Rap star Kanye West was named Best Hip Hop artist but still came off as a sore loser at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Kanye apparently was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed the stage Thursday in Copenhagen when the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for "We Are Your Friends." In a tirade riddled with expletives, Kanye said he should have won the prize for his video "Touch The Sky," because it "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons." "If I don’t win, the awards show loses credibility," Kanye said. The rapper grabbed the Best Hip Hop award earlier in the night in a star-studded event hosted by Justin Timberlake in the Danish capital.
The weird world of Wesley Snipes has taken another twist. Seems that the fugitive "Blade" and "Passenger 57" star has reached a settlement with the IRS concerning his tax fraud charges. Agreement will likely see Snipes surrender to federal authorities when he next returns to the U.S. In return for agreeing to a payment plan, Snipes will not be jailed and will be allowed both to continue working and to travel abroad. Snipes’ manager, David Schiff of the Schiff Co, made no comment about the details of the settlement, but a company spokesman said they were preparing a statement. According to the Oct. 17 indictment, Snipes used the tax packages of two men he was indicted with to unsuccessfully claim nearly $12 million in refunds for taxes he paid in 1996 and 1997. Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients, reports said. Snipes is in Namibia shooting "Gallowwalker," a horror pic by helmer Andrew Goth. "We are happy that he continues to turn up on set each day. If his indictment creates this amount of press it shows he is a star," said Gary Smith, CEO of the pic’s Blighty financier and sales agent. Smith said that he will be meeting Thursday with pic’s financiers and completion bond provider. "We do have a bond on the pic, though it will probably have certain exceptions." After "Gallowwalker," Snipes is next skedded to appear in "Chasing the Dragon," in which he plays an FBI agent in Asia on the tail of a drug lord. "We are thrilled that he may have settled. If he owes money it makes no sense to lock him up," said a source close to "Dragon." Richard Rionda, chairman and CEO of Hannibal, said that the settlement will allow Snipes to go ahead with the $15 million-$16 million "Dragon." It will begin a nine-week shoot in Thailand in mid-January. "Everyone from IFG to the bank are all a little anxious."
Former Blink 182 leader Tom Delonge has lashed out at his former band’s sound. The band went on “indefinite hiatus” last year after 11 years together, though bandmember Mark Hoppus has since said the band split over Delonge’s indecision on whether he wanted to tour or not. However in a live video posted on Youtube Delonge declared: “I do not want to be in a bullshit pop band with some bullshit pop songs while you drive your fucking bullshit car and sing along to it like you’re some 14 year-old girl.” Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker have since gone on to form (+44) together, while DeLonge set up new band Angels And Airwaves. NME
I am so boycotting anything he ever does from this day on. Blink 182 is one of the best bands ever and to see him sh!t all over it, it is sad. In a few years when A&A is no where to be heard, he will be begging to get back in to Blink 182. I hope they tell his tattooed ass…no way loser!
Rapper Heavy D has sued his former insurance company for $1.5 million he says it owes him after the fatal stampede at a 1991 City College celebrity basketball event. The rapper, whose real name is Dwight Myers, had helped organize the event, and has since paid out $791,899 to settle lawsuits, court papers say. He’s suing for that, plus interest and legal fees, claiming that his $1 million insurance policy should have indemnified him. Nine students were crushed to death after 5,000 young people showed up at a gym capable of holding only half that number.
