Mario Dewar Barrett, more commonly known as R&B singer Mario, was arrested and charged with assaulting his mother.

Shawnita Hardaway, Mario’s mother, called police and told them that her son had hit her and was destroying her apartment. When police reached the Fells Point area apartment, they found Shawnita crying in the lobby. She again told the police that her son had hit her and that it was the second time he had done so recently. She claims that in an earlier incident, he had pushed her into the living room causing her to hit her head on the wall. Shawnita also told police that she feared for her life. In the apartment, police found a broken mirror, a broken china cabinet, and a hole in the closet door.

Mario has several hit songs and was also a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars”. He was raised by his grandmother due to his Mother’s drug problems.

Mario’s attorney describes the situation as “an unfortunate incident between a loving son and a mother who continues to struggle with a devastating addiction.” The relationship between Mario and his heroin addicted Mother was the inspiration for his Baltimore based charity, Mario’s Do Right Foundation. The charity provides mentors for the children of drug addicts. It was also the subject of a MTV documentary called “I Won’t Love You to Death: The Story of Mario and his Mom.”

After his arrest, Mario was charged with one count of second degree assault and was released shortly after. To be released, he posted a $50,000 bond. November 9th is the first scheduled court appearance for the charge.

Wyclef Jean was admitted into a New Jersey hospital today.  The hospital visit was confirmed in a tweet to fans.  The past few months have been turbulent for Wyclef.  He attempted to replace the President of Haiti and entered the political race with high hopes.  Only to have them shattered when the election officials determined that he did not meet the residency requirements for the position.  Since he has returned from Haiti, he has reportedly suffered from headaches.  It was believed that he would appeal the election official’s decision and continue to campaign to become the next leader of his homeland.  However, he announced that he would not be doing so and instead started a tour around the globe to meet with different United Nations Officials.  He has also begun work on a new album.

Nick Cannon has reignited his rivalry with Eminem. This time he hasn’t challenged him to a rap battle, but a physical one. Nick recently posted on his official website that he wants to fit Eminem in a ring. He claims that this will solve their issues once and for all and will donate any money received from the event to charity. The challenge read “The time has come! Boys talk the talk, but men walk the walk. Nick has laid down the challenge to meet Eminem in the ring.” The site goes on to say “Nick and the rest of the crew on Rollin’ with Nick Cannon think it’s time for the feud to be over once and for all. And to draw Slim Shady out of hiding. Nick has decided to do it all for charity.” Nick Cannon has even set up a face book page to promote the event.

The animosity started about a year and a half ago when Eminem released his song “Bagpipes form Baghdad” on the Relapse album. In the song he makes comments about Nick Cannon and his wife Mariah Carey, including that he has had an affair with her. Nick Cannon later called the song about the alleged affair “racist bigotry.” It then appeared that Mariah was going to fight back by dressing up as a character that closely resembled Eminem, in her “Obsessed” video. She later claims that the resemblance was actually her brother and cousin, not anyone else. Nick Cannon further defended his wife’s video and stated that she did it as homage to the movie Mean Girls. Eminem then released another single dissing Nick and Mariah called “The Warning” in 2009. Nick Cannon responded with cryptic tweets of bible passages discussing fools and cursing those who work against you. At the BET Awards, Nick allegedly attempted to confront Eminem backstage but claims that he hid behind his bodyguards. Eminem was interviewed by VIBE magazine in August and didn’t have anything to say about the beef. His only comment was “I said what I had to say.”

So far, Eminem is not taking the bait.

Taylor Momsen strips down to undies for new MV

American actress Taylor Momsen is stripping down to her underwear in ‘The Pretty Rickless’, her band, upcoming music video.

The ‘Gossip Girl’ star has shed her clothes while she walks along the street in the new music video.

Fronting the band, the 17-year-old actress has then walked a burning structure while she’s singing anxiety-ridden song ‘Make Me Wanna Die’.

Sung by Momsen, ‘Make Me Wanna Die’ the debut single of the American band and was released in May.

Playing the role of Jenny Humphrey in ‘Gossip Girl’, Momsen fronted the campaign for the ‘Material Girl’ clothing line of Madonna which designed with Madonna’s daughter Lourdes.

Momsen is the face of the new fragrance of John Galliano. She has also done a campaign for New Look, a British clothes store. She also signed a deal with IMG, a top modeling agency, this year.

September 20, 2010

After leaving ‘Take That’, English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams reveals that he did regret to release the cover of the song of George Michael ‘Freedom’ as his first-ever single since he promised to do his own original cover.

Williams has quit the boy band and signed a deal with Chrysalis Records to engage solo career.

Williams has regretted bowing to pressure from the music bosses after they pushed him into releasing the track of Michael called ‘Freedom’.

The ‘Angels’ hit maker said that choosing a cover version wasn’t easy for him after he left ‘Take That’ to release his own stuff but he ended up putting George Michael’s ‘Freedom’ out.

He added that it’s not the best start to start a solo career believing that you’d wanted to be different kind or a unique artist so he just recorded ‘Freedom’ for the record company to go off his back.