Scott Weiland Senteced to Jail

Scott Weiland, the forty-year-old front man for Stone Temple Pilots, was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading no contest to a DUI charge in a LA Superior Court.

Weiland, who has recently left the Gun’s and Roses compilation band Velvet Revolver and is famed for his problems with drugs and alcohol, was originally arrested on a free-way off ramp Nov 21st.

In addition to the jail time, he has been given four years probation and is required to enroll in a year-and-a-half long substance abuse program.

Stone Temple Pilots is scheduled to go on a lengthily reunion tour beginning May 17th, and Weiland must serve his sentence by May 28th.

Wesley Snipes is sentenced to three years in prison

Action actor Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge this afternoon.

In February, the Blade movie star was found guilty of failing to file tax returns from 1999-2001. The actor owed 2.7 Million and was given the maximum sentence under the law.

Snipes’ lawyers tried to argue for leniency and claimed that the star only owed $4000,000 and that the government’s sentencing guidelines weren’t fair.

Although Snipes was acquitted on the felony charges of filing false claims and fraud, the prosecutors pushed to harshly punish Snipes in the misguided hope that such a high-profile case would discourage tax fraud in the future.

Snipes’ co-defendant, who I am assuming are his accountants, were convicted of felony fraud and conspiracy and were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

Nicole Richie Will Do Time

This is hardly a long sentence for the now pregnant starlet who was busted for her second DUI within four years. She is sentenced to serve 4 days in the LA County Jail; she received credit for a 5th day because she served 6 hours when she was first arrested. She will start serving her time on Sept. 28th. Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden are expecting the birth of their child sometime in January.