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* Kelly Must Cancel Gig To Ensure Timely Arrival In Court. Latest: R&Amp;B Superstar R. Kelly Has Been Ordered To Cancel A Virginia Concert Scheduled To Take Place A Day Before His January (08) Hearing At A Chicago, Illinois, Court. The Bump N' Grind Singer Is Due To Stand Trial For 14 Child Pornography Charges In May (08), But Has To Attend Another Hearing On The Case On 14 January. And Judge Vincent Gaughan Is Taking No Chances With Kelly After He Failed To Turn Up To Court Earlier This Month (19Dec07). He's Insisted The Star Postpones His 13 January Gig At Virginia's Hampton Coliseum To Ensure There Will Be No Problems Getting To Court On Time. Kelly Narrowly Avoided Arrest On 19 December After Skipping The Scheduled Court Date Following A Hold Up In Utah, Where He Was Touring. The 40-Year-Old Claimed His Tour Bus Had Been Delayed Due To The Snowy Weather Conditions And The Fact That The Vehicle Had Been Pulled Over By Police. When He Finally Showed Up In Court On 20 December (07), Gaughan Decided Not To Revoke His Bail And Allowed Him To Continue His Tour Of The U.S, Reports Livedaily.Com. (Mt/Wnwcnhl/Lj). . R. Kelly (Aka Robert Sylvester Kelly). New York Premiere Of 'Trapped In The Closet: Chapters 13-22' At Ifc Theatre. New York City, Usa picture

Caption: * KELLY MUST CANCEL GIG TO ENSURE TIMELY ARRIVAL IN COURT LATEST: R&B superstar R. KELLY has been ordered to cancel a Virginia concert scheduled to take place a day before his January (08) hearing at a Chicago (Picture), Illinois, court. The Bump N' Grind singer is due to stand trial for 14 child pornography charges in May (08), but has to attend....

OSCAR: WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD?

Because of the soaring price of gold over the past year, each Oscar statuette will cost the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences $100 more this year than it did in 2007, Bloomberg News reported today (Friday). The statues are made by Chicago-based R.S. Owens & Co. With the price of an ounce of gold rising 40 percent to $950, each gilded Oscar now costs a record $500, academy spokeswoman Teni Melidonian told Bloomberg.


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