Imus returns to airwaves after firing
Will Don Imus be defiant or contrite? Will he mock his skeptics while making his triumphant return to radio Monday.
Or will he muzzle his mouth?
“That question is part of the drama of his reemergence,” said Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine, an industry trade journal. “Imus faces some choices.”
Imus isn't talking, yet, but it's safe to say radio's best-known curmudgeon will have lots to say when his show kicks off at 6 a.m. EST Monday on WABC-AM and other Citadel Broadcasting Corp. stations around the country, ending his nearly eight-month banishment from the air.
Brooks charity concerts for fire victims sell out
Garth Brooks is more than a memory in Los Angeles. A series of concerts he's giving to raise money for victims of recent wildfires sold out in less than an hour Saturday, according to his Web site.
The 85,677 tickets for five concerts went for about $45 each. They will be held in January at Staples Center. Proceeds will go to a fire relief campaign. The money will aid fire victims and provide equipment funding for fire departments around the state.
Brooks last appeared in Los Angeles in 2001.
Former ‘Idol' finalist jailed after fracas
Former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra was jailed early Saturday after a drunken confrontation with police and onlookers, authorities said.
The arrest comes less than two weeks after she pleaded no contest to charges of battery and possession of cocaine.
Sierra, 22, was charged Saturday with disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest and violating conditions of her parole on earlier felony battery and possession charges. She was being held without bond.
- From wire reports
“I've been getting calls all day, but don't have any comment,” he said.
On Nov. 19, Circuit Judge Gregory Holder sentenced Sierra to 12 months probation and random drug screening. She was accused of hitting a man on the head with a glass at a Tampa nightspot in April. Officers then found a small amount of cocaine while searching her afterward at the county jail.
A top-10 contestant on the show in 2005, Sierra entered a California rehab facility in July that was to be documented on VH1's reality show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” sometime early next year.
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Or will he muzzle his mouth?
“That question is part of the drama of his reemergence,” said Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine, an industry trade journal. “Imus faces some choices.”
Imus isn't talking, yet, but it's safe to say radio's best-known curmudgeon will have lots to say when his show kicks off at 6 a.m. EST Monday on WABC-AM and other Citadel Broadcasting Corp. stations around the country, ending his nearly eight-month banishment from the air.
Brooks charity concerts for fire victims sell out
Garth Brooks is more than a memory in Los Angeles. A series of concerts he's giving to raise money for victims of recent wildfires sold out in less than an hour Saturday, according to his Web site.
The 85,677 tickets for five concerts went for about $45 each. They will be held in January at Staples Center. Proceeds will go to a fire relief campaign. The money will aid fire victims and provide equipment funding for fire departments around the state.
Brooks last appeared in Los Angeles in 2001.
Former ‘Idol' finalist jailed after fracas
Former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra was jailed early Saturday after a drunken confrontation with police and onlookers, authorities said.
The arrest comes less than two weeks after she pleaded no contest to charges of battery and possession of cocaine.
Sierra, 22, was charged Saturday with disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest and violating conditions of her parole on earlier felony battery and possession charges. She was being held without bond.
- From wire reports
“I've been getting calls all day, but don't have any comment,” he said.
On Nov. 19, Circuit Judge Gregory Holder sentenced Sierra to 12 months probation and random drug screening. She was accused of hitting a man on the head with a glass at a Tampa nightspot in April. Officers then found a small amount of cocaine while searching her afterward at the county jail.
A top-10 contestant on the show in 2005, Sierra entered a California rehab facility in July that was to be documented on VH1's reality show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” sometime early next year.
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