Mariah suffers a loss

It is rumored that Mariah Carey suffered a miscarriage. My heart goes out to her and Nick if this is true. For many women miscarriage can be just as traumatic as the loss of a child who has been born.

Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke

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Which premieres on Sept. 14 at 10pm, is a 30-minute docu-series that will give viewers an intimate look into Eddie’s struggle to support himself and a rather large and complicated extended family. This family includes eight children, two ex-wives, four baby mamas, 12 additional relatives to take care of and a taste for lots and lots of champagne. Check the trailer....

I guess the Juice won't be loose after all

The Nevada Supreme Court isn't going to let O.J. Simpson out of prison while he appeals his conviction in a gunpoint hotel room heist.

A three-judge panel issued orders Friday concluding that Simpson didn't meet the "heavy burden" required to be allowed to post bail.

The justices noted that a jury found Simpson guilty of "serious, nonprobationable, violent offenses" with firearms involved. They also cited a Clark County District Court judge's finding that he posed a flight risk.

Simpson was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers in September 2007 and is serving nine to 33 years in prison.

Where Wuz Paul Blart?

I guess RWS got her Mac Book.

Luda's Giving Away Cars In the ATL

It will be raining cars this LudaDay weekend all over Atlanta.

Rapper, actor and now humanitarian, Ludacris and his nonprofit foundation are partnering with Nissan South to give away 20 used vehicles, plus a month's worth of free gas to qualifying Atlanta residents.

Ludacris started The Ludacris Foundation in an effort to share some of his blessings by giving back to the community. His LudaCare initiative is dedicated to supporting young people and families in dire need of help. The "Stars for Cars LudaDay Weekend" will help those families who lack transportation to get back and forth to work or even to a day care.

The event will take place Sept. 6, between 1pm and 3pm at the dealership.

Hope the Bank Didn't Repo the Clothes

With major designers pulling out and downsizing their Shows For NYC's Fashion Week, is there room now for "She by Sheree"? According to the official Fashion Week schedule, her models and clothes will be coming down a runway located on the corner of Avenue Sheree 4 Lane B on Sunday 9/13. Plenty of good seats available. You can check out Sheree's line HERE.

Next question, how can her broke-ass sponsor this show?
Here are the details of her finalized divorce with former baller Bob Whitfield:
-Primary custody of their two children
-$2,142 a month in child support
-Shares of three other NFL retirement plans
-2006 Range Rover Sport
-$250,000 share of his NFL Player 401(k) plan
-Two cash payments totaling $775,000

Dirk, you are NOT the Father!

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was informed Friday that his former fiancée, who was recently sentenced to five years in prison for a probation violation in Missouri, is not pregnant as she has maintained for months. Taylor went by the name of "Crissy Travino" to Now(nit-wit)zki with Taylor claiming to be of Brazilian heritage.

The 38-year-old Taylor was taken into custody in mid-May while the Mavericks flew back from Denver after a Game 2 loss to the Nuggets in a NBA second-round series Dallas eventually lost 4-1. A private investigation into Taylor's past, as part of a prenuptial agreement urged by Nowitzki's advisers, revealed outstanding arrest warrants for Taylor in two states and her reported use of more than 20 aliases. At the time of her arrest she claimed to be pregnant and Nowitzki the father.

Nowitzki was reported to been seen accidentally putting his head through an 8-foot ceiling when jumping upon hearing the news in South Africa where he is participating in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Program.

Oprah will have a whole Michael show

Oprah Winfrey will dedicate her entire show to Michael Jackson on September 16th. The show will feature never-before-see outtakes from her 1993 interview with him. Oprah has yet to issue any sort of statement regarding Michael's passing and she was not necessarily sympathetic towards him during that infamous interview where, for the first time publicly, he revealed he suffered from vitiligo. I sincerely hope Ms. O is not planning to hop on the "Bash Michael" bandwagon populated by the likes of Diane Dimond and her ilk. Class and respect better be the words of the day Oprah. Tread lightly.

Always and Forever the King of Pop

Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest last night in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California in front of his famous family and approximately 200 of their closest friends. After the arrival of the 26 car Jackson family motorcade, Michael's five brothers carried the $30,000 golden casket wearing a single sequined glove on their left hands along with purple armbands embroidered with crowns. His three children, Blanket, Prince, and Paris, placed a crown atop his casket to remind all he is still the King of Pop. Pastor Lucius Smith officiated and Gladys Knight sang "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" followed by Clifton Davis singing "Never Can Say Goodbye." Davis wrote the hit for Michael and the young Jackson 5 when they were at Motown. Statements by Michael's father, Joe Jackson, and family friend, Rev. Al Sharpton were not allowed to be heard by members of the press.

Among others in attendance were Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, producer and close friend Quincy Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, "Dangerous" producer Teddy Riley, Suzanne de Passe, producer of a Jackson 5 miniseries, actor and perennial Michael impersonator Chris Tucker, Macaulay Culkin, Corey Feldman, Kenny Ortega producer of Michael's "This Is It" concerts. Michael's lawyer Thomas Mesereau and first wife Lisa Marie Presley also attended. Michael's second wife and the mother of his two oldest children, Debbie Rowe did not attend.

Michael's brothers lifted his casket one last time for his final moonwalk into the Great Mausoleum while Gladys Knight led the mourners in "The Lord's Prayer." The mausoleum is also the burial place for Nat King Cole, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Jean Harlow, Red Skelton, and Walt Disney, among many others. Modeled after ancient Italian architecture, the posh mausoleum boasts acres of marble, gilt structures, and stained glass as well as a reproduction of Leonardo DaVinci's "The Last Supper" and Michelangelo sculptures. The Great Mausoleum is under constant 24-hour video and ground surveillance. The crypts are not open to public viewing.

I would have caught a case

61-year-old Roger Stephens took matters into his own hands when he encountered a mother with a crying child in his local WalMart. According to the child's mother, Sonya Mathews, the man approached her in the store and told her “if you don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you.” The frightened mother then saw Stephens on another aisle in the store where he approached her, reached out, and slapped her child "four or five times" across the face. He then said, “see, I told you I would shut her up.” According to police reports, a bystander detained the man until police arrived. Stephens admitted slapping the girl, but said he had apologized to the mother. He was booked on a count of felony cruelty to a child anyway.

Of course parents need to supervise and discipline their children. I have seen plenty of children I WANTED to give a spanking to. A lot of parents are not even bothering to parent; they want to be their child's "friend." I don't know about you, but I had plenty of friends growing up and they were all my age. My parents were my parents. Never in a million years would I have spanked a total stranger's child in a public place.

My kids know how to act in public, so if one of them were crying it would be for a good reason (bumped head, stomach ache, smashed fingers, etc.) If it were me he never would have gotten past that first threat because I would have thrown one right back at him. If he approached us, I would have put my children behind me and gotten ready to open a can of whoopass on his wrinkled rectum.

The Amber Rose Workout

Girl With a Gun on School Bus Gets Blitzed By Football Star

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Tuesday morning began just like any other morning for football star Kaleb Eulls.

Eulls and his three younger sisters were among 22 passengers on a school bus bound for Yazoo County High School in western Mississippi until a 14-year old female student boarded the bus armed with a .380 semi-automatic handgun threatening to shoot and ordering the bus driver to pull over.

Eulls had fallen asleep at the back of the bus listening to his mp3 player and did not realize what was happening until one of his sisters woke him up.

"My sister that was in front of me woke up and told me that the girl had a gun," Eulls said. "She was pointing it back and forth at other people and the little kids that were sitting at the back. I just thought real quick and tried to grab her attention before she pointed the gun at anybody else. I wanted her to point it at me so she wouldn't point it at anybody else."

Kaleb Eulls saved the lives of 22 students Tuesday morning.

Eulls then opened up the emergency door located in the back and began evacuating as many students as he could from the rear of the bus while trying to reason with the armed female.

"I just tried to talk to her and calm her down," said the 6-foot-4, 255-pound Eulls. "She was just getting louder and louder. I guess for a quick second she looked out the window and when she did that I just sprung at her. I just knocked her down and got the gun away from her. When I got the gun I ran out the back door and disarmed it."

Eulls, who is a four-star defensive end that is verbally committed to play football at Mississippi State next year, was not concerned for his own well being at the moment. He selflessly did what he thought was the right thing to save the life of the others on board.

She Forgot the Chips....

Grocery store cameras caught the woman taking a 24-can case of beer from a cooler, exposing the 20-pound case between her thighs by pulling up her housedress, pulling her dress back down, and waddling out of the store. But it took a while to identify and find her.

Lisa Newsome, 42, of Baker, didn't deny anything when she was arrested Monday, said Capt. David McDavid of the Zachary Police Department."She wanted to demonstrate it ..." he said. "I told her, no thanks, I wasn't into that."

The theft was Aug. 22. McDavid said police learned the woman's identity last week and located her Monday afternoon. She was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a theft charge. If she's not careful the Miller High Life Dude gonna jump outta there talkin' about "Oh,HELL NAW, this ain't the high life up in hee-aa!" and snatch his case back...

Michael Jackson is scheduled to be buried

Michael Jackson is scheduled to be buried this evening at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California. His family plans a private sunset ceremony with close friends and family in attendance.

Norweigian glacier shows a weeping face

A glacier in Norway has astonished people the world over by appearing to depict a weeping face as it melts away into the icy waters below. Some say the face is that of Mary weeping for Jesus others claim it is Michael Jackson crying over all the negative coverage in the wake of his death. Environmentalists are calling it Mother Nature's tears and have floated plans to use photos of the glacier in anti-global warming campaigns in the coming months. Global warming is the leading cause of melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten coastal towns worldwide.

Lil' Mama calls out a tranny

Lil' Mama had to backpeddle and issue an apology to a transitioning man-to-woman transgendered (are you still following this) contestant on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew" after saying this during the judging:

"Leiomy, come on. Your behavior ... it's unacceptable ... You were born a man and you are becoming a woman. If you're going to become a woman, act like a lady ... It gets too crazy and it gets confusing." Lil' Mama was referring to Leiomy Maldonado storming out of rehearsals with her dance group Vogue Evolution the week before the taping.

Lil' Mama got a lot of flak for her remarks so she sent the following apology to GLAAD:

"I would like to clarify anything that was misunderstood from Sunday's show. My remarks were never meant to be disrespectful regarding Leiomy's gender nor offensive to the LGBT community, which has been a community that has supported me in all my endeavors. However, in hindsight, I recognize that my words may have come across as hurtful. I spoke with her privately after the taping to express that it was not my intent to offend her or any member of the transgender community and that I still live for Vogue Evolution."

That's Lil' Mama at the top.

LisaRaye a Golddigger?: file this under obvious news

Chris Brown's full Larry King interview

Chris says they haven't spoken for two months because of the restraining order. He says he still loves her, blah blah blah.

Madonna's daughter better be a little bit more than "like" a virgin

The humping at the 3:00 mark is priceless.

Madonna's 12-year-old daughter Lourdes played dress-up in her mother's 1984 costume from the "Like A Virgin" video and tour; Lourdes donned the costume to appear in the second video version of her mother's hit single "Celebration." Madonna has also been bringing her out on stage for her appearances in her "Sticky and Sweet" world tour.

I'm beginning to think Michael Jackson was on to something by shielding his children from the media and controlling their access to movies and music. I think more parents should step up and monitor what their children watch and listen to; children should be children, not young whores in training.

Let me say I stan for Madonna. I listened to all her songs as a child. I loved "Like A Virgin," but the label that always followed Madonna was trashy and whorish. She embraced that. It became part of her persona to be overtly sexual. It worked for her and continues to contribute to the longevity of her fame. My problem comes when you transfer that to a child, a pre-teen at that. I think we, as a country need to take a long hard look at why there is such a dichotomy between somewhat acceptable sexualized imagery of children and unacceptable child sexuality.

R. Kelly's career continues to suffer because of allegations he had sex with a minor girl. (He has not been convicted of those charges, but the stigma remains.) On the other hand you have Miley Cyrus posing nearly nude for Vanity Fair magazine, Vanessa Hudgens star of perennial pre-teen favorite Disney's High School Musical franchise splashed topless across the internet (she is over 18 now), an underaged Britney Spears posing in a bra and panty shorts or flirting in a school girl micro-miniskirt, and Abercrombie and Fitch is selling thongs for little girls. Don't even get me started on Beyonce's teenaged gyrations--I could go on and on; why does America accept all these sexualized images of children? What message is this sending to children and society as a whole?

"The Greatest R&B Singer of Our Generation"

Drake crowned Trey Songz "The Greatest R & B Singer of Our Generation" in his intro at the Canal Room in NYC on Sunday. They should have rolled Drake's injured behind to the stage in a wheelchair like when he was on Degrassi Jr. High. I got a feeling a twitt-traction is on the way....

If Omarion was let go from Cash Money for leaking a track, should Drake get static for leaving Cash Money's tour with an injured ACL then show up at someone else's (his alleged boyfriend's) concert?!

Our Favorite Cover Girl at a FEMALE Skripper Party

(if it was photoshop they could have shopped in a hotter skripper....why she wearin the motel drapes?!)

Queen is celebrating the release of her seventh CD, Persona, which took no. 25 on the charts this week. Anchored by Cool & Dre’s production, the album sold 18,400 units.

BBW Empowerment Cruise

Wild Safari: This post goes out to AnRnBThug! I'm sure you still have time to book.



Imagine this..Stepping out onto the lido deck, surrounded with the sea, accompanied by your friends, and loved ones who are celebrating you. Imagine having drinks brought to you by the pool deck, because you deserve it and you are fabulous.Imagine a fashion show, with every outfit that sashays down the runway is something that you could actually wear, find, and love! Lastly, imagine a seminar that helped you embrace all of the fabulous you, your curves, your health, your style, and your love. (They don't say a damn thang about food, but lets assume considering the clientele,I bet they cleared the workout gym for an extra buffet room this week)

Jean Clement has have been organizing cruises for plus size ladies and men and their admirers for the last four years (sounds like it could get a 'lil freaky to me). She works for Your World Travel in Palatine, Ill. Every year she organizes a seven day Big Beautiful Woman cruise with a new exciting destination each time. This year it is September 11-18th in Jamaica. Check it out at bbwcruise.com.

Body Magic

ol' lawsuit detector (5 years down the road) just went off.....

Ali Visits His Ancestors......In Ireland

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali made a sentimental journey Tuesday to discover his Irish roots, and met distant relatives during celebrations at the local town hall and a nearby castle.

Thousands lined the streets of Ennis, western Ireland, to cheer the motorcade carrying Ali as the three-time world heavyweight champion visited the home of his great-grandfather Abe Grady.

Abe Grady settled in the U.S. state of Kentucky in the 1860s and married a freed slave. One of their grandchildren, Odessa Lee Grady Clay, gave birth to the Greatest of All Time, Ali — then Cassius Clay — in 1942.

Fans adorned streets with red, white and blue USA bunting and flags, while shop windows competed to display the most impressive posters honoring Ali--or should we call him O'Ali?

German magazine admits it faked MJ Coroner Van video

A spokesperson for German television station RTL produced the hoax video for its daily magazine "Explosive" to tell people not to believe everything they see or read on the internet or media. "This was so obviously fake, in the case of Michael Jackson, it just was not possible," Schultz said.

RTL claims some viewers have been happy the station showed how easy it was to fake information online. Many others have commented online that this was completely tasteless to do in the wake of such an important person's death; this was the wrong topic to do this kind of experiment on. The video sparked incredible worldwide interest; more than 880,000 people have viewed the original video on YouTube. I called out this video as a hoax last week; I have posted a link to the annotated video showing why the video is a hoax. Click on the bubble in the upper right hand corner to translate it. I told y'all we're worldwide!

These guys are amazing!

Their show last night on the semifinals of America's Got Talent was just incredible. The leader is 45 years-old (and he's fine; they are ALL fine!). I hope I'm that spry at 45! Visit their website and show them some love.

Jay-Z's Rocawear-Limited Edition Arthur Ashe T-Shirt

...for the US OPEN.... if you don't know who Arthur Ashe is then shame on you. Arthur Ashe was the first African-American male (we were Black back then) to win a Grand Slam tennis title. He was a civil rights activist and an urban health care advocate. The stadium in NYC where the US Open is held is named after him. For more information click here

WMS/ws

The White House is still a family home

Peep Sasha Obama sneaking up on daddy in the Oval Office. Sometimes it is easy to forget the White House is still a family home and Pres. Obama is a father first. I respect that. The Obamas are just so real. I have lost track of the number of times I have seen those girls just out in regular clothes with fuzzy hair just as happy as can be. Sasha is such a cutie!

Whitney Has Crowd Sing for Her-Blames Oprah

Whitney's voice cracked for her public debut in Central Park. Three songs into her four song set, Whitney blamed an interview with Oprah the day before for straining her voice. (No word about the years of alleged crack use contributing to the problems.)

Whitney delivered her songs with confidence, but hid behind her backup singers and the audience to sing the chorus on "Million Dollar Bill." The old Whitney would have soared on a ballad like "I Look to You" but this time she broke off her notes before their natural completion and spoke/sang rather than belted out the verses as we might expect from the Queen of the power ballad. Anyone who has heard any of her new recordings should have expected this. Whitney's voice is less creamy and huskier than it was in her heyday. Still, the CD delivers and is a sure hit with all the hype surrounding her comeback.

WMS/ws

Yaki International

Beyonce "Broken Hearted Girl" Live Donbass Arena Ukraine

Drake "Successful" feat. Trey Songz

Aubrey O'Day has diarrhea of the mouth

Frankly, I'm shocked...shocked she even knows who Hitler and Fidel are. She finished school?

You've got to strike before the casket gets cold...

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PJWN Back to School-You Could Be Ghetto SAT Tess....

1. You've ever used an album cover for a dustpan.
(5 points)

2. If you've ever run a race barefoot in the middle of the street.
(10 points)

3. You had an aunt/uncle that wasn't really your aunt/uncle.
(5 + 5 extra points if you was the aunt/uncle)

4. If you ever had to pick your own switch or belt.
(3 points for each)

5. If you have ever had to walk to school or walked home from school.
(2 points/+10 points if you got your ass kicked on the way to or from)

6. If you have ever used dishwashing liquid for bubble bath.
(5 points)

7. If you ever mixed Kool-Aid one glass at a time because you got tired of other people drinking up the Kool-Aid you just made.
(5 points)

8. If you have ever played any of the following games: hide and go seek, freeze, tag, Momma may I?, kick the can or red light/green light.
(2 points each)

9. If your neighborhood had an ice cream man or peanut man.
(2 points + 2 if he rang a bell)

10. If you refer to "Now and Later" candies as "Nighladers".
(5 points)

11. If you've ever run from the police on foot.
(5 points + 5 if you got away)

12. If you've ever had reusable bacon grease in a container on your stove.
(5 points + 15 if you still do it)

13. The batteries in your remote control ever been held in by a piece of tape.
(5 points)

14. If you have ever worn any of the following fragrances Brut,Hai Karate, Jean Nate, Old Spice, Chloe, English Leather, Stetson, Charlie, Emeraude or Faberge.
(1 point each)

15. You've ever used Tussy Deodorant, Pepsodent Toothpaste or Lava Soap.
(5 points)

16. You've never been to the dentist.
(15 points)

17. If you have a friend or family member whose nickname is one word said twice: dee-dee, fee-fee, man-man, Kay-Kay, lee-lee, ree-ree, ray-ray, nay-nay, tee-tee etc.
(10 points)

18. You have ever paged yourself for any reason.
(3 points)

19. You've ever worn house shoes outside of the house.
(2 points)

20. You add "ED" or "T" to the end of words already in the past tense
(for example, Tooked, Light-Skinneded, kilt, ruint, etc.)
(5 points)

21. You use 'n'em to describe a certain group of people ( for example Craig'n'em or Momma 'n'em).
(5 points)

22. You've ever driven on a donut more than 2 weeks after your flat.
(5points)

23. Your child drops his/her pacifier and you sanitize it by sucking it.
(10 points)

24. You have ever slept in a chair to avoid messing up your hair.
(10 points)

25. You've ever left a social gathering with a plate.
(2 points)

26. You can't hold a glass because of the length of your nails.
(5 points)

27. The gold teeth in your mouth spell words.
(10 points)

28. You don't have your own place but your child has a leather coat and a pair of Jordan's. (15 points)

29. You constantly hit *69 and ask, "Did you just call here?"
(10 points)

30. You think Tupac is still alive.
(20 points)

31. If you are going to have to use a calculator to add your points.
(25points)


-- Now the totals...

0 - 50 points - I guess you were raised in the suburbs

51 - 75 points - A bonafide ex-hood rat

76 - 150 points - Spent a little time in the projects, huh?

150 points or more - Still there, huh?

What’s your score????
(I got an 81)

Did we forget any questions?
Like: Did you ever put hot sauce on plain Lay's Potato Chips?
Did you ever run an extension cord fron someone else's house to your own?
Have you ever picked up a pizza on your bicycle?
Did you ever take your own greasy paper bag butter popcorn to the movies?
Use patio furniture as regular furniture?
Call sausage, shawshage? or ask for Ragu'& hot dog spaghetti sauce at the store?
Ever use a eyebrow pencil to do homework?
Sing into the rectal nozzle of an enema bag hangin'in the shower?
Roll a halter-top into your hair to look like Farrah Fawcett?
Have a bottle of Boone's Farm, Bali Hai or Thunderbird wine in the fridge?
Own a 26" floor model color tv, but had a portable 12" tv on top of it because the floor tv didn't work?

Tameka blames y'all for her breakup

Usher's soon-to-be-ex-wife opened up to Upscale Magazine about the role outside forces played in the failure of her marriage to the R&B star:

“...I understand where all the negativity comes from. Unfortunately I think that some black women are – subconsciously – not in love with the image they see in the mirror. Therefore in turn they do not love someone like me. I look too much like them. They would definitely have preferred my husband marry someone more exotic looking. Instead of saying 'wow, she looks like me. She’s living a fairytale' - they criticize...Yes it played a factor. I was not given a fair shot. People passed judgment without getting to know me. How can you get the entire concept of who I am from a blog?"

Her full interview appears in the September/October 2009 issue of the magazine.

It will now cost three times as much to bury Michael Jackson

The Jackson family's decision to bury Michael at Glenlawn Cemetery this Wednesday instead of on his birthday Saturday will cost them three times as much, or $150,000. That high price includes security and perimeter control, street closures, and a police helicopter to patrol from the sky and discourage paparazzi choppers from attempting to get pictures of the golden casket.

Mya's Starting With the Excuses Already

DWTS contestant Mya fractured a bone in her foot (likely tripping on an escalator in the mall) last year that has only recently fully recovered. Although she was given an all-clear to compete, the 29-year-old is wondering how her foot will hold up amid the show's demanding ballroom routines.

"My doctor said I'm fully healed because it's the bone. But now I have to make sure my tendons are strong enough," she told WENN. "I was pre-training before this, just doing cardio and stretching, so we'll see how it goes."

She contends that all her prior dancing experience is practically useless as she tries to tackle an entirely new genre: ballroom, with her professional partner Dmitry Chaplin. Mya does have to admit however, a three legged dog could beat contestants such as Tom DeLay, Kelly Osbourne, Chuck Liddell, Kathy Ireland and Louis Vito so she's safe for at least the first five weeks or so....

It's So Cold In the "D"

"T.D." McCoy

A Michigan man on a dinner date not only fled the restaurant sticking his female companion with the check, he even stole her car, according to police.

Terrance Dejuan McCoy, 23, and an unidentified woman had dinner at a Buffalo Beef and Wangs in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale on April 24. The woman, who knew McCoy only as "Chris," had met him at a Detroit casino the week before. When the check came, McCoy claimed he had left his wallet in the woman's 2000 Chevrolet Impala. He then asked to borrow her car keys - and never came back. The woman told police she also had a backpack with $300 cash inside the car, along with a laptop computer, iPod and a digital camera.

It wasn't hard for cops to track McCoy down. According to the Daily Tribune of Royal Oak, he was identified by a photo and a phone number he had sent to the woman's cell phone. McCoy was charged with unlawfully taking the car, a felony that could get him up to five years in jail if convicted. His trial is set to begin this Thursday.

It's a safe bet there won't be a second date.

Rumor has it Lauren London does not really know who the daddy is

Rumors and speculations have been flying around the blogosphere about the true identity of Lauren London's real baby daddy. Maino protegy Push Montana is the latest candidate in the Maury-like guessing game among fans and haters alike. As you know by now, Lauren took to her Twitter over the weekend to state that yes, she knows without doubt Lil' Wayne is the father of the baby. She seemed proud about it, too, but that is fodder for another post. Hmmpf!

No wonder Eminem is so angry all the time!

Eminem's ex-wife, Kim Mathers, aired him out on Detroit radio station WKQI. Kim spat, “I can't stand him. He's an absolutely horrible person and he gets worse every day. I vomit in my mouth whenever I'm around him or I hear his name. There's nothing left in me for him. Nothing at all,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.“He's not very well endowed. If you're going to have sex with Marshall, make sure you have a little blue pill because otherwise it does not work."

Well damn. Tell us how you really feel.

Dr. Murray may have administered 16 times the amount of Propofol he said he did

Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, claims he started Michael on a 50 milligram dose of propofol for approximately six weeks then tapered it down to 25 milligrams out of fear Michael might become addicted. He maintains he only adminstered 25 milligrams of propofol the night Michael died, however authorities say it would take at least 400 millligrams—16 times the amount he allegedly gave him—to put someone of Jackson's body size to sleep for eight hours. Reportedly, investigators remain unconvinced Dr. Murray is being entirely truthful of his accounts of Michael's last night.

Before there was Melyssa Ford or Karinne Steffans, there was Ola Raye

Before there was a Melyssa Ford or a Karinne Steffans (Ms. Superhead her self), there was Ola Ray. Ola Ray (no relation to LisaRay--I think), the original video girl is STILL harping that she didn't get paid for Thriller. Ola did what is perhaps the most famous 14 minute walk in the world, but she couldn't seem to walk over to the court house for 27 years. Her attorney filed documents in Los Angeles court claiming she is a creditor to Michael Jackson's estate. Ray claims she hasn't been paid royalties for the video and is seeking an unspecified amount of money from his estate (now valued at $1.3 Billion by some estimates).

Ola is currently a stay-at-home mom but in 1982 she was a "model/actress" who posed for Playboy in 1980. For those of you who have a collection, she was Playmate of the Month for June 1980. Michael picked her from thousands upon thousands of candidates reportedly because she had "the look." People the world over responded to Ola's processed curl, cropped denim outfit, and bright red lipstick that matched her red pumps. Ola was indeed the "it girl" for about two years in the early 80's. Her career eventually fizzled with her last acting credit listed as Beverly Hills Cop II in 1987 (she is not even on the third tier list of actors).

This is hardly the first time Ola has started squawking about Thriller; in 1997 she apologized to Michael for complaints about payments only to start up again 12 years later and two months before his death. After Michael's passing in June, Ola made the media rounds, just like a host of his other "friends," saying "I am freaking out, I can't believe that he is gone," she said. "He was my hero as well as my mentor. And I really respected him".

Reportedly, Ray still has one of Michael's Grammy Awards in her possession; she accepted it on his behalf and never gave it back. I also seem to recall reading Michael bankrolled Thriller and paid everyone up front so he would own all the rights and profits to the video. If this is true the Ola Ray and director John Landis (another so-called "friend" who is also suing for royalties from the estate) may be S.O.L.

Drake only dates cougars

22-year-old hip hop phenomenon Drake told MTV News why he only dates cougars:

"I used to talk to this woman that was 35-plus...It was kind of, like, what she saw in me...We were doing things young people do, like just going swimming late at night. Just chilling, drinking, like kicking it, talking. But it was so intriguing for me. The appeal was obvious...But I like older women, period. I never end up dating, seriously, women that are my age."

I think that's kind of cute. On the other hand, WTF at that 35+? Like anything past 35 years old is some no-man's-land of old age. There is a huge difference between a 35 year-old woman, a 55-year-old woman and a 75-year-old woman (though I'm sure Tina Turner and Lena Horne can surely handle his young ass).

LisaRaye jumps bad on her ex-

Since she has faded from the blogosphere, LisaRaye McCoy-Misick (why is she still using his last name?) felt the need to have a chat with JET Magazine (they still publish JET?) about her ordeal with her ex-husband, Michael Misick, the former Premier of the Turks & Caicos:

"It didn't go down the way it was reported: [They said] I was airlifted, I was beat. Honey if I'm beat, that place would have been on fire. I am a South Side Chicago girl, ain't nobody putting their hands on me, and getting away with it – at all."

Now, I could be remembering this wrong, but wasn't LisaRaye boo-hooing to Essence Magazine right after her altercation with Misick and his people? (rumor has it Rocsi was in the house) Allegedly she was abruptly disinvited from the island nation she spent so much time promoting in an unprecedented international tourism campaign.

Are Companies Dropping Black Models Because of the Recession?

Naomi Campbell is accusing the advertising business of using the recession as an excuse to avoid using black models to sell their products.

"This year, we have gone back all the way that we had advanced," she says, according to UK's Telegraph newspaper. "I don't see any black woman, or of any other race, in big advertising campaigns."

Campbell, who was born in London to a mother of Caribbean descent, refers to the publication last year of a special edition of Italian Vogue dedicated to non-white models."That made some noise, but, unfortunately, we are the same as before," she says. "People, in the panic of the recession, don't dare to put a girl of color in their campaign. Nor of any other race. It's a shame. It's very sad."

Could you survive for a week on bubblegum, crackers, and dirty water?

Tressel Hawkins, 43, of Markham; Curtis Hall, 28, of Palacios; and James Phillips, 30, of Blessing, Texas were rescued Saturday after their boat filled with water and capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. The men clung to the top of the overturned catamaran 180 miles from land for an entire week eating nothing but crackers and bubblegum; they used a hose to siphon off fresh water from their internal washdown tank. Boaters use the washdown tank to remove slime and debris from their boats when they are out at sea. The water is fresh, rather than saltwater, but it is not usually considered potable. Many are calling their Saturday rescue by another small vessel which just happened to pass by miraculous since the Coast Guard had called off their search Friday after searching over 86,000 square miles of water and believing the men to be dead.

Michael Jackson's Birthday Party in Brooklyn: A Spike Lee Joint

On-and-off-again rain showers be damned, thousands turned out today in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to celebrate what would have been Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday. For what was essentially a joyous block party — but held in a giant meadow, and helmed by Spike Lee — some said they almost didn’t make it for reasons other than the weather.

"I was kind of emotional this morning, but I pulled myself together,” said a Michael Jackson impersonator who goes by Gritty, channeling “Bad”-era MJ (with extra sequins).What about the dance-offs between the other fans dressed in tribute?“There’s always somewhat of a rivalry,” Gritty adnitted, in between having his photo taken with fans. “But I just represent a piece of him. We can never be the best.”

DJ Spinna played a roughly five-hour set, with Lee and other famous Brooklynites and Jackson fans cutting in — including Ed Lover (of 105.1FM, “Yo! MTV Raps” and — everyone’s favorite — the “Ed Lover Dance” fame) and Tracy Morgan introducing crowd karaoke to “Black or White,” “The Way You Make You Feel,” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin.’ ”

For “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin,’ a song whose lyrics have famously confused listeners — at least until this summer, when it seemed to be blasting out of everyone’s car or cafe in homage — party organizers handed out “Yeah, yeah!!!” and “Mama se, mama sa, ma ma coo sa!!!” placards. People got the lyrics, but just waved the cards in excitement at the wrong time, despite Lee’s attempts to dissuade them: “You gotta wait till your part comes up! Put it down!”

Rev. Al Sharpton gave a blessing that somehow included a nod to Ted Kennedy and the fourth anniversary of Katrina. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz popped in to proclaim the occasion “Michael Jackson Memorial Day.” “Whatever Spike Lee wants in Brooklyn, Spike Lee gets,” Markowitz said, not ruling out future Michael Jackson memorial events. Would Markowitz call this a Spike Lee joint, then? “It is a Spike Lee joint. It is a Spike Lee joint!”

Kim K Teams With Fiddy to Make Fragrance

This should make Kim and Reggie's efforts at getting back together more likely to be successful. Kardashian has inked a deal with Fiddy's company, Lighthouse Beauty - which will also market and distribute a line of 50 Cent-inspired colognes (one which will smell like a broke baby's mama) later this year.

Kim K. tells Women's Wear Daily, "What’s so different about their approach is that they have worked so closely with me on all aspects of my fragrance, the bottle, the juice... so I can develop a product that truly represents me and speaks to my fans... the fragrance really captures who I am." "I am also hoping to market a line of Vitamin type Waters with 50's company as well."

Jay Z Still Wants to go Hollywood

When Jay-Z first retired six years ago, he said he wanted to switch his focus on Hollywood. However the music retirement part never happened.

So, where does this leave his acting career?

Jay tells MTV that it's still in the works, he's just taking his time. "I do. I do," Jay insisted about whether he still wants to make movies in the future. "I'm taking my time. It may seem like it's taking forever, but when I do, it's gonna be something added to the genre. I just don't wanna do a couple movies and be gone. I want it to be something that's really important, so I'm taking my time with it. Hopefully when I arrive in Hollywood, I can leave a footprint." Take your time, jiggaman.

We're not sure when that transition will happen, but until then, we always have music. His highly anticipated Blueprint 3 hits stores on September 11, featuring the singles "Run This Town" and "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)."

Have the Kennedy's Handed Their Political Keys to Obama?

Many saw Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Obama in the Democratic primaries last year as his handing the keys to Camelot to someone outside the family.

Kennedy's son Patrick, a Democratic congressman from Rhode Island, has kept a relatively low profile in Congress and has faced substance abuse problems that have led to stints in rehab facilities.

JFK's daughter, Caroline, stepped into the political spotlight recently, only later to drop out of the running for Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat.

Robert Kennedy's son Joe was derailed after a messy personal life involving a high-profile annulment, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, has largely stayed out of the spotlight.

Others, like Robert Kennedy Jr., have careers in public service outside of government.

But Stephen Hess, a former staffer in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations and an adviser to presidents Ford and Carter, says that right now, there are no other Kennedys to assume Ted Kennedy's place in American politics. But don't count them out....

I'd like 16 Slim Jims, 2 liters of hand sanitizer, a pair of Jordans, a crate of toilet paper, a mega Axe body wash and a case of Now and Laters...

Government sent 3,900 economic stimulus checks to prison inmates -- 2,200 got to keep them

The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates.

The checks were part of the massive economic recovery package approved by Congress and President Barack Obama in February. About 52 million Social Security recipients, railroad retirees and those receiving Supplemental Security Income were eligible for the one-time checks.

Prison inmates are generally ineligible for federal benefits. However, 2,200 of the inmates who received checks got to keep them because, under the law, they were eligible, said Mark Lassiter, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration. They were eligible because they weren't incarcerated in any one of the three months before the recovery package was enacted. "The law specified that any beneficiary eligible for a Social Security benefit during one of those months was eligible for the recovery payment," Lassiter said.

The other 1,700 checks? That was a mistake.

Checks were sent to those inmates because government records didn't accurately show they were in prison, Lassiter said. He said most of those checks were returned by the prisons.

BBQ With the Neelys from Food Network

(I swear one show I heard Patrick tell Gina,"Baby, put some booty juice on it!")

Alive or Memorex? Tupac CLAP-Obama, T.I.P. and Hillary

How dey do dat? Do NOT play this if you're at work....

Channing Tatum Got Start as a Stripper

While Hollywood starlets like Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Greene are embarrassed about their naked photo past, Channing Tatum has nothing to be shy about.

Usmagazine.com has obtained a video of the "G.I. Joe" star showing off his chiseled abs and raunchy dance moves when he performed in a Chippendales-style revue called Male Encounter in 1999.

The then 18-year-old former model approached the group's owner, London Steele, at a now-closed Florida nightclub about a job. "He was shy at first, but he really knew how to work the stage," Steele said. "The women went crazy for him!" Performing under the stage name "Chan Crawford," Tatum lip-synched in his act and earned $50 a night plus tips during his year-long stint. Unfortunately for his female admirers, Tatum could only strip down to his skivvies because the stage show had a strict no-nudity policy.

Regardless, the actor's moves caught the eye of a female casting agent, who put him in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" music video.Tatum went on to show off his dance skills in the 2006 flick "Step Up," where he met his future wife, actress Jenna Dewan. The couple wed in Malibu on July 11.

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