I agree. I was tripping on "former ex-lover". I can't believe an editor let that one get by, although I have bought some books and wondered who the editor was and how could I get that job because obviously they did not have a command of the English language!

I am READING He's Just A Friend by Mary Morrison RIGHT NOW and I want to PIMP SLAP her editors for all of the mistakes.

LOL @ former ex-lover. . . tsk tsk tsk

4-1-1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 18, 2003

I have some good news about singer Luther Vandross. Since his stroke in April, he is making remarkable strides. Luther has shown movement on the right side of his body and he has regained 90% of his speech. Luther still has a long way to go, but it is good to know he is making progress.

Jada Pinkett-Smith the singing star? Jada has a band called Wicked Wisdom and they have been playing to sold out shows in the Los Angeles area.

This weekend make sure to check out the 9th Annual Lady of Soul Awards. The Lady of Soul Awards will be hosted by Aisha Tyler, Heather Hedley, Arsenio Hall and Tyreese. Vivica A. Fox and Erykah Badu will be the special honorees at the awards.

Lenny Kravitz and Denzel Washington are going into the club business. Their club, Kos, will be in New York with a special VIP area called “The Kitty Box.”

Jennifer Lopez says damn those critics…the wedding will go on! Despite reports of her fiancé, Ben Affleck, cheating on her with strippers and a flop movie, Gigli, Jennifer Lopez has hired designer Vera Wang to do a wedding dress for her. Jennifer wants to be married and she is ready for husband number three. The wedding may happen before the fall. Meanwhile, next year Jen and Ben have another movie coming out called Jersey Girl. This is the movie they filmed in Philly. Producers realize Jen and Ben have no chemistry on screen and she is only going to be seen in the first 15 minutes of the film before she is killed off. Wow! Jennifer got $4 million to make this movie but producers feel she will hurt the movie so they are cutting her part.

Paula Abdul wants more money to stay on as a celebrity judge on the hit TV show American Idol. The executives at the network are not happy with her demands and they have no intention of giving her a raise. They recently released a statement saying they hope she continues with the show.

Rapper/actress Eve says she is meeting with her lawyers and she is going after Internet sites that are peddling nude photos of a woman who looks like her. The woman in the photo looks like Eve, but she does not have Eve’s famous tattoo claws on her chest. Before she became famous, Eve says she used to work as a stripper and earlier this year she admitted a man who claimed he had pornographic pictures of her, was blackmailing her. Eve has a new TV show debuting on UPN next month. (Afrochic's sidenote: I saw the pic and that's Eve :eek: )

Actor Mekhi Phifer is hard at work on two new movies. Mekhi is doing a remake of the classic horror movie Dawn of the Dead with Ving Rhames and he is doing a movie with LL Cool J called Slow Burn.

Tamia’s LP has been pushed back until October 28th. Tamia is currently topping the charts with two songs “Into You” with rapper Fabolous and “Officially Missing You.”

Actor/dancer Gregory Hines died from liver cancer. He kept his illness from his family and close friends. He was diagnosed with liver cancer a year ago. At the time of his death, his divorce from his wife was about to be finalized. Hines’ wife had cited abandonment in her divorce papers. Hines left one million dollars in his estate and sources say it will have to be split between his estranged wife, their child, her child from a previous marriage, his child from a previous relationship and his lady friend who was at his side when he died.

The “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin is getting honored on BET’s Walk of Fame. The show will air on October 28th. Past honorees include Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Luther Vandross and Boyz II Men.

girl!!!!
 

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i was thinking the SAME thing as i was reading..lol

Re: Re: Don't buy it
 

A major lawsuit. Hmmpph and he thought he was broke and penniless back in the day, he better pray this story is true. I personally hope its not!!

Irv Gotti Busted For Drug Possession At R. Kelly Concert
 

Murder Inc. head Irv Gotti was arrested backstage at an R. Kelly concert in Oakland, California, on Friday night for possessing ecstasy.

The producer, whose real name is Irving Lorenzo, was booked that night at the Alameda County Jail in Oakland for possession of a controlled substance and released on bail.

According to Russ Giuntini, a prosecutor with the Alameda County district attorney's office, Gotti was stopped at a security checkpoint backstage at the Network Associates Coliseum, where R. Kelly was performing that night. Police found a single MDMA tablet, commonly known as ecstasy, in Gotti's pocket along with some prescription Viagra tablets. :eek: :o

Gotti has been under investigation by federal prosecutors for money laundering and fraud charges involving his record label and his relationship with convicted drug dealer Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff.

Gotti is scheduled to appear in front of a judge in Oakland on Tuesday (August 19). If he's found guilty of a misdemeanor, the prosecutor said, he won't face jail time but will most likely be mandated to appear in the county's drug diversion program.

—Joseph Patel

R. Kelly to Collab with Bryan "BABY" Williams
 

(8/19/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- R. Kelly and Bryan "Baby" Williams are teaming up to produce Best Of Both Worlds 2. Although no release date is set, the album will include an all-star line up.

"Baby" told AllHipHop.com, "It's still early in the recording process. It's gonna come out on Cash Money and his (Kelly's) label, Rockland. So far it's just his folks and our folks." In addition to the R. Kelly collaboration, "Baby" said that Cash Money is preparing to release albums from Lil Wayne, the Big Tymers and Juvenile.


The upcoming album marks Kelly's second attempt to record a collaboration with a rapper, his first was Best Of Both Worlds in early 2002 with Jay-Z. It was released around the time that Kelly was accused of taping sexual acts with an underage girl.

Re: Irv Gotti Busted For Drug Possession At R. Kelly Concert
 

How old is Irv Gotti? I'm a medical writer and was under the impression that menzes don't need to start slammin' Big Viagra until they turn 40 or so.:eek: http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies...smileysex5.gif

Re: Re: Irv Gotti Busted For Drug Possession At R. Kelly Concert
 

I'm thinking that Irv is in his early to mid 30s. Maybe the E causes him not to function properly. :confused:

Ben-Lo is GANGSTA
 

Here's some news from the Jennybenny camp:

August 19, 2003 -- BEN Affleck added even more scandal to the soap opera that is his engagement to Jennifer Lopez by having accused child molester R. Kelly sing at his 31st birthday party. Kelly crooned "Happy Birthday" to Affleck at L.A. hotspot Concorde on Saturday night before a crowd that included J.Lo, Affleck's agent Patrick Whitesell, Ja Rule, Brittany Murphy, Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Molly Sims, and, for some reason, George Hamilton. (Affleck's alleged best buddy, Matt Damon, was nowhere in sight). R&B singer Kelly was indicted last year in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography, stemming from a videotape that allegedly shows him performing sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl. Before he saluted Affleck during a mini-set of about five songs, Lopez rushed back to the kitchen to have an underling to bring out Ben's birthday cake.

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rather interesting website
 

if you're interested in the bad things celebrities do, check this site out. it came up when i was doing an "ask jeeves" search about that scottie pippen business. beware: it's rather candid and a bit crass.

http://www.gossiplist.com

I heard on the radio this morning that Scottie Pippen's reps made the site take the story down. The "ex lover" hasn't responded to the attempts made my Pippen's camp to contact him.

Um...off topic
 

What the hayle is that smiley doing!!!!!!

CTFU!!!!!!!!

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But did you notice how it turns red when it goes back there? See I got too much time on my hands.

Re: Um...off topic
 

It's a sex smilie, inspired by Irv Gotti's slamming down of Big Viagra.
:p