New Details Emerge About Chris Brown/Rihanna Incident

By Dodai Stewart | February 10, 2009 | 2:00pm

Celebrities Dirt Bag

Updates on the Chris Brown and Rihanna incident:

He is holed up in a Hollywood hotel; she is perhaps more seriously injured that originally reported — she has bite marks on her skin. She’s supposed to be playing Malaysia on Friday but may cancel and head to Barbados, where she was raised. [E!, USA Today]

Rihanna is now out of the hospital and has postponed her concert in Malaysia. Also, the charges filed against Chris Brown — suspicion of making criminal threats — means the victim “is in fear for [his/her] life.” [Yahoo News via E!]
This report claims Rihanna suffered tow “huge contusions” on her forehead as well as a bloody lip and nose. [TMZ]
A cop called the injuries “horrific.” [NY Daily News]
Oh no: Is it true that Rihanna will not file criminal charges against Chris Brown and is no longer assisting investigators? [Media Take Out]
No, this report says she is cooperating with the LAPD. [UPI]
When Chris Brown was on Tyra, he talked about his abusive stepfather and said, “I would never hurt a woman.” [Perez]
Chris Brown has pulled out of his scheduled appearance at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game. [Yahoo News via E!]
Chris Brown’s career may be over, since he was known for a squeaky-clean image. [AP]
The LA Times is defending it decision to out Rihanna as the victim of Chris Brown’s domestic violence case. A reporter explains: “The Times has a blanket policy when it comes to not naming victims of sexual assault. There isn’t a set policy when it comes to physical assault or a criminal threat. In that case, there’s a decision internally and on a case-by-case basis of whether to name somebody. In this case, obviously there was a discussion among the editors about this. The nature of this case – against the backdrop of the Grammy’s, the delay in changing things, the explanations put out by both camps – the decision was made that this was fair game.” [E&P]
Wow. Britney Spears has rehired her former assistant, Felicia Culotta, who was with Britney for years and is a true friend. Good news. [Perez Hilton]
Before the Baftas, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn’t have dinner at one of London’s “posh” restaurants but chose a 40-seat “local curry house” instead. Claudia Schiffer and Robert Downey Jr. were also there, and the group ate vegetable samosas, tandoori lamb chops and the house special, lamb passanda. [Telegraph]
When Brad and Angie got home the kids were “running up and down the hallway” at the hotel and guests had complained about the noise. How much do you want to bet Maddox was the instigator? [The Sun]
Tomorrow is the big day: Jennifer Aniston turns 40! [NY Daily News]
Miley Cyrus has issued a real apology for that racially insensitive picture in which she was seen slanting her eyes. Unlike last time, she uses the word “sorry.” [Perez]
Lily Allen is in the U.S. to promote her album! She’ll do Today, The Tonight Show and visit with Oprah and Ellen. Will she show off her third nipple? [Mirror]
Why won’t Gwyneth Paltrow walk the red carpet with Chris Martin or have their pictures taken as a couple? “It’s cheesy,” she says. “I mean, who wants to live like that?” [Fox 411]
After the Grammys, Chris Martin stayed out partying and Gwyneth was nowhere to be found. [NY Daily News]
Ben Affleck wants a son he can dress in Red Sox gear. [Mirror]
Is Guy Ritchie moving to New York to be closer to his kids? [Mirror]
Christian Bale’s sister Sharon has heard the audio of his rant on the set of Terminator and says: “He seems to be incredibly stressed and angry at the moment. I think he might need help.” She’s reminded of last summer’s incident in a London hotel, when Bale “attacked” her and their mother. “He verbally attacked us,” Sharon claims. “He spoke in the same aggressive way he did to that lighting engineer. I wouldn’t have minded so much but it was in front of my family and three children.” [National Enquirer via Telegraph]
Hmm, seems like Cate Blanchett will play Maid Marian in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood movie — the role Sienna Miller was “too young” for. Not-exactly-nimble Russell Crowe is the leading man. [Variety]
Heath Ledger fans would like to see the character of The Joker retire from film, so that Ledger’s portrayal is the final word. One fan explains: “We think this psycho in scarred whiteface is the best ever. No one can improve it. So please, Hollywood, use other enemies in the sequels to come.” [Wired]
Apparently Paris Hilton told Paul McCartney she’d love to do a duet with him. She also said of his hair: “It’s just like in The Beatles. It’s so cute.” She must be stopped. Why does she even get invited places? [The Sun]
Mickey Rourke tried to hook up with an actress named Abi Titmuss after the Baftas; she had to tell him: “No, I won’t be sleeping with you tonight, Mickey.” Also: Rourke took a sleeping pill before the awards to “calm his nerves” and was seen staggering around with a champagne bottle. [The Sun]
Mickey Rourke’s speech at the Baftas: “Salty.” He said: “Thank you to BAFTA, to Optimum Pictures, to Fox Searchlight, to [director] Darren Aronofsky, who gave me a second chance after I fucked up my career for 15 years… I want to thank my agent, who put his career in jeopardy by representing me several years ago, David Unger… I want to thank my publicist, Paula Woods, for having the hardest job in show business — telling me where to go, what to do, when to do it, what to eat, what to dress, what to fuck… Oh God, it’s such a pleasure to be here and be back out of the darkness.” [UPI]
For his flick The International, Clive Owen had to run through a busy market in Istanbul with a gun in his hand because they couldn’t get permission to shut the market down. He says: “I had a security guy very close to me but some of the reactions were pretty shocking. People would see the gun and just laugh. If it was New York or London I’d be put up against the wall if I was running through the streets with a gun – no matter who I was.” The Turkish were unfazed. [Daily Express]
Fatherhood is Clive Owen’s favorite role right now, you guys. Read about how his daughters are obsessed with Friends. [USA Today]
Speaking of Clive, he stars with Julia Roberts in Duplicity, and this article is about her return to the screen as a leading lady. [NY Times]
Kylie Minogue, her sister Dannii and Natalie Imbrugllia will host a benefit show in London for the victims of the Australian bush fires. [This Is London]
Fore! Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to narrate a documentary about African-American pioneers in golf. [Daily Express]
Congrats to Kelis, who is pregnant; her husband, rapper Nas, is the father. [Mirror]
DMX is in jail but has threatened to fight the guards, saying he would “assault somebody to get some respect.” He also announced: “Y’all gonna make me lose my mind up in here.” [TMZ]
ABC will film Siegfried & Roy’s final farewell performance for a special edition of 20/20. We have a feeling the “one-night, one-time illusion” will probably involve them disappearing. [UPI]
Oh dear: the original cop is suing the Village People. Insert “Macho Man” joke here. [AP]
Bob Marley’s face on clothes, food and video games? [WSJ]
Blind item! “Which beauty’s marriage dissolved when she was caught having an affair with a man Down Under? Her husband wasn’t bothered that she was pregnant with the other man’s child – just that she was indiscreet.” [Gatecrasher]
“It stinks! Those boys are slovenly and have garbage and clothes everywhere. You’d think they were living in a frat house!” — An insider on the home of Gossip Girl‘s Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick. [NY Daily News]
“If I waited too long, it’s because we were supposed to do other things. If it is just too late? There are millions of children on this planet that I would be honored to call my own.” — Sandra Bullock on being 44 and not having had a biological child. [People via InStyle]
“[Kim’s] the first girl that’s ever cooked a meal for me. That’s honestly how she got me – with the food! She cooked one of my favorite meals, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, candy yams and fried chicken and it was ridiculously good. My boys were there and the first thing they said was, ‘she’s a keeper!'” — Reggie Bush on Kim Kardashian’s skills. [MSNBC via OK!]
“I’ve been very lucky in the last few years, haven’t I? I’m where I want to be, really, in terms of the opportunities I’m getting and the people I’m working with. If it keeps going like it is and I keep working with the caliber of people I’ve been working with, I’m just thankful.” — Clive Owen. [USA Today]
“My breasts, my face, liposuction, a tummy tuck, a leg lift. I’ve had everything you can think of except for my eyes and lips. I wouldn’t touch them” — Sharon Osbourne on her plastic surgery to Ladies’ Home Journal. [Page Six]
“I have 10 songs, and three of them I think are really good. The others are pretty crap, but we’re working on them.” — Joaquin Phoenix, on his rap career. [MSNBC]
“I love the storytelling aspects of hip-hop, but I love the wordplay, as well. I just think the rhyming is fantastic, and I love, like, the raw emotion of it.” — Joaquin Phoenix. [AP]
“I didn’t actually lose it. But nobody knows where it is at the moment.” — Angelina Jolie on her Oscar, which she gave to her mother; her mom died in 2007. [Variety]
“I think you’re born an artist. It’s like being gay. You’re born gay, and then you discover that’s who you are over a period of time in a world where maybe being gay is not the normal thing. Then you look it in the eye and you say thank you, and you put it in your heart and you lock it up and you go. When you’re 12 years old and making clothes with plastic flowers attached to them, and trying to choreograph shows at your school that are entirely too sexy — you start to be like, Okay, this is my aesthetic. My aesthetic is in so many ways exactly the same as it was when I was younger, I’m just smarter. And I know how to execute the ideas. And I have a bigger budget.” — Lady GaGa. [EW]
“I just don’t feel that it’s all that sexy. It’s weird. And uncomfortable. I look at photos of myself, and I look like such a tranny! It’s amazing! I look like Grace Jones, androgynous, robo, future fashion queen. It’s not what is sexy. It’s graphic, and it’s art. But that’s what’s funny: Well, yeah, I take my pants off, but does it matter if your pants are off if you’ve got eight-inch shoulder pads on, and a hood, and black lipstick and glasses with rocks on them? I don’t know. That’s sexy to me. But I don’t really think anybody’s dick is hard, looking at that. I think they’re just confused, and maybe a little scared. It’s more Manson to me than it is sexy.” — Lady GaGa. Click for more amazing quotes! [EW]