If Terrell Owens biggest problem was the fact he couldnt find a job, life would be grand. But now hes got bigger problems than his unemployment.
As TMZ reports, a California judge has issued an arrest warrant for Owens after he failed to show up for a child support hearing.
We told you a few days ago that Owens had asked to reduce his child support payments, because hes not making as much money today as he was before. Therefore, he cant pay as much in child support. Or none at all, as Monique Reynolds, who is taking Owens to court for back payments, claims in court.
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Owens PR rep: he did NOT try to commit suicide
Rosenhaus: No NFL teams have called
Casserly on Owens: I wouldnt sign him
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Owens apparently knew he was not going to show up for his court appearance -- it was right around the time of his workout in which zero NFL teams showed up to watch -- and he apparently tried to reschedule, but Reynolds representation refused.
And if Owens thought he could catch on with an NFL team in order to earn some money, Bengals safety Chris Crocker, Owens former teammate, said he can understand why nobody seems interested.
When we talk about how perception is reality, the perception around the league is that hes a bad locker room guy and a bad teammate, Crocker said in this weeks Five Questions (or more). Organizations dont want to bring that dynamic in the locker room, especially with him 37 or 38 years old. I just dont think people are willing to do it. Im not saying hes a bad teammate, but he was called one when he was in San Fran, in Philly, in Dallas. Its like a circus. Teams just dont want to go that route. You bring him in, and you bring in all the stuff that goes with it.
Hopefully, all that stuff doesnt include becoming a deadbeat dad.
Rap producer Shawty Redd can now put his legal troubles behind him. MTV News learned exclusively from Redd's attorney Ashutosh Joshi on Thursday (November 3) that the Atlanta hitmaker has been found not guilty of murder, as well as lesser charges he was hit with after the fatal 2010 New Year's Day shooting of Damon Martin.
The bench trial, which began Monday, was decided by a judge without a jury and concluded Wednesday. On Thursday, Judge Wade Crumbly cleared the "Who Dat" producer (real name: Demetrius Lee Stewart) on all charges relating to Martin's death.
Redd was arrested January 1, 2010, after police responded to a call about an early morning shooting at Stewart's home in Hampton, Georgia. According to police, the producer was involved in a physical altercation at his home with Martin, who was described as an "acquaintance." The confrontation turned physical and Stewart shot and killed Martin, according to the report. Stewart himself called 911 to alert police about the shooting and was arrested a few hours later.
"The defense [in the trial] was clearly self-defense," Joshi told MTV News. "We argued that Redd's life was threatened both verbally and physically, and this occurred in his home and that he shot this gentleman as a result of that."
Shawty Redd got his start producing a number of underground tracks for Young Jeezy, as well as six tracks from his platinum debut Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. He got the most attention working with Snopp Dogg on his 2008 single "Sexual Eruption" and has also worked with Gucci Mane, Pusha T and Rick Ross.
Rapper Lil Boosie is using his time behind bars wisely. According to reports, Lil Boosie took his GED test several months ago and recently received his results. The rapper, who once bragged about dropping out of school, is now an official recipient of his GED, which he received last Tuesday (October 18). Lil Boosie is currently in jail at Angola State prison, where he faces a possible death sentence for his involvement in October 2009 murder. While the rapper is raising funds for his defense through his website BoosieJustice.com, rappers Yo Gotti and Young Jeezy have also contributed towards Boosie’s defense fund. Earlier this month, Yo Gotti was in Baton Rogue, where he spent the day with Boosie’s children.
A Brooklyn man who tried to sell cocaine to Occupy Wall Street protesters and then attacked a group of the occupiers has been busted by cops.
Garfield Leslie, 19, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was arrested Saturday night at Zuccotti Park for assault and drug possession. Cops said the would-be dealer punched a woman , then hit a man who came to her defense.
"That was the craziest thing I've seen since working here," said Harry Wyman, 22, of Brownsville, a security volunteer at the protest. He said the woman who fell suffered a fractured wrist, and Leslie hit another woman in the head and busted a man's lip.
"He came in from the outside to sell drugs," Wyman said. "As security, we don't want any of that in the park. I came over and told him he had to leave. He said he would."
But when he came back a few minutes later, Wyman said, a brawl was breaking out. "The drug dealer pepper-sprayed a man," he said. "It was an uproar."
Meanwhile, two dozen doctors, nurses and medical students joined the protesters Sunday, chanting, "People, not profits, Medicare for all."
"The 99% needs health care," said Dr. Adam Gaffney, 29, a physician at Columbia University Medical Center.
President Barack Obama announced that the United States war in Iraq is officially over.
The President made the announcement today (October 21), from the White House just moments ago.
President Obama told media outlets that all United States troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year, after a nine-year war in the country.
“After nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” President Barack Obama said. “As we mark this important milestone, we’re moving into a new phase in our relationship between the United States and Iraq. As of January 1, and in keeping with our strategic framework agreement with Iraq, it will be a normal relationship between two sovereign nations.”
According to the President, the withdrawal will begin immediately, allowing more and most troops to be home by the holidays.
According to the President, only a small number of troops will remain after December 31, only to guard the United States Embassy, which is the biggest U.S. Embassy in the world.
Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy is in trouble with the law, after getting caught with marijuana.
According to TMZ.com, the 21-year-old was caught with four other men in car in Temple, Georgia.
Police decided to conduct a search when they noticed the smell of marijuana emanating from the vehicle.
A search of the vehicle turned up a large amount of marijuana, $70,000 in cash and guns.
Police immediately arrested Soulja Boy, born DeAndre Cortez Way, is currently being held in the Carroll City jail.
In February of 2010, Soulja Boy was given 12 months probation, over an incident in Henry County, Georgia.
The rapper was among a group of about 40 people who fled from police, while shooting a video in an abandon house.
Ironically, the rapper’s arrest comes on the same day as the release of his new autobiographical film, Soulja Boy: The Movie, featuring Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Hurricane Chris and others.
Sesame Street's YouTube channel went XXX-rated Sunday, after hackers replaced its content with porn.
The popular children's show Website was pulled down as soon as bosses discovered videos of the much-loved muppets characters were replaced with sex tapes, according to reports.
The company issued an apology to viewers saying the "channel was compromised" and experts are working to restore content.
"We always strive to provide age-appropriate content for our viewers and hope to resolve this problem quickly," Sesame Street said in a statement on their Website.
One message posted beside some of the adult videos said: "Who doesn't like porn kids?", the BBC said.
San Francisco's KGO-TV reported one of the adult videos lasted eight minutes and none of them included the Sesame Street characters.
The YouTube channel has more than 140,000 subscribers and videos on the site have been viewed nearly half a billion times.
Google, which owns YouTube, said they removed the content as soon as they became aware of its inappropriate nature.
A message posted on the hacked page claimed two YouTube users were responsible, CNN reported.
One of the pornographic posts was allegedly by someone with the username "Mredxwx" but the YouTube user posted a video denying involvement.
"I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honest youtuber," a statement on the 18-second video states.
"I work hard to make quality gameplay videos and most important I respect the community guidelines."
At least for the time being, it looks like Rick Ross won't be traveling on anymore private jets.
After two emergency flight landings, as a result of two seizures, DJ Khaled has offered Rick Ross a ride in his luxury tour bus.
From TMZ:
Ross -- who was hospitalized in Alabama Friday -- was picked up by his friend DJ Khaled ... who transported him to Memphis in his luxury tour bus for the opening of a chicken wing joint last night.
Sources close to Ross tell us ... Khaled has offered to take Ross back to Atlanta in the bus, so he won't have to risk another in-flight emergency.
We're told the journey home is scheduled to begin at some point today.
Just to be safe, maybe Rick Ross should invest in his own luxury tour bus.
Either way, we hope the Boss gets well soon.
Tupac’s estate is currently doing all they can to prevent the tape from going public, but now have said that they will be offering one million dollars not for the sex tape itself but for the unreleased song that’s heard during the tape.
Good news on the Tupac Shakur sex tape front … Pac’s estate has finally begun talks with a potential buyer … but it ain’t for the XXX part … it’s all about the music.
As TMZ first reported, an anti-hangover drink company called NOHO has offered to pay $1,000,000 for the rights to the unreleased song 2Pac was rapping along with … while he was being “tended to” by a very friendly female in the 1991 footage.
Sources connected to the negotiations tell us … the offer was big enough to catch the estate’s attention, because a rep for Pac’s people reached out to NOHO and the two sides are trying to work out a deal.
There’s only one problem … the estate doesn’t have possession of the sex tape and aren’t even sure which song is playing on it.
Oh yeah … NOHO hasn’t heard the song either — but the CEO is banking on the fact that it’s a Tupac song … which means is has to be awesome.
We’re told if the estate can’t get a hold of the tape, they have other unreleased Tupac songs they’re willing to part with … if the price is right.
Rick Ross is unconscious and paramedics are desperately trying to resuscitate him.
Rick was on a flight going from Ft. Lauderdale to Memphis today, when the rapper lost consciousness. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Emergency workers tell us the call came in at 12:55 PM ET ... the caller reported a seizure.
Ross is currently on a gurney at the airport, and an eyewitness tells us EMT workers are administering CPR. Members of Rick's entourage are standing by, some of them extremely emotionally upset.
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OutKast rapper Big Boi has reached a deal on Florida drug charges that prevents him to doing any jail time.
Big Boi appeared in a Miami courtroom Thursday where he was sentenced to three months of drug testing, community service and $2,000 in donations to charities.
The 36-year-old rapper's real name is Antwan Patton was arrested getting off a cruise ship in August when a K-9 dog sniffed out drugs that Big Boi was carrying.
The substances included ecstasy, a cigarette roller with marijuana residue and the ecstasy ingredient MDMA.
Prosecutors say if he remains drug-free after three months of testing, those charges will be dismissed.
Last summer, it was revealed that Chris Tucker owed the IRS over $11 million in back taxes. Now it appears the reclusive actor-comic has run into some more financial troubles. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Tucker allegedly owes more than $4 million to SunTrust Bank, which has filed foreclosure papers on the 10,000 square-foot Florida mansion.
Per the Sentinal, Tucker's mansion includes "five bedrooms, three fireplaces, a personal spa in the master suite, an outdoor kitchen overlooking a pool, and an unusual basement designed like a pirate ship with a wooden deck, mast and sail."
Ironically, the Internal Revenue Service put an $11.5 million lein on the waterfront home in the pricey Bella Collina of Monteverde, Fla. last summer to collect unpaid taxes from the 'Rush Hour' star.
Tucker has yet to comment on the foreclosure. He was recently discussed as a possible co-star for 'The Silver Linings Playbook' with Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. His Florida home is currently valued at just $1.6 million.
Plans for a Will Smith comeback album have yet to be solidified, but XXLMag.com has learned that the Oscar-nominated-rapper-turned-actor has logged in studio time with his longtime friend and collaborator, DJ Jazzy Jeff.
“He came down like two weeks ago and was like, ‘Yo, I wanna get back into the studio, and we just knocked out some stuff,” Jeff told XXL. “I just think more than anything there is no set pattern, no set plan, but we just wanna go into the studio and see what we come out with. If I can get it back to the way we used to make music, you know, it used to be just me and him in the room. You don’t need no entourages and cameras and all of that and see what happens. He hasn’t decided exactly what he wants to do.”
Though Smith hasnÂ’t released music since 2005′s Lost & Found, Jeff assures that the Fresh Prince still has hip-hop in mind.
“Will has never not wanted to do music,” Jeff shared. “When you’re pretty much the biggest movie star in the world, the movie people don’t want you to do music ’cause you ain’t making $50 million off of making music. From a financial perspective, movies is where it’s at. And it’s not like his heart is not in the movies, but he’s always wanted to do some level of music.
