Willow Smith Will Be a Superstar Whether You Like it Or Not
Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s fashionable daughter Willow made her most recent foray into the world of entertainment with a professional photo shoot on the Trocadero in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday.
While there they surprised a newlywed and happily posed for photos with them. Are my eyes deceiving me? When did Jada get all that junk?
Willow Smith, who will turn 10 on October 31st, made her acting debut alongside her father in I Am Legend. But she will step out on her own when she launches her career as a singer, according to her mom Jada:
Pinkett Smith tells AmbassadorMag.com, “I have always had a love for music, always, always, and always. I probably started to pursue it a little late in life. But it was always a passion of mine. I had always been too afraid to venture into music, but I decided when I was about 30 to just go for it. I started a metal band called Wicked Wisdom. I toured and I loved it.”
“But soon after, my kids’ careers started taking off, so I sacrificed it. I am pleased to say my daughter, Willow, will be putting out an album soon and . So I am excited about that, and she’s pretty awesome. She will be better at it then I ever could be anyway!” Read More…
Tameka “Tiny” Cottle Hopes Her Dad Will Escort Her Down the Aisle
Friends and inside sources have been whispering about rapper T.I. and his fiancee Tiny’s “secret” wedding in Miami for months now. The news of the wedding’s date and location (this weekend) was made public by a number of radio and blogs last week.
When the couple finally say their “I do’s” after 9 years together, they will be surrounded by close family and friends, including their combined children from outside relationships.
But the most important family member there will undoubtedly be Tiny’s dad, Charles Pope, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Tiny’s parents, Mr. Pope and her mom Dianne Cottle-Pope, were introduced to her fans in episodes of her popular Tiny & Toya Show on BET.
Mr. Pope is a proud man who continued to perform as the last founding member of the group The Tams even as the disease began taking its toll on him. Now inside sources say Mr. Pope can no longer walk or talk. Tiny hopes that he will be well enough to escort her down the aisle on her happy day this weekend.
Friends and family have rallied to assist Dianne with Mr. Pope’s care. Her helping hands includes one of Tiny’s childhood friends who arrives from work every evening to help out. She is a strong woman who lifts Mr. Pope from his chair and carries him to his bed.
Even Tiny’s 5-year-old son King pitches in. From the moment he wakes up in the morning, King is by his grandaddy’s side watching over him making sure he’s OK.
fanMAIL: Follow up on the Dupri threatens blogger story
Thanks to loyal reader Brian over at HipHopBlog for this follow up to my post about music producer Jermaine Dupri’s veiled threats to end my life over a blog post that he didn’t like.
A friend who was on the line – a local club promoter who heard the whole thing — defended Dupri’s actions with the excuse that Dupri was drunk after partying the night away in France. Dupri did not sound drunk to me. His speech was not slurred. His words were clear and precise.
He wanted me to know — over and over again — that his goons were ready fuck me up and/or even kill me, to protect his little rep as the honorary mayor of Atlanta. All of these threats of violence were made over a blog post that hit too close to home.
Here’s what Brian and Rocky Williform (pictured above left), the founder and editor-in-chief of HipHopBlog.com (formerly T.I.’s StreetCred.com) had to say:
If these allegations are true, the entire blogosphere should be outraged and Dupri should face litigation. “You’re talking about the Internet blogosphere, so you’re talking federal statute,” says HipHopBlog.com’s Rocky Williform. “What he did amounts to a terrorist threat.” Bloggers should be able to blog without fear of violence from individuals who don’t like what was written about them. Of course, if one is reading something about themselves that they don’t like–or that they believe to be untrue–they have a right to react. “There are civil remedies for when you disagree with someone or you feel someone is slandering you,” Williform says.
“Would he have called [TMZ's] Harvey Levin like that? Would he have called Rupert Murdock at Fox News?” Williform adds. “New media should be outraged and should send a message to Jermaine Dupri that this kind of behavior cannot be tolerated.” Because the Internet is international commerce, Dupri could realistically face charges under federal statutes, meaning that instead of Rose’s attorney, he could possibly face U.S. attorney Sally Yates of Georgia’s northern district. READ MORE…
Police Now believe CJ’s Mother Slaughtered Her Own Children
In a strange twist of events, Staten Island police now say Leisa Jones, 33, may have used a straight edge razor to slit the throats of her three oldest children before setting her Port Richmond apartment ablaze early Thursday.
Police initially believed C.J. Jones, Leisa Jones’ troubled 14-year-old son, slashed the throats of his two sisters – Brittany, 10, and Melony, 7 – before torching the second floor walk up and cutting his own throat.
But new evidence points to a different suspect — the children’s mother.
According to the NY Daily News, investigators are awaiting toxicology reports on 25 undigested pills found in C.J.’s stomach “to see if mom doped any of the kids to make it easier for her to slit their throats.”
C.J. was kicked out of a nearby park for setting a fire on Thursday. And neighbors said they saw C.J. setting small fires in front of his apartment building in the hours before the 3 alarm blaze.
Still, investigators don’t believe the teen’s infatuation with fire is enough to explain the brutal mass murder, another source said.
“Cutting people’s throats is usually something a psychotic grows into,” the source said. “And so far no one has reported he tortured animals or other kids or his brothers and sisters – so it’s a puzzle.” [link]
The murder weapon was found under C.J.’s body where police originally believed he dropped it after slitting his throat. Fire fighters say C.J. was found in a back bedroom slumped over on a bed in a sort of “suicide hari kari” sitting position.
A charred “confession” note with the words “am sorry” was fused to a melted metal Butane lighter in the mother’s bedroom.
Investigators have tentatively matched the handwriting on the note to samples of Leisa Jones’ known penmanship. Leisa Jones’ body was found “in a crawling position” in the living room not far from the bodies of her three youngest children. Police say her body was positioned as if she was trying to get away from an assailant or the fire.
Jones’ 2-year-old son, Jermaine Sinclair, Jr. was the only child pulled out of the burning apartment alive. He was found near the front door where the fire had been set to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the apartment.
Jermaine later died at a hospital from smoke inhalation and third degree thermal burns. His body was so badly burned that fire fighters on the scene couldn’t initially determine his gender.
Jermaine Dupri: “I’ve got people ready to kill you!”
An enraged Jermaine Dupri launched into a profanity-filled tirade during a late-night phone call last night that left the hair standing up on the back of my neck.
A friend called me around 11 pm to say he had Dupri on the line and was it alright if he spoke with me. I agreed to listen to what he had to say. Dupri began by ranting and raving about bloggers in general, and about me specifically.
JD, as he likes to be called, was reacting angrily to a post I wrote yesterday titled “How the Mighty Have Fallen: Jermaine Dupri Rebounds.”
While not denying that anything I wrote was false, he angrily vented about me “always” going in on him and his artists, including Dondria and Bow Wow.
He basically let me know that his goons were coming for me — with his blessing.
“I got people ready to kill you right now!,” he screamed. “I’m letting you know it’s serious in the streets right now,” said JD in a 3-way call from France where he had just finished partying.
He said repeatedly, “I run Atlanta! I got ni**as calling me saying they don’t know what you look like, but all I gotta do is point you out and they will FUCK YOU UP!!!!”
I was extremely offended by all his yelling and cursing and I reminded JD that I was a grown ass woman. “I’m grown too!,” he responded. “I got ni**as that will fuck you up on sight!”
He wasn’t at all subtle with any of his threats — even though he insisted he wasn’t threatening me. “I know you’re recording this,” he yelled, “and I’m recording it too!” He made death threats unapologetically: “You already dead!,” he screamed.
After taking as much of the verbal abuse as I was willing to tolerate, I hung up on him and called the police.
Edit: I spoke with my attorney today.
No blogger should tolerate death threats from a celebrity. Whether the threats are veiled or direct, they are still threats against your life. And that it is against the law.
Medical Minute: Are You Raising a Sociopath?
Police in Staten Island, NY say a 14-year-old boy is the lead suspect in the deaths of his mother and three younger siblings.
Police say C.J. Jones used a straight razor to slash the throats of his younger sisters Brittany, 10, and Melony, 7, before slashing his own throat and setting the family’s apartment ablaze.
Also found in the smoldering rubble were the bodies of the children’s mother Leisha Jones, 33, and her 2-year-old son Jermaine. The cause of deaths of both Jones and Jermaine have not been determined.
According to the NY Daily News, the murder weapon — the straight razor — was found lodged under C.J.’s body after firefighters put out the blaze. It isn’t known why C.J. wiped out his entire family. But the tragedy may have been prevented.
Children who kill their entire families are known quite simply as sociopaths. In my March, 2008 post titled “Are You Raising a Sociopath?,” I listed the common characteristics shared by sociopathic children. They really are easy to spot, although parents (and school staff) often ignore the warning signs:
So what are the warning signs?
fanMAIL: Amy Winehouse and Nas *Updated*
Edited:
to add another email from loyal reader D. Bryant (scroll down)…
Loyal reader Domi writes:
Good Day Ms. Rose,
My name is Dominique from Los Angeles and I visit your site every single day. I have attempted to register to comment on your site to no avail, but I just had to leave you with this!
I saw the pictures of Nas and Amy at Damien Marley’s birthday party leaving together, and my mouth dropped open.
I have been an Amy Winehouse fan since her first album, and I was completely blown away after the Back to Black album, which I call the soundtrack to my life. Although she’s a real live crackhead, she has undeniable talent.
With that being said, true Amy Winehouse fans know that it has been rumored for many years that Amy and Nas were a couple in the past. There is even a song that is presumably about Nas, entitled “Me and Mr. Jones” which is obviously about a tumultuous relationship between the two. It is one of my favorite songs of all time and she is CLEARLY talking about Nas. Sandra please Google it!
Some of the most notable verses go “Mr Destiny, 9 and 14″ (they share the same birthday) “Besides Sammy you’re my best Black Joe” I mean come on, the song is called Me and Mr (Nasir) Jones! I thought people knew this already, but all over the internet people are saying “What is Nas doing with Amy Winehouse”!!
Whew! I vented and now I feel better!
Love your blog,
Domi from L.A.!!!
