Above is a video of Carmen Ortega showing off Reggie Bush’s house. If you remember, Caremen is the chick that supposedly caused the break up between Kim and Reggie some months ago. The video comes via an email to Sirus Satallite’s Angela Yee. Here’s what the email said:
“so this is footage of carmen ortega in reggie bushes house after a 3 some her and her friend had with him if u look in the background u see his awards magazine covers cars motorcycles etc enjoy and go colts!!!!”
Hmm, this look suspect as HELL. Wait for a bum ass excuse from Reggie in 5, 4, 3, 2…
Vogue editor, Andre Leon Talley has officially signed on to join Tyra Banks as a judge on her show, America’s Next Top Model.
Tyra asked Andre to join her when she was first conceiving the show. He says, “At that point, I said no because it was the beginning. I was thinking I wanted to see where it goes,” he tells Women’s Wear Daily.
Now that Miss Jay is gone, Andre is ready to step in. “I felt maybe I could contribute something to it that had not been on the show. I just felt that it was a way to step out of the box and associate myself with a very important American success story, a very important brand — Tyra Banks.” “André speaks about fashion and he has such a passion, and the words — the adverbs, the adjectives — he uses!” Tyra says. “I know it’s going to make the viewer at home go, ‘Wowww. It might go over their head, but he’s educating them about a time, bringing them back to a place when fashion was life.” source
I loves me some Miss Jay, but something tells me that Andre will bring a whole new brand of fantastic to the table.
Usher’s new album, “Raymond v Raymond” has been pushed back because he lost his management (his mom Jonetta). His mother dumped him because of his relationship with a woman named Grace Miguel.
“She (his mom) walked away from the project because Usher had his girlfriend [and former Def Jam executive] Grace Miguel was all in the mix,” says a source. “She felt as though if she didn’t end things when she did, it would permanently affect their personal relationship,” continues the source. Usher had apparently declared that he would manage himself, with the help of Miguel, but the label felt that “there was chaos in the camp.” Source
Usher better quit pissin off his mama. Whenever she’s in his corner he does well. Whenever she’s not, well he goes out and cops man brides and impregnates them several times. Sighs.
Singer Akon is going to host a new 2 hour show on London’s Capital FM. The station’s program director, Paul Jackson released a statement saying, “We are delighted to welcome one of the world’s greatest R&B artists to 95.8 Capital FM. Akon has worked with legendary performers such as Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and Eminem and his brand-new show on Capital will be awesome.”
Katy Perry is getting slammed on Twitter, after posting a picture of 17-year-old singer, Sky Ferreira, and calling her “fresh meat.”
She captioned the picture, “I like em right before they’re famous… Fresh meat.”
A bunch of angry fans went off because Sky is still a minor.
One follower writes, “What’s going on Katy? What’s happened to your class?”
Another adds: “Shame on you Katy Perry for contributing to a minor?? Thought you were cool but I see YOU ARE NOT!! That could be my kid?? Not a Class Act in my book!” Source
I really don’t see the big deal. Calm down folks. It’s not that serious.
So Bossip reported this weekend that Eva Pigford and Lance Gross were on the verge of a split because he got a little too flirtatious with some groupies.
The two were spending time in Miami for Super Bowl weekend and Eva reportedly went back to L.A. After they got into a fight. Apparently, Eva was left alone at a club while Lance was surrounded by a bunch of groupies. Source
In Other Eva/Lance News…
Lance did an interview last week about getting “passes” to chop down other celebrities from Eva as well as plottin’ not one, but two bachelor parties.
Kourtney Kardashian says that her family treats her differently since she’s become a mom.
She said: “My mom is so much nicer to Scott and so much nicer to me. Whenever I’m on the phone she’s like, ‘Sweetie, oh my gosh!’ And I’m like, ‘Whoa, where did this come from?’
“Since Mason everything has been great and everyone has been getting along.”
She added: “I’m fine with it because I know that we’re good, we have our little family now, so if people don’t like it then don’t come over.” Source
Babies change a lot in families. Sometimes when things are at their worst they can bring a family together…oooooor break them apart. Ah, change is good.
Former NFL star, Warren Sapp was arrested on Saturday for domestic battery after a fight with his girlfriend. The two were staying at the Shore Club Hotel in Miami. She says he pulled her out of beat early in the morning and started fighting with her about guys she was hanging out with the night before.
She says he “grabbed her and began to choke her,” and eventually threw her out of the room.
He says that he asked her to leave because “he was expecting company.” and as he was “helping” her out of the room she fell. Source
Well, as long as she doesn’t have monster sized paw prints on her neck, he should be able to get off for this one. I really hope he didn’t do this. I’ve had a weird crush on Warren for YEARS.
I’m not invested in either team (My poor lil’ ol’ Giants couldn’t do it this year). Where I feel obligated to hate the Saints by association (My dad hates them), I also have bored of the Colts. Since both teams obviously deserve to be there and I feel obligated to pick a side, I’m going to use an old formula. I’m going with the team with the cutest RB. So Saints, I shall be rooting for you. Reggie, I see you! Don’t let me down boo!
Now, I make no promises to do a live blog, I’ll most likely be drunk by the end of 1st quarter…But I’ll try my best.
Game Opening:
Queen Latifah Opened the game with “America the Beautiful.”
Then Carrie Underwood sang the hell out of the national anthem.
1st Quarter:
Saints: 0
Colts: 10 (1 field goal-Stover, 1 touchdown-Garcon, 1 extra point-Stover)
2nd Quarter:
Saints: 6 (2 field goals-Hartley)
Colts: 0
Halftime:
Part 1
Part 2
The Who performed a mash up of their greatest hits. I was most amazed by the stage, which was assembled in under 6 minutes by hundreds of volunteers. Production success!
3rd Quarter:
Saints: 10 (1 field goal-Hartley, 1 touchdown-Thomas, 1 extra point-Hartley)
Colts: 7 (1 touch down-Addai & 1 Extra Point-Stover)
4th Quarter:
Saints: 15 (2 touchdowns-Shockey and Porter, 1 extra point-Hartley, 1 2-point conversion-Brees to Moore)
As a very proud black woman (insert angry fist in the air here), I felt it only appropriate to have a Black History Month Post go up every few days in honor of the shortest month of the year honoring my bredren of the past present and future.
I decided to post about some of my black heroes and heroines as well as throw in a little known fact or two. With that said, here we go! Oh, and feel free to send in suggestions. I’ll post as much as I can. (Lo skips off singing ‘We Shall Overcome.’)
#4
Jean Michel-Basquiat
Jean was, in my humble opinion brilliant. Up until a few years ago I just knew him as some black artist with dreads who chilled with Andy Warhol and painted some funky pictures. But after I watched ‘Basquiat’ I was so intrigued by his story that I gobbled up any information on him that I could.
His work is not only a representation of the 80’s underground scene, but also black urban culture as well as his strong cultural roots.
BHM Factoid #4
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s name was originally Michael King, Jr. But after a family trip to Germany, his dad changed both his name and his son’s name to Martin Luther after the Protestant reformer.
Misa Hylton-Brim recently spoke out about her fellow baby mamas, Kim Porter and Sarah Chapman. Well, see what Kim had to say about Misa around the :46 mark. I honestly don’t think that what Misa had to say about Kim was all that bad. If she was another woman, then she was another woman. It is what it is.
Beyonce and her mom Tina, have been hit with a breach of contract lawsuit from Vier International, the Hong Kong clothing manufacturer they use to assemble their House of Dereon collection.
The Vier is suing Dereon because they say that they lost $500K because Dereon tried to undercut them back in ’05.
In the papers they claim executives at clothing company, Donna Loren LLC, and shipping firm, HJM International, worked together as “conspirators who induced the shipment of goods to the United States with the intent to convert them or pay less than the agreed upon contract price”.
They say that Beyonce and her partners at House of Dereon and her Beyond Productions company were a part of the scheme by making purchase orders and requesting manufacturer specifications. Source
Word is that tennis star Serena Williams, is desperate to start a family with her boyfriend, rapper/actor Common. However, she’s scared she’s too forgetful to be responsible for a child.
She says, “I would love to have a baby… But I have two little dogs I take care of and they’re so cute, but sometimes I forget them. One time I was in the locker room… I was busy and I left and I was in the car driving home and I was like, ‘Oops!’ I definitely don’t need any kids because I forgot my dog.”
She adds, “Every time I see a woman walking around pregnant, I’m like. ‘Oh my god, I could never do that.’ How are you walking? I look at them and my back starts hurting!
“That’s as far as I’ve gotten with that (having kids) but eventually, maybe one day I’ll get there. That would be awesome.” Source
Just because you forgot your dog doesn’t mean that you’ll forget a screaming baby. You might leave it behind on purpose…but you won’t necessarily forget it. On the other note, I’m totally with Serena. I mean the thought of giving birth is enough to make me want to remove my uterus with a rusty spoon. Squeezing a human being out your push box is a silly, silly process if you ask me.
Word is that Reggie Bush has already proposed to Kim Kardashian. They say that he did it on Friday while the two were out to eat at Prime 112 in Miami with her family. They’re trying to keep it on the hush, hush so that the engagement doesn’t steal any shine from Reggie and the rest of the Saints.
The above pic is of Reggie and Kim leaving the restaurant after the supposed proposal. We can’t see a ring because Kim is conveniently holding a coat over her left hand. Reggie reportedly plans on announcing the engagement either during or after the game. Source
Will and Jada Smith are trying to get out of hot water with a former business partner. He financed a movie called Human Contact, which Jada wrote and starred in. He’s threatening to sue them for he claims was a “guaranteed” return for his investment. They say they’re not to blame for the failure of the film.
They say they never promised any pay back to investors and want a judge to declare they’re not liable for the investor’s lost cash. Source
I’ve never even heard of this movie, probably cus it went straight to DVD.I’m not saying they promised him anything. But what reason would a complete stranger have to put money on one of your projects if they weren’t getting anything in return? They probably hypnotized him with some thetan chants to get the dough out of him in the first place.
The Enquirer is saying that Kate Hudson has her sights set on Justin Timberlake and is ready to pounce because she feels like him and Jessica are over.
“Kate’s always had a thing for Justin, and after reading that his romance with Jessica Biel is over, she’s decided to make her move,” a source said.
“They’ve known each other for years, but up until now, the timing has been bad.”
At the SAGs, “Kate flirted with Justin outrageously that night, and he was all over her… they exchanged numbers in the green room.”
“Kate wouldn’t dream about stealing another girl’s guy. But in Hollywood, most people believe JT and Jessica are now all but over. They’re certainly not red-hot for each other anymore.
“Kate wants a man who is easy to be with. And that’s certainly Justin… but Kate’s not rushing into anything. She’s always had a crush on Justin and she’s following her instincts.” Source
She needs to slow her ass down. I know Jess and JT are always on the verge of a break up but at least wait til that it’s official before poppin the coochie on him.
An audience member on the Oprah Winfrey Show went into labor on Thursday. The mother, Lori McKindle, was taken from the studio to a nearby hospital.
Oprah stopped taping to personally wish McKindle well before paramedics raced her to Rush University Medical Center, where her son was born an hour later.
Speaking to Oprah at the start of her show on Friday, the new mom said, “He was born about 20 minutes after I saw you. You helped me through… He’s (baby) doing pretty good. They’re doing a lot of tests on him now.”
Baby Justin was born prematurely weighing in at just two pounds and 18 ounces. Source
Friday night BET held a Haiti relief telethon called SOS Saving Our Selves: Help for Haiti. The event was hosted by Pharell, Latifah, and Diddy. It included performances by C-Breezy, Mary J, Nas, et al.
I’ve got some clips I jacked from YouTube Below. Enjoy!
I totally flaked out and missed this, but it looks like black stars came out in full effect. Best of luck to all the organizations raising funds for the relief efforts in Haiti.
Nice try sweetie, but you can’t fool uss. If you actually did this then your crazy little ass would be in jail. I will say that whoever did the photoshopping on this pic deserves a raise. Nice work.
Queen Latifah has signed on to produces a TV movie for VH1 through her production company Flavor Unit. The untitled film is set in ATL and centered around two black friends, Val and Keisha, and their ideas on dating.
VH1 said in a statement that they may turn the movie into a series. Source
The other movie she produced, “Life Support” was crazy good. I hope this one is just as good.
Jill Scott recently opened up about motherhood and was rather candid. She said:
“I am going to keep it real gully with you. The first two months i wanted to give him back. I expected somebody to come and save me because after you have the baby, nobody cares about you anymore. Nobody cares if you sleep; nobody cares if you eat. It’s just you and this all consuming thingy. And he wants all your time and attention and it hurt the first two months. One day as I was standing by the door and I was considering throwing him out into the pool (sleep deprivation is ugly), at that moment i looked at him and said, ‘ah, i love you. I love you.’” Source
That postpardom is NO joke. Well, I’m glad Jill made it past that rough patch.
With Lil’ Wayne’s jail time creeping closer and closer, Baby isn’t doing too well. He said, “I’ve been with him forever. It will be the first time in my life I’ll not be reachable to him. We work together, we’re on the road together. We’re always together. I try not to even think about it… I’m losing something in my soul.”
He even plans to temporarily move Cash Money Records to New York to be closer to Wayne while he’s in Rikers. Source
With Wayne locked up who will Baby make out with? Ironically, Wayne will have lots of people lined up to take Baby’s place. I’m just sayin…
We hear that Rihanna makes a lot of money to sit in the front row of their shows. She gets $100K plus. Bey gets $80-$100K. Kim Kardashian gets about $35-$50. Source
Um, WHAT?! I am in the wrong industry. I need to walk around in see through shirts showing off my nipple rings and yodel and call it singing.
Above is a video of Robin Thicke and Nicki Minaj performing on the David Letterman Show. I want to first say that I loves me some Robin Thicke. And by virtue of his soulfulness and his brown wife and friends I often don’t even think of him as white. BUT, he lost his cool, and Negro points, when he decided that he could dance and decided to do so on national TV. Robin, if you EVER try to get your eagle on again I will be forced to quit you! Got it?!
Some of the A&R people that Omarion used to work with are saying he stole their songs. They’re mad as hell and are ready to sue. Here’s what they have to say:
Omarion,
I never thought, for the life of me, you’d be the one I’d have to get at. But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt & assume this was brought to you by an outside producer or writer.
This is why my job is necessary even though many people despise my very existence. But when you have people as talented as Kai Holmes who, in my opinion, is hands down one of the hottest up & coming singer/songwriters & a vet like yourself straight jacks one of his joints, I gotta say sumthin’.
I mean, Omarion, you gotta watch who you keep company with man! These geniuses didn’t even change the damn title when they handed it to you!!! SAME TITLE, SAME VOCAL ARRANGEMENT, SAME TRACK TEMPO, SAME HOOK!!!! WOW!!!! Now that’s a jack move.
Yo, I hate to rain on the parade of your comeback especially after the fiasco with the Young Money situation but bruh, this is a travesty.u sincerely owe Mr. Holmes an apology. But I’m sure you’ll be hearing from his lawyers if you haven’t already.
But I am a fan & do wish you the best. Until next time I gotta check someone……ya’ll be safe! Source
Woooow, tell ‘em why you really mad son! Oh, and Omarion, looks like you betta watch your back.
The son of funk legend George Clinton, was found dead this week. George Clinton Jr. was found in his Florida apartment by a maintenance worker at the complex.
The medical examiner’s office says that George Jr. died of natural causes and had been dead for a few days before being found. George Sr. hasn’t commented on the incident. Source
My condolences go out to Papaw George and all of George Jr.’s loved ones.
The above vid shows Lindsay Lohan on The Insider being interviewed by Niecy Nash. Niecy does double duty as an insider corespondent and as the host of “Clean House” where she helps people clean their cluttered homes. On the segment she goes to Lindsay’s apartment which is full of clothes and other ‘foolishness.’
Lindsay told Niecy “I have a lot of clothing — I think that’s the biggest problem; I have a lot of stuff… It wasn’t this bad for awhile, actually. I try not to come in here — that’s how bad it is. I only…I need shoes. … The craziest thing is that I know every single thing that I have. It’s hard because when you are traveling you pack one suitcase and you don’t realize if you are getting new things or you forget what you have. So, I think that has kind of been the biggest issue.” Source
In Other Lindsay News…
Lindsay got into a fight with her ex Samantha Ronson at Crown Bar a few nights ago. Word is that Lindsay was “drinking straight out of a bottle of vodka” and downing Adderall. She was attempting to get Sam’s attention, but Sam ignored her, then began taunting her, calling her a “disgrace”. What did Lindsay do? She threw a drink in Sam’s face:
“Sam was working her usual weekly gig DJing at Crown bar,” a source said. “Lindsay turned up around 11 pm and she was in the mood for trouble!
“Lindsay was drinking straight out of a bottle of vodka and I saw her take an orange prescription bottle out of her bag and pop a couple of pills that she said were Adderal, she even offered some of the pills to a friend that was with her.
“Lindsay was trying to get Sam’s attention, but she was working and studiously ignored Lindsay. You could see Lindsay getting more and more worked up the more Sam didn’t pay her any attention. At one point Lindsay was dirty dancing with this really pretty girl right in front of Sam, obviously to try and make her jealous.
“Sam just got sick of it all in the end though and started taunting Lindsay about her being all drunk and messed up. She said to Lindsay, “Why don’t you just have another drink?” and even told her, “You’re a disgrace”.
“That made Lindsay just totally flip out on Sam. She picked up a drink and threw it straight in her face! Sam was absolutely furious and picked up some DJ equipment that was by her and threw that at Lindsay. It was crazy!
“Lindsay’s friend grabbed her and pulled her away before things got even worse, she was losing control. It took her ages to calm down and she was going off about Sam for ages.
“Lindsay just has absolutely no self control when it comes to Sam. She obviously still has feelings for her and she’s totally not over her. It’s a completely toxic situation.”
Afterwards Sam shoed up at another club all revved up, took over the DJ booth and then played a mix-tape instead of a live set. The club’s management had to ask her to step-down. Source
Lawd-a-mercy! Both these chicks are way to extra for my liking.
Execs at Universal Music Group and Island Def Jam (Rih and Jay’s label) were forced to close down their NYC headquarters due to a bedbug outbreak.
Three floors were fumigated but after a week the problem came back. So after a talent agency below the label closed, Universal was forced to do the same.
A representative for Universal Music tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, “We were aware of the issue and it has been resolved on our floors.” Source
Just thinking about bed bugs makes my skin crawl.
(Lo excuses herself to engaged in her daily ritual of dousing her bed in Lysol.
Jamie Lynn Spears, who had a baby at 16 and was at one point engaged to her daughter’s father, now seems to have moved on.
A source tells Star magazine that Jamie Lynn, who is now 18, has moved on to 28-year-old James Watson, a well-to-do Louisiana businessman.
“They first met nearly a year ago, and their friendship turned to romance as they grew closer. They started dating last December. I don’t think James cares at all about who she is; they really seem to like each other.”
James owns a company called Advanced Multimedia Partners. “He installs communication equipment and high-definition TVs for large corporations. James enjoys making money – and he enjoys spending it too. He’s always throwing money around at the bars, buying drinks for everyone.
“They try to keep their distance when they’re out in public.” Source
Jeez Louise. I want to throw in my two cents about what I think is going on here psychologically but I dropped my one and only psyche class two weeks in so I’ll just keep my mouth shut and my fingers crossed. Jesus, I got you on speed dial.
Royce Reed, Dwight Howard’s baby mama, can be seen in the above video (she’s the one in black) droppin’ it like its hot. The video was taken at Terrell Owens and Ludacris’ pool party where they had a booty shaking contest. It caused a stir on the net and Royce took to twitter to one, let us know it’s definitely her and two, say its not a big deal.
Uh, I’m pretty liberal so I guess it’s not a huge deal. I guess I just like to think that people who have children should think about how this reflects on themselves and their families. I mean she was jigglin’ her lady parts so hard they almost flew into the pool. C’mon son!
Former Dallas Cowboy, Michael Irvin, is being sued by a woman who says he raped her. The woman says that he got her drunk and took her to his hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Then he and another man tried to put money in her clothes and insisted she perform sexual favors for the both of them. When she refused, she says the other man held her down while Michael raped her. When he was don the other man forced her to perform oral sex on him.
After it was over, she says that Derrick Irvin, Michael’s brother took her into another room and helped cover up the assault.
She reported the attack in ‘07.
“They investigated it thoroughly,’” Seminole Tribe spokesman Gary Bitner said. “Although by that time there was no longer any forensic evidence or surveillance video.”
The day after reporting the incident, she signed a waiver of prosecution, which Bitner attributed to “her desire to essentially put it behind her and not have it be splashed all over the newspapers.” He said the tribe then turned over its findings to Broward prosecutors.
Irvin’s attorney, Larry Friedman said the accusations are “Totally untrue,” and added that Irvin had almost no contact with the woman. “Beyond, perhaps, meeting her, there was nothing.” Source
This sounds horrific and disgusting. I know folks are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty but she passed a polygraph so I’m on her side. Burn baby, BURN!
Word is that American Idol are pushing hard to hire shock jock Howard Stern as Simon Cowell’s replacement.
A source said, “It’s one of the few shows that could compete with Stern’s $100 million-a-year Sirius contract, and ‘Idol’ bosses think he’d be even nastier than Simon.
“They know he would be great TV and would clash with the other judges such as Ellen DeGeneres and the contestants. ‘Idol’ will do what it takes to sign him.”
Howard recently said, “I was approached by a major TV network to take over a TV show and leave here and do that next year — and I did turn it down . . . I’m not even sure if I want to be working. I’m waiting to see what happens.” Source
As funny as it would be, I don’t think Howard would be able to control himself to be on network TV. I would, however, love to see Beetlejuice host.
Mkay, this who Danger nonsense is totally out of control. I reported just the other day that she had a super crazy run in with Poprah. Well now she’s been locked up and may have set a fire.
Cops were called to her apartment complex because of a fire. After investigators checked out the scene they took her in and she’s being detained under psychiatric observation for the next 72 hours. Source
Jesus take the wheel, and the fire hose, and a bottle of Prozac, put out the fire, then drive over to the nut house and shove those pills down her throat. Ahhhhmeeeeeen.
In Other Danger News…
Poprah has responded to the fiasco that was her charity event after danger went all 730 there.
She writes:
My response to the unfortunate incident between me & Danger is this:
I did not invite her to my event, never met her or spoke to her prior to the event. I only know her from her persona on the show, and thought she was pretty & passionate about RayJ. Yes, I heard that she claimed she was pregnant by him, had a baby with someone else, and had suffered from some related depression, but never thought that she was pyscho, or had serious mental issues. I wouldn’t expect she would be released if not cured. Also I know there are many other women who suffer from postpardum depression and don’t act like this, so why would I suspect her condition would be volatile.
I honestly thought she was acting, considering, she asked my staff if she could bring her own camera person to my event since she was trying to get her own reality show. I approved her admittance with the condition that she could only videotape herself while on the Red Carpet, not shoot my event. Only my team and approved press were granted those privileges in the best interest of my sponsors, A-list guests, and attendees. This was a serious charity fundraiser not a reality show setup. I was told she respected those terms.
From the time I arrived she was acting very strange, combative, agitating my staff, me, the sponsors & guests. But all off us tried to just laugh it off, be polite, and/or evasive, never suspecting it would get worse. But when I went onstage to welcome my guests and thank everyone for coming, she was already on the stage, on a stool with the microphone, and a glass of wine. She was talking to the audience, asking “are yall ready for the show to start?” They, along with club management, thought this was planned and that she was my friend. I’m pretty good at improv, so I tried to politely thank her for coming and introduced her to the audience in a joking fashion, and told her she could leave. But she just sat there and refused to go.
After it got ridiculously awkward, I yelled for security from onstage, in front of the audience, but no one came to remove her. They all still thought this was an act. Eventually, after I made several obvious requests, she left the stage and I continued my intro, playing it off as best I could. The audience was none the wiser, thank God, but I was still wondering, “did that really just happen”? (Now I know how Taylor Swift must have felt.)
Later, I was in the VIP on the Red Carpet about to be interviewed myself, and she walked up. Even though I have hosted my own talk show, and done many red carpet interviews with major celebrities, I wasn’t there for that and had not planned to interview anyone the whole night. And to date, I’ve never interviewed a person who behaved this way. I was there as the producer and host of my event, only. But she walked up as I was about to be interviewed, so I suggested to the reporter, let me interview her for all the media here, and give her a chance to apologize for what she did, and to address all the rumors about her.
I never thought she was insane or mentally ill at this point, so I was not trying to exploit a mentally ill person. As a matter of fact, she said to me right before walking up closer to me for the interview, “Poprah you need to chill, this could be a good beef, we could make money off of this”. This is why I kept saying to her, “this is not a reality show, this is real life,” I was thinking that this was a perfect time to either expose her, as faking “crazy” for media attention, or let her apologize for her irrational behavior and explain herself.
I never thought she would continue to act “crazy” or that she actually was, until her answers got more and more bizarre. When she walked off I was convinced, she’s on drugs, drunk, really crazy, or just a great actress, and actually I still suspected the latter, fakery all the way.
She immediately went to the other end of the room which was closest to the stage side of the venue, where it is open enough for everyone to hear you if you are shouting, and she was loud, talking inappropriate trash to one of my sponsors at the bar, so that’s why I approached her. “Why are you still talking sh**?”
She continued to talk mess to me, refused to respect that she was now disrupting the event, and that I wanted her to leave. The only security nearby was my own, who did not work for the venue, and after she had already swung on one of them, they did not want to engage her, and left it up to the venue. But their security did nothing. The club manager felt we should avoid a huge scene taking her out of the venue. So we just tried to talk her down to a calm state. Acting or not, she didn’t care that she could ruin this show for Haiti, it was all about keeping the attention on her.
She threatened to kill me, and kept yelling other insanities. No matter what my security said to her, she just sat their screaming, louder, then louder, though noone, me included, was touching her. Shortly after, the manager came and made the cameras leave and tried to talk her down as well, all of us trying to avoid more chaos, because people could hear her yelling from the show floor below.
She seemed calm for a while, but I was told, but didn’t witness, that she still threw water over the balcony on guests and on one of the comedians. The comedians eventually made her the butt of their jokes, I did hear that myself, saying they needed security to escort them to their car because they feared her.
I just want it understood, I, amongst a venue full of people witnessed Danger’s bizarre behavior. I do think she needs therapy, but I honestly think her biggest issue is that she really wants attention at any cost, even if it means pretending to be crazy. And that’s almost as sad as her real psychological problems which cost her custody of her child, if that rumor is true. But who knows what is true with her? I just pray she gets therapy for all her issues. I really feel sorry for her. And if she’s acting, its sad if she thinks creating havoc at a charity event, aimed to help dying people, just to get camera time, is OK. It’s not!
I don’t know what is happening with these arson issues at her place, that were reported, since the incident at my event. But honestly, I think she’s just a very hurt girl, who is crying for help. Yes I was very upset at her behavior at my event especially, thinking it was an act. But if she really is ill, I apologize, and sincerely feel that this is when she needs her real friends and family the most. I hope they step up before it’s too late. Because so many people, authorities, etc, who encounter her, who are not familiar with her history, like I was not, will react to her unpredictability out of self-preservation first, like I did, and that could be very dangerous for everyone involved including Danger.
The whole situation is just another reason that it should be easier for people to get medical treatment, therapy and/or counseling, because it is obviously that her behavior is the result of some deep rooted issues that were never addressed, coming to surface. My prayers are with her and her child.
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W-T-FFFFFFFFF?!I’ve looked into the eye of crazy and Danger definitly fits the bill. If she doesn’t get help for her obvious manic depression/parania she could become a harm to herself or others. The fire is evidence of that. Thank God her child is in the care of the father.
The LA Coroner has found that Brittany Murphy’s death was accidental but could have been prevented.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said that Brittany died of pneumonia, with drugs and anemia playing a role. He believes that had she seen a doctor sooner she could be alive today. Source
That makes it even more sad. How can her family find any closure now?
Rapper/actress Eve may be involved in a foreign money laundering scam.
Teodorin Nguema Obiang, son of Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (President of Equatorial Guinea) had been laundering millions of foreign cash though American companies. He used to date Eve, who is believed to be a part of the scandal.
She showed up on a report brought before the Senate because she’s the president of one of the companies believed to have helped him launder the money.
The company was reportedly set up in late 2005 “to employ individuals at the home [Obiang] maintained before he purchased the Malibu Property and to handle payroll and other matters related to the employment of those individuals,” according to the report. Source
Eve honey, that’s how cute girls like you end up in jail. On another note I’m sore Teodorin was not hurting for cash. He’s just a greedy bugger. This brings me to an ex of mine who, at the time had a well paying job while I was working at the college bookstore. He called me one day at work to ask me if I could get him the credit card numbers of the customers so he could go shopping. Really? C’mon son!
As a very proud black woman (insert angry fist in the air here), I felt it only appropriate to have a Black History Month Post go up every few days in honor of the shortest month of the year honoring my bredren of the past present and future.
I decided to post about some of my black heroes and heroines as well as throw in a little known fact or two. With that said, here we go! Oh, and feel free to send in suggestions. I’ll post as much as I can. (Lo skips off singing ‘We Shall Overcome.’)
#3
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti was rhythm, bass, soul, rebellion and raw sex all rolled up into one man. His music and the story of his journey from music man to defiant rebel are garnering new attention due to a musical entitled “Fela!” and thank God for that.
If you haven’t had a chance to listen to his work or learn at least a little bit about him hit up YouTube and Wiki…that’s what they’re there for. I’ll be hitting up the show (fingers crossed) this month.
Here’s some footage of Fela live:
BHM Factoid #3
Henry “Box” Brown, the former slave known for shipping himself to freedom in a box is only known for that. I bet you guys didn’t know that he left his wife and children in slavery, married some white lady, and started a family magic act and the Brown Family Jubilee singers.
Above is a 3 minute video that puts together behind-the-scenes footage of Amber’s photo shoot with Persona magazine. The clips are compiled to retell the story from the film, “This is England.” The film is about London Skinheads who are less focused on race and politics and moreso on the unisex fashion, music, and lifestyle in London in the 60s.
4. Cyrus Shepherd-Oppenheim (Sybil Shepherd’s son)-Theft Source
5. Andy Dick-Sex abuse. Source
6. Gary Coleman-Domestic Abuse Source
7. Mark Kerrigan (Nancy Kerrigan’s brother)-Assault Source
8. Leif Garrett-Heroin possesion.
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Former teen heartthrob, Leif Garrett was arrested for possession of heroin. He was a train station in L.A. And was acting all hopped up so officers asked to search him. He denied holding but later admitted he had heroin in his shoe. He was locked up and held until he could post the $10K bail.
Leif has had drug issues in the past and even crashed his car leaving the other passenger, his friend Roland Winkler in a wheelchair. Source
Rapper/actor Ice-T visited Paris recently and had the shittiest time ever. He told Page Six: “I was robbed there. They broke into my room and stole everything. The next night they broke in again. I saw them this time, and they took off.” Source
They must have not eralized who they were messing with. In any event, I’m sure my Coco made it all better.
This Karrine Steffans person really knows how to get and give a job. According to her Twitter bio she’s a Sex and Intimacy Consultant and Instructor for Hustler Hollywood.Source
I’m really curious as to what that entails. Like does she stand in the champagne room showing the dip and twirl girls how to give a happy ending? Just wondering.
Back in October there was word that Bey and Solo’s daddy, Matthew Knowles, got one of his jumpoffs pregnant. Well said jumpoff, Alexsandra Wright, gave birth to a baby girl and got the DNA test results. Matty is definitely the father. Source
Cue boos and cheers from the audience as Alexsandra crypt walks around the stage shouting “I KNEW IT!” over and over again until passing out in front of camera #1.
Jay-Z has filed a lawsuit against an investment firm and a bank in connection with his NY hotel development. He claims they ow him $3.7 million dollars.
He bought a $66 million plot of land in NYC and got a $52 million loan from the NexBank SSB. He handed the dough over to the investment managers at Highland Capital Management LP.
But the partners couldn’t pull in investors. So Jay offered to sell back the land to Highland. They, however, were slow in accepting the offer, causing him to accrue interest and personal costs on the loans.
The suit also claims that Highland improperly diverted funds that Jay-Z’s company had placed into a reserve to cover potential environmental problems.
The papers state, “This action arises out of the efforts by defendants to bleed additional funds from (the) plaintiff. Defendants embarked on a bad faith course of conduct.” Source
Sounds nasty. I wonder what’s gonna come of all of this.
Word on the street is that Brandy and Flo Rida are getting it in. The two were seen at a concert in Florida in December and then again in last week in Vegas
A source tells In Touch magazine, “They are definitely hooking up.” Source
Unless they were seen walking out of a hotel room together this doesn’t mean anything.
OK, so in the first video, Chelsea Handler goes in on Beyonce in the opening monolgue of her show. Immediately after she was attacked by Bey’s fans on Twitter so in the second video you can see her addressing it. Alls I can say is Chelsea Handler is hilarious!
Mehcad Brooks, aka Eggs from ‘True Blood,” has just signed wit Calvin Klein as an underwear model. He’s also got a role on the new show “The Deep End.”
For a bit there were rumors floating around the net that Eminem and his ex Kim Mathers had reconciled and that Kim is pregnant. But Eminem quickly shot down the rumors.
His rep says, “Contrary to false rumors spread by unreliable tabloids, Marshall and Kim Mathers are not romantically reunited in any way, nor are they expecting a child together. They are a divorced couple who share custody of their daughter and maintain a friendly relationship.” Source
Well thank God for that. I mean children area blessing and all but these tow have one of the most volatile relationship in Hollyweird history.
The above video is a a showdown between Poprah from “I want to work for Diddy” and Monica “Danger” Leon from For the Love of Ray J.” Poprah was throwing a Haiti Releif event and Danger showed up unannounced and uninvited. She then refused to leave the stage after Porah asked her to. Afterwards Poprah decided to interview her to give her a chance to answer all the crazy rumors. Well, she just proved she was even more crazy than we first thought. Source
Ne-Yo is part of a new campaign against domestic violence. He joined with the non profit organization ‘Respect!’ which targets ending abuse and promotes respect in relationships.
As part of such a group he’s spoken out about the altercation between Chris Brown and Rihanna and had this to say: “What happened between Chris Brown and Rihanna was unacceptable, and we need to all work together and make sure it never happens again, to anyone.” Source
Well played Ne-Yo. That was an awesome way to denounce domestic violence without actually laying blame to anyone. Looks like SOMEONE is listening to their PR folks.
Janet Jackson and ex Jermaine Dupri are back together again. The two will be working on Janet’s new album. Producers Karkchild and WyldCard willb e contributing to the album along with Jermain and his production partner Bryan-Michael Cox. Source
I don’t know about this. Didn’t they break up partly because most of the stuff that Jermaine has done with Janet flopped?
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Best Actress nominee, Gabby Sidibe sat down with the ladies of the view and said that she is a crippling fear of Mike Tyson.
She explains, “At the Golden Globes Mike Tyson was there. I didn’t realise, but I’m terrified of Mike Tyson.
“I saw him and I was standing with my manager and said, ‘Don’t move, don’t move’. There’s something about him. I’m sure he’s a very nice man, but there’s something about a face tattoo. It says, ‘I’ve gone as far as I want to go in society’ and it makes me want to take a few steps back. I’m sure he’s nice though.” Source
Girl I don’t blame you. Even after seeing him on Oprah and in “The Hangover” he scares the loose bowels outta me too.
Fantasia appeared on Oprah today and performed her new single “Even Angels.” On the show she also did an interview where she talked about her rise and fall.
She realized she’d hit rock bottom when she couldn’t even afford pizza.
“The pizza lady says, ‘Well, the card declined. At that point I knew that I had been mishandled. Because there should have been no way that there wasn’t any pizza money.
“I couldn’t go to anybody else in my home and ask them for anything because I had been doing everything.” Source
Jeez Louise! I’m broke as hell but I ALWAYS have money for pizza. Well, hopefully now Fanny is in a better place. Good luck with your new album sugar. Source
I am full of emotions right now, awe, confusion, anguish and envy. Dear Santa, for Christmas this year all I want are my two front teet and apair of these here pants. Love, Lo.
I recently reported that Noah Cyrus was going to be designing a children’s line of lingerie with Ohh! La, La! Couture. Well now Annie Dugourd of Ohh La, Lah says otherwise. She said, “It’s been devastating for our little company. We’re two stay-at-home moms who make tutu dresses. We would never do anything inappropriate.” Source
Phew! Praise God and all his angels! I can pour my cyanide laced kool-aid down the drain cus I was THIS close to quitting life over this.
Thanks to my girl Rhonda I got put on to Tyra’s show today where she talked about women who were born with two vaginas. Yes, I just typed that…not one, but TWO vaginas.
Heidi Montag says that when she showed off her new plastic surgery to her mom she didn’t get the reaction she expected.
She says, “I was nervous, but also excited. I never thought in my wildest dreams she was going to react the way she did.
“She was looking at me almost like a zoo animal. It wasn’t like I was her daughter anymore. She was looking at me like I was a circus freak.
“I tried to leave it as best as I could, but my heart was breaking.” Source
Honey, you do look like a freak. What did you expect your mom to say.
Beyonce said a little while ago that she was going to take a six month break from working. But now that she’s broken records at the Grammys that may not be happening.
Her management thinks that she should keep this gravy train rolling with new music, videos, peformances, interviews, and promotion for her new fragrance, “Heat.” Source
Dang, I guess Jay is gonna have to put those babies on hold.
Kanye just can’t lock it up. He had charges filed against him for flipping out in LAX last year and now he’s in trouble again…for the same damn thing. According to Page Six:
The rapper threw a fit at LAX Monday night on his way back to New York from the Grammys after he and his assistant were seated in business class instead of first. “He wanted to be bumped up,” says our witness. West and his aide were eventually moved to the better seats. Source
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz…sorry, his antics bore me to tears. I quit you Kanye.
Lady GaGa wants to buy the piano she played along with Elton John at the Grammys. She’ll have to raise a boatload of money first. The piano, designed by Canadian artist Terence Koh, costs a whopping 300K.
A source said: “Terence’s artwork is confrontational and incorporates many elements that appeal to Gaga such as sex, punk and gay culture. The black piano with arms reaching out of it was beautiful and it’s no surprise she wants it, especially after giving one of the performances of her career.” Source
I’m sure she’ll have no problem getting that dough together. Besides, I’m sure that piano would go perfect in her lair.
My lower back just flipped me the bird for trying these moves. I sat in awe and watched every last second of this. Now I need to go pray. Excuse me while I find my way to a bible and a confessional.
Ray J is at it again. He did two seasons of “For the Love of Ray J” and now he has a new series for VH1 focusing on his family and how they’re navigating the industry. Here’s the synopsis:
Siblings Brandy and Ray J Norwood are famous for their incredible vocal talent on the stage and screen. But they wouldn’t be anywhere without the support and guidance of their parents – entertainment manager and mom, Sonja and talented musical father, Willie Norwood. Viewers will get a first hand glimpse into the lives of the Norwood family unit and their family business – Rn’B Productions. Run by Sonja, Rn’B Productions features an impressive roster of musical artists including Brandy, Ray J and their father Willie, who also serves as the company’s vocal coach. But with Sonja ready to take a step down, Brandy and Ray J will have to fill her shoes quickly all the while taking the family business to the next level. Will they have what it takes to continue to stay in the limelight while growing an entertainment empire?
The show premiers on VH1 Sunday, April 11 at 9. Source
Ray J tends to annoy me but overall I like this family. I’ll be watching. Will you?
As a very proud black woman (insert angry fist in the air here), I felt it only appropriate to have a Black History Month Post go up every few days in honor of the shortest month of the year honoring my bredren of the past present and future.
I decided to post about some of my black heroes and heroines as well as throw in a little known fact or two. With that said, here we go! Oh, and feel free to send in suggestions. I’ll post as much as I can. (Lo skips off singing ‘We Shall Overcome.’)
#2
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is one of my most favorite poets of all time. It was reading his works that made me start writing in the first place. I did a book report on him every year during black history moth starting in the third grade and leading all the way to my honors seminar in the Harlem Renaissance my Freshmen year of college. I think I’ve always been moved by his simple use of words, in just a few short lines can leave the reader feeling changed.
His works speak for a time in black history of awakening and resistance. Below I have my favorite Langston Hughes Poem. It’s short, to the point and pretty much sums up my life.
Bad Morning
Here I sit
With my shoes mismated
Lawdy-mercy!
I’s frustrated!
LOL, amen to that Langston…amen to that.
BHM Factoid #2
In 1923 a bill was almost passed for ‘the erection as a gift to the people of the United States … a monument in memory of the faithful, colored mammies of the South’ on the National Mall in D.C.
The bill eventually failed due to the uproar from civil rights groups around the country.
While I’m personally intrigued by mammies (I own two) and other southern (*coughs ‘RACIST!’) memorabilia. And would buy a jolly nigger bank if I had that kinda dough. I don’t want to see a Sambo memorial erected in Times Square. Thankfully our homies from way back when shut this nonsense down.
What do you think? Should we memorialize representations of black stereotypes?
Please take some time out of your day to vote for one of my nearest and dearest in the Miss High Times contest. I’ve known “Anthony B” for several years now and I can ATTEST that he deserves this honor. You can vote for him here by rating his pics. Thanks and kisses!
So there’s a rumor floating around that J-Lo and Diddy have a sex tape floating around. Page Six reports:
Aides to Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband, Ojani Noa, say they want to quiz Sean “Puffy” Combs in open court on whether he filmed a sex tape with the singer.
Ed Meyer, Noa’s business manager, told us he was ready to call Combs as a witness in court proceedings and quiz him on the possible existence of an alleged sex tape of the pair, who dated for over two years until 2001. Meyer also said he intended to put J.Lo on the witness stand and ask her about her sexuality since she was allegedly seen kissing a woman in another video filmed more than a decade ago.
The move is part of a legal battle over Noa’s attempt to release a video he shot of J.Lo when they were married for a year in 1997. J.Lo’s lawyers have gotten an injunction blocking the release on the basis that the video is private and personal. Meyer insists the footage is not overtly sexual, containing nothing more than images of the star kissing a woman and performing a lap dance.
Meyer told Page Six, “Ojani’s footage is not a sex tape. In addition to kissing women, there are points where she’s lap dancing Ojani [and others]. All with her clothes on. We’re trying to establish that it’s not a sex tape and therefore usable in Ojani’s movie.”
Meyer says he wants to call Combs to attempt to illustrate any differences between videos he and Lopez may have made and the one Noa possesses. Meyer said, “We will ask: Is there a sex tape between [him] and Lopez, and what does it involve?”
There is no proof the rumored J.Lo and Puffy sex tape exists.
I don’t think there’s a sex tape. I think Ojani is just grasping at straws. BUUUUUT, if one happened to exist, I need to watch it. Not cus it would turn me on. But because I’m intrigued by tDiddy in the same way I’m intrigued by Meerkat Manor. There’ no rhyme or reason to it. It just is.
Meet Die Antwoord. They’re some type of Afrikaans ninja rap group (whatever that means). I saw this horror show over at D-Listed and now I see why Michael K decided to keep this chain mail going. I’d like to apologize to myself for clicking on it even though I could tell it would give me nightmares for eternity.
I would have been kewl had it not been for the progeria muscle boy. THAT was just wrong.
Now everybody sing along! I-I-I, I am your butterfly. I need your protection. Be my samurai.
We told you recently about a random stranger paying for Gary Coleman’s bail for his domestic violence charge. Well word is that Gary has het to thank the business man for the $1,700 he put up.
Well Jarrod Clark has written a song about it. It goes a little somethin’ like this:
“Gary Coleman make a phone call..Gary Coleman should of picked up the phone. You do a great big favor, I’m a real life savior. Come on and show some class, because I’m the man that bailed out your ass.” source
Sir, if you were being altruistic, like you claim, it wouldn’t matter. Beat it.
Janet Jackson said that she was supposed to be in The Matrix and she’s mad she missed out on it. She says, “There was a time when I met with the Wachowski brothers to do ‘The Matrix’ , a long time ago but there were scheduling conflicts. I want to kick somebody’s ass. Anybody’s, as long as I get to kick somebody’s ass. Kick a new hole in their butt. Rip ‘em a new butthole, I’d love to do that.” Source
I need one of these ASAP. If you find where I can buy one PLEASE send me the link. I plan to wear it at work where the thermostat is set at 37 degrees. That’ll learn em.
Who’s idea was the eyebrows and hairline? Whose?! I want a name!
Legendary singer, Etta James, who was recently hospitalized for an infection, has been secretly battling Alzheimer’s for over a year.
Donto James, Etta’s son, says she is suffering from speech difficulties and has contracted the potentially-deadly MRSA virus.
Donto says, “I am going to end up losing my mother if it keeps going on like this. There has to be another doctor out there who can tell me what is going on with my mother.” Source
Such sad news. I hope they can treat what’s wrong with her body, and at least slow the degeneration of her mind.
Snooki is getting in on the nudie action. On the heels of cast mate JWOWW shopping around some nude pics, Snooki has decided to try to sell some naked pics she took of her self. Radar magazine describes the pics:
The stills and video leave nothing to the imagination, as she is wearing only a smile. In one photo she is in her bedroom, on her knees, with one hand on the ground and the other holding the rail of the bed frame. She is looking at the camera with her head tilted slightly. Her spot-it-anywhere fingernail polish is plainly visible. Another shot is too graphic to describe. Source
50 Cent was shocked that actor Chace Crawford garnered more attention from the ladies outside the set of their movie “Twelve.”
He said, “I made a fool of myself the first day of shooting. I got to my trailer and I saw this huge crowd of girls screaming. I stopped and was kind of having a moment. Then I turned around, and Chace was behind me, and that’s who they were freaking out for.”
He added, “I remember thinking, ‘What kind of bulls**t is this?’ ” Source
Fiddy, I know you got your rabbit teeth shaved down and everything. But seriously, get over yourself.
Sean “Beady Eyes and Unfortunate Teeth (Thank God He Got Them Fixed)” Combs says that he will soon be launching a business school in NYC. H wants to share the secrets of his success with the world.
He told CNN, “I want to have an academy that’s known for building leaders. I feel that’s one of the things I can have an impact on.
“I want to take on more responsibility. I’m still honestly in search of how I can have the most positive effect that I can have.” Source
Included on his course list will be Cooning 101 and Seminar in Selling Your Soul to the Devil.
According to The Chicago Sun Times, Madge’s boy toy, Jesus Luz, broke up with her. Jesus apparently just realized just how friggin old Madonna is and kicked her to the curb. Sun Times
Good. The fact that she’s older than his mom freaked me out.
Vanity Fair does a “Young Hollywood” issue this year and it looks like they seemed to have overlooked all the men and minorities in young Hollywood. All of the actors gracing the cover are white, female and skinny.
Where’s Gabby Sidibe, Freida Pinto, Zoe Saldana, America Ferrera? Hmm? Can we get a little diversity please? Who’s with me?
Thank you Angel. You always cosign, and I appreciate that.Source
Word is that Kim texted her friends on NYE that she “WILL” marry Reggie this year. But Reggie doesn’t seen so quick to leap on that wagon.
Sources say Reggie told Kim to be patient and that they could talk about their future and getting married after the play-offs are over. He also reportedly only got back together with her because she promised to lay off the topic for a bit. Source
Reggie is 24 and fine as hell with groupies at every turn. Not to sneeze at his relationship but I dono’t see him settling down anytime soon. If Kim forces him into a marriage I don’t think it’ll last long.
The 2010 Oscars will be airing on March 7th and the Nominations have just been announced. Peep the noms below as well as my picks.
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious (Lo’s Pick)
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Director
James Cameron: Avatar
Kathryn Big: The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels: Precious (Lo’s Pick)
Jason Reitman: Up in the Air
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart
George Clooney: Up in the Air
Colin Firth: A Single Man
Morgan Freeman: Invictus
Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock: The Blindside
Helen Mirran: The Last Station
Carey Mulligan: An Education
Gabourey Sidibe: Precious (Lo’s Pick)
Meryl Streep: Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon: Invictus
Woody Harrelson: The Messenger
Christopher Plummer: The Last Station
Stanley Tucci: The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz: Nine
Vera Farmiga: Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal: Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick: Up in the Air
Mo’Nique: Precious (Lo’s Pick)
Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog (Brew’s Pick)
The Secret of Kells
Up
Best Foreign Film
Ajami
El Secreto De Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prohete
The White Ribbon
Best Original Screenplay
Ingloourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious (Lo’s Pick)
Up in the Air Source
OK, so of the movies nominated I’ve only seen Precious…lol ergo that’s where my picks go.
Why did you feel the need to speak out about the A&E Intervention special & how you’ve been portrayed in the media since that special aired?
Initially I wasn’t going to say anything… & I think that stemmed from fear because of the relationship I had with Robbie… it was an abusive one. He portrayed it like it was a “lovely romance” & it wasn’t. I just want to move on & put things behind me. Other people may be in the same position I was in… & if you don’t eventually stand up for yourself it can carry on for the next 12 years… like in my case. It was time to tell the truth… the truth that he so conveniently left out in the intervention
How did you & Robbie meet?
I met Robbie before the group (City High)… We started out as friends… we were both singers & knew some of the same people… My older sister and him were in the same grade so she knew him too… they were 2 grades above me… when we first started dating she said to me “are you sure you want to date him?” I asked her what she meant by that & she told me Robbie had a reputation of getting really drunk (since) back then & told me a story about him drinking excessively to the point where he’d passed out. I knew he drank but I never saw that side of it. He was my first boyfriend, we were young I was 16 & he was 18… we were nice teenagers. Everything seemed fine in the beginning but over time it became like a nightmare.
A nightmare? How so?
At first it started with me finding out about other girls… I stayed through that… I’m sure every woman can relate to believing a man lying to you about cheating, even when all the signs were right in my face… & that caused problems but it was the drunken fits that really scared me & made want to end our relationship…
Describe one of those episodes…
The summer I was turning 17 Wyclef had a 4th of July BBQ at his house… there were a bunch of music industry people… I don’t recall what exactly brought it on, but he blacked out on me at the BBQ… he got in my face & started yelling “You ain’t sh*t, you ain’t ever gonna be sh*t”… & Robbie is a big guy he was so close I could feel the spit hitting me in my face. At my age I was so intimidated by that… belittling me in front of all those important people. There was another time I was confronting him about a girl & he threw a brush at me… I ducked & the brush went through his bedroom door… that’s how much force he used… If I hadn’t ducked I probably wouldn’t even be a alive today. I gathered my things & started to walk home… I lived about 2 miles from Robbie’s house… & that wasn’t uncommon for me do… there were plenty of nights we’d argue or he’d pass out & I would walk home… He came out the house yelling & started beating up his car. Broke the head light, started pounding on the hood… his mother came out & called me back… I felt like since it was his mother asking me to come back in the house I should… when I got inside we all sat down to talk & she was telling me things like I shouldn’t add fuel the fire… basically making me feel like it was my fault.
How did your relationship with him end?
We were working on the album & it was rare for him not to be drunk… My management asked me not break up with him (he knows this) but it just became too difficult for me. Going on the road, recording… it was terrible. We were in Hit Factory & I remember him walking past me & he said “so this it, we over?” & I said “yes”.
So you guys broke up before the first single came out?
Yes, even before the album was finished.
On the A&E Intervention it was stated that you broke up with Robbie on tour in Europe & started dating Ryan…
No, we hadn’t even been traveling overseas yet… & Robbie & I were broken up for a year before Ryan & I started any kind of romance.
You & Ryan have children but your not together anymore correct?
We are very close friends. We had both of our sons before we got married… we had a good relationship for a long time. Around 2007 it started fading out, we were changing… we’d gotten together pretty young & so we separated. I started seeing someone else & had my daughter at that time & I don’t know who Malicious Jynx is, that is not my daughter’s father. My daughter’s father is just a normal hard working business man. He’s not even in the industry…
So hold on… you don’t know that guy that is being reported as your daughter’s father?
No I don’t know who that is. I saw a rumor on Wikipedia a while back saying I was dating him & had a child by him… I was in the studio with Brian Michael Cox & we laughing about it… I wasn’t even pregnant with my daughter yet… I don’t know that guy & never met him… Source via Source
Sigh, don’t shit where you eat. Doesn’t everyone know that?
Please take some time out of your day to vote for one of my nearest and dearest in the Mr. High Times contest. I’ve known “Anthony B” for several years now and I can ATTEST that he deserves this honor. You can vote for him here by rating his pics. Thanks and kisses!
The darling Brittiny (above), is vying for votes to become the next Purple Lab Star. Since she’s a friend of a friend and quite the cute little chocolate drop, I’m extending the invitation to all of you to vote for her HERE. Today is the last day so hop to it damnit. Er, I mean, kisses! And thanks my lovlies.
When Amy was asked what she thinks about Blake doing a pre-op transexual she said,
“So what? I like girls as well. I have had relationships with other women but that doesn’t mean I don’t still love Blake. There is something about being with a woman that is very satisfying. I don’t care what people think about me being bi – I do what feels good.” Source
Here’s the thing, I loves me the gays. I’m down for people to lick or stick whatever gets them off as long as its of the same species and consenting. But and however, If my man was playing flippy flop with anyone (man OR woman) other than me, I’d take issues with that to say the least.
Read from the bottom up. I haven’t seen the THS but I can believe that Tameka was painted as the monster and Chilli as the princess. But lookie here, Usher’s fans will be eternally angry at you for taking away Usher’s sex appeal and sellability. I’m just saying.
Pink was scared she’d “fall on her nude butt” during her Grammys performance.
Speaking after her routine, she said: “When I do it on tour, I don’t have lights above me. There were lights above me, so it almost went into a strobe thing, and I actually did get a little turned around.
“I thought… I was going to fall on my nude butt. But I worked it out.” Source
Yea, I thought the same thing. Not that I want her to hurt herself but maybe that would have mad the Grammys less of a snore fest.
Mariah Carey and Courtney Love almost teamed up a while ago. Courtney was playing her song “Samantha” for movie maker Brett Ratner at his home. Mimi was there overseeing some videos he’d directed for her.
Courtney says, “I’m at his house and I sing the part, ‘People like you f**k people like me,’ and this little voice goes, ‘I’ll sing it.’ I’m like, ‘Who’s that?’ The voice goes, ‘It’s Mariah.’”
She adds, “We sat on Brett’s couch and we watched on a screen these five Mariah Carey videos he made. It was hysterical. I never met Mariah for more than a minute in my life, but we sort of canceled each other out. We had nothing negative about each other to say. I’m not in her universe and she’s not in mine.” Source
Now that would have been a collaboration I’d pay to see.
Above are the result of the latest rock collaboration that Converse has made. They’ve grouped with everyone from The Ramones to The Clash. Now, they’ve got three designs inspired by 80s group Blondie. Via Sneakernews.
Joe Jackson is working on a wrongful death suit. He’s demanding UCLA Medical Center release MJ’s records so he can figure out who is at fault for his son’s death.
In papers that his lawyers filed he claims, “The UCLA records will permit (Joe) to determine with medical experts and then present to this court, how much support (he) needs to pay for the prosecution of his wrongful death action against those responsible for his son’s death.” Source
I’d like to think he actually cares. But I know that he’s just looking for that cash money. Damn shame.
Former basketball star and confirmed killer, Jayson Williams, was recently robbed. Someone broke into his home and stole $150K wroth of electronics and sports memorabilia.
Investigators don’t know when the theft happened because Jayson and his wife were away from their home for a few weeks. Source
Dwayne Johnson names one of his greatest achievements as buying a house for his parents and saving his grandmother from a life of poverty.
He says, “(There were) things I wanted to accomplish (on the list) – buy my parents a house… (and) take care of my grandmother’s situation and graduate (university).
“She (grandmother) was homeless. She was on the streets but we were in a little apartment and there was nothing we could do about it. We had no money.”
He made this list when he was 24-years-old and has it hanging in his home. He says, “It sums up my life.” Source
So word is that Miley Cyrus’ 9-year-old sister Noah and her friend Emily Grace are teaming up to launch a children’s line of lingerie for Ohh! La, La! Couture.
The website describes The Emily Grace Collection as “trendy, sweet, yet edgy feel, is reminiscent of Emily’s true personality. She is collaborating with Ooh! La, La! Couture designers to create versatile styles that can be worn with sweet ballerina slippers, funky sneakers or paired with lace stockings and boots for more of a rock and roll look. Emily’s collection will appeal not just to little girls—the line also has an exclusive Teen Collection available to a size 14.” Source
Ummmm, not only do I not understand why a tween lingerie collection is necessary, but I also don’t understand why it neds to be edgy. This is a pedophile’s paradise. I denounce you lifeless demons!
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