He may be a social pariah everywhere else -- but when Kanye West made a surprise appearance at Common's benefit concert last night in Hollywood, he got a hero's welcome.
The crowd at the show -- which featured Common, Nas, Ludacris, De La Soul, The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and more -- just exploded when Kanye rushed out on stage. He stayed for a few songs -- including "Good Life" and "Run This Town" -- and had the crowd going nuts the whole time.
Mos Def showed up in one of the 49 states he doesn't have a warrant out for his arrest in Thursday night -- and he still wasn't loving the idea of anyone making money off his image but him. Def faces charges of felony robbery and malicious destruction of private property from an incident with a photographer in Las Vegas in August.
Vegas police are on the lookout for rapper Mos Def over an alleged attack of a fashion event photographer in August.
Def -- real name Dante Terrell Smith -- faces charges of felony robbery and malicious destruction of private property and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Volker Corell -- an official photog for the Men's Apparel and Garment Industry Convention (MAGIC) in Las Vegas -- claims Def flipped out on him while he was taking photos of attendees at the event. Mos allegedly ripped Volker's camera off his neck, smashed it to the ground and then took off with the busted equipment.
Corell claims to have suffered a cut on his left hand during the alleged attack.
Def has a history of hating paparazzi, but Corell was a credentialed snapper for the event ... and get this: He says he didn't even know who Mos was until after the alleged attack.
Another night in Hollywood, another celebrity skirmish.
TMZ cameras were rolling in front of Hyde nightclub last night, when outspoken rapper/actor Mos Def went face to face with a paparazzi who snapped his photo in front of the world famous celebrity hotspot. Pissed off that the photog wouldn't delete the shot, Mos first used his words to try and convince the guy to do what he wanted saying, "I'm not from around here" and "You're violating my space." That technique didn't pan out.
Just when it seemed that Mos was going to give up and walk away, one of the rapper's sneaky pals got behind the photog and tried to forcefully snatch the camera away. The photog, who ain't exactly a little guy, held on for dear life.
That's when Mos jumped in -- trying to grab the camera from the other side and jerking the snapper around, until he realized that the other cameras were recording the whole thing. Mos then ran up to the TMZ photog and explained, "I'm not trying to damage nuthin' ... I just want him to erase the photo. I'm not hurting him, I just want him to erase my photo and knock it off."
Will Paris and Nicole work together in the fifth season of "The Simple Life"?
Zoey, you can thank your heavenly E! Entertainment stars that another season of "The Simple Life" will be gracing our presence. But this season will prove more dramatic than last as Paris and Nicole (shown here from the earlier seasons on FOX) will not be filmed separately, like season four, forcing the two to work together.
The president and CEO of the E! Entertainment network says that while he can't predict if the ladies will have made up or not by then, he realizes that he needs to give the people "what they want." And what they want is a confrontation! For now, we'll have to wait and see. Filming hasn't begun for the latest season, but we'll let you know when it does.
To catch up on Nicole's love life, read this. And for the Paris-of-the-day story, click here.
When will Charlize Theron come out with another one of her fantastic movies?
Joan, Charlize will be seen in the movie "The Ice at the Bottom of the World" in December of '07. After that, her next, and quite possibly most anticipated movie, will be the sequel to "The Italian Job" -- "The Brazilian Job" in which she teams up once more with Mark Wahlberg, Seth Green and Mos Def. In this flick, the team travels down to Rio de Janeiro for their next scam. Production has started for this film, however the Oscar winner has not yet started filming.
Click here to read up on one of Theron's latest awards!
Vegas police are on the lookout for rapper Mos Def over an alleged attack of a fashion event photographer in August. 
Will Paris and Nicole work together in the fifth season of "The Simple Life"?
our presence. But this season will prove more dramatic than last as Paris and Nicole (shown here from the earlier seasons on FOX) will not be filmed separately, like season four, forcing the two to work together. 
Joan, Charlize will be seen in the movie "The Ice at the Bottom of the World" in December of '07. After that, her next, and quite possibly most anticipated movie, will be the sequel to "The Italian Job" -- "The Brazilian Job" in which she teams up once more with 
