Stones guitarist enters rehab
LONDON, June 17 (UPI) -- Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is at an alcohol rehab clinic in London but will be ready when the band starts its European tour, it was reported Saturday.
Wood, 59, has long battled problems with alcoholism, the BBC noted. He spent time in London's Priory Clinic in 2000 for treatment for alcohol abuse.
However, his publicist said Wood will be ready when the Stones kick off the European leg of the "A Bigger Bang" tour in Milan, Italy, June 11.
The tour was delayed by several weeks after guitarist Keith Richards suffered a head injury in a fall from a coconut tree in Fiji.
Two concerts -- both in Germany -- were canceled, 15 were rescheduled and 10 dates are still hanging and expected to be rescheduled, the BBC said.
Pop singer gets bail on assault charge
BOMBAY, India, June 17 (UPI) -- Indian pop singer Mika Singh was granted anticipatory bail Saturday after being charged with molesting Bollywood starlet Rakhi Sawant.
Mika was charged with molestation, assault and criminal intimidation of witnesses in the alleged June 10 incident, the Press Trust of India reported. He has not yet been arrested.
The sessions court ordered him to pay 20,000 rupees (about $438) and post a surety in case he is arrested on the charges, PTI said.
Sawant claims the pop star forcibly kissed her at a late-night birthday party. The complaint also said the singer's bodyguard assaulted one of Sawant's friends who had tried to stop the alleged assault.
Schwimmer wins libel suit
LOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) -- Former "Friends" star David Schwimmer has been awarded $400,000 in the Los Angeles defamation suit he filed against a former celebrity fundraiser.
Schwimmer sued Aaron Tonken after he was quoted in the Los Angeles Times and National Enquirer as saying Schwimmer demanded two Rolex watches before he would agree to appear at a fundraiser, the Times reported.
Tonken issued an apology Friday saying, "I have no excuse and deeply regret making this untrue statement," the Times said.
Schwimmer also released a statement saying he "felt vindicated by the judgment."
Tonken pleaded guilty to defrauding contributors and underwriters of charity events in 2004 and was sentenced to five years in prison, the newspaper said.
Boy George ordered to face the music
NEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- A New York judge reportedly erupted in an angry tirade upon learning Boy George had not yet signed up to serve his community service sentence.
The British pop icon, whose real name is George O'Dowd, was sentenced to five days community service as part of a plea deal that dismissed felony cocaine charges against him from an October drug bust at his New York loft.
During a New York Criminal Court hearing Friday, the singer's attorney told Judge Anthony Ferrara his client had not signed up to rake leaves because "we believe it would turn into a circus."
Instead, he asked if O'Dowd could work for an AIDS charity giving makeup tips and helping the women's sewing circle.
"Do you really think that's punishment?" the New York Post quoted the angry judge asking. "Pay the fine! Pay the surcharge! Go to the community-service office and talk to them! In most of the cases where no community service has been served, my response is to offer them time in Rikers Island."
He said O'Dowd will risk prison if he has not signed up for community service and paid his $1,600 in fees and surcharges by his next court appearance, June 26.
