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BET Chooses Prince for ‘Lifetime’ Honor

BET Chooses Prince for ‘Lifetime’ Honor

*The BET Awards has announced it will give its annual lifetime achievement award to His Royal Badness.

Prince, 51, will be honored in a special tribute during the June 27th ceremony in Los Angeles.

“Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music,” said BET’s president of programming, Stephen G. Hill.

The artist, who has 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles to his name, will join an esteemed group… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 15, 2010 at 9:04am — No Comments

Antoine Walker to Face Trial for Bad Checks

Antoine Walker to Face Trial for Bad Checks

*NBA star Antoine Walker will face trial on felony bad check charges that allege he failed to repay almost $1 million in gambling debts and penalties to three Las Vegas casinos.

According to the AP, the 33-year-old athlete said nothing as he appeared Monday with his lawyer, Jonathan Powell, before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Andress-Tobiasson. He remains free without bail until his June 30 arraignment in state… Continue

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Papa Joe Backpedals: ‘Katherine Did Not Kill My Son’

Papa Joe Backpedals: ‘Katherine Did Not Kill My Son’

*Joe Jackson is in full damage control mode trying to clean up comments he made to a British tabloid on Sunday that seemed to accuse his wife, Katherine, of not doing enough to prevent their son Michael’s death.

“Katherine did not kill my son,” he told PopEater on Monday. “She isn’t at fault.”

The change of heart follows a News of the World article in which Papa Joe claimed Katherine failed to help… Continue

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Video: QB Vince Young Cited in Strip Brawl

Video: QB Vince Young Cited in Strip Brawl

Vince Young

*Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young finds himself in a bit of trouble after getting into a fight at Club Onyx, a Dallas strip club, early Sunday morning.

As a result of the fight and leaving before authorities arrived, he’s been given a misdemeanor assault citation, police told the AP.

Surveillance video footage released by police showed the former University of Texas star and several people… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 14, 2010 at 9:09am — No Comments

Lakers Will Pay for Victory Parade … if They Win Championship

Lakers Will Pay for Victory Parade … if They Win Championship

Kobe Bryant holds NBA championship trophy at 2009 victory celebration

*A lot of LA residents, including columnist and social activist Jasmyne Cannick, are freaking out at the thought of the Lakers winning another NBA title.

Actually they have no problem with the team winning the championship again. The problem is that since the city is er, shall we say, cash strapped, they don’t want public funds, what… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 14, 2010 at 8:54am — No Comments

Karate Kid’ Kicking Crap Out of ‘The A-Team’

‘Karate Kid’ Kicking Crap Out of ‘The A-Team’

Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan star in 'The Karate Kid'

*Ooh wee! Check out what little 11-year-old Jaden Smith, “The Karate Kid” and ‘Jackie Chan are doing to all the big ol’ bad ass dudes in the “A-Team.”

Kicking butt, that’s what. At the box office, that is.

After Friday’s opening, Smith and Chan have now taken a commanding lead with an estimated $18.8 million in North America.

Playing in 3,633… Continue

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Kanye West to Perform at BET Awards

Kanye West to Perform at BET Awards

Plus, rapper performs for kids at his third annual 'Stay in School' concert

*BET has stepped up as the first network to book Kanye West since his Taylor Swift incident at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards sparked national outrage.

This morning BET announced that West will perform on the 2010 BET Awards scheduled for June 27.

The last time West appeared on TV was the day after the VMAs to rap his verse on Jay-Z’s… Continue

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Where’s Mr. T? Why is He Not in the New ‘A-Team’ Flick?

Where’s Mr. T? Why is He Not in the New ‘A-Team’ Flick?

Mr. T and Quniton 'Rampage' Jackson

*“A-Team” is that one remake everyone has been waiting for and it’s just about here. While the movie is expected to packed with action, glorious man-ness, and great fighting scenes, cameos of the original team members are sure to catch audiences’ attention. But there will be one face everyone will be looking for, Mr. T.

UFC fighter, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, has adopted… Continue

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Drake was Heartbroken Once

Drake was Heartbroken Once

Rihanna & Drake when they were 'special' friends

*Drake is the latest heartthrob, singing messages of love, heartbreak, and everything in between. Little did we know they were coming from an o’ so familiar place.

It seems the Young Money rapper had a brief relationship with Rihanna. In the midst of that fling, Drake was asked by his then sweetheart to write her a song. But it was never got released. Drake says he was just a pawn anyway.… Continue

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Jay-Z Fronts Rolling Stone; Dishes on Psychiatrist and Bey

Jay-Z Fronts Rolling Stone; Dishes on Psychiatrist and Bey

*Well look who’s on the cover of Rolling Stone, again. Back for his third time, it’s non other than the man the blogs love to call “Joe Camel” or just plain “Camel.” Cute pic of Mr. Camel, er Mr. Carter, huh?

Anyway, on their website Rolling Stone posted this to whet your appetite for the issue which hits stands June 24:

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Kobe Ignores Chris Rock during Game 1

Kobe Ignores Chris Rock during Game 1

*While Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was taking a breather from his 30-point, 6-assist effort against the Boston Celtics last night, Chris Rock, seated right next to the Lakers bench, was caught trying desperately – and ultimately unsuccessfully – to get Kobe’s attention.

During the 4th quarter of the NBA Finals, when the Lakers had a comfortable lead, Bryant sat on the bench just a few feet away from the famous comedian, who… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 10, 2010 at 12:51pm — No Comments

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Chris Rock, Snooki Spar on ‘Tonight Show’

Chris Rock, Snooki Spar on ‘Tonight Show’

*Below, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” and fellow Jersey resident Chris Rock got a little testy with each other during Tuesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

It all started when Snooki, poof and all, asked the Brooklyn born actor where in Jersey he lives. He replied, “The nice part.”

She then asks if he fist-pumps and when Chris replies, “What’s that?” She snaps back, “Do you live… Continue

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Free Outkast!: Label Acting Like a ‘Jive’ Turkey

Free Outkast!: Label Acting Like a ‘Jive’ Turkey

*Jive Records is cock blocking! Big Boi moved to Def Jam to promote a solo album, but the Jive won’t let him reunite with his ace boon coon Andre Benjamin for the Outkast reunion

“Jive Records told me my album is a piece of art, and they didn’t know what to do with it,” Big Boi told GQ. “Jive is trying to block Dre from being on my record. We can’t be on songs together now.”

Free Outkast Now!

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Added by Stephan Bobb on June 10, 2010 at 10:20am — No Comments

Laura Winslow’ Has Her First Child

‘Laura Winslow’ Has Her First Child

*Have you ever wondered what happened to the other actors from “Family Matters?” Well this just in from bvbuzz.com, Kellie S. Williams, also known as Laura Winslow, gave birth to her first child, Hannah Belle.

No longer that teenage heartthrob, but a fab mommy at the age of 34, Williams married her husband Hannibal Jackson last year September.

Since the show, she has appeared on several sitcoms like “Girlfriends” and… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 10, 2010 at 10:17am — No Comments

Avery Johnson Agrees to Coach NJ Nets

Avery Johnson Agrees to Coach NJ Nets

*Avery Johnson is set to become the new coach of the NBA’s worst team – the New Jersey Nets.

The current ESPN basketball analyst confirmed Wednesday that he made a verbal commitment to coach the team, and that the Nets will formally announce the deal sometime today, reports the AP.

Johnson coached Dallas for three-plus seasons, going 194-70 in the regular season and 23-24 in the playoffs. He guided the Mavs to the NBA finals… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 10, 2010 at 10:14am — No Comments

NUVO MIXTAPE VOL 1 STRAIGHT NO CHASER

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Added by Stephan Bobb on June 9, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Rashida Jones Takes Role in ‘Idiot Brother’

Rashida Jones Takes Role in ‘Idiot Brother’

*”Parks and Recreation” star Rashida Jones will join Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer opposite Paul Rudd in the big screen comedy “My Idiot Brother.”

The story centers on an idealist (Rudd) dealing with his over¬bearing mother who crashes at the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives while also wreaking havoc. Banks, Deschanel and Mortimer will… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 9, 2010 at 10:37am — No Comments

T-Pain Sued Over Jennifer Hudson Track

T-Pain Sued Over Jennifer Hudson Track

*T-Pain is reportedly being sued by singer Sara Stokes from Diddy’s MTV series “Making the Band” after he allegedly failed to credit her for a song she wrote for Jennifer Hudson.

Stokes claimed that she co-wrote Hudson’s track “What’s Wrong (Go Away)’ with the Auto-Tuned rapper, whose real name is Faheem Najm. The song appeared on J-Hud’s self-titled debut in 2008. [Listen to track below.]

“The exploitation of… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 9, 2010 at 10:25am — No Comments

Fences’ Box Office Breaks Record in Slow Week

Fences’ Box Office Breaks Record in Slow Week

*Despite an overall sluggish sales week on Broadway, “Fences” managed to break the house record at the Cort, and producers have announced that the revival starring Tony nominees Denzel Washington and Viola Davis will recoup its costs by of the end of this week.

The August Wilson play will make back its $2.8 million capitalization in eight weeks of performances, according to producers.

The quick trip into the black… Continue

Added by Stephan Bobb on June 9, 2010 at 10:21am — No Comments