Foxy Brown faces weapons charge

Foxy Brown faces
weapons charge

NEW YORK — Foxy Brown’s temper seems to have gotten her in trouble again. The 27-year-old rapper, who is on probation for attacking two manicurists at a nail salon in 2004, has been charged with assault and possession of a weapon — her cell phone — for allegedly hitting a neighbor with her BlackBerry. Earlier this year, she was threatened with jail in a hair salon incident in Florida. Police said Brown threw hair glue at a beauty shop employee. The latest arrest could lead to her probation being revoked. “We have filed a violation of probation with the court,” said Jack Ryan, a spokesman for the city Department of Probation. Brown was arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting Arlene Raymond, 25, who lives near the rapper in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn, on July 30. Police said the two women got into a fight over Brown blasting her car stereo. Raymond alleged that a few days later, they passed each other on the street and Brown hurled her BlackBerry at her, cutting her lip and knocking a tooth loose. Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was released on $50,000 bail after her arraignment Tuesday on charges of felony assault, misdemeanor assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Her manager, Chaz Williams, said the charges were false. The rapper was accused of violating probation in the incident at the Florida hair salon. She was threatened with jail, but was restored to probation in good standing in June by a Manhattan judge, who said Brown had kept appointments with her probation officer, passed drug tests and attended required anger management classes.

Studio to remake
‘Enter the Dragon’

HONG KONG — Bruce Lee’s classic 1973 film, “Enter the Dragon,” will be remade by Warner Bros. The remake, to be titled “Awaken the Dragon,” will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, producer of “The Shield” TV series. It will be released by Warner Independent Pictures. In an e-mail Thursday to The Associated Press, Warner Bros. publicist Laura Kim said the movie will tell the story of an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs. China’s Shaolin Temple is renowned for its martial-arts tradition. Lee played a kung fu fighter who infiltrates an island occupied by a rogue martial arts artist in “Enter the Dragon.” He died in 1973, at 32, from swelling of the brain. Lee was known for movies in which he portrayed characters that defend the Chinese and the working class from oppressors. He was born in San Francisco but grew up in Hong Kong, where he made his name as an actor.

Photographer sentenced
for assaulting Mills

LONDON — A photographer convicted of assaulting Heather Mills was sentenced Thursday to 140 hours of community service. Jay Kaycappa, 32, was one of a group of photographers who pursued Mills, the estranged wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, as she cycled through Brighton, in southern England, in July 2006. Mills, 39, has said she ducked into an underground passage to avoid the paparazzi. She testified that Kaycappa cornered her and grabbed her shoulder to swing her around and take her picture. A British court convicted Kaycappa in July. He was also convicted of assaulting Mills’ friend Mark Payne the following evening. The photographer’s lawyer said he would appeal. Mills and McCartney, 65, are in divorce proceedings. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Beatrice.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Maureen O’Hara is 87. Actor Robert DeNiro is 64. Movie director Martha Coolidge is 61. Rock musician Gary Talley (The Box Tops) is 60. Rock musician Sib Hashian is 58. Rock singer Kevin Rowland (Dexy’s Midnight Runners) is 54. Rock musician Colin Moulding (XTC) is 52. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 52. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 49. Actor Sean Penn is 47. Rock musician Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 42. Singer Donnie Wahlberg is 38. Rapper Posdnuos is 38. Tennis player Jim Courier is 37. Actor Brady Corbet is 19.