Lil Wayne Clears Up the Cougar Rumor (Video)

Thanks to celebrity blogger Karen Civil for sending along this video of rapper Lil Wayne clearing up the Cougar rumor.

As you may recall, Sandrarose.com posted the Exclusive pics of Lil Wayne hugged up with his stylist, Marisa Flores, at Compound nightclub earlier this week.

“This is my stylist Marisa…” Wayne says in an interview with DJ Scoob Doo. “This is the reason why I’m flyer than all you ni**as… y’all owe my girl an apology, man.”

Weezy then shouts out Notre Dame point guard Skylar Diggins. Apparently, he’s trying hard to make Skylar his baby mama #5. But how disturbing is it that a grown man is stalking a 18-year-old college student?

Despite all the denials about Wayne and his stylist getting it in, the pictures tell a different story.

But in this case, maybe the old adage: “Believe nothing you see, and only half of what you hear,” is appropriate.

Photos by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net

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Rumor Control: Frankie Did Not Fail Urine Drug Test

There’s a vicious rumor going around the blogosphere that singer Keyshia Cole’s mom, Frankie Lons, 50, was arrested for failing a urine drug test. Well, I’m happy to report that the rumor is not true.

According to Frankie’s publicist, Cherry Banez, Frankie was arrested, but not because she failed a drug test. Frankie missed her probation visit due to the fact that she was undergoing treatment at Dr. Dårew’s Pasadena Rehab center in California.

Sent Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Sandra! fyi – unfortunately, Frankie was in a catch 22 situation – she missed probation because she was at rehab at Dr. Drew’s Pasadena center. That’s what lead to the arrest, not drugs as published by mediatakeout.

Frankie is 50 years old and I am doing what I can to help her change her image into a sober woman who has made regrettable mistakes. As she approaches the next phase of her life with grandkids and her new found children, I hope she does succeed. Keep up the good work with your Medical Minutes — what I am trying to say is you have readers who may not get medical info in traditional sources, but through your blog, [they] can at least receive medical info while getting their entertainment as well!

Take care,
Cherry Bañez
President/CEO
cherrypublicity LLC
www.cherrypublicity.com

Sports, Entertainment & Celebrity Publicity & Promotions
Celebrity Charity/Foundations Management
Media Relations and Marketing Strategist

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Twitter FAIL: Rihanna

Yesterday, pop singer Rihanna excitedly retweeted a message from a rabid follower who announced that her Minneapolis show had sold out in just 68 minutes. The apparent sell out comes after reports surfaced that Rihanna’s U.S. concert dates were selling slowly. Too bad Rihanna didn’t check with the Target Center in Minneapolis before posting that tweet.

According to the arena’s website, tons of tickets are still available for Rihanna’s June 16th concert with featured guest, Cee Lo Green. Now Rihanna is looking pretty dumb… again.

And, oh, by the way, a loyal reader just sent this…

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Journalist apologizes for misspeaking about Obama’s birth certificate

A celebrity journalist apologized yesterday for alleging that Hawaii’s new governor told him he couldn’t find U.S. President Barack Obama’s birth certificate on file.

Mike Evans told FoxNews.com on Wednesday he was remorseful and embarrassed that he appeared to have given the impression that he had discussed the search for Obama’s birth certificate with Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie.

Evans, who says he has been a close friend of Abercrombie since the 1980s, appeared on Minnesota’s KQRS radio last week and said he’d been told by the governor himself that Obama’s birth certificate was nowhere to be found. Evans told KQRS on Jan. 20:

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Rumor Control: Omarion Press Release is Fake

According to Jawn Murray of AOL Black Voices:

A rep for singer Omarion has confirmed to BlackVoices.com that a press release circulating on the internet claiming that he formally announced he is “bisexual” is a hoax.

The internet was abuzz Saturday afternoon when several online blogs posted what appeared to be a press release serviced on behalf of Omarion (real name: Omari Ishmael Grandberry) addressing his sexuality.

The unedited press release read: “I pride myself in being an honest, God Fearing, respectful man. I have kept my personal life private and wanted to keep it that way. Unfortunately, other’s are interested in profiting from my anguish; so before they can do that, I will clarify things. I am not at all what certain ex-band members are trying to paint me as, I am however a respectable, mature, proud, bisexual man.”

The fake press announcement was attributed to Sharron Wright at Sony Music; however BlackVoices.com reported exclusively on April 19, 2008 that the singer was no longer affiliated with the label. (See: ”O’ No: Singer Omarion Dropped By Record Label’)

The 26-year-old former B2K member’s rep, Francoise Blachette of The Purple Agency, promptly responded to BlackVoices.com inquiry for comment on the matter.

“The previously released statement regarding Omarion is false and was generated for negative publicity by an unknown person. Omarion will not contribute to anything negative said or done against him. Omarion respects all of his fans, no matter religion, sexuality, or race,” she said in a statement.

Omarion then took to his Twitter page to respond as well. (See below)

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Rumor Control: Monica Denies Pregnancy Rumors

So last night I logged onto my Twitter page to catch up on the latest tweets, when I noticed two of my loyal readers commenting back and forth on R&B Diva Monica’s thrilling performance on BET’s Black Girls Rock.

@vibaby, who was chatting with @eastpointvet, tweeted “Monica is pregnant…”

Jokingly, I retweeted her tweet and I added: “Why am I the last to know?” Suddenly, my cell phone blew up with calls. Before I could tweet, “I was only kidding!,” Mo herself text messaged me to confirm that she was not pregnant with fiance Shannon Brown’s child.

Here’s what she wrote:

My cousin just texted and asked ‘why are u the last to know’….. I am ABSOLUTELY not pregnant. God’s Grace, Great kids, Great Family and Super good love sometimes = what we in the country call happy weight. LOL. No worries. Jesus I have gotten tons of calls. Not because u said it. But my publicist said people are asking her. I didn’t look that different to me. LOL…. Oh, well.

So there you have it. If Mo was pregnant, I’m sure she would let her fans know the happy news immediately. You would not learn the joyous news on Twitter.com.

Photos by PacificCoastNews.com

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Obama’s Trip Not As Expensive As You May Have Heard

My loyal readers know that if I’m wrong about information posted on my blog, I will take steps to correct it.

According to CNN and USA Today, certain expense figures related to U.S. President Obama’s upcoming trip to India, Delhi and Indonesia are incorrect.

A government source in India who claimed to be privy to such information, stated the trip was going to cost American taxpayers $200 million a day.

But that figure might be exaggerated.

“The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality,” said White House spokesman Tommy Vietor. “Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it’s safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated.” [link]

The reports go on to say that Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim majority nation. And Obama has pledged to work toward better relations with Muslim nations.

We’ll see what the final figures are when (or if) they are finally released by the Obama administration.


Thanks to loyal readers Mechelle Townsend and Elsa Belai for the tips!

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