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JUSTIN BIEBER'S AIDES ACCUSED OF STEALING PHOTOGRAPHER'S CAMERA
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — It's one way to get the paparazzi off Justin Bieber's tail — but it's a method that isn't police approved. Authorities near Atlanta have arrested the security guard and driver for pop singer Justin Bieber — and charged them with stealing a photographer's camera. A police captain in Sandy Springs, Georgia, says Bieber was at an entertainment complex north of Atlanta when the incident took place. In a statement, he says bodyguard Hugo Hesney confronted a photographer because he thought he was getting too close to The Beeb. Police says the bodyguard and driver followed the photographer to a parking lot and swiped his camera. The two were arrested as they arrived at a house Bieber is renting in the area. Police say Bieber himself was not involved in the incident.
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Oscar Wells Gabriel
It isn't just Justin Bieber getting in trouble these days. AP Music Correspondent Oscar Wells Gabriel reports two of his aides have been busted, too.
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AP Music Correspondent Oscar Wells Gabriel reports Justin Bieber's bodyguard and driver were arrested soon after a confrontation where they allegedly seized a photographer's camera.
JUSTIN BIEBER'S POLICE TAPES
MIAMI (AP) — Those police tapes taken of Justin Bieber after he was arrested in Miami Beach will be the subject of a court hearing today. The singer's lawyers have until this afternoon to object the release of the video taken on January 23. Some of the 10 hours of video show Bieber providing a urine sample for a drug test. The singer's lawyers want those parts of the tape redacted — and the judge and media companies have agreed. The judge has allowed additional time for Bieber's lawyers to go through the rest of the tape to see if they want to try to block other parts of it. Bieber was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and having an invalid license. He has pleaded not guilty.
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AP Music Correspondent Oscar Wells Gabriel reports there's a deadline today related to Justin Bieber's arrest last month in Florida.
AS I LAY DYING SINGER PLEADS GUILTY TO ORDERING HIT ON ESTRANGED WIFE :
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — The lead singer of As I Lay Dying has admitted that he tried to hire someone to kill his estranged wife. Timothy Lambesis pleaded guilty yesterday to a single count of solicitation of murder. Lambesis was recorded telling an undercover agent that he wanted his wife "gone" — and when the agent specifically asked if he wanted his wife killed, Lambesis replied: "Yes, I do." Lambesis remains free on $2 million bond and will be sentenced on May 2.
ONE DIRECTION THREAT CALLER SENT TO PRISON
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A New Jersey man will spend eight months in federal prison for calling in a phony bomb threat to a venue hosting a One Direction concert. Federal prosecutors in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania say William H. Klein was sentenced after pleading guilty yesterday to a charge of interstate communication with threat to injure. The threat was called into Hersheypark Stadium to threaten the facility if the boy band performed last July. The call was traced to a pay phone at a 7-Eleven in Northfield, New Jersey — and surveillance footage helped identify the suspect. The show was held, after security was increased.
'THE VOICE'-BLIND AUDITIONS CONTINUE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shakira says neither her hips nor her lips lie. On last night's episode of "The Voice," all four coaches were competing for Delvin Choice. Shakira pledged to take him to the top. Usher suggested his fellow coaches would say anything. But Shakira says she wasn't lying with any part of her body. Delvin decided to go with Team Adam. Adam Levine was 2-for-2 on contestants who had four chair-turns last night. Country singer Cary Laine even surprised her own son when she picked Team Adam over Blake Shelton.
JAMIE LEE SPEARS ON RECENT PAST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jamie Lynn Spears says she found herself as a mom before she was able to find herself as an artist. The singer and songwriter says over the past few years, she keyed in on being a mother when her daughter was born. She says she "took about a year off to focus strictly on her." Then, she says she moved to Nashville with her child and started writing songs. She says she fell in love with the process of putting her thoughts and feelings on paper — then singing them. She says she feels "able to share" her music now because she feels more comfortable as a recording artist. And yes, in case you were wondering, Jamie Lee is Britney's sister.
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Jamie Lynn Spears says explains what she's been up to over the past few years.
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Jamie Lynn Spears says relocating to Nashville helped ger get in touch with her inner artist.
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Jamie Lynn Spears says she enjoys the process of making music.
GUITARIST FOR BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS DIES
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — He was the lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets — the group credited with launching the rock era with their hit "Rock Around the Clock" in 1955. His family says Franny Beecher died yesterday at a nursing home near Philadelphia. He was 92.
by Oscar Wells Gabriel II
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