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From Rush & Molloy, New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com
Actresses still steaming over Spike's sex scenes Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 With films like "Malcolm X" and "Get on the Bus," Spike Lee has established himself a provocative explorer of America's racial divide. But as a young director, Spike didn't know jack about shooting a sex scene. Rosie Perez still shivers when she remembers the "very disturbing" sequence in "Do the Right Thing" in which Spike, playing her boyfriend, rubbed ice cubes all over her body. "I had just lost my virginity in college," Perez recalls. "I found [the scene] much more exploitative than what I had read [in the script]. … Eventually I burst into tears and I said, 'Don't keep filming.' "It was irresponsible to put me in that position. He was the older person, the captain of the ship." To Spike's credit, Lee includes Perez's complaints in his new memoir, "That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It." The book also quotes Lee's sister, Joie, saying her sex scene with Denzel Washington in "Mo' Better Blues" was nothing less than "horrible. [It was] just humiliating, humiliating. I seem to experience that a lot with my brother." Likewise, Annabella Sciorra has unpleasant memories of her "Jungle Fever" romp with Wesley Snipes. "I called 'Cut!' because Wesley took off my underwear and I didn't have anything on underneath," says Sciorra. "And to my knowledge that's not what we were doing." Spike's mind may have been elsewhere. Randy Fletcher, assistant director on "Jungle Fever," recalls one morning when Spike asked him a question: Why hadn't Fletcher told him that Spike's then-girlfriend, Veronica Webb, who was in the film, had "gone to bed with a few people we know"? (Webb wrote in her own 1998 memoir that Spike put "sexual pressure on me," causing her once to swing a Louis XIV lamp at him.) Spike found no more joy getting into bed - in a business sense - with Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein. Lee says Weinstein warned that he wouldn't make "Girl 6" unless Spike cast another former Lee flame, Halle Berry. Lee finally landed her, but says he still branded Weinstein a "fat bastard." Of course, Harvey's trimmer and friendlier now. Plump Jackson tidbit Janet Jackson is denying reports that she and ex-husband James DeBarge have a secret 18-year-old daughter. But could the R&B diva be expecting a baby with current beau Jermaine Dupri?:eek: For four days, Jackson tried to ignore a claim by former brother-in-law Young DeBarge that she was a mother. Yesterday, she finally told "Access Hollywood": "I do not have a child, and all allegations saying so are false." Neither of the DeBarges could be reached for comment yesterday. But some Janet-watchers have already moved on to another rumor - that she's pregnant. Dupri, 33, and Jackson, 39, have been an item since 2002, and fans noticed a plumpness about her. Meanwhile, Jackson's lawyers are reportedly trying to block the Internet posting of a video that's said to show her sunbathing nearly naked. MSNBC.com's Jeannette Walls reports that you also see her slapping her own buttocks "bongo style." Word is that the woman who flashed her breast at the Super Bowl isn't worried so much about the nudity as the fact that she looks overweight. A rep for Jackson and Dupri did not return calls yesterday. Surveillance ... Don't mess with Bryant Gumbel. "When I was growing up, people called me nicknames like 'Gumby,'" Gumbel told Webster Hall's Baird Jones at the Alliance Francaise benefit. "No one ever survived who called me Gumbo." :rolleyes: |
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Don't know about Elise and F. Gary Gray's status. :confused: Meanwhile, Harlem Moon Books creator Janet Hill, 42, gets married: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...s/vows.583.jpg October 23, 2005 Vows Janet Hill and Aaron Talbert By JEREMY W. PETERS JANET MARIETTA HILL is a graceful and elegant woman who created Harlem Moon, her imprint at Doubleday/Broadway Books in Manhattan. Friends say she is the consummate professional: always on the go and known to spend long hours editing her authors' books to perfection. "It's not uncommon for me to get an e-mail from Janet at 1 a.m. and she's still at the office," said one author, Erin Gruwell. In 2002, Ms. Hill entered a period that would make any single 39-year-old woman feel like she was racing against the clock. "My grandmother died on April 28th," said Ms. Hill, now 42. "We buried her the day before Mother's Day. And during that time I went to four weddings." Those weddings, which began with that of Ms. Hill's younger sister, Ellen Hill Zeringue, on Memorial Day weekend, continued through June, when three of Janet Hill's friends married. The series of events forced her to focus on relationships, theirs and hers. "I was 39 years old and I didn't know," Ms. Hill concluded. Her older sister, the Rev. Georgia Hill Thompson, remembered, "She was so disappointed in the guys she had met that she told me, 'I ought to have an arranged marriage. What I should do is get my parents and close family friends together and have them select someone.' " Then Aaron M. Talbert called. Mr. Talbert, now 42, is the director of sales at VP Records, a reggae recording label in Jamaica, Queens. He entered the picture when Suesetta McCree, his great aunt, ran into Ms. Hill's mother, Valentine Hill, at a party. "I said I had this nephew who is a reputable young man," recalled Ms. McCree, cracking a proud smile as she took credit for arranging the match. Ms. Hill, who said she was leery of "blind date No. 999," hardly rushed to respond to the message left by Mr. Talbert, who was divorced. But she did play his message for her girlfriends to analyze. After receiving her friends' approval, and after some prodding, Ms. Hill called Mr. Talbert. They agreed to meet after church for Sunday brunch in Manhattan. "It was a great five-hour blind date," Ms. Hill said, noting that they had discovered that both lived as children in Detroit and that she and one of Mr. Talbert's cousins had crossed paths at a chapter of Jack and Jill of America, a black social organization. Afterward Mr. Talbert called his mother, Terri Talbert of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. "I could hardly recognize his voice," Ms. Talbert recalled "He said, 'Ma, she's great.' " That same evening, when Mr. Talbert attended a play with Lisa Cortes, a film producer and his former boss, and Leslie Sims, a mutual friend, more common pieces of Ms. Hill's and Mr. Talbert's lives came into view. Ms. Sims said that she had roomed with Ms. Thompson at Harvard, and that Ms. Sims's younger sister, Lisa Sims, was Ms. Hill's best friend from childhood. Ms. Cortes, whose credits include "The Woodsman" with Kevin Bacon, said, "It's all about six degrees of separation for black folks. Beautiful, smart, happening black folks." Immediately it became evident to Ms. Hill's friends that Mr. Talbert's calm demeanor complemented the busybody publishing executive in her. One friend, Lynn Godfrey, remembered, "When I saw how he put her at ease, I said, 'He's a keeper.' " Ms. Hill and Mr. Talbert say that the sense of familiarity they gained from their shared backgrounds pulled them together and set in motion a courtship that lasted a year and a half. Their relationship evolved so seamlessly, they say, that there was never a single defining moment that inspired them to marry. Nonetheless, Mr. Talbert tried to pinpoint the moment. "Probably on our first date I knew she was the type of woman who would be great to marry," he said. His mother added, "The first time I saw them together, it was astonishing. I had the feeling this was it." The couple was married on Oct. 9 at the Plymouth United Church of Christ in Detroit. The bride glided down the aisle in a strapless white gown by Mika Inatome, a New York designer. The words "love extravagantly," a favorite phrase of the bride's that was taken from a modern translation of First Corinthians, had been embroidered on it. When it was time for the couple to exchange vows, a simple "I do" wouldn't do for Ms. Hill. Ms. Thompson, who is the associate pastor of the church and who led the ceremony, asked her sister if she would take Mr. Talbert's hand in marriage. The bride proclaimed, "I absolutely will." |
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Frederick Anderson (center) at a French art pah-ty (sic) in New York. A walker is a well-connected man, often times geigh, who accompanies society ladies to various galas when the husbandperson doesn't want to go.
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Fiddy Billboards Removed
Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20051030/en_movies_eo/17678 By Charlie Amter Sun Oct 30,12:43 AM ET Sometimes Hollywood listens. Paramount Pictures has responded to public protests and has removed some controversial billboards for the studio's forthcoming 50 Cent film, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The billboards--which depict Fiddy gripping a gun in his left hand and a microphone in his right--immediately prompted an outcry from civil rights activists, politicians and parents, who felt the positioning of the signs in gang-infested areas was irresponsible. "This billboard conveys to the students a disturbing message actively promoting gun violence, criminal behavior and gang affiliation," Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich wrote to Paramount studio boss Brad Grey. "Placement of the billboard in this location at this time is an insensitive and reckless affront to the parents, school administrators and students seeking to improve their community." At a rally Tuesday, organizer Najee Ali, head of Project Islamic Hope, said, "We're calling upon Paramount Pictures to remove these billboards out of our neighborhood and from this city." ... |
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http://yahoo.eonline.com/News/Items/...,00.html?yhnws Murder Inc. Gunning for 50? by Josh Grossberg Sep 7, 2005, 11:10 AM PT If you ask the government, Murder Inc. apparently took its name a bit too seriously. Federal agents and prosecutors are probing whether a notorious Queens drug lord and employees of the "world's most dangerous music company" conspired to assassinate rival rapper 50 Cent and may have been behind the 2002 slaying of Run-D.M.C. deejay Jam Master Jay. According to newly released court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun, investigators allege that convicted crack kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff was gunning for Fiddy, whose real name Curtis Jackson, in retaliation for a hardcore song called "Ghetto Koran," in which the hip-hop star purportedly raps about McGriff's criminal history. (The track was recorded before 50 Cent broke through with his 2003 major label debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.) "Messages transmitted over the Murder Inc. pager indicate that McGriff is involved in an ongoing plot to murder this rap artist," wrote Internal Revenue Service agent Francis Mace in a 2003 affidavit. The document was part of a previously sealed search warrant affidavit and included in a petition last week by the defense lawyer for Murder Inc. bigwig Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo. The paperwork related to the government's seizure of Murder Inc.'s bank accounts over the straight-to-video movie Crime Partners, starring Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and Murder Inc. star (and avowed 50 Cent enemy) Ja Rule. The feds wanted access to the accounts to examine whether Lorenzo--an childhood friend of McGriff's--used Crime Partners and other Murder Inc. film and music projects to launder more than $1 million in drug money. McGriff would also provide "muscle" for the label in the form of threats, violence and intimidation, per prosecutors. (Murder Inc., now part of the Island Def Jam consortium under Universal Music, formally changed its name to The Inc. in 2004 in an effort to clean up its image.) The IRS affidavit posits that McGriff may have been behind the May 2000 shooting of 50 Cent because of "Ghetto Koran," which apparently revealed details of McGriff's deadly Queens-based crack empire. Fiddy, who used to peddle crack in Queens, has turned the incident--in which he was shot nine times at point-blank range, but managed to survive--into a big part of his personal mythology. The document alleges that 50 Cent was subsequently "blacklisted in the recording industry." Indeed, the shooting occurred just weeks before Columbia was set to release what was supposed to be the rapper's debut, Power of the Dollar; after the murder attempt, he was dropped from the label and remained untouchable until Eminem signed him in 2002. And that brings us to Jam Master Jay (real name: Jason Mizell), whose October 2002 murder in his Queens studio, not far from where 50 Cent was shot, has stymied police. According to the IRS agent, investigators theorize that McGriff may have engineered the killing of the 37-year-old deejay because of the ongoing beef with 50 Cent. Jay signed Fiddy to his first record deal in 1996 and remained close to the rapper. "Agents are still trying to determine whether Mizell's homicide has any connection to the ongoing dispute between McGriff and 50 Cent," Mace wrote, citing text messages Mace sent to some Murder Inc. employees. "Law enforcement agents are investigating the possibility that Mizell was murdered for defying the blacklist of 50 Cent." The Brooklyn-born McGriff is currently behind bars and is expected to be tried later this year on drug-trafficking and murder charges. His attorney could not be reached for comment Wednesday. As for Lorenzo, he and his brother, Chris, are expected to stand trial soon on charges of laundering McGriff's drug money. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn did not return phone calls seeking comment. |
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Why has it been so hard to find Jam Master Jay's killer? :confused: When it first happened, reports said people were in the studio, including another dude that got shot. He wasn't able to identify the assailants? That's some bull....
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Surface Singer David Townsend Found Dead Date: Monday, October 31, 2005 By: PRWeb Vocalist/writer/producer David Townsend from the '80s vocal trio Surface, known for such lush ballads as "Happy," "Closer Than Friends," "Shower Me With Your Love" and "The First Time," was found dead inside his Northridge, California home Wednesday night by a close friend. The cause of death was unknown. Townsend was 50. Townsend was the son of the late songwriter/producer Ed Townsend, who was responsible for co-writing "Let's Get It On" by the late great Marvin Gaye and had his own solo hit, "For Your Love" back in 1958. David Townsend followed his father's footsteps and wrote, produced and performed with numerous artists over the past three decades. These artists included The Isley Brothers, Sister Sledge, New Edition, Rebbie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and the legendary Aretha Franklin. Randy Lopez, a spokesman for RDMJ Entertainment Management, Surface's management, released a statement early this morning. "We are all shocked and saddened by the sudden death of David Townsend. He was one of the most down to earth and nicest persons. He was such a great producer and a major talent. We will miss him." The group's surviving members, Bernard Jackson and David "Pic" Conley, released a statement that read, "We are both shocked and very saddened by our loss of our close friend David. He was a great producer, songwriter and a great friend. We will miss him. We also want to say thank you to all our fans around the world for their love and support during this difficult time." Funeral arrangements are as follows; the service is open to the public. Thursday, November, 3, 2005 @ 3 p.m. Inglewood Mortuary 3801 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA (310) 412-6811 |
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Mr. Biggs may be going to jail!...E! Online
These are taxing times indeed for R&B legend Ronald Isley.
A federal jury in Los Angeles on Monday convicted the singer of five counts of tax evasion and one count of willful failure to file a tax return. Isley faces up to 26 years in prison for the tax dodging at his sentencing Jan. 9. Jurors deliberated for a day and a half before rendering their verdict in the trial, which stretched over three weeks. The panel was apparently swayed by a steady stream of prosecution evidence that included documents showing "It's Your Thing" singer hiding homes and a yacht under the name of his former wife and cashing royalty checks belonging to his late brother, O'Kelly Isley. During the trial, IRS officials said Isley tried to further avoid taxes by asking to be paid in only cash for performances between 1997 and 2002--amounts that added up to around $12 million, per California's CNS News Service. The IRS also claimed Isley bought personal cars using a business account and paid band members in cash to keep transactions off the books. The Ohio native was indicted in October 2004. He entered a not guilty plea in January. Isley, who suffered a minor stroke last summer, remains best known for his smooth vocals that have graced Isley Brothers hits for the better part of 40 years. The group got its start in 1951 and struck it big with the 1959 single "Shout," followed by a hit 1962 cover of "Twist and Shout," the 1965 Motown classic "This Old Heart of Mine" and 1969's "It's Your Thing," before having even greater success in the 1970s. The band helped define the R&B/funk groove of the era with hits like "Who's That Lady" and "Fight the Power (Part 1)" before moving toward a more disco sound as the decade ended. In 2003, the Isleys topped the charts with Body Kiss and, later that year, Ron Isley collaborated with Burt Bacharach on the album Here I Am. An Isley Brothers remix album, Taken to the Next Phase, dropped in August 2004. |
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Walters picks 10 Most Fascinating People for 2005...AP
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You are late on the third person metioned in this story.:D And the first person mentioned is touched(translate:something's wrong with him). Signed, JB13 ---------------------- NEW YORK - Tom Cruise, Teri Hatcher and Kanye West are among the names on Barbara Walters' list of the 10 most fascinating people of 2005. The list of the year's most prominent names in entertainment, politics and sports also includes Lance Armstrong, Michael Jackson's lawyer Tom Mesereau and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ABC announced Monday. "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005" will air Nov. 29 (10 p.m. EST). The No. 1 most fascinating person of the year will be revealed on the special, now in its 12th year. |
Partos Co. is suing director Hype Williams on behalf of crew members who worked on Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” video last July.
According to the New York Times the LA based agency accuses Williams’ Naaila Entertainment of fraud, and breach of contract, claiming it’s owed thousands for providing wardrobe, hair, and makeup artists on the shoot. Williams’ lawyer says the two parties are in the process of settling. Def Jam Records had no comment other than that, generally, beyond budget costs are attributed to the production company. www.nobodysmiling.com |
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WTF is Blu Cantrell doing with David Gest, Liza Minnelli's "geigh" ex-husband? :rolleyes:
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Mr. Britany is a dog and a non-rapping one at that!(AP)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a new interview, Shar Jackson says she and Kevin Federline were still together when he and Britney Spears began dating last year.
Jackson, then pregnant with her second child with Federline, says the truth came out only after he flew abroad for a commercial - which became a monthslong trip with Spears. Federline and Spears were wed last year; their daughter was born in September. "How do you call yourself a human being knowing that you put somebody else through that pain?" Jackson asks of Spears in the December issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine. "That's a vicious cycle right there, man. We gotta break that." Jackson, 29, and Federline have a 3-year-old daughter, Kori, and a son, Kaleb, born in July 2004. Jackson, who co-starred in the TV series "Moesha," has two older children from a previous relationship. She and Federline "are still really good friends," Jackson says, but she doesn't want child support. "Hell no. I am a very, very independent woman, OK? If I wanted child support that's an easy procedure," she tells the magazine. Instead, "All I want from Kevin is his time with his children. That's it, bottom line." Jackson is working on an album, her first. A track from Federline's debut recently appeared on the Internet. ----- Also, Britany has a son, not a daughter like the story said. |
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