McMahon sells home

August 23, 2008

Ed McMahon is on the move. A spokesman for the former "Tonight Show" sidekick says McMahon (inset) has agreed to a deal with a private buyer for his hilltop home. McMahon spokesman Howard Bragman says the buyer isn't mogul Donald Trump, who had recently offered to buy McMahon's home and act as a landlord. Bragman says McMahon will move out of the home, which is in the same exclusive neighborhood as Britney Spears, after the sale is complete. McMahon was facing the prospect of the house being foreclosed on because he had defaulted on a $4.8 million loan. (AP)

Da Brat was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday in Decatur, Ga., for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall. The 34-year-old rapper, whose given name is Shawntae Harris, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in DeKalb County. Superior Court Judge Gail Flake sentenced her to three years behind bars and seven on probation, plus 200 hours of community service, and completion of substance abuse treatment, a mental evaluation, and anger management classes. (AP)

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, known for her role on HBO's "The Wire," was released from jail in Baltimore after being picked up on a warrant for refusing to cooperate with prosecutors handling a murder case in which she is a witness. At a Circuit Court hearing yesterday afternoon, an attorney for Pearson, who had planned to be in New York for the filming of a movie, told Judge John Addison Howard that she had not received court notices and was willing to "honor her obligations" as a witness to a 2005 killing. (The Baltimore Sun)

Gary Glitter, a British singer who spent three years in a Vietnamese jail for child sex abuse, returned to London yesterday after failing to find sanctuary in Asia. Glitter, famous in the 1970s and '80s for songs such as "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" and "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)," arrived at Heathrow airport after an overnight flight from Bangkok. (Reuters)

The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are on the hook for more than $5 million after they were found by lower courts to have improperly invoked The Doors name and images during a 2003 concert tour. After the high court declined to hear their appeal on Aug. 13, they'll have to pay drummer John Densmore, the parents of deceased lead singer Jim Morrison, and the parents of Morrison's deceased wife, Pamela Courson, who died in 1974. Densmore and the parents sued Manzarek and Krieger in 2003 after the two began touring the country with Ian Astbury, former lead singer of The Cult, and calling themselves The Doors of the 21st Century. (AP)

Avril Lavigne's concert Aug. 29 at Kuala Lumpur's 45,000-capacity Stadium Merdeka was postponed. "The concert cannot be held on Aug. 29, as it clashes with the National Day celebrations," culture minister Mohammed Shafie said in a statement. The show was to kick off Lavigne's Asian tour. Shafie denied that the ministry's decision was based on the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Youth Council's call earlier this month to ban the show because Lavigne "is a bad influence on our youth." (Billboard.com)

Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm said yesterday she is expecting her first baby, making her the last member of the top-selling band to become a mother. The 34-year-old, nicknamed "Sporty Spice," and her partner Thomas Starr announced the news in a statement on her website. (Reuters)

Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Chris Kattan filed for legal separation from his wife after only eight weeks of marriage. Kattan and model Sunshine Tutt were married June 28 in California and had spent roughly a month together before separating. (AP)

"She's officially off the market. No one else gets her. And now she'll cook and clean for me."-- Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, joking about her new wife, actress Portia de Rossi