Foxy Brown pleads not guilty in assault case
Foxy Brown pleaded not guilty today (October 16) to assault charges stemming from an incident in which the rapper allegedly threw her mobile phone at a neighbour.
Brown, 28, appeared today in Brooklyn State Supreme Court to enter the plea, reports the Associated Press.
The rapper was arrested in Brooklyn in August after she allegedly used her mobile phone to strike her neighbour, Arlene Raymond, for complaining about the volume of her car stereo.
Brown has been in Rikers Island prison in New York for violating probation by skipping anger management classes and leaving the city without permission in an unrelated case. |
Bright Eyes extend US tour
Bright Eyes have announced the addition of several dates to their autumn tour of North America.
Conor Oberst and company will now play shows in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, and are set to play three dates in Alaska in September.
They'll conclude their autumn jaunt in Los Angeles where they'll perform with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
The tour dates are:
Boise, ID Big Easy Concert House (September 14)
Spokane, WA Big Easy Concert House (15)
Fairbanks, AK University of Alaska (18)
Anchorage, AK University of Alaska (19, 20)
Seattle, WA Quest Field - End Fest 2007 (22)
Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre (23)
Chico, CA Senator Theatre (24)
Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl (29) |
R Kelly speaks at 'Trapped In The Closet' screening
A buoyant R Kelly. appeared at a screening of new chapters of his "hip-hopera" 'Trapped In The Closet' last night at a West Village cinema in New York.
Kelly, wearing diamond encrusted sunglasses showed up 40 minutes late for his appearance and introduced chapters 13-22 of his infamous soap-opera-musical style production.
"Don't nobody ask me no questions I don't know how to explain how I wrote it" the singer laughed "I'm tired of people asking me that because I can not explain this. I can explain any other song but I cant explain 'Trapped In The Closet'."
Kelly went on to explain "It's an alien, People ask me why is it an alien and I say it's come down to show us new genres and new ways to produce movies, magic, song and dialogue which have all been put together, and has never been done as far as I'm concerned. I call that alien. And people ask me when 'Trapped In The Closet' is going to end and I say when the aliens decide to leave."
He also revealed that when he first approached his record label and producers about the project, they were unconvinced and compared the experience to building the first airplane.
"When I first did it, the first chapter, they were looking at me like I was crazy, you know like the man that explained how was first going to build the airplane? They were looking at him like he was crazy I'm sure!"
Following his speech Kelly took a seat in the back row of the theatre and (having removed his sunglasses) watched the entire set of chapters in the company of his burly security.
As in previous chapters, Kelly himself plays a variety of characters in the piece from a pimp to a grey haired old man. The new material features a predictable twist in the story of Twan and Tina and a Soprano's style encounter. The set culminates with a mildly confusing web of phone calls about a "package". To be continued...
As previously reported, a trial date of September 17 has been set for Kelly's court appearance which relate to his arrest on child pornography charges five years ago. |