Actress Lindsay Lohan dodged a felony bullet today.

Arriving at the Los Angeles County Court Building for a parole violation preliminary hearing, Lohan received some good news/bad news.

Good news: The felony grand theft charge was reduced to a misdemeanor. Bad news: She was sentanced to 120 days jail time for the parole violation.

The 24 year-old actress had been accused of felony grand theft in a missing necklace from Kamofie & Co. that Lohan was trying on and left the store wearing, all on surveillance video.

After hearing testimony from Kamofie & Co. store owner, Sofia Kaman, who believed Lohan’s friend (seen in the video chatting with Kaman at the counter) was a decoy, reviewing the video footage, and also taking into account that Lohan’s DUI conviction was 4 years ago, Judge Stephanie Sautner reduced the charge from a felony to a misdeamnor.

The Judge felt that Lohan’s record did not warrant a felony charge but does think there is something to the case, and therefore did not outright dismiss the charge.

While Lohan’s lawyer Shawn Holley, argued that it was a simple mistake, the Judge felt if that was the case, she should have contacted the store to make arrangement to return it, if that were the case, instead of hanging onto it for weeks and only coming forth after finding out a search warrant was being issued for the item.

She rule Lindsay was in violation of her parole and sentanced her to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service, 360 of those are to be served at a women’s center in L.A. and the rest in the county morgue.

Since the actress is appealing the ruling, she is allowed out on bail awaiting the ruling.

Lohan will be back in court May 11th, for a preliminary trial hearing and will once again have to decide if she will take a plea deal or face another trial.

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Things just aren’t going her way…

Actress Jaime Pressly has received more bad news. She is behind in her taxes to the tune of $637,000 and the IRS filed a $267,370 tax lien on December 6th according to public documents. Uncle Sam hit her with lien back in 2008 for $281,699 for income taxes and California wants their $95,080 for state taxes.

The My Name Is Earl star was picked up for suspicion of drunk driving earlier this month in Santa Monica, Californa and is reportedly separated from her entertainment lawyer husband, Simran Singh.

The 33 year-old Emmy winning actress has a 3 year-old son Dezi from a previous relationship with DJ Eric Cubiche. Pressly is currently free on $15,000 bail while she awaits resolution of her arrest.

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David Beckham has filed a declaration in his lawsuit against Irma Nici and In Touch Weekly that he never had sex with the prostitute. The soccer star claims that not only has he not committed adultery with Nici, he’s never even met her!

In the $25 million suit, Beckham states the allegations are “unequivocally false” and are completely “fabricated.” Nici told the magazine that Beckham met with her (and occasionally a third party for threesomes) on five separate occasions at Claridge’s Hotel in London.

He said: “I have never met Nici, let alone committed adultery with Nici or paid her for sex.

“Irma Nici’s statements have caused me and my family great anguish and emotional distress, and have adversely affected both my personal and professional life.”

The L.A. Galaxy star is not messing around on this one. The paper work hit the Los Angeles county court system in October but the substance of what Beckham said is just coming out now.

Beckham and his wife, Victoria have been married for 11 years and have 3 kids together.

You gotta wonder what kind of proof does In Touch think it had to print this story – or did they just assume that Beckham would just issue a denial and it would be over?

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Nicole Richie is getting a gold star from the judge for her good behavior.

Richie’s probation from her DUI arrest in 2006 was set to end in February 2011, but the judge in her case decided the socialite has completed the terms of her sentence satisfactorily and ended her probation early today.

In reality, Richie had her probation extended to February because she did not attend her court ordered alcohol education classes in June of this year. Richie’s lawyer (and Lindsay Lohan’s too) Shawn Chapman Holley, told the court Nicole found it difficult to find the time while raising two kids.

Whatever the reason, she managed to finally make it happen and received praise from the program so she is over and out.

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Stephen Baldwin is hopping mad at Kevin Costner and his business practices. Baldwin filed a federal lawsuit in New Orleans on Wednesday December 23rd, against Costner and his business partner Patrick Smith of Ocean Therapy Solutions for securities fraud.

Baldwin and a second plaintiff, Spyridon Contogouris claim that they invested in and owned a stake in the company and were tricked into selling those shares back for a very low sum as Solutions was working on (and signed) a $52 million dollar deal with BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf in April of this year.

Oceans Therapy Solutions had developed parts and machines designed to separate oil from water and the men were led to believe there was no interest from anyone, including BP, in buying the parts. Baldwin and Contgouris believe they were kept in the dark all while a deal was being worked out and the two men sold their shares back to Costner and company under false information.

BP did buy 32 of the water cleaning machines for $52 million but Baldwin had sold his 10 percent share for much less because he was “clandestinely, secretly and wrongfully” misled about the pending deal.

The lawsuit alleges: “The plaintiffs have been damaged directly by the misrepresentations and omissions of defendants in that they sold their membership interests for a fraction of their actual value.”

Baldwin filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over a year ago after owing back taxes of $2.3 million and defaulting on his mortgage for a home in New York state so being duped would be a particularly bitter pill for the 44 year-old actor to swallow.

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Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was gunned down in her car in Beverly Hills on November 16th and police have been putting together the clues to find her killer.

On Wednesday December 1st, officers of the Beverly Hills Police Department went to an apartment complex to serve a warrant on a ‘person of interest’ – a man that they had under surveillance. As the police entered the lobby of the Harvey Apartments, the suspect turned a gun on himself and fatally shot, ending his own life.

“At the time of the shooting, BHPD Detectives were on scene conducting a follow-up investigation. There were no other injuries related to the incident. Due to the fact that this is an ongoing investigation, there are no further details available at this time”. The Los Angeles Times reported that ”detectives received information suggesting the man would be in his apartment this evening. When police approached the man at the lobby of the apartment complex, he backed up and refused their orders to raise his hands. He then pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the head, the sources said. He was declared dead at at the scene.”

There will be more to come in this sad case.

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Delaying, avoiding, deflecting, ducking, working the system – whatever you want to call it, Wesley Snipes has run out of time and must start serving his jail term for tax evasion. A judge has ordered the actor to enter a federal prison in Pennsylvania by December 9th.

The actor was convicted in 2008 for failing to pay or report $38 million dollars in earnings. His lawyers appealed the decision and he remained free on bond. The Blade actor lost his last appeal but attorneys are mounting another legal maneuver. Snipes’ legal eagles asked a Florida judge to extend bail for the actor while he was appealing but his federal trial judge said, time’s up!

I would try putting it off as long as I could too. Then again, I report and pay all my taxes…

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Randy and Evi Quaid are in a lot of trouble for stiffing hotels.  The crazy couple is out on bail (details here) and Evi isn’t letting her arrest lightly.

TMZ is reporting that evil Evi Quaid just drove a huge truck up and parked it in front of Mayor Dan Dunlaps office in Presidio County.  Then she got up on a chair and painted a banner to smear the name of the deputy that arrested her and Randy, on the side of the trailer!  It says, ”Deputy James Davis takes payments … call & make offers.”

Deputy Davis isn’t going to take much more of crap,

“She’s entitled to her freedom of speech, but at some point it becomes libel. I’m considering legal action if it continues.”

This is hilarious.  How pathetic are these people?  Randy Quaid, get a grip on your wife.  Pay your bills.  Quit embarrassing yourselves and your family.  Geesh!

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Phil Spector the major record producer was convicted Monday of second-degree murder. 

A Los Angeles jury convicted Phil Spector of second-degree murder Monday, making the legendary record producer who worked with the Beatles and a host of other pop stars the first celebrity found guilty of murder on Hollywood’s home turf in at least 40 years.

The verdict read in a tense, standing-room-only courtroom came six years and two trials after police found Lana Clarkson, a statuesque blond actress, shot to death in a chair in Spector’s 30-room Alhambra mansion. 

As a Superior Court clerk pronounced the word “guilty,” Spector’s mouth gaped slightly, but he quickly returned to the stoic expression he has worn throughout his legal proceedings. His wife, Rachelle, who is 41 years his junior, began weeping in the front row of the spectators’ gallery.

The verdict of second-degree murder — the most severe option offered to jurors — with the use of a firearm means the 69-year-old Spector faces a mandatory life prison term when he is sentenced May 29. He must serve at least 18 years before being eligible for parole.

This case has been going on forever, nice to finally see a verdict. Is it just me, or does he look like a murderer?

Source: Los Angeles Times

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Rick Salomon is a total loser.  No, he’s a complete @sshole.  Paris, what were you thinking??  Pamela Anderson, what the hell were you thinking?  Oh, yeah….you’re both not with the nut job anymore…..

TMZ reports:

Rick Salomon, Paris Hilton’s sex tape partner, is being sued by a woman who claims he and his roommate are responsible for a brutal beating.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in L.A. County Superior Court, Gertrude Harutunian claims Salomon hosted a drug-fueled party last July at his home in the Hollywood Hills,. The alleged drugs of choice — cocaine, meth, pot and alcohol which were “freely given out….”

Harutunian claims the drugs and alcohol caused Buddy Segal, his roommate, to pull Harutunian from a bed by her hair, “strike, hit and throw” her while Salomon watched. She claims Segal then dragged her across a room to a shower and threw her inside as “Salomon watched and conspired with Segal to hurt and injure [her].”

Harutunian is seeking unspecified damages.

That is all so freaky!  I hope this jerk rots in jail for life.  What a low life.  Can you believe the nerve?   I am wondering why Gertrude waited so long to file charges??

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