London, December 4 : A male escort, who had accused Boy George of tying him to his bedroom wall and thrashing him with a metal chain before the 29-year-old fled in his boxers, is ‘unreliable’, a court has heard.

The 47-year-old singer, originally born as George O''Dowd, had denied the allegations made by escort Audun Carlsen.

The former Culture Club star had, on the other hand, alleged that the 29-year-old had hacked his laptop and stolen pictures after the drug-fuelled nude photo shoot in April last year.

London, December 4 : Boy George, who has been accused of handcuffing a male escort and beating him after a drug-fuelled nude photo shoot, is too fat to have fought the Norwegian, his defence lawyer claimed.

Escort Audun Carlsen had alleged that the 47-year-old pop star had tied him to his bedroom wall and thrashed him with a metal chain before the 29-year-old fled in his boxers in April last year.

San Francisco  - Rapper Lil Wayne topped the Grammy nominations late Wednesday with eight nominations, placing him above Coldplay which garnered seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West who each earned six nods.

Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Radiohead and Jazmine Sullivan received five nominations each, and Adele, Danger Mouse, Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, and T. I. each have four nominations.

"The Grammy Awards process once again has yielded a comprehensive, diverse and eclectic group of excellent nominees across multiple genres," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 - Coldplay earned nods for record of the year, album of the year and song of the year when Grammy award nominations were announced in Los Angeles Wednesday night.

The British rock group also was shortlisted for the prizes for best pop performance and best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals, as well as best rock album and best rock song, it was announced during a star-studded concert at the Nokia Theatre.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3  -- Season 8 of the U. S. dance competition series "Dancing with the Stars" is scheduled to begin in March, ABC announced Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3  -- Actor Mark Ruffalo's hairstylist brother is clinging to life after suffering a gunshot wound to the head in California, "Entertainment Tonight" reported.

The entertainment news program said Wednesday on its Web site that Ruffalo's brother Scott was discovered with the head wound this week and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the injury is being conducted.

Sources told the New York Post the 39-year-old hairstylist was shot in the back of his head and has been in intensive care since he was found in Beverly Hills, Calif., early Monday.

Mark Ruffalo's publicist Jessica Kolstad told the Post the 41-year-old actor is by his brother's side at a Los Angeles-area hospital.