Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle, really) was arrested Thursday night at his home in South Florida shortly after his wife Laura called 911, claiming he had kicked and hit her during an argument over buying bedroom furniture. (Ice's wife later amended her statement to say she had only been pushed.)The 39-year-old former rap star was booked on charges of simple domestic battery, and released Friday morning. — MWMUPDATE: Vanilla Ice won't be prosecuted for allegedly beating his wife. "The State declines to file criminal charges," say court papers. "There is insufficient credible evidence... due to the victim recanting her original statement and lack of an independent witness."
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Jon Lovitz has agreed to play the Laugh Factory on Sunset Strip every Wednesday night for the rest of his life. That isn't a joke.... Fresh out of dignity, the '80s Eminem, Vanilla Ice, is joining wackadoodle Baldwin brother Stephen and down-and-out '70s pinup Leif Garrett on CMT's new reality show, Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge, debuting Aug. 10.
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Black. White. Aaaah, good for Carmen... she's making progress. Last week she's calling a black woman a creature, and now look at her. She's marching into the heart of Los Angeles' black community as a white woman seeking acceptance. Pretty bold move, considering everyone on camera (and probably off) is shaking their heads and basically saying, "Yes, we know you'd like to buy the world a Coke and teach the world to sing... but it's not 1971 and you're just starting to get the melody...." Thankfully she has Dianne to set her straight. I like Dianne — so genuine and so, so patient. Did you catch that look on her face when Carmen revealed her true identity — it was like "What the...?" Yet there she is, walking down the streets of L.A.,
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Responding to the news that a big-screen version of Welcome Back, Kotter is in the works — with Ice Cube in the title role and the locale switched to South Central L.A. — Gabe Kaplan told Access Hollywood, "It's totally acceptable. I think it could work and I think [Ice Cube] is the perfect guy." Asked to flesh out the cast, Kaplan suggested "Snoop Dogg will play Horshack and Vanilla Ice would play Barbarino."
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According to Variety, VH1 has greenlit The Surreal Life: Fame Games, an (oxymoron alert!) all-star edition of the reality show featuring such former cast members as Ron Jeremy, Vanilla Ice, Brigitte Nielsen, Chyna Doll and Emmanuel Lewis. Set in (cheese alert!) Las Vegas and hosted by (chubbychops alert!) Robin Leach, Fame Games will pit housemates against each other in showbiz-themed challenges, all in the name of nabbing a $100,000 prize. The hope is that with that kind of cash, the winner could actually buy a clue.
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