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Straight Outta Compton’ a Biopic to Its Own Beat LIFESTYLE37 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015 Music & Movies Howard in court trying to undo divorce agreement errence Howard agreed to a 2012 divorce Revenue Service to report improper deductions. present evidence of duress and extortion settlement with his ex-wife after she After several minutes, Howard tells Ghent, “I’ll attempts that happened outside of the pair’s Tthreatened to leak details about his sex life, drain everything I got to take care of it.” His for- mediation in 2012. his attorney said Tuesday at a hearing on the mer business manager Charles McBride testified The divorce agreement gave Ghent several actor’s efforts to overturn the agreement. that he sent Ghent a $40,000 wire transfer later bank accounts and left Howard with responsibil- Attorney Brian Kramer later played audio of a that day. McBride called the payment “hush ity for several debts, including tax liens. It also 2011 telephone conversation between Howard money.” Yvonne Howard, the actor’s sister-in-law, called for him to pay his wife a share of his earn- and his ex-wife Michelle Ghent in which she said also said in a deposition read in court that Ghent ings in spousal support. had told her that she had taken one of the During the hearing, Howard received a sharp actor’s cellphones that contained footage of him rebuke from Lewis after the judge learned having sex. Yvonne Howard lives in Florida and Howard had snapped a photo of the courtroom did not travel to Los Angeles for the hearing. audience, including reporters covering the hear- Howard contends the statements by Ghent ing. “You guys are always in my business, you amounted to extortion and that the divorce set- don’t want me in yours,” Howard told reporters tlement should be overturned. before a break. Lewis informed Howard that the Ghent’s lawyers say she denied the allega- photo was a violation of court rules and cut the tions during a deposition. Ghent has accused actor off when he tried to explain himself. “Are Howard of domestic violence and is also seeking we going to have this discussion again, or are we money she says is owed under the settlement. done having this discussion,” Lewis asked The Oscar-nominated actor and star of the hit Howard. “We’re done having this discussion,” television series “Empire” is expected to testify Howard said. A few moments later, another during the proceeding, which could end bailiff informed Lewis that the presiding judge Terrence Howard attends the 2015 Spike Monday. Howard and Ghent were married in wanted Howard’s phone searched, which led to TV’s Guys Choice Awards at Sony Studios 2010 and she filed for divorce a year later. The its brief confiscation while authorities deter- in Culver City, Calif. —AP dispute has prompted 20th Century Fox, which mined the photos had been deleted. Howard produces “Empire,” to seek guidance on where to received an Oscar nomination for his starring she would sell information if he didn’t pay her. “I send his earnings from the show. role in 2005’s “Hustle & Flow.” —AP will (expletive) bury you deep within the ground,” Ghent is heard saying on the recording. Several debts She said she had video of Howard singing naked Judge Thomas Trent Lewis ruled that in the bathroom and could sell the footage for Ghent’s testimony will be limited because she $2 million. She also referred to alleged affairs by did not file certain pleadings before the hear- This photo provided by Kyler Clark shows Johnny Depp, right, and Joe Perry, the actor and said she had called the Internal ing. The judge also said Howard could only from the musical group Hollywood Vampires. Uggie, dog in The Artist, put down he adorable dog Uggie, famous for his role in the academy award-winning film “The Artist,” had to be put down due to a Ttumor, celebrity website TMZ reported. The brown and white Jack Russel Terrier won over audiences with his stage tricks and cute demeanor in the film alongside Jean Dujardin. Uggie was diagnosed with a prostate tumor and put down last week, TMZ reported. He was 13 years old. Uggie garnered a “Palm Dog” award at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in the 2011 film. The dog appeared in a dozen films and in ads, but is best known for its role in the silent French-made flick “The Artist.” The comedy-drama tribute to Hollywood’s golden age won five Oscars including best picture and best actor for Dujardin. In a tweet, Dujardin said: “Fond memories of my extraordinary colleague: Alice Cooper, left, and Joe Perry from the musical group Hollywood This February 26, 2012 file photo shows Uggie the dog, from R.I.P. Uggie.” The dog achieved one of Hollywood’s top honors-his four winner of Best Picture, “The Artist” as he poses in the press paw prints are embedded in the hallowed Walk of Fame. —AFP Vampires. room at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California. —AFP US pawn shop owner finds Anderson’s lost guitar hanks to a pawn shop own- inside. He contacted the country er, county music singer- music star, who flew Grauer and Tsongwriter Bill Anderson his wife to Nashville, Tennessee, has been reunited with his long last weekend. Anderson invited lost acoustic guitar. Anderson, 77, the couple on stage at the Grand had a vintage Billy Grammer gui- Ole Opry, and he was reunited tar when he broke into the music with his old guitar. Anderson said business more than 50 years ago. the guitar was one of his prized He thinks the instrument was possessions when he first made it Alice Cooper from the musical group Hollywood Vampires. loaned to a music museum that big in the early 1960s. He has went out of business and it had released more than 40 studio been missing ever since. “I sort of albums and charted seven No. 1 Depp to perform concerts forgot about it. I really did,” country singles in his career. “I Anderson told Phoenix TV station wanted him to have it,” Grauer KPHO-TV. “Out of sight, out of said. “It belonged to him. It meant with Cooper, Perry mind. I don’t remember what I something to him.” Grauer said just did with it when I stopped play- seeing the Grand Ole Opry was ohnny Depp is set to perform live with The group will release a self-titled album ing it.” A customer pawned the “just a dream come true. To see the Alice Cooper and Joe Perry as the musi- Sept 11 that includes collaborations with Paul guitar in April at Bell Road Pawn people I was standing next to Jcal group Hollywood Vampires. The McCartney, Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh, Slash, Shop in Phoenix. backstage and shaking their band yesterday announced shows sched- Brian Johnson and others. Depp plays guitar Shop owner Mike Grauer, who hands, I’ll never forget it.” —AP uled for Sept 16 and 17 at The Roxy in West throughout the album and sings background Phoenix pawn shop owner Mike Grauer, left, presents coun- considers himself a country music Hollywood, California. Tickets go on sale on some of the tracks. Proceeds from the historian, said he looked inside the Friday. The trio is based off Cooper’s 1970s album will benefit MusiCares, which provides ty music singer-songwriter Bill Anderson, with his long lost drinking club, the Hollywood Vampires, financial and personal assistance to musi- vintage Billy Grammer guitar before a performance at the guitar’s sound hole and saw the name “Bill Anderson” etched which included John Lennon, Harry Nilsson cians. Hollywood Vampires also will perform Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. —AP and Micky Dolenz. at Brazil’s Rock in Rio on Sept 24. —AP ‘Straight Outta Compton’ a biopic to its own beat he shotgun blast of fury that first Gray (who helmed Ice Cube’s “Friday”) son O’Shea Jackson Jr), Easy-E, the old- Hawkins), MC Ren (Aldis Hodge) and gap between their lives and their cameos. Contract disputes, not music, emanated from South Central Los drives this home repeatedly in scenes er hustler with enough cash to pay for DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr). They’re most lyrics. While rapping about rolling in 6- take over the spirited but lengthy nar- TAngeles in 1988 still packs a of confrontation with the police. They recording sessions (Jason Mitchell), Dr charming before the braggadocio has 4s, they note Easy E is the only one rative. The film, produced by Dr Dre, punch. The new, very much authorized often silently populate the background, Dre, the ambitious DJ schooled in completely set in. Sitting around the with a car. Ice Cube and Easy-E’s widow, Tomica biopic of N.W.A, “Straight Outta always a hovering threat. James Brown and Funkadelic (Corey recording studio, they laugh at the Their rise is incredibly fast. The first Woods-Wright, begins to feel like a Compton,” aims to cement the legacy On the other hand, N.W.A’s unre- single, “Boyz-n-the-Hood,” draws in compromise of “Rashomon” perspec- of the pioneering hip-hop group that morseful misogyny has been brought manager Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti), tives: old friends still assigning blame brought gangsta rap to the mainstream back with no added reflection. With the who remains a pivotal figure through- (mostly on Heller and Knight), working and sparked endless culture debates. lone exception of Dre’s mother, women out the film as both the group’s biggest through guilt (Easy-E died in 1995 Dr Dre, Ice Cube and Easy-E - the three are mostly either an annoyance or champion and, later as a dividing force.
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