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Lindsay Lohan must report to jail by June 17 to begin serving a 120-day sentence for a necklace theft charge, a judge ordered Wednesday.

Rapper and actor Ja Rule admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income, and he faces up to three years in prison....

Lindsay Lohan is due in court to face a new judge, and a new criminal charge, that could return the troubled starlet to jail rather than the big screen....

Police say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in a Las Vegas jail after being arrested on misdemeanor warrant alleging he poked a security guard in the face last month outside his home.

Wesley Snipes arrives at a federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin a three-year sentence for tax evasion.

Wesley Snipes was ordered on Friday to start serving a three-year prison sentence for a felony tax conviction after a Florida judge rejected his bid for a new trial.

Former NBA star Charles Barkley was released from jail Monday after serving a three-day sentence on a drunken-driving conviction. Barkley left the Tent City jail just before 8 a.m., and avoided a group of reporters by leaving through another door, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Brian Lee said.

Karma caught up with former Culture Club singer Boy George on Friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort, a court spokeswoman said.