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February 2009
- Rihanna in Barbados, Has 'Bruising': Dad
  
  People | Feb 14, 09 7:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rihanna's father says she has suffered "some bruising" but is recovering well in Barbados, People reports. "At some point, she will speak out," said Ronald Fenty, 55. "I hope she will stand up for women all over the world." Fenty wouldn't tell her to leave boyfriend Chris Brown, who allegedly attacked her last weekend, but "if it were me, I'd move on." More »
- Phoenix On 'Internal Exploration' Tour
  
  ABC News | Feb 14, 09 5:37 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Bizarre behavior aside, Joaquin Phoenix does have ambitions for his new career in rhyming, as he revealed in an interview with ABC News. “I want it to be big,” he said of his debut album, which is in the works. “Not big like popular. I want it to really try and be, for me, the culmination of my life thus far.” Don’t worry, clubgoers, “there are dance songs.” But “most of it, I think, is an internal exploration.” More »
- Brown's Dad Says Singer Is 'Remorseful, Reflecting'
  
  People | Feb 13, 09 6:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chris Brown's father came to the defense of his son today, saying the singer is "very remorseful," People reports. "He's reflecting on this situation... and he wants to make sure" that Rihanna is "okay," said Clinton Brown, 44, a corrections officer who lives near Tappahannock, Va. He said Chris is at home, but gave no details: "Let's just say he's home," Clinton said. More »
- Falcons Move to Trade Vick
  
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Feb 13, 09 3:13 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Falcons are looking to trade Michael Vick, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. His contract runs through 2013 and includes a base salary of $9 million, sweetened with a $6.43 million 2009 bonus. But with Vick in prison on dogfighting charges and rookie Matt Ryan having led the team to the playoffs in 2008, Atlanta is looking to dump the disgraced QB and open salary-cap room. More »
- Eye Patch May Have Hidden Past Abuse: Police
  
  Sun (UK) | Feb 13, 09 7:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The eye patch Rihanna wore at last year's American Music Awards might have been more than a costume, the Sun reports. Rihanna started wearing the patch to cover her scratched cornea, and police are investigating whether Chris Brown caused the injury. “We’re talking to her friends and management, who say she’s appeared with mysterious marks or injuries before, but always refused to explain what happened,” said a police source. More »
- Joaquin: Junkie or New Borat?
  
  Gawker | Feb 13, 09 4:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The case of Joaquin Phoenix gets curiouser and curiouser following the actor' shambolic appearance on the David Letterman show. The odd tics and nodding-off behavior that drew Letterman's scathing wrath are typical of a heroin user, Gawker points out. But many speculate that it's all a Borat-like hoax act by the thespian who insists he has sworn off acting for a laughable rap career. Complicating the issue is Casey Aflleck's documentary (mockumentary?) on the actor's career "transition." More »
- Miley Slapped With $4B Suit
  
  E! Online | Feb 12, 09 12:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The backlash against Miley Cyrus and her "goofy face" photo continues: An Asian-American woman in Los Angeles has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the city’s Asian Pacific Islanders, E! reports. Lucie Kim wants $4,000 in damages for each of LA’s approximately 1 million Asian Americans, claiming Cyrus “should have known that her image would be publicly disseminated via the media.” More »
- Rihanna Helps Cops Build Case Against Abusive Brown
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 12, 09 8:52 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Police are trying to beef up the case against Chris Brown and expect to complete their investigation next week, the New York Daily News reports. Rihanna is cooperating, and investigators expect to reinterview both parties before involving the DA's office, which has already asked for more evidence, a source tells TMZ, because "the DA is not going to prosecute a high-profile case like this unless it's solid." More »
- Randy Rourke Loves Courtney on DL, but Eyes, Hands Wander
  
  Daily Mirror (UK) | Feb 11, 09 12:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mickey Rourke has been secretly romancing Courtney Love since the Golden Globes, though it didn't keep him from flirting with Daily Mirror bloggers, they reveal, at the Elle Style Awards afterparty. Love angrily texted Rourke from across the table as the randy Wrestler star slipped his arms around the pair. "The ladies love me and I love the ladies," he told them. "Courtney's great, but so are you two!" More »
- Lawsuit Claims Alomar Exposed Girlfriend to HIV
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 11, 09 12:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - An ex-girlfriend has filed a shocking lawsuit against Roberto Alomar, claiming the baseball great knew he had AIDS yet insisted on having unprotected sex, the New York Daily News reports. Illya Dall is suing Alomar for $15 million in damages for exposing her and her children to the virus. She claims the former Met refused to be tested for HIV, against the advice of doctors treating his mounting health problems. More »
- Sopranos Star Settles Abuse Suit
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 11, 09 10:13 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sopranos mobster Vincent Pastore (“Big Pussy”) settled his $5.5 million court battle with his ex-fiance, who accused him of whacking her—on the head, New York Daily News reports. Pastore, who describes his ex as a “gold-digger,” admitted pulling her hair and screaming at her, but denied hitting her—even though she reportedly pulled down his pants in public during the 2005 argument. More »
- Jay Z: Chris Brown Is a Dead Man Walking
  
  New York Post | Feb 11, 09 9:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Glimpses into the crazy world of Rihanna and Chris Brown continue to trickle out. The latest tidbits from their pre-Grammy drama: Jay-Z, who discovered Rihanna, is enraged, says a source. “Chris is a walking dead man.” One rumor claims Rihanna caught herpes from Jay-Z and passed it on to Chris, sparking the fight. Paris Hilton and/or Leona Lewis was “all over” Brown, prompting Rihanna’s ire. More »
- Brown 'Choked, Threatened to Kill' Rihanna
  
  E! Online | Feb 11, 09 4:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chris Brown threatened to kill Rihanna as he choked her into unconsiousness, she told police, according to E! Online. The confrontation between the lovers on a Los Angeles street was triggered after Brown received a text message from another woman, according to the New York Daily News . "He got a booty call. He got a text," said a friend. "Rihanna saw it and she got upset. They started to argue." More »
- Rihanna's Grandma: She's Fine
  
  Nation News | Feb 10, 09 7:07 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rihanna still hasn't surfaced, but she's doing "fine," says her grandmother. "I don't want people to worry," Clara Brathwaite told the Barbados newspaper Daily Nation . "Rihanna is fine and she is doing well." Brathwaite rejected rumors that her granddaughter, a native of Barbados, suffered a broken nose in her alleged confrontation with Chris Brown. Meanwhile, police in LA presented a case to the DA against Brown, but prosecutors asked for more investigation, the AP notes. He remains free on bail. More »
- Duff Keeps on Dissing Dunaway
  
  Us Weekly | Feb 10, 09 1:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hilary Duff and Faye Dunaway have been throwing some nasty jabs at one another, but Duff for one isn’t sorry, Us Magazine reports. "It’s not OK for people to take stabs at you and to say mean things for no reason," she said, referring to Dunaway’s complaint that Duff, who’s reprising her role in a Bonnie and Clyde remake, can’t act. "None of my fans even know who she is." More »
- It May Be Curtains for Squeaky-Clean Brown
  
  Associated Press | Feb 10, 09 12:17 PM CST
  
  (AP) - At this point, Chris Brown would have been better off getting caught with a bong. At least then the scandal enveloping his white-hot career could have been dismissed by some as a youthful indiscretion. But Brown's arrest after an alleged assault on Rihanna has potentially devastating implications for the 19-year-old heartthrob because it unravels the charming, wholesome image that fans know and love. More »
- Pitt-Jolie Kids Run Amok in Hotel
  
  Sun (UK) | Feb 10, 09 10:53 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bad night at the BAFTA awards got worse when the trophy-less pair got back to their London hotel to find four of their kids running riot, the Sun reports. Guests at the Dorchester hotel complained about the noise as the nanny struggled to keep the unruly brood under control. "They were running up and down the hallway for over an hour," griped one guest. More »
- Wrigley Gum Drops Brown Ads
  
  BBC | Feb 10, 09 10:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Wrigley has dropped Chris Brown from its Doublemint ad campaign—"until the matter is resolved"—following the R&B singer's alleged explosive confrontation with girlfriend Rihanna. His song, "Forever," was used in the ads. The BBC also notes that his involvement in the Milk Mustache campaign will end as planned this week, though a spokesman said they were "taking the allegations against Chris Brown very seriously." More »
- Rihanna Suffered 'Split Lip, Bites' in Brown Fight
  
  TMZ | Feb 10, 09 5:36 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rihanna suffered facial bruises, a bloody nose, split lip and bite marks on her arm and hand in her explosive confrontation with boyfriend Chris Brown, TMZ is reporting. One source called the injuries "horrific." Brown has been charged with assault following his arrest after the fight Saturday on a Los Angeles street. Rihanna is cooperating with police in the continuing investigation, friends told TMZ. More »
- LAPD Probes Brown as Rihanna Recovers
  
  E! Online | Feb 9, 09 9:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chris Brown is lying low in a Hollywood hotel while Los Angeles police continue to investigate whether he beat up his girlfriend Rihanna, E! Online reports. A source close to the probe says Brown "fled on foot" yesterday after the alleged assault, and LAPD found her "beaten really badly and hysterical" in a rented Lambourghini. Now, her people want to get her back to Barbados. "They want to keep her away from Chris right now," a source says. More »