Country Singer Chris Cagle Arrested

Chris Cagle [ tickets ] and his girlfriend were both arrested early this morning on misdemeanor assault charges, according to published reports.Police reportedly responded to the home Cagle shares with his girlfriend, Jennifer Tant, at about 4 a.m., after the apparently intoxicated couple got into an argument that turned physical, Nashville newspaper The Tennessean reported. Cagle told police that Tant hit him in the head with an umbrella, and Tant said Cagle had hit her with her purse, the report said.Local law requires persons arrested on domestic assault charges to remain incarcerated for 12 hours before they can be released on $1,500 bond, a Davidson County Sheriff's Department spokesperson told the paper.Cagle is already facing a separate misdemeanor assault charge for a December 2007 incident during which he allegedly punched a man whose girlfriend reportedly became verbally abusive to Cagle when the singer stopped signing autographs for her following a performance.

Spike Lee - Lee Complains About Lack Of Interest For James Brown Biopic

Director SPIKE LEE is struggling to win financial backing for a planned movie about late soul legend JAMES BROWN, insisting there's simply not enough interest in the star's life for the film.

The outspoken filmmaker admits he has been trying to set plans into action for a biopic about the Godfather of Soul for some time - but has failed to get a studio to back his project.

He tells MTV.com, "I have a black-biopic, no-money trilogy: Jackie Robinson. Joe Louis and James Brown. Those are three films I have scripts for and am trying to get done but have been unsuccessful so far.

"They (studio bosses) don't think there's a market for it, they're not interested. Or they think it costs too much. So that's one of those reasons why studios don't make anything.

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Naomi Campbell steps out with convicted swindler at the Cannes Film Festival

Supermodel Naomi Campbell stepped out with a controversial new beau at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday - her date was a convicted swindler.

The runway queen - who has an assault conviction to her name - arrived at the premiere of new movie Che with Christian Rocancourt, a fraudster who has spent five years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from investors.

According to the New York Post, Rocancourt, 40, has impersonated members of Manhattan's famous Rothschild and Rockefeller families and pretended to be the son of actress Sophia Loren in the past, to dupe investors out of money.

Campbell celebrated her 38th birthday after the premiere, with a party aboard Sean 'Diddy' Combs' yacht.

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