Newark, New Jersey (CNN) — Singer Bobby Brown made a brief and dramatic appearance at ex-wife Whitney Houston’s memorial service Saturday, leaving abruptly after being told that his entourage couldn’t sit together, police sources told CNN.

Brown accused security of treating his family badly and barring him from visiting with his daughter, an account that Houston’s family vehemently denied, according to a family friend. » Read more: Singer Bobby Brown Leaves Whitney Houston Funeral After Spat

Lady Gaga has called bullying a hate crime, but some of her fans aren’t practicing what she preaches. Kelly Osbourne has spent the last few days fending off Twitter attacks after she dared criticize the pop queen on E!’s “Fashion Police.” When the style maven called Gaga’s decision not to walk the Grammy red carpet “disrespectful,” she quickly found herself on the receiving end of insults and threats from the singer’s army of monsters.

» Read more: Lady Gaga reacted on her fan’s bullying remarks

“The Help” continued its awards season run by taking three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including the best picture award, best actress for Viola Davis and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer.

Davis and Spencer have collected armloads of accolades for their work in the film about black maids who speak out against their white employers during the civil rights movement. Both are up for Academy Awards next week.Davis said the film has “just been the joy of my life.”

“I found my voice,” she continued. “I just emerged through ‘The Help.”‘

The ceremony Friday at the Shrine Auditorium, which honored diversity in the arts, was punctuated by moving tributes to Whitney Houston, the Black Stuntmen’s Association and George Lucas and the Tuskegee Airmen. » Read more: NAACP Image Awards:Who is the best?

Pat Buchanan has been dismissed by MSNBC, the left-leaning news network, four months after the channel suspended him.

In an angry post on his blog, conservative commentator Buchanan took his critics to task, writing, “After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of MSNBC would be an outrage against decency, and dangerous.”

Buchanan says the calls for his firing began with the publication in October of his book “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” about America’s decline, which critics have called racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic.
» Read more: MSNBC dismissed Pat Buchanan after his suspension

There’s some temporary bad news for the Colbert Nation faithful.

New episodes of “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert’s Comedy Central show, were mysteriously suspended Wednesday and Thursday.

Comedy Central was mostly mum Thursday about the last-minute change, saying only: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Thursday, Feb. 16.”

The enigmatic statement had fans speculating about the show’s long-term fate. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that a Colbert family emergency prompted the schedule change.
» Read more: Comedy Central show of Stephen Colbert is Suspended

When indie band Bon Iver won Best New Artist, the minds behind the blog “Who is Bon Iver” were surely delighted: It meant plenty of fodder for their Tumblr, which preys on the confusion of fans who have never heard of the soft-spoken rock act. Sure enough, Twitter quickly lit up with disgruntled Skrillex and Nicki Minaj fans who had no idea who Bon Iver was. “Lol and best new artist…… BonIver…. Who? Lol” tweeted @scottspeed. “Bon Iver who r u?” tweeted @haileybaldwin. “Who was that guy? Bon Iver?” tweeted @Paige_Duke.

For the uninitiated, Bon Iver is a band from Eau Claire, Wis., and folks who don’t know their music on its own may have heard of them from their collaboration with Kanye West as supporting vocalists on “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” Bon Iver’s confusion also inspired a YouTube mashup from a group that called itself Bon Joviver, playing off Twitter users conflating the band with Bon Jovi. » Read more: Bon Iver won Best New Artist Award

Blue Ivy Carter, the much-heralded baby daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, has officially made her public debut.

The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z’s Web site, Life + Times, an apparent follow-up to Beyonce’s public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth.

The arrival of Blue — an infant dubbed a child of destiny and who inspired the recording of a rap song within hours of her birth — has prompted some over-the-top attention. But it doesn’t seem like an exaggeration to say that this little girl is one gorgeous baby.

Take a look at the photos here, which are accompanied by a handwritten note that says, “We welcome you to share in our joy. Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives. The Carter Family.” » Read more: Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Baby Daughter Blue Ivy Carter’s photo released

SYDNEY: Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has alerted police to an online stalker – “deluded weirdo” issuing threats over Twitter, she wrote on the micro-blogging site on Tuesday.

The diminutive singer told her more than one million followers on the site that she adored her supporters, but one among them was not her ‘lover’ – her nickname for her fans.

“I love 1,033,861 of you LOVERS, but 1 is not a lover, just a deluded weirdo making threat #andthatdoesnotmakeyouspecial So..police alerted,” she tweeted Tuesday. » Read more: Australian pop star Kylie Minogue calls police over Twitter ‘weirdo’ threat

Maria Menounos put her body on the line in a Super Bowl bet on the New England Patriots and was forced to strip down to a tiny bikini in freezing Times Square today (Feb. 6) after the New York Giants won.

Menounos, 35, made the bet with Extra reporter AJ Calloway. Co-host Mario Lopez officiated. She swore she would wear a bikini in Giants colors if she lost, but who would have thought she meant a tiny string bikini?

Needless to say, the Giants won the game 21-17 in a shocking upset. Menounos and Lopez did a segment for their show from the heart of New York City, so she could honor her bet.

“Ready to face the music,” she Tweeted along with a photo of her in a white robe. “Flying to ny now…today is gonna stink. At least it’s not bitter cold there. Should be 50 degrees I hear.” » Read more: Watch Maria Menounos Strips in Times Square After Pats Lose Bowl

Country singer Randy Travis was arrested in Sanger, Texas this morning for public intoxication … after cops say he was boozing in front of a Baptist church.

According to the Sanger Police Department, someone called the cops to report a suspicious vehicle near the church … and when officers arrived to the scene, they discovered the 52-year-old singer with an open bottle of wine. » Read more: Singer Randy Travis Arrested In Sanger,Texas