Re: I don't know how true but....
 

you know, i heard about a year ago that Tyson was homosexual so MAYBE this is true...you never know

I heard he was back in '95ish, '96ish. I know someone who lived in the same complex he did. :o

I heard on the radio yesterday that Mariah Carey is dating AJ from 106 & Park :eek: . Ewwwwww on both parties.

Can we say - YUCK!!!
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Patty Jackson's The 411

Jamie Foxx is going to be hosting BET’s special salute to Stevie Wonder on the 29th on BET.

The husband and wife duo of Kenny Lattimore and Chante Moore has released their new song. Loveable From Your Head to Your Toes it’s from their forthcoming album Things That Lovers Do which comes out next February.

Diana Ross is going to do a duet with Mariah Carey for Mariah’s new CD Thru The Rain.

Usher is going to play the late Marvin Gaye on an upcoming episode of the NBC Show American Dreams. Usher is going to do Marvin’s 1963 classic Can I Get a Witness. Usher is also coming out with a live Cd of his summer concert on Nov. 12th.

Filming is currently underway for The Fighting Temptations. The Fighting Temptations stars Cuba Gooding Jr, Beyonce, Faith Evans, Ann Nesby, Melba Moore, Angie Stone, Shirley Caesar and The O’Jays.

Dru Hill returns with Sisqo on Nov. 26th. That’s when their new lp Dru World Order comes out.

Monique from the UPN Show The Parkers will be hosting the newly revamped Showtime at the Apollo. She’s also working on a book “Skinny Women Are Evil” and a comedy lp.

Despite the controversy and talks of protest, there will be a sequel to Barbershop. The movie starring Ice Cube, Eve, and Cedric the Entertainer has grossed over 50 million dollars and it only cost 12 million dollars to make.

Bobby Brown is hard at work on his new movie the Hip Hop Western Guns and Roses. In a recent TV interview, Bobby talked about the incident that landed him in the hospital over the summer. Bobby says he hurt his testicles on a wooden chair. (What was he doing? Was he naked?)

Crest has a new toothpaste designed for aging women. Singer/Actress Vanessa Williams is the spokesperson for the project.

Queen Latifah is returning to TV. Years ago Queen Latifah starred as Khadijah on the hit show Living Single and now she has signed a deal with CBS to star in and develop a mystery drama. On the show, Mali Anderson, Queen Latifah will play a former cop turned private detective.

That last one is a DREADFUL smilie, lol.

GOOD STUFF!! These are already Black mystery novels by Grace F. Edwards and are set in the Harlem area.

Kudos Queen!!

Re: Re: I don't know how true but....
 

Jay-Z has a new song entitled "Me and my girlfriend"(uses a similar beat to the Tupca version) in which Beyonce sings the hook.

Here is the track for anyone that wants to hear it. Right click and save as

It won't be up for long though.

From E!Online
 

Posthumous Aaliyah CD Planned

by Julie Keller
Oct 7, 2002, 12:15 PM PT



Aaliyah is gone, but her music will live on.

A CD featuring several previously unreleased tracks from the late R&B star--killed in an August 2001 plane crash--is set for release in November. The currently untitled album from Blackground Records and Universal will compile the aforementioned new tunes, as well as old hits and remixes of other songs in her catalog.

a d v e r t i s e m e n t

Blackground says the new songs, which Aaliyah recorded just prior to her death, are a blend of up-tempo numbers and soul-wrenching ballads.

Though it has been more than a year since her death, she still has devoted fans who say they'll honor her memory by purchasing her new disc. "Aaliyah is the one and only princess of hip hop and R&B. Let's keep her name alive," pleads one fan on a VH1 message board.

The album is the latest Aaliyah-related project to surface after her death. Warner Bros. released the vampire flick The Queen of Damned, with Aaliyah in the title role, in February to mediocre box office. She also received posthumous musical nods for her self-titled 2001 release, including nominations in top categories in the 2002 Grammy and Soul Train Awards.

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The 22-year-old singer and her crew were killed August 25, 2001, when their twin-engine Cessna crashed in the Bahamas shortly after takeoff. Since then, a steady stream of controversy has swirled around the incident.

Toxicology tests released in July determined that the pilot of the plane had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. He was also not authorized to fly the Cessna and had been recently convicted of drug possession and theft. The plane itself was also overloaded when it lifted off from Marsh Harbour Airport on Abaco Island. There's also an ongoing criminal investigation targeting the plane's owner.

Meanwhile, families of the deceased have launched several wrongful death suits over the crash and the Bahamian funeral home that prepared Aaliyah's body is considering legal action against Virgin Records for an unpaid bill.

Re: Re: Re: I don't know how true but....
 

I like the JayZ/Beyonce track. It doesn't just use a "similar" beat as the Tupac cut....it is the EXACT SAME track...more like a remake than just a sample. I like the cut though..it's pretty tight.

Braxton Accuses Duo of Swiping Song
Thu Oct 10,10:36 AM ET

NEW YORK (AP) - Toni Braxton (news) says one of her songs was stolen by Jay-Z and Destiny's Child singer Beyonce Knowles.

Braxton says a few months ago, she laid down tracks for "Me and My Boyfriend" and was going to include the tune in her new CD, due out next month. But a rep for her label says she let her friend, Def Jam Records chief Kevin Liles, get a sneak preview of the song, which also includes a sample from Tupac Shakur's song "Me And My Girlfriend."

Braxton says Jay-Z and Knowles heard the song and used part of the hook and melody for their duet, "Bonnie and Clyde." The publicist says Braxton sees what happened with the song as "unethical."

In an interview on a New York radio station, Braxton was even more forthright with her feelings, saying Knowles and Jay-Z are taking money out of her kids' college funds. Braxton is currently expecting her second child, with her husband, Keri Lewis of Mint Condition.

Jay-Z's camp is defending the rapper against Braxton's allegations. Kayne West, who produced the duet, tells MTV he "had no idea" that Braxton was planning to re-do the song. As for the idea that someone at Def Jam got wind of the idea and beat her to the punch, West says "she can't act like ain't nobody ever heard 'Me and My Girlfriend."

West says he could understand Braxton's beef if it was an original song, but notes that people hear Tupac's song all the time. "It's just coincidence. I came up with the idea while listening to Shakur's music."

BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 

:rolleyes:
Whatever to all of them.

Unethical?????!!!?????? Folks would not have this problem if their music was ORIGINAL.

RIP Get Christie Love
 

I was 10 years old when Get Christie Love was on ABC-TV. Christie Love was a cleaned-up version of Cleopatra Jones and Foxy Brown.

From abc7.com:
Blaze Kills Actress

LOS ANGELES — Actress Teresa Graves, who appeared regularly on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and starred in the television series "Get Christie Love," died early Thursday after a fire raced through her Hyde Park home, authorities said.

Graves, 54, was found unconscious in a rear bedroom by firefighters, said police Sgt. Henry Miller. She was taken to an area hospital where she died.

The blaze began shortly before 12:30 a.m. at Graves' 1,600-square-foot home, city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey said. When firefighters arrived they found the rear part of the home engulfed in flames.

The blaze appeared to have started in a 200-square-foot enclosed patio that was added on to the original home, Humphrey said. Smoke alarms inside the home were functional, fire officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Graves started her career as a singer with the Doodletown Pipers. She later turned to acting, appearing on "Laugh-In" in 1969 and 1970.

She also played supporting roles in several films during the 1970s, including "Black Eye," "That Man Bolt" and "Vampira."

She landed a leading spot in the TV series "Get Christie Love," which ran from September 1974 to July 1975. She left acting in the mid-1970s in favor of religion, according to Sandra Brennan of All Movie Guide.

Soror, I added the picture.
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A Has-been? I guess not!
 

3-genre threat Murphy signs with DreamWorks
Thu Oct 10, 2:20 AM ET

By Zorianna Kit and Chris Gardner



LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Following a successful collaboration on the blockbuster feature "Shrek," for which a sequel is due out in the summer, the film's co-star Eddie Murphy (news) has inked a two-year, first-look production deal with DreamWorks Pictures.

The deal cements a long-standing relationship between the star and studio topper Jeffrey Katzenberg that goes back 20 years to when Katzenberg was an executive at Paramount and Murphy was a rising comedian making his big-screen debut in the studio's 1982 feature film "48 HRS." Their relationship continued on such Paramount features as "Trading Places" and "Beverly Hills Cop" before Katzenberg left to join the Walt Disney Co. in 1984.

Murphy, who hasn't formally had a production deal with any studio, has enjoyed a close relationship with Imagine Entertainment, for whom he has made such films as "The Nutty Professor" and its sequel. And he has had successful ties with DreamWorks on the studio's hit CGI family film "Shrek" and its sequel.

"Eddie works in not one but three genres: family, action-comedy and irreverent comedy," DreamWorks production head Michael De Luca said. "He has a wealth of ideas that have yet to be exploited, and between him and our writers and director relationships, we can come up with great projects."

Murphy, repped by WMA, is in production on Revolution Studios' "Daddy Day Care." He next stars in Columbia Pictures' "I Spy."

In addition to Murphy, DreamWorks has signed "In the Bedroom" writer-director Todd Field to a two-year deal. Details of the deal -- which does include overhead -- are being kept under wraps.

After bowing at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival (news - web sites), "Bedroom" went on to be a critical favorite, nominated for a multitude of awards this year, including five Oscar noms. More recently, Field received the American Film Institute (news - web sites)'s 12th annual Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal at the Tom Hanks (news) life achievement award fete.

Field, who has yet to direct a follow-up to "Bedroom," declined comment on the deal. The writer-director, repped by Endeavor, began his career as an actor playing a Swedish goalie in the Canadian/French co-production "He Shoots, He Scores." His more recent credits include "Eyes Wide Shut," "Walking and Talking" and "Twister."


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October 9, 2002 -- Naturi Naughton, a former member of the platinum-selling teen group 3LW, claims she was forced out of the R&B trio because she was not "ghetto enough."
Naughton, a native of East Orange, N.J., charged that the "purported" manager of the group, Michelle Williams, said Naughton, 18, "did not present the appropriate ‘project girl image,' " and berated her as "Ms. Two Parent Household."

The lawsuit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Newark against group members Kiely Williams, 16, of Annandale, N.J., and Adrienne Bailon, 18, of New York.

Also sued was Michelle Williams, who is Kiely's sister and another sister, Tse Williams, owner of Nine Lives Entertainment of Newark; Big Cat Management of New York, and Sony Music.

Messages seeking comment from a publicist and Big Cat Management were not immediately returned.


AP