Maybe he can still get a J.loan
Singer Marc Anthony has agreed to pay about $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties because of his failure to file returns for five years.
Prosecutors said Anthony failed to file returns for 2000 through 2004 on $15.5 million in income, but did file for 2005.
He and singer wife Jennifer Lopez file separate returns, so she was not implicated in the investigation.
Prosecutors said no charges will be brought against Anthony because he apparently believed his accountant had filed the returns.
He had relied on professional accountants in the past, and there were no problems, they said. The delinquencies began when Anthony changed accountants.
By the way, OK! magazine reports he and Lopez have “called it quits,” because he’s too controlling and is “suffocating” her.
But the New York Daily News says “one actual friend of the couple tells us that ‘they’re inseparable. I don’t get a whiff of trouble.’ “
One headache after another
Snoop Dogg avoided prison time by pleading no contest Wednesday to felony gun and drug charges stemming from an October arrest at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.
The 35-year-old rapper, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., agreed to five years’ probation and 800 hours of community service.
His lawyer said outside court that Snoop smokes marijuana because he has migraines, and has a medical permit under state law.
He faces separate felony charges stemming from the September discovery of a collapsible baton in his baggage by a security screener at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
Know any nice bassists?
The divorce of Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora became official Wednesday.
Actress Locklear, 45, filed for divorce from Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora, 47, in February 2006 after 11 years of marriage.
She was previously married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.
Yeah, that’s the ticket
Yesterday we told you how rocker Willa Ford will play the late Anna Nicole Smith in an upcoming film biography.
Now comes word that Kristy Swanson, the kickboxing heroine in the original “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” will play a character based on Smith in a May episode of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” – with Jon Lovitz under consideration as her Howard K. Stern.
What, is he chicken?
Last week, KFC offered “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya Malakar – known for his outrageous hairstyles – a free lifetime supply of its Famous Bowls if he wore a bowl hairdo while performing on the show.
After that didn’t work, the fast-food chain upped the ante this week, tossing in $5,000 and a starring role in the next KFC Famous Bowls advertisement – again, to no avail.
The birthday bunch
Actor Lyle Waggoner (“The Carol Burnett Show”) is 72. Actor Paul Sorvino is 68. Actor Tony Dow (“Leave It To Beaver”) is 62. Musician Al Green is 61. “Late Night” bandleader Max Weinberg is 56. Actress-comedian Caroline Rhea (“The Biggest Loser”) is 43. Actor Ricky Schroder is 37. Singer Nellie McKay is 25.