Snoop Dogg's Wife Arrested for DUI
Sunday, June 15, 2008
FULLERTON, Calif. (June 15) - Police say the wife of rapper Snoop Dogg has been arrested in California's Orange County for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Fullerton police Lt. Craig Brower says officers stopped 32-year-old Shante (Shahn-taye) Broadus of Sherman Oaks about 12:15 a.m. Saturday and took her to jail. She was cited and then released pending a court appearance.Brower says nobody else was in the car but he didn't have any other details.Broadus and Snoop Dogg - whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr. - were married in 1997 and have three children.A message left with Snoop Dogg's publicist was not immediately returned.
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Pearl Jam Rocks Bonnaroo for 3 Hours
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (June 14) - Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday night, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival.In the midst of their concert - which went almost an hour longer than scheduled - lead singer Eddie Vedder acknowledged that the band thought they might never again play such a show - and "with good reason." In the summer of 2000, nine fans were trampled during Pearl Jam's performance at Denmark's Roskilde Festival - an experience that shook the band.
There were no mishaps at Bonnaroo, though, and Vedder's faith in festivals appeared to be restored."After seeing B.B. King and Jack Johnson and Cat Power, it makes you realize how it can work and be really ... great," Vedder said, referring to acts that played earlier Saturday. Pearl Jam also played Lollapalooza last year.If he wasn't already, Vedder appeared completely converted to the joys of mega festivals when the band played "Better Man." The audience sang along and lifted lighters in the air, and only then did Vedder realize how large the crowd was. He muttered, "That's ... beautiful."Pearl Jam was the main stage headliner Saturday at the annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which is held on a giant 700-acre site south of Nashville. Kanye West was to play a glow-in-the-dark set beginning at 2:45 a.m. Sunday.The Friday night bill was led by comedian Chris Rock, who was followed by Metallica. Though the heavy metal band played a generally admired set, the Pearl Jam audience seemed larger and arguably more enthusiastic.
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R&B Star R. Kelly cleared !
Saturday, June 14, 2008
R. Kelly saluted onlookers on Friday as he left the Cook County Criminal Court Building after a jury acquitted the R&B star on all 14 counts in the child pornography case against him. Both Kelly and the alleged victim, now 23, denied being on the tape. Jurors later said they were sure it was Kelly in the tape, but they couldn't be certain about the identity of th
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Metallica, Chris Rock Open Bonnaroo
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (June 14) - Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica.
Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett introduced Rock, and the comedian in turn introduced who he called "the baddest ... band in the world." Both acts were unlikely fare for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which began in 2002 as primarily a jam band event.
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