Hot Celebrity News:
The 4th season of “Soul Food” debuts tonight at 10:00 (Eastern & Pacific) on Showtime. The cast and crew are keeping quiet about the new storylines, but we do know that Ahmad will have a lot more coming-of-age drama involving girls. He’s also going to cause some chaos among the family when he starts feeling strange about being in prep school and tries to “go back to the ‘hood.” Tonight’s episode will be followed at 11:00 Eastern by a live Internet chat with Malinda Williams (Bird) and Darren DeWitt Henson (Lem). Log on to
www.sho.com.
Michael Jackson reportedly wants to sell his Neverland Ranch, but supposedly no one has been willing to meet his $20 million asking price. According to media reports, Neverland was recently appraised at $12.3 million. Meanwhile, Michael has been shopping for houses in Miami for the last few months. One reason Michael may be trying to move to Miami is that Florida is a "homestead state." That means that they can’t take your house if you get hit with a big financial judgment of some kind. Michael’s been ordered to pay $6 million to a concert promoter for missing two Millennium Eve shows and Jackson is currently in a multi-million dollar legal fight with two former financiers.
Michael Jackson got a standing ovation when he went to dinner at The Forge in Miami with Serena Williams, Chris Tucker and “Rush Hour” director Brett Ratner. Oh, and a gossip writer is reporting that Michael now lets his kids walk around without wearing veils.
Bill Cosby and the classic TV network Nick at Nite are teaming up to create a prime-time animated series inspired by Cosby’s best-selling 1986 book, “Fatherhood.” The show will feature the voice of David Alan Grier as Dr. Bindlebeep, a high school teacher with three kids. This will be the first original series for Nick at Nite which specializes in reruns of great, old TV shows from back in the day (including “The Cosby Show”).
50 Cent is launching his own record label, G-Unit Records, which will be marketed and distributed by Interscope Records. The first release will be the debut from the rap collective G-Unit, which features 50 Cent, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks. The album will be out by the end of the year. 50 Cent promises that G-Unit – the record label and the group – will have a devastating impact on the rap game. 50 said, quote: “I'm not leveling the competition, I'm destroying it."
Jennifer Lopez has her own fashion line but that isn’t stopping her from promoting another designer. Women's Wear Daily reports that Lopez is about to shoot some ads for Louis Vuitton.
Star Jones reportedly went off when ABC refused to let her give a free plug to Payless shoes on "The View." Star is a spokesperson for the low-cost shoe store chain. According to a gossip columnist Star screamed at ABC execs then yelled at her agent, Betsy Berg.
Celebrity Birthdays Today:
1) Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rudy on “The Cosby Show” is 24
2) Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 77
3) Cynthia Nixon, Miranda on Sex & The City, is 37
4) actor Dennis Quaid is 49