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Lifestyle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Rehab:Brown threw rock through mom’s car window rehab center where Chris Brown voluntarily enrolled for treatment says the singer was discharged after Athrowing a rock through his mother’s car window. The letter from the facility was included in a probation report that was given to a judge and prosecu- tors Wednesday. The judge considered the report when he ordered Brown to spend three months in a residential treat- ment facility and to submit to drug testing. The rehab center is not identified in the letter. It says Brown threw the rock at his mother’s car after a joint coun- seling session Nov. 10. The incident was a violation of an agreement the singer made to refrain from violence when he entered treatment. The singer appeared in court Wednesday with his girlfriend Karrueche Tran and only spoke once to acknowledge he agreed to the terms imposed by the judge. Brown was in court for the first time since he was arrest- ed last month on a misdemeanor assault charge in Washington. A 20-year-old man accused Brown of punch- ing him after he tried to get in a photo with the singer. Brown denied to police that he hit the man but was charged with misdemeanor assault and is due to appear in court Monday. Brown was ordered earlier this year to re-do This Nov 16, 2013 image released by NBC shows , center, performing during the opening of ‘,’ in 1,000 hours of community labor that are part of his sen- New York. — AP tence for felony assault in the 2009 beating of , his girlfriend at the time. — AP Lady Gaga hits number one despite weaker sales

ady Gaga entered the Billboard 200 album chart at number Lorde held on to number one for an eighth week with “Royals,” one Wednesday with her new release “Artpop,” though it with ’s “The Monster” featuring Rihanna hard on its heels Recording Lsold less than its predecessor. The recording industry trade at number two. artist Chris journal said fans bought 258,000 copies of “Artpop” in its first Lady Gaga is one of only three female solo artists this year with Brown week, compared to “Born This Way” in 2011 which moved 1.1 mil- that sold more than 150,000 albums in the first week, appears in Los lion copies in the same time frame. Fifty-seven percent of those alongside with “Prism” (286,000) and Angeles court sales were digital downloads, said Billboard, which bases on its (270,000) with “.” “Artpop” signals a return to the pop on November charts on Nielsen SoundScan data. limelight for the 27-year-old New Yorker after she was forced to 20, 2013 in Billboard noted that “Born This Way”-which also went to num- tone down her wall-to-wall concert engagements to undergo hip Los Angeles, ber one upon its release-likely enjoyed stronger sales on account surgery. — AFP . of a limited-time, 99-cent sale on ’s MP3 downloading — AFP service. In the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, New Zealand’s Lawrence is ’s modern everywoman

t’s not always easy being an Oscar-winner. When Jennifer “The stakes are high for her,” said the actress. “It’s exciting to have a ality contributes to her demand. She endearingly stumbled while Lawrence returned to the set of “: Catching female hero like this. It says a lot about our society.” Though she was accepting her Oscar in February. She refuses to starve to fit the enter- IFire” after winning the best-actress Academy Award for last year’s already on Hollywood’s radar after starring in the acclaimed 2010 tainment industry’s ideals of beauty. And at the Nov. 11 premiere of “Silver Linings Playbook,” she was treated to a round of applause. drama “Winter’s Bone,” which gained her an Oscar nomination, “” in , Lawrence averted from the red carpet to Then the teasing began. “I kind of wish just the ‘Hunger Games’ Lawrence said “Hunger Games” raised the bar. “It took everything to embrace a teary-eyed fan in a wheelchair. “It’s refreshing,” said group didn’t know about (the award) because anytime I mess up my a different place that I could have never imagined. And the (Oscar) Lawrence’s “Hunger Games” co-star of the actress’ lines, Woody (Harrelson) is like, ‘Ya better give that Oscar back!’” said did wonderful things for my career. I’m just rolling with it.” disposition. “She’s not trying to be anything she’s not and she’s got Lawrence. “But when I got back, I told everybody that things were Deemed Hollywood’s “normal” girl, Lawrence’s accessible person- one of the biggest hearts of anyone I’ve ever met.” going to be very, very different,” the actress said, puffing out her Adds “Catching Fire” director Francis Lawrence (no relation): “Jen chest before bursting into a bout of laughter. “The applause was is such a down-to-earth goofball that she sets the bar for everybody. sweet, but really it was like, ‘Let’s move on.’” She doesn’t take herself too seriously. She’s able to do an intense And move on she did, back in theaters this weekend as heroine scene. Then she’ll stop and joke. It’s pretty rare to be able to do it to Katniss Everdeen in the “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” sequel. the level that she can.” Does she take pride in being so relatable? Although the role isn’t traditional Oscar material, playing a bow and “Not really because I never really meant to,” said Lawrence, who’s arrow-bearing fighter in the screen adaptation of ’ ditched her skirt and heels and has changed into a pair of sweats for best-selling trilogy also isn’t hurting Lawrence’s established Oscar her late afternoon interview. “A girl can only take so much!” she track. “I don’t really look for something (like Oscar potential) when I sighed. Returning to theaters Dec. 18, Lawrence will share the screen sit down to read a script,” Lawrence said in a recent interview at a with veteran actors Robert De Niro and Christian Bale in David O. “Catching Fire” media event. “There is not really a lot of thought. It’s a Russell’s 1970s corruption tale “American Hustle.” She admits work- bizarre instinctual and emotional thing that just hits me.” Able to ing with the seasoned cast made her nervous. “But Christian is the tackle dramatic and comedy roles with ease - both in studio block- nicest and made me feel so normal and welcome,” said Lawrence. busters and smaller independent films - Lawrence says her contin- The film was also a chance to again work with Russell, her “Silver ued universal success wasn’t by design. “It just sort of happened and Linings” director. “He’s like creative epinephrine,” she said. Next up everybody complimented me on it,” said the actress. “I started out in for Lawrence will be appearances in “X-Men: Days of Past” and indies and I always imagined myself being in smaller movies for the “ To.”—AP rest of my career. Then ‘Hunger Games’ came along and I was in a big pickle. I would have done it in a heartbeat if it were an indie, but it was giant! I US actress during the France premiere of had to take a few days to think about it.”Lawrence accepted the role the movie ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ at Rex Cinema largely because of her fondness for the strong-spirited lead character. in Paris, France. — AP