Singer Bobby Brown was ordered Monday to remain in jail until a hearing is held June 19 on whether he violated his probation stemming from a drunken driving charge. Brown smiled and shook his head after Circuit Judge Leonard Feiner refused to grant him bond. Brown's wife, singer Whitney Houston, did not attend the hearing as she was busily playing a make-believe keyboard in an empty theater elsewhere. Brown spent five days in jail in 1998 and was placed on probation for a year after he was convicted of drunken driving in a 1996 accident. A warrant was issued for Brown's arrest last June after his probation officer said Brown tested positive for cocaine. Brown, who has a home in Mendham, NJ, was arrested May 10 at the airport in Newark, NJ, as he and Houston arrived from the Bahamas. He was then returned to Florida, where he has been held at the Broward County Jail without bond ever since.
In other legally binding issues, Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland and his girlfriend Mary Forsberg tied the knot on Sunday (5/21) in Los Angeles. We said "tied the knot," not "tied off," by the way.
And speaking of crimes, Max Martin walked off with his second straight songwriter of the year award at ASCAP's 17th annual Pop Music Awards, held last night (5/22) at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The Swedish songwriter-producer is responsible for such hits as Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" and Britney Spears' "…Baby One More Time." Goo Goo Dolls' "Slide" was named song of the year, EMI Music Publishing won publisher of the year and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker received the Founders Award from the performing rights organization. Awards were given to the songwriters and publishers of the most-performed songs from Oct. 1, 1998, to Sept. 30, 1999.
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
The dust settles on the Indio Polo Grounds. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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