Jailed music legend Phil Spector has posted a string of astonishing internet blogs before and after being sentenced to 19 years for murder.
The producer, who has been allowed to keep a laptop computer and iPod in his cell at Los Angeles County Jail, has been rattling off revealing messages via the chat site Twitter.
In them, Spector, 69, who was convicted by a retrial jury last month for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, tells how:
The authorities took his wig
He has befriended a cockroach – “I’m naming him Wilson” – and is playing air chess with him
His “wall of sound” music style is comparable to the artistic works of Leonardo Da Vinci
He is “dysfunctional by choice and I love my attitude problem”
He refuses to be depressed, calling it a “wasted emotion,” like pity
He has an “itch” in his head that is driving him “crazy” and medication he has been ordered to take is “taking its toll”.
Spector was secretly escorted from jail last Wednesday to UCLA Medical Centre in Beverly Hills for the two-hour operation. It is not known if the polyps were malignant or in a pre-cancerous state.
His special privileges at LA County Jail are not uncommon, especially for celebrity inmates, but they will almost certainly not be as generous when he is placed in a long-term prison in the next few weeks after medical and psychological screening.
However, he will be able to carry on blogging. America’s Federal Bureau of Prisons announced earlier this year that its estimated 2,450,000 inmates will all have access to email by 2011.
I’m fairly certain this entire story is a big steaming pile. However, it does make for an interesting read and someone amusing to follow on Twitter.
Like the title says, Janine Lindemulder, a porn star has been sentenced to six months in federal prison and will have to pay around $300,000 in back taxes after she pleaded guilty to intentionally failing to pay her income taxes.
Lindemulder, whose real name is Janine James, admitted making a down payment on a $647,000 Eugene, Oregon home and buying a Jeep, recreational vehicle, piano and furniture while owing $300,000 in federal income taxes.
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Once she is out of the chokey she will then have to live in a residential community corrections center for up to six months, to make it more interesting, the money she bought her home with came from a divorce settlement from her ex husband who left her when she was eight months pregnant, Jesse James, now married to Sandra Bullock.
She has starred in such films as King of the Load, Dyke Inc and Dyke Diner to name a few.
OJ Simpson isn’t the only person going to the slammer, Boy George (real name George O’Dowd) will also be going to prison after he was found guilty of false imprisonment.
Late last month I posted that George was brought to court on charges of false imprisonment of male escort, Audun Carlsen, well today he was found guilty by a London jury.
To make the whole thing short, Carlsen accused George of handcuffing him up in his London home and then whipping him with chains.
George denied the charges against him but said Carlsen had hacked into his laptop and stolen/tampered with photographs on it. He admitted to handcuffing the escort to his bed while he “investigated” the laptop.
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Sentencing is scheduled for January 16, until then he is released on bail, the judge said some jail time was “probable” but he is unlikely to get the maximums sentence of life in prison.
Boy George locks up a male escort, whips him with chains and then gets told jail time is probable - what kind of punishment do you think he should get?
Lets take some time to catch up on Amy Winehouse, last time I posted on her was a week and a half ago, which in Winehouse world is a long time, since then she has been having sex in a hospital, drugs and drink binges etc.
A quick recap on that post, Amy and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil were getting divorced because he had been having an affair with German model Sophie Schandorff.
Well since then, Amy was rushed back to hospital for the umpteenth time after going on a drink and drugs binge because she and Blake had a blazing argument, she reportedly had a seizure … like everytime she is in the hospital.
Well yesterday it was announced that Blake was going back to jail after he failed a drug test at the rehab he was staying in, he could now end up being in jail until 2010.
After finding out he was going back he “did a runner. He turned up in hospital (where she is staying) and hell broke loose — everyone was totally shocked. He was asking Amy to forgive him. As he was going back inside anyway he felt he didn’t have much to lose.”
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Now there is reports that the pair had an hour long sex session as a way to say their “goodbyes” in the hospital bedroom she was staying in, after that Blake turned himself into the cops.
The life of Amy Winehouse is always exciting isn’t it? She goes to hospital after going on a drink and drug binge and then ends up having sex with her (soon to be ex?) husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
Boy George (from Culture Club) was brought to court today on charges of false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen.
Carlsen, told the courts how the singer, whose real name is George O’Dowd, pinned him to the floor of his bedroom, beat him up, swore at him, then handcuffed him to a hook next to his bed.
What happened was the pair met through the gay dating website, Gaydar, and after several bizarre emails Carlsen agreed to meet up and let George pay him £300 to pose for pornographic pictures at his home in Shoreditch.
Carlsen left after they both took cocaine and George accused him of “tampering with his computer,” but a couple of months later he returned for a second photoshoot at midnight. Carlsen says that after the photoshoot while he sat in his boxers and shoes, George went into his bedroom and then called him in, where there was another man waiting.
He says, “as soon as I got eye contact they were both jumping on me. They held me down and beat me.
George was holding and slapping me and beating and punching me and screaming things. He was slapping my chest and my face. He was screaming things like, ‘now you’re gonna get what you deserve.’
I was dragged on the floor towards the bedroom and they handcuffed my right hand. He was screaming things at me.”
Geoerge then brought out a box full of sex toys and metal chains, but Carlsen managed to unscrew his handcuffs, however while trying to escape through the door, the singer hit him with the chains causing bruising and a lot of blood. It was 6am at this time when a local newsagent heard the screams and then called the police.
The best part of the trial so far has to be when prosecutor Heather Norton said George had wanted to check if he was the person who had tampered with his computer, but she then turned to the jury and asked “did he really have to hurt him?” Obviously a reference to their song (above), Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
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George admits to handcuffing Carlsen, but denies one count of false imprisonment, the trial is expected to continue tomorrow.
I wonder what type of punishment Boy George will get for chaining someone up and then beating him with the chains?
Britney Spears says that since her breakdown, her life has been worse than a jail sentence – but that she’s slowly healing one day at a time.
“I have really good days, and then I have bad days,” the singer, 26, admits in a new fly-on-the wall, 90-minute documentary, Britney: For The Record, to air in the U.S. Nov. 30 on MTV and in the U.K. Dec. 1 on Sky1.
Struggling to gain control of her life again after her public meltdown earlier this year, she says candidly:
“Even when you go to jail, y’know, there’s the time when you’re gonna get out. But in this situation, it’s never ending. It’s just like [the Bill Murray movie] Groundhog Day.
I’m having to pay for it for a really long time.”
Spears was hospitalized for mental evaluation in January, which resulted in her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, being granted sole custody of their sons, Preston and Jayden. Her father, Jamie Spears, also gained legal control over her affairs.
This is supposed to be a candid interview? Forgive me, but that was horrible acting.
The 47-year-old was arrested on September 27 in Santa Barbara after a witness - that turned out to be a paparazzo- called 911 because she was driving erratically.
Locklear was then booked on charges for driving under the influence of drugs and being under the influence of a controlled substance, the second charge was later dropped.
The misdemeanor charge that was filed by the district attorney’s office on Monday specifies that the drugs in question were “prescription medications.”
The arraignment is scheduled for January 26, if convicted she faces anything from a fine to six months in jail, or like most other celebrities will get off with nothing but a tap on the wrist.
Jill Ishkanian, the paparazzo that called 911 took the photos has not been found of any criminal wrongdoing, despite selling the photographs she took.
I’m sure that with her trip to rehab and now this, Denise Richards is loving life right about now.
Still hot on the trail of a major comeback, Britney Spears was spotted looking teary as she left a Hollywood, California dance studio last night (October 20).
The “Womanizer” songstress looked a bit distressed as she made her way outside, hiding her crying eyes behind black sunglasses. Maybe Brit Brit got some bad news?
Did the jury finally reach a verdict?
The jury for her court case involving driving without a valid California license, were deadlocked after a second day of deliberation.
Damien Hirst, a British artist has purchased a portrait of Paris Hilton made up from images taken out of pornographic magazines.
The collage - entitled Paris, 2008 - was the work of Jonathan Yeo, the son of former Conservative minister Tim.
Yeo’s use of adult magazines began in 2004 after the White House canceled a commission to paint President George Bush.
In other news Hilton appeared on The View yesterday and had an awkward moment with Joy Behar when she was asked if she can vote.
“You’re not going to be able to vote, are you?” Joy asked Paris pointedly. “I have a friend who was in the slammer, he can’t vote. Weren’t you in jail?”
“I can vote,” Paris responded, laughing comfortably.
The other ladies of “The View” tried to ease the situation, explaining to Joy that losing the right to vote only applied to people convicted of a felony.
“What was your thing? Yours was a misdemeanor or something?” Behar asked.
“No, it was driving with a suspended license,” Paris answered.
“You can still vote with that? ” Joy quipped.
Putting an end to the awkwardness, Whoopi chimed in saying, “Yeah, you’re still an American, yeah.”
I find it funny that when the topic turns away from Paris she doesn’t say anything or offer her opinion.
Linda Hogan visited Pinellas County Prison yesterday for her son Nick’s 18th birthday.
Linda, being the loving mother that she is, thought to bring Nick a nice gift: A skateboard. Nifty.
I’m sure Nick will get a lot of use out of that thing, since the jail will see it as a weapon and take it away from him. I’m kidding, she probably didn’t make it past security with that thing.
Khloe Kardashian turned herself into police this morning to begin serving her 30 day sentence for violating her probation.
Kim Kardashian’s sister was arrested last March for a DUI. She was ordered to complete an alcohol education program and community service. She felt above the law and didn’t do either one.
A British businesswoman is facing six years in a foreign jail after she was allegedly caught having drunken sex on a beach in Dubai.
Michelle Palmer, manager of a publishing firm, was arrested after a police officer reportedly found her and a British holidaymaker in a compromising position on Jumeirah Beach in the Arab state.
The 30-year-old is thought to have been charged with having sex outside marriage - considered an offence in Dubai - as well as indecent behaviour in public, being drunk in public, and assaulting a police officer.
Miss Palmer told the Sun that she fears she will be ‘made an example of’ under the strict laws of a country where even mild public displays of affection are frowned upon.
She faces and her fellow accused face a sentence of between three months and six years in jail in the state, one of seven that makes up the United Arab Emirates.
She told the newspaper: “Because this is known everywhere they’re going to make an example of us and we’re going to get a higher sentence.
“We are in so much trouble and my family and everybody are affected. Until someone is in this situation they could never know what it’s like. It’s bad - it’s so, so bad.
“They are being pushed into a corner to make an example of us. I’m panicking - my mum is on anti-depressants. I can’t say anything else. I’ve got to go.”
Miss Palmer, is said to been drinking champagne during a brunch with colleagues last Friday before agreeing to go for a walk on the beach with a friend of a colleague.
When the pair were allegedly found having sex by a policeman, he is said to have let them off with a caution. However, later, after the couple were discovered in the same position, they were arrested, and Miss Palmer is said to have become aggressive.
The exclusive residential area, which boasts a number of luxury hotels, is popular with Western expatriates. Although alcohol is available to non-Muslims in hotel bars, it is an offence to drink or be drunk in public.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “Two British nationals were arrested in Dubai. The case is currently under investigation.
See… public sex is only acceptable in Hollywood.
source: British woman faces jail for sex on Dubai beach [telegraph]
“Honestly, I don’t know what to say because I can’t relate to her right now. I’m extremely shocked. I know if I was 48-years-old, I wouldn’t date a 19-year-old. I just don’t feel it’s her. And through all this stuff, I really need my mom, and she’s doing her own thing. I don’t talk to her anymore.
I see her at the jail visiting Nick and she asks me why. I say, ‘I don’t condone what you’re doing. I’m on my path, and you’re on your path.’ I told her, ‘I’d love to have you in my life, to see you and talk to you, but the kind of things you’re surrounding yourself with, it doesn’t make sense to me.”
