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Posted Mar 7th 2009 4:53PM by TMZ Staff
Charles Barkley finished delivering a news conference from inside the Tent City Jail in Phoenix, AZ this afternoon, and his fellow inmates are already cheering for him like it's the "Shawshank Redemption."
Sitting next to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the NBA Hall-of-Famer started with a typical PSA monologue, saying he made a mistake and had "learned not to drink and drive." Barkley reiterated that he is not a role model. Understatement of the year.
But the good stuff came after the newser, when inmate P519798 played politician -- shaking hands and even posing for pictures! All within the confines of jail. Oh, and apparently he's aware that TMZ broke the story of his DUI arrest.
If you're wondering what Sir Charles will do in his downtime over the next three days -- he's reading "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Spanish." Ay Dios Mio!
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports
Tags: all star, AllStar, charles barkley, CharlesBarkley, DUI, idiots guide, IdiotsGuide, news conference, NewsConference, PSA, Sherriff Joe Arpaio, SherriffJoeArpaio, sir charles, SirCharles, Tent City, TentCity
Posted Feb 17th 2007 1:57AM by TMZ Staff
Rap star Jay-Z filed a last minute temporary restraining order in Federal court on Friday to shut down a Las Vegas party that was using his likeness to promote their event.
Club Ice is advertising a party for Saturday night using Jay-Z's image and the names of his companies, Roc-A-Fella and Rocawear. But Jay-Z has nothing to do with the party and is actually hosting his own party Saturday night at Tao at the Venetian hotel.
When Jay-Z arrived in Las Vegas for NBA All-Star Weekend and saw the promotions around town (which are also on the site AllStarParty2007.com), he contacted his attorneys in New York who then contacted Robert Reynolds, an attorney in Nevada. Reynolds tells TMZ he was able to file the temporary restraining order just before the courts closed and that a process server went down to the club tonight and served them with the injunction.
TMZ spoke with an employee at the club who passed on this message from the club's promoters: They have a signed contract with one of the VPs of Roc-A-fella Records, the person was paid in full, and as of now the party will go on as planned on Saturday night.
Reynolds tells TMZ that if that is the case, the club and its promoters run the risk of violating the court order and that Las Vegas police may shut it down.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Hot Vegas
Tags: all star, AllStar, jay-z, las vegas, LasVegas, nba
