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Sunday, March 26, 2006
Ludacris hits streets again for guest role
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Our very own Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, whose jaw-dropping first scene in the Oscar-winning “Crash” still stuns folks, will appear on the smaller box in your living room for his next dramatic role.
He’ll play rapper-actor Ice T’s nephew in a guest spot on NBC crime drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” on at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
“When I was approached to work on ‘SVU’ and read the script, there was no way that I could turn down this amazing opportunity,” Ludacris said via a statement. “The character was so rich and the story line so complex that I knew it was something I had to do.”
In the episode, Ice T’s character, squad detective Fin, is put in a bind when his son becomes a suspect in a double homicide.
The case, you see, opens a family secret involving Ludacris’ character. Alas, the only thing TV Guide is currently confirming about the episode is that Luda’s “troubled” character, “knows more about the crimes than he’s letting on.”
At press time, it could not be determined if Bridges’ “Hustle & Flow” and “Crash” nemesis actor Terrence Howard would turn up to kick his butt on “SVU.”
Overscene
Alpharetta pop star Usher and a new gal pal this week at Strip at Atlantic Station sipping sake and enjoying Strip’s trademark steaks. (We’re told that while none of the eatery’s staff could immediately identify the woman in question, she has been described as “older.”) A bodyguard stood nearby. The crowded eatery’s patrons were polite to the singer as he enjoyed a cozy dinner with his date and some pre-dinner cocktails upstairs in a stripper pole-accented area that Strip refers to as “the meat market.”…
Morton’s Steakhouse in Buckhead was so filled with Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday evening, it could have hosted a team meeting, with three tables of players, friends and family. Players Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Kozlov were perched at tables of six each, and Kari Lehtonen was at a more intimate table for two.
Celebrity docket: UK edition
Moments after pleading guilty to seven drug charges, former Libertines frontman Pete Doherty lashed out at reporters and kicked one in the arm.
The 26-year-old Babyshambles singer was more than an hour late Thursday for his appearance at Thames Magistrates’ Court in London. He had to battle through a crush of reporters and photographers to get inside.
He then pleaded guilty to seven charges of possessing drugs including heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana, which police said they found when he was stopped once in December and once in January.
Doherty, the former boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, is already under court supervision for drug charges. In early February, a judge imposed a 12-month community service order and required Doherty to submit to regular drug tests.
Judge Jane McIvor ordered Doherty to return to court April 20, “which will mean we will know the results of his next review on April 12.” She warned that all options remained open for sentencing.
It was when Doherty left the court — wearing his now trademark trilby hat and a gray suit — that he allegedly kicked Trudi Barber, a reporter for the British Broadcasting Corp.’s Radio One station, in the elbow and knocked her microphone to the ground.
Celebrity docket: U.S. edition
A Los Angeles judge has ordered Marion “Suge” Knight to appear at a hearing next month to discuss his assets — or risk having the court take control of the rap-music mogul’s Death Row Records.
Knight has been in a legal battle since he lost a $107 million judgment last year to a woman who claimed she helped start the record empire.
Attorneys for Lydia Harris and her ex-husband, an imprisoned drug dealer who is seeking half of the award as part of their divorce, urged the judge Thursday to place Knight’s company in receivership.
Michael Harris’ attorneys accused Knight of trying to evade his legal obligations by failing to show up for debtor examinations three times. He was absent from Thursday’s hearing. “Enough is enough,” said attorney Steve Goldberg. “It is time for a receiver and an order for contempt.”
Knight’s lawyer, Dermot Givens, asked Judge Ronald Sohigian for a postponement because Knight was hiring a new team of lawyers, but the judge refused.
Celebrity birthdays
Today: Movie critic Gene Shalit is 74. Singer Aretha Franklin is 64. Musician Elton John is 59. Singer Nick Lowe is 57. Actor James McDaniel (“NYPD Blue”) is 48. Actress Brenda Strong (“Desperate Housewives”) is 46. Actress Marcia Cross (“Desperate Housewives”) is 44. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 41.
Sunday: Actor Leonard Nimoy is 75. Singer Diana Ross is 62. Singer Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is 58. Actor Martin Short is 56. Actress Jennifer Grey is 46. Actor Michael Imperioli is 40. Actor T.R. Knight (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 33. Actress Keira Knightley is 21.
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