<![CDATA[Jezebel: jail]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: jail]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/jail http://jezebel.com/tag/jail <![CDATA[Project Runway's Kenley Is Out Of Jail & Searching For The Spotlight]]> The Project Runway All-Star Challenge did not include one of the most infamous characters to appear on the show: Kenley Collins. In an interview with The Daily Beast, the arrested-for-cat-hurling designer declares: "Jail inspired me!"

Kenley spent two days in jail. "But the girl next to me was in there for, like, stabbing her man in the head, like 25 times. She was hardcore." Still, Kenley says, being there was a lesson:

"It made me appreciate freedom. As soon as I got out I made a kick-ass line and did a photo shoot with 10 of my pieces. Everyone kept saying I put new meaning in the phrase ‘pussy-whipped.'"

"After two days they let me out on my own recognizance," she says. "I mean, listen, nobody got hurt. He really just didn't want me to break up with him, that's all. Looking back I'm like, ‘Huh? Did that really happen?'"

As for her Project Runway experience, in which she came off as brash, abrasive and downright bratty, Kenley says: "I just tried to have fun with it… People don't like confident women — I would defend my designs and people would tell me I was rude." Tim Gunn remembers things slightly differently, saying, in an interview with Reuters, that Kenley was the only person who has ever made him lose his temper. He explains: "My patience was simply exhausted and I was just tired of her rudeness ... In the course of 29 years of teaching, you develop a lot of resources to deal with students you'd like to smack."

But Kenley hasn't given up on TV. She's been shooting a new reality series: "It's just me, me, me, and my support team." (That's her PR agent, her assistant and her lawyer.) But, though Kenley plans to show a collection next month at New York's Fashion week, her reality show has yet to be picked up by any network. Was it something she said?

Project Runway's Jailbird Sings [The Daily Beast]
Just a Minute With: Tim Gunn of "Project Runway" [Reuters]

Earlier: Cat Fight
Project Runway: Kenley's "Classy, Expensive" Hideous Hip Hop Jeans
Project Runway: The One Where Everybody Cries
Project Runway: Kenley Sobs, Then Declares: "I Pretty Much Nailed It!"

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<![CDATA[ A judge in Orange County, California signed...]]> A judge in Orange County, California signed an agreement last week that will allow Muslim women to wear county-issued headscarves in jail. The change came after a Muslim woman named Jameelah Medina filed a lawsuit against the county after she was arrested in 2005 for having an invalid train pass and forced to remove her headscarf in from of a male deputy. [MSNBC]

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<![CDATA[Loose Lips]]> Britney Spears will remain free! After five hours of deliberation, the jury could not decide whether Spears was guilty of driving without a license, and the case was declared a mistrial. Had Brit been convicted, she would have faced six months in the slammer and $1,000 fine. • This sounds false, but we're gonna relay it anyway: British tabloid The Mirror says that Jennifer Aniston is up the stick with John Mayer's baby. • Kim Kardashian spent her 28th birthday today visiting boyfriend Reggie Bush in the hospital. The New Orleans Saints running back is recovering from knee surgery after getting injured in Sunday's game against the Panthers. "As long as he is okay, I will have the best birthday ever!!!!" says Kim. Aw. [Us, Mirror, People]

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<![CDATA[Andy Auctions Off Nude Tennis Lesson • Dubai Beach Sex Couple Get 3 Months In Jail]]> Andy Roddick auctioned off a nude private tennis lesson at Elton John's Advanta World Team Tennis Smash Hits AIDS Benefit over the weekend. The winning bid? $15,000. • Speaking of nudes, Playboy is unveiling the Playboy Wine Collection, a limited series of wines that range from $90 to $320/bottle and feature different Playboy covers. • Meanwhile, Playboy Enterprises Inc is shutting down its DVD operations to free up more resources for making online porn. • The recently unveiled 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines recommends at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity for women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. •

• In Florida, a man is seeking $15,000 in damages from a strip club after he was allegedly injured when a stripper's shoe flew off her foot and broke a mirrored ceiling above his head. • Find out how to make cocaine. Hint: The secret ingredient is gasoline! • A new rock opera titled Lovelace: A Rock Opera focuses on the late Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace's life with help from the Go-Go's Charlotte Caffey. • A recent study of prairie voles suggests that a brain chemical related to depression is found in the brain of grieving voles or voles that are separated from their female partners. • Today, a British couple were sentenced to 3 months in jail for having sex on a beach in Dubai. The couple maintain that they did not have sex and plan on appealing the case. • Matchmaking agencies that offer Singapore businessmen foreign brides are seeing business dwindle as the financial meltdown forces male clients to scale back on lavish spending. • The American Cancer Society reports that it is seeing a decline in women over 40 getting yearly mammograms, possibly due to the pain during the process. • Pregnant Japanese women visit Shinto shrines on the Day of the Dog because the Japanese believe that dogs have easy births. • A poll-dancing fitness instructor reached a settlement on Wednesday with the Adams Township in Pennsylvania, allowing her to open up a pole-dancing studio for women. • Mattel denied claims today that the Little Mommy Cuddle N' Coo doll says "Islam is the light" as part of its pre-recorded cooing sounds. • Parents are pulling their children out of a music class at Foxboro Elementary School in Vacaville, California because of the teacher's recent gender reassignment surgery. • A Japanese study claims that high levels of soy consumption can reduce the risk of estrogen receptor-positive tumors and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative tumors, two types of breast cancer. • A 76-year-old woman who is charged in the death of one of her five dead husbands posted bond and was released from jail today in North Carolina. • Doctors say that the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" is the ideal beat (103 beats per minute) to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim. • A new study links decreased dopamine activity, a neurotransmitter typically released in response to a pleasure experience, with obese women when they eat "pleasurable" foods like chocolate milkshakes. •

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<![CDATA[Live, From New York: It's Michael Phelps]]>

  • Michael Phelps will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Um, swimming skits? Will you watch if he's not bare-chested? Just asking. [Yahoo News]
  • Lindsay Lohan responds to the stuff her dad's been saying: "He’s out of control. I want him to stop hurting and talking to the media about the people I love." [Perez Hilton]
  • Sam Ronson responds to LL's dad too: "i really don't want to say anything because i feel like he wins- he, being the man who is so desperate for attention that he goes to the media whenever possible… i am not the reason that he has no contact with his daughter… i feel no need to publicly defend my role in lindsay's life… i'm just sorry that she likes me more than him… i'm not the one that is so lost that i need to use my relationship with lindsay to earn a living…" There's more! [Perez Hilton]
  • Hilary Duff's dad was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court for violating a court order that prohibited him from selling off assets without the consent of his estranged wife, Susan. Susan was requesting $25,000 to celebrate Hilary's 21st birthday (9/28), and pretty much calling Bob Duff a deadbeat dad for not paying up. On one hand, surely Hilary has her own cash? On the other hand, a father has to do what a father is legally obligated to do. He was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs… [Yahoo News]
  • No Britney at the MTV Awards? "Contrary to media reports, Britney was never slated to perform on this year's VMAs," Brit's manager, Larry Rudolph, says. "She's in the middle of recording her next album, which is going amazingly well, and her focus remains on the studio." So why was she in the commercials with Russell Brand and an elephant? Is this an elaborate ruse? [AP]
  • Ladies, listen up: Gerard Butler likes women to make the first move. "I am for equal opportunities. Why should it be the guy's job to kiss? If a woman wants to kiss she should totally do that. I think it is awesome when women take the lead. I love that idea." Oh and click the link to see a very nice (and by nice I mean shirtless) pic. [ONTD]
  • Woody Allen had dinner with Jennifer Aniston. Could she replace Scarlett Johansson as his new film muse? [Yahoo News]
  • Solange Knowles: "I have to say, that was not a very professional introduction before. Please don’t tie me into family and my brother-in-law’s establishment." News anchor: "That wasn't live, Solange. That wasn't on live TV." Yes, there is video. [Just Jared]
  • Kate Moss naked in Interview magazine. [The.Life Files]
  • Britney may not be at the MTV awards, but Katy Perry will be. And MTV producers are looking for a lady she can kiss while she sings, "I Kissed A Girl." They want Lindsay Lohan. Think it's gonna happen? [E!]
  • Salma Hayek's ex-fiancé and baby daddy, billionaire heir François-Henri Pinault, has a new ladyfriend, equestrian Virginie Couperie. Here are pictures of them enjoying a "saucy holiday romp in Tuscany." The ONTD commenters have proclaimed Virginie a "downgrade." [Rush & Molloy]
  • Naomi Campbell's beau, Russian billionaire Vladimir Doronin dropped $18.5 million on a penthouse apartment for Naomi in Sao Paolo. She's thinking of settling down in Brazil. [Page Six]
  • So you know how there's a transgender contestant this cycle on America's Next Top Model? Janice Dickinson says: "I did it on my show first with Claudia (Charriez). But you know what? There’s not going to be a moment where Tyra’s not going to knock me off, so I’m not bothered by her." [MSNBC]
  • Bonnie Hunt says her new show will be "full of humor and definitely accessibility, curiosity and spontaneity." She also says: "It's not so much celebrating other people's bad moments in daytime television, which has been a trend for a long time, but almost celebrating what really makes us laugh, what makes us feel very human and normal at the top of who we are, not necessarily at the bottom of who we are." [Reuters]
  • Ben Affleck's been texting buddy/new dad Matt Damon from the DNC and Matt and his wife are "thrilled" about their new daughter, FYI. [People]
  • Some dude has rammed his car into the gates of the Playboy Mansion twice in the last two weeks, according to the LAPD. Think he's trying to get to the grotto? [LA Times]
  • Suge Knight was arrested and charged with assault after punching his girlfriend and pulling a knife on her. Death Row, indeed. [Reuters]
  • Tori Spelling may not be appearing on the new 90210, but what about 42-year-old Luke Perry? The new ladies in the cast say: "Oh. My. God. I love Dylan McKay" and "Are you kidding me? He's an amazing-looking man. Sexy!" Oh, and in unrelated news, new 9er AnnaLynne McCord, who played Eden on Nip/Tuck likes guns. "My birthday is next week and I'm getting the 380 Ruger and a .38 revolver." [Yahoo News]
  • Oh, and the new 90210 might be pretty racy. Shannen Doherty says: "All I know is there's a girl giving a guy a blow job in the first episode." Doherty and Jennie Garth both dish in this interview. [EW, ONTD]
  • A retired sheriff allegedly broke into Chris Cornell's home, wandered from room to room and urinated in a corner. He was hired by Cornell's ex-wife as a process server. Talk about pissed off. [TMZ]
  • Relations between Madonna and Elton John have been frosty since he accused her of lip-syncing four years ago. But! He went to her concert in Nice last night and they totes made up and are homies again, though Elton cracked, "I'll be found dead of uranium poisoning in three days." [Mirror]
  • Russell Simmons told his yoga teacher her classes had gotten too easy and were for "pussies," so she amped it up; he was seen collapsing into the fetal position. [Page Six]
  • Kate Moss's neighbors are in a spot of bother about a large crack that has appeared in the wall bordering her back garden. The wall could collapse, etc. Also, the paper just wanted to make "Kate Moss Crack Problem" jokes. [Mirror]
  • Jerry Seinfeld's lawyers read papers in court yesterday claiming that Jerry did not slander the woman who accused his wife of ripping off her cookbook. He was just trying to get laughs, mocking frivolous lawsuits. His lawyers are trying to get the defamation suit against him tossed out; Jerry called author Missy Chase Lapine a "wacko" and "mentally unhinged celebrity stalker." [NY Post]
  • Paul McCartney will perform in Israel for the first time, more than 40 years after the Beatles were blocked from giving a concert in the country. [Reuters]
  • Steve Foley, who played drums with the Replacements, has died. He was 49. He accidentally overdosed on prescription medication. [Reuters]
  • Neil Diamond performed earlier this week and his voice was raspy, so he's offering the audience at the Ohio concert a refund. Build me up, buttercup! [Reuters]
  • A toxicology test has been ordered in the death of Dr. Dre's son. [People]
  • "I haven't had this much fun since my ex-mother-in-law fell in a well" — Janice Dickinson, as she danced with models, celebrating the new season of her show. [Page Six]
  • "I'm no Meryl Streep." — Kim Kardashian. [USA Today]
  • "Just be polite. Listen to them and give them anything they want. You can't go wrong." Pete Doherty on picking up chicks. [Mirror]
  • "[Miley Cyrus] is just a little too tarty, forgive me. I don’t want her to look like she’s going into a convent school, but it’s just a little too much for a 15-year-old. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear she was 25." — Tim Gunn. [MNSBC]
  • "I couldn't do what Brad and Angie are doing. I wouldn't have the patience or dedication you need to take care of a family. I admire those qualities in other people but it's not for me. I'm doing exactly what I want to. I hang out with the same friends, I spend time in Italy, and then I go back to work. I try not to worry about anything else." — George Clooney. [Mirror]
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<![CDATA[Mark David Chapman Denied Parole • Saudi Activist Speaks Out Against Ban On Female Athletes]]> John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, was been denied parole for the fifth time because the parole board believes that he still remains a threat to public safety. • A new video promoting Mary-Kate Olsen on the cover of British Elle documents a recycled photoshoot and a startlet's recycled responses. • Single, female Arab bloggers talk about the stigma in the Middle East against women who study or work away from home.

• Former biology teacher from San Marcos, CA and Army Reserve Capt. Laura Peters receives a medal from the state of California for her time spent as a liaison in Iraq. • Wajeha Al Huwaider is a Saudi activist who has made a YouTube video against Saudi Arabia's banning of women practicing sports in public. • Older female actresses are finding success and critical acclaim in television dramas where all five of the Emmy nominees for lead actress in a drama were women over 40 years-old. • An author of So Sexy, So Soon talks about the sexy images that young girls are exposed to at a early age. • Related: 6 ways to prep your kids for an oversexed world! Basically, just talk to your kids in a mature way about sex.

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<![CDATA[Loose Lips]]> remyma51308.jpgRapper Remy Ma (real name: Reminisce Smith) was sentenced today to eight years in jail for shooting a woman outside a New York club. Her lawyer will appeal the sentence. • Beyonce's dad says he doesn't dignify pregnancy rumors with a response. "We don't comment," Matthew Knowles tells Us. "We just let people make fools of themselves." • Shayne Lamas, the woman who just won the Bachelor and is now engaged to bachelor Matt Grant, is celebrating by posing in her skivvies in Girls Gone Wild magazine. Omg, that's just how I like to celebrate special occasions! Soul mates! [TMZ, Us, People]

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<![CDATA[Breaking! Amy Winehouse done got herself...]]> winehouse5708.jpgBreaking! Amy Winehouse done got herself locked up again on "suspicion of drugs offences" according to UK tab the Mirror. This is the fourth time she's been arrested in the past year, and the second time in the past month. About two weeks ago she was thrown in the pokey for assaulting a man outside a pub. More recently, Winehouse pulled out of recording the theme to the new James Bond movie, reportedly calling the Mark Ronson-produced track "fucking rubbish." More to come on the beehived and beleaguered singer.[Mirror]

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<![CDATA[Friends & Family Leave Bad Girl In Jail To Rot]]> On last night's episode of Bad Girls Club, Tanisha was falsely arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (the weapon was a beer bottle) after the girls got into a huge brawl at a club. For all their tough talk about kicking asses and shit, those girls were really shaken by the experience, and they all admitted that they'd never known anyone who was arrested before. Tanisha's bail was set at a whopping $60,000, and nobody — including the producers of the show — could fork over the 10% that would have allowed her to be released, so she spent four days in the holding cell until the DA dismissed her case. Really, it was the other girls in the house who started the fight, and because she didn't have any participation and was arrested anyway, she felt really bitter about it and when she got home, all hell broke loose. Clip above.

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<![CDATA[Foxy Is Free!]]>

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[New York, April 18. Image via Splash.]

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<![CDATA[Loose Lips]]> Beyonce's little sister, Solange, who gave birth to son Daniel when she was 18, has advice for fellow teen mom-to-be Jamie Lynn Spears: "I'm sure a lot of people perceived that I was gonna be a young, irresponsible mom. You just have to make the best decisions for you. You have to decide what's best for you. Who are we to say what's right and wrong for a person?" • Ashley Tisdale is ruining your childhood. The High School Musical ingénue is in talks to star in a remake of the 1989 classic Teen Witch. • Were you dying to see a live stream of Foxy Brown leaving Rikers Island? Your wish is granted! [Us, Just Jared, TMZ]

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<![CDATA[Polygamist Wives "Inspire" Spring Trends; Jail Guards Tase Cat To Death]]> • Hot new trend: polygamist pastels? Yeah, whatever.• Facials that involve steam and extractions are bad for your skin. • NPR's "Fresh Air" host, Terry Gross, once got fired from a job as an inner-city school teacher. • Indigenous girls in Australia were forced to get contraceptive implants when they were as young as 12 years old. • The late Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop donated her entire fortune to charity. • Matthew Shepard's mother continues to campaign for gay rights. • Battered women get a "Princess Day to rebuild self-esteem. • The chief of police in Tehran was jailed after found nude with six women in a brothel raid. • In 5 years, scientists may be able to grow sperm from skin cells. • Stellamaris Mulaeh, a young Kenyan, tries to resolve ethnic divisions in her country. • Guards at an O.C. jail tased a cat to death. • Men are more likely than women to have mild cognitive impairment. • Adorable Iowans pull prank on neighbor's lawn and promise to help clean it up!

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<![CDATA[Diva In Distress!]]> Amy Winehouse was "arrested by appointment" in London today for interfering with a police investigation. (The charge is "conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.") Details are still coming in, but the investigation is probably related to the case of her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil: He's currently in jail because he allegedly assaulted a bartender and then promised to pay the victim £200,000 to drop charges. One thing is for sure: It's not over! [BBC]

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<![CDATA[Modern Day Nancy Spungen Arrested In Las Vegas]]>
Our favorite booking cop from reality series Jail, Officer Nicole, was confronted with a sassy, uncontrollable, wild, cursing, smartass Nancy Spungen-type (minus the leather and fishnets), who was picked up for a domestic violence charge after she and her boyfriend got in fight and she jumped out of a moving car. Unfortunately, Officer Nicole didn't have as much finesse with this one as she does with hookers, so they had to strap the woman down in a restraint chair.

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<![CDATA[Drunken Woman Claims Police Battery, Moons Cops]]>
New reality show Jail is like my favorite thing to watch when wasted and eating Chex Mix just before passing out. Mostly because I laugh at the way the raucous drunks act when they're going through booking, because I'm totally on their level. Anyway, while I would never flash a room full of cops and criminals — drunk or sober — I still like watching women who do. Check out Linda, arrested for trespassing and trying to ditch out on a cab fee. She's wearing a strapless, one-piece pants outfit and a regular bra beneath, with the straps pulled down and tucked in. She's the height of Atlantic City class. P.S. Who knew cops were so funny?

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<![CDATA[The Dangers Of Dressing Down In Vegas]]>
Remember that hooker-roundup clip we ran with that awesome Reno 911-esque cop who was very matter-of-fact with all the working girls? Well here she is again in a clip from one of our new favorite reality series Jail. This time, a woman has been arrested because cops thought she was a prostitute, but she swears she was just trying to dress sexy to get into an exclusive club. We sort of believe her: All the other hookers there act as though getting pinched is no big whoop, but this lady seems devastated. Try to hold your lunches down after you see her very long cleavage and her disgusting pinky toes.

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