Wheelchair-Bound Rosie Perez Reveals Surgical Scar
Rosie Perez is wheeled into the East Room of the White House for President Obama's speech on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy - July 13,…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 21, 2010 at 1:18pm —
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Alicia Keys/Swizz Beatz Wedding This Weekend?
*Parents-to-be Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are rumored to be tying the knot during a lavish ceremony this weekend aboard a yacht, according to the folks at gossip blog MediaTakeOut.com.
The couple, whose first child is due later…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 2:16pm —
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Shawn Chapman Holley Back With Lohan…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 2:13pm —
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Angelina on Liz’s ‘Cleopatra’ – I Will Play it Differently
*While plugging her new action thriller “Salt,” Angelina Jolie was inevitably asked about her upcoming lead role in producer Scott Rudin’s “Cleopatra,” a casting that…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 9:42am —
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Beyonce, Jay-Z among Forbes’ Top Earning Musicians
*Beyonce, her husband Jay-Z and the Black Eyed Peas all made the top 10 on a new Forbes list of top earning…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 9:29am —
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Alicia Keys is Top Wedding Singer
Also: singer speaks on being pregnant…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 9:22am —
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Jordan Doesn’t Approve of LeBron’s Decision…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 9:18am —
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Photos: Drake Covers ‘Paper’ Magazine and Wants to be President… Obama
*Drake is on the cover of yet another magazine, and this time it is Paper, in which he comes to share that he wants to take over the role of President Obama… but only on film, of course.
Below are photos and snippets from the feature story in…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 20, 2010 at 9:13am —
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Video: Woman With ‘World’s Biggest Breasts’ Fights For Her Life
Sheyla Hershey
*We’re not surprised to hear it, but a Texas woman, Sheyla Hershey, said to have the world’s largest breasts is dealing with some serious health issues.
Fox News says that Hershey contracted a staph infection during her most recent breast implant surgery. The infection has now spread to both breasts and doctors sent her into surgery Tuesday morning. Her implants will be removed and possibly her…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 19, 2010 at 11:01am —
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Video: Wendy Grills Ochocinco on Show’s Lack of Black Girls
The original pool of 85 women on VH1's "Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch"
*Chad Ochocinco admitted that he prefers white and Latino women over sisters when pressed about it this week on “The Wendy Williams Show.”
The NFL receiver was there to promote his new VH1 series “The Ultimate Catch,” which features a gaggle of women competing to become his “true love.” Wendy brought up the fact that the 17 women he…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 19, 2010 at 10:56am —
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Alicia Keys Leaves Longtime Manager
Alicia Keys and Jeff Robinson
*Alicia Keys has reportedly parted ways with her manager, ending a business partnership that started at the beginning of her career more than a decade ago.
Keys and Jeff Robinson announced the news Friday in a joint statement, saying their split was “mutually agreed upon and amicable,” according to Billboard.
The singer, engaged to producer Swizz Beatz and pregnant with their first child,…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 19, 2010 at 10:48am —
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Report: Gibson Moving Back to Australia
*If it’s true, some are saying good riddance. The Daily Mail (London) is reporting that Mel Gibson is trying to get as far away as possible from his headline-grabbing scandal.
He’s supposedly packing his bags and moving back to Australia, where he will reunite with his ex-wife, Robyn.
Gibson is so serious about leaving the country that he has already sold his homes in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Malibu. The…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 19, 2010 at 9:59am —
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Wesley Snipes Loses Appeal; Heading to Prison
*Unfortunately for Wesley Snipes he’s going to have to serve three years in federal prison because he lost his appeal on a conviction of tax evasion.
The action actor was first found guilty in 2008 of dodging more than $15 million in taxes on income earned during the peak of his career.
Snipes’ lawyers tried to convince the court that his tax advisers, who also received jail terms, had convinced him there…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 19, 2010 at 9:53am —
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We Remember: Actress Vonetta McGee Dies at 65
*Movie siren Vonetta McGee, star of such blaxploitation era films as “Shaft in Africa” and “Blacula,” has died. She was 65.
The actress, born Lawrence Vonetta McGee in San Francisco, suffered a cardiac arrest on July 9 and died in the hospital last Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
McGee also starred in 1975’s “The Eiger Sanction” alongside Clint Eastwood, playing the role of Jemima Brown. But…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 18, 2010 at 8:39am —
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Swizz Beatz Ex-Wife Confronts Alicia
*Mashonda, the mother of Swizz Beatz’s three-year-old son and ex wife, demanded to meet the new love of his life to put aside their differences for the sake of the boy. According to aceshowbiz.com, the pair met over dinner.
“It wasn’t awkward; I wouldn’t have done it if I wasn’t ready. I said what I had to ay as a mum. It was a whole sit down dinner,” she said.
Back in 2008, Beatz and Mashonda split and filed for…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 18, 2010 at 8:34am —
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Mel Gibson Threatens Ex with N-word Rape
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Mel Gibson and his ex Oksana Grigorieva
Mel Gibson must slow up on the grape. He has been caught with his foot in his mouth or I should say his whole leg in his mouth on too many occasions. This time he’s including the N-word in his rant and he almost tops it with the other despicable things he says to his baby mama, in an alleged voicemail and tape of him…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 18, 2010 at 8:29am —
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Walmart’s ‘Mr. Rollback’ Adds New Celebrity Appeal to Essence Music Festival
Mr. Rollback having fun with his new fans and Walmart aficionados at Essence festival
*He doesn’t have a new CD. He hasn’t written a book. He doesn’t have an entourage, but none of this prevented him from being one of the most celebrated new personalities at the 2010 Essence Music Festival. What’s his claim to fame? He saves shoppers money.
Affectionately known as “Mr. Rollback,”…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 18, 2010 at 8:24am —
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Michelle Obama Hateration from Beck, Ingraham
*Was this hate-on-Michelle Obama week and we didn’t get the memo?
On at least two occasions, the First Lady was singled out by the right wing in spectacularly petty fashion – first by guest co-host Laura Ingraham on “The View,” because Mrs. Obama has the nerve to push healthy eating to our nation’s children; and then Thursday by Fox’s Glenn Beck, who was “outraged” by the ensemble FLOTUS wore to tour the oil…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 18, 2010 at 8:21am —
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Rush on Steinbrenner: ‘That Cracker Made A Lot of Black Millionaires’
Rush Limbaugh
*Al Sharpton has released a statement condemning radio host Rush Limbaugh for his comments about the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
On Rush’s radio show Tuesday, the conservative host remembered Steinbrenner as the “classic capitalist” by saying: “That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires. …And at the same time he fired a bunch of white…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 15, 2010 at 12:58am —
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Will Smith, Debbie Allen Behind S. Allen Counter Biopic
Debbie Allen
*Will Smith and Debbie Allen are among the producers developing a film about modern-day explorer and African-American neuroscience professor Dr. S. Allen Counter.
According to Variety, Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz of Overbrook Entertainment are teaming with Allen for the Sony feature, with Farhad Safinia (“Apocalypto”) tapped to pen the script.
Smith, who’s worked with…
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Added by Stephan Bobb on July 15, 2010 at 12:48am —
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