Edward Furlong To Spend 6 Months In Jail For Violating Probation

March 6th, 2013 9:14am EST
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Edward Furlong is going back to jail. The "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" star will be serving time for violating the terms of his probation.

On Monday, a judge issued a 180-day sentence to the actor after he refused to stay away from his ex-girlfriend Monica Keena, according to TMZ.com.

Furlong was arrested for a domestic disturbance in January. He was taken into custody at Men's Central Jail and held on $50,000 bail.

Last year he was arrested twice on suspicion of harming his girlfriend - in October following a fight at Los Angeles International Airport and again the following month after...
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Oscar PistoriusTo Host a Private Memorium For The Woman He Allegedly Killed

February 26th, 2013 3:30pm EST
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Embattled Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has organized a private memorial service to honor his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, 12 days after he was accused of murdering her.

The track star is alleged to have shot and killed the blonde beauty at his home in Pretoria, South Africa on Valentine's Day. He was freed on one million bail last Friday, and is now planning to pay tribute to Steenkamp in a special ceremony on Tuesday night at his uncle's home, where he is currently living. 

A statement released by Pistorius' representative reads:

"Oscar specifically requested the memorial servi...
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HBO Documentary Films Presents - 'Witness: Juarez'

November 5th, 2012 10:23am EST
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Witness debuts on HBO this Monday, November 5th at 9:00p.m.ET/PT with Witness: Juarez. The film follows combat photographer Eros Hoagland as he explores Juarez, Mexico, the "murder capital of the world" where drug violence has left over 10,000 dead.

Presented in four parts – Juarez, Libya, South Sudan and Rio – Witness focuses on three determined photojournalists: Eros Hoagland, who explores the gang- and drug-related violence in both Juarez, Mexico and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Michael Christopher Brown, who chronicles escalating ethnic tensions in the wake of Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster last ...
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Coolio's Son Handed Prison Sentence

September 13th, 2012 11:45am EDT
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Coolio's eldest son has been handed a prison sentence of up to 10 years for his part in an armed robbery.

Grtis Ivey, 22, who appeared alongside his rapper dad on reality TV show Coolio's Rules, was accused of breaking into an apartment in Las Vegas last October and threatening the resident with a gun.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of felony robbery earlier this year in exchange for a number of other charges being dropped, and now he has been handed a lengthy prison sentence.

Ivey was sentenced to between 42 and 120 months in jail, meaning he will serve a minimum of three years behind ba...
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Demi Moore's Brother Has Been In Prison Since 2006

February 27th, 2012 9:26am EST
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Demi Moore's brother is in jail for beating his fiancee with a telephone, it has emerged. James Craig Harmon, 38, is behind bars in Texas for attacking Tasha Marie Lee in October 2005.

The half brother of the actress, who has the same father as the troubled Ghost star, was sentenced to ten years after pleading guilty to aggravated assault in February 2006.

Details of the conviction have only just emerged. According to court documents, he 'repeatedly struck her in the head with a telephone, causing serious bodily injury at the Intown Suites Motel in Houston, Texas in October 2005. The pho...
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Ryan O'Neal's Son Sent To Prison

February 5th, 2012 1:00pm EST
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Ryan O'Neal's troubled son Griffin has been sentenced to 16 months behind bars following his arrest for driving under the influence of drugs (DUI) last year.

The actor's eldest son has been locked up after he pleaded guilty to two felony counts of DUI and gun possession charges stemming from a car crash in August, according to EOnline.com.

O'Neal was facing a maximum sentence of four years in prison after he veered into oncoming traffic while high on drugs and hit a van, leaving the driver injured.

He missed his initial sentencing hearing last month because he checked himself into rehab ...
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HBO Doc's Presents 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory'

January 9th, 2012 7:35pm EST
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HBO Documentary Films’ Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, the conclusion of the award-winning trilogy that spawned a world-wide movement to free three convicted men – Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley – known as The West Memphis 3, tells the complete story of one of the most notorious child murder cases in U.S. history. Provocative and timely, the film chronicles stunning new developments, culminating in the startling and unexpected conclusion just a few months ago, when Echols, who was on death row, and Baldwin and Misskelley, who were serving life sentences without the possib...
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail For Hitting Ex-Girlfriend

December 21st, 2011 10:12pm EST
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Embattled boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been sentenced to serve 90 days behind bars for allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend last year.

The sports star was arrested in September, 2010 after Josie Harris accused him of striking her "multiple times in the head with his fist" and allegedly threatening to beat up their two children, who at the time were aged nine and 10.

On Wednesday, the athlete struck a plea deal with prosecutors to escape a felony battery charge and pleaded guilty to a lesser count of misdemeanor domestic violence. He also pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor harassment c...
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Barry Bonds Sentenced To 30 Days Of House Arrest

December 17th, 2011 8:40am EST
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Fallen baseball star Barry Bonds has been sentenced to serve 30 days of house arrest for lying to a grand jury about his alleged steroid use back in 2003.

The retired San Francisco Giants star was indicted in 2007 on a number of charges for allegedly lying to a grand jury during the government's investigation of drug company BALCO, testifying that he never knowingly took any illegal steroids.

Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice in April and on Friday California Judge Susan Illston ordered the sports star to complete 250 hours of community service, pay a $4,000 fine, serve two-ye...
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Sam Jones Begins Prison Sentence

December 12th, 2011 8:37am EST
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Actor Sam Jones will spend the festive holidays behind bars after checking into a federal prison following his drug conviction.

The former Smallville star was sentenced to serve 366 days in prison in June after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sell more than 10,000 Oxycodone painkiller pills as part of a major Los Angeles drug ring.

Jones checked into a correctional facility in Lompoc, California earlier this week to begin his punishment, reports TMZ.com.
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