Do you think the two should reunite?
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
RIP NATINA REED
Natina Reed, a member of the 90s R&B group Blaque, was killed in Georgia last night after being struck by car. She was 32.According to the Gwinnett Police Department, the driver of the vehicle that hit Reed called 911 at 10:30 PM last night. She was pronounced dead at Gwinnett Medical Center 29 minutes later.A press release said that Reed "was in the roadway on Lawrenceville Highway near Hamilton Road when struck."Police say the investigation is ongoing, but say the driver "was determined to be not at fault and there are no charges pending."In addition to her singing career, Reed appeared in the 2000 film, "Bring It On." She was a protegé of the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Reed is survived by her 10-year-old son, Tren Brown, whose father is rapper Kurupt.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Jennifer Aniston speaks on her Engagement Ring
After being spotted with a huge sparkler on her ring finger earlier this month, Jennifer Anistonis finally opening up about her engagement to Justin Theroux.
In an interview with People, the "Friends" star said of her fiance's jewelry taste, "I was impressed. I had no idea, and I had no idea what I wanted. He just knows what I like."
Read the full story at celebrity-gossip.net
Saturday, October 20, 2012
KANYE PROPOSING?????
Ryan Seacrest hinted that Kanye may pop the question this weekend on Kim birthday...okay Kim don't let this last 72 days lol
Friday, October 19, 2012
ACCORDING TO THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SAID BYE BYE BYE TO HIS SINGLE LIFE. CONGRATS JUSTIN & JESSICA, AND IS IT ME OR DID ANYBODY ELSE NOT KNOW THEY WERE DATING?
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel made it official today. They're married!
"It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends," the couple said in a statement from Italy.
Timberlake, 31, and Biel, 30, have been together for the last five years.
After a brief breakup in 2011, the couple got back together for good. Engaged since December, when JT proposed in Montana, the couple have been inseparable.
In typical fashion, they kept very quiet about the private nuptials.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were even vague to their own guests, keeping the location in southern Italy a complete secret until the last minute.
The happy couple started celebrating earlier this week along with close friends and family, which let the proverbial, blissful cat out of the bag so to speak.
Wednesday, the group headed to a beach for fireworks and live music.
On Thursday night, they hosted a pre-wedding party where guests hung out around open fires and dined on fresh-made cheese, local olives and wine.
Today, they tied the knot. Congratulations to the happy couple!
{ARTICLE: The Hollywood gossip}
CARDINAL NATION!!!! CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS
http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2012/10/18/mlbtv_25429721_600K.mp4
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
FLAVAAAA FLAV!! SMH ARRESTED FOR ASSALT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, DONT YOU THINK HE IS TOO OLD TO BE GOING TO JAIL? CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE BELOW
William J. Drayton, 53, aka Flavor Flav, was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas. Former rap star Flavor Flav was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and battery in a case involving his fiancee of eight years, police said.
Police were called to their house on the city's south side at 3:30 a.m., according to a domestic battery report issued by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which offers the following account of events:
Flav, whose real name is William J. Drayton, 53, was arguing with the woman, Elizabeth Trujillo, 39.
The two had gotten into a "verbal altercation due to Drayton cheating on Trujillo," it said. The argument continued in the downstairs bedroom, where "Drayton became physical."
"Trujillo stated Drayton grabbed her by the shoulders, stomach and arms, and threw her to the ground two separate times," it continued, adding that Trujillo said an earring was ripped out of her ear during the incident.
At that point, Trujillo's 17-year-old son, Gibran, began wrestling with Drayton in the living room of the four-bedroom, 2-1/2-bath house, Trujillo told police.
Drayton -- who is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 131 pounds -- grabbed two knives from the kitchen and chased his fiancee's son -- who is 6 feet, 175 pounds -- "around the living room, threatening to kill Gibran," the teen told police, according to the report.
When the teenager locked himself and his sister Kayla inside her room, Drayton kicked in the door "and began making threats to kill Gibran," according to the report.
Though Drayton "confirmed the stories told by Gibran and Trujillo," he denied having chased or threatened to kill the teenager, the report said.
Drayton is scheduled for an initial hearing on Thursday morning.
During the incident, Drayton cut a finger with one of the knives he was holding.
The assault charge carries a $20,000 bond; the battery charge carries a $3,000 bond.
It was not clear whether he had a lawyer.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Drayton was a member of the militant rap group Public Enemy. Its biggest hit, "Fight the Power," served as a soundtrack to the Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing."
The group, which has been nominated for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, "brought a new level of conceptual sophistication to the hip-hop album, and a new level of intensity and power to live hip-hop, inspiring fans from Jay-Z to Rage Against the Machine to Kurt Cobain," according to the organization's website. "After Public Enemy, hip-hop could never again be dismissed as kids' music."
AW LAWD!!!!!! MYSTIKAL TURNING TO PORN?AND HE WANTS TO START WITH PINKY.... WHATS YOUR TAKE ON IT? WOULD YOU STILL SUPPORT HIM?
Danger!
Mystikal says he's about to take on a porn career if this rap thing doesn't work out.
According to TMZ, the New Orleans native is going to give music one last shot before turning to adult films. This should come as no surprise given the "Shake Ya A**" emcee served six years in prison after allegedly having his hair stylist perform sex acts on him. He even says he has experience, winning an AVN award in 2003 for an adult film he made.
When asked who he'd want to cast in his sexy flick, he said Pinky. "She's a bad bitch. I would take her down in a second."
But when prompted to reveal his ...er, size, he responded. "I'm definitely the man, the myth, and the legend."
http://www.vibe.com/article/mystikal-do-porn
Thursday, April 12, 2012
George Zimmerman being charged FINALLY
Published by Sari Horwitz, Published: April 11
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Florida teenager Trayvon Martin 46 days ago, was charged with second-degree murder Wednesday, marking a turning point in a case that has provoked nationwide debate over racial profiling.
Florida special prosecutor Angela B. Corey, who announced the charge in Jacksonville, said that "the search for justice has brought us to this moment." Zimmerman turned himself in and was brought Wednesday evening to the Seminole County jail.
Criminal justice lawyers said Corey faces an uphill battle in persuading a jury to convict Zimmerman of second-degree murder. Zimmerman told police he was fighting for his life in an altercation with Martin, who was 17 and unarmed, before he fired in self-defense.
Murder in the second degree, under Florida law, refers to a killing carried out without premeditation but with "a depraved mind regardless of human life." If convicted, Zimmerman faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. His attorney, Mark O'Mara, said Wednesday that Zimmerman will plead not guilty.
A hearing in the case is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Martin's parents applauded Corey's decision to take Zimmerman into custody, calling it a first step toward justice.
"We simply wanted an arrest," said Sybrina Fulton, Martin's mother. "Thank you, Lord."
His father, Tracy Martin, said: "We got a long way to go, and we have faith. ... We will continue to hold hands on this journey — white, black and Latino."
Corey said she had personally informed Martin's parents of the outcome of her investigation.
"It was less than three weeks ago that we told those sweet parents that we would get answers to all of their questions no matter where our quest for the truth led us," she said.
Martin was fatally shot Feb. 26 while walking in the Retreat at Twin Lakes, a complex of about 260 peach-colored townhouses in Sanford, Fla. Martin was staying with his father and his father's fiancee in her townhouse, and he had left briefly to walk to a nearby 7-Eleven to buy a bottle of iced tea and a bag of Skittles.
Zimmerman, 28, who worked at a fraud-detection company, was driving to Target, according to his father. Zimmerman spotted Martin and called 911, saying that there had been a rash of burglaries in the area and that there was "a guy ... walking around, looking about."
"This guy looks like ... he's on drugs or something," Zimmerman said.
Before police arrived, Zimmerman and Martin encountered each other in a grassy area between the back yards of two rows of townhouses. Zimmerman says Martin punched him in the face, knocked him down and slammed his head against the pavement.
He has maintained that he was defending himself when he pulled a black Kel-Tec 9mm and shot Martin at close range in the chest after the teenager tried to take the gun. When officers arrived, they found Martin dead in a pool of blood in the grass and Zimmerman bleeding from his nose and the back of his head.
'Stand your ground' law
Authorities in Sanford decided not to charge Zimmerman, citing Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows a person to use deadly force in self-defense when there is a reasonable belief of a threat and which does not require
George Zimmerman's attorneys quit
Two attorneys say they've lost contact with Zimmerman and are concerned for his well-being. The special prosecutor says she'll make an announcement in the Trayvon Martin case within 72 hours. April 10, 2012 | Staff and Wire Services
SANFORD, Fla. — The Trayvon Martin case took a bizarre turn Tuesday when George Zimmerman's attorneys quit, complaining that they had lost all contact with him and that he called the prosecutor and talked to a TV host after they told him not to speak to anyone.
And late Tuesday, special prosecutor Angela Corey said she would announce "new information" about the controversial case within 72 hours. She did not elaborate.
Attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig portrayed the former neighborhood watch volunteer as erratic and his mental state as shaky, and they expressed fear for his health under the pressure that has been building since he shot and killed Martin, an unarmed black teenager, on Feb. 26.
"As of the last couple days he has not returned phone calls, text messages or emails," Sonner said at a news conference outside Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Fla. "He's gone on his own. I'm not sure what he's doing or who he's talking to. I cannot go forward speaking to the public about George Zimmerman and this case as representing him because I've lost contact with him."
Uhrig added, "Whenever we call him, the call goes to voicemail."
The attorneys said they had not spoken with Zimmerman since Sunday. Since then, they said, they had learned that he spoke to Corey's office and to Fox News TV host Sean Hannity without consulting them, in an attempt to give his side of the shooting. They said Corey refused to talk to Zimmerman without his attorneys' consent and Hannity wouldn't tell them what was discussed.
Uhrig said the final straw was Zimmerman's call to Corey, which came at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday.
"We were a bit astonished," Uhrig said. He praised the prosecutor for refusing to speak with Zimmerman unless he had legal counsel.
On Monday, Corey said she would bypass a grand jury and decide on her own whether to charge Zimmerman, who contends that he was acting in self-defense. The case has raised questions about racial profiling. Martin was black; Zimmerman's father is white and his mother is from Peru. The case has also highlighted Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows anyone who feels threatened to use lethal force.
Zimmerman, 28, shot and killed Martin, 17, after reporting him as a suspicious person in a gated Sanford community. Martin was walking to the home of his father's fiancee, who lives in the community. They fought, and Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense.
Both lawyers were adamant Tuesday that they believe Zimmerman is innocent, and when questioned by reporters they defended at length his actions on the night of the shooting.
Zimmerman has been in hiding since the incident. His former attorneys said he had left the state but was still in the U.S.
"I will not tell you where George Zimmerman is because I don't know," Uhrig said.
The attorney for Martin's family, Benjamin Crump, said he was alarmed by that news.
"The family is deeply concerned that George Zimmerman is unaccounted for," Crump said. "They worry he may be a flight risk if he does indeed face charges."
Crump said that the situation could have been avoided if police had "just simply arrested him."
Zimmerman surprised his former attorneys in another way: He set up his own website even as they were setting up one for him at his request. On the website, Zimmerman says he wants "to ensure my supporters they are receiving my full attention without any intermediaries." The site allows visitors to give Zimmerman money for living expenses and legal bills.
Uhrig said Zimmerman had been under extreme stress.
"This has been a terribly corrosive process," he said. "George Zimmerman, in our opinion, and from information made available to us, is not doing well emotionally, probably suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. We understand from others that he may have lost a lot of weight. ... We're concerned for his emotional and physical safety."
Sonner said he would be willing to represent Zimmerman again in the future, if Zimmerman were to get back in contact with him.
The lawyers admitted they had an unusual business arrangement. Neither had met Zimmerman; they communicated strictly by phone and email.
And Zimmerman had paid them nothing yet, Sonner said.
The arrangement was that unless the special prosecutor filed charges, Sonner would work for free. In the last few weeks, he and Uhrig have traveled to New York at least twice to appear on network news shows.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
RIP DON CORNELIUS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Cornelius, the silken-voiced host of "Soul Train" who helped break down racial barriers and broaden the reach of black culture with funky music, groovy dance steps and cutting-edge style, died early Wednesday of an apparent suicide. He was 75.
Police responding to a report of a shooting found Cornelius at his Mulholland Drive home at about 4 a.m. He was pronounced dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound about an hour later at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to the coroner's office.
A police cruiser sat parked at the entryway of Cornelius' home on a two-lane stretch of Mulholland Drive in the hills above Los Angeles as detectives searched inside. News cameras camped outside as drivers on their morning commute drove by.
Police Officer Sara Faden said authorities have ruled out foul play. Detectives have not found a suicide note and are talking to relatives about his mental state.
"Soul Train" began in 1970 in Chicago on WCIU-TV as a local program and aired nationally from 1971 to 2006.
It showcased such legendary artists as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Barry White and brought the best R&B, soul and later hip-hop acts to TV and had teenagers dance to them. It was one of the first shows to showcase African-Americans prominently, although the dance group was racially mixed. Cornelius was the first host and executive producer.
His prompted many to speak of the positive influence he and his show had on pop culture, music and the black community.
"God bless him for the solid good and wholesome foundation he provided for young adults worldwide and the unity and brotherhood he singlehandedly brought about with his most memorable creation of 'Soul Train,'" said Franklin, an early performer on the show.
Franklin called Cornelius "an American treasure."
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson told KNX-Los Angeles that Cornelius "was a transformer."
"'Soul Train' became the outlet for African-Americans," Jackson said, adding that he talked to Cornelius a few days ago and there were no signs Cornelius was upset.
Others also expressed their grief.
"I am shocked and deeply saddened at the sudden passing of my friend, colleague, and business partner Don Cornelius," Quincy Jones said. "Don was a visionary pioneer and a giant in our business. Before MTV there was 'Soul Train,' that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius.
"His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched," he said. "My heart goes out to Don's family and loved ones."
Clarence Avant, former chairman of Motown Records, said, "Don Cornelius' legacy to music, especially black music, will be forever cemented in history. 'Soul Train' was the first and only television show to showcase and put a spotlight on black artists at a time when there were few African-Americans on television at all, and that was the great vision of Don."
"Soul Train," with its trademark opening of an animated chugging train, was not an immediate success for Cornelius, an ex-disc jockey with a baritone rumble and cool manner.
Only a handful of stations initially were receptive.
"When we rolled it out, there were only eight takers," he recalled in a 2006 interview with The Associated Press. "Which was somewhere between a little disappointing and a whole lot disappointing."
"Soul Train" had arrived on the scene at a time when the country was still reeling from the civil rights movement, political upheaval and cultural swings. It also arrived when black faces on TV were an event, not a regular occurrence.
"Soul Train" was seen by some at first as the black "American Bandstand," the mainstay TV music show hosted by Dick Clark. While "American Bandstand" featured black artists, it was more of a showcase for white artists and very mainstream black performers.
"Soul Train" followed some of the "Bandstand" format, as it had an audience and young dancers. But that's where the comparisons stopped. Cornelius, the suave, ultra-cool emcee, made "Soul Train" essential viewing by creating a show that showed another side of black music and culture.
When it started, glistening Afros dominated the set, as young blacks boogied and shimmied to the music of the likes of Earth Wind & Fire and other acts perhaps less likely to get on "American Bandstand."
People tuned into to see the musical acts, but the dancers soon became as much of a main attraction. They introduced Americans to new dances and fashion styles.
Though "Soul Train" became the longest-running syndicated show in TV history, its power began to wane in the 1980s and '90s. By that time, there were more options for black artists to appear on mainstream shows, and on shows like "American Bandstand," blacks could be seen dancing along with whites.
But even when Michael Jackson became the King of Pop, there was still a need to highlight the achievements of African-Americans that were still marginalized at mainstream events. So Cornelius created the "Soul Train Awards," which would become a key honor for musicians. The series also spawned the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and the Soul Train Christmas Starfest.
Cornelius was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cornelius stepped down as "Soul Train" host in 1993. The awards returned to the air in 2009 after two-year hiatus. Last year's awards were held on Nov. 27 in Atlanta, with Earth Wind & Fire receiving the "Legend Award."
In his later years, Cornelius had a troubled marriage. In 2009, he was sentenced to three years' probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor spousal battery. In his divorce case that year, he also mentioned having significant health issues.
Neil Portnow, president and chief executive of the Recording Academy, called "Soul Train" a cultural phenomenon and its creator "a true visionary and trailblazer."
"He made an indelible impact on American television, one that will continue to be appreciated for generations to come," Portnow said. "His beautiful, deep voice and measured pace always sounded warm and familiar to the millions who admired and followed his broadcasts."
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