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Brown gets more jail

LOS ANGELES

Chris Brown was ordered to remain in a Los Angeles jail Friday after the R&B singer admitted he violated his probation by getting into an altercation outside a hotel in Washington, D.C., last year.

Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin sentenced the singer to serve an additional 131 days in jail, although the term likely will be shortened by credits for good behavior.

His mother and other supporters watched Friday’s court proceedings.

Judge Brandlin sentenced Brown to serve a year in county jail but gave him credit for nearly eight months.

The Grammy-winning singer was on probation in a felony-assault case after he attacked pop singer Rihanna, his then-girlfriend, hours before the 2009 Grammy Awards.

In October, while on probation, Brown was accused of attacking a man outside a hotel in the nation’s capital in October. He was charged with misdemeanor assault.

CW cancels ‘Diaries,’ ‘Tomorrow People’

LOS ANGELES

It looks like tomorrow won’t come for “The Tomorrow People” on the CW. The network has canceled the freshman drama along with “Star-Crossed” and “The Carrie Diaries.”

“The Tomorrow People,” a remake of the ’60s sci-fi drama about a group of paranormal humans fighting for survival, struggled to impress on the ratings front despite the first half of its season benefiting from an “Arrow” lead-in.

The freshman series was moved to Mondays the second half of its run, paired with “Star-Crossed.” The lovestruck story about a group of aliens integrating with humans, whimpered in the ratings with a 0.3 rating in the young adults demo.

Meanwhile, sophomore teen soap “The Carrie Diaries” didn’t quite make the fashionable entrance CW might have liked. The series, which found traction in DVR and online viewing, was moved from Mondays to Fridays with its fall launch, and couldn’t find its footing no matter how well-heeled its star was.

Vindicator wire reports