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Actress Megan Fox files for divorce from Brian Austin Green

LOS ANGELES

Actress Megan Fox has filed for divorce from actor Brian Austin Green after five years of marriage.

The “Transformers” star cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup.

The couple has two sons together, and the 29-year-old actress is seeking joint custody.

Fox and Green began dating in 2004 and married in 2010. She listed June 15 as their date of separation, and her filing indicates they do not have a prenuptial agreement.

The 42-year-old Green starred on the television series “Beverly Hills, 90210” and appeared on the FX series “Anger Management.”

Fox starred in 2014’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie and its upcoming sequel.

Court denies bid for B.B. King’s records

LAS VEGAS

A court in Las Vegas denied a bid by one of B.B. King’s daughters to obtain the late blues icon’s medical records from an executor who she alleges mishandled her father’s treatment before he died.

Probate Commissioner Wesley Yamashita told a lawyer for Patty King on Friday that she can subpoena the records, so he didn’t need to issue a court order.

The lawyer for B.B. King’s estate told the judge that he thinks Patty King is fishing for evidence that the musician’s longtime business manager, LaVerne Toney, mistreated him before he died May 14.

Toney, who’s executor of King’s estate, and attorney Brent Bryson deny Patty King’s allegations.

Bryson says B.B. King never wanted his medical records made public.

Patty King says she’ll keep fighting to get the records.

Dr. Dre issues statement apologizing to ‘women I’ve hurt’

LOS ANGELES

Dr. Dre has issued a statement to The New York Times apologizing to “the women I’ve hurt” without specifically acknowledging the reason for the apology.

The 50-year-old music mogul says in comments published Friday on the Times website that he “deeply regret[s] what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.”

Dre pleaded no contest to criminal battery charges after allegations he violently attacked journalist Dee Barnes in 1991. Barnes published a story online this week about the assault. Other women, including Dre’s former girlfriend Michel’le, also have claimed he was violent toward them.

Attention on the decades-old charges resurfaced after last week’s release of the hit biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” which omits mention of the Barnes incident or any allegations of violence against Dre. The film, which tells the origin story of the rap group N.W.A, topped the box office during its opening week and is expected to be No. 1 again this weekend.

Asked why the film doesn’t include the Barnes incident, director F. Gary Gray said, “You can make five N.W.A movies with all the information that is out there. ... We couldn’t get everything in.”

Associated Press