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• Lenny Kravitz to play Cinna in 'The Hunger Games' film

  ...who continues to force the Hunger Games on Panem's citizens as a scare tactic to tighten the Capitol's hold on the districts. "The Hunger Games" will hit theaters March 23, 2012. What do you think of the casting? Will Kravitz be......

• Lindsay Lohan theft case handed off from L.A. County to city jurisdiction

  ...prosecutorial hand-off, L.A. Now reports. "Because the charge was reduced by the court to a misdemeanor, the district attorney no longer has jurisdiction to prosecute the case and therefore, we will give the case to the Los Angeles city......

• Jane Lynch, Ellen DeGeneres and more sign letter to Obama to kick off same-sex marriage campaign

  ...hitched in Massachusetts, one of five states -- plus the District of Columbia -- where same-sex couples can marry...March 14: This post originally neglected to mention the District of Columbia as a spot in the U.S. where same-sex......

• Mel Gibson pleads no contest; Oksana Grigorieva off the hook [Poll]

  ...plea in L.A. Superior Court Friday, shortly after the district attorney's office charged him with one misdemeanor...appeared at the hearing, held at the Airport Courthouse. The district attorney's office also announced Friday it would not......

• Mel Gibson plea expected — for the kids' sake [Poll]

  ...children be put first in any decisions made," Berk said. "It is with only that in mind that he asked me to approach the district attorney with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end." Much dirty laundry has already been......

• Mel Gibson domestic-violence decision still up in the air

  ...yeah, there were those tapes. "Allegations of domestic violence involving Mel Gibson are actively under review by the district attorney's office," L.A. County D.A. Steve Cooley said in a statement, reported by L.A. Now. "Information......

• Vince Neil: Motley Crue singer will do two weeks in jail for Vegas DUI

  ...plead guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence and start serving his time Feb. 15, according to an aide in the district attorney's office. "I have recognized that you can't drink and drive at all," Neil said in a statement Tuesday......

• T.I. will skate on drug charges from Sunset Strip arrest

  ...prison sentence for violating probation on weapons charges â yeah, the arrest was the violation â helped the folks in the district attorney's office decide that prosecution wasn't worth it, according to the rejection filing. Whether Tiny......