Bad news – Bruno Mars plead guilty to felony cocaine possession in a Las Vegas court room this morning. Good news – TMZ reports that if Mars keeps out of trouble for 12 months, the charge will be removed from his record.

TMZ reports Mars is also required to do 8 hours of private counseling and 200 hours of community service with a charitable organization.  He must also pay a $2,000 fine, which he’s paying today .

As we reported in September, Bruno was caught doing coke in the bathroom of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

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Leonardo DiCaprio was slashed in the face a few years back, allegedly by Aretha Wilson and RadarOnline is reporting that the woman has formally pled no contest to the felony charge.

With the plea entered, Wilson now awaits sentencing at her hearing on November 22^nd, where DiCaprio could see justice served.  The felony charge carries a punishment of up to four years in a state prison—but with time already served in jail that could be reduced.

Wilson slashed DiCaprio’s face at a party held by Rick Salomon—the guy in the Paris Hilton porn video—in the Hollywood Hills back in 2005.  The attack left Leo with a wound that required over 15 stitches to patch up.

Maybe DiCaprio should have gone into Wilson’s dreams and persuaded her to not do such a crazy thing.  Either way, at least she’s taking some kind of ownership for her actions and will have to pay the price for her crime.

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Charlie Sheen should be back at work filming “Two and a Half Men” reports TMZ. Initially there were fears he would miss next week’s filming due to his criminal case.

Charlie has a hearing to discuss a plea bargain on August 2nd. The production team has been assured everything should go to plan, and Charlie should be back at work August 6th. Therefore, he should not miss a single taping for next season.

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Charlie Sheen is being charged in Aspen with felony menacing and misdemeanor assault in connection with an incident with wife Brooke Mueller that occurred Christmas Day, reports TMZ. However, the case may never go to trial, as Sheen says he is open to a plea bargain that involves a misdemeanor. A bargain cannot be entered for at least 60 days, though.

A protective order that bars Sheen and Mueller from communicating is expected to be relaxed. The pair then plan to fly home to Los Angeles and begin living together again.

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The extortionist in the David Letterman blackmail case wants a deal. Perezhilton.com reports that Robert Halderman has offered to take a sentence of 1 year (opposed to 15 years) for a plea of guilty. In case you don’t remember, Robert Halderman attempted to blackmail Letterman for $2 million dollars as he was threatening to produce a screenplay based on Letterman’s sexual affairs with female staff employees.

Halderman is currently out on $200,000 bail. He claims that he needed the money to see his son who had moved to Colorado with his ex-wife.

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A blogger from Los Angeles that has been accused of leaking tracks from “Chinese Democracy,” the new album from American rock band “Guns N’ Roses,” has agreed to plead guilty according to E! Online.

Kevin Cogill has agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of federal infringement. Cogill, 27, remains free on $100,000 bail.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian told ‘Wired’ that in the hearing taking place on December 8, Cogill will acknowledge the fact that he anticipated the new songs on his website.

The blogger’s lawyer told E! News last month a felony charge had been downgraded to the misdemeanor count, carrying a maximum term of one year in prison. Attorney David Kolyanides said as a first time-offender, it is likely the prosecutors would settle with a probation as opposed to a term in prison.

“Chinese Democracy” is set to release on November 23, 2008.

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Former O.C. star Mischa Barton has accepted a plea deal in her DUI case.

The deal will save the young star from spending any time in jail, People magazine reports. Barton is set to plead no contest and accept three years of unsupervised probation at her arraignment on Thursday.

Barton’s other charges will also be lessened. The marijuana possession charge will be dropped and the “charge of driving without a license will be reduced to an infraction,” according to the magazine’s source.

The 22-year-old will also have to go to alcohol education classes for three months.

She was arrested on Dec. 27 after she was found weaving between traffic.

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