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JA RULE has lost the latest round in a criminal case after a judge refuse= d to dismiss a gun possession charge against him on Wednesday (20Jan10).
The Pain Is Love star’s chauffeured sports car was pulled over by polic= e in New York City in 2007 following a concert with Kanye West and Lil Wa= yne. A semiautomatic gun was allegedly discovered in the rear driver’s si= de door.
At Manhattan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, the rapper’s lawyer Stacey R= ichman requested the charge be thrown out, arguing the firearm was allege= dly discovered during an unjustified police stop.
Prosecutors maintained that the vehicle was pulled over because it was = speeding and had a suspended registration as well as no insurance.
The judge sided with the prosecution and ordered Ja Rule - real name Je= ffrey Atkins - back to court on 3 March (10).
If convicted, he faces up to four years behind bars. Atkins, 33, has pl= eaded not guilty to the charge.
On the same night in 2007, Lil Wayne was arrested after a police check = found the rapper had a pistol and marijuana on-board his tour bus.
Last year (09), the Lollipop hitmaker accepted a plea deal and was orde= red to start an eight-month prison sentence in February (10). (MJ/WNWCAH&=

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SIMON COWELL has put his powers to good use by organising a charity singl= e to help raise funds for the ravaged nation of Haiti - following a reque= st from Britain’s Prime Minister GORDON BROWN.
The American Idol mogul is lining up stars including Lady Gaga, Cheryl = Cole, Beyonce and Robbie Williams to sing on the cover track, and he’s vo= wed to send the proceeds to the victims of last week’s (12Jan10) devastat= ing earthquake.
Cowell is now rushing to get the project in motion, with the backing of= Britain’s leader Brown and the U.K.’s best-selling newspaper, The Sun.
He says, "We made a decision today. We had a request from the prime min= ister and the Sun newspaper - would we put a record together? "We haven’t got an awful lot of time, but we are going to do something = and attempt to raise as much money as possible. I’ve got to try and get i= t all together in about 48 hours.
"(I want) As many people as possible, whoever we’ve got available is go= ing to be on the record."

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Irish actor GABRIEL BYRNE was sexually abused and viciously beaten during= his training to become a Catholic priest.
The In Treatment star joined the Irish Christian Brothers as an 11-year= -old altar boy, and undertook his seminary to become a priest for over fi= ve years.
But the 59 year old reveals his days training to become a member of the= clergy were tarnished by sexual molestations and classroom beatings.
In an interview with Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne, he reveals, "Unfortun= ately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact = of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn’t wan= t to be left in the dressing room with him. There were certain boundaries= , sexual boundaries, that were crossed.
"It didn’t go on over a prolonged period but it happened at a very, ver= y vulnerable moment. I feared being beaten, and I was beaten very regular= ly. It did affect my sense of myself."

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MEL GIBSON was left fuming during a recent U.S. TV interview - after a Je= wish reporter quizzed him over his alleged drunken anti-Semitic rant in 2= 006.
The Lethal Weapon actor is back in front of the cameras to promote new = crime thriller, Edge Of Darkness, and was being interviewed by broadcaste= r Sam Rubin for Los Angeles’ KTLA 5.
After starting out pleasantly, the interview turned nasty when Rubin - = a Jew - asked the star about the time he reportedly made a series of unpl= easant remarks to the Jewish cop who arrested him for drink driving over = three years ago.
Rubin asked the actor, "Some people will welcome you back, some people = will say you should never come back." A seemingly offended Gibson sat forward and angrily asked, "Why?", befo= re Rubin answered, "Because of what happened before. The remarks that wer= e attributed to you." Gibson returned, "The remarks that were attributed to me. I didn’t nece= ssarily make those comments," before asking, "I gather you have a dog in = this fight? Do you have a dog in this fight? Or are you impartial?" The interview then continued after Rubin changed the direction of his q= uestions.
Gibson publicly apologised following the incident and the arrest was ex= punged from his record last year (09), after he served three years probat= ion. He also quit drinking.

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JOHN MAYER’s love of porn has turned the rocker into a penis obsessive.
The candid star insists he’s "100 per cent straight as an arrow" but he= can’t help but glance at his manhood competition when he’s in the locker= room at a gym.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "Because of all the porn I’ve watched,= I’m now enamoured with what I call ‘the third child’. It’s not male, it’= s not female. It’s a new creation by way of the hundreds of blow-job film= s I’ve seen.
"There’s a new brand of d**ks going around right now. It’s a new d**k. = It’s a superd**k. This superd**k is straight and one colour, and it seeks= to destroy the race of men before them." The Daughters singer read the magazine’s new cover article on Wednesday= (20Jan10) and admits he’s not sure he came across very well as he opens = up about past romances, group sex and his love of masturbating.
He sent a ‘tweet’ to fans, which read, "I’m still not sure if I would w= ant to hang out with me." Tattooed Mayer appears shirtless on the cover of the magazine. (KL/RS/M=

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON is auctioning herself off to raise funds for the Haiti= earthquake relief effort.
Four fans will get the chance to hang out with the actress after her op= ening night in Broadway play A View From The Bridge on Sunday (24Jan10) a= t the Cort Theatre.
Proceeds from the auction will go to Oxfam’s Haiti Earthquake Response = Fund.
Johansson will also be part of George Clooney’s Haiti telethon on Frida= y night (22Jan10).

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CHARLIE SHEEN has been given permission to break the restraining order ag= ainst him and nurse his wife through a bout of pneumonia.
The actor and his wife Brooke Mueller have been estranged since a Chris= tmas Day (25Dec09) fight, which landed him in jail in Aspen, Colorado, bu= t now the judge who ordered Sheen to stay away from the real estate agent= has agreed to relax the order.
The judge agreed to a request to sign an emergency order allowing Sheen= to visit Mueller in hospital in Los Angeles.
The new order allows the actor to communicate with his estranged wife w= hile she is in hospital - unless his wife asks him to leave.
Sheen reportedly showed up at the hospital shortly after hearing his wi= fe had been admitted on Wednesday (20Jan10), but was turned away because = of the existing court order.
Mueller was admitted to intensive care with a fever of 105 degrees.
The estranged couple is scheduled to meet with the Aspen judge on Frida= y (22Jan10) to discuss the status of the restraining order against Sheen.
Their lawyers are reportedly trying to get the court date moved to next= month (Feb10).

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RIHANNA performed BOB MARLEY’s uplifting REDEMPTION SONG on OPRAH in Amer= ica on Wednesday (20Jan10) and dedicated the tune to the people of Haiti.
The singer agreed to appear on the TV show as part of an hour-long spec= ial dealing with the struggles in Haiti following last week’s (12Jan10) d= evastating earthquake.
Rihanna chose to say very little, but sang a tune she revealed she list= ens to in times of desperation.
She said, "Growing up, anytime there was a difficult situation, I alway= s listened to this song ‘cos it was so liberating.
"Even now I listen to it when my back is up against the wall and I feel= like the people Haiti need to hear something inspiring." Maxwell also performed on Oprah’s Haiti special.
The songs the two R&B stars performed are now available as downloads vi= a Oprah’s website - all proceeds from sales will go to the relief effort.
Rihanna will join Jay-Z and U2 stars Bono and The Edge for another Hait= i-inspired performance as part of George Clooney’s Hope For Haiti Now tel= ethon on Friday night (22Jan10). Maxwell will also perform.

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HARRISON FORD was so frustrated with EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES co-star BREND= AN FRASER’s fluffed lines, he had "tech talk" scenes stuck to his forehea= d.
The Indiana Jones star, who was also a producer of the film - about a r= eal-life father’s struggle to save his daughters with the help of a pione= ering scientist - was keen to save time and money on the shoot and grew w= eary of Fraser’s inability to get his tongue around complex medical terms= ..
The Mummy star recalls, "We’d spent an entire day… and it came (to me= ) and all I had to do was come up with one or two lines and, for the life= of me, I couldn’t get it right… It’s the pinnacle moment.
"Harrison’s like, ‘F**kwit…’ I said, ‘I’m sorry, man, I can’t get the= line.’ He says, ‘Yes you can, there’s money on the line.’ "He reached over and grabbed a piece of gaffer tape, wrote it (the line= ) and stuck it to his forehead… and I read the line off of his forehead= .."

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"I look just like the girls next door… if you happen to live next door = to an amusement park!" DOLLY PARTON pokes fun at her colourful image. (KL=

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Reality TV star HEIDI MONTAG’s music career has taken an embarrassing hit= - her debut album has sold just over 1,000 copies in the U.S.
The Hills star boasted about recouping the $2 million (=C2=A31.25 milli= on) she spent making her record, Superficial, in a week - but it seems sh= e’ll have quite a wait.
Released on Tuesday (19Jan10), the album sold less than 1,000 copies in= its first day and only slipped past the mark on Wednesday (20Jan10).
Promoting the album last week, Montag told Entertainment Weekly magazin= e, "I put every dollar I have into this. I’ve spent over $1 million, almo= st $2 million, on this album. It’s cost as much or more than a Britney Sp= ears album because I wanted it to be that quality… The songs will make = an impact in pop history."

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TAYLOR SWIFT hopes to turn her new Nashville, Tennessee home into a fairy= tale dream palace, complete with a fish pond around her fireplace and a h= uman-sized birdcage.
The country singer has big plans for her new pad and can’t wait to move= in once renovation work is complete.
She tells Rolling Stone magazine, "It’s going to be my fantasy world. T= here’s a pond in the living room… The pond is a moat around the firepla= ce and may possibly have koi fish in it.
"You step on a stepping stone in the pond in order to get on a spiral s= taircase, which takes you up to the human-sized bird cage observatory.
"They’re delivering a human-size birdcage, which I’ll put a brass teles= cope in. The ceiling of my living room is painted like the night sky." (K=

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Punk group PUBLIC IMAGE LTD’s upcoming Coachella Festival show will be th= e group’s first U.S. performance in 17 years.
John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols band reformed last year (09) for shows in= Britain and now they’re confirmed among the acts on the Coachella bill o= n 16 April (10).
And the punk icon insists he’s sounding just like his alter-ego Johnny = Rotten: "I sound like a bag of kittens thrown down the staircase." 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of PiL’s first U.S. tour.

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Hip-hop star WYCLEF JEAN accepts his Yele Haiti foundation has been "poor= ly run" - but he’s determined to make it a leading charity hub for the de= sperate people of his homeland.
The former Fugees star’s charity has been targeted by critics, who clai= m the Gone Till November hitmaker has personally profited from foundation= cash.
Jean insists that’s not the case, but there is evidence that some of th= e people he has hired to help him run the charity have been abusing their= position.
Speaking about the charity controversy on Wednesday’s (20Jan10) Oprah s= how in America, the proud Haitian said, "When you’re starting (a) busines= s, it’s important to have the right people around you. When you’re starti= ng a foundation it’s even more important… It’s important you have logis= tics on the ground - the helicopters, the trucks; that’s the only way you= ‘re gonna make a difference.
"So the attack on me, it basically came because, once we started our mo= vement, no one was focused on Yele until they noticed that we were raisin= g $1 million a day after the earthquake. What that did is it rose a lot o= f eyebrows.
"Is there a mistake in running the foundation…? Of course… Have I e= ver used Yele money for my personal benefits? No… I put money into my f= oundation.
"But I do think it was poorly run and I think that we have learned from= our mistakes, and, moving forward, I think we’re gonna be stronger than = ever."

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"I wasn’t presenting. It was just my job to sit there and have good tim= e… All of a sudden there’s a red light on and I just spazzed." BRENDAN = FRASER on his odd behaviour at the Golden Globe Awards - he appeared to b= e enjoying Robert De Niro’s tribute to Martin Scorsese a little too much.= (KL/WNV/IG) ————————————————————————-=

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DENNIS QUAID’s two-year-old son THOMAS BOONE sparked a security scare at = the family ranch in Montana over Christmas (09) when he called the cops.
The actor and his wife Kimberly lost sight of their son for a minute an= d found him on the phone.
Quaid recalls, "T Boone is in love with numbers… For a minute there i= t was like, ‘Where’s T Boone?’ and we walk in and he’s just, like, hangin= g up the telephone.
"We discovered that his favourite numbers are 9-1-1 because 30 minutes = later this cop car pulls up from the sheriff’s office with the light goin= g. They thought something was going on."

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CHLOE SEVIGNY hopes her BIG LOVE Golden Globe win will help to shed light= on polygamous religious sects and the damages they can cause.
The actress plays a member of a fictional Mormon family in the show, a = role which earned her a Best Actress award at Sunday’s (17Jan10) ceremony= ..
Speaking out after her win, Sevigny slammed sects like those depicted i= n the show.
She told Daily Variety, "These women are kept extremely repressed. They= should be helped.
"They don’t even know who the president of the United States is." (IG/D=

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British actor RAY WINSTONE has defended MEL GIBSON over his drink driving= arrest in 2006, insisting it could have happened to anyone.
The Braveheart star was arrested after he was spotted leaving a Malibu,= California bar and subsequently sentenced to three years probation on a = misdemeanour driving under the influence (DUI) charge.
He also prompted outrage after it was revealed he made anti-Semitic rem= arks to the arresting officer.
Gibson subsequently issued two public apologies about his comments, but= he’s still the brunt of Hollywood jokes - as Golden Globes host Ricky Ge= rvais made clear during Sunday night’s (17Jan10) ceremony.
The funnyman poked fun at the movie star’s past drinking problems, joki= ng, "’I like a drink as much as the next man… unless the next man is Me= l Gibson." But now, Winstone, who stars alongside Gibson in new movie Edge Of Dark= ness, has spoken out in favour of the Lethal Weapon actor, calling for pe= ople to stop giving him "a hard time".
He says, "Mel gets a hard time but you know what, it’s all complete bol= lo**s. He’s a proper geezer (great guy). Anyone can be drunk and get into= a bit of bother with a copper who’s got the hump (upset), you know?" (KD=

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