There was a brief scare at Metta World Peace‘s home in Los Angeles this morning, when cops responded to a call that four armed men were in the Lakers star’s complex, TMZ reports. Sources told the entertainment news site that the LAPD got a call around midnight that four men–three with handguns and one with […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Artest’s bid to become Mr. World Peace was delayed, but not denied. A court commissioner granted the Lakers forward’s request to officially change his name to Metta World Peace on Friday, three weeks after the bid was blocked because Artest had unpaid traffic tickets. Also read: Ron Artest Wins NBA […]

In light of NBA star Ron Artest’s recent decision to change his name to “Metta World Peace,” The Daily Beast compiled a gallery/list of the craziest celebrity name changes. The list includes some notable celebrities involved in name switch a roos, such as Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, who changed his last name in 2008 and later […]

NBA bad boy Ron Artest has found a new peace inside, and found a new name to match it. Artest filed a petition on Thursday in the L.A. County Superior Court to change his name to “Metta World Peace.” Artest also announced the name change on Twitter,  explaining that the name means peace or happiness […]

LOS ANGELES-Former basketball bad boy turned mental health activist, Ron Artest will have his own reality show in which he and mental health experts help parolees get their life in order, TMZ reports: Ron Artest is joining teammate Lamar Odom in the world of reality television — but unlike “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” … […]

LOS ANGELES-Lakers forward, Ron Artest was caught up in the middle of a man fighting a woman and separated the combatants and diffused the situation while outside o a Los Angeles night club. TMZ reports: TMZ spoke with Artest who told us, “Unfortunately there was a situation at the club and some people had too […]

LOS ANGELES – Lakers Forward, Ron Artest, who was suspended for nearly a whole season for fighting with fans in the stands seven years ago, was given the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association. Last year, Artest auctioned off his 2010 NBA Champioship ring for mental health awareness and has […]

LOS ANGELES — Ron Artest has absolutely no regrets about giving away his Los Angeles Lakers championship ring to boost mental health awareness. In fact, it just encourages him to go out and get another ring. Artest announced the winner of the charity raffle for his ring late Saturday night at a club across the […]

The increasingly self-deprecating Ron Artest serves as guest editor-in-chief for the August 9th issue of ESPN, the magazine. In the epitome of narcissism or schizophrenia or just pure comedy check out Ron Artest interviewing, um, Ron Artest on espn.com: See gallery of athletes behaving badly RELATED: Ron Artest Pens Open Letter to Tiger Opinion: Is […]

An old Dave Chappelle stand up bit holds that the reason Louis Farrakhan is able to get away with saying incredibly incendiary and racist stuff about white people to white people is because Farrakhan’s always well-dressed, well-groomed and smiling.