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[abaici]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
Was on CBS Sunday Morning. Her apartment, designed by Roderick Shade, will be featured in an upcoming edition of Architectural Digest.

I love Soror Star! I want to be her when I grow up!

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Gina1201
In fact, Ginuwine stated that he has had a vasectomy! (TMI for me) He and Sole also plan to marry but no date has been set.

You and me both. I thought he and Sole had married years ago. hmmmmmm @ any rate, eeew @ the babies' names.

[Gina1201]

From mtv.com:
Sean Paul shot the video for his next single, "Like Glue," on Monday night in the East New York section of Brooklyn. Benny Boom directed the shots, which were filmed at the Elite Arc Nightclub. ... I LOVE this song!
The song "Rosa Parks" is continuing to haunt Outkast members Andre 3000 and Big Boi. While a lawsuit filed against the duo by the civil-rights legend for using her name for their 1998 cut was dismissed in 1999, a panel of three judges overturned the ruling on Monday.

Jay-Z is filming the video for his "Bad Boys 2" soundtrack cut, "La, La, La (Excuse Me Again)," on Wednesday at an undisclosed location. Chris Robinson will direct.

A monument to Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes will be erected on land the TLC rapper purchased in the Honduran town of La Ceiba before she was killed in a car accident there a year ago. The memorial will be unveiled on May 27. ...

Michael Jackson, who went to war last year with Sony Music, is now suing his old record label Motown, seeking unpaid royalties and rights to his catalog. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses Motown Records and its Universal Music parent company of reneging on the terms of a 1980 agreement that settled an acrimonious split from Motown by Jackson and his brothers in 1976. ...

Stevie Wonder, Musiq, Erykah Badu and Babyface are scheduled to join
P. Diddy, Nappy Roots, Jaheim and Maze, among others, at the three-day
Essence Music Festival. Taking place July 3-5 at New Orleans' Superdome, the festival covers five stages and will be emceed by a variety of hosts including Jamie Foxx and A.J. Jamal. Previously announced appearances by Nelly and the St. Lunatics and Luther Vandross have been canceled, as Vandross remains hospitalized following last month's stroke and Nelly is spearheading a national bone-marrow drive to save the life of his sister Jackie Donahue, who is suffering from leukemia. Various other celebrities will be involved in the "Jes Us 4 Jackie" program, which will set up nine donor test locations on June 21 in New York, Los Angeles and Nelly's stomping grounds of St. Louis. The drive will be publicized in public service announcements on radio and television.

[Steeltrap]

Rodman marries girlfriend, but won't live with her

Associated Press


NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has doubled up on his celebrations. He married girlfriend Michelle Moyer Tuesday -- on his 42nd birthday.

The Los Angeles Times says it was a private civil ceremony in Newport Beach. Rodman says the "real wedding" will take place June 14 on the beach in front of his house.

Rodman says "everybody's invited" to the ceremony and a concert. That may not be great news for police, who have been called to his home more than 70 times because of loud parties.

Rodman and Moyer have two children together but live in separate homes. They don't plan to change that either. Rodman says, "I like it like that. She and the kids come over on weekends."

[GRITS]

HUH???? Why get married, if you are not going to live together,but that is Dennis Rodman for ya!

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by Gina1201
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Stevie Wonder, Musiq, Erykah Badu and Babyface are scheduled to join
P. Diddy, Nappy Roots, Jaheim and Maze, among others, at the three-day
Essence Music Festival. Taking place July 3-5 at New Orleans' Superdome, the festival covers five stages and will be emceed by a variety of hosts including Jamie Foxx and A.J. Jamal. Previously announced appearances by Nelly and the St. Lunatics and Luther Vandross have been canceled, as Vandross remains hospitalized following last month's stroke and Nelly is spearheading a national bone-marrow drive to save the life of his sister Jackie Donahue, who is suffering from leukemia. Various other celebrities will be involved in the "Jes Us 4 Jackie" program, which will set up nine donor test locations on June 21 in New York, Los Angeles and Nelly's stomping grounds of St. Louis. The drive will be publicized in public service announcements on radio and television. [/B]

It's going to be "on like popco(r)n"!

[CountryGurl]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
Rodman marries girlfriend, but won't live with her

Associated Press


NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has doubled up on his celebrations. He married girlfriend Michelle Moyer Tuesday -- on his 42nd birthday.

The Los Angeles Times says it was a private civil ceremony in Newport Beach. Rodman says the "real wedding" will take place June 14 on the beach in front of his house.

Rodman says "everybody's invited" to the ceremony and a concert. That may not be great news for police, who have been called to his home more than 70 times because of loud parties.

Rodman and Moyer have two children together but live in separate homes. They don't plan to change that either. Rodman says, "I like it like that. She and the kids come over on weekends."

I've heard of elderly couples sleeping in different beds but newly weds in different homes...thats doing too much for me

Originally posted by Gina1201


Stevie Wonder, Musiq, Erykah Badu and Babyface are scheduled to join
P. Diddy, Nappy Roots, Jaheim and Maze, among others, at the three-day
Essence Music Festival. Taking place July 3-5 at New Orleans' Superdome, the festival covers five stages and will be emceed by a variety of hosts including Jamie Foxx and A.J. Jamal. Previously announced appearances by Nelly and the St. Lunatics and Luther Vandross have been canceled, as Vandross remains hospitalized following last month's stroke and Nelly is spearheading a national bone-marrow drive to save the life of his sister Jackie Donahue, who is suffering from leukemia. Various other celebrities will be involved in the "Jes Us 4 Jackie" program, which will set up nine donor test locations on June 21 in New York, Los Angeles and Nelly's stomping grounds of St. Louis. The drive will be publicized in public service announcements on radio and television. [/B]

Jaheim and Maze together... I've died and gone to heaven

[Eclipse]

On stand, Faulk denies beating his ex-girlfriend
By WILLIAM C. LHOTKA Post-Dispatch
updated: 05/09/2003 10:13 PM


Football star Marshall Faulk swore Friday that he never battered ex-girlfriend Helen Dunne. He said he still cares for her despite accusations of abuse and even a revelation that she may have lied about whether a child was his.

"I still love her. That will never change. She is the mother of my kids," Faulk, the Rams running back, told the St. Louis County Circuit Court jury that will decide next week whether Dunne is entitled to "substantial" damages.

A week of inquisition about their four-year relationship of high spending and high jealousy led Friday to a former baby sitter's revelation that one of the boys for whom Faulk pays a total of $15,000 a month in child support might have a different father.

Faulk denied each of eight instances of what Dunne had called physical abuse. But he did admit physical contact with her during at least one confrontation, in October 1999.

In that case, Dunne was treated at Barnes-Jewish West Hospital for injuries she said she suffered the day before.

Dunne has testified that Faulk accused her of cheating on him, struck her with his fists on her head, choked her and broke one of her fingers.

He told the court Friday that he had gotten a phone call from a lawyer friend in Chicago who had seen Dunne with another man. Faulk said he confronted her and she denied it but then admitted having dinner with the man.

"I'm out, I'm leaving," he recalled saying. "We talked about it. I turned around and walked out of the room. She jumped on my back." He said he shook her off. "She ran and got in front of the door. I pulled her hands away from the door and pushed her down on the bed.

"If I wanted to hurt Helen and that was my intent, I could have," Faulk said.


"Because she's beautiful"

His attorney, Scott Rosenblum, asked why Faulk would have a sexual encounter with Dunne in May last year at his apartment in Clayton, even though she had already filed the lawsuit against him.

"Why? Because she's beautiful," Faulk replied.

Dunne's attorney, Charles Todt, questioned Faulk about Dunne's allegations of an incident in August 2000, when Dunne was kept overnight at St. Mary's Health Center for stomach injuries.

She said Faulk hit her. He said he was in training camp at the time and got a phone call from her in which she said she had been in an auto accident. Faulk said he had nothing to do with any injury to her stomach.

He also denied hitting her in July of that year and giving her a black eye. The next day, the couple went to her family picnic, and pictures were taken, he said. None of the relatives at the picnic were called as witnesses, and no pictures have surfaced, Faulk said in response to Rosenblum's questions.

Faulk testified that he proposed to Dunne in fall 2000 and gave her an engagement ring. The marriage, he said, was contingent upon both getting counseling from Bayla Meyer, a psychologist.

"We argued about money. We told lies to each other. I felt we needed it. We had issues," Faulk said.

He said he called off the engagement because Dunne stopped seeing Meyer. Afterward, he said, he tried to get her to reduce her household expenses to $15,000 from what had been $20,000 to $25,000 a month.

When that plan failed, he testified, he filed a paternity suit in hopes a judge would set spending limits.


Baby sitter's testimony

Jacqueline Bird, the former baby sitter, testified Friday that Dunne had been in relationships with other men, like professional basketball players Andre Patterson and Shaquille O'Neal, while having a relationship with Faulk. Bird said Dunne sometimes asked her to lie to Faulk for her.

Under cross-examination, Todt asked Bird, who has known Dunne most of Dunne's life: "When did you first start lying for Helen?"

"Probably when she was in high school," Bird replied.

Faulk said he had believed Dunne during a paternity suit last year when she said he was the father of three of her four children. But he told the court his trust was shaken by Bird's testimony.

Vanessa Antoniou, a lawyer in Clayton, told the jury she had prepared an affidavit and a letter to a prosecutor in which Dunne absolved Faulk and took responsibility as the aggressor for the encounter in October 1999.

Antoniou said Rosenblum had called her and told her that Dunne would be contacting her. Antoniou had worked for Rosenblum for four years after getting her law degree.

In Antoniou's notes of her meeting with Dunne, she quoted Dunne as admitting she had pushed Faulk, pulled on his clothes and tried to block his departure. Dunne now contends that she never said those things and signed the affidavit without reading it.

Antoniou said she would never risk losing her law license by making up a false affidavit for Rosenblum's benefit.

The trial will resume Monday in the court of St. Louis County Presiding Judge Barbara Wallace. Jurors may begin deliberating sometime Monday on Dunne's suit and Faulk's counterclaim that seeks a symbolic $1 and says she is lying and abusing the legal process.

Reporter Bill Lhotka:
E-mail: blhotka@post-dispatch.com
Phone: 314-615-3283


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Picture Provided By Max Headroom


Fresh out off jail, Ol' Dirty - ahem - Dirt McGirt is looking at Ms. Mariah Carey like the wolf looked at Lil' Red Robin Hood. Eat her up, Dirt! WELCOME HOME, ODB!

[Gina1201]

From mtv.com:

NEW YORK — The perks of stardom have always included VIP treatment at your favorite restaurants, but increasingly, being one of hip hop's top dogs means topping your VIP status by opening an eatery of your very own.

Following in the footsteps of P. Diddy and his Justin's soul food restaurant chain, Dame Dash, Jay-Z and Fat Joe have joined the restaurateur ranks by opening up supper clubs as well.

Dash recently partnered with socialite/DJ Samantha Ronson to open up the Breakfast Club in downtown Manhattan, while his partner Jay-Z plans to welcome friends and fans into his 40/40 Sports Bar when it opens, tentatively on May 28. His spot will feature a mayor-approved cigar room as well as widescreen televisions.

Further uptown in his home, the Bronx, Fat Joe has joined forces with successful restaurant owner and longtime friend Jimmy Rodriguez to open a seafood spot this summer, to be named Jimmy's City Island.

While the spacious white-draped restaurant will boast what's being called Fat Joe's Corner, which will have a special table for its co-owner, the
rotund rapper told MTV News that he will soon have another piece of prime New York real estate to call his own. Joe has bought a space in Manhattan for a future nightclub that he promises will be like "a modern-day Studio 54."

The interior will be designed by Ilan Waisbrod, the architect behind Michael Jordan's Grand Central Station steakhouse and a number of Jimmy's restaurants, such as Fat Joe's City Island project. While Joe and Co. had originally planned to call the club the 30/30 Club, in reference to
its street address, upon learning that Jay-Z's club was similarly titled, the rapper conceded that he would go back to the drawing board for a
suitably festive new name.

His as-yet-untitled nightclub is expected to open later this year.

—Minya Oh

[Gina1201]

From mtv.com:

SANTA MONICA, California — If Eve looks especially happy in pictures from Tuesday's PlayStation 2 party, it's because she'd just received some big news.

UPN told the rapper earlier in the day that her sitcom, "Opposite Sex," had been added to the network's fall lineup. So far Eve has only shot a pilot episode, but she said she's looking forward to getting back in front of the camera (see "Eve To Star As Fashion Designer In Her Own UPN Sitcom").

"[My character's] name is Shelly and she's pretty much like me," Eve said. "She has bad luck with guys. Her love life is pretty messed up,
but she's successful and very independent but looking to get married. Kind of like me."

Eve's manager, Troy Carter, will executive produce "Opposite Sex" with music and TV producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds and the show's writer, Bentley Evans ("The Jamie Foxx Show," "Martin").

While she awaited approval on the pilot, Eve developed her Fetish clothing line, due in the fall, and collaborated with Dream on what she
called a "hot song" (see "Dream Get 'Krazy' With Loon On New LP Featuring P. Diddy").

Eve has also started pre-production on her fourth album (see "Eve Says Dr. Dre Will Be 'All Over' Her Next Album") and will head to Chicago in July to shoot the sequel to "Barbershop."

"Honestly, I don't even know [the plot yet], but it's going to be good," she said. "Everybody's coming back!"

—Corey Moss

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Gina1201
sequel to "Barbershop."
"Everybody's coming back!"

—Corey Moss

YIPPEEEEEEEEE!!!



Michael Ealy, my HUSBAND, is coming back.

[CrimsonTide4]

Snoop, Method Man Check in for 'Soul Plane'

Thu May 15, 3:46 AM ET


"Soul Plane" has been cleared for takeoff, with rapper-actors Snoop
Dogg and Method Man coming on board to star in MGM's urban version of
the classic 1980 comedy "Airplane!"

Snoop Dogg will play the plane's pilot, and Method Man will portray
Muggsy, the airline owner's best friend who is put in charge of the
plane's business class. Production is set to begin in late June.
Jessy Terrero will direct.

"Soul Plane" reunites Snoop Dogg and Terrero, who hails from the
music video realm and directed the rapper's "Tell It Like It Is"
video. The two took a recent trip together to Brazil.

During the making of the "Tell" video -- when Terrero learned that he
had nabbed the directing gig for "Soul Plane" -- Snoop Dogg revealed
that "Airplane!" was his favorite movie and expressed a desire to
join the new venture.

Terrero and Method Man worked together when Terrero directed the
video to the rapper's song "Round and Round," featured on the
soundtrack to the 2001 comedy feature "How High," starring Method Man
and Redman.


Snoop Dogg is in production on Warner Bros. Pictures' "Starsky &
Hutch." He is set to embark on a tour with rapper 50 Cent and rockers
the Red Hot Chili Peppers and is developing an urban version of "The
Longest Yard," based on a real-life football game pitting a team put
together by Snoop Dogg against a team from the Los Angeles Police
Dept. Terrero is attached to direct the project.

Method Man next stars in Miramax's "My Baby's Mama" and is attached
with fellow hip-hopper Redman to the studio's comedy "Jail Breakers,"
a remake of a South Korean film.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

[FeeFee]

From mtv.com

Are There Wedding Bells In Pharrell Williams' Future? He Hopes So
05.14.2003 7:53 AM EDT


Pharrell Williams
Photo: Roc-A-Fella
"The only thing I need now in my life, man, is ... my wife." — Neptunes' Pharrell Williams


NEW YORK — Even though Neptunes member Pharrell Williams doesn't have the kind of soulful voice that's been honed through years of singing in the church, his club beats and high-pitched hook crooning have helped him shut down the music charts as well as the airwaves.

Because of this, it seems inevitable that the Virginia producer, whose popularity and visibility grow by the day, would soon drop a solo album, right?

"That's yet to be determined," Pharrell said Thursday night after producing and singing on a new track for ODB (see "Ol' Dirty Lays Down Track With Pharrell Before Turning Into A Pumpkin"). "I don't see myself as a singer. I just try to express myself. I feel better and more comfortable with N.E.R.D., but I'm glad [my new single] 'Frontin' ' is getting [a warm ] reception from everybody."

"Frontin'," which features Jay-Z, is one of the lead cuts from the Neptunes' compilation LP, Star Trak Presents Clones, due this summer. The track showcases the famed producer taking the lead, singing most of the verses while Jigga guest stars with a short rap.

"I know that I'm carrying on/ Never mind if I'm showing off/ I was just frontin', " Williams sings. "You know I want you, baby/ I'm ready to bet it all/ Unless you don't care at all/ You know I want ya."

Pharrell made it clear that he is definitely not frontin' on the song, and his real life feelings have spilled over into his music. He has a void he needs to fill.

"The only thing I need now in my life, man, is ... my wife," Pharrell explained. "... I'm close to Jesus. I got the job that I want. My mom and dad are happy. My little brother is a pro out there in San Diego, skating for two different companies, [and] my baby brother is doing well in school. Wherever you are, baby, it's written already. Let's find each other. Let's steal away, take the kids out of school and go to Disney World. I'm there now."

Pharrell has his friends and peers seconding his emotions, at least on wax. Snoop Dogg's first real love song, "Beautiful," took over the airwaves, as has the Jay-Z track "Excuse Me Miss." As we all know, Pharrell produced and sang about being with Ms. Right on both records.

"We need to get to love," said Pharrell, who is also planning to produce songs on Jay-Z's upcoming Black Album. "There's a lot of violence out there."

Pharrell and the fellas aren't the only ones talking about relationships over Neptunes beats. Clones will also feature a track from the rapper sometimes known as "God's Son" along with his girlfriend.

"We got this new Kelis album coming out," Pharrell disclosed. "It's called Tasty. She's gonna kill it. Her and Nas did a song called 'Popular Thug' together [for the Clones album]. They're making some great statements about themselves. It's incredible. We got a Clipse album coming out [later this year], Hell Hath No Fury. I'm excited. This is so great, man."

Besides Nas, Kelis, Jay-Z and Dirt McGirt (a.k.a. ODB), Star Trak Presents Clones will also feature Busta Rhymes, Super Cat, Spymob, the Clipse, Fam Lay, Roscoe P. Coldchain and Usher, among others.

The video for "Frontin' " will be shot in Miami May 21 with Jay-Z.

—Shaheem Reid

[Bamboozled]

Originally posted by FeeFee
My little brother is a pro out there in San Diego, skating for two different companies

Um, does anyone know what his brother does? A pro skater? What kind? Or is "skater" some new lingo that I'm not privy to?