>People: Chris Brown trashes dressing room after ‘Good Morning America’ appearance (Video)

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Chris Brown’s occasionally discomforting quest for career rehab hit another roadblock Tuesday, when an appearance on “Good Morning America” concluded with the singer trashing his dressing room and storming shirtless out of the ABC New York studio.

The reported meltdown came off-camera, after an interview with co-host Robin Roberts, who asked him about his 2009 assault of Rihanna, and after he performed a song in the “GMA” studio.

He was scheduled to perform another song after a commercial break, but unidentified witnesses told the Associated Press and other news outlets that Brown went to his dressing room, smashed a window — reports say shards of glass fell several stories onto the street — broke

several other items and stormed out as security officers were arriving.

Brown was on “GMA” to plug his new album “F.A.M.E.” (the title stands, he says, for “Forgiving All My Enemies”) which came out Tuesday and already has garnered three hit singles and largely positive reviews. But Brown clearly seemed agitated when Roberts asked him about the assault and continued to emphasize the new album.

“This album is what I want them to talk about and not what happened two years ago,” he said.

Brown is still on probation for the Rihanna assault, but ABC said Tuesday it did not plan to press criminal charges against the singer.

Brown is also slated to appear on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” next week; and so far the gig is still on.

KESHA NIXES JAPAN SHOW; CYNDI LAUPER DOESN’T: Pop singer Kesha, known for her gleefully raunchy songs and stage shows, says she has postponed an upcoming concert tour in Japan, in deference to the earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear power plant crisis there.

She urged fans to donate to relief funds.

“My heart is with Japan right now through this disaster and these hardships,” the singer posted on her website. “I genuinely don’t think right now would be appropriate timing for me to perform in Japan given the content and the spirit of my show, which is all about feeling exuberant, rowdy and wild.”

But Cyndi Lauper has decided to go on with her current tour in Japan and will use the shows to raise funds for relief efforts.

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER LOHAN ARREST: There are new legal problems for Lindsay Lohan’s father, Michael Lohan. He was arrested by Los Angeles police on three felony charges Tuesday after a woman accused him of domestic violence at a nearby apartment, police say.

Police said they arrested Lohan after receiving a call at 9 p.m. about a domestic dispute. Lohan was detained while he was walking on the street near a police station. Police said he did not appear to be intoxicated and was cooperative.

Lohan, 50, was booked for inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, false imprisonment and preventing a report of victimization, police said.

No other details of the alleged incident were revealed.

His daughter Lindsay, meanwhile, is expected to inform a judge by today whether she will accept a plea deal with jail time or go to trial in her felony grand theft case.

Reports say a judge has offered Lindsay Lohan a term of 60 to 90 days in county jail, rather than state prison, if she pleads guilty to grand theft, RadarOnline.com reported.

She could face a worse sentence if she rejects the deal and is later convicted.

Lohan is accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store near her Venice home last month.

JA RULE BROKE DA RULES: Rapper and actor Ja Rule pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to file tax returns and will pay more than $1 million in back taxes and penalties, Reuters news service reported.

Ja Rule, 35, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, 35, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to three counts of failing to file a tax return, from 2004 through 2008, even though he was making money from royalties and live tours. Atkins was free after posting $500,000 bail, and will be sentenced June 13. He faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison on each count.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our family weathered a huge storm, and I feel we are stronger than we have ever been.” — Tish Cyrus, referring to her husband Billy Ray Cyrus’s decision to halt divorce proceedings against her.

• 1775: Patrick Henry delivered an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which he is said to have declared, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

• 1806: Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacific Coast, began their journey back East.

• 1919: Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.

• 1933: The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

• 1956: Pakistan became an Islamic republic.

• 1981: The U.S. Supreme Court, in H.L. v. Matheson, ruled that states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teenage girls seek abortions.

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>Lindsay Lohan gets extension — next date, March 25

>Lindsay Lohan did not strike a deal with prosecutors who are preparing a case against her for felony grand theft of a designer diamond necklace, but a Los Angeles judge gave the actress more time to decide her plea, setting an interim court date of March 25. Prosecutors and Lohan’s lawyer can continue to work on a plea bargain in the meantime, but Lohan will need to be in court on March 25 if she intends to plead guilty or no contest and accept the parameters of the court’s offer. If she decides to plead not guilty, an April 22 court date has already been set that will hear the felony grand theft case, as well as charges that Lohan has violated conditions of her probation.

Lohan has denied stealing the necklace from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store. The court expects Lohan to inform it of her intentions by March 23.

>Sale of surveillance video could help Lohan defense

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A Venice jewelry store that reported the alleged theft of a necklace has now sold tapes of the actress with the necklace. Legal experts say the sale could prove the store had a financial incentive to accuse Lohan of theft.

The tabloid frenzy over Lindsay Lohan may have given the actress a new and potent defense as she fights charges that she stole a necklace from a Venice jewelry store.

The jewelry store that reported the alleged theft to the Los Angeles Police Department has now sold surveillance video that shows Lohan with the necklace to the media. Still photos from the video appeared on “Entertainment Tonight’s” website, and the video is scheduled to be available at some point on a website run by a firm distributing the tape.

“Many individuals want to be able to see the video streams from the jewelry store’s surveillance cameras, and we have obtained the exclusive license for them,” said a message placed on the website that plans to stream the video. “The tapes speak for themselves.”

The sale of the tape underscores the sometimes uncomfortable nexus of Hollywood’s celebrity culture and L.A.’s criminal justice system.

It’s unclear exactly what the video shows — and what effect its sale and broadcast will have. Lohan faced felony charges for allegedly stealing the $2,500 necklace — the most serious in a string of recent run-ins she’s had with the law.

Sources told The Times that the tape is a key piece of evidence — but not the only one. Paparazzi photos taken days later also show the actress wearing the necklace. The case file includes statements from people who were inside the store at the same time as Lohan, said the sources, who spoke on condition that they not be named because the case is ongoing.

Some legal experts said it could give ammunition to Lohan’s defense team, which can now argue the jewelry store had a financial incentive to accuse Lohan of theft.

“I don’t care who it is [shown on the video], it’s a negative for the prosecution,” said James Blatt, a veteran defense lawyer whose clients have included former San Fernando Valley drug dealer and convicted killer Jesse James Hollywood. “Somebody is getting paid and that should not occur.”

Blatt and others said the details of what is captured on tape also matter, particularly if she appears to hide the necklace as she leaves the store. “People have to stop and think about it; is this woman [Lindsay Lohan] going to risk everything for a $2,500 necklace?” he said.

Loyola Law School professor Stan Goldman said that if the case does go to trial, Lohan’s defense could try to use the payment to attack the credibility of the jewelry store. “If you’re the prosecution, you would have rather that this did not happen,” he said.

But Glen T. Jonas, also a longtime defense attorney, said the sale of the video doesn’t change the images captured on the video and ultimately, shouldn’t present big problems for the prosecution’s case.

“The video is newsworthy and the public has a right to see it,” Jonas said. “It only becomes a problem if a specific employee’s testimony is necessary to establish the elements of the charges, and that employee profited from the sale of the video.”

He noted that although every case has issues, “if I had to choose between an erratic client who picks up cases monthly, or neutralizing the damage to the credibility of video that speaks for itself, I think I would choose the latter.”

Neither L.A. prosecutors nor Lohan’s attorney returned calls seeking comment.

Lohan will be back in court Thursday. Her attorney has suggested that she would agree to a plea deal if she would be spared jail time, but the judge has repeatedly said that any deal would involve some incarceration.

“This case does involve jail time — period,” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz said. “If you plead in front of me — if this case resolves in front of me — you are going to jail. Period. It may be an issue as to amount of time.”

Lohan has been in and out of court and rehab over the last two years. She spent three months at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage under orders from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox, who spared the actress jail time in October after Lohan had tested positive for drugs while on probation in a DUI case. If she is convicted in the necklace theft, she could serve jail time for that crime and also be eligible for additional detention for violating her probation.

Riverside County prosecutors said they were still considering whether to file charges against Lohan for allegedly shoving an employee at the Ford center last year. The rehab center employee reported that Lohan had assaulted her but has since said she does not want to press charges.

>Miley Cyrus Rocks ‘Saturday Night Live'(Video)

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Superstar teen lampoons Lindsay Lohan, Justin Bieber and herself on sketch comedy show. 

For fans of Miley Cyrus last night’s “Saturday Night Live” had to seem, like, “pretty cool,” as the 18-year-old former Disney Channel Star made her first ever appearance as host on the long running sketch comedy show, alongside musical guest The Strokes.

From the very beginning, Cyrus made it clear she was not above lampooning herself, self-depreciatingly telling viewers during her monologue that “Hannah Montana” was The Disney Channel’s version of “Black Swan,” before transitioning into “I’m Sorry I’m Not Perfect,” a song which managed to walk the fine line of referencing nearly every scandal of the young performer’s still burgeoning career without actually apologizing for any of them.”There’s a photo of me dressed like a dude, and Annie Leibovitz tried to get me nude. For those of you who think that’s pretty crude, I’m sorry I’m not perfect,” Cyrus belted.

“[I] didn’t make a dirty tape, and pass it along. Didn’t text a dirty picture of [my] dong,” she continued, flanked by cast members Bobby Moynihan and Kristen Wiig. “Don’t’ both of these things seem worse than a bong? I’m sorry I’m not perfect.”

The show’s midnight centerpiece was, predictably, “The Miley Cyrus Show,” which continued SNL’s recent tradition of having the target of their hijinks appear alongside the actor lampooning them. In this case, Vanessa Bayer, whose spot-on impersonation of the giggly, hyper-loquacious Cyrus has become a show highlight, made room on her mock talk show for Cyrus herself, who in her best impression of the night played Justin Bieber.

“Did you know I smoked salvia,” Bayer as Cyrus said to her guest.

>Screen Captions of Lindsay Lohan’s Surveillance Video Released

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While talks about Lindsay Lohan’s surveillance video are all over the web, a sneak peek to the said footage has hit the web in a form of screen captions. The troubled singer is clearly visible at these images – she is seen inside the store with a companion.

The troubled singer came to Kamofie & Co., a jeweler located near her new home in L.A.’s Venice Beach district, and tried on some jewelry pieces. The pictures were released as a teaser to the video capturing the moment when she allegedly stole a $2,500 necklace from the store.
The footage has been shopped around with its recent price tag reaching around $35,000, and it’s expected to come out on Monday night, March 7. It has gone out to the Associated Press, who is handling the licensing and distribution of the tape and stills. Lindsay has been charged with felony grand theft and is due back in court March 10. Since the case is still on going, both the prosecution and defense camps are upset with the video release because they believe it will complicate the case. “Neither side wanted it released,” a source told Radar Online. “Neither side sanctioned this sale.”
Kamofie & Co. spokesman Christopher Spencer defends the decision to release the tape, claiming that the case ruined their business. “Customers have stayed away from the store because of the paparazzi and the controversy,” he said, adding that there is no profit motive because the money made from the release won’t come close to covering the loses.
“There were literally thousands of media inquiries asking for the release of the video which is not secret evidence. The video would have been released during the trial anyway, as was stated by several prominent criminal attorneys,” he stated. “We worked with the non-profit organization known as the Associated Press to allow legitimate journalists and news outlets access to the video.”