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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Chris Brown Strikes Deal In Illegal Monkey Ownership Case

Chris Brown has struck a plea deal in his illegal monkey ownership case, which includes being banned from owning a monkey for six months.

According to TMZ, the terms of the plea deal indicate that Brown can't buy any monkeys until June 6, 2020. He also has to pay $35,000 to the monkey retreat facility where his old monkey is now living. The facility gets to make a decision as to whether Brown has visitation rights to see the Capuchin monkey.

If Brown meets the conditions of the plea deal, the charges of illegal animal ownership will be dropped in June.

Last year, the 30-year-old singer was charged with two misdemeanors over his possession of a pet capuchin monkey without a permit. However, at the time, he denied owning it and said the monkey belonged to a relative in Las Vegas.

Brown eventually voluntarily turned over the exotic pet to authorities as they were reportedly in the process of obtaining a search warrant and planned to raid his home.

Brown posted a picture on Instagram in early 2018 showing his daughter playing with the capuchin, named Fiji.

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West Coast Performers Announced For 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'

Dick Clark Productions and ABC have announced the list of performers for the West Coast celebration of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020."

The line up includes multi-platinum selling artist Ciara, along with Paula Abdul, Kelsea Ballerini, Blanco Brown, Dan + Shay, Green Day, Dua Lipa, Ava Max, Megan Thee Stallion, Anthony Ramos, Salt-N-Pepa and SHAED.

Grammy-award winner Ciara also returns for her third year as host of the Hollywood Party.

"Hosting 'New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest' has become something I look forward to every year and now my friend Lucy Hale and Billy Porter have joined the family, so the party just leveled up!" said Ciara, who revealed she is going to be performing her new song "Melanin."

YouTube is the presenting sponsor and will produce special content featuring top YouTube trends and stories from 2019 during the live broadcast.

The event will be broadcast Live on December 31 beginning at 8 p.m. EST on the ABC Television Network.

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Juice WRLD Dead At 21 After Reportedly Suffering Seizure In Chicago Airport

Young rapper Juice WRLD died after reportedly suffering a seizure at Chicago's Midway airport on Sunday.

The hip-hop artist, 21, suffered a seizure in the terminal after he landed at Chicago on a private jet from Los Angeles early Sunday morning accompanied by his friends, TMZ reported.

TMZ quoted witnesses as saying Juice WRLD suffered the seizure while walking through the airport.

He was reportedly bleeding from the mouth when paramedics attended to him and died at the hospital.

Juice WRLD, who was born Jarad Anthony Higgins, shot to fame with his viral hit "Lucid Dreams" in 2017

In the track "Legends" from the album Too Soon, released on June 19, 2018, the day after the death of XXXTentacion, he sings, "What's the 27 club? We ain't making it past 21."

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