Celebs Out & About
Usher, aka Ben Vereen, Jr., performed live for Seven’s “Sunrise” program at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on May 21, 2010 in Sydney, Australia today.
Pop singer Rihanna was spotted crossing a Dublin, Ireland street early this morning while we slept.
Wale Pulls Out of DC Gay Pride Concert to Protect His Image?
According to DC Black Gay Pride organizers, rapper Wale has abruptly pulled out of a Gay Pride concert as headliner.
Apparently, Wale asked the organizers to hide the fact that the event was part of the Black Gay Pride festivities going on in DC that weekend.
It seems Wale didn’t mind taking the organizer’s cash, he just didn’t want it publicized that he was participating in a “gay” event. But I thought Wale was gay?
Earl Fowlkes, the DC Black Pride board member acting as spokesperson for the nonprofit organization, said Wale’s decision to cancel his appearance was due to homophobia.
”Basically we had an agreement, and we were very clear to the different parties and agents involved that this was an LGBT event,” Fowlkes says. ”What happened is that when the first blast went out that Wale was going to be at Black Pride he got cold feet, and his agent first said Wale wasn’t available because he had to do family stuff. Then we got another e-mail saying he didn’t know what kind of event this was when he agreed to it.”
According to an e-mail from Jesse Kirshbaum, a talent agent representing Wale… his client took the [gig] because it was a local Washington event, but that he was ”mislead.”
”All of the facts of the event were not disclosed with the offer and therefore, he feels mislead and regretfully declines.”
Fowlkes says that is not true. ”We said, ‘We told you up front, how could we hide that DC Black Pride is LGBT?”’ Fowlkes says. ”They just said he couldn’t do it. So it basically is homophobia rearing its ugly head once again, and on our 20th anniversary, it’s really sad.”
Celebs Out & About
The White House posted pictures of Beyonce performing at the White House State dinner the other night. Sorry, there were no pics of her rolling across the stage on her back.
Special thanks to the White House photographer for this photo of Barack Obama in his now classic narcissistic posture — chin up and eyes closed. Now I can retire the other photo.
Actress Halle Berry needed a police escort to get her past the throngs of paparazzi outside the medical center on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills today. Are you sure you want to be a celebrity?
Kerry Washington Doesn’t Want To Have Your Baby
Actress Kerry Washington covers the current issue of JET magazine. As you know, Kerry has been unlucky at love. So much so that she even tried dating outside of her race because, like other high profile black women, she devalues black men as not being good enough for her.
Kerry¹s Agenda
Smart, savvy actress talks Broadway, movies and how she¹s not in a rush to have a babyIn her latest film “Mother and Child,” acclaimed actress Kerry Washington plays a married woman with fertility issues who adopts a child while her personal life spirals out of control. But in real life, the 33-year-old sexy starlet tells Jet that having a baby is not quite on her radar these days.
That¹s no surprise since within this year she¹s starred in the acclaimed Broadway play, “Race,” shot two films and continues her eco-campaigns and advocacy for the arts in public schools. Read more about Kerry¹s agenda and her thoughts on maintaining healthy relationships in this week¹s issue.
Also, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. weighs in on the Arizona immigration law controversy. PLUS, former Olympia-turned-WNBA player, Marion Jones, shares lessons learned from falling from grace.
This issue of JET magazine hits stands nationwide, May 24.
Did One of Necole Bitchie’s Besties Con Her Friends Out of Thousands?
One of celebrity blogger Necole Bitchie’s BFF’s was busted this morning for grand theft. Now Necole is going into damage control mode to distance herself from her friend.
Apparently, Juanita Crimiel, 26, who passed herself off as a successful celebrity cook named Chef Juanita, befriended Necole who then introduced her to all of her industry friends.
Crimiel, as Chef Juanita, wove an intricate web of lies and deceit in order to scam Necole’s industry contacts out of $20,095.21!
One of the celebrity victims who fell for the so-called “Chef” Juanita’s lies was BET 106 & Park‘s co-host Rocsi.
Crimiel’s latest caper involved shaving her head bald and pretending to be a cancer patient. Two weeks ago, she used a bogus email account to email me claiming “Chef Juanita” was dying of cancer. Two days later, I received another email from Juanita informing me that “Chef Juanita” was dead.
Watch Grey’s Anatomy Season 6 Finale
Last night I watched the 2-hour finale of Grey’s Anatomy season 6. It was my first time watching the hospital drama, and it will be my last.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a ridiculous, unrealistic plot played out in a drama series.
For those who didn’t see this mess: a deranged gunman, whose wife died on an operating table, decides to exact his revenge by killing the surgeon and scrub nurse who operated on his wife.
For two hours, this supposedly modern, big city hospital is on “lock down” status while this lunatic roams around freely shooting and killing doctors at will.
Having worked in a few hospitals as a RN, I can tell you that any hospital on lock down status means all doors are automatically locked!
In reality, the gunman would have been limited to a very small area of the hospital and every weapon in the SWAT team arsenal would have been aimed at him! Also, the phones still work on lock down status!
There is a phone in every patient’s room and at every nurses station. Yet we watched doctors and nurses helplessly attempting to remove bullets and insert chest tubes with NO ANESTHESIA and no medical supplies because they were supposedly isolated from the world and couldn’t get help? What nonsense!!
In reality, life would have gone on in that hospital. There would have been SWAT teams in the OR protecting doctors while they operated and saved lives. It seems as if the writers of Grey’s Anatomy don’t have a very high opinion of the intelligence level of their viewers.
Episode summary after the break.
Happy Birthday To Lil Rocko!
Happy Birthday to Lil Rocko, the son of singer Monica. Lil Rock, real name Rodney Ramone Hill III, turns 5 today! Lil Rocko is an avid reader of Sandrarose.com! He checks the blog every morning before he goes to school. Ladies, lock your daughters up in 10 years!
