Celebrity Dish IX
 

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Diana Ross Just Wanted a Video

Troubled singing legend Diana Ross told police offers she was trying to rent a video and got lost, after she was stopped for allegedly drunk-driving.

Officer Scott Sullivan of the Tucson police in Arizona stopped Ross on Monday after reports a vehicle was driving on the wrong side of the road.

Ross, 58, was stopped at a video store, where she had pulled into a disabled parking space.

The report says she twice denied she had been drinking, and said she had been lost and was "just trying to get here to rent a video."

The report also says Ross consented to a breath test, but fell down and laughed while trying to stand on one leg and count to 10.

In another test, the report says she skipped a couple of letters and doubled up on others when asked to write the alphabet.

Police say breath tests showed she had a blood-alcohol level of at least .20 percent, more than twice Arizona's legal driving limit of .08 percent.


J. Lo is Most Admired Woman

Jennifer Lopez has beaten Hillary Clinton and a string of politicians and sports stars to claim poll firm Gallup's annual Most Admired Woman in the World honor. :confused: (Afrochic's sidenote: How in the hell do you compare Jennifer Lopez to Hillary Clinton in admiration? That's like comparing Ashanti to Maxine Waters.)

Ten percent of those polled thought the "Jenny From The Block" diva should receive the honor.

President George W. Bush was named the Most Admired Man. (Afrochic's sidenote: NO COMMENT. :mad: Admiring a man that stole an election.....right :rolleyes: )


Suge: "I'm Innocent"

Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has insisted he is an innocent man - after spending Christmas in jail for alleged parole violations.

The Death Row Records founder was remanded in custody last week after police alleged he was associating with LA gang members - in direct violation of his parole requirements.

However, Knight protests, "I ain't no gangster. I'm too damn old. I'm a grown man trying to run a business. The guys who work for me ain't out wearing rags and gang banging in the streets. We got families. We got bills. Why don't they just leave us alone?

"I told parole that if I had to stop dealing with people from the 'hood, I might as well shut down my business. I can't just turn my back on the people I came up with. Rap comes from the same place that I did - the ghetto. I've had the same employees since I got out of prison and the parole office never said nothing. Why, all of a sudden, on Christmas Eve, do they decide to violate me and haul me away?"

"My parole officer asked me to stop by before the holidays, but as I opened the door to his office, this gang investigator was standing there who tells me they plan to put me away for a real long time if I don't start talking. I told him, 'You better handcuff me right now. Because I don't know a thing about it.'"

Knight is expected to remain incarcerated until an upcoming hearing on the matter.

Brandy and Baby

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No wedding band? Not even a "tanline"...lemme stop! :o

The baby is adorable.

I read where she and hubby started some kind of program for "at-risk" kids.

:eek: :o I peeped that too but did not wanna say nothing. :eek:

I thought the same thing.:p

I'm told ALL the time...
 

You know I'm notorious for saying THINGS publically that some people only DREAM of saying (publically or privately). :p ;)

:o

Am I lying? I didn't see it. Now, If I'm lying...that's another t-o-p-i-c.

:D

Dead Woman's Family Drops Springer Suit
Jan 3, 11:03 PM EST

The family of a woman who was killed by her ex-husband after appearing with him on "The Jerry Springer Show" has dropped a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the program, attorneys said.

The lawsuit was filed by Jeffrey Campbell on behalf of his mother's estate last summer. It alleged that producers of the show had escalated the stormy relationship between 52-year-old Nancy Campbell and her ex-husband, Ralf Panitz.

Panitz, 43, was convicted of second-degree murder and received a life sentence in May 2002 for the July 24, 2000, beating death of his ex-wife. The show had been taped in May 2000. She was killed in her Sarasota home a few hours after the airing of the episode involving love triangles.

The family settled the case for nothing last month, partly because of a ruling in a similar case, Paul Vlachos, an attorney for the family, said Thursday.

In October, a Michigan appeals court threw out a jury's $29.3 million verdict against the "Jenny Jones" show, saying the program had no legal duty to protect a guest who had appeared on the show.

In a settlement agreement, attorneys for the show agreed not to countersue for malicious prosecution

Can we get some MUSIC, please?????
 

Here's Anita Baker....
She did some touring during the
holidays.
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Anita's a little chunky these days, huh? And she has hair....

You read my mind. I was just about to say Anita's lookin' kinda thick.

No she is looking SWOL!!!:p

Funny someone would post Anita Baker's picture!

I went to see her a couple of weeks ago and the crowd was going wild when her named was called. However, when she came out, :eek: :confused: :eek: the applause stopped and everyone was looking around wondering, who is that lady on stage. :confused:

It wasn't until she started speaking that the audience realized who she was. When I saw her, she had a phony pony down to her rear. She just didn't look like most remembered.

Nonetheless, the heffa sang her butt off!:)

Mr. and Mrs. Diesel Daddy
 

Since People magazine (boo, losers) won't post the photo of Shaq and his bride online, I'm stuck with posting this. Shaq, who usually dresses like a clown, looks nice here:
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Is it just me or does Shaq look "sic" ? :p Like a man that was FORCED into this. *lol* His wife is all cheezy, but look at him.

CTHU. Maybe he should have thought about this before he dropped hammer on Shaunie and conceived two, soon to be three, kids.
:p

Andre Lopes in trouble
 

This is the cat whose house was torched by Lisa Left Eye Lopes (RIP) in 1994.

January 3, 2003
Arrest Warrant Is Issued for Andre Rison
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Filed at 1:15 p.m. ET

FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Andre Rison for failing to pay child support.

Court records indicate the 35-year-old Rison owes his ex-wife, Tonya, about $68,500 in support for their teenage son.

"We've tried a civil bench warrant. We've tried a receiver. We've tried liens against real estate,'' said Jennie E. Barkey, head of the Genesee County Friend of the Court office. "Every tool we've had available to us hasn't resulted in any child support.''

The Genesee County prosecutor's office authorized the felony warrant Rison. District Judge Herman Marable Jr. signed it Dec. 20.

Felony non-support is punishable by up to four years in prison. The charge usually is dropped if arrangements to pay the debt are made.

A message seeking comment from Rison's attorney, David Kallman, was not immediately returned.

In 2001, Fulton County, Ga., authorities issued a felony warrant against Rison, alleging he owed $52,000 in support for another child. He paid $40,000 to settle that case, officials said.

Re: Can we get some MUSIC, please?????
 

Lawd seems like she did some eating during her hiatus. Lawd those shoes??? Lawd, Lawd, Lawd! I aint sayin nuffin else!!!:D :rolleyes:

The baby is adorable, she look just like her Daddy......:D

Shoot I applaud her for just being able get hop on top!;) :p

For Everyone Who Doesn't Like Murder Inc.
 

From mtv.com

Federal investigators searched the New York offices of Murder Inc., the record label home of Ja Rule and Ashanti, on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into label head Irv Gotti, according to The Los Angeles Times.

On Saturday, the newspaper reported that a yearlong investigation into an alleged financial link between Gotti and a New York drug gang called the "Supreme Team" led to the raid. Authorities are reportedly investigating whether or not money from drug tafficking helped Gotti, real name Irving Lorenzo, break into the music business. Specifically, authorities are reportedly investigating an alleged link between Gotti and Kenneth McGriff, the convicted head of the Supreme Team.

The Times also reported that authorities are looking into allegations of money laundering and a number of attacks as part of their investigation.

Agents from the FBI and the New York Police Department reportedly seized computers and documents during the raid, according to the Times.

McGriff — who co-produced and co-wrote the Murder Inc. film "Crime Partners 2000" — was reportedly arrested in 1988 and eventually convicted on federal narcotics conspiracy charges.

Part Two

Officials raided Murder Inc.'s recording studio, nicknamed "The Crackhouse," on Friday in addition to searching the label's midtown Manhattan offices, music industry sources said Monday.

A joint task force of federal investigators and NYPD officers searched the locations as part of a probe looking into alleged ties between Murder Inc. and convicted drug lord Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (see "Murder Inc. Offices Raided By Feds").

According to the FBI, no one was arrested during the raids, but two men have been arrested elsewhere in connection with the larger investigation. The two are suspected to be associates of McGriff, but it is not known whether they are also involved with Murder Inc., the hip-hop/R&B label home to artists such as Ja Rule and Ashanti.

While fans of Murder Inc.'s music may be unfamiliar with McGriff, the Queens native co-wrote and executive produced the 2001 straight-to-video street drama "Crime Partners 2000," which starred a number of hip-hop artists, including Murder Inc.'s own Ja Rule and Charli Baltimore.

The movie is an adaptation of the Donald Goines novel "Crime Partners," which McGriff read while in jail on drug charges. According to documents from the United States District Court, McGriff was the leader of Jamaica, Queens, street gang the Supreme Team and oversaw a crack cocaine distribution ring that earned $200,000 a day. He was convicted of narcotics conspiracy in 1987 and spent 10 years in federal prison before being released on a technicality.

McGriff is reportedly awaiting sentencing on a 2001 gun possession charge that may send him to jail for another five years.

Ja Rule refused to comment on the matter Monday while visiting MTV to appear on "TRL." Murder Inc. and its parent companies Def Jam Records and the Universal Music Group also declined to comment.

I was spying the suspect dudes in Ashanti's "Baby (remix)" video. Mind you, the Murder Inc. sign is made by touching ring finger to thumb (like the Sigma Gamma Rho sign). While watching something that featured the lives of Bloods, they make a sign similar to that by touching middle finger to thumb. In the video, I believe that several dudes are throwing up this sign. This had me very :confused: .... Although the human eye can be very deceptive and I am not claiming that it is factual, but I could have put money on it. Could Irv be promoting what he is being investigated for.....? Things that make you go hmmmmmm......

Someone try to catch the video to back-up my theory.

Grammy Nominations
 

They're in!

http://207.178.134.200/45grammys/45final.txt

Janet Jackson has "Someone to Call My Lover" - and rap impresario Jermaine Dupri says it was never Justin Timberlake.


Breaking 18 months of silence, Dupri says he and Jackson have been a couple since he remixed her 2001 hit "Someone."


"We were really just friends," Dupri tells the February issue of Honey magazine. "Then it just happened - we started kicking it."


Dupri says he's coming clean because "A lot of people come up with b-- that Janet has been with this one and that one when we were together.


"One time, someone said something about me getting mad at Janet for being in a club with Justin, and that didn't really happen."


Dupri, who is looking at a $2.5 million back-tax bill from the IRS, recently signed on as Antonio (L.A.) Reid's right-hand man at Arista records.

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More Shaq Pics
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http://www.clublakers.com/shaqwedding5.jpg **Flowers are too dayum busy**
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Grammy noms
 

I HOPE THEY WIN!!!!!

Norah Jones- I'm glad Norah Jones was selected. I love her CD. It's ultra relaxing, but it's quality. She reminds me of Carole King (I love her!)

Happy about the Nivea and JE song

I WANT BIG TYMERS TO WIN! I love STILL FLY!!!


BUT.............

Remy Shand- OOOOOOOOkay. I thought "Take a Message" was alright, but dang. He's in every R&B category (even the trad. category reserved for Luther and 'nem). If they wanted to put a white guy in the R&B category, why not Jon B. (I'm sorry, JTimb and Jon B are my WHITE chocolate brothas).

Rap Female- Foxy and Charlie ????????

Rap Album- Petey????


Is it just me, or are they just pulling names from the sky?

Re: Grammy noms
 

I am rooting for Norah. If not her then John Mayer. He has the 1st cd that I can listen to the WHOLE thing 3 times in a row and want to play it again. I haven't been so into a cd like this in a LONG time. Every song.

Halle berry Hmmn....
 

Has anyone heard about Halle Berry being inducted into DST this year... I keep hearing rumors... can any ladies of DST confirm this for me????


Also I heard something else about Condolezza (SP?) Rice being inducted as well... but I thought that she was in a another GLO., So I would guess that would disqualify her from membership into BGLO's... maybe???? :confused:

HUH
 

uhuh, oh no, oh HEEEEELLLLLLLLL NAWLLLLLLLLL!!

WHAT IN THE HEEZY....WHAT THE HELL....WHAT IN THE WORLD..

is up with Jermaine Dupree's hair!! :mad:

The IRS should have arrested him on that alone!!!

I can't even bring myself to quote the pic!

OMGoodness!!!!:eek:

Jermaine looks like a CRACKISH Fuzzy Wuzzy. I know that BEAUTY is in the EYE of the BEHOLDER. But in MY EYE he looks like funkfafied SHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYT!!



Halle Berry . . . ANY info will be revealed by members of DST at a later date. :) YES Condoleeza ALREADY belongs to a NPC GLO.

Re: HUH
 

Now do you understand why some of us call JD King Cockroach?:D :p :p

Did Diesel Daddy go Muslim?
 

SHAQUILLE JOINS FARRAKHAN'S FOLD
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:eek: :eek: at his ridiculous clothes

TIRED of his partying ways, Shaquille O'Neal not only got married, he changed his religion as well. Spies said the Los Angeles Lakers star, formerly a Christian, is now a Muslim and good buddies with Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan. "They are very close," said our source. Farrakhan was even said to have presided over O'Neal's wedding to the mother of his three children, Shaunie Nelson, on Dec. 26 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. But a rep for People magazine which covered the wedding said, the official officiator was Judge Greg Mathis, although Farrakhan was a guest. "Shaq is trying to keep his conversion under wraps because of all the anti-Muslim sentiments right now," we're told. O'Neal's agent, Mike Parris, said, "I don't comment on my clients' personal lives or religious beliefs."

Re: Did Diesel Daddy go Muslim?
 

Is Shaq going through a mid-life crisis? :eek:

Sony music CEO Tommy Mittola (Mariah Carey's ex-hubby) quits after being w/ the company for 14 years. Reason he wants to start his own label.

Eminem is in negotiations for his own clothing line that is do to hit stores late summer.

On bet on a show titled The Impact of Tupac Shakur, Suge Knight was one of the few guest speakers and he stated that he doesn't appreciate all these people making a profit (books,songs,dvds,etc.)off of someone he deeply cared about, after his death.

from EURWEB:

Q-Tip & Nicole Kidman: Sounds like an odd pair but sources say they are the new Hollywood couple. They apparently met through Q-Tip’s pal Leonardo DiCaprio and have been seeing one another for almost a month. Let’s see how the relationship progresses.

Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore: In case you hadn’t heard, the newlyweds, who were married this time last year, are expecting their first child in April. This will be Kenny’s first child while Chante has a daughter from her previous marriage to actor Kadeem Hardison. In addition to an upcoming duets album, called “Things That Lovers Do,” the happy couple is also launching a new theatrical production of the same name. “Things…” the play, kicks off January 16th in Richmond, VA and has dates scheduled through March 30th. The production is loosely based on the couples life and also stars comedian Kym Whitley (“Oh Drama”) and actor Clifton Powell (“Friday After Next”). THIS play sounds TRES Ghetto. . . not on my "Things to See in 2K3" List.

UPN’s “Girlfriends”: Look for the cast of Kelsey Grammer’s hit series to be presenters at the 2003 Stellar Awards on January 11th. Cast members Tracie Ellis Ross and Golden Brooks were also nominated for NAACP Image Awards for Best Lead Actress. Soul Food star Rockmond Dunbar will appear opposite Golden Brooks on "Girlfriends" during February sweeps. That airdate for that episode will be February 17th. Look for Golden’s character Maya to get back with her husband Darnell, played by Khalil Kain, this season as well. GOOD because that whole divorce episode was HOT STEAMY RELATIONS:p;), oops I mean BULL MESS.:D

Anna Nicole: Worst-Dressed
 

Jan 8, 5:52 AM EST

Associated Press

Mr. Blackwell, the chronicler of clothing catastrophes, poked fun at former model and reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith for committing the worst fashion follies of the past year.

"Don't bother with a new designer, Anna, just hire a structural engineer," Blackwell suggested to the 35-year-old Smith, who stars in E! Entertainment Television's "The Anna Nicole Show."

The 43rd annual worst-dressed list from the acid-tongued critic and former fashion designer ranked Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Kelly as the year's No. 2 offender for looking like "a fright-wigged baby doll, stuck in a goth prom gown."

Colombian singer Shakira was third, with Blackwell calling her "overwrought and underdressed," while he remarked that fourth-place Cameron Diaz looked like she was "dressed by a colorblind circus clown."

Britain's Princess Anne, gothic author Anne Rice, designer Donatella Versace, actress Meg Ryan and pop stars Christina Aguilera and Pink also made the list, which was released Tuesday.

On the positive side, Blackwell praised Reese Witherspoon, Debra Messing, Halle Berry, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Jordan's Princess Firyal, Renee Zellweger, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston as "Fabulous Fashion Independents for 2002."

For a second consecutive year, Blackwell was unable to deliver his put-downs at a news conference because surgery on his throat has left him with a weak voice, according to his spokesman, B. Harlan Boll.

I just heard on the radio a little while ago that Richard Chamberlain is writing his autobiography and he is coming out of the closet about his sexuality.

Ummm.....Who's Richard Chamberlain?

TV and movie actor popular from the 1960s to 1980s. He was on the Thorn Birds miniseries.

:eek:

You must still have the taste of Similac in your mouth. :D

The THORN Birds was the bombiggity in the 80's. I can recall another tale came out in the EARLY 90's. Dick is tutti- fruity? DAYUM! Who ISN'T?

I don't know who Richard Chamberlain is either :( nor have I heard of a TV show called Thorn Birds. Was this a black TV show?

Let's see, in the eighties, I was still watching Different Strokes. :D