• Scott Weiland has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs, and prosecutors allege he also refused to take a chemical test required by law. When news broke of Weiland’s November arrest last week, his rep said the Velvet Revolver singer voluntarily took a Breathalyzer test that would clear him of charges. The Los Angeles City Attorney felt differently, and now Weiland faces up to a maximum of a year in jail (with a minimum of eight days due to a prior conviction and failure to take a drug test), a $1,000 fine and the possibility his car will be impounded for up to thirty days. He will be arraigned later today.
• Britney Spears failed to show for a scheduled deposition in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline yesterday. Spears’ friend told E!, “When [Spears] saw the media frenzy outside her house, her anxiety skyrocketed,” and both her doctors and attorneys felt it best for her to stay home.
• Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin recently blogged to let fans know he’s recovering from a back injury that caused the band to cancel dates on their recent tour, and is back at work with the Pumpkins. “We are back in the studio recording some songs for a possible release worldwide,” he wrote. “Look for these around the first of the year.”
• Activists plan to protest R. Kelly’s Los Angeles concert tomorrow night over the singer’s ongoing child-pornography charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Kelly’s manager indicated this is the first protest on the tour (which is one month into its two-month run), and activist Jasmyne Cannick acknowledges it’s been rough gaining support for her cause. “It’s a challenge to get the black community to even discuss it,” she says. “They’e acting like he doesn’t have fourteen counts of child pornography against him, [and] we’re all acting like we don’t have daughters and nieces and little sisters.”
• Snoop Dogg will host his third annual Snoop Youth Football League Benefit on Saturday at the Los Angeles House of Blues, with all proceeds benefiting the three-year-old football league Snoop created to give inner-city kids the chance to get involved in organized sports.

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