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1sd 01-28-2004 02:29 PM

Re: I don't want THAT diet....
 
Quote:

Originally posted by AKA2D '91


She looks a HOTT AZZ WHITE POWDER MESS!


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AKA2D '91 01-28-2004 03:10 PM

JUST SAY NO!
 
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...love_rs107.jpg

More HOT AZZ CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MESS...

Courtney Love in court for possessing a controlled substance.

Do these people not know about cameras? LAWD! :o

AKA2D '91 01-28-2004 03:12 PM

ummmm hummmmmm...
 
Erving's Wife Denies Releasing Sex Tape
54 minutes ago


ORLANDO, Fla. - A tape showing NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving having sex with a woman in a hotel room "didn't come out of our camp," Andrea Black, lawyer for Erving's wife, Turquoise, said Wednesday.




The tape was delivered to the New York Post while Erving divorces Turquoise, his wife of 31 years. It shows Erving having sex with a young woman in a hotel room while a radio plays, the newspaper said.


The divorce case is going on in Florida.


Erving's spokesman, Dan Klores, said Monday the tape was made 15 years ago, while Erving and his wife were separated.


"The decision by his wife's advisers to release it during their divorce negotiations is disappointing, especially since Mrs. Erving has had it in her possession for all these years," said Klores.


"I can assure you it didn't come out of our camp," Black said Wednesday.


But she added that in a hotly disputed divorce, it isn't uncommon for friends and family surrounding the couple to get involved in various ways — and that might be why the tape was sent to the newspaper.


"Frankly, it doesn't help anyone," said Black, noting that Florida has no-fault divorce laws. "To me, all it does is create a furor over something in which the emotions are going to be high again."


"I'm not stressed about it," Erving said before the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 100th annual banquet, where he was an honored guest Monday night. "The media is always going to be a part of my life as long as I'm breathing and even after I'm gone."




Maybe it was his babymomma, the news reporter. :confused:

vanda 01-28-2004 03:53 PM

Speaking of R. Kelly
 
Stella Foster reported in her column yesterday, that R. was in court here on Monday asking a judge for permission to attend the Grammys. The judge said yes with the following restriction: No contact at all with Michael Jackson! Is that really necessary? Do you rhink they may try to do something stupid together?

lostnfound117 01-28-2004 05:02 PM

Re: Re: This just in...
 
Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I found the article just a few minutes ago. . .another addition to the Smoking Gun.com Concert Tour. :p

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Faith Evans, Husband Face Drug Charges
49 minutes ago Add Entertainment - AP to My Yahoo!


HAPEVILLE, Ga. - R&B singer Faith Evans (news) and her husband, record executive Todd Russaw, were arrested on drug possession charges.


Evans and Russaw were charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana and booked at the Fulton County Jail, WSB-TV reported Wednesday. A spokeswoman at the Hapeville Police Department would give no details Wednesday morning.


Evans, 30, earned a Grammy nomination for her duet "Can't Believe" with Carl Thomas (news), recorded on her 2001 album, "Faithfully." She recently appeared in "The Fighting Temptations," a movie starring Cuba Gooding (news) Jr. and Beyonce Knowles (news).


Evans also has worked with Whitney Houston (news) and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, who signed Evans to his Bad Boy label and produced her first album.


In 1995, Evans married Christopher Wallace, known as The Notorious B.I.G. Wallace was killed in a drive-by shooting in March 1997.


Evans, a native of Newark, N.J., recently moved to the Atlanta area.

i hate that they are in hapeville...not a great place to be for minorities :(

Steeltrap 01-28-2004 08:35 PM

Lawd. Lawd. Lawd.
 
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James Brown charged with domestic violence

The Associated Press


AP
Soul singer James Brown in a booking photo taken at the Aiken County Sheriff's Office Wednesday.

AIKEN, S.C. -- Soul singer James Brown was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly pushed his wife to the floor during an argument, authorities said.

Brown, 70, was charged with criminal domestic violence and was to remain jailed until a bond hearing Thursday morning, Aiken County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank said.

Investigators say Brown shoved his wife during an argument in a bedroom at the couple's home in Beech Island, 70 miles southwest of Columbia.

Tomi Rae Brown, 33, had scratches and bruises to her right arm and hip and was taken to a hospital, Frank said.

James Brown's publicist Simone Smalls declined to comment Wednesday.

Brown is known as the Godfather of Soul for a multitude of hits, including "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Sex Machine" and "Living in America." Last month he was honored at the Kennedy Center as "one of the most influential musicians of the past 50 years."

Brown served a 2 1/2-year prison term after a 1988 arrest on drug and assault charges and was convicted of a drug-related offense in 1998. He was granted a state pardon in May.











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CrimsonTide4 01-28-2004 08:39 PM

Re: Lawd. Lawd. Lawd.
 
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GOOD GAWD!! HEY!!


He looks a LIVING IN AMERICA MESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!



:eek: :o :eek: :o :eek: :o :eek: :o

Honeykiss1974 01-28-2004 10:40 PM

Re: Lawd. Lawd. Lawd.
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Steeltrap
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/09/18/93/image_393189.jpg


Does someone need a touch-up?

Boy, when celebs go down, THEY GO DOWN!! :eek:

lostnfound117 01-29-2004 12:10 AM

Faith's new CD
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Steeltrap
And remember, she's dropped some LBs. Perhaps the white powder diet? :p
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/03/33/92/image_392333.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/f9ca126c.jpg

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ykimber 01-29-2004 12:22 AM

Re: Faith's new CD
 
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!! This is to funny!!!!

Ideal08 01-29-2004 09:33 AM

1) Faith just looks like she has on no make-up to me. But I never thought she was all that attractive anyway, so she just looks regular to me.

2) It didn't take no time for them to come up with that new Faith CD. What? Are people waiting for the opportunity for a spoof?

3) What self-respecting 33 y/o woman is gettin' her azz whooped by a 70y/o man??? Now, let's be real; I think I could whoop a 70y/o's azz. You think they still have sex? Eeeeeeewwwwww! :eek:

4) Did they take James to jail in his bathrobe? LLLLLMAO!!!

kiml122 01-29-2004 10:27 AM

Re: Ms. Faith Evans' mug shot
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Steeltrap
And remember, she's dropped some LBs. Perhaps the white powder diet? :p
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/03/33/92/image_392333.jpg

Ya think...he he he

FeeFee 01-29-2004 10:44 AM

Re: Re: Lawd. Lawd. Lawd.
 
Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/09/18/93/image_393189.jpg




GOOD GAWD!! HEY!!


He looks a LIVING IN AMERICA MESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!



:eek: :o :eek: :o :eek: :o :eek: :o

Maybe he caught her using his hair care products?? :confused:

feu_declipse 01-29-2004 11:52 AM

R Kelly Can't Fly
 
A judge in Chicago this week granted Kelly permission to attend the 46th Annual Grammy Awards February 8 in Los Angeles--under the stipulation that he not confab with Jackson.
R&B crooner Kelly, 37, is under indictment for child pornography; popster Jackson, 45, is facing child-molestation charges.
The judge's order in the Kelly case baffled both the defense and prosecution, which didn't request the stay-away-from-Michael move.
"We had no plan to see [Jackson] anyway," Kelly defense attorney Ed Genson said Wednesday.
It's doubtful that Kelly would even run into Jackson at the Grammys (news - web sites).
While Kelly is a double nominee, Jackson is neither an award contender, nor a scheduled performer. Grammy organizers on Wednesday said they didn't know if Jackson, who once needed both arms to haul away all his trophies, planned to attend as a spectator.
Last year, Kelly and Jackson collaborated on the song "One More Chance." Kelly penned it; Jackson sang it; record buyers and radio stations largely ignored it.
The Chicago-based Kelly was to leave for Los Angeles on Wednesday, traveling by bus. (Strange, but true: The "I Believe I Can Fly" singer doesn't like airplanes, his attorney said.) Per the judge's order, he's due back in the Windy City on February 18.
Kelly is under indictment in Illinois for an allegedly caught-on-tape sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl. He's also in hot water in Florida, accused of having a stash of kiddie-porn pics at his home there.
Jackson is accused of molesting a child at his Neverland Ranch.
Kelly's Grammy road trip is the latest excursion to be okayed by Judge Vincent Gaughan. Last year, Gaughan twice allowed Kelly to embark on mini-tours to support his latest album, Chocolate Factory.

Honeykiss1974 01-29-2004 12:07 PM

Quote:

4) Did they take James to jail in his bathrobe? LLLLLMAO!!!
OMGoodness, I can't stop laughing at this!!!! Yall, they showed this pic too on Good Morning America. Dag James...

Quote:

Maybe he caught her using his hair care products??
ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!


yall ain't right. :D

AKA2D '91 01-29-2004 12:12 PM

My thing with James...
1. The head...lawd help! :o
2. Isn't he like 70+? Ummmmmmm, how is he going to beat up a woman 30 or 40 years younger than he is? Seems like she could push him and summin would break. Dayum!

He is too old to look like that and act like that! OASAS

Honeykiss1974 01-29-2004 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by lostnfound117
MASTER P FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

Apparently the founder of No Limit Records, Master P (aka Percy Miller), does in fact have a limit--a financial limit. In a world exclusive, PopFeed has learned that Miller's company quietly filed for bankruptcy a little over a month ago on December 17, 2003. Our suspicions were raised when Koch Distribution, announced yesterday that they had signed Miller and his label New No Limit to a distribution deal (Miller's former distributor was major label Universal). Known as the final resting place for failing artists, in 2003 Billboard Magazine said that Koch has, "a tendency to sign acts that appear to be past their commercial prime."

Headed by Austrian native Michael Koch, the privileged son of Franz Koch, the company's Long Island, New York based independent distribution company has given many financially strapped rappers a final chance when no one else would touch them. Just recently Koch signed Suge Knight's Tha Row Records (formerly Death Row) to a new deal--presumably Knight will run the label from prison. Koch's own rap roster, run by the portly Alan Grunblatt, boasts such stellar hit makers as Grand Puba, Onyx and Afu-Ra -- all has-been, or never-was artists.

The most bewildering part of this story is that just a year ago, Miller was ranked on Fortune Magazine's "40 Richest Under 40" list with an estimated $361 million in holdings. But, as these documents clearly show [Page 1, Page 2, Page 3] Percy Miller's No Limit army is suffering heavy casualties. Miller is scheduled to appear in court for a bankruptcy hearing in California in two weeks on February 2nd.

How the (excuse my language) HAYLE do you blow $361 million :eek: in one frickin' year??? :confused: :eek: :o :eek:

Oh My GOODNESS!!!!!!!! Who was his accountant/financial advisors? :eek: :eek:

Steeltrap 01-29-2004 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ideal08 (in part)
3) What self-respecting 33 y/o woman is gettin' her azz whooped by a 70y/o man??? Now, let's be real; I think I could whoop a 70y/o's azz. You think they still have sex? Eeeeeeewwwwww! :eek:

4) Did they take James to jail in his bathrobe? LLLLLMAO!!!

Soror, yes, 70-year-old menzes do still have sex. Five years ago, Pfizer Inc. introduced this little blue miracle worker called VIAGRA.

http://www.viagra.com/consumer/image...on/header3.gif

Steeltrap 01-29-2004 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
How the (excuse my language) HAYLE do you blow $361 million :eek: in one frickin' year??? :confused: :eek: :o :eek:

Oh My GOODNESS!!!!!!!! Who was his accountant/financial advisors? :eek: :eek:

Probably Pookie, Ray-Ray, LaRonatorious and Quantaquavious.:p :rolleyes: :p

lovelyivy84 01-29-2004 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
How the (excuse my language) HAYLE do you blow $361 million :eek: in one frickin' year??? :confused: :eek: :o :eek:


Producing CRAPtastic shows for your CRAPtastic non-acting son!

nikki1920 01-29-2004 01:10 PM

she said craptastic!

Yes, that show on Nickelodeon is a HOT mess.. not one of those children can act.. I can see Percy mouthing "turn page", practically. lol

djjukebox 01-29-2004 01:43 PM

Faith Evans crack arrest
 
Did anyone else hear J. Anthony Brown's piece on the Joyner this mornin'??? HILARIOUS!! His whole bit was how Faith and hubby fouled up the run for Bobby & Whitney since they're neighbors.... Whitney watchin' the faux pas on TV tellin' Bobby to bring her some chicken wings cuz she got the munchies! I was rollin' ya'll...

littlelady93 01-29-2004 02:36 PM

:rolleyes: I can't take it! I've come to the conclusion that not one person in here has a bit of sense. I can't even laugh anymore. I thought James Brown had on a robe too. He really went out of his way to look like he was still the hardest working man in showbusiness in that pic.:)

Steeltrap 01-29-2004 03:09 PM

Robin Simone Givens strikes pedestrian
 
[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 1/29/04 ]

Robin Givens' car injures pedestrian in Miami

The Associated Press


MIAMI -- Actress Robin Givens struck and critically injured an 89-year-old pedestrian who was in a crosswalk, police said Thursday.

Givens, a star of the 1980s TV comedy "Head of the Class" and the ex-wife of boxer Mike Tyson, struck Maria Antonia Alcover with her sports utility vehicle on Wednesday as the elderly woman was crossing a busy intersection during rush hour, police spokesman Delrish Moss said. Police have ruled it an accident.

Witnesses said Alcovar had gotten more than halfway across the street when the northbound/southbound light turned green and Givens' 2000 Mercedes SUV struck her. Police said Givens' car had been stopped at the traffic light before the accident.

After being hit, Alcover fell backward and her right foot was nearly severed, police said. Givens drove for about 10 feet before witnesses flagged her down. The actress stopped her vehicle, walked back to the victim and stayed with her while police and fire rescue reached the scene.

"She was very cooperative with police last night. She was crying, extremely shaken up and very concerned about the well-being of the victim," Moss said.

Givens, 39, of New York, was issued a traffic summons for failing to use due care when a pedestrian is in the crosswalk. Police said she was traveling with two boys, ages 4 and 10.

"We're looking at it as a pure accident and we don't expect any additional criminal charges whatsoever," Moss said.

Alcover was listed in "extremely critical but stable condition" at Jackson-Memorial Hospital in Miami, Moss said.

Givens also starred in "Boomerang" with comedian Eddie Murphy in 1992. She was married for a year to Tyson; the marriage ended in divorce in 1989.

Givens' Los Angeles-based manager, Alan Iezman, did not immediately return a phone message.

CrimsonTide4 01-29-2004 03:11 PM

oh my LAWD. She has the Halle Berry syndrome.


I hope that elderly woman is okay.

lovelyivy84 01-29-2004 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
oh my LAWD. She has the Halle Berry syndrome.


I hope that elderly woman is okay.

Well no she hit the lady, but stayed. No running away.

I actually think that is not a bad story.

WenD08 01-29-2004 06:14 PM

okay, so, Master P was on Dr. Phil last week talking to this wanna-be rapper (whom i don't think will be on the airwaves any time soon) about first handling his business before trying to make it big as a rapper. umm...did Master P NOT feel the need to take his own advice? being that much in debt, at same time buying all the material goods he can get his hands on is not "handlin' business":rolleyes:
plus, as they say on Tom Joyner, i have an "Are you my daddy?" Nick Nolte to James Brown:p their pix look just alike:D

Steeltrap 01-29-2004 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WenD08
okay, so, Master P was on Dr. Phil last week talking to this wanna-be rapper (whom i don't think will be on the airwaves any time soon) about first handling his business before trying to make it big as a rapper. umm...did Master P NOT feel the need to take his own advice? being that much in debt, at same time buying all the material goods he can get his hands on is not "handlin' business":rolleyes:
plus, as they say on Tom Joyner, i have an "Are you my daddy?" Nick Nolte to James Brown:p their pix look just alike:D

Ol' Percy, err, Master P, sure as heck doesn't walk the walk when it comes to being a "bidnessman." :rolleyes: :p

feu_declipse 01-30-2004 09:49 AM

Umm...gross
 
Oddly Enough - Reuters
Thu Jan 29,10:51 AM ET

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The decomposing remains of a 60-tonsperm whale exploded on a busy Taiwan street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours, local newspapers said.
The 56-foot dead whale had been on a truck headed for an autopsy at a university earlier this week, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.
The whale had died after it was beached on the southwestern coast of the island.

AKA2D '91 01-30-2004 09:50 AM

Blair Underwood Books Flight with NBC Pilot
Fri Jan 30, 3:38 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters TV to My Yahoo!


By Nellie Andreeva and Scott Collins

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Blair Underwood (news), whose recent TV credits include CBS' "City of Angels" and HBO's "Sex and the City," will star in the NBC drama pilot "HUB," which is set at a major U.S. airport.



He will play Roger DeSouza, the airport's second-in-command. Originally developed during the 2002-03 development season, "HUB" is expected to start production in early March.


Meanwhile, in a flurry of pilot activity Thursday, ABC picked up two comedy pilots: "Plan B," starring Caroline Rhea (news) as a stressed thirtysomething single woman who juggles romance, career, an intrusive mother and weight problems; and "We Are Family," about a man and his estranged father who reconnect when they both become new dads.


CBS ordered three cast-contingent drama pilots: "Wanted," "Sudbury" and "Dr. Vegas."


"Wanted" is a thriller set in the fugitive section of the LAPD (news - web sites). "Sudbury," with Sandra Bullock (news) on board as a producer, revolves around a family of witches. "Dr. Vegas" centers on a Las Vegas casino in-house physician.


The WB Network ordered a comedy pilot, "Commando Nanny," based on "Survivor" maestro Mark Burnett's experience as a young ex-British commando working as a live-in nanny for a Beverly Hills family. Burnett will executive produce.


Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

kiml122 01-30-2004 12:09 PM

All I can say is y'all about to make me wet my pants with all the comments and James being in his robe. For real though, stop making me laugh.

AKA2D '91 01-30-2004 02:26 PM

Breaking News:

Jamie Foxx and his sister earlier this week recinded their earlier pleas of Not Guilty:

According to the Noon News, Wednesday the 2 have plead Guilty to their "Fight in the Casino" here last April.

Jamie: Guilty (misdemeanor) which would carry a 6 months suspended sentence; his sister guilty (felony) which carries 6 years suspended sentence. They would then have to pay $13,000 in restitution to the victims.

Foxx and his sister's trial was to begin on Tuesday.

ETA: Article

Jamie Foxx Gets Probation for Fight
18 minutes ago


NEW ORLEANS - Comedian Jamie Foxx (news) has been placed on two years probation and fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from an altercation with security guards at a casino.



Foxx entered the plea Wednesday to disturbing the peace, District Attorney Eddie Jordan announced Friday. Foxx was given a six-month suspended jail sentence in addition to the probation and fine.


The entertainer's sister, Deidre Dixon, pleaded guilty to a felony count of battery on a police officer with injury and to misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest.


She was given a suspended sentence of five years in prison for the felony and one year suspended for the misdemeanors. She was placed on five years probation.


Criminal District Judge Frank Marullo fined Dixon $1,500 and ordered her to pay $13,000 in restitution to the officers involved.


As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed two felony battery counts against Foxx and one count against Dixon.


In a fracas captured by security cameras at Harrah's New Orleans Casino, Foxx and Dixon were arrested April 26, 2003. Police said the two and a group of their friends refused to show identification at the door, then went into the casino and refused to leave.


Authorities said that when police tried to handcuff Dixon, she struggled, freed one of her hands and began swinging the handcuffs still attached to the other hand, hitting a police officer in the face.

AKA2D '91 01-30-2004 02:33 PM

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...nt_nyet101.jpg


Ole Road Rage Robin! I do like the color. ;) I need that for our "Pretty in Pink" gathering next week!:)

Steeltrap 01-30-2004 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...nt_nyet101.jpg


Ole Road Rage Robin! I do like the color. ;) I need that for our "Pretty in Pink" gathering next week!:)

I also love that color and that look. :D

feu_declipse 01-30-2004 09:46 PM

Shocking, New Jacko Accusations Made
 
Vanity Fair magazine reporter Maureen Orth has written an explosive piece for the March issue in which she reveals new and shocking accusations against Michael Jackson: He allegedly seduced boys by giving them Coca-Cola cans filled with white wine. The pop star purportedly told the boys the wine was called "Jesus juice," and allegedly named red wine "Jesus blood." Jackson has already been charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts on a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. He is free on $3 million bail pending trial.

Orth's named sources for the allegations include attorneys and relatives of the accusers, as well as former Jackson employees. One of those sources, Jackson's former financial advisor, Myung-Ho Lee, reveals to Vanity Fair that Jackson suffered from an addiction to Demerol and morphine and has spent years in and out of rehab. He also allegedly secretly underwent detox in Seoul, Korea.

Honeykiss1974 02-02-2004 12:17 PM

Dwarf Dating on Fox
 
Fox's planned dwarf-dating show sparks controversy
But advocacy group leader says it could be positive

Does size really matter when it comes to true love? Glen is the 4' 5" bachelor starring in "The Littlest Groom." Sidebar: Why do they have to call this show "the Littlest Groom" :eek: CTFU! That sounds like a board game for pre-schoolers )

Updated: 2:25 p.m. ET Jan. 30, 2004LOS ANGELES - Critics may roll their eyes at Fox television’s upcoming dwarf-dating contest “The Littlest Groom,” but the head of the advocacy group Little People of America says the show could end up giving his members a boost.

While some audiences may snicker at the spectacle of a dozen dwarf women competing with average-sized females for the affections of a 4-foot-5-inch bachelor, LPA president Matt Roloff said the Fox show may benefit people of short stature by depicting them as regular folks “just being themselves.”

In other words, a person’s size doesn’t matter.

‘The fact that Fox is doing this reality show is outrageous,’ Roloff quoted one e-mail he received from the parent of a dwarf child. ‘It is one more avenue to make fun of their stature.’

“Yes, the radio jocks will have a field day,” Roloff told Reuters in a telephone interview. “(But) hiding us behind closed doors or in funny costumes will never give us the exposure needed to desensitize society to us.”

Fox said this week that it would air the show, essentially a dwarf version of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” as a two-part special next month on Feb. 16 and Feb. 23.

The announcement sparked a flurry of angry letters to the LPA from little people and their parents and a debate within the Portland, Oregon-based organization over its response to the show, Roloff said.

“The fact that Fox is doing this reality show is outrageous,” Roloff quoted one e-mail he received from the parent of a dwarf child. “It is one more avenue to make fun of their stature.”

Roloff credited the producers of the show for consulting with his group in an apparent effort to develop and promote the show in a sensitive manner.

While the LPA neither supports nor endorses the program, Roloff said he would withhold judgment until he sees it. “My sense is that they probably didn’t do anything too derogatory.”

But the retired software design and sales executive said he remains troubled about the idea of throwing averaged-sized women into the mix, an element of the show he called ”ill-advised” and potentially hurtful to his members.

“Personally, I think that the (bachelor) guy might have the same tastes I have and prefer a little woman and reject the average-sized women,” he said. “But at the same time, if it did go the other way around, it might be problematic, and make America think there’s something wrong with little people.”

He said there are roughly 100,000 people in the United States who have been born with dwarfism, a genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4-foot-10 or less and disproportionately short arms and legs.

“Littlest Groom” Executive Producer Bill Paolantonio defended the program as a “celebration of diversity.”

“We have gone to great lengths to make sure everybody on this program is treated with dignity and respect,” he said. ”Human emotion is human emotion, no matter what the package is, and this program ultimately is about that.”

He said all the dwarf contestants on the program had dated a mix of little and average-sized people, and that one little woman on the show had never dated a little person.

The Fox network is part of Fox Entertainment Group Inc., a unit of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Ltd.

Copyright 2004 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.

DIVA1177 02-02-2004 12:25 PM

Re: Shocking, New Jacko Accusations Made
 
Quote:

Originally posted by feu_declipse
Vanity Fair magazine reporter Maureen Orth has written an explosive piece for the March issue in which she reveals new and shocking accusations against Michael Jackson: He allegedly seduced boys by giving them Coca-Cola cans filled with white wine. The pop star purportedly told the boys the wine was called "Jesus juice," and allegedly named red wine "Jesus blood." Jackson has already been charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts on a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. He is free on $3 million bail pending trial.

Orth's named sources for the allegations include attorneys and relatives of the accusers, as well as former Jackson employees. One of those sources, Jackson's former financial advisor, Myung-Ho Lee, reveals to Vanity Fair that Jackson suffered from an addiction to Demerol and morphine and has spent years in and out of rehab. He also allegedly secretly underwent detox in Seoul, Korea.

:rolleyes: THIS IS CRAP!!!!! I don't believe one shred of the BS! Wasn't Mickie raised a Jehovh's Witness??? If he didn't believe in Jesus growing up, he sure as hell doesn't believe in him now(a la NOI)! Everybody has got to make that money though... :mad:

MeezDiscreet 02-02-2004 12:40 PM

i got this from mtv.com:

Mary-Ellis Bunim, who helped launch the reality TV genre by co-creating the long-running MTV hits "The Real World" and "Road Rules," has died. She was 57.

Bunim passed away in Burbank, California, on Thursday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer.

Kimmie1913 02-02-2004 05:49 PM

Sometimes I wonder about the stories in the foreign tabloid press but here it is anyway...


>Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/page.cfm...98&method=full
>
>
>FIANCÉE KNOWLES Jan 30 2004
>
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>They have one of the most solid relationships in showbiz and now pop diva Beyonce Knowles and rap star boyfriend Jay-Z are ready to make things more permanent.
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>For we can reveal that the couple are all set to get married.
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>At a party on Wednesday night, millionaire Jay-Z announced that the couple will tie the knot "very soon".
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>The lovebirds were at swanky Manhattan club Taj for a bash in honour of outgoing Island Def Jam records president Lyor Cohen.
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>After Lyor had made a farewell speech, 34-year-old Jay-Z took the microphone and, turning to Cohen, said: "You've been one of the best friends I could have had... apart from this woman beside me, who I love and who I will marry very soon."
>
>Amanda Redman, James Bolam and Dennis Waterman enjoying lunch with a group of friends at RIBA in Portland Place... Jon Carter on a plane from London to Belfast... Elvis Costello at St Paul's Cathedral... Jade Jagger at Giraffe cafe on Kensington High Street
>
>
>Sexy Beyonce, 22, who was sporting a new bob-style hairdo, could hardly conceal her joy as her boyfriend told guests of his plans.
>
>"It was really unexpected," our perfectly-placed witness tells us. "As soon as he said it everyone in the place started whooping and cheering.
>
>"Beyonce was standing next to him cooing and looking totally in love. It was a beautiful moment. If ever there were any doubts about how much they love each other, then this certainly blew those away."
>
>Beyonce and Jay - who is business partners with Victoria Beckham's music producer Damon Dash - got together after recording their hit duet '03 Bonnie & Clyde towards the end of 2002. He later appeared on her worldwide smash Crazy In Love.
>
>They have been inseparable ever since. Earlier this month, the pair were pictured together on a romantic holiday in St Barts and are often seen watching basketball team the New York Nicks.
>
>
>Last year, Jay - who had a smash hit with Hard Knock Life - spoke about his love for the bootylicious Destiny's Child star, who has amassed a £12million fortune.
>
>"I love Bee with all my heart," he said. "She's the most important part of my life.
>
>"I feel like I'm the luckiest man in the world. Children are the only thing I don't have now. I absolutely want kids."
>
>And his relationship means that the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is less driven than he used to be.
>
>"Since meeting Bee, I've found that the hip-hop industry no longer inspires me," he said. "Everything gets put into perspective when you're in love."
>
>The news is bound to go down well with Beyonce's strict mother Tina, who is said to be keen for her church-going daughter to settle down.
>
>Earlier this week, Beyonce also admitted to us that she was keen for Jay to pop the question.
>
>We asked her whether she would be the one going down on one knee, what with it being a leap year.
>
>But she told us: "Hell, no. I'm an old-school girl - the kind who'll wait for a guy to get down on one knee."
>
>Well, now it looks like she won't have to wait too long for her wish to come true...

lostnfound117 02-02-2004 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kimmie1913
Sometimes I wonder about the stories in the foreign tabloid press but here it is anyway...


>Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/page.cfm...98&method=full
>
>
>FIANCÉE KNOWLES Jan 30 2004
>
>
>They have one of the most solid relationships in showbiz and now pop diva Beyonce Knowles and rap star boyfriend Jay-Z are ready to make things more permanent.
>
>For we can reveal that the couple are all set to get married.
>
>At a party on Wednesday night, millionaire Jay-Z announced that the couple will tie the knot "very soon".
>
>
>The lovebirds were at swanky Manhattan club Taj for a bash in honour of outgoing Island Def Jam records president Lyor Cohen.
>
>After Lyor had made a farewell speech, 34-year-old Jay-Z took the microphone and, turning to Cohen, said: "You've been one of the best friends I could have had... apart from this woman beside me, who I love and who I will marry very soon."
>
>Amanda Redman, James Bolam and Dennis Waterman enjoying lunch with a group of friends at RIBA in Portland Place... Jon Carter on a plane from London to Belfast... Elvis Costello at St Paul's Cathedral... Jade Jagger at Giraffe cafe on Kensington High Street
>
>
>Sexy Beyonce, 22, who was sporting a new bob-style hairdo, could hardly conceal her joy as her boyfriend told guests of his plans.
>
>"It was really unexpected," our perfectly-placed witness tells us. "As soon as he said it everyone in the place started whooping and cheering.
>
>"Beyonce was standing next to him cooing and looking totally in love. It was a beautiful moment. If ever there were any doubts about how much they love each other, then this certainly blew those away."
>
>Beyonce and Jay - who is business partners with Victoria Beckham's music producer Damon Dash - got together after recording their hit duet '03 Bonnie & Clyde towards the end of 2002. He later appeared on her worldwide smash Crazy In Love.
>
>They have been inseparable ever since. Earlier this month, the pair were pictured together on a romantic holiday in St Barts and are often seen watching basketball team the New York Nicks.
>
>
>Last year, Jay - who had a smash hit with Hard Knock Life - spoke about his love for the bootylicious Destiny's Child star, who has amassed a £12million fortune.
>
>"I love Bee with all my heart," he said. "She's the most important part of my life.
>
>"I feel like I'm the luckiest man in the world. Children are the only thing I don't have now. I absolutely want kids."
>
>And his relationship means that the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is less driven than he used to be.
>
>"Since meeting Bee, I've found that the hip-hop industry no longer inspires me," he said. "Everything gets put into perspective when you're in love."
>
>The news is bound to go down well with Beyonce's strict mother Tina, who is said to be keen for her church-going daughter to settle down.
>
>Earlier this week, Beyonce also admitted to us that she was keen for Jay to pop the question.
>
>We asked her whether she would be the one going down on one knee, what with it being a leap year.
>
>But she told us: "Hell, no. I'm an old-school girl - the kind who'll wait for a guy to get down on one knee."
>
>Well, now it looks like she won't have to wait too long for her wish to come true...


GOSH...I'M SO EXCITED FOR THEM....they are my favorite couple!!!


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