Former “American Idol” finalist Adam Lambert brushed off his arrest in Finland on Thursday, blaming his bad behavior on travel, booze and “irrational confusion” and adding “lesson learned” on Twitter.

“Jetlag+Vodka=blackout. Us÷blackout=irrational confusion. jail+guilt+press=lesson learned. Sauli+Adam+hangover burgers= laughing bout it. :),” Lambert tweeted to fans.

The “Whataya Want From Me” singer, 29, was involved in an argument in a Helsinki bar with his boyfriend, Finnish reality TV star Sauli Koskinen. Their quarrel became physical and the pair were arrested, questioned then later released by authorities, according to media reports.

Koskinen also addressed the incident on his blog, writing in Finnish, “publicity is not easy. But celebrities are only human people.”

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DENVER – Brooke Mueller, the ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen, was arrested for cocaine possession and assault in Aspen, Colorado, the ski resort town where Sheen was arrested for assaulting Mueller in December 2009.

The Aspen Police Department said in a news release that officers were conducting “a routine walk through” of the Belly Up bar late Friday night when a woman reported she was assaulted by Mueller.

“The woman identified Brooke Mueller, 34, of Los Angeles, California as the aggressor,” the release said.

Mueller was arrested at a second bar sometime after midnight and charged with felony possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and misdemeanor assault, police said.

Mueller posted a $11,000 bond and was released. She has a December 19 court date. Her spokesman Steve Honig said she would have no immediate comment on the arrest.
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Family films are always a big part of the Thanksgiving box office equation, but this year multiplexes will be especially stuffed with the genre.

Three new PG-rated movies, all with good reviews, hit theaters in U.S. and Canada Wednesday, Disney’s “The Muppets,” Paramount’/GK’s Martin Scorsese film “Hugo” and Sony/Aardman’s “Arthur Christmas.”

These movies join Warner’s “Happy Feet Two,” which was released last weekend. DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss in Boots,” which premiered in late October, will also have a few remaining play dates.

The five-day Thanksgiving holiday period is typically the biggest of the year at the box office. But there are a lot of newly released family movies playing at the same time this year, and the competition is thick.

Consider that over Thanksgiving weekend in 2010, the only competition for Disney’s “Tangled” was week No. 2 of Warner’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1″ and week No. 4 of DreamWorks’ Animation’s “Megamind.”
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Eddie Murphy bowed out on Wednesday as host of the upcoming Oscars, one day after producer Brett Ratner who had lured Murphy into the role also exited following an uproar over his use of a gay slur.

“I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well,” Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which puts on the Oscars, said in a statement. Read the full story

Actor Zachary Quinto, known for portraying Spock in the 2009 blockbuster film “Star Trek,” has publicly come out as a gay man.

In an interview with New York magazine published on Sunday, Quinto recalled a stage play he performed in last year, “Angels in America,” which was set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic and the toll it took on him personally.

“(A)s a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed,” he told the magazine. Read the full story

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disturbing sounds and images from Michael Jackson’s life and death played a key role on Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of his doctor, with jurors hearing a recording of the self-styled King of Pop speaking in a slurred voice and viewing a photo of his dead body.

Prosecutors also showed pictures of a jug of urine found by Jackson’s bed after his June 25, 2009 death, and a coroner’s investigator testified she found a large collection of sedatives and painkillers in the “Thriller” singer’s room.

A recording of a May 2009 conversation between the singer and his physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, marked one of the most dramatic moments in the doctor’s week-old trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter.
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