The 411
Brandy is making confessions about her life. If it worked for Usher I guess she figures it can work for her. After a secret marriage, baby and divorce Brandy now says she wasn’t in love with her husband Robert Smith. Brandy says she realized she had to do her own thing and she is now dating basketball player Quentin Richardson of the Los Angeles Clippers. Brandy’s new album, Afrodisiac comes out in late June and Brandy is talking about everything. Word has it her husband left her when he realized he wasn’t the father of her daughter. Will Brandy talk about this? On her first single “Let’s Talk About Our Love” she alludes to the fact that his family wasn’t feeling her and got in the way. Famed producer Rodney Jerkins is Robert’s cousin and when Robert married Brandy he went on record saying he didn’t approve of the union. In other Brandy news, according to published reports, she is very jealous of Beyonce’s success and popularity. Brandy ran into Kelly Rowland of Destiny’s Child and she started bad mouthing Beyonce. Kelly just ignored her and got out of her way.
Al Green is now a doctor! Over the weekend Al Green received an honorary doctorate from Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis.
Does rapper 50 Cent have the hots for Alicia Keys? He’s been pursuing her, but Alicia is not interested.
Now that Jermaine Jackson is no longer in the inner circle with his brother Michael, sources say he wants to write a book. Jermaine needs to make money and he is looking to tell the real story about the Jackson family, their father Joe, and Michael. I wonder will he talk about how he betrayed his brother Randy when he ran off with Randy’s baby momma.
Mrs. Tom Joyner, fitness expert Donna Richardson, says her new workout tape will feature gospel music. Donna says she will be teaming up with gospel artists like Yolanda Adams to put together a praise workout tape that can be distributed to churches.
Actor/director Keenan Ivory Wayans has filed for divorce from his wife of three years, Daphne. “Irreconcilable differences” has been cited as the cause of the divorce. They have five children ranging in ages from 10 months to 11 years old. This summer Keenan’s new movie, White Chicks, hits the big screen. The movie stars his brothers Shawn and Marlon who play undercover cops posing as white schoolgirls to investigate some crooked dealings at a local school.
Denzel Washington says he’s tired of being the bad guy. He won as Oscar for his role as the bad cop in Training Day and he’s scoring rave reviews for his role in Man on Fire, but Denzel says he doesn’t want to be typecast. He says he would like to do a comedy role. Maybe team up with Jim Carey, Tom Hanks or Eddie Murphy. Denzel’s next movie, The Manchurian Candidate, opens this summer.
Mariah Carey is coming out with a line of children’s clothes. Let’s hope the attire is less provocative than her own skimpy clothing.
Now this idea is just plain dumb.