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Kid Rock Gets Into Brawl At Atlanta Waffle House

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 22, 2007

Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a restaurant and spent about 12 hours in jail before being released, police said.

The musician stopped at the Waffle House restaurant shortly after 5 a.m. after his performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, authorities said.

'He and five members of his entourage were involved in a fight with a male customer inside the Waffle House,' said Mekka Parish, a spokeswoman for the DeKalb County Police Department.

The customer recognized a female with Kid Rock's party and exchanged words with her, Parish said.

'It escalated to a physical altercation between Kid Rock and that male customer and moved outside to the parking lot,' she said. At some point the customer punched out a restaurant window, she said.
Kid Rock left in his tour bus and was stopped by police about a mile from the restaurant, Parish said. The musician and five members of his entourage were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery.

Spears Gets Temporary Visitation Rights
Britney Spears has regained temporary visitation rights of her sons, her attorney said Sunday.

'Yes, she has visitation with the children,' her lawyer, Anne Kiley, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press without elaborating.

Spears was spotted driving with the boys, Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, on Saturday in the San Fernando Valley, People magazine reported on its Web site.

A presumed court-appointed monitor was in the passenger seat of the white Mercedes convertible, and her sons were in the back seat, the magazine reported.

Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon had told Spears on Wednesday that she could not visit her two young children without a parenting coach present until she complies with a court order.

The mandate did not spell out what directives Spears failed to comply with.

Smith To Start Filming In Pittsburgh

Kevin Smith, who has written, directed and acted in several films, including the comedies 'Clerks' and 'Chasing Amy,' said he plans to shoot another comedy in Pittsburgh starting in January.

Smith wrote on the blog viewaskew.com that he would film 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Sunday. Smith filmed 'Dogma' in the city in 1998.

Smith said that he may announce the film's cast in the next two weeks, and that he expected filming to take about 40 days.

He said he expected the film to be released next fall.

Beyonce Makes Splash In Ethiopia

Beyonce Knowles joined the millennium celebrations in Ethiopia with a spirited concert in the capital of the Horn of Africa nation.

Some 5,000 adoring fans in Ethiopia - a country normally unimpressed by Western music - turned out to see Beyonce. In this country, even teens tend to be loyal to music in the national language, Amharic. But Beyonce got a hysterical welcome when she came onstage.

'I want to thank you,' the R&B star told the screaming crowd Saturday evening in return. 'You have been one of the best audiences of my lifetime.'

Beyonce's concert was part of Ethiopia's yearlong celebration of its 2,000th birthday according to its ancient calendar.

Beyonce's opening act, rapper Ludacris, got a lukewarm reception Saturday.

'Rap music doesn't suit Ethiopia,' said local music promoter Michael Melake. 'Ethiopians need a melody.

'Rap music is all about the message and we don't identify with that,' he said. 'It's all about the black American experience, and we don't relate to that.'

Today's Birthdays

Actress Joan Fontaine is 90. Actress Catherine Deneuve is 64.

Source: The Associated Press

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