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Jason Wahler’s string of arrests have finally caught-up with him. He began serving a 30-day Seattle prison sentence for his April arrest on charges of assault and underage drinking.”Jason is taking full responsibility for his previous actions,” Wahler’s publicist Siri Gaber said in a statement. Wahler was arrested April 8 in Seattle, Washington and booked on charges of assault and criminal trespassing. According to the incident report, officers responded to a disturbance at a Marriott hotel where a security guard claimed two guests had been wrestling in the lobby. After issuing warnings to stop, the guard reportedly accused Wahler of punching him in the mouth before he was restrained by a friend. Wahler then allegedly fled the hotel, only to return “a short time later” when police found him passed out in a third-floor hallway “smelling strongly of alcohol.”"The 30-day sentence was handed to Wahler when he plead guilty to charges of assault and a minor exhibiting signs of intoxication,” Seattle City Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Ruth Bowman said. Wahler had also originally been charged with criminal trespassing, however that charge was dropped. According to Bowman, Wahler “could get out in 20 days for good behavior.” While he was not so lucky this time around, Wahler had already side-stepped an earlier jail stint. Last September, Wahler reportedly punched a tow-truck driver as well as a Los Angeles city employee and was accused of using racial slurs against the victims. He plead no contest to one count of battery and received a two-month jail sentence and was also required to attend a one-day program at the Museum of Tolerance. Wahler was due to begin serving his sentence in early May, but that was delayed by a judge due to a stint in rehab which he completed over the summer. Wahler also completed community service at a Laguna-area church mission; went to four Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week; attended anger-management counseling; and also spoke at local high schools, warning students about the dangers of drinking irresponsibly and disobeying the law.”He has been through rehabilitation, done community service and has been attending AA meetings,” Gaber said in the statement. “He would like to be an example to young people to make them realize that there are consequences for bad behavior.”

Duane Chapman, known as ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ has offered to co-sign for the bond of jailed ‘Girls Gone Wild’ founder Joe Francis. After watching a jail house interview with Francis and independently researching Francis’ legal situation, Chapman said he thinks Francis has been mistreated by the Florida legal system and has offered to stand up for Francis in court.”I make this offer to the judge who is keeping Joe Francis behind bars,” Chapman said in a statement. “I will co-sign Joe’s bond, and if he violates his bail in any way; if he fools me or proves me wrong, I will personally track him down to the ends of the earth at no charge, and bring him back before the judge.” Chapman’s wife, Beth, who owns the bond company, has offered to write the bond, creating a double risk for the Chapmans. Francis has been behind bars, first in Florida and now in Nevada, for more than six months. Although bail has been granted in Nevada, while Francis awaits trial on federal tax evasion charges, his bond on a separate case in Florida, possession of contraband medication, has been revoked.

Paris Hilton’s humanitarian tour of Rwanda has been postponed by the foundation that organized the trip.”Due to the restructuring of the Playing for Good Foundation, the philanthropic trip to Rwanda that the foundation had previously planned with Paris Hilton has been postponed,” the organization said in a statement. Playing for Good Foundation is a children’s charity. On Hilton’s itinerary were visits to schools and health-care clinics “Paris has been a loyal and gracious supporter of Playing for Good, but the foundation has to regrettably reschedule this trip,” the organization said. “Playing for Good would like to thank Ms. Hilton for her generosity and her continued support of this initiative and is looking forward to rescheduling the trip with her at a later time.” Hilton announced last month she was planning a trip to Rwanda, the scene of genocide in 1994, because she hoped she could raise awareness about what people can do to help those in need. Hilton says she’ll visit Rwanda next year. “I know (Rwanda) went through a lot of traumatic experiences, and I feel like if I go there, I can help save some people’s lives,” Hilton says.Even though her trip to Rwanda has been postponed, Hilton is still determined to use her celebrity status for good causes.”I want to travel the world,” she says. “I feel like there’s a lot I can do, and a lot I can do to help.”

A court commissioner granted Britney Spears three monitored visits a week with her two small sons while ordering her to childproof her house and work out a schedule for the visits with ex-husband Kevin Federline, according to a ruling made Tuesday. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon also required that Spears undergo random weekly drug and alcohol tests. Spears also must continue meeting with a court-appointed parenting coach, and the children must be in car seats when they are being driven, the ruling states. The ruling came after a three-hour hearing attended by both Spears and Federline. Extensive testimony was presented on a number of issues. Gordon previously said there was evidence that Spears is a “habitual, frequent and continuous” user of drugs and alcohol. He had previously withdrawn approval for her to even visit the children after finding she had failed to comply with some conditions for shared custody. He later withdrew the ban and allowed her to visit her sons, but only in the presence of a court-approved monitor.

Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a restaurant and spent about 12 hours in jail before being released, police said.Rock stopped at the Waffle House restaurant shortly after 5 a.m. after his performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, authorities said.”He and five members of his entourage were involved in a fight with a male customer inside the Waffle House,” said Mekka Parish, a spokeswoman for the DeKalb County Police Department.”The customer recognized a female with Kid Rock’s party and exchanged words with her,” Parish said.”It escalated to a physical altercation between Kid Rock and that male customer and moved outside to the parking lot,” she said. “At some point the customer punched out a restaurant window,” she said. ‘Kid Rock left in his tour bus and was stopped by police about a mile from the restaurant,” Parish said. Rock and five members of his entourage were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. “The other customer was charged with criminal damage to property, a felony,” Parish said. Kid Rock was released from the county jail on bond about 5 p.m. The other customer was treated at a hospital for cuts and bruises. No one in Kid Rock’s group was hospitalized, police said.

Britney Spears has regained temporary visitation rights with her sons, her attorney said.”Yes, she has visitation with the children,” her lawyer, Anne Kiley, said. Spears was spotted driving with the boys in the San Fernando Valley. A court-appointed monitor was in the passenger seat of the white Mercedes convertible, and her sons were in the back seat. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon had told Spears that she could not visit her two young children without a parenting coach present until she complies with a court order. Among other things, Gordon ordered her to undergo random weekly drug testing, citing evidence that Spears engaged in “habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol.” A hearing on the matter was scheduled for Oct. 26.

Britney Spears, accompanied by pal Sam Lufti and her lawyer, J. Michael Flanagan, reported to a Los Angeles police station to face misdemeanor charges of hit and run and driving without a valid license, police said. Officer Mike Lopez said Spears turned herself in around 9 p.m. and left about 45 minutes later. “Spears was fingerprinted and photographed,” he said.”She was fine, cooperative,” Lopez said. “She did her business and came out.” As she left the station, she said that all went smoothly. “They were nice,” she said of the police. The charges stem from an Aug. 6 wreck during which paparazzi filmed Spears steering her car into another vehicle as she tried to turn into a spot in a Studio City parking lot. The video showed her walking away after assessing the damage to her own car. The owner of the other car, Kim Robard-Rifkin, filed a police report three days later.Spears had been ordered to report for booking before an Oct. 25 court appearance.

The ‘Sex and the City’ movie began shooting. The much-anticipated film, based on the hit TV series, with its four main stars, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Kim Cattrall began filming in New York City with a release date set for next year. Speculation had been rife there will be a movie of the show ever since it ended in 2004 after six successful seasons. Earlier this year, Cattrall, said: “With regard to a movie, I really can’t say. There is a lot of speculation but, just put it this way, I don’t want to jinx anything.”Parker, who played columnist Carrie Bradshaw, has reprised her famous role, saying: “Never say never. It was such a great show it would be fantastic to go back.” Parker said: “It is a very complicated puzzle to put back, not for the reason that people speculate about because as far as I know all of the actresses want to be together again for this movie.”

Tori Spelling is now available for weddings. She says, “Yep, that’s right, Reverend Tori Spelling. I did it online and my official certificate is in the mail. I’m so proud.”"Spelling has officiated at a same-sex union at Chateau La Rue, the bed-and-breakfast that she and husband Dean McDermott run in Fallbrook, California on their Oxygen network reality series, ‘Tori & Dean: Inn Love,’”her spokeswoman, Meghan Prophet said.”I was so honored when the couple asked me to officiate. We did it on the front steps of the Chateau as 40 of their friends looked on seated in a loungelike atmosphere,” Spelling said. Spelling and McDermott have reprised their innkeeper duties for the show’s second season.”It was so beautiful as I united Tony and Dex as life partners in love. They wrote their own beautiful vows and there was so much love surrounding them that there wasn’t a dry eye in the driveway,” said Spelling, adding that she was “beyond nervous.”"I’ve done live theater and presented at the Emmys and this by far was my scariest moment simply because they had bestowed such an honor upon me and I didn’t want to let them down.”

John Travolta is suing the owners of the airport outside his exclusive “fly-in” community, claiming they lied to the Federal Aviation Administration to keep him from landing his Boeing 707 there. In the federal lawsuit, Travolta claims Greystone Airport owners James and Christine Garemore falsely changed the airport master record in 2006 to indicate that it could not support large airplanes. Travolta has a home at the Jumbolair Aviation Estates in Ocala, Florida and wanted to fly his Boeing 707 there. The lawsuit is seeking an injunction requiring the Garemores to immediately withdraw the 2006 report and authorize flights with the airport master record as it existed before. It also seeks to nullify the report because of false or misleading information to the FAA and to prohibit “future baseless filings.”"The runway is not suitable for heavy aircraft. It is cracking and breaking,” James Garemore said. “They are bringing this lawsuit against me, and all I was doing was trying to maintain safety here.” Michael J. McDermott, Travolta’s attorney, said Garemore’s comments about the runway not being safe for large airplanes is incorrect.”It’s spin in order to cover his butt because he knows that he is in big trouble for doing what he did, and we intend to establish that,” McDermott said. Travolta built an $8 million home in Ocala and has continually used the runway without incident, the lawsuit said. It also claims Travolta was assured he would be able to use the airport.

John Travolta is suing the owners of the airport outside his exclusive “fly-in” community, claiming they lied to the Federal Aviation Administration to keep him from landing his Boeing 707 there. In the federal lawsuit, Travolta claims Greystone Airport owners James and Christine Garemore falsely changed the airport master record in 2006 to indicate that it could not support large airplanes. Travolta has a home at the Jumbolair Aviation Estates in Ocala, Florida and wanted to fly his Boeing 707 there. The lawsuit is seeking an injunction requiring the Garemores to immediately withdraw the 2006 report and authorize flights with the airport master record as it existed before. It also seeks to nullify the report because of false or misleading information to the FAA and to prohibit “future baseless filings.”"The runway is not suitable for heavy aircraft. It is cracking and breaking,” James Garemore said. “They are bringing this lawsuit against me, and all I was doing was trying to maintain safety here.” Michael J. McDermott, Travolta’s attorney, said Garemore’s comments about the runway not being safe for large airplanes is incorrect.”It’s spin in order to cover his butt because he knows that he is in big trouble for doing what he did, and we intend to establish that,” McDermott said. Travolta built an $8 million home in Ocala and has continually used the runway without incident, the lawsuit said. It also claims Travolta was assured he would be able to use the airport.

‘Desperate Housewives’ star, Eva Longoria says she is addicted to facials and admits the beauty treatment is one of the few vices she allows herself, as well as shoes. She confessed, “I love facials, I’m a spa junkie. I love massages and scrubs and I am obsessed with shoes. I do pinch myself when I see how many pairs of shoes I have.” She has also revealed her strict fitness regime. She works out every day with a personal trainer and sticks to a specific healthy eating plan. She says: “I have a trainer. I train every day but I get really bored really easily so we do weight training, balance training, core training, jump rope, everything.”I have to eat healthily, but I’m lucky in that I love eating fish and vegetables. On the set our caterers will make anything I want. So if I feel like meatloaf they’ll make it, if I say sea bass they will cook that for me.”

Rupert Everett, who is openly gay, says he is single because young gay men aren’t interested in dating someone older than them.He said, “Unfortunately, I am single, yes, but I’m too exhausted for anything else and being gay is a young man’s game.”"No one wants me. Being gay or being a woman have one big thing in common, which is that we both become invisible after the age of 42. Who wants a gay 50-year-old? No one let me tell you.”"I could set myself on fire in a gay bar, and people would just light their cigarettes from me,” he said. Everett admits he wants to grow old gracefully, but he would like to find a boyfriend first. He added: “I don’t want to be carried out of a club wearing a tie-dye T-shirt and a cap on the wrong way around when I am 70, but I would like to settle down a bit, maybe with a partner. In some ways I do feel more settled, but now I want to take part in things.”

Naomi Campbell has settled one of several civil suits filed by one of her former personal assistants. Campbell decided she’d rather pay a settlement rather than undergo another damaging court battle over her fighting ways.She has settled a civil suit filed by a former personal assistant who claimed Campbell smacked her bloody with a jewel-encrusted BlackBerry in 2005, court papers revealed. Amanda Brack also claimed Campbell spat on her and even threw her passport into a hotel pool during a heated argument while on a trip to Morocco. Terms were not revealed, and neither Campbell nor Brack had anything to say about the settlement, which a Manhattan Supreme Court judge approved. Campbell had to join a Sanitation Department cleanup crew in March to fulfill a community service sentence from a previous violent argument with another former employee.

Manchester United Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has opened his own boutique. Cristiano used his initials and shirt number to name the trendy new store CR7 in his home town of Funchal, on the island of Madeira, which just opened. Cristiano has been very involved in choosing merchandise for this upmarket store which includes T-shirts and jeans for male customers, as well as clothes, handbags, necklaces and belts for women. He has also picked a range of funky jewelery including chunky shark-tooth bracelets and necklaces. While Cristiano is in Britain earning his $24 Million pay check with Manchester United, he has hired sisters Katia and Elma as managers to run the place. “Cristiano has made everyone on the island very proud. It’s fitting he chose his birth city for the shop,” one fan said.

Revlon announced that one of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Jessica Alba has been signed on to represent the company.Alba will join the elite group of glamorous, sexy and talented women who represent the brand which includes Halle Berry, model and actress Eva Mendes and Sheryl Crow, one of the music industry’s biggest stars. As her first endorsement for Revlon, Alba will be featured in a global advertising campaign for the new Revlon 3D Extreme Mascara that will include television, print, in-store and internet placements. Directed by Ellen Von Unworth, the campaign’s first television commercial for 3D Extreme Mascara will launch July 2007. A comprehensive print campaign will also debut in August 2007 with insertions in beauty and lifestyle books.”We are thrilled to have Jessica as part of the Revlon family,” says Elizabeth Crystal, Senior Vice President of Color Cosmetics. “She is both a dynamic and beautiful woman who represents the modern, glamorous spirit of the brand.”"I’m honored to be joining the Revlon family,” says Jessica Alba. “Revlon celebrates diverse, dynamic women of every walk of life and I’m proud to be associated with a company that is so involved with women’s causes and issues.”

Brooke Shields has ruled out plastic surgery because she hates the thought of being ‘trapped’ by fake breasts and facelift procedures. Shields played a sex therapist in the plastic surgery drama ‘Nip/Tuck’last season and has tried Botox in the past, but she insists cosmetic enhancement is not something she’d be comfortable with. She says, “I tried, like, Botox in my forehead. I got so claustrophobic. I would get claustrophobia if I had breast implants. I’d be like, ‘Get them out, get them out.’ My husband’s very upset about that though. It’s a very foreign, man-made object in your body. I’m also attached to my face. It’s been around in the public eye for so long.”

After a year of nasty allegations, country singer Sara Evans was granted a divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Judge R.E. Lee Davies announced the agreement at a hearing. The two sides agreed on a joint custody plan for their three children and a split of marital assets. Evans also agreed to pay ex-husband Craig Schelske alimony of at least $500,000 over 10 years.”Both parties are fully committed to raising their children in a cooperative and positive way. Both parties are loving and caring parents,” said a brief statement filed with the court by the lawyers for both sides. “They request that everyone respect the family’s privacy.” Evans filed for divorce last October after 13 years of marriage, alleging that Schelske committed adultery, was verbally and emotionally abusive, drank excessively and frequently watched pornography in their home. Schelske denied all the allegations and responded in court documents that Evans filed for divorce the same day he discovered she was having an extramarital affair. Evans denied those claims.

David Hans Schmidt, who plead guilty last month to attempting to extort Tom Cruise, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Phoenix, Arizona home. Schmidt was under house arrest after agreeing to plead guilty to a $1 million extortion fiasco, using Tom Cruise’s stolen wedding photos. “Authorities went to Schmidt’s Phoenix home after a tracking device on him had not moved and he hadn’t checked in,” said police spokesman, Lt. Anthony Lopez. Schmidt was facing up to two years in prison after he had agreed to a plea agreement in the case. His attorney, Nancy Kardon, said she had spoken to Schmidt earlier this week and was preparing for an Oct. 11 hearing in federal court where he would enter his formal guilty plea to attempted extortion. She said she had planned to ask for probation.”I was greatly saddened by his loss and I found him to be a very kind man,” Kardon said. He was contacted by Marc Lewis Gittleman who had obtained the wedding photos after recovering them from a damaged computer hard drive brought in for repair by a photographer. Schmidt emailed Cruise with samples of the photos, and asked for more than $1 million to keep them off the market. Schmidt had brokered some of Hollywood’s most infamous deals in recent years, including the Dustin Diamond sex tape, Tonya Harding honeymoon sex tape, a Colin Farrell sex tape and other scandals.

Kiefer Sutherland, already on probation for a 2004 drunken driving arrest, was charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence in a case the city attorney’s office said could put him in jail for more than a year.”Sutherland was charged with single counts of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or above,” said city attorney spokesman Nick Velasquez.”If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a minimum of four days,”Velasquez said.”We also charged him with a second DUI offense within 10 years, which we believe also violates the terms of his probation,” Velasquez added. If found guilty of violating probation, Sutherland could be sentenced to an additional six months. Sutherland remains free on $25,000 bail. He was scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 16. “Because he’s been charged with a misdemeanor, Sutherland won’t have to appear in court for his arraignment unless the judge specifically orders him to be there,” Velasquez said. Police said they stopped Sutherland shortly after 1 a.m. when they saw him make an illegal U-turn. He was arrested after failing a field sobriety test. Authorities haven’t disclosed his blood-alcohol level except to say it was .08 or above, exceeding Californias legal limit. Sutherland was also arrested for DUI in 2004, and in November of that year he pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count. He was sentenced to five years probation, 50 hours of community service and was ordered to attend an alcohol treatment program.