT A late addition to the cast of more than a dozen dogs — most from shelters — Rascal has become "the charmer of the bunch," said animal trainer Joel Slaven. "I thought, 'Just want I need — a 4-month-old puppy with a broken leg.' But he was my guy," Slaven said. "He goes out with the big dogs and he watches them. He's learning from them and he's like, 'I can do this. This is what I was meant to be.'" The shelter-dog stars of "The 101 Dalmatians Musical" got a second chance with a new home on a Florida ranch, a rock star-style tour bus, top-billed roles in a stage show, and, in all likelihood, a place in the audience's heart. It's hard not to fall in love with these dogs — any dogs, actually — on stage, said lead producer Lee Marshall, whose track record includes shows with David Copperfield, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears, and Broadway's "Jekyll & Hyde." But dogs are almost universally accompanied by humans and taking cues from them, which he said can take away a little magic. For this show, which embarks on a national tour this month starting in Minneapolis, the three-minute finale is all dogs — performing what is essentially a song-and-dance act to a tune by composer Dennis DeYoung of Styx fame. "It's just jawdropping," Marshall said. "This is a choreographed number they do all by themselves." (It should be noted that in the bulk of the show, though, the Dalmatians are actually portrayed by actors, a la "Cats.") Slaven started looking for Dalmatians back in January using a network of shelters and rescue groups, who were, he said, hesitant at first to be his partners. After the live-action Disney "101 Dalmatians" came out in 1996 and its sequel in 2000, there was a rush on the black-and-white spotted dogs as family pets — a role this breed is not necessarily suited for, Slaven explains. That meant a flooding of shelters a few years later, and canine rescuers weren't eager for that to happen again, he said. "The toughest thing I've ever done is finding the dogs," he said. "When the movies came out, they were overbred and that made the breed, which already has some health problems, even worse. People got the dogs, couldn't afford vet bills, found the dogs untrainable, or didn't get along with kids. Shelters, Humane Societies and rescue groups don't want anyone to use these dogs for entertainment, and they don't want to help someone who's going to do this again." But Slaven said he persuaded some that he would use the dogs' celebrity as a teaching tool. "I knew we'd have to do it differently than the movie. We have to explain about the stars that, just because they're cute, doesn't mean you should get one for the kids tomorrow." The traits Slaven, who often trains animals for theme-park shows, was looking for in the dogs included stage presence and the ability to live in a pack, not things usually at the top of the list for families, he said. "These are the outgoing, playful, confident dogs — the dogs that aren't going to be happy laying on someone's couch each day," he said. "They're the ones chewing and barking because they want to be doing something." He has given them plenty to do. Until last week when they boarded their tricked-out tour bus to head to Minnesota for final stage rehearsals, they were up at 6 a.m. at Slaven's facility in St. Cloud, Fla., for a walk and then they were off to a day of exercise, rehearsals, confidence-building classes so they wouldn't be fearful of any surfaces and the occasional drive on a flatbed truck so they'd be used to moving vehicles. They also had "fame training," including desensitization to lights, wheelchairs and noise. "I've got a drum set going because we'll have a live orchestra at the show," Slaven said. "We have jam nights and bring the dogs there and play with them. Everything is made positive for the dogs and everything they are trained to do is so they can have fun with it." Now that they are on the road, the dogs have two rehearsals, playtime in the afternoon, grooming sessions and, of course, media appearances. Rascal, along with the 14 other dogs, will need to find permanent owners after the tour, which is slated to run through at least June. However, Slaven, who already has two yellow Labrador retrievers, has committed to bringing back to his ranch any dogs who don't find a home. Until then, "home" is the bus. Kennels line one side (with living quarters in the rear for two full-time trainers), with a pet-care area for bathing and grooming. An awning pops up alongside the vehicle for shade and there are attachable pens for outside time. "I've been in show biz my whole life. ... This is a much easier way for an entertainer to travel than an airplane every night," said Lee. "Showering on a bus for humans isn't the best experience, but I think it will be much more pleasant for the dogs." This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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