Actor Nicolas Cage was arrested after he got drunk in the New Orleans’ French Quarter and argued in the street with his wife over whether a house they were in front of was theirs, police said on Saturday.
Police said in a press release that Cage was arrested the previous evening. Police said the couple was in front of a home that Cage insisted they were renting. She said it wasn’t theirs, and Cage then grabbed her arm.
The release said Cage started hitting vehicles and tried to get into a taxi. A police officer saw that Cage was drunk and told him to get out of the cab. Cage then started yelling at the officer.
The actor was booked on charges of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness. He was released on US$11,000 bond on Saturday afternoon after being held at the Orleans Parish Prison.
Cage isn’t the only one with problems. Scandal-tainted designer John Galliano has been fired from his own fashion label just weeks after an anti-Semitic outburst cost him his top job at Dior, Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) reported on Friday.
The British designer was ousted from the “John Galliano” fashion label, which is 92 percent owned by Dior, six weeks after a video surfaced of him hurling anti-Semitic insults at a couple in a Paris bar, the fashion trade journal reported.
The label’s board decided to hand over his responsibilities to an in-house design team, WWD said citing sources, without specifying whether the label would retain the same name.
A spokesman for the brand would not confirm or deny the report but said: “Do you think a newspaper as serious as WWD would not check its facts before publishing them?”
Galliano, who was fired from Dior after a video clip circulated online showing him telling fellow drinkers in a bar that he loved Hitler, has reportedly been receiving treatment in Los Angeles for substance abuse problems.
In lighter news, Jennifer Lopez was named People Magazine’s most beautiful woman in the world on Wednesday, capping a career comeback fueled by her new job on top-rated TV show American Idol.
The 41-year-old singer and actress joined former winners Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner and Beyonce Knowles to top People’s annual list of the world’s most beautiful people.
“It’s so crazy. Rarely am I left speechless, but I feel honored,” Lopez told People of their accolade. “I feel not worthy, you know? I feel happy and proud. Proud that I’m not 25!”
The Wedding Planner actress, who is married to singer Marc Anthony and took time off to have twins in 2008, has enjoyed a revival in popularity since becoming a judge this year on talent show American Idol.
Her new single, the dance pop hit On The Floor, has been topping charts around the world, giving Lopez her first Top 10 Billboard single since All I Have in 2003.
Lopez, who was dropped by her record label last year after disappointing sales, releases her first new studio album in four years next month, called Love?
Lopez told People she felt better now than she did in her 20s.
Meanwhile, Authorities say they’ve nabbed a burglar who stole US$100,000 in jewelry from Jon Bon Jovi’s New Jersey home and also robbed three of the rocker’s neighbors. Bail has been set at US$100,000 for 21-year-old Nicholas Tracy of Beachwood.
Authorities told the Asbury Park Press of Neptune, New Jersey, that Tracy was arrested on Wednesday after police responding to a tripped burglar alarm at a Middletown Township home found him hiding in a bathroom.
Tracy was charged in three other burglaries, including one that occurred on April 3 at Bon Jovi’s US$22 million estate along the Navesink River in Middletown, about 50km south of New York City.
Tracy remained in the Monmouth County Jail on Friday.
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