CeeLo Green says he's done with 'The Voice'

CeeLo Green revealed on Wednesday’s edition of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that he won’t be returning to “The Voice” — ever. “I’m not coming back at all,” he told a surprised DeGeneres. The singer has been a coach on four of the five seasons of the NBC singing competition, although he isn’t scheduled to appear on Season 6, which starts Monday. After having the same four coaches in its first three seasons — Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton — the music series has gone into a partial rotation. Shakira and Usher are joining Levine and Shelton for Season 6 as replacements for Green and Aguilera. “I’m going to continue my relationship with NBC,” Green told DeGeneres. “I have a television show development deal with them as well and hopefully some other talk show opportunities. I don’t want to wear out my welcome (at ‘The Voice’).” Green is facing a felony drug charge that could carry up to four years of prison time if he’s convicted. Los Angeles prosecutors accuse him of furnishing the drug ecstasy, or MDMA, during a 2012 dinner with a woman. He has pleaded not guilty and denied the allegation. Hoffman's will goes public Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s will bequeaths all of his personal property to the mother of his three children. The late Oscar winner’s last testament was filed in Manhattan Surrogate Court and made public Wednesday. It names costume designer Marianne (Mimi) O’Donnell as the sole beneficiary and identifies her as his “friend and companion.” ■ Photos: Philip Seymour Hoffman through the years The Oscar-winning actor died Feb. 2 at his New York City home of an apparent heroin overdose. His 2004 will was written at a time when he and O’Donnell had only one child, Cooper, now 10. In the will, Hoffman requested that Cooper be raised in New York City so he would have exposure to its culture, arts and architecture. Should New York not work out, Hoffman wanted his son raised in Chicago or San Francisco. 3 Doors Down bassist lands in more trouble Todd Harrell, a founding member and bassist for 3 Doors Down, was arrested Tuesday night on a DUI charge in Mississippi, according to police. Harrell was found “slumped over the steering wheel of his vehicle” by officers responding to a citizen’s call about an impaired driver, D’Iberville. Miss., police chief Wayne Payne told the Associated Press. Harrell was charged with a second-offense DUI involving a substance other than alcohol, Payne said, and police got a court order to take a blood sample. They are awaiting lab results to identify the substance. The DUI arrest is Harrell’s second in D’Iberville since July 2012. The musician also is facing trouble in Nashville, Tenn., related to an accident resulting in the death of another driver. Police say he was under the influence while he was speeding down the interstate and clipped the back of a pickup. The driver of the truck, 47-year-old Paul Shoulders Jr., was killed. Banksy work brings $575,000 at auction One of three works by the elusive British street artist Banksy has sold at a Miami auction for $575,000. An anonymous buyer purchased “Kissing Coppers,” spray-painted in 2005 on the Prince Albert Pub in Brighton, England, at the Fine Art Auctions Miami on Tuesday night. The piece was expected to sell for anywhere from $500,000 to $700,000. The two other works, “Bandaged Heart” and “Crazy Horse Car Door,” went unsold because they didn’t receive their minimum bids, said Ashley Jimenez, a spokeswoman for Fine Art Auctions Miami. Briefly ■ That edgy banter about sex toys on Monday’s edition of “The View” has apparently caused cohost and creator Barbara Walters a great deal of despair. While engaging in a conversation about getting older with Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy, Walters seemed to acknowledge that she owned a vibrator and that she called it “a selfie.” On Wednesday’s show, with her head in her hands, Walters exclaimed: “We were joking. Joking! I don’t have a vibrator. I don’t even put my cell phone on vibrate.” ■ Film director, animation artist and Clawson native Dan Scanlon will serve as artist-in-residence at the 52nd annual Michigan Youth Arts Festival, which takes place May 8-10 in Kalamazoo. Scanlon, who directed Disney-Pixar’s “Monsters University,” also worked as a storyboard artist for “Cars” and “Toy Story 3” and worked on the senior creative team for “Brave.” Students statewide compete for spots at the Youth Arts Festival. The top 1,000 are chosen to attend master classes led by industry professionals at Western Michigan University. They also get opportunities to showcase their work.

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