Chris Brown, who went on a rampage at the ABC News studio earlier this week after being asked about his L.A. assault case, has expressed regret about his behavior.
ABC News, quoting from a transcript from a Brown interview with BET, reported that the music star was “disappointed” by his behavior.
“First of all, I want to apologize to anybody who was startled in the office, or anybody who was offended or really looked, and [was] disappointed at my actions,” ABC quoted Brown as saying. “Because I’m disappointed in the way I acted.”
Legal experts have said the chair-tossing tantrum by Brown at “Good Morning America” on Tuesday isn’t likely to have much, if any, effect on the singer’s status in Los Angeles County courts, according to experts and law enforcement officials.
A series of questions put to Brown by GMA co-anchor Robin Roberts about his 2009 attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna led to the incident backstage.
New York police told The Times they were not called to the studios to take a report after the outburst. That is where the story is likely to begin and end even though Brown is on five years’ probation for hitting his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, said Dmitry Gori, a former L.A. County prosecutor and well-known defense attorney.
“Unless the ‘GMA’ acts or the [L.A. County] probation department acts, then there will be no information for the supervising judge to consider whether there was a probation violation or not,” Gorin said. “At the end of the day it’s, at most, a property crime. It definitely doesn’t make him look good in the public eye, but there’s no domestic [violence] violation.”
Others sources in the Los Angeles legal community who are familiar with the case also expressed doubts that the incident would have any lasting legal effects.
In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. The attack — in which police said Brown bit, punched and choked her — erupted as the couple sat in a car in a Hancock Park neighborhood after a pre-Grammy Awards party.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Brown was placed on five years’ probation, required to attend a yearlong domestic violence prevention class and complete six months of what the judge termed “community labor” — a more restrictive form of community service in which he was required to perform such tasks as picking up trash or removing graffiti.
The incident at the GMA studios comes less than a month after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg praised Brown for making progress in the case and downgraded a restraining order issued against him in connection with the domestic violence case.
Apparently the saying ‘A hungry man is an angry man’, is quite true.
A St Catherine woman who failed to cook her common-law husband’s dinner was left with several cuts and bruises allegedly inflicted by the irate suitor.
“Him use the stone to lick mi and seh yuh no done cook yet. Him den seh yu lucky mi can’t find di machete,” the woman who had bandages plastered all over her face told the Spanish Town Police Station on Sunday evening.
“Him kick off the pot off a fire and seh mi wi get mad so no ramp wid mi food. Him did really a gwaan bad so mi affi run out a di house,” the trembling woman continued.
She said that while escaping the wrath of the angry man, he pelted her with stones.
The woman told THE STAR that her delay in cooking was as a result of the man not providing the money.
In addition to being hungry, the man was allegedly angry at her for getting help from a man who jerked meat in the community.
The Spanish Town police received an official report on the incident from the woman. A senior policeman said that an investigation was under way.
Deejay Vybz Kartel might not have gotten back his visa, but that won’t be stopping him from performing at this year’s ‘Best of the Best’ concert in Miami for Memorial Day weekend.
Scheduled for the Bicentennial Park in Miami on Sunday, May 29, Kartel will be performing live via satellite. This will be the deejay’s first appearance on the show, which will also be featuring the likes of Stephen and Damian Marley, Etana, Tifa, Chino, Stephen McGregor, Assassin, Alison Hinds among others. Best of the Best features music such as pop, soca, R&B, and has been a long standing supporter of dancehall and reggae music.
not surprised
Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Kartel said he was not surprised by the offer, and is the first he will be performing via satellite live at a show in the United States. He said, “I’m the hottest, most in demand dancehall artiste, so it came as no surprise to me when I was approached by the promoters to do the show via satellite. They will set up a live feed from the Building (in New Kingston) and I will perform from there.”
He added, “Everyone and their mom want a Kartel stage show. I was surprised they didn’t ask sooner.”
Having not had a visa to travel to the United States for a number of years, Kartel says his fans can expect quite a performance, despite him not being in front of them. He said, “They can expect what they have been anticipating for, ‘Vybz Kartel, the best of the best’.” The deejay said that despite not having a visa to travel to the States, he is doing fine without it.
In the meantime, the artiste has been busy in studio and working on new videos to be released soon. He commented, “Well, the video for Gaza Slim is finally here, One Man/Moving On. Also Sheba and I did a video for You and Him Deh which will premiere on ERthis week. Also, I have a few singles out now Step up inna Life from Russian and I, Me Start Smoke and Like Banana from NotNice and I, yes NotNice, and More Dan Neyo from TJ Records.”
“Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts spoke out Wednesday about her instantly infamous interview with singer Chris Brown.
The ABC show confirmed that, after becoming “very angry” about Roberts’ repeated questions regarding his assault of Rihanna in 2009, Brown stormed out of the studios, leaving a thrown cooler and a shattered window behind. Roberts said that she was “shocked like everybody else,” but that Brown had known that the questions were coming.
“We’ve had a wonderful relationship,” she said of Brown. “We’d love to have him back.” She also said that Brown as seriously considering returning.
Like many twenty- and thirtysomethings, The Amp first encountered soul and disco queen Loleatta Holloway via Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch’s 1991 Number One single “Good Vibrations,” which sampled her 1980 hit “Love Sensation.” Regardless of whatever eye-catching activities Marky Walhberg was doing in the video (boxing, being shirtless, watch it below), that brassy, bruising disco diva vocal grabbed your ear and gave it a twist.
We’ll be listening to “Love Sensation” — and “Lifting Me Up” and “Crash Goes Love” — today as we remember Holloway’s big, beautiful voice. The singer died last night at age 64 after suffering an undisclosed illness, her manager confirmed to Spinning Soul. The site traces Holloway’s career from her gospel days with Albertina Walker and the Caravans to her time as a balladeer to the release of the B-side “Dreaming,” which introduced her as a disco star. She first hit Billboard’s R&B chart in 1973 with the groovy “Mother of Shame,” and cracked the Hot 100 two years later with the down-tempo “Cry to Me.” She returned to the singles chart in ’77 (“Dreamin’ “) and ’78 (“Only You”), but her best-performing song — and only Number One — was “Good Vibrations,” on which she shared a performer credit.
Before “Love Sensation” got picked up by Walhberg’s crew, it was borrowed for the 1989 Black Box U.K. hit “Ride on Time” — uncredited. Holloway sued, as she should have (if you know her song, you should know her name!), and received royalties for the song.
Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch, on the other hand, credited her from the get go. Holloway subsequently received ample royalties from “Good Vibrations,” which has been certified gold for selling 500,000 copies. The song, released in 1991, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. R.I.P. Loleatta Holloway You will be missed!
NEWARK, N.J. – Rapper and actor Ja Rule admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income, pleading guilty to tax evasion in federal court in New Jersey.
The platinum-selling rapper earned the money between 2004 and 2006 while he lived in Saddle River, an upscale community in northern New Jersey.
As part of a plea agreement, the government dismissed two counts against him for unpaid taxes on income earned in 2007 and 2008.
Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is expected to be sentenced on the tax evasion charges in June. He faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 in fines on each count.
He also faces sentencing June 8 in New York on an attempted weapon possession charge that he pleaded guilty to in December. He has agreed to a two-year prison term in that case.
Police say they found a loaded gun in a rear door of his luxury sports car when it was stopped for speeding after a July 2007 concert.
Ja Rule, 35, was nominated for a 2002 best rap album Grammy Award for “Pain is Love.” His movie credits include 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious” and 2003’s “Scary Movie 3.”
NEW CITY, N.Y. – Former football star Lawrence Taylor has been sentenced in New York to six years on probation after a judge refused to allow a teenage prostitute to speak.
The ex-New York Giants football star pleaded guilty in January to sexual misconduct and having sex with the underage prostitute. The girl, now 17, appeared in court with well-known attorney Gloria Allred.
Allred said the girl waned to read a victim-impact statement. But the judge said victims are entitled to speak only at felony sentencing. Taylor pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.
Taylor will also have to abide by the conditions of a sex offender. But the judge postponed until April 12 the hearing to determine what level of sex offender will be assigned to him.
UPDATE 12:50pm ET: Despite reports that Brown has been arrested since the incident, a spokesperson for the NYPD tells Billboard.com, “We were not called to the scene. We were not involved as far as the department is concerned.”
The R&B star joined “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts for an interview on Tuesday morning, as part of a promotion of his brand new album, F.A.M.E.. The interview didn’t go so well, and TMZ reports that, after a brief performance, Brown went into a rage off stage, shattering a window, perhaps with a chair, and leaving ABC’s studio without his shirt, all without completing a second scheduled performance.
During the interview, Roberts jumped right into a number of questions about Brown’s 2009 arrest for the savage beating of his then-girlfriend, Rihanna. She mentioned that the restraining order that resulted from the incident had recently been relaxed, to which Brown responded: “I mean, it’s not really a big deal to me now, as far as that situation, and I think today’s the album day, that’s what I’m focused on.”
When asked what the acronym in the album name stands for, Brown said, “Forgiving all my enemies, and definitely, fans are my everything. That meaning, being able to go through everything I went through and show my fans that I love them.”
That opened another opportunity for Roberts to try to bring the beating up, which Brown again preempted by very pointedly emphasizing his album. As the interview ended, Brown emphasized that he couldn’t care less what others thought.
For her part, Roberts insists that Brown pre-approved the questions before the interview, TMZ also reports.
Later, ABC News released a statement saying, “As always, we ask questions that are relevant and newsworthy, and that’s what we did in this interview with Mr. Brown.”
Rihanna, it seems, has woken up. She now realizes that she is an attractive woman.
The Barbados-born singer, whose futuristic fashion and unique sexiness have sent her music videos to the top and helped make her perhaps the biggest pop star in the world, spoke with Vogue in a cover story about her career, development and body. And it’s her latest career move that has helped her recognize how much she appreciates her own body.
“Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it’s not perfect according to the book,” she told the magazine. “I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don’t want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it’s not unhealthy, so I’m going to rock with it.”
And rock it she has — especially while filming her upcoming movie, “Battleship.” She plays an ass-kicking Navy officer that helps fight back an alien invasion, a role which required her to learn how to use a gun and, more prominently, train hardcore to fit the role and the stunts involved.
The training, which involved an altered spinning bike, hand weights and more, was right up her alley. “I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that’s too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly.”
That much is clear: nothing about Rihanna is too familiar. Except, now, perhaps her body — something she’s totally cool with.
The NY Post reports that Minaj is in talks to join Simon Cowell’s British import talent competition “The X Factor” as one of its star judges.
“Nicki has a large following and she fits well with the ethos of the show, which plans to usher in a new generation of musical talent. ‘X Factor’ is aiming for a younger audience,” a source told the paper.
Thus far, only record executive LA Reid — the exec responsible for signing Jay-Z, Rihanna, The Killers, Justin Bieber and Kanye West — has signed on to join the judge’s panel of the show, though there are a number of big names allegedly circling the project.
According to Cowell, his former “American Idol” co-judge Paula Abdul is on the judging panel shortlist, while PEOPLE recently reported that Jessica Simpson is also a potential panel member for the show.
Chris Brown, who went on a rampage at the ABC News studio earlier this week after being asked about his L.A. assault case, has expressed regret about his behavior.
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