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Sam over at Thatgrapejuice.net posted a new track from TLC’s Chilli called “Dumb, Dumb, Dumb”. The track was penned by Christyle, the same chick who wrote Mariah Carey‘s #1 hit “Touch My Body”. I’ll reserve my opinion of the track since I like Chilli.
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After a thorough investigation brought about by threat of lawsuits, celebrity photo agency X17online.com finally apologized to NBA star Tony Parker for faking stories about him and another woman. In December 2007, X17online.com claimed Tony Parker met a woman named Alexandra Paressant.
In a series of articles published on its website, X17 claimed Parker met with the woman for sexual liaisons in swanky hotel rooms. The agency backed up its claims by publishing sexually explicit text messages allegedly from Parker to the woman. X17 finally came clean about the fabricated stories in a message on its website today:
Let this be a lesson to other websites that fabricate stories about celebrities for profit.
Dumping her drug addiction and her enabler Bobby Brown has erased years off Whitney Houston’s face. The youthful looking singer joined other celebs in attendance at Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night XIV at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on April 5, 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Clive Davis told People mag that Whitney was in the studio when she heard that her ex-hubby was tellin’ lies about their marriage in an upcoming book due out next month. Clive said (I’m paraphrasing here) “Bobby was a cokehead long before he met Whitney. She’s in the studio putting the finishing touches on her upcoming masterpiece. Whitney’s not stuttin’ that fool!”
“MY CLOCK IS 15 MINUTES FAST”: Actress Tamyra Gray and Reality TV actress Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth pose for a picture during the cocktail reception at the 51st Annual New York Emmy Awards at the Marriott Marquis on April 6, 2008 in New York City.
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I don’t know if this is legit. But apparently, NY DJ Funkmaster Flex‘s wife Monica Taylor left a comment on my old blog in a thread titled “Ignorant NY DJ disses Jennifer Hudson live on the air“.
As the thread title suggests, Flex dissed singer/actress Jennifer Hudson and said he preferred Beyonce to the the Oscar winner. But Jim Jones, who was in the studio at the time, said he would choose the more talented Ciara over Beyonce any day.
My name is Monica Taylor and I am Funkmaster Flex’s wife! i happen to be Hispanic and not dark skinned, but please note my husband has a dark Skinned mother, Sister, Aunts etc. When a general statement about a women is made — which may happen to be a matter of opinion — we as people of color have to look at why we assume the comment is based on color and or weight. Maybe Flex just happened to think (in his opinion) that Beyonce is hotter that Jennifer Hudson! and for the record I am no skinny chick — I am a happy size 10!
If this isn’t Monica, I would hate to think that someone had so much time on their hands that they would pretend to be Monica.
At first I thought one of my loyal readers was playing a trick on me when he sent me this link of a Rihanna lookalike competing in a French celebrity lookalike talent show. The show is in français so I will say this to my French readers: Elle ressemble à rihanna, c’est mystérieux! J’ai cru qu’il était elle jusqu’à la fin!
Is it any wonder that the Rihanna lookalike trounces the Beyoncé lookalike to win the show? Lol!
Big thanks to loyal reader Lorenzo Lopez for the link!
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I know I said I was done with reality TV shows for good. But that was before I got turned on to the Real Housewives of New York by my friend Jamahl King of S.T.E.P.S. Events Planning Firm. Now I’m checking TV schedules to see when it’s coming on again, lol.
As you know, the show documents the lives of 5 fabulously wealthy NYC housewives. My favorite cast members are Countess LuAnn and Ramona because they are two strong women who are about their paper and maintaining their independent lifestyles. Kids and hubby are important, but so is getting your hair and nails done and going out for a drink with your girls so you don’t regret missing out on life while your kids are young.
The other women on the show are either too neurotic or too dependent on alcohol, men or childhood baggage for me to care about them. Especially Jill, who I really want to like, but her obsession with that mutt of hers is unsettling. Jill’s disgusting habit of letting that cur lick the inside of her nose makes me wonder where else she lets him lick.
By the time this photo was taken, Jay Z was a married man. The pic was snapped while Jay was on his way to his reception at his bi-level apartment in Manhattan after marrying his longtime girlfriend, the much younger Beyonce.
Jay looks like he’s weeping into his towel like knows he done did it now. At 40, he gave up his independence and half of his empire to a shrewd opponent who trapped him and shackled him at the ankles.
When they said their “I dos” Beyonce might as well have shouted “HALF!!” Because that’s what she stands to inherit 3 years down the road when a judge divvy’s up Jay Z’s assets and decides who gets what.
Kanye West performs at the “© Murakami” retrospective exhibition opening at The Brooklyn Museum on April 3, 2008 in Brooklyn, New York.
Rihanna arriving at Jay Z and Beyonce‘s wedding yesterday. I’m kidding! Rihanna juggles her cute pooch, its leash, her handbag and cell phone while hopping into her chauffeur-driven limo. The life of a superstar on the go.
Sean Combs and Bad Boy signee Janelle Monae canoodle before her performance at the Blender Theater at Gramercy on April 3, 2008 in NY. At least she bought some new threads with her Diddy dollars. Janelle is very nice but her whole career is built on a gimmick. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. As a college student, my favorite groups were The Talking Heads and the B-52s – both of which relied on gimmicks to sell records.
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According to TMZ.com, a miracle of Biblical proportions has occurred in NY: Beyonce married a camel in a private ceremony. Ok, I’m kidding.
But apparently, Bee and her long time boyfriend Jay Z are married. The reception is supposed to take place shortly on the trash strewn roof of Jay Z’s condo (pictured above). TMZ.com is reporting live from the scene of the reception.
Good luck to the happy couple. Nothing makes a man more conscious of his immortality than that ol’ ball and chain around his neck.
A source close to the deal between 50 Cent and the homeowner of a Long Island home says Fiddy’s baby mama Shaniqua Tompkins cried at the closing upon realizing the home wasn’t hers.
The source said 50 was not at the closing but Tompkins was. “It was obvious that she was very upset,” says the source. “She wanted the house, or at least half in her name.” But the deed only had his. After the closing, Tompkins was seen crying, the source says.
Tompkins should have known she was dealing with a shrewd businessman in Curtis Jackson. According to Newsday.com, 50 bought the home in January 2007 for $1.4 million and the home has already doubled in value.
“It’s a very big home,” says Paul Catsandonis, Tompkins’ attorney. The house is located on an acre and has six bedrooms and five bathrooms, as well as a three-car heated garage with a dumbwaiter to the kitchen. The house, built in 2002, also has a pool.
50 recently filed a motion seeking to evict Tompkins and his son from the home. Tompkins filed a counter motion charging “breach of contract”, but today a judge ordered her to move out by the end of the school year. The loser in all of this is the couple’s son who sees firsthand how a gold digging baby mama plots to drain his dad’s wallet.
