Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, the Baltimore woman who played an assassin in the HBO drama, The Wire, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge to distribute heroin, according to the Associated Press. Pearson had initially maintained her innocence after being arrested in a police drug sweep in March. Her attorney said that she changed her plea so as not to have to deal with the charges; she was sentenced to three years of supervised probation.

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A British politician suggested that CNN talk-show host Piers Morgan return to Britain to share what he knows about accusations that a reporter for the Trinity Mirror publishing group phone-hacked Paul McCartney’s ex-wife Heather Mills in 2001, according to the Associated Press. Mills has claimed that a reporter admitted to her that her voice messages had been accessed illegally by Trinity Mirror, and Therese Coffee, a conservative member of the Parliamentary committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal, called for Morgan to answer their concerns. Morgan, who edited the Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004, has denied any involvement and knowledge of phone hacking.

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Redmond O’Neal, the son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett, was arrested Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., when police allegedly found heroin in his car, reports the Los Angeles Times. The 26-year-old O’Neal, who has struggled with substance abuse for years and served time in jail and rehabilitation facilities for drug-related offenses, was also charged with violating probation and a red-light infraction. He is being held without bail while awaiting a court appearance.

Jonathan May-Bowles has ‘fessed up to throwing a shaving cream pie at blighted News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, reports the BBC. The 26-year-old part-time stand-up comedian, who calls himself “Jonnie Marbles,” hurled the pie at Murdoch during a July 19 parliamentary session addressing Murdoch’s involvement in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

Appearing before the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court, May-Bowles admitted to assault and causing harassment, alarm, or distress. He is set to be sentenced Aug. 2 and was warned that an arrest warrant would be issued if he failed to show up to his sentencing. May-Bowles echoed Murdoch’s remarks before Parliament when he told the court at the preliminary hearing, “I would just like to say this has been the most humble day of my life.”

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