Celebrity Dish, Part II

[#1 Leading Lady]

I heard this morning on the Russ Parr Morning show that Da Brat is seeing a female stripper and that she has been seen at the Strip Club supporting her new found lady mate.

[CrimsonTide4]

World Entertainment News Network--R&B babe LISA 'LEFT EYE' LOPES has adopted an eight-year-old girl called SNOW - to go with her secret son.

The TLC singer admitted to Britain's SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE that she'd adopted the daughter of TRENA, a girl she met in rehab.

TLC fans have known for some time that Lisa had adopted, but she has thus far been reluctant to speak publicly about Snow, who can be seen singing in her new BLOCK PARTY video.

Lisa also confessed she adopted a 12-year-old boy called JAMAL when she was just 20. This was the first time the rapper has mentioned Jamal - about whom little is known - although she says he is "making a record with his band".

[Steeltrap]

The Los Angeles Times reported today that Laker star Shaquille O'Neal was excused from practice yesterday so he could attend the birth of his child.
The baby's name is Amirah Sanaa. Daddy said the name means "pure and beautiful" in the Muslim faith.
If I'm not mistaken, this is the Diesel's fourth child. Shawn Kemp, look out!

[kiml122]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
The Los Angeles Times reported today that Laker star Shaquille O'Neal was excused from practice yesterday so he could attend the birth of his child.
If I'm not mistaken, this is the Diesel's fourth child. Shawn Kemp, look out!

What the hell is with these people having all these out of wedlock kids?....What the F

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by kiml122


What the hell is with these people having all these out of wedlock kids?....What the F

That's just how it is now...marriage is no longer a norm for maaany people.

I mean damn, one of the N'Sync guys is a baby daddy, and on Friends, the most popular show on air this season (well, behind ER anyway - which has had a number of kids born out of wedlock) is featuring a storyline in which a major character is having a kid and not married.

[CrimsonTide4]

USHER POPS MORE THAN COLLAR
Singer suffers dislocated shoulder.

*F'get about popping your collar, Usher has popped his shoulder, and the injury has delayed the start of his nationwide tour, moving the launch date from December to April of next year. Usher suffered a dislocated shoulder while rehearsing for the show last week and underwent surgery Monday. He'll be resting and recuperating for about three months.
According to reports, the show apparently was to feature
the young artists doing handstands and backflips-much to the
choreography efforts of Usher himself. Because of the delay,
there's no word yet if scheduled opening act, Fabolous, will
still participate when the tour starts up late Spring.
If you just can't wait till then to get a glimpse of Usher,
his new movie, "Texas Rangers," will be in theaters
November 30.

[DreamfulOne]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4

Lisa also confessed she adopted a 12-year-old boy called JAMAL when she was just 20. This was the first time the rapper has mentioned Jamal - about whom little is known - although she says he is "making a record with his band".

I guess when you have money it doesn't matter how old you are when you adopt. This just doesn't sound right to me. HOw can you be 20 and actually go through the adoption process.

[AKAtude]

DESTINY'S CHILD TO PERFORM FOR UNCF
Hot Houston Group And Other Stars Will Appear On 2002 Television Fund-Raiser


Destiny's Child
(Nov. 15, 2001) Fairfax, VA -- The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has announced that Destiny's Child will perform on the national January 5, 2002 coast-to-coast star-studded television fund-raiser An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence. The program will air on January 6, 2002 in some markets. Check your local television listing.

"We're blessed to have a successful career in the music business. That's why we're here to help the United Negro College Fund continue working for all of our deserving brother and sisters," stated Destiny's Child's trio Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.

An Evening of Stars will light up the nation's television airwaves with electrifying concert performances by some of music's hottest acts. Yolanda Adams, Boyz II Men, Tyrese, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Donnie McClurkin, Chante Moore and Lou Rawls are some of the artists singing support for the UNCF. Also, there will be inspirational words from Bryant Gumbel, Debbie Allen, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and others. Outstanding UNCF students and alumni, including Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University, will be honored during the broadcast. Emmy Award-winner Louis J. Horvitz returns as director and producer. The national sponsors for An Evening of Stars are AT&T, Prudential, JP Morgan Chase and American Airlines. "Thanks to our celebrities, sponsors, and supporters, last year, An Evening of Stars raised a record $13.7 million in cash and pledges. For every dollar UNCF collects in donations, more than 85 cents goes directly to supporting the college ambitions of needy young people," said William H. Gray, III, President and CEO, United Negro College Fund. "Today there are more than 60,000 students who depend on our support to attend UNCF colleges and graduate schools."

The United Negro College Fund is the nation's oldest African American higher education assistance organization. UNCF enhances the quality of education by raising operating funds for its 39 member colleges and universities and providing financial assistance to deserving students attending UNCF and other American colleges and universities. UNCF administers more than 450 scholarships and fellowships to students and faculty who attend its member colleges and universities, other HBCUs, and majority institutions throughout the country. Since its founding in 1944, UNCF has raised nearly $1.8 billion to promote higher education and has helped more than 300,000 students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees. For more information about UNCF, visit www.uncf.org and www.uncf.com.

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by AKAtude
DESTINY'S CHILD TO PERFORM FOR UNCF
Hot Houston Group And Other Stars Will Appear On 2002 Television Fund-Raiser


Destiny's Child
(Nov. 15, 2001) Fairfax, VA -- The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has announced that Destiny's Child will perform on the national January 5, 2002 coast-to-coast star-studded television fund-raiser An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence. The program will air on January 6, 2002 in some markets. Check your local television listing.

"We're blessed to have a successful career in the music business. That's why we're here to help the United Negro College Fund continue working for all of our deserving brother and sisters," stated Destiny's Child's trio Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.

An Evening of Stars will light up the nation's television airwaves with electrifying concert performances by some of music's hottest acts. Yolanda Adams, Boyz II Men, Tyrese, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Donnie McClurkin, Chante Moore and Lou Rawls are some of the artists singing support for the UNCF. Also, there will be inspirational words from Bryant Gumbel, Debbie Allen, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and others. Outstanding UNCF students and alumni, including Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University, will be honored during the broadcast. Emmy Award-winner Louis J. Horvitz returns as director and producer. The national sponsors for An Evening of Stars are AT&T, Prudential, JP Morgan Chase and American Airlines. "Thanks to our celebrities, sponsors, and supporters, last year, An Evening of Stars raised a record $13.7 million in cash and pledges. For every dollar UNCF collects in donations, more than 85 cents goes directly to supporting the college ambitions of needy young people," said William H. Gray, III, President and CEO, United Negro College Fund. "Today there are more than 60,000 students who depend on our support to attend UNCF colleges and graduate schools."

The United Negro College Fund is the nation's oldest African American higher education assistance organization. UNCF enhances the quality of education by raising operating funds for its 39 member colleges and universities and providing financial assistance to deserving students attending UNCF and other American colleges and universities. UNCF administers more than 450 scholarships and fellowships to students and faculty who attend its member colleges and universities, other HBCUs, and majority institutions throughout the country. Since its founding in 1944, UNCF has raised nearly $1.8 billion to promote higher education and has helped more than 300,000 students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees. For more information about UNCF, visit www.uncf.org and www.uncf.com.

Well, I don't think I'll be watching the part of the UNCF when the "jellylicious" girls are on.

[tickledpink]

A Chat With Michael

Though we weren't able to sit with the King of Pop, Getmusic
scored the largest chat session ever on the Internet, when it webcasted
and interview with Michael Jackson upon the release of his new
CD, "Invincible," on October 30. Here are a few excerpts from
the chat, but to catch it all, you can visit Getmusic.com (or click
the link below) and hear the audio interview with Michael Jackson
and host Anthony DeCurtis. Next time, we'll get the hook-up.
After a 30-year solo career and a 40-year career overall,
Michael Jackson says he's just as excited and nervous about
his new set, his 6th original solo set, as he was about his first,
1979's "Off The Wall." He compares delivering a new album
to delivering a new baby.
"It's like having children, having to raise them and introduce
them to the world, so it's very exciting. You never get too used
to it, ever. It's an incredible process, but you leave it in the hands
of God," he told GetMusic and online fans.
And Jackson explained that in leading up to the release
of the album, he never focuses on just coming out with one vibe.
The superstar said that he hopes that everyone, from rockers
to poppers, get at least a little something from "Invincible."
"I try to make the album a potpourri of wonderful melodies
of any style. I don't believe in stylizing or branding any type of
music. I think a great artist should be able create any style any
form, anything - from Rock, to Pop, to Folk, to Gospel, to just
wonderful music."
Furthermore, Jackson described the process of putting together
albums, particularly the songwriting process. He said that he
doesn't write songs with a certain genre in mind, but rather
a degree of quality. He says he has the mindset to just write
a good song.
"The songwriting process is very difficult to explain," he said.
"It's very spiritual. It's as if it's been written in its entirety
before
you were born and you are just really the source through which
they come. They just fall into your lap. I feel guilty sometimes,
of putting my name on them. I compose them, I write them, I do
the scoring I do the melody, but really it's the work of God."
But don't get it twisted, though the megastar comes everytime
with something that may be a little bit different from the norm,
he knows what the world is listening to.
"I always know what's going on the radio and in clubs;
what people are listening to. Even though people think I live
at Neverland-[though] mentally I'm in Neverland all the time,"
he joked, "I'm always connected, I always know what's
going on in the music world-not just in America, but all over
the world. When I'm working, I don't think I'm influenced by
a lot of music today. I pretty much create what I think is
in my heart. I try to be as original as possible."

[Steeltrap]

Monday November 19 2:12 PM ET

Cosby Finishes 'Fat Albert' Script

NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Cosby has finished co-writing the script for the ``Fat Albert'' movie, based on the 1970's cartoon show he created.

Now he's trying to decide whether fans want to hear him do the voices of Fat Albert, Bill and Mushmouth again, just as he did for the TV series.

``I don't know if my Fat Albert, if it's a little too full and robust now and old, and what I would like to try is perhaps to find or have auditions for someone who could really imitate what's on the track,'' the 64-year-old comedian told AP Radio.

``Would they prefer to hear something that's very, very close, or the fellow that used to do it, 36 years older?''

Forest Whitaker (``Waiting to Exhale,'' ``Hope Floats'') will direct the movie, which will be part animation and part live action. It's scheduled for release in summer 2003.

[DELTAQTE]

I'm glad I found this thread, I have been dying to post this!


Ok am I the only one that had a fit hearing that Babyface caught his wife Tracey Edmunds in bed with Derek Fisher? Lawd it was all over the airwaves! But I heard they called into a radio station and said it wasn't true.


Chilli and Usher are engaged.




QTE

[ms. understood]

Originally posted by DELTAQTE
I'm glad I found this thread, I have been dying to post this!


Ok am I the only one that had a fit hearing that Babyface caught his wife Tracey Edmunds in bed with Derek Fisher? Lawd it was all over the airwaves! But I heard they called into a radio station and said it wasn't true.


Chilli and Usher are engaged.




QTE

Who is Derek Fisher?

[DELTAQTE]

Derek Fisher is a Basketball player. I forgot which team.

Not only did our morning show talk about this, but Wendy Williams did also. And 2-way's were going back and forth on it.

I was like wow!


QTE

[darling1]

usher and chilli engaged?????? what happened with her and dallas austin