Murder suspect pleads not guilty
The man police say fired the shots that killed up-and-coming Atlanta rapper Dolla in a Beverly Hills shopping mall pleaded not guilty in a L.A. courtroom today.
Aubrey Berry, aka “AB”, a 23-year-old Atlanta nightclub promoter, pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder and two counts of assault with a firearm. Police say Berry followed Dolla, 21, real name Roderick Anthony Burton II, to a PF Changs restaurant inside the upscale Beverly Center shopping complex where he was confronted by Dolla and his crew in the restaurant restroom.
After throwing up gang signs (Dolla was allegedly a member of the Crips) a fight ensued and spilled outside the restaurant. Other reports say Berry was in the valet area waiting for his car when Dolla and two others, his cousin Scrapp Deleon and local rapper D.J. Shabazz, approached him. Berry’s attorney said he felt threatended and drew his weapon firing two shots into the back of the unarmed Dolla as he ran away. One bullet pierced Dolla’s heart killing him.
According to one source, Berry was licensed to carry a concealed weapon, which explains how he was able to get the firearm through airport security. Berry remains jailed in L.A. on $5 million bail.
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Celebs Out & About
Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. Henson looked good enough to eat at last night’s U.S. Dream Academy’s 8th Annual “Power of a Dream” Gala at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in D.C.
They almost look like twins. Actor Tom Cruise, right, and his adopted son Connor Cruise watched the Lakers lose to the Denver Nuggets in a nail biter last night in game 2 of the Western Conference Finals at the Staples Center in L.A. The series moves to Denver on Saturday for game 3.
This is getting ridiculous. Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith need to cut this boy’s hair. He looks too much like a girl.
EDIT: I was JOKING. It was a joke! Call off the dogs! I can’t believe this went over some of your heads. Some of you need to get a sense of humor.
I urge TV personality Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth to make an appointment with her plastic surgeon expeditiously to see why one of her man-made boobs is sitting up higher than the other one. That looks painful.
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EPIC FAIL!!!
How do you go from winning American Idol, signing a major record deal and selling millions of records to almost losing BOTH of your cribs and you’re still under age 25???
I could see if Fantasia was a broke 45-year-old toothless has-been singer like Beyonce soon will be. Fantasia needs to be beat hard with a common sense stick! Even if there was a man involved and she was supporting him and bought his baby mama a car and paid his child support. She still should have a little something left over if she was investing her money right.
The “American Idol” winner says she was just a day away from losing both of the south Charlotte homes she owns.
“I put my life in other people’s hands that didn’t quite take care of it like I would have,” she said.
She says she always had the money, and when a judge realized that the near foreclosures — and the people she used to have working for her — went away.
“I put my trust in other men — people that said they cared about me, that they said they loved me, that they would do anything for me,” Barrino said. “I felt like all I had to do was get the mike, get on the stage and sing and everything else behind me would be taken care of but it didn’t happen that way.”
Now, she says, it’s about moving on.
“I’m excited to be back. It’s been a long time coming,” she said. READ MORE…
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Is This Khloe Kardashian???
While browsing one of the other blogs, I came across this image of a lovely brunette. I did a double take at the caption that said the statuesque model was KHLOE KARDASHIAN.
All I can say is wow at Khloe’s svelte, eye popping new figure! Can you believe that’s the same chick that we all thought Young Jeezy was banging until his publicist vigorously denied it? Jeezy might want to rethink getting with that before some other brotha jumps on it. Maino comes immediately to mind, but I don’t know why. Maino has never given me the impression that he was down with the swirl.
Natalie Cole’s sister dies during kidney transplant drama
Singer Natalie Cole experienced both joy and pain this week when she learned her oldest sister died of cancer just hours after Natalie underwent a life-saving kidney transplant operation.
Early Monday morning, Cole had been comforting her older sister, Carol, when she got a call from doctors saying that a kidney from a 22-year-old patient had become available. Doctors told her she would have to rush to the hospital immediately.
“Natalie was there with her at her bedside … and she got a phone call from her doctors that a kidney was ready for her. She said, ‘What do you mean? I can’t deal with that right now! I’m here with my dying sister!’ And they said to her, ‘No, ma’am. We’ve got to do it now. You’ve got to be at Cedars-Sinai in two hours,’” Natalie’s younger sister, Timolin Cole said.
Cole had been battling hepatitis C from a past drug addiction and needed kidney dialysis three times a week and underwent the surgery. When Cole successfully came out of her kidney transplant surgery, she found out her older sister had passed away.
“This is all so surreal, and it is devastating,” Cole’s younger sister said.
Meanwhile, Cole’s transplant was a success, and she’s expected to go home over the weekend. Her family says “she’s doing well, and she’s going to party like a rock star in no time.”
GUESS WHO?
While still a decent looker, this glorified backup singer/dancer still needs a lot of help to keep the laugh lines and crow’s feet at bay.
Find out who she is after the break!
Was Rihanna getting a little tipsy last night?
It appears that Rihanna might have had too many shots of that Patron last night. I only say that because Rihanna’s bodyguard (the one Jay Z hired to trail her and keep her safe) had to hold her up when she left the Golden Crust (a Caribbean bakery) before returning to her hotel last night in NYC. I’ve eaten at Caribbean spots in the past, and I know they have a tendency to be a little heavy handed with the rum in some of their dishes. But I think RiRi was drunk before she ever got to the restaurant.
Like maybe she emptied her hotel room bar before she left out? I know RiRi is under a lot of stress right now — what with wack rappers trying to use her name for publicity for the come up. But I only hope that Rihanna uses restraint and remembers that Beyonce and Christina Milian aren’t too far behind her ready to knock that crown off her head. Get it together girl!
LOVE the gladiator sandals!
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