That story has been floating around for too long. What was the big deal with letting the cat out of the bag? Maybe MTV will have a show following them as they go through divorce proceedings. That would be interesting....

LOL
head wrap? wig?
How about I.don't.go.an-t-where for 2 days? :o

Re: J and Nick

Well, at least Nick can say he did marry a virgin. :o And J can say, she's 'ready to P.A.R.T.Y! :o ;)

It is kinda sad, I think. They were a cute couple.

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Jossip.com reports on Life & Style's version of the Nick & Jessica breakup story:

"He's fed up with not being able to trust her, with her constant partying, how much money she spends and who she spends her time with." a source tells L&S . Jess, 25, told a friend that she begged Nick, 31, to reconsider and even told him she was willing to start a family right away. "You're in no condition to start a family," Nick snapped, accordingto the insider. "It's over." (Nick's rep denies this.)

Tom Cruise and Vivica v. Jimmy Kimmel on Starrah
 

Clawd Jesa. I thought Thomas Cruise Mapother was geigh.
:eek:

Switching subject, Vivvy got pissed off at Jimmy Kimmel over our sawrah:

New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
Jimmy and Vivica
in a Star war

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Don't go dissing Star Jones around Vivica A. Fox.
You might get threatened.

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel learned that lesson the hard way Tuesday when the sultry actress vowed to beat him with her shoe over his nasty cracks about the "View" panelist, a close friend of hers.

"I don't like when people make negative comments about my friends," Fox E-mailed Lowdown yesterday.

No kidding.

Kimmel didn't get on the phone with me, but Tuesday's interview started badly when he introduced Fox as "perhaps most harrowing of all, Star Jones' bridesmaid" - and it went downhill from there.

"We usually have really great comical moments, but that's my friend. I love her," Fox, wearing a cleavage-revealing jacket, informed her rumpled-looking host. "That's not funny to me."

Several icy exchanges later, the two accused each other of having a bad attitude while aggressively pointing fingers.

"It goes both ways," Kimmel chided.

"I'm desperate to make this work," he pleaded with his guest, who was on his show to plug her Lifetime crime drama, "Missing," and a new women's mag she's fronting called Jolie.

"You know what? The four of us should get together - me, you, Star and [Star's husband] Al :rolleyes: [Reynolds]," Kimmel suggested.

Fox responded grimly: "You would get your a- kicked."

"I'm sure I would," Kimmel said. "But that would be funny for you."

"It wouldn't be funny," Fox vowed. "I would have to take off my shoe and beat you down, brotha!"

"Oh, great," Kimmel said. "Three people beating me up. Maybe it isn't such a great idea."

Fox, who'd been expected to stay for the next segment, instead walked off the set - and the camera focused on her empty chair.

As for Jones - the inspiration for all this acrimony - her spokesman told me yesterday: "Star loves and adores Vivica Fox. ... However, she does not watch - and has never watched - 'The Jimmy Kimmel Show.'"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

First of all, you sound like when Madea said clean-t-ing in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"!!! LOLOLOLOLOL. Me and my friends were just laughing about that!!

Girl, if I set my hair on a Friday nite and I just don't feel like unbraiding that stuff, I will put wig in a minute if I gotta go somewhere. My hair is very fine and hard to manage, so I gotta stash of wigs, just like Regine on "Living Single".

Some days if I don't feel like twisting that stuh', I will quick pin in a pony tail and call it a day. Usually no one can tell the difference ;)

Re: Re: Re: Tyra out shopping
 

Soror, really? Also soft hair does that rather quickly. When I get my locs maintained, it isn't long before wisps start sticking out.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tyra out shopping
 

I don't see the color difference.

Lil' STD sues Larry Flynt
 

Lil Jon filed a federal lawsuit on Monday in Atlanta seeking upwards of $30 million from Larry Flynt Productions for allegedly using his name and likeness without permission for the adult film "Phat Tuesday."

According to the rapper's lawsuit, LFP — which owns Hustler magazine and its empire of other print titles and films — acquired promotional onstage and backstage footage from another company, Category 5, which shot a February 2004 Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz concert in New Orleans. Before using this footage, Category 5 was supposed to clear it with TVT Records but did not, the suit says, and it asks for $75,000 in damages for that breach alone.

Hustler Video then used the footage for "Phat Tuesday," a movie about five women who go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and, in between having sex with men and each other, attend a Lil Jon concert. On the cover of the DVD package, the rapper's likeness is used in a composite photograph with two of the film's actresses, with the words, "Featuring Lil Jon, King of Crunk." Jon was unaware of this usage until the video was released in February, his suit says.

Claiming breach of contract, false advertising, infringement of right to publicity and appropriation of name and likeness, Lil Jon's suit says he's been deprived of royalties, revenue and reputation. Had his name and likeness been properly licensed, he estimates he would have earned $500,000. Since a previous authorized video, "Lil Jon's American Sex Series," generated "significant income," he estimates that the income from a similar video, released while he was even more popular, "would have doubled."

This video, however, prevents him from releasing his own, he claims, since "Phat Tuesday" has "glutted the market." The rapper had planned to release "Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz Vivid Vegas Party" this year, which Vivid Video announced in January would be out by this summer. However, even though that film is completed, it has yet to come out, a rep for Vivid said. Lil Jon was also planning a follow-up for early 2006, called "Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz Nightclubbin'.":rolleyes"

As far as his reputation, Lil Jon says his name and likeness are "valuable commodities, with significant secondary meaning and goodwill attached to them." :rolleyes: That goodwill has been "tarnished significantly by being linked improperly to Hustler and Larry Flynt," and the suit estimates that the lost goodwill "is not less than $30 million."

A spokesperson for Larry Flynt Productions could not be reached for comment at press time.

— Jennifer Vineyard

Re: Re: Re: Re: Tyra out shopping
 

Do you think Tyra's hair is natural or has chemicals?

Re: Tyra out shopping
 

This photo reminds me of Nicole Parker Kodjoe.

As for the hair, I don't think she looks bad.

I don't think that Tyra looks bad either. Looks fine to me. And I'll believe the Simpson break up when I see it. According to the press they've already broken up like 50 times. Plus in the same article their rep. says it's not true. So I guess we'll see :rolleyes:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tyra out shopping
 

Don't know. But if it is chemicals I think that would make it even harder to stay in the cornrows.

So sad...
 

NEW YORK - Add Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife to the growing list of celebrity bust-ups. Edmonds and his wife Tracey issued a statement Wednesday announcing the end of their marriage after 13 years.

They have two young children. The pair said they had already been unofficially separated "for quite some time."

"It is with deep regret that we announce our permanent separation. We remain best friends," said the couple, who have also produced movies and television shows together, including "Soul Food."

"(We) will continue to work together in our companies, and our various business ventures," the statement said. "More importantly, we are parents of two wonderful children, and will continue to provide a loving, caring and stable environment for them."

Besides his career as a best-selling crooner with hits including "Whip Appeal" and "Change the World," Edmonds has also written top hits for Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Bobby Brown and others.

Re: So sad...
 

:eek: :( WHAT!! i was JUST talking about them saying "well, at least they're still together." too bad. but 13 years is like a lifetime in "the biz"

Me neither...well... not too bad anyway. She's still pretty. I actually applaud her for coming out like that, and for showing her unfinished photos on her show (and taking off all of her makeup on her show). People are killing themselves to look like models and it's not real.

Re: So sad...
 

*SMT* (sucking my teeth)
:( :( :(

Re: Re: So sad...
 

I agree. :( :eek: :(

I agree. I think she looks okay, also. How many of you all are in Los Angeles (don't have time to read through everyone's info.) because maybe the "coming outside w/your hair like "that"" is a geographical thing (somewhat). The more "I just woke up and threw on some sh$% to go shopping" you look the more kinda "famous." On the average, folks just don't "do themselves up" every chance they get, here. My friends and I were talking about that the other day. People who can afford to shop at Gucci don't usually have on all the Gucci they have so folks know they "belong" there (old money excluded). Sorry, I digress.

I actually PAID to have my hair "done" that way to "wear" like that until a few days later when they were undone and the "true style" was the curly fro hairstyle (absolutely beautiful). I thought of it as two styles in one and never even thought about not going in public that way. I could go to the gym and work my butt off without worrying, etc.

She also looks like she has some "bun action" in the back to make it look more like a "style" versus an "I'm just wearing my stuff like this until I untwist it and THEN you gon' see what's up" style...like me.

I did feel a little "two days fresh out the pen-ish" at first but I got so many compliments I was like "okay den." When I untwisted them it was ON!

^^
I live south of L.A., but I don't do the "throw s*** on" look when I come to L.A. to shop. Usually, my clothes and hair are pretty neat. If it's warm, I don't put makeup on, but that's because my skin is still oily (although I'm 41 now) and I don't want to run to the powder every 15 minutes to a half hour, LOL.

And as for the Gucci, I haven't been to the store so I can't test that theory. I am planning to go into the Hermes store in B.H. later this month, but I won't rock my Birkin reps.

http://a820.g.akamai.net/f/820/822/1...oNique_250.jpg



Twin boys for comedian Mo'nique (reported by Celebrity Baby Blog)
Comedian Mo'nique and fiance Sidney Hicks welcomed twin boys a little ahead of schedule (she was due in November). No word on the details including names, but in July, she said she planned to name them David and Jonathan.

She has a son, with ex-husband Mark Jackson.

I am so happy she had her babies. It seems like 2 months ago i learned that she was pregnant (sp?). I wonder if she will hire one of those people the stars have and lose a ton of weight like the others in less than a month. :)

Re: Re: Tyra out shopping
 

I agree, I've seen her in her "purchased" hurr looking far worse....:D But then when I look at the braid closer all that aint hur'nz....there is definitely some falsification twisted up in them braids!

While I was stuck in traffic fighting to get to work, 92Q *Baltimore- her hometown!) had Harvey from Monique's show Fat Chance on and he congratulated her on the birth of her 2 twin boys, Jonathan and David.

DNA exonerates Snipes in paternity suit
 

DNA exonerates Snipes in paternity suit

NEW YORK (AP) — A paternity lawsuit against Wesley Snipes was dismissed after a DNA test determined that another man was the father.

Family Court Judge Mary Bednar dismissed the lawsuit Thursday. It was filed in 2002 by a woman identified by one of Snipes' lawyers as Lanise Pettis.

The woman, who didn't attend the brief proceeding, alleged she had sex with Snipes in a Chicago crackhouse and that he was the father of her 3-year-old son.

She was represented by the New York City Law Department, which said in a statement that an investigation by the city "was able to establish that, in fact, he was not the father. As a result, the city has moved to dismiss the case against him today."

Story continues

FAT CHANCE :D

Oh, I crack me up

I really don't care, but interesting none the less...
 

Lil' Kim Acknowledges Beef With 50 Cent

2 hours, 24 minutes ago


NEW YORK - The bad blood continues between Lil' Kim and 50 Cent. Though the rappers paired up for the 2003 smash "Magic Stick," the relationship between the two quickly disintegrated, and 50 Cent dissed Lil' Kim in performances.

In a recent interview with The Associated Press — before she entered federal detention center to serve a year-and-a-day sentence for perjury — Lil' Kim made it clear there would be no duets in the future between the two.

"I can't front. I don't have a lot of respect for 50 Cent because his music is hardcore ... violent," said Lil' Kim. "And I love his music sometimes, but I feel like in his personal life, his real life, he carries that on, and that's not a great message, you know what I mean? I think he promotes it."

When asked about the beef between the two, she said: "How can a man have beef with a woman? Whatever, that's just not cool," she said.

"If I was selling six, seven million records, I'm not mad at anyone! How can you still be angry at people, still want to come at people? You're making money, you're selling millions of records, you should do something with that leverage," she added.

Lil' Kim knows plenty about rap feuds — it's one of the reasons why she's incarcerated. The rapper convicted of lying to a grand jury investigating a 2001 shootout involving members of her entourage and a clique loyal to her nemesis, rapper Foxy Brown.

The 30-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, entered a federal detention center in Philadelphia on Sept. 19. She released her fourth album, "The Naked Truth," last week."

I don't take Lil Kim serious at all....but she has a point about 50.:rolleyes:

Re: Re: Re: Tyra out shopping
 

AIGHT JESSIE JACKSON!!!

CTFU. But I don't see Mo going the Soror Starruh or Oprah route and losing the l-b-s because she's not a crossover personality. She doesn't depend on the clear folks for her paycheck. :p

Re: I really don't care, but interesting none the less...
 

she is of full of it.

she's got the jail bars staring at her so now she wants to be 'righteous'.

she needs to sit her wanna be donnatella azz down and pray her face dont fall apart from lack of maintenance.

btw..she AINT 30. she's hittin' 33 with a vengeance.

If Tyra wasn't a model, I don't think anyone would care what she looked like. She didn't look any worse than Jennifer Anniston or Demi Moore when they go shopping wearing dirty looking tshirts and jeans. At least Tyra looks clean and decent.

I'm so surprised to hear about Babyface.

Re: Re: I really don't care, but interesting none the less...
 

Excuse me. 50 Cent promotes his past? Is that the pot calling the kettle black or what.

Re: Re: Re: I really don't care, but interesting none the less...
 

That is a good point. To me, they are both obnoxious.:rolleyes:

Socialite-style photos
 

At the Museum of New York gala--

Author Susan Fales-Hill :D

http://www.nysocialdiary.com/partypi.../images/50.jpg


Kerry Washington with Tory Burch, a social X-ray and fashion designer. But it looks like KW could use a biscuit or two herself: :p
http://www.nysocialdiary.com/partypi.../images/14.jpg

Re: Socialite-style photos
 

Ok..I'm a shoe fanatic, but Kerry's shoes look like what the pilgrims wore when they got to Plymouth Rock...

http://www.siyclone.com/forum//style...icon_scare.gif

^^
Pilgrim buckle shoes are "in" for some reason. I saw some flats by Roger Vivier, but this gal doesn't have $500 to spend on shoes, LOL.

Here's an example of one, less showy than Kerry's:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...RV/13f.jpg</a>

BV Buzz 10/11--Who's together and who's not
 

Eva Pigford has found love in former 'N.Y.P.D. Blue' stud Henry Simmons. The two have apparently been dating since late August, showing up arm-in-arm for events like 'Fashion Rocks' in New York City and the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in Los Angeles. The pair was inseparable at the Rape Treatment Center Annual Benefit at a private residence in Beverly Hills last week. "They seem blissfully happy. The way they look into each other's eyes... clearly it's love," said a party guest. The 'America's Next Top Model' winner was rumored to have dated singer Ray J and rapper Missy Elliott, but Pigford adamantly denied both relationships in her recent Essence cover story. Simmons was previously engaged to 'So You Think You Can Dance' host Lauren Sanchez and was reportedly courting TV host Rolonda Watts late last spring.

Could it be splitsville for Usher and his model girlfriend Eishia Brightwell? A source tells us that the two have "definitely split," though the actual reason is undetermined. There are rumblings that Usher could have cheated on Brightwell and another report claims that the amount of time the singer was putting into his upcoming film 'In The Mix' and new label Us Records caused them to grow apart. Whatever the reason, our source is certain "the relationship is a wrap." His rep was unavailable for comment at press time.

Reports surfaced over the last two weeks that soul crooner John Legend is dating BET news personality Jacque Reid. Apparently the story took on a life of its own after Reid and comedian Steve Harvey talked about the sexy news anchor being connected to the singer on Harvey's new syndicated morning show. Reid didn't respond to several requests for comment, however a source close to her explained that it's not actually Legend she is dating, but his trainer. In other news on Legend, after hearing that BET Radio reporter Crystal Shaw was incorporating his song 'So High' into her recent wedding in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the 'Get Lifted' singer recorded her a personal congratulatory message that she included on the wedding CD given to her guests.

I was not the least bit surprised when Black Voices contributor Karu F. Daniels broke the news last Wednesday that Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and his wife Tracey had announced they are filing for divorce. Rumblings of the couple having marital problems surfaced years ago and only intensified when comedian Huggy Low Down reported during a gossip segment of 'The Donnie Simpson Show' on Washington, D.C.'s WPGC-FM that Mrs. Edmonds was having an affair with Los Angeles Laker guard Derek Fisher. The couple threatened to sue the radio station and publicly shot down the report. Star and National Enquirer both have had separate stories of the two splitting in the last two years, even disclosing that the couple resided in different residences. Whatever the cause of the split and however long they've been apart, the two confirmed their separation in their jointly released statement. "After being unofficially separated for quite some time, it is with deep regret that we announce our permanent separation," read the statement issued by Raymone K. Bain, the crisis control publicist famous for representing Michael Jackson. The Edmonds' went on to say that they are still friends and "will continue to work together in our companies and our various business ventures."

Only time will tell if the "where there's smoke, there's fire" theory is applicable to Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. US Weekly reported last week that they're getting a divorce. Their publicist, Brad Cafarelli, said they are not. One thing is for sure, whatever does happen, it will likely be announced in OK! magazine since the celebrity weekly has an exclusive contract with Simpson. Stay tuned!

Star Turn
Biopics are all the rage in Hollywood since Jamie Foxx's Oscar-winning turn as Ray Charles in 'Ray.' Now there's talk of Mekhi Phifer playing Al Green; Mike Epps portraying Richard Pryor; Regina King has interest in Gladys Knight; and Bill Bellamy wants a go at Donny Hathaway. There has even been discussion of Anthony Anderson transforming into the infamous Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley for the big screen.

Before Dave Chappelle's alleged meltdown this summer -- causing him to walk away from his reported $50 million contract with Comedy Central for the 'Chappelle's Show' without reason -- there was talk of Chappelle starring as Rick James in a biopic about the late singer's life. Chappelle was responsible for James' career resurgence before his death, with the line from Chappelle's skit, "I'm Rick James B--ch," becoming a pop culture catchphrase.

Now that Chappelle's involvement with the project is uncertain, James' goddaughter, actress Nona Gaye, believes if a replacement is selected, it has to be the ideal person. "They better be careful with my godfather and who they pick! 'Cause I'll be mad if they pick the wrong person," said Gaye.

The actress, who currently stars in 'The Gospel,' said the public persona of James is quite different from the man she knew privately. The dynamic extreme of James' personality is what Gaye would like to see captured on film.

"I've known him since I was seven years old. So when he passed, it was very sad for me. I do want whoever plays him to do him justice and not focus on just the sensationalism of what we all know he went through and the stigma that has been attached to him. Because he was a beautiful person, he really was, and he was very kind. People just don't know that side of him. So I hope that whoever plays him gets to show that about him, rather than just focusing on what they know will bring people into the theater," she concluded.

It's likely that Gaye's late father, soul legend Marvin Gaye, will likely be the subject of a biopic of his own some day.

Strong Medicine
As a child, TLC member Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins spent much of her childhood in the hospital and was unable to swim and partake in numerous childhood activities for fear of getting sick.

"I couldn't get any colds or infections without getting really sick. You name it, I couldn't do it. You push me too hard, and I have a sickle cell crisis," said Watkins, now a spokesperson for the Sickle Cell Disease Association, to OK! magazine.

The raspy-voice singer believes the support of her mother made it possible for her to cope with the struggles of fighting sickle cell disease.

Doctors said I would never have kids, that I would never sing and dance, [and] that I would be on disability my whole life. I have gone against everything they said. My mom always made me feel normal. [She] did not raise me to sit around and wait to be fixed. These are the cards I was dealt, so I try to figure out how to make the best of them," she closed.

Can't Say Names

Sources say a certain music collective has been embellishing information about their reunion effort, hoping to spark an interest. Reports of this group shooting a reality show for UPN are "blatant lies" and that their recording contract with a major label has fallen through. "Apparently they had a deal for a single release. Depending on how well the single faired would determine if they would get a complete record deal. When the single bombed, the label opted not to sign them," a source explained. To make matters worse, a recent promotional tour ended on a sour note because the girls "couldn't afford to be on the road."
(since they said girls, Xscape, Jade and Changing Faces)

Buzzworthy

Fresh off of being honored with her group Salt-N-Pepa during 'VH1 Hip Hop Honors,' Cheryl 'Salt' James is readying the release of her "urban inspirational" hip-hop solo record, 'Salt Unrapped" (GavFam Music). "This is about me giving my testimony, completely straight from the heart," James said of her CD. "It's just me talking about things that I've gone through, where I've been and what I've learned. It's also about what God has meant to me and my life and done for me as well."

Mr. T will star in a pilot ordered by TV Land called 'I Pity The Fool' that will begin shooting this month. The former star of 'The A-Team' and professional wrestling regular -- he was an ally of Hulk Hogan and boxed Rowdy Roddy Piper at 'Wrestlemania 2' -- will be a motivational guru who will use his own varied life experiences as basis for his strategy to help others.

Minnesota gossip columnist C.J., whose daily dish appears in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, is reporting that Prince is facing some physical ailments as a result of years of performing. Prince, whom she affectionately calls Symbolina, is allegedly experiencing health problems consistent with years of doing splits and other amazing dance moves in high heels. "Few bodies, even one as toned as Symbolina's, can withstand that kind of joint pounding in advancing years," said C.J. Prince's attorney would not return her call.

Speaking of C.J., she was number eight on the list of 50 Top Black Women in Entertainment in the premiere issue of Black Noir magazine. Others who made the list include syndicated radio host Tanya Hart (AURN), uber-publicist Simone Smalls (Usher, Lil' Jon), casting director Winsome Sinclair (WSA Casting), communications executive Helen C. Shelton (Ruder Finn Arts & Communication Counselors), gospel internet guru Veda Brown (BlackGospelPromo.com), entertainment reporter Shaun Robinson ('Access Hollywood') and marketing maven Vern Goff. The issue of Black Noir, featuring Vanessa L. Williams on the cover, is on newsstands now.

Heart & Soul magazine is back in business. The health and fitness publication was purchased at auction by Baltimore-based Twenty-First Century Group when former publisher, Vanguarde Media, went bankrupt. With its new theme, "Healthy. Wealthy. Wise.,"publisher Edwin V. Advent says the magazine is on a mission to help African-American women succeed in the areas of health and fitness, finance and mental and spiritual well-being. Yanick Rice-Lamb is the editorial director -- she held the position before when BET owned the glossy. A who's who of experts are contributing content for Heart & Soul, including health and nutrition expert Rovenia "Dr. Ro" Brock, finance expert Michelle Singletary, life coach Valorie Burton, and fitness fanatics Donna Richardson Joyner, Mocha Lee and Nichelle Hoskins. The re-launch issue featuring Toni Braxton should just be hitting the streets.

From Patty Jackson about Starrr...
 

Was Star pushed, or did she leave the E Channel? Star Jones Reynolds will no longer do the red carpet commentaries for the E Channel during award season. Spokespeople for the E Channel claim they were not happy with the ratings or Star's constant chatter about her life, wedding and TV show, The View. Star claims she was planning on leaving the show at the first of the year so she could promote her new book. Star has a book coming out in early 2006 called Shine: A Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Journey To Finding Love. In the book, she talks about her journey of love from courtship to marriage with Al Reynolds.

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Please don't write a book, Starrr. Don't be like Terry!

Re: From Patty Jackson about Starrr...
 

I'm just counting down the days before BGA is caught with LaFonz or QuJuan an 'em.
:p :rolleyes:

Isn't Rolanda Watts old enough to be Henry's mom?
I think CSNs is Xscape...


Oh Prince...I"m sorry to hear that!