News You Can Use...For the Summer 06!

[Confucius]

Originally Posted by Gina1201

Dallas is also the father to Chili's (TLC) son, Tron.

Hitmaker Dallas Austin has been in a Dubai prison for more than a month on drug charges, local authorities have confirmed.

Austin, 33 — who's worked with TLC, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Pink, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and many others over his 17-year career — was traveling to Dubai to attend Naomi Campbell's three-day birthday party at the Burj Al Arab hotel when he was detained at Dubai International Airport on May 19. He is currently being held at Al Rashidiya prison, where he is being allowed visitors. The U.S. Consulate is attempting to assist Austin, police confirmed, but the consulate declined to provide further information.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/153...headlines=true

D-U-M-M-Y!!!!!

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally Posted by Confucius

D-U-M-M-Y!!!!!

EXACTLY!! He can play around and they will have him caught up like "Brokedown Palace" over there. Won't see American until America goes to see him.... Folks needs to realize that the same foolishness that they get away with over here will get him stoned or caned or something in those foreign countries. They don't give a rat's tail if you are "famous" or have lots of money. You are just a common criminal on their turf.

[SKEEphistAKAte]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

EXACTLY!! He can play around and they will have him caught up like "Brokedown Palace" over there. Won't see American until America goes to see him....

LOL@ Brokedown Palace!!

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

This is what Star told People...

"What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the tenth season. I feel like I was fired."

She adds that she was told her contract wouldn't be renewed just days before news leaked that O'Donnell would be joining The View.

Whether Star got "fired" or saw the writing on the wall, can we offically say "The View'" is going to Hell in a handbasket?

Steve Harvey called her this morning and she was talking with them for a good while explaining the whole situation. In short, them mofos did her reeeeeaaaaaalllll dirty. At first, she was asked to stay until mid-July. Because she decided to announce her exit yesterday, instead of this Thursday like they wanted her to, they then decided to ask her not to return today. I guess yesterday was her final show.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by FeeFee

Steve Harvey called her this morning and she was talking with them for a good while explaining the whole situation. In short, them mofos did her reeeeeaaaaaalllll dirty. At first, she was asked to stay until mid-July. Because she decided to announce her exit yesterday, instead of this Thursday like they wanted her to, they then decided to ask her not to return today. I guess yesterday was her final show.

Yup. I heard the interview as well. It was shocking to hear that yesterday was her final show. But as she said her future is in God's hands, not Barbara Walters' hands.

[delph998]

All I have to say is the View will not be the same without Star. She shut it down on that show!

[jitterbug13]

Baba Wawa told this to AP...

"I love Star and I was trying to do everything I possibly could up until this morning when I was betrayed to protect her. We tried to talk them out of it and we tried to give Star time to redeem herself in the eyes of the audience, and the research just kept getting worse."

She claims that viewership was going down when she married BGA and started loosing weight.

Well I got to comment on this: The View will loose ALL of their black viewers and at least 1/4 of their white ones with Meredith and Star gone. They may gain some GLBT viewers with Rosie but it will not be enough. Better just well cancel this show NOW!!!!

[NUPE4LIFE]

Now I wanna know why her contract was not renewed. Today on the View Walters said that she (Star) for months why her contract was not being renewed. They told her that they would go along with whatever she wanted to say. But now, they (View) can't sit there and pretend like everything is ok.

[divainred]

I am not the biggest Star Jones fan, but I just listened to the beginning of the View and I have a newfound respect in Star. Barbara Walters just called out Star in a very disrespectful and unnecessary way. For Star to have been a part of making the View what it is today, to say how "The View made Star a star..." and tell how she had been told months ago that she would not be asked to come back, but they were trying to let her leave with dignity and make up whatever story she wanted and ATTEMPT to find a new job...that was wrong, Barbara, really wrong.

[jitterbug13]

Baba must have forgot that Star had HER OWN SHOW before The View and did all kinds of TV apperances before she had that job. And being that Star is one of the orginal members of the show, she deserved as much as a sendoff as they gave Meredith. And how much money ya'll want to bet that Star was told "don't say your contract wasn't renewed" until after she left the show. This whole situation is shady.

I bet you by this time next year, Star will have her own show while Joy, Elizabeth, Rosie and the two new girls will be looking for jobs because The View has been canceled.

ETA: Their is also a thread on this in the Entertainment forum. And it's not pretty.

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

Baba Wawa told this to AP...



She claims that viewership was going down when she married BGA and started loosing weight.

Well I got to comment on this: The View will loose ALL of their black viewers and at least 1/4 of their white ones with Meredith and Star gone. They may gain some GLBT viewers with Rosie but it will not be enough. Better just well cancel this show NOW!!!!

That was a lie, b/c Star said that statistically, the numbers were high during the time that she was getting married to BGA.
Steve called the rest of the cast some cackling, jealous heffas who couldn't handle the newly married and slimmed down Star.

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

ETA: Their is also a thread on this in the Entertainment forum. And it's not pretty.

I just went over there and read their hot mess of a thread. Why all the hate? Why is it that Star has to have a big ego? She deserves to have an big ego if she chooses to. She worked hard and earned her stripes. Some people just don't understand.

[jitterbug13]

Originally Posted by FeeFee

Steve called the rest of the cast some cackling, jealous heffas who couldn't handle the newly married and slimmed down Star.

Steve was right on the money on this one!

I just went over there and read their hot mess of a thread. Why all the hate? Why is it that Star has to have a big ego? She deserves to have an big ego if she chooses to. She worked hard and earned her stripes. Some people just don't understand.

Exactly. Some people don't understand a Af-Am woman earning her stripes and having an "ego" unless it's Oprah (and O deserves it too).

[AKA2D '91]

I was trying to post (as a new thread) an email I received yesterday entitle, "Being Black in the Workplace." How it is sooooooo relevant for Star and The View. I'm glad she's gone. And she went out in PINK!

Let's see what Babs and them do now. I guess they will wait for captain save a show Rosie....yeah right!

It was about more than the weight and the wedding. You know they are very intimidated by an intelligent, EDUCATED, opinionated sista! I'm sure some of you have seen it on your jobs. (How dare she have such an elaborate wedding? how dare she voice her political ideology? How dare SHE?)

Oprah is on another planet, but they tried to get her with the beef scandal a few years ago. It is what it is...it's AMERIKKA (shout out to Soror AKA_Monet)!

[Steeltrap]

^^
Yeah, Lady O. basically is untouchable.

I do suspect Starrah will be OK, at least for a while. BGA was an investment banker, and if he was involved with some good deals, they could live like a king and queen. I still think she's a viable commentator.