:: Patty Jackson's 411 for the week of June 21st, 2004:
Brandy has shaken up her management team. Benny Medina is out and her mom, Sonya is back in. Benny Medina is the man who made J-Lo a star and when Brandy was looking to rejuvenate her career she turned to him. He immediately went on a promotional campaign depicting Brandy as a bad girl. I wasn’t feeling it and neither was Brandy’s mom. Sonya didn’t approve of how Brandy was being marketed…the pictures in Vibe, details of her failed marriage, rumored feuds with members of Destiny Child, and who is really her child’s father. Yes, Brandy has been through a lot over the years, but she should be known for her music not for scandal. Brandy’s new album, Afrodisiac arrives in stores on the 29th.
Why is Eric Benet fighting Halle Berry and their marital prenuptial agreement? Eric says he is doing it for his daughter. Eric says his daughter, India, wants nice things like others girls…clothes, jewelry, and a nice home. He says he needs the money so he can give her what she has become used to. He claims he and his daughter are used to living a certain way. In addition to fighting the prenup, Eric wants Halle to pay his legal bills and give him spousal support. Will Halle pay up? She does love his daughter. Will she part with her money so India can live a good life? Halle’s new movie, Catwoman opens next month.
Star Jones, from the ABC show The View, is sparing no expense at planning the wedding of the year. This has to be “a dream come” true for Star, who is planning to marry investment banker, Al Reynolds. Despite questions about his past romantic life with men, Star is going all out to make her wedding dreams come true. Star and Al have set up a website,
www.StarandAl.com. The website is devoted to their courtship, engagement party, vacations and details of the big day. The two are registered at Tiffany’s where you can purchase gifts from $250 to $10,000.
Singer Jaheim needs help! Last week the singer was arrested on drug charges. Police found 25 bags of marijuana in his Mercedes Benz. The incident happened within a drug free school zone. Jaheim says he’s innocent and that he is the victim of harassment, but friends of the singer say he is smoking too much weed. He has been seen at various public outings appearing incoherent and staggering. What is bothering the singer? Doesn’t he realize he is ruining his career? Last year he made headlines when he attacked an announcer when the announcer questioned his sexuality. Jaheim is best known for the songs “Just in Case,” “Put That Woman First” and “Fabulous.”
Phil Jackson won’t be returning to coach the Los Angeles Lakers and this fall we may find out why. Phil has a new book about leadership coming out, and I hear he slams Kobe Bryant in the book. The Lakers brass is behind Kobe 100%, despite his upcoming rape trial. In the meantime, Phil Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal and others on the team want out because they can’t stand playing with him. Shaq feels they disrespected him when they gave him a no confidence vote, yet they let it be known they want Kobe to resign. Kobe’s selfish ball-playing is driving Shaq from the team.
Andre Braugher is returning to television. Braugher will be starring in the new FX drama, Thief. Malik Yoba will co-star as Braugher’s accomplice.
Spike Lee’s new movie, She The Me, comes out in late July.
Beyonce’s new version of the Rose Royce classic “Wishing on a Star” is going to be used in a new TV ad campaign for Tommy Hilfiger. Beyonce is going to be the new spokesperson for their new fragrance, True Star.
Jennifer Lopez is a stepmother, but don’t tell that to her stepchildren, because they don’t know about her. In a recent interview Marc Anthony’s ex-wife, Dayanara Torres, revealed that she has not told her children (ages 10 months and 3 years) that she is no longer married to their father or that he has remarried. She says they are too young to understand.
This has been a tough year for gospel sensation Yolanda Adams. Earlier this year she suffered a miscarriage with her second child, and now word comes out that she has divorced her husband, former NFL player, Tim Crawford. They have a three year old daughter.
The BET Awards are set for Tuesday June 29th, on BET. Monique will be hosting and The Isley Brothers are getting a special “Lifetime Achievement Award.” Scheduled performers include Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Jay Z, Smokie Norful, Usher, Janet Jackson and Outkast.
Tyra Banks is moving up. She recently brought a $3 million mansion in Beverly Hills.
At the movies Shawn and Marlon go undercover as white women in the comedy, White Chicks. They look amazing. Their oldest brother Keenan directs the comedy. The guys spent five hours a day in makeup to look the part.
R. Kelly will be producing a new album for Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band.
Barbershop Two is coming out on video and DVD June 29th.
Usher and Alicia Keys are getting together to record a new song called, “My Boo.” (NO COMMENT)
Bobby Brown is vowing to stay out of jail and he says he will not miss any more child support payments. Bobby and Whitney have been working hard on their new reality series. The show may be carried on VH1 or the Showtime network. Both networks are in discussions to run the series. This show will definitely be must see TV. We are going to see Whitney and Bobby warts and all, which may not be a good thing for Whitney’s career. I hear she’s very wild in the series and she and Bobby do their fair share of cussing and fighting. These two may put the Osbornes to shame. Whitney is scheduled to do her first concert in China on July 22nd.
Michael Jackson is coming out with a new boxed set of his greatest hits. The set is due to drop in late August right before his child molestation trial. The 4 CD set will contain four new songs.
What do you get your lady when she has the most beautiful feet in the world? You buy her a pair of gold flip flops worth $20,000. Marc Anthony wants his wife Jennifer Lopez to look good and he recently brought her a pair. The flip flops also feature a solid gold feather.
Bill Cosby’s new animated series, Fatherhood, airs on Nick@Nite on Tuesday nights. Cosby is the show’s executive producer and it features the voices of Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee and Lou Rawls.
Ron Isley’s ex-wife singer/songwriter Angela Winbush, is planning a comeback. Winbush is best known from the group Renee and Angela and her own solo career. She wrote a lot of hits for the Isley Brothers and put her career on hold. Now Angela is ready to take her turn in the spotlight with a new album.
Ben Vereen will be joining a list of entertainers who are gathering to raise funds for Civic Rights icon Rosa Parks. Parks, 91, is said to be destitute living in Mississippi in a home with no working plumbing.
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