Britney Spears charged with misdemeanor

Los Angeles prosecutors charged pop icon Britney Spears with misdemeanor counts of hit and run and driving without a valid license in an accident that occured on August 6, 2007.

Spears could face up to six months in jail and a US$1,000 fine for each count if convicted, said Nick Velasquez, spokesman for the city attorney's office. Spears' lawyers has not issued a statement yet on the charges.

Spears, 25, was filmed by paparazzi that day steering her car into another vehicle as she tried to turn into a spot in a Studio City parking lot. After assessing the damage to her own car only, she was shown on paparazzi video walking away.

Three days after the accident, the owner of the other vehicle, Kim Robard-Rifkin, filed a police report, and investigators later determined that Spears does not have a license, officials said.

Leonardo Di Caprio Goes Environmental

After collaborating on two short films ("Global Warming", "Water Planet"), filmmakers Nadia Conner and Leila Conners Petersen and producer Leonardo DiCaprio set out to explore the largeer story of the human experience on the planet, in Warner Bros. Pictures' acclaimed documentary "The 11th Hour".

Seeking out credible voices to speak to the history of the human species, the state of the oceans, lands and air, and social, design and political challenges for change, the trio netted 150 hours of interviews with over 70 scientists, designers, historians and thinkers.

"We reached out to independent experts on the front lines of what could be the greatest challenge of our time - the collapse of our planet's ecosystems and our search for solutions to create a sustainable future," says DiCaprio.

"We ourselves wanted to understand why humans were on a crash course with nature, and what we had to do to change course," says co-writer/co-director/producer Leila Conners Petersen. Her sister and collaborator Nadia adds, "One of the great things about doing this project was being able to meet people that inspired me or opened my mind through their work and writings. It was a great honor and huge learning experience".