newsmakers

April 20, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

newsmakers

Chris Brown to host Haiti benefit concert

NEW YORK

Chris Brown will headline and host a benefit concert in Virginia next month.

“Virginia Stand Up! A Call to Action” will be May 15 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Performers will include Trey Songz, Keri Hilson, T-Pain, Mario and Ryan Leslie.

The 20-year-old R&B singer said in a statement Monday he wanted to personally contribute to the Haitian relief effort and support an organization that helps people in his home state. Proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross and the Central Virginia Foodbank.

Brown was sentenced last year to five years’ probation and six months of community labor after pleading guilty to felony assault. He was charged in an attack on his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, hours before the 2009 Grammys.

Osbourne giving implants to Ozzy

NEW YORK

Sharon Osbourne says she’s having her breast implants removed this summer and will give them to her husband, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, as a paperweight.

The 57-year-old reality TV star says the implants will be better on Ozzy’s desk “than on my chest, ’cause they’re awful.”

She confirmed reports of her plans to do so during an appearance Monday on the “Today” show.

Osbourne is competing on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” She says the show is the hardest thing she’s ever done in her career, but also the best.

Says Osbourne: “It’s constant mental pressure, and you’ve got such a short time to do each challenge. ... It’s really tough.”