There were no fireworks at Chris Brown’s preliminary hearing yesterday. In fact, there was no preliminary hearing. Chris copped a plea yesterday that will spare him any jail time for beating up Rihanna. Chris pleaded guilty to felony assault and was given five years probation. He was also ordered to enroll in an anti-domestic violence program and perform 180 days of community service. Also, any traveling he does will have to be approved by his probation officer. Perhaps most importantly, Chris was ordered to stay 50 yards from Rihanna, except at industry functions where the distance is shortened to 10 yards. Chris was originally charged with two felonies the second being criminal threats. If he violates any of these terms, he’s looking at four years in prison. Chris and Rihanna were never in the room together. After Chris entered his plea, received his sentence and left, Rihanna was called in and informed of the terms of the sentence. After the proceedings, Chris’ attorney issued the following statement, “He’s very thankful to all the people who’ve been very supportive. This is a kid who’s never been in trouble before, who wants to move past this and make sure that the message gets out that these kinds of things, of domestic violence, are not acceptable. And that he has accepted responsibility and continues to do so and embraces this as an opportunity for him to get his life back on track and his career back on track.” Rihanna’s attorney also spoke outside the courthouse. He said Rihanna didn’t want the judge to order Chris to stay away from her because it prevents Chris and Rihanna from having even a, “distant, cordial relationship.”

It’s happening: Jon and Kate Gosselin are divorcing. They made it official on last night’s episode of “Jon and Kate Plus 8.” On the season premiere, Jon and Kate admitted that their marriage was in trouble and last week, a promo clip for the episode aired, where Kate said they’d made “life-changing decisions that we hope will bring each of us some peace.” Last night, both Jon and Kate said that they were, “separating” but at the end of the episode, an onscreen graphic announced, “Legal proceedings were initiated in Pennsylvania to dissolve the ten-year marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin.” As for the future of the show, Jon said, “I’m still on the show, but we’ll interview separately. We’ll film different things, me and the kids, her and the kids.” Kate said she’s planning on living at their home in Pennsylvania with their eight kids, but it’s unclear what Jon will do. There’s speculation about him possibly moving to New York. TLC has not commented on the state of the show but for now, there’s no reason to think that it won’t continue as it has been going so far this season. Jon said, “Kate and I have decided to separate.  It’s just not good for us to be arguing in front of our kids. We can’t be cordial with one another.” Kate said she was, “not fond of the idea,” but knows it is, “necessary.” Here’s a video of Jon and Kate announcing their separation. Kate also said she didn’t believe that being on a reality show had anything to do with the split. She said, “It’s the next chapter. It was not brought on by our show or caused by our career choices at all. “We’ve always done the show for the kids, to be able to provide for them, to collect the memories for ourselves.” Jon said, “I do have feelings as well and I’m hurt by all of this. I’m excited and hurt at the same time.  I have a new chapter in my life. I’m only 32 years old.” Officially, it was Kate who filed for divorce. In a statement earlier yesterday, she said, “Over the course of this weekend, Jon’s activities have left me no choice but to file legal procedures in order to protect myself and our children. While there are reasons why it was appropriate and necessary for me to initiate this proceeding, I do not wish to discuss those reasons at this time, in the hope that all issues will be resolved amicably between Jon and myself. As always, my first priority remains our children.” 

After Twittering incessantly early Monday morning about how Will.I.am beat him up, Perez Hilton admits that it wasn’t Will.I.Am who clocked him. Instead, he says it was the Black Eyed Peas’ manager, Polo Molina. Polo turned himself in and was booked on an assault charge. Both Perez and Will.I.Am have put together their own video messages to explain their sides of the story. And it appears that their stories are kind of in sync. Except for who it was that hit Perez. Here it is in a nutshell:  Both Fergie and Will approached Perez at a club after the MuchMusic Awards in Toronto, and called him out on some of the negative and disrespectful things he’s said about them and the Peas. Much arguing ensued, and Perez who’s openly gay called Will a very gay slur. Well now Perez has two beefs: One with WILL.I.AM and the Black Eyed Peas and another with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. GLAAD is upset that Perez called Will that other F-word, if you will. GLAAD issued the following statement, “These are vulgar antigay slurs that feed a climate of hatred and intolerance toward our community. For someone in our own community to use it to attack another person by saying that it is ‘The worst possible thing that thug would ever want to hear,’ is incredibly dangerous. It legitimizes use of a slur that is often linked to violence against our community. And it sends a message that it is OK to attempt to dehumanize people by exploiting antigay attitudes.” Perez was pretty vocal about giving Miss California the boot because of her attitude toward gay marriage. Just imagine what he would have done if she’d ever used that word.

On Saturday night, Plies performed at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, and during the show he “made it rain” with a few dollars. But not just a couple of hundred dollars here and there. Plies threw out $50,000 worth of real money! For real, Plies pulled 50-grand out of a duffel bag, and showered the crowd with it. There were 22,000 people at the arena that night, meaning that he gave away more than $2 for each person there. Of course, it wasn’t dispersed evenly and he probably wasn’t tossing $1 bills out there. That has never been done before! Crazy!