Cagle faces charges after fight with girlfriend

Cagle faces charges after fight with girlfriend

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer Chris Cagle has been arrested for domestic assault in Nashville after police said he and his girlfriend got into a drunken fight. Corrections officials say Cagle and his girlfriend, Jennifer Tant, have been jailed on misdemeanor domestic assault charges.

Stone’s quake comment draws wrath of Chinese

LOS ANGELES — Sharon Stone’s “karma” comment is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China.

The 50-year-old actress suggested last week that the devastating May 12 earthquake in China could have been the result of bad karma over the government’s treatment of Tibet.

That prompted the founder of one of China’s biggest cinema chains to say his company would not show her films in his theaters, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter.

Ng See-Yuen, founder of the UME Cineplex chain and the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, called Stone’s comments “inappropriate,” adding that actors should not bring personal politics to comments about a natural disaster that has left five million Chinese homeless, according to the Reporter.

What is the relationship between Lindsay, gal pal?

NEW YORK — Just days after photos emerged of Lindsay Lohan kissing her deejay gal pal, Samantha Ronson, rumor now has it that there’s a lot more to the smooch — a wedding in fact.

Whether for real or for show, there’s talk that the troubled 21-year-old actress is engaged to Ronson, 30, who’s openly gay, and has been Lohan’s inseparable sidekick for more than a year.

Lohan’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, denied the reports, stating the women are not engaged and won’t be following in the soon-to-be wedded footsteps of gay couple Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.

Madonna gets OK to adopt Malawian boy

LILONGWE, Malawi — A Malawi judge has approved Madonna’s adoption of a Malawian boy she met in an orphanage in 2006. The 49-year-old pop star wasn’t in court for Wednesday’s ruling.

Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, have been caring for the boy, David Banda, in London. David turns 3 in November.

David’s mother died when he was a month old. His father has said he believed he could not care for him alone, and that placing him in an orphanage was the best way to ensure David’s survival. The father has said he didn’t object to the adoption.

‘Andy Griffith Show’ songwriter dies at 88

LOS ANGELES — Earle H. Hagen, who co-wrote the jazz classic “Harlem Nocturne” and composed memorable themes for “The Andy Griffith Show,” “I Spy,” “The Mod Squad” and other TV shows, has died. He was 88.

Hagen, who is heard whistling the folksy tune for “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Monday night at his home in Rancho Mirage, his wife, Laura, said Tuesday.

He had been in ill health for several months.

He composed original music for more than 3,000 television episodes, pilots and movies, including theme songs for “That Girl,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”

Today’s birthdays

Singer Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is 63. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 58. Singer LaToya Jackson is 52. Actor Ted Levine (“Monk,” “The Silence of the Lambs”) is 51. Actress Annette Bening is 50. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 47. Actress Lisa Whelchel (“The Facts of Life”) is 45. Guitarist Noel Gallagher of Oasis is 41. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder (“Boondocks”) is 34. Singer Melanie Brown (“Scary Spice”) of the Spice Girls is 33.