Re: Re: Re: Whitney with Child???
 

Ok, good to know I'm not going crazy.

I have a photo of Monica from my Nov/Dec 2002 issue of Hype Hair. (Once I figure out how to put it on a website I will add the link) I am surprised no one made a big to do over it. IMHO she looks pregnant. Her hair is blonde and she has on a stone washed jean top with a one shoulder strap. She is leaning to the side with her big stomach poking out. She claims she had to take time off after All Eyes On Me cause she could not be fair to her fans while dealing with her issues. Has anyone else noticed that she is always holding her stomach or camoflauges it in pictures? I think that child she has custody of is hers too. I remember back in the day she did a photo shot for an old mag called Sister Sister ( before S2S) similar to this in a pink Versace dress where her stomach looked enlarged around the time when she wore braces. But she claim those were just pregnancy rumors.

I put the picture on geocities:

http://www.geocities.com/Chrini_2000/My_Photo.html

I too remember back a few years back of "rumors tha Monica was pregnant. I remember one of my friends saying that she had seen her on some show, and she looked really big, considering she is/was a size 0, she looked pregnant per my girlfriend.

That show was way back in the day on Teen Summit. She looked pregnant, for real. I do recall that someone told me that she was on a show a while back and admitted that she did have a baby and that rumors were true. I don't know how true it is because I missed the episode. Maybe I need to investigate....

RedefinedDiva this is your mission if you choose to except it.....:p

Toni Braxton's Inside Out
 

Did anyone see this on VH1 this morning? Watching her having a C-section was making think about NEVER EVER having children. It was rough to see what she was going through during her pregnancy. For anyone that would like to see the episode it i coming on again tonight at 10 PM EST.

Re: Toni Braxton's Inside Out
 

I just finished watching that also. The kids are aDORABLE!!!!

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Yes, they are SOOOO cute! Especially when they were dancing with each other.

Toni is on Broadway now!!!
 

Toni has had 2 C-sections. :eek:

Must look for the repeats. :D

Word is that the RnB couple of the moment has broken up. According to Star Magazine, Usher and Chilli have called it quits. One of Star's infamous insiders says that Chilli gave Usher an ultimatum to marry her or walk and Usher chose to walk. The insider also says the problems have been ongoing for a while now and it all has to do with their 8 year age difference. Chilli's 32 with a 5 year old son Tron while Usher is 24 and according to the insider is not ready to make such a big commitment. Usher and Chill have been dating since 2001 and have had a couple of public fights recently, one at a Target store in Atlanta and another at the June 24th BET Awards. Neither Usher nor Chilli's camp have yet to comment on the rumors.

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i enjoyed the show. i felt bad for toni...she had a rough pregnancy. i hope she does well on broadway...that sucked what arista did to her!!!!

I wastched the VH1 special last night with Toni Braxton, and it was good. Man seeing a C-section up close and personal was ilky....but I was fascinated all at the same time. I like all that gore.

Man, that was a trip of what she was going through while bein pregnant, I do remember hearing stuff like she got pregnant on purpose so that she couldn't promote this new album. The kids are adorable, and the oldest one looks just like her husband Keri.

I finally saw the show yesterday and it was pretty good. The kids are sooo adorable. It was messed up that Arista had her all stressed out. HC they couldn't just let her promote the album the way she wanted to, or let her push the album back a year like she suggested??? I'm glad the she and the baby were ok after the delivery (which was icky, but I had to keep watching :D ). I have new found respect for Ms. Braxton.

Good show.

Aretha + Mary J. Blige
 

(8/18/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Aretha Franklin has teamed with hip-hop vocal star Mary J. Blige on a couple of songs for her latest release So Damn Happy, due to hit stores September 16. The album, her first since 1998's A Rose Is Still A Rose, features 11 new tracks. The Queen Of Soul also pairs up with lyricist Burt Bacharach on several songs.

The CD's first single is called "The Only Thing Missin'." Other songs on the set include two collaborations with Blige, including "Holdin' On" and "No Matter What." Franklin also wrote and produced two tunes, including the title track and "You Are My Joy."


Earlier this year, Franklin's 1987 gospel set, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, was reissued with bonus tracks. Last fall, Columbia unveiled The Queen In Waiting: The Columbia Years, a compilation featuring her early recordings from 1960 to 1965 was issued.

Franklin landed more than thirty Top 40 hits between 1967 and 1976.


Fans can hear live versions off the new collection when Franklin hits the road for The Queen Is On . . . The 2003 Tour. She plays in Verona, New York, on August 22nd.


Franklin will also help kick off this year's NFL season by performing on September 4 at Washington, D.C.'s National Mall along with Britney Spears and Blige.


Upcoming Aretha Franklin tour dates are as follows:

August 22 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino

August 24 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent

August 27 - Lowell, MA - Lowell Memorial Auditorium

August 29 - North Tonawanda, NY - New Melody Fair

September 4 - Washington, DC - National Mall

September 6 - Sterling Heights, MI - Freedom Hill Amphitheatre

September 20 - New York - Radio City Music Hall

October 4 - London, ONT - John Labatt Center

October 25 - Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Hall

December 31 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater

Her (Toni's)sister tripped me out! She must be a younger one. Is Toni's father still alive? :confused:

Those kids are too cute. The baby (IMO) looks more like his father. Those cheeks are just :o. :D

Well, we can place Toni on the "List of Divas who are getting their a$$es kicked by their record label... I guess TALENT and the TRUE ability to sing doesn't matter. :confused:

I was on the phone when this show aired and I had this discussion. Is it just me, or does it seem like when AAs (who are in the business) have children, it's the "end" of their career or they aren't taken as seriously. BUT when a non-AA has a child, it's the BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD. :confused: Just look at what was shown AFTER Toni's show. Most of the women, if not all "glorified" were WHITE women who were pregnant and CONTINUED their career AFTER they gave birth. :confused:

What's that all about?

I was thinking the same thing. Why is it that non- AA artists are celebrated when they become parents (shoot, becoming a parent dayum near boosts their popularity), but not us?? It's a sin and shame I tell ya. :mad:

I believe that Toni's dad is still alive. However, I think that her parents are divorced.

Yes, he is still alive, but they got divorced last year, so this was probably the reason why he wasn't there as well.

I saw it too.....
 

I thought the documentary was interesting. I never knew that she was given so much grief by her record label for having a couple of kids. I mean what do you expect....she was newly married and very much in love with her husband. I mean, give me a break.

Another thing, I didnt realize how small she was. When she was seven months it looked like she was only 5 months. I mean, she was tiny.

I think she did a good thing by going on braodway. I think that was a great move on her part and she could benefit greatly from the break away from Hip Hop and R&B. I also didnt know that she made that many albums.
I see her in a totally different light. As a mother, she is great and you can tell that she really loves her children. All I have to say now is....YOU GO GIRL!!!

Q

Eddie Continues with Family Movie
 

Eddie Murphy Looking at More 'Daddy' Time
Wed Aug 13, 3:33 AM ET Add Movies - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eddie Murphy (news) could be set to reprise his role as a harried dad in "Daddy Day Camp," a sequel to his summer hit "Daddy Day Care."


While no deal is yet in place for the actor, the film's producer, Revolution Studios, has hired "Toy Story" scribes Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow to write a script. In the sequel, Murphy's character would be put in charge of a summer day camp.


Originally set up at 20th Century Fox, "Daddy Day Care" was picked up in turnaround by Revolution, which is based at Sony. It grossed $101 million domestically, a return to form for Murphy after he last year starred in three flops -- "I Spy," "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" and "Showtime."


"'Daddy Day Care' was a good idea, a great title and showed Eddie's track record with family movies such as 'Dr. Dolittle,' 'The Nutty Professor' and 'Shrek,"' Revolution founder Joe Roth said.


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Re: Eddie Continues with Family Movie
 

Shrek is the movie, CT4!

FORMER EX-LOVER OF NBA SUPERSTAR SCOTTIE PIPPEN SPEAKS OUT

With so much in the news about Kobe Bryant and his sexual assault case, the news media will soon have another story to cover. Brent Worthington, who is now an Atlanta resident claims to be a former ex-lover of Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball super star Scottie Pippen. After 20 years he is now speaking out about an on again, off again relationship the two shared together while
attending Central Arkansas University back in the 80's.

Brent who now lives in the Midtown-Piedmont Park area of Atlanta is a co-owner/hairstylist of a popular trendy Buckhead Hair Salon. He is speaking out about the 2 year relationship and sharing video clips of the days the two shared a personal and intimate relationship together while the two were just young students at Central Arkansas University located in Conway,
Arkansas.

Tiffany Long, (AG) reporter sat down and interviewed Brent at his high rise Midtown condo. When and how did you two meet? "We met back at CAU in a Biology class. He was only 19 years old at the time and I was 18. Scottie was a struggling basketball player who had little money and basically no financial support from his family. Before Scottie ever became famous, he was a struggling student at CAU. He was on a basketball scholarship, but he and
his family had very little money. My father was an Investment banker and my mother a local socialite back in Little Rock, Arkansas. My parents were very close friends with Hillary and Bill Clinton who at the time was Governor of Arkansas."

"Why are you now coming out with this story after 20 or so years?," asked Tiffany. "Well, Scottie and me stayed in contact throughout the years. I basically took care of Scottie when we were in college. I put clothes on his back, brought him shoes to play basketball, feed him, payed his rent for an apartment off campus, give him money for a car and even asked my parents for money to help a friend pay tuition. They never knew it was for Scottie. I told them that It was for my roommate.

After my father went to jail for his involvement in the White Water Scandal in Arkansas, my mother and I were basically penniless. Scottie who at the time was on the verge of becoming a raising basketball star and was making some money. I called Scottie one day and told him that I was relocating to Atlanta and asked if he would loan me $500 to pay my mothers rent before I left and also asked for a small loan for a down payment on a new salon that
I was trying to open up here in Atlanta. I told Scottie that I was not asking for a hand out, just for some help. I told him once I got my business off the ground and increased my clientele
that I would pay him back every single dime with interest. Scottie screamed at me over the telephone and told me that if he every saw me again that he would kill me. He later ended our conversation by hanging the phone up in my face.

I was really hurt about the situation because I truly sincerely loved this man. If it wasn't for me and my family, Scottie may not have been the person that we all know of today. After my father went to the federal pen, my mother had to file for bankruptcy and we lost everything. She had to live in a $500 a month roach infested apartment and worked at a retail store behind
a makeup counter in Little Rock.

I contemplated committing suicide, but I had to stay strong for my mother and little brother. While at Central Arkansas University upon Scottie's request, we would have fun by making home videos at my apartment. These home video were X-Rated and steamy in nature, 16 in all. Scottie gave names to each and everyone of the videos and wrote the title with a black magic
marker on the tapes. He called one of them, "My White Slave." Scottie loved to role play and make home movies of the two of us. He would later love to watch them while we were engaging in intercourse.

On one occasion, I contracted an STD from Scottie. I was involved with him for two years and never slept around. I was truly committed to this man and cared for him a great deal. There was nothing I would not do for Scottie. He accused me of infidelity and he beat me black and blue. I did not report the incident to the authorities because I loved him and did not want the public to know about the secret life of the raising Central Arkansas
University basketball star.

On another occasion, a very close friend of mine who travel with CAU's basketball team and kept their basketball stats. told me that he too was involved with Scottie. He said that while on road trips, he and Scottie would sneak out and be together on the team bus. This deeply hurt me more and when I confronted Scottie, he slapped me and told me to mind my business. I still continued on with our relationship because I knew that Scottie had a lot of pressure on him with his basketball and his finances.
Our two year relationship later ended after he found his self interested in women.

After much thought and consideration and over 20 years of hurt,
disappointment and betrayal, I have decided to come public with the story and my relationship with the NBA star and write a book. It is properly entitled, "My Years With A Rising NBA Star." It is about my personal encounter with Scottie and our 2 year relationship. Brent is presently trying to get a book deal so that his story can be told. He also has the 16 volume home videos collection of the two when young Scottie was a struggling college basketball star in a "SAFE PLACE."

:eek:

Don't buy it
 

I'm sorry, I'm not buying Scott Pippen as bisexual. This dude prolly just wants to sell books.

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Well I'll be dayumed!!!!!:eek: :eek:

Re: Don't buy it
 

I can't say whether I believe or not because I don't know the intimate Scottie, but I do believe this guy is trying to sell his book.

But I will be tooooo through if he breaks out the video tapes.

If he is making this story up, he has a lawsuit on his hands.

:eek: :eek: :eek:, is right.

so i'm reading this and i'm wondering: assuming this story is true, could Scottie Pippen be the model for "Basil" in E. Lynn Harris' books? i mean Scottie's from Ark., E. Lynn's from Ark., they're about the same age...okay, maybe it's a stretch...:p
but i was just wonderin'...

Re: Re: Don't buy it
 

Completely agreed with the lawsuit thing, although I'm not sure of the case law regarding slander as committed by an individual, not the media.

Didn't Pippen go to University of Central Arkansas which would be UCA, or Central Arkansas University CAU?

And me too! I'm like whoa! Ya know this makes me re-examine how many (black)men are out there living a double lifestyle....

That article had way too many grammatical errors. . . .it is not PAYED, it is PAID.

I don't buy it at all.

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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