4-1-1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 14, 2003
Barry White’s Girlfriend is pregnant!
Barry’s girlfriend 37 year old Katherine Denton got pregnant before he suffered a stroke last September. Barry is not doing well he is still in need of a kidney transplant and he has paralysis over 50 percent of his body. According to published reports Barry is currently in a rehab facility and he may never recover. Katherine recently announced her pregancy and Barry’s family is upset. They want her to take a DNA test to prove that the child is Barry’s. Barry is still legally married to his second wife Glodean and upon his death she stands to automatically inherit half of his estate.
Poet/Author Dr. Maya Angelou recently celebrated her 75th birthday at her North Carolina Home. Oprah Winfrey spared no expense with the Million Dollar party she threw for Dr. Angelou. Some of the costs included 40 thousand dollars for security, 90 thousand for guests and transportation, 100 thousand dollars for flowers and landscaping, 120 thousand for food and liquor, and 75 thousand dollars for a dance floor and sound system. Some of the guests included Bill Cosby, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick and Natalie Cole.
Oscar Winner Halle Berry is going to go nude again.
After winning her Academy Award Halle said she was through with nude roles. Halle posed topless in the movie ‘Swordfish’ and she was nude in ‘Monsters Ball’. In the movie ‘Gothika’ Halle will play a Psychiatrist charged with a murder she didn’t commit. Halle said she didn’t want to use a body double for a scene that involved her in a prison shower scene. A fight breaks out in the shower and all the women are naked and fighting. (Doesn’t this sound like a male fantasy, Why not fight in the cafeteria?)
Tisha Martin-Campbell who stars on the ABC show ‘My wife and Kids’ opens up in the new issue of US Magazine. Tisha talks about her recent weight loss. Tisha gained 80 pounds during her pregnancy she went from a size 4 to a size 20. Tisha says she had a difficult pregnancy and after she had her son she suffered from depression. Tisha is married to Actor Duane Martin and she says she also had to deal with losing weight in front of millions of people. Tisha also talks about a childhood rape that happened when she was three. Tisha says she is almost back to her original size because she is eating right and exercising.
Motown Founder Berry Gordy is 170 million dollars richer! Gordy recently sold 30 percent of the Motown Publushing catalog to Capital Records. The entire catalog is worth more than a half billion dollars and it is considered to be the most valuable in the world.
LSG is Back! Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill and Gerald Levert have a hit new song out called ‘Just Friends’. It samples the 1984 Whodini hit ‘Friends’. LSG’s Lp LSG-2 arrives in stores June 17th.
The Essence Awards take place on June 27th. Steve Harvey will be hosting.
Puff Daddy, P. Diddy is returning to the movies. Puff was last scene in the movie Monsters Ball with Halle Berry and now he is going to star in the HBO Movie ‘Love in Vain’. Puff is going to play Musician Robert Johnson who was the King of the Delta Blues. Johnson was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He died at the age of 27.
Kenny Lattimore and Chante Moore are the proud parents of a baby boy. Kenny Lattimore Jr. was born on his dad’s birthday and he weighed 9 pounds.
Olympic Star Marion Jones is going to be a mommy. Marion has been dating her training partner Tim Montgomery and the baby is due is July. Marion says she is excited about being a mommy and she looks forward to competing in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Now speaking of Olympics. Congrats to Allen Iverson who is going to be named to the Olympic team. Larry Brown headcoach of the Sixers will be coaching the team.
Michael Jackson is doing a new special for the Fox Network. On April 24th The Fox Network will air ‘Michael Jacksons Private Home Movies’ a 2 hour special built around his family movies. Michael is also doing a new interview. I wonder will he respond to the allegations made by his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley. Lisa says Michael used her to improve his public image. Michael is also house hunting in Florida. He is trying to sell his Neverland home for 20 million dollars but no one is trying to buy it. Michael is also starting to loosen up. He has been hanging around Tennis Sensation Serena Williams and Comedian Chris Tucker
and I hear his kids are walking around without their veils.
Prince is moving to Canada. Prince is moving to Toronto with his pregnant wife.
Bobby Brown makes a cameo in his wife’s new video. In the Video for the song ‘Try it on my own’ Whitney pokes fun at getting fired from the Academy Awards which is what happened to her three years ago. Whitney showed up disoriented and the shows Musical Director Burt Bachrach fired her.