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Brown Misses Awards, Accused Of Battery

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 9, 2009

Los Angeles police say Chris Brown has turned himself in to authorities investigating an alleged felony battery involving the R&B singer.

Los Angeles police officer Karen Smith says Brown walked into a station about 7 p.m. Sunday and was being interviewed by detectives. Police records showed he was being held on $50,000 bail.

Police say the 19-year-old singer and a woman were in a vehicle early Sunday when they began arguing, and the argument escalated when they got out of the car.

Police say the woman identified Brown as her attacker, but he was gone by the time officers arrived.

Both Brown and his girlfriend, fellow singer Rihanna, separately dropped out of Sunday night's Grammy Awards. Both were nominated and scheduled to perform.

'Slumdog' Wins 7 BAFTAs
Rags-to-riches story "Slumdog Millionaire" continued its fairy-tale journey Sunday, winning seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards and sealing its place as favorite for the Oscars later this month.

Kate Winslet and Mickey Rourke also gained Oscar momentum with acting wins - Winslet for her role as a former Nazi concentration camp guard in "The Reader," Rourke for his performance as a washed-up athlete in "The Wrestler." Heath Ledger won a posthumous supporting actor award for "The Dark Knight."

"It's such a pleasure to be back here, out of the darkness," Rourke said.

"Slumdog," Danny Boyle's film about a Mumbai street boy's rise from poverty to game-show triumph, went into the ceremony with 11 nominations and won prizes for best film, best director, adapted screenplay, music, cinematography, editing and sound.

The London awards, popularly known as the BAFTAs, have a reputation for predicting who will win at the Academy Awards. All four of last year's acting winners went on to take home Oscars.

Penelope Cruz was named best supporting actress for the Woody Allen comedy "Vicky Christina Barcelona."

Ledger's widely anticipated victory was the only win for the "The Dark Knight" from nine nominations.

First Oscar Goes To Pixar President

Host Jessica Biel wore Oscar de la Renta, but it was bearded, buttoned-down Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull who got whoops and whistles at the first Academy Awards presentation of the year.

Attendees yelled and stood for Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, as he accepted an Oscar statuette Saturday night for a lifetime of work in computer animation.

Nine other men were honored at the annual scientific and technical awards ceremony, which put a spotlight on the geekier side of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Today's Birthdays

Singer-songwriter Carole King is 67. Actor Joe Pesci is 66. Actress Mia Farrow is 64. Actress Judith Light is 60. Rhythm-and-blues musician Dennis "DT" Thomas (Kool & the Gang) is 58. Actor Charles Shaughnessy is 54. Actress Ziyi Zhang is 30.

Source: The Associated Press

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