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Ron Artest Hosting L.A. Party With Special Guest Chris Brown

This Thursday, Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace will be hosting a party at the Supper Club in Los Angeles featuring a special guest: R&B star Chris Brown.

Ron Artest’s official promotion group, T-Raider Promotions, is promoting the party. At $40 a person for guys and $30 for girls, Artest won’t have to worry about losing money during the lockout if he continues to host parties.

Metta World Peace Donates Over $100k To Queens Charities

Back when Ron Artest, now Metta World Peace, raffled off his 2010 championship ring, he donated most of the money to raising awareness about mental health issues. Some money was left over however, and he just recently decided to give back to another cause close to his heart: charities based in his hometown of Queens.

World Peace gave $65,000 to Steinway Child and Family Services, a Long Island City-based organization that provides many programs to residents from mental health services to HIV/AIDS services. He also donated $55,000 to the Child Center of New York, a Queens-based which helps at-risk youth.

He told the NY Daily News, “When I was 13, our house burned down and my mom and dad separated, and from then on I was really agitated and started getting in a lot of trouble. My mom told me I had to see a counselor. He helped me a lot. Without him I don’t know where I’d be.”

A ceremony  was held in downtown Los Angeles to mark the donations.

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Metta World Peace First To Go On DWTS

Metta World Peace was the first celebrity to get eliminated from Dancing with the Stars last night. He and his dance partner, Peta Murgatroyd only got one chance to show their dance skills. To see the video of them dancing the Cha Cha, check it out here.

World Peace received the lowest votes from the judges, and he didn’t receive enough votes from the Laker Nation to save him. World Peace is donating the money he did make from his appearance on the show to cancer research. It’s too bad he didn’t make it past the first round of eliminations, but at least he did gain a new nickname from the judges: “Danceatron.”

Murgatroyd and World Peace appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live after their elimination. Check out the videos below:

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Ron Artest And Hope Solo Make DWTS Debut!

Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace and Hope Solo both made debuts on the hit ABC reality show Dancing With The Stars last night! Metta took the stage first with his partner Peta Murgatroyd and he struggled with the technique of the Cha Cha. He came away with a score of 14 and some of the judges comments were pretty harsh! Check out the video here:

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By the way, when the NBA season does start back up, Metta’s opponents are going to have a lot of ammunition for trash talk!

Soccer star Hope Solo was given the third highest score of 21 points. Her and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy danced the Viennese Waltz to a rendition of Dave Matthews Band Satellite. Check out their performance below:

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Did you vote for Metta or Hope last night? What did you think of their dances?

Ron Artest Is Officially Metta World Peace

Los Angeles Laker forward and current Dancing with the Stars contestant is no longer Ron Artest. The name change became official today and he will know be known as Metta World Peace. After clearing up some outstanding parking tickets, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge commissioner approved the basketball players name change request.

Metta’s publicist released the following explanation for the name:

“Metta is his official first name; which in the Buddhist tradition means loving-kindness and friendliness toward others and his last name is World Peace. It took many years of research and soul searching to find a first name that was both personally meaningful and inspirational.”

Metta’s 8-year-old daughter Diamond has expressed interest in adopting her father’s new last name.

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Athlete Sighting: Ron Artest Busts A Move

A shirtless Ron Artest was spotted outside the “Dancing with the Stars” rehearsal studio yesterday. The Lakers star showed off his dance moves for the camera before getting into his car and leaving rehearsal.

We can’t wait to see Mr. World Peace dance. The new season is premiering on Sept. 19.

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Athlete QOTD: Ron Artest Guarantees Lakers Victory

During a 40-minute long interview with ESPN’S Stephen A. Smith recently, Lakers forward Ron Artest answered the question of what the Los Angeles Lakers will do in the 2011-2012 season (assuming there is one) with complete confidence,

“Win it all. Win the whole thing. That’s a guarantee.”

Athlete Sighting: Hope Solo Preparing For DWTS Debut

The cast of season 13 of Dancing with the Stars was announced earlier in the week and along with Ron Artest, soccer star Hope Solo will be one of the athletes dancing in the new season! Solo has been paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who was paired with Erin Andrews in a past season. Chmerkovskiy actually had a large role in Solo joining the new cast after he appeared on ESPN to urge the goalie to join the show, using clips of her on the soccer field and translating them into dance techniques.

Also on the new season, which premieres September 19th on ABC: David Arquette, Nancy Grace, Rob Kardashian (who is paired with Cheryl Burke), Chynna Phillips, Ricki Lake, Elisabetta Canalis, Carson Kressley, Chaz Bono, J.R Martinez, and Jay Cutler‘s ex Kristin Cavallari who has been paired with Mark Ballas.

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Metta World Peace To Join New Cast Of Dancing With The Stars?

Charged.fm and TerezOwens.com are both reporting that sources close to the reality show “Dancing with the Stars” have announced Ron Artest, soon to be Metta World Peace, has been confirmed to join the cast of the new season. The cast of the 13th season of the reality show will be announced tonight during ABC’s “Bachelor Pad.”

There’s also a rumor that floating around that Dwyane Wade will also join the cast.

The new season of DWTS begins September 19th.

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Metta World Peace Is A Self-Proclaimed Celine Dion “Groupie”

Ron Artest, soon to be Metta World Peace, tweeted his love for Celine Dion.

“Where are all my Celine dion groupies!!! Tweet me!!! I’m a groupie!!!!…”

Artest was in Vegas, where he caught Celine Dion in concert with some of his friends. Apparently, the show was so good it made him cry.

Artest said on Twitter, “Celine made me and all my thug friends cry with the French song!!!! She cried !!! Wow!!!! She hugged me !! I got chills!! My nipples froze!” Artest got a picture with Celine Dion and made it his new user picture on Twitter.

Who would have thought Ron Artest would be a Celine Dion fan?

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