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Fred Durst's 'agreeance' OKLOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The experts are in agreeance. Rocker Fred Durst was right after all. Durst, lead singer of the rap-metal band Limp Bizkit, was widely mocked after he deviated from the script at the Grammy Awards to offer an anti-war sentiment that grated on the ears of grammarians: "I just really hope we're all in agreeance that this war should go away as soon as possible."
Wordsmiths everywhere agreed: Durst is dumb. Barry Koltnow of the Orange County Register called him illiterate. The Atlanta Journal Constitution said its copy desk was "in agreement that 'agreeance' isn't a word." The Weekly Standard dubbed the performer "Fred Dunce." But it turns out that Durst has some heavy linguistic hitters on his side. The North American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary told the New York Observer newspaper that "agreeance" is, in fact, a word. "It's in the OED," editor Jesse Sheindler told the paper. "He did use it correctly. Sheindler said that "agreeance" was an obsolete word, having passed out of circulation by about 1714, but noted that it was still used occasionally -- especially in Australia. Master P stalker sentencedLOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A Chicago man pleaded guilty to stalking rapper Master P and was sentenced to one year in jail.
In a court appearance Friday, Antwan Kevin Baker, 32, was also ordered to stay at least 100 yards from the rap star for the next decade and placed on three years probation. Baker did not explain why he stalked the rap singer. A telephone message left after business hours for Master P's lawyer, Donald K. Wilson Jr., was not immediately returned. Prosecutors said Baker followed Master P for two years and was arrested in April 2002 after allegedly making threatening telephone calls to the rapper's security guards. Oscar fashion previewNEW YORK (AP) -- Head designer Brian Rennie of Escada began approaching Hollywood stars in early February about wearing his elegant gowns on Oscar night.
At that time, the stars and their stylists wanted sexy, body-conscious, sherbet-colored gowns -- and no one wanted anything in black, Rennie told The Associated Press in a recent phone interview. Although he wouldn't mention names or give details of the designs, Rennie said two custom dresses being made by Escada for the March 23 Academy Awards show in Hollywood are very colorful. But with a threatened U.S.-led war on Iraq looming, Hollywood is now considering a more subtle look for the red carpet, he said. "People are being a little slow on making a final decision. They are waiting to see what happens," said Rennie, who designed the turquoise-and-white outfit worn by Oscar nominee Queen Latifah ["Chicago"] at January's Golden Globe Awards show. "If war goes ahead there will be a scramble for toned-down dresses" with modest necklines and simple jewelry, he said. Sizemore pleads innocentLOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tom Sizemore, who plays a police detective in the CBS series "Robbery Homicide Division," pleaded innocent to charges that he hit and threatened a woman. Sizemore, free on $2,500 bail, pleaded innocent Friday to five misdemeanor charges -- domestic violence, battery, violating a restraining order, making criminal threats and dissuading a witness.
Superior Court Commissioner Mark Zukman scheduled a preliminary hearing for Wednesday. Sizemore, 41, could face up to a year in jail if convicted. A woman, who has not been identified by authorities, told police on December 7, 2002, that the actor had punched her in the face and threatened her. Officers went to an address provided by the woman and took Sizemore into custody without incident. The woman was "not a girlfriend" and the facts do not support the charges, Sizemore's attorney, Robert Barta, said Friday. A few hours after entering the pleas, Sizemore was at a Century City hotel doing interviews to promote his upcoming sci-fi film "Dreamcatcher." "I didn't do it. There are a lot of misconceptions about who I am as a man, the screen images and the problem I had -- ancient history -- with drugs," he said. "I'm not the person they say I am ... this tough guy, gin-swilling Steve McQueen." The Associated Press & Reuters contributed to this report.
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