NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS RAPPER ARRESTED ON WEAPON CHARGE.Gangsta Noun 1. gangsta - (Black English) a member of a youth gang AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English rapper Spice 1 has been arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon concealed weapon n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat). . The rapper, whose real name is Robert L. Jones, was a passenger in a car that was stopped for speeding Thursday in St. Louis County St. Louis County is the name of multiple counties in the United States:
Jones, 26, of Salida, Calif., was released on $3,000 bond. He had been in the St. Louis area for a radio station promotion. As Spice 1, Jones has recorded two hard-edged, pessimistic albums for Jive Records This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The most recent, ``187 He Wrote,'' refers to the California statute code for homicide and contains simulated gunfire. Some of his songs include ``Trigga Happy,'' ``Dumpin' 'Em in the Ditches'' and ``The Murda' Show.'' Gooding Jr. and Sr. not playing the fool It was spotlight time again for Cuba Gooding Jr. The gabby gab·by adj. gab·bi·er, gab·bi·est Slang Tending to talk excessively; garrulous. gab  bi·ness n. Academy Award winner stopped by Thursday night at
Billboard Live for a show by his father, from the 1970s singing group
The Main Ingredient.
When dad saw son walking up to the stage, he jumped into the crowd and they broke into a duet of the group's 1972 hit ``Everybody Plays the Fool.'' Soon, the elder Gooding grabbed the microphone and joked: ``Don't you go and steal my show. . . . Sit back down and let me sing.'' His son, who played the flamboyant Rod Tidwell in ``Jerry Maguire This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It reads like a personal reflection or essay. ,'' ignored the time limit in his exuberant acceptance speech after winning the Best Supporting Actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista Oscar. He thanked and expressed love for everyone from his wife to God to star Tom Cruise - with loud orchestra music playing in the background as his cue to exit. Actress pans state of French cinema French actress Sophie Marceau, star of the coming ``Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina,'' thinks her countrymen have lost their joie de vivre joie de vi·vre n. Hearty or carefree enjoyment of life. [French : joie, joy + de, of + vivre, to live, living. for filmmaking. ``The French cinema is in danger now,'' she said, noting that the French are going to more and more non-French films. ``We have to think about what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. . We have maybe to think about how to make it more modern, more exciting.'' The 30-year-old actress, whom most Americans saw for the first time as Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's ``Braveheart,'' believes too many of the French still think of their country as the pre-eminent power it was in the 18th century and don't see any reason to change. ``What really annoys me in Paris,'' Marceau said, ``I love my country, but I don't like Paris because people don't have no enthusiasm. About anything! And that's boring.'' Oscar gag leads to movie deal When writer-comedian Dana Snow of Los Angeles submitted a joke to the Oscar Web site on the Internet, he got more fame than he bargained for. He also got a movie deal. ``The next morning, the phone was ringing off the hook with all sorts of offers, asking where they could buy more jokes,'' Snow said Saturday. His joke was among three selected from 35,000 entries and delivered by Billy Crystal during the 69th Academy Awards on Monday night. It went like this: ``You know I'm expecting to win an Oscar next year. I'm making a film called `Price is Very Sexy and Waterhouse is a Genius.' '' Crystal credited the joke to ``D. Snow.'' The next day, Snow said he got a call from Sam Longoria of Burbank-based ST Productions, offering a deal for a full-length film script with the joke as its title. Snow accepted. ``This is all so mind-boggling,'' said Snow, 44, who lives in Hollywood. ``They say the Internet is powerful, but I had no idea it could get me a movie deal.'' Snow, who has been a stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. comic for about five years and has published four books, wrote his joke after Rosie O'Donnell mentioned on her show that Crystal would read the best jokes submitted to the Oscar Web site. Twin white tigers birthed in Florida The world's white tiger population increased by more than 3 percent Saturday when two of the rare cubs were born at Tiger's Eye Productions wild-animal training center in Oviedo, Fla. ``There were 60 left worldwide,'' said Tiger's Eye founder David McMillan, who delivered the pair.``Now there are 62.'' New mom Aesha spent Saturday nursing and grooming the little ones and recovering from the breech births, at 10 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. The cubs, who weighed just 6 ounces each, must be watched constantly for the next several days. Keepers will swathe swathe 1 tr.v. swathed, swath·ing, swathes 1. To wrap or bind with or as if with bandages. 2. To enfold or constrict. n. A wrapping, binding, or bandage. them in blankets and look for signs of dehydration, hoping to keep them alive so they can grow to their 600-pound adult weight. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) GOODING (2) Skating by the Seine French teen-agers show off their skating skills at the Trocadero Plaza in Paris. Associated Press |
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