Spears reportedly dating rehab mate

Britney Spears is reportedly continuing her track record for surrounding herself with those that reside at or near the bottom of the barrel. According to Life & Style magazine, the pop star is dating Howie Day, a singer-songwriter with a lengthy rap sheet whom she met in rehab. Spears met Day while the two were rehabbing at Promises in Malibu "and fell hard for him" reports the mag, which claims that she's going to bring him as her date when she attends her cousin Erin's wedding on June 2.

It's unclear why Day was in rehab, but in 2004, he was arrested for allegedly locking a woman in a bathroom after she refused his sexual advances, and for destroying another woman's cell phone. He was fined. A year later, he was arrested again for drunkenly harassing members of an American Airlines flight crew and for smoking in the plane's bathroom. He was sentenced to one year's probation.

Shield actor says he's AC/DC singer's kid

Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin, who recently joined the cast of the The Shield for the FX cop drama's new season, has revealed that he is the son of late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. Although there have been rumors in the past that Bon may have children scattered across the globe, Alex O'Loughlin is the first to apparently make this publicly known. Alex O'Loughlin was born Alex O'Lachlan in 1977 in Australia and is mostly known for his acting role in The Oyster Farmer. On The Shield, O'Loughlin will play the latest addition to protagonist Vic Mackey's strike team. Bon Scott died on February 19, 1980 in London, England, having choked on his own vomit while sleeping in a friend's car.

Jackson objects to auction

More than 1,100 Jackson family items are set for auction in Las Vegas next month, but a representative for Michael Jackson told Reuters that the pop star is considering legal action to stop the sale. "Mr. Jackson was not aware and he is extremely upset that his memorabilia was included amongst the memorabilia that is being auctioned off," said spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain.

The Jacksons Auction is scheduled May 30 to 31 at the Hard Rock hotel resort. Guernsey's auction house said items include Michael Jackson's gold record for his Thriller album, handwritten lyrics for The Jackson Five hit "ABC," and a "Victory Tour" program signed by Jackson family members. Arlan Ettinger, founder and president of Guernsey's, compared the sale to an auction of Elvis Presley/Graceland memorabilia he conducted in Las Vegas in 1999.

Michael Jackson, 48, has been living in Las Vegas while he evaluates proposals for a comeback after his 2005 acquittal in California on child molestation charges. Ettinger said the collection was owned by luggage transportation company Universal Express Inc., of Boca Raton, Flordia, which bought it last year from a New Jersey construction company owner.

Whitney Houston wins custody

Whitney Houston's 14-year marriage to Bobby Brown will officially end this month, and she will get custody of their teenage daughter, a judge ruled this week. According to the Associated Press, the singer dabbed her eyes with a tissue as Orange County Superior Court Judge Franz E. Miller ruled that the divorce will become final April 24. Brown did not attend the hearing. In court, Houston testified that she did not need spousal or child support and that the couple's 14-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, could not depend on Brown.

"He's unreliable," Houston told the judge. "If he says he's going to come, sometimes he does. Usually he doesn't." Houston declined to comment to reporters after the hearing. Brown's attorney, Ram Cogan, told the AP that he will seek to overturn the judge's decision. Houston filed for divorce in October, citing irreconcilable differences. Houston and Brown wed in 1992.

Spector accused of threats, tirade

The rumor mill has been rife over the years with stories about legendary producer Phil Spector's antics. With his trial on charges of murdering B-movie actress Lana Clarkson set to begin later this month, that rumor mill is about to get a lot more crowded. In court documents filed by prosecutors this week, Spector is accused by a former employee and one-time girlfriend of pointing a gun at her head in two separate incidents decades ago. Deputy district attorney Alan Jackson said the testimony demonstrated a "long history of gun-related violence directed at women" and should be admitted as evidence during Spector's trial.

Devra Robitaille, who worked at Warner Spector Records from 1974 to 1977, told investigators that one night Spector placed a shotgun or rifle against her forehead when she tried to leave the producer's home after a party. "Spector, who was drunk, made some sort of joke and then said: 'Just so you know, I'll blow your [expletive] head off' or 'If you try to leave, I'll blow your [expletive] brains out,'" according to the court documents.

Prosecutors plan to present testimony from four other women who claim the music producer threatened them with a gun. They also want to admit into evidence testimony from retired New York police officer Vince Tannazzo. Tannazzo claims that he was working security at a holiday party at the home of the comic Joan Rivers in 1995 or 1996 and had a conversation with Spector in which Spector said about women, "They all deserve to die. They all deserve a bullet in their [expletive] head. That's why I got permits for all over. Wherever I go, I always keep a gun, because these [expletive], they're all no [expletive] good."

Acclaimed rock photographer dies

Joel Brodsky, a rock photographer who captured a bare-chested Jim Morrison at the peak of his intensity, has died at age 67. Brodsky died last month in Stamford, Connecticut, of a heart attack, his daughter, Jill Holt, told the Associated Press. He had moved to Connecticut about five years ago from New York City. Brodsky photographed hundreds of album covers for artists such as Joan Baez, Harry Chapin, Van Morrison, the Stooges, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Funkadelic, Kiss, and Tom Waits. His black-and-white photograph of Morrison became an iconic image of the rock age after Morrison's death in 1971, gracing The Best of the Doors album.