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[AKA2D '91]

This is what Monica stated on 20/20 a few weeks ago. She said she had gone back to her car to call for assistance and while doing so, the go shot himself. Supposedly, he had been really depressed because he had lost his brother.

[Gina1201]

Citing a failure to complete any of the conditions of his probation from a drunk-driving conviction, a judge in Georgia's DeKalb County has issued a misdemeanor arrest warrant for troubled singer Bobby Brown.

Brown, who potentially faces jail time for the alleged violations, has not been heard from or seen by deputies since the warrant was issued nearly a month ago, according to a DeKalb County sheriff's office spokesperson.

The R&B singer has failed to complete the conditions of his probation from the April 1996 arrest, which included participation in a risk-reduction program, completion of 240 hours of community service, six months of twice-weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and an order to submit to random alcohol and drug screenings, the spokesperson said. Deputies have been unable to locate Brown since the warrant was issued on July 17, despite looking for him at his Atlanta-area home and several other locations in the area.

Though it is up to the judge in the case to decide, it is possible that such violations could result in jail time.

A spokesperson for Brown could not be reached by press time.

This is the second time this year that a warrant has been issued for Brown's arrest. A bench warrant was issued in January after the singer attended the American Music Awards in Los Angeles instead of a court appointment in DeKalb County, where he was awaiting trial for the 1996 arrest. During that incident, police stopped Brown for driving his red Mercedes erratically and he was charged with driving under the influence, speeding, failing to maintain a lane and having no proof of insurance.

In January, Brown's lawyer, Xavier Dicks, said his client's failure to appear stemmed from a scheduling conflict, since Brown had requested that the judge reconsider allowing him to travel to California for the awards show. "It'd be like asking a football player not to play the Super Bowl," Dicks said. Brown was later sentenced to eight days in jail after turning himself in to authorities.

Brown was arrested in Atlanta on November 7 of last year on charges of marijuana possession, speeding and having no driver's license or proof of insurance (. It was at that point that authorities realized the older case had fallen through the cracks when Brown failed to show for his original court date in 1997.

The singer has not been entirely out of the public eye. He and wife Whitney Houston made a well-publicized visit to Israel in May for a spiritual retreat with the Black Hebrews sect, during which she was considering recording songs for a Christmas album.

—Gil Kaufman

[Eclipse]

Whitney hosted a 40th birthday party for herself in Atlanta (I think it was last weekend, or the weekend before) recently, and Bobby was not there. Word on the street was that he was scurred of getting locked up! LOL

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by Eclipse
Whitney hosted a 40th birthday party for herself in Atlanta (I think it was last weekend, or the weekend before) recently, and Bobby was not there. Word on the street was that he was scurred of getting locked up! LOL

And I bet the Boobster was being the Original King of Rolling Blunts at the crib...

[kiml122]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
And I bet the Boobster was being the Original King of Rolling Blunts at the crib...

Steeltrap...you slay me with your comments, really you do.

[Gina1201]

It was just reported on the Doug Banks Morning Show that Whitney Houston is pregnant and due in March.

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by Gina1201
It was just reported on the Doug Banks Morning Show that Whitney Houston is pregnant and due in March.

GIRLLLLLL, I heard it too...I rushed to the 'puter!

[MeezDiscreet]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
This is what Monica stated on 20/20 a few weeks ago. She said she had gone back to her car to call for assistance and while doing so, the go shot himself. Supposedly, he had been really depressed because he had lost his brother.

there are things left out that i remember hearing when this happened. am i the only one that remembers hearing that when dude wouldn't unlock the car door and maybe after he had already shot himself, monica pulled her own peice out of her purse and shot the window out?

[Afrochic]

Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
there are things left out that i remember hearing when this happened. am i the only one that remembers hearing that when dude wouldn't unlock the car door and maybe after he had already shot himself, monica pulled her own peice out of her purse and shot the window out?

I remember her saying that on 20/20. She said she always carried a gun and when she arrived, he was locked inside the car. When he shot himself she shot the window out to get to him. She said he talked to her for a few minutes. She wouldn't repeat what he said because it was for her ears only. Now this mother wishing her son never met Monica thingy. Monica said he was a big time drug dealer who did things not so nice to other people but he shielded her from a lot of things he did. Why is mom acting like Monica is the blame for his death? The street life would have caught up with him eventually.

Monica sure likes gangsta dudes huh?

[AKA2D '91]

It's probably the mother's guilty conscience. ETA: Why does Monica have custody of his child? Why doesn't his mother have custody? Things that make you go hmmmmmmm....

Monica said that she had "2 lives" if you will. Her father was "in the game"; while her mother wasn't. Her parents were not together, so she lived her mother's "life" while with her. When she visited her father, she lived his "life". It was 2 different worlds and 2 different ways of surviving/living. This is all according to Monica. Sooooo, is it hard to believe that she is into "gangstas"? I guess she doesn't discriminate. Shoooootttt, there are MANY college-educated gangstas out there, too.

Erykah had a song about it...

If she likes it....I luv it!

[Eastcoast Sunshine]

Originally posted by Afrochic
4-1-1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 11, 2003


What’s going on between Maxwell and Oscar Winner actress Nicole Kidman? The two are friends and they hang out together in New York. Sources say one night while he was waiting for her, he was serenading hotel guests in the lobby.

What??!?!?! I just read an article yesterday that she is "hanging out" with Lenny Kravitz.

See....

LENNY AND NICOLE RUMOURS

Nicole Kidman and Lenny Kravitz are spending a lot of time in each other's company. And, according to a friend, it's love.

"It's the real thing," a friend told the Sunday Mirror. "They'll step out together in public sooner rather than later."


"He makes her laugh and is very attentive. They're both very happy."

So much so, in fact, that the unlikely pair - Hollywood star and maverick rocker - are hiring a luxury yacht to take them on a three-week Mediterranean cruise next month.

Aussie Nicole, 37, who has been linked to the likes of Robbie Williams and Spiderman's Tobey Maguire since splitting from husband Tom Cruise, met Lenny late last year.

Tongues began wagging last month when the couple were spotted canoodling in New York's Soho House.

Within days they had reappeared at P Diddy's birthday party and the in-crowd nightspot Bungalow 8.

Kravitz, 39, is busy recording a new album, while Kidman completes work on the remake of The Stepford Wives.




Last Updated: 11:14 UK, Sunday August 10, 2003

[Senusret I]

Slight sidebar:

The Stepford Wives remake could be hot! I hope it's good.

[CrimsonTide4]

NEWS - Bow Wow & B2K May Record Joint Album
08/14/2003



(8/13/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- This year rapper and actor Bow Wow opted not to participate in the Scream III tour which he helped to launch in 2001. The tour's present line-up includes B2K, Mario, and Nick Cannon. On Tuesday (August 12), LAUNCH spoke with Bow Wow who said that he has no beefs with anyone on the tour and that he and B2K are presently taking about recording and touring together.

"You know me and B2K, we talking about doing something next year," Bow Wow said. "Talking about doing an album together and then touring together, just us two. So there's no telling what's going to happen."

Bow Wow will release his third solo set, Unleashed, on Tuesday (August 19). The first single from the set, "Let's Get Down," is presently Number 18 on the urban Radio & Records National Airplay charts.


Bow Wow will be launching his Unleashed tour in September. The rapper recently replaced opening singer/rapper Lumidee with several up-and-coming acts that he's developing.

When LAUNCH spoke to Bow Wow he explained that Lumidee missed a warm up date for the tour which prompted him to consider using his own acts. "I understand why you know Lumi didn't show up," Bow Wow said. "I understand that. I'm willing and would love to have a talk with her cause I think they really blew that whole thing out of proportion. It's not a diss. It's just a fact that it's really hard you know to really work with people that you haven't been working with and to depend on them after one incident happens. I know it's not her fault. I really understand that but then again it's just always safe just to make sure everything is right."

Bow Wow will have his chance to talk to Lumidee on Thursday (August 21) when the singer opens for him at New York's Pier 54.

[kiml122]

Originally posted by Gina1201
It was just reported on the Doug Banks Morning Show that Whitney Houston is pregnant and due in March.

I thought this was reported already....I thought I had heard that a few months ago.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by kiml122
I thought this was reported already....I thought I had heard that a few months ago.

back on divas live, remember? due in september.