Celebrity Dish Pt. VII

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Patty Jackson The 411

The news is not good about Singer Barry White. Barry is in a coma. A month ago Barry suffered a stroke that damaged both sides of his brain. Doctors say the Singer will never be the same. The 58 year old singer is best known for the hits I’m Gonna love you just a little bit more, Can’t get enough of your love, Your Sweetness is my weakness, The first, my last, my everything, and I’ve got so much to give just to name a few. Barry’s family is not taking his illness well. According to published reports they are fighting over his will and he’s not even dead. Barry’s wife Glodean has taken over even though they have been seperated for ten years. Barry also has a young girlfriend. This woman is his former assistant and they have young child, then there’s the 7 other children. According to the law the wife is the one with all the say, which means the girlfriend may be left out in the cold even though she claims she is his common law wife. This matter may have to be settled in court.

A computer hacker is wrecking havoc in Oprah Winfrey’s life. The computer hack got into her checking account and stole a half million dollars. This computer hack also got Stedman for 150 thousand dollars. Oprah is worth about 900 million dollars and she normally keeps 12 million in her checking account. No one at Oprah’s bank authorized the transactions, which took place over a three month period. Sources say it had to be an inside job because the person had all of Oprah’s personal information.

What’s going on with Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown? Well someone has leaked Whitney’s new LP, Just Whitney, over the Internet. This CD was not supposed to be released until Nov. 26th. Who leaked the LP? This is going to hurt record sales because now thousands of people have access to it without paying for it. Sources say the leak came from a disgruntled worker at Whitney’s label Arista Records. Some of the tracks released include a duet she does with Carlos Santana called ‘Tell Me No’. Other tracks released are ‘My Love’ a song she does with Bobby and a song called ‘One of those days’. Bobby made headlines last week, while at a concert in Atlanta he decided to surprise Singer Teena Marie and join her in singing Fire and Desire. Rick couldn’t be there so Bobby decided he would go up and sing. Did he sound good? I heard he was a mess.

What’s going on with The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Comedian Steve Harvey? Are the two feuding? Steve says they aren’t but according to published reports the two almost got into a fight at a party. Jesse is upset over the movie Barbershop. Jesse feels the movie not only slighted him but the Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. Steve reportedly told Jesse to lighten up about the movie and that’s when the poop hit the fan. Sources say Steve called Jesse a punk &^#% preacher and a hypocrite. Jesse reportedly called Steve a pimp because Steve was dressed in blue and green alligator shoes with a matching suit. This was in addition to all the N-words and MF words flying around. Is Steve taking the high road by denying all of this or did the two almost come to blows?

En Vogue is coming out with a holiday LP. En Vogue the gift of Christmas will feature the new look En Vogue. En Vogue is now a trio with Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis and Newcomer Amanda Coles.

Randy Jackson of the Jacksons is going through financial problems, but you would never know it by the way he’s been acting. Randy has been hanging out at strip clubs and dropping 360 dollars a pop on strippers getting lap dances. The strippers are starting to talk about Randy and how they feel his excitement when they are dancing on him

Anita Baker is hitting the road. Yes after a 7-year hiatus Anita is performing again.