“I did not steal when I was homeless, If I did not steal when I was starving, then I certainly will not steal $3,500 worth of jewelry, when I’m wearing $250,000 worth of jewelry…..”

Police pinched Katt trying to break into a home in Newnan, Georgia, a deputy at the Coweta County Jail confirmed Monday.The star of comedy vehicles like Friday After Next and The Pimp Chronicles is being held there and a magistrate is expected to set bond at an arraignment Monday afternoon.

The arrest comes after a string of legal spats for Katt, who was briefly jailed last November after New York City police pulled him over for driving without a license plate discovered three guns. Manhattan prosecutors dropped the weapons charges in July.

Screen Gems has acquired the rights Sheneneh and Wanda, a new comedy for Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence. The duo will play female characters they developed during their stand-up comedy days in the 1990s, Variety reports. You’ll likely remember Sheneneh Jenkins from Martin and Wanda from In Living Color.

The project originated from a parody movie trailer for a film called Skank Robbers, which Foxx and Lawrence made for the 2008 BET Awards. In the skit, the actors cross-dressed to portray two women who make a living robbing banks. The reception was so strong, the duo decided to turn the concept into a real film.

Jamie will write Sheneneh And Wanda and produce alongside Martin. It will be the first time the comic, who have known each other since they started out as stand-up acts, have worked together on a movie.

That didn’t go over so well with Richard’s White, animal-lovin’ widow, Jennifer Pryor

Chris had been on-board to produce the eagerly-awaited Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? alongside Jennifer — who just happens to be the director of the animal rescue group Pryor’s Pets. The organization, founded by Richard before his death in 2005, was created to rescue abused and neglected dogs.

“Among the 40 dogs we are currently caring for are seven pit bulls….each one is a sweet and affectionate dog who mistreated or dumped or neglected all because of their breed.”

After watching Chris’ controversial appearance on Leno, a fuming Jennifer promptly alerted her attorney that she no longer wants Chris involved in the film project.

“For your information, Chris, what Michael Vick did was to torture, drown, electrocute, and murder dogs all for fun and profit. He went to prison for felony animal cruelty! That’s what he did!” Jennifer thundered at the comic. “These types of comments only encourage abuse and misunderstanding of their breed, as well as actual dog-fighting,” she added.

The Richard Pryor biopic — which is expected to star Marlon Wayans — hits theaters in 2011.

Take a peek at a couple of excerpts:

- “My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of The Color Purple.”

- “I’ve seen so many of the black males I grew up with end up dead or in prison.”

- “Throughout the eighties and into the nineties, my high school friends and cousins were taken down by drug-related violence. My own family was no different. We were torn apart by drugs and AIDS. I lost a lot of role models to that terrible twosome: dirty needles and a disease society didn’t understand.”

- “Take it from me because I should know: There’s a Tracy Morgan on every block in every neighborhood like the one I came from — that kid who’s off-the-wall funny, who takes on characters for any situation, who can entertain you when the s–t is going down. Entertaining people is how he gets through life, and watching him live out loud like that makes your day better. At least he hopes so. That guy was me. That guy is me.”

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The highlight of Sunday night’s 2009 BET Awards: Skank Robbers Trailer Starring Martin as “Shenehneh” and Jamie Foxx as “Wanda.”

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