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Fiona Apple accused of hashish possession

 
 

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Criminal singer Fiona Apple was reportedly arrested in the little Texas town of Sierra Blanca on Wednesday. TMZ.com says that hashish was found on her tour bus. Apple is currently being held in the Hudspeth County Jail.

Sierra Blanca? That’s the same place where Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, and Armie Hammer have all been busted. Beware!

Bump watch

Duh!! We’ve been reporting this rumor for weeks but Shakira finally confirmed it: She’s pregnant with her first child.

The 35-year-old pop superstar and new The Voice judge posted on her website Wednesday that she and 25-year-old boyfriend Gerard Pique “are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby.” Pique, who is from Barcelona, is a soccer player for FC Barcelona.

The Grammy-winning Colombian singer is postponing promotional activities and will not perform at Friday’s iHeartRadio Music festival in Las Vegas. Shakira said in a 2009 interview that she was ready to reproduce, explaining: “I really would like to have a big belly.”

She dated Antonio de la Rua — the son of Fernando de la Rua, the former president of Argentina — for more than a decade. They split in 2011.

Bald truth

Sinead O’Connor is finally talking about her infamous Oct. 3, 1992, appearance on Saturday Night Live when she ripped a photo of Pope John Paul II. Her unlikely inspiration: Bob Geldof. The 45-year-old singer told UK website HotPress.com that when the Boomtown Rats hit No. 1 in England in 1978 with Rat Trap, Geldof went on Top of The Pops and tore up a photo of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, who had been No. 1 with Summer Nights. “I thought, ‘Yeah, *&%$!’ ” O’Connor also revealed that the photo had been on her late mother’s wall for years.

Broken vows

A judge on Wednesday awarded The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Adrienne Maloof temporary custody of her three sons after she alleged that her estranged husband, Paul Nassif, choked one of them last week. A rep for Nassif confirmed the court decision to People.

Facts of Life star-turned-minister Lisa Whelchel has ended her marriage after 23 years, the National Enquirer reports. The Survivor: Philippines contestant, 49, has three children with pastor Steve Cauble, 62. She apparently waited until their youngest child went away to college before filing.

Starr Report II

Monica Lewinsky’s career as a handbag designer spiraled so now she’s writing a tell-all, the New York Post reports. Memories of good gossip is really all the famed White House intern, now 39, has. Payday: $12 million. Look on Bill Clinton’s face when he heard the news? Priceless.

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    Actress Barbara Barrie is 82. Actress Joan Collins is 80. Actor Charles Kimbrough (“Murphy Brown”) is 77. Actress Lauren Chapin (“Father Knows Best”) is 68. Comedian Drew Carey is 55. Actor Linden Ashby (“Melrose Place”) is 53. Actress-model Karen Duffy is 52. Drummer Matt Flynn of Maroon 5 is 43. Singer Lorenzo is 41. Country singer Brian McComas is 41. Singer Maxwell is 40. Singer Jewel is 39.

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    ‘DWTS’ winner Derek Hough glad he kept dancing

    Derek Hough may have won the 16th edition of Dancing With the Stars Tuesday, but the victory almost didn’t happen: Hough almost didn’t return to the ABC show this season.

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