Chris Brown's Violence Against Women Week Appearance; Britney Had Lutfi's Sister Sneak Her A Cell Phone

• Thanks to the tipsters who let us know that Chris Brown was hanging out at their school, the University of Mary Washington earlier this week, and that his visit was very poorly timed.

• Chris Brown was spotted playing basketball in the school's gym. What's really ironic/disturbing is that it happened to be in the middle of The White Ribbon Campaign, a week devoted to raising awareness about violence towards women. [TMZ]
• Rihanna snuck out of L.A. unnoticed and is now in Hawaii and getting back to work. [TMZ]
• Sam Lutfi's sister Christina testified in court today that she slipped Britney Spears a cell phone at her request because Jamie Spears won't let her use the phone. "[Britney] told me she wanted to get a hold of Sam," said Christina. "She wanted him to help her find a lawyer, and wanted someone to get a prepaid cell phone to her. She was scared because her father was blackmailing her with visitation rights over her kids." Brit's security confiscated the phone. [People]
• These court documents show that Britney Spears' attorney guaranteed that if Britney flakes out and can't finish the Circus tour, he'll pay $1.5 million to vendors. [TMZ]
• A man claiming to be Beyonce's manager tried to push his way into Jamie Foxx's hotel room on March 22. Foxx fended him off, but his security team spotted him today and he was arrested for burglary, criminal threats, stalking, false imprisonment and harassment. [Perez Hilton]
• Government officials in Malawi are backing Madonna's adoption of four-year-old Mercy James. "She is supporting over 25,000 orphans in this country and she has proved that she can take care of David. Very few rich and famous people can take time to fly all the way to Malawi to support our children. We support her adoption process," says Minister Patricia Kaliati. [The Daily Express]
• Ryan Seacrest interviewed Miley Cyrus about her 20-year-old boyfriend, Justin Gaston. He asked, "has your dad not said to you, he's a little too old?" "No," Miley said. He also asked, "Do you think you'll marry your Justin?" to which she said, "If he gets a pretty ring." [RyanSeacrest.com]
• Everyone thought Michael Vick would return to football once he got out of prison, but he has other ideas. He has a construction job lined up and will work a regular 40 hour week. [TMZ]
• There's a rumor that Lindsay Lohan is on a liquid diet and drinks three Red Bulls a day. Her rep says, "Lindsay has always enjoyed a Red Bull, but she eats. Everybody needs to mind their own business and stop worrying about what Lindsay eats or doesn't eat." [People]
• Dina Lohan tried to take her daughters Lindsay and Ali clubbing, but were turned away because Ali is only 15. Dina reported screamed, "Do you know who I am?" when they weren't let in. [Celeb News Wire]
• Lindsay Lohan had yet another nipple slip. [Egotastic]
• Shanna Moakler says she isn't breaking up with Travis Barker because she was having an affair with Gerard Butler, but because Barker was cheating on her. She says after his plane crash, "Not only did I fly to Georgia, I stayed by his side the entire stay and also for the bus ride home... After arriving in L.A. and getting settled in the new hospital, I came across numerous romantic emails with MANY other woman, some famous, some I personally knew - all heartbreaking." [Star]
• Maya Soetoro-Ng, Barack Obama's sister, has a book deal. The book is called Ladder to the Moon and is about what lesson's her four-year-old daughter might have learned from her mother, had she lived. [Politico]
• Last night Mickey Rourke carried an open beer out of a restaurant in Hollywood. [TMZ]
• Tommy Lee has a profile on a dating website for millionaire, but he says "d33pthr0at" is an impostor. In real life he's dating one of the contestants from Paris Hilton's My New BFF. [TMZ]
• Isla Fisher and Courteney Cox had tea together yesterday and brought their daughters along. [Pop Sugar]
• Mark your calendar and cancel all you appointments: the Sex and the City sequel will come out on May 28th 2010. [Perez Hilton]
• Charlie Sheen says one of his twins does not have a heart condition. His rep said: "Charlie and Brooke's infant son remains in the hospital, not because of a heart condition as reported, but because he has not gained the weight necessary to leave hospital. Max is expected to reach the weight requirement shortly and will join his brother [Bob] at home." [Star]
• But now Entertainment Tonight is insisting that the baby does have a heart condition, but is in the hospital because of his low birth weight. [Entertainment Tonight]
• Zooey Deschanel would like to point out that she's not Katy Perry. "It's a little bit annoying, to be totally blunt. The only similarity that we have is that we look a bit alike," said Deschanel. [Perez Hilton]
• Natasha Bedingfield wants you to know that her honeymoon is going well. She says that though you "don't need another half to make me whole...having an 'other half' definitely makes my life a 'whole' lot more fun." [People]
• David Foster, says Clay Aiken is a great father to his sister Jaymes' baby. He says their relationship works because, "she's very close with Clay, they're best friends ... It made perfect sense to me that he'd want to have a child with his best friend." [Entertainment Tonight]
• Jennifer Hudson says her fans don't have to feel responsible for her. She says: "The other day this lady came up to me and got really close to me," she recalls, "and I thought, 'What is it that makes people want to ... embrace me?' I don't like it when people get all emotional. I don't want you to cry." [People]

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