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The census form for 2010 features a word more often heard in 1966: Negro.

For most African Americans, the word conjures visions of Jim Crow and segregation - even if the Census Bureau says it's included to ensure an accurate count of the nation's minority residents.

Question No. 9 on this year's census form asks about race, with one of the answers listed as "Black, African-Am., or Negro."

Census Bureau spokesman Jack Martin said the use of "Negro" was intended as a term of inclusion.

"Many older African-Americans or dark skinned Mexicans who can't speak english identified themselves that way, and many still do," he said. "Those who identify themselves as Negroes need to be included."

The form was also approved by Congress more than a year ago, and the word has appeared on past forms.

New Years Hangover...

J-LO? or Hell Nah?

Surprise, Surprise...Tiger's Daddy Cheated too...

Now we know where Tiger learned how to swing.

More than a decade before Woods was outed as a serial philanderer, his beloved father was caught cheating on his mom, the golfer's high school girlfriend told E! News.

The revelation left a teenage Tiger devastated.

"He would just call crying and say, 'My dad is with another woman,' and that would be really all he could say," said Dina Parr, 34.
"He would be so upset, so I just tried to be there for him and listen to him."


This is proof that Tiger, his boy Chuck and Air Whore-dan played 'rent-a-becky' as Sir Charles poses with one of the Tiger 16 (as of today), Jamie Jungers.

Meanwhile, Elin has hired celebrity attorney Sorrell Trope and remember the California crib? Guess where Elin is relocating, has a lunch date with Shaunie O'Neal and circumventing the pre-nup for up to $500 million in no-fault money?

RHOA Without Kim and Nene?

Gatecrasher reports that the producers of RHOA have been hitting check cashing places, welfare offices, Undergound Atlanta, strip club dumpsters and the bottom of broke down wigs for two lovely ladies to replace Kim and Nene.

According to a source, NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak are demanding more money to appear on the show than Bravo cares to dish out — and producers are so fed up with their diva-esque requests, they're quietly making plans to move on without the two.

While a final decision hasn't been made, one Atlanta lady who viewers won't be seeing on the show is Tameka Foster Raymond, better known as Usher's ex-wife.

"Tameka isn't very popular in Atlanta," says the source, who reveals that the 39-year-old was initially in the running. "The producers asked each one of the women how they would feel if she were cast, and they all said that they'd walk. That's the one thing they've been united about." But is that decision up to the cast or the producers?

Three NYC Dept. of Corrections officials resign

Three key officials at the Department of Corrections resigned Friday, just months after several prisoners held religious parties and a jailed female rapper posed for a magazine photo shoot for a hip-hop magazine.

Chief of Department Carolyn Thomas and Frank Squillante, assistant chief of special operations, both turned in their resignations effective Oct. 31, sources said. George Okada's resignation as warden of the Manhattan detention complex is effective the middle of next month, sources also said.

In June 2009, rapper Foxy Brown, who was serving nine months on Rikers Island for beating two nail salon manicurists in 2006, did a jailhouse interview with XXL Magazine.Correction officers allowed Brown to do the interview and pose for the photo shoot to promote her new album.

Black Patrons Sue Nightclub for $1 Billion

August 6th was supposed to be a big night for top urban fiction author Teri Woods, who had invited 175 people to party at a trendy SoHo nightclub to celebrate her new book 'Alibi'.

But the NY Times best selling writer of 'True to the Game' ended up in tears when she found almost her entire guestlist being kept outside Greenhouse's notorious velvet rope.

Club owner Barry Mullineaux declined to discuss what had happened to Woods' party beyond calling charges of racism "all pretty much bogus." Except that all of Woods' African-American guests were denied entry to the club, while her white guests including her lawyers were. A $1 billion class action suit has been filed on behalf of the guests that were left out in the cold. Pop the collar for the details...

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray pitching his story

Michael Jackson's embattled physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is allegedly quietly trying to sell his story. With a possible manslaughter indictment and baby mama sapping his assets, Murray is said to be hoping that a book and/or movie deal could be the perfect hypodermic for a quick cash infusion.

Famed writer-producer Lawrence Schiller confirms that he recently got a call from "an interested party" asking for his advice on how Murray's story could be turned into a book and documentary.

Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, denied that Murray is looking to spill what he saw during the few weeks he tended to Jackson. "The doctor has had plenty of offers, but he is not interested in a book deal - he's interested in his freedom," Chernoff told us. "There is no agent out there authorized to make some deal for Dr. Murray (until I make the deal)."

Still, Murray's spokeswoman, Miranda Sevcik, admitted he has "money problems."

Chris Rock's NEXT Film is a Oprah Collabo

Chris Rock will star in a new film about a white man's amusing attempts to make an African-American friend, reports Variety.

The movie is based on a GQ magazine article, "Will You Be My Black Friend?" in which writer Devin Freidman - a white man in his mid-30's - chronicled how he tried to befriend a black man by placing an ad on Craig's List.

"Admitting that you count your black friends is a violation of the Unracist White Person Magna Carta," wrote Freidman. "It was possible at the time, we could have a black president and still not have a very mixed country." "But really, I couldn't handle walking around knowing that I have the same number of black friends as George W. Bush."

Published in GQ's November 2008 issue, the article is an eye-opening, if somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at race relations. Harpo Films, Oprah Winfrey's (who is also considered to be a pseudo-white friend to many in her audience) production company, partnered with movie studio Lionsgate to buy the rights to the story and make it a star vehicle for Rock. Is Rock planning to play the white dude?

Tyler Perry's House of Pain

Filmmaker Tyler Perry, who is promoting a new movie about an abused teenager, has gone public with brutal memories of his own childhood beatings and molestation.

In an email to fans that has Perry's admirers buzzing, he recounts various examples of terrible childhood mistreatment - from his father beating him senseless to a neighbor woman molesting him at age 10.

Even his grandmother, the mother of his hated father, became a threat when she objected to his weekly allergy shot, he recalls. "Ain't nothing wrong with that damn boy - he just got germs on him. Stop wasting all that money," she said, he recalled.

"She came and got me out of the living room leaving my Matchbox cars on the floor. She said she was going to kill these germs on me once and for all. She gave me a bath in ammonia."

Perry, 38, fled his abusive home in New Orleans and, after a period of homelessness and struggle, became a writer, director, actor and producer.He is now a mega-millionaire and one of the world's most influential black filmmakers. He is the producer of "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" on TV and his movies, including "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," "Madea's Family Reunion" and "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" have grossed $400 million.

Along with Oprah Winfrey, he executive produced "Precious," the story of an illiterate obese teen mom struggling to rise above horrible sexual and mental abuse. The movie opens nationally Nov. 6.

Perry has made no secret of his unhappy childhood and speaks often of his abusive father, but the raw details in his email were new revelations.

"I'm tired of holding this in. I don't know what to do with it anymore, so, I've decided to give some of it away," he wrote in Saturday's email, which was also posted on his website.

He recounted being beaten by his father for reading books and filching cookies."He got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back. To this day, I don't know what would make a person do something like that to a child," Perry wrote.

Terrie Williams, author of "Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting," praised Perry for sharing his old misery."When someone like Tyler Perry posts this kind of personal message it helps to free others," Williams said.

Meth wrote a check to the taxman...but then he got high...

The Staten Island rapper, actor and producer known as Method Man was tagged with another label Monday: tax cheat.

The 38-year-old Grammy-winning artist, a founding member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, was arrested for stiffing the tax man out of $32,799.

Method Man, whose real name is Clifford Smith, is accused of failing to pay New York State income taxes between 2004 and 2007. He faces up to four years in prison, if convicted.

The back story, according to the rapper, is simple.

“Myself, I’m a pothead, it’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget everything else. Sure, [the tax department] sent letters to my house saying, ‘We need this money.’ They started sending them in 2002. Here it is, 2009, and I never paid this s— because I don’t think like that!”

Latina too ghetto to serve drinks at NYC Hawaiian Tropic Zone? Judge will let jury decide

A luscious Latina who sued the Hawaiian Tropic Zone will leave it to a jury to decide whether she's "too ghetto" to sling drinks in a bikini at the infamous eatery. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward Lehner on Tuesday greenlighted the discrimination lawsuit by Melody Morales, who charged that she was denied her dream job because she didn't "speak white."

"I don't think accent should play any role in service at a restaurant where the waitresses serve drinks and meals in bikinis," said Derek Smith, a lawyer for the top-heavy former Hooters girl.

Morales, 22, sued the Times Square restaurant in January after the stunner with a 34-D cup size says she was twice rejected for a job by managers who didn't much care for her "Latin accent."

"They're going to see that she speaks very well," Smith said. "And I intend to depose all of the waitresses who work there because I am interested to see how well they speak."

Lawyers for the recently reopened Hawaiian Tropic Zone had tried to have Morales' suit tossed - and they strongly hinted that she was a hooker after her photos appeared on what they called "very filthy" Web sites. James Rosenzweig, a lawyer for the Hawaiian Tropic Zone, however, declined to comment.

Former Giants star Plaxico Burress accepts surprise plea bargain, will spend two years in jail

Ex-Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress took a surprise plea bargain Thursday that will land the talented but troubled wide receiver behind bars for two years.

The unexpected agreement with the Manhattan district attorney came nine months after Burress, 31, shot himself through the thigh with an illegal .40-caliber Glock in a crowded nightclub.

"Do you wish to plead guilty?" asked state Supreme Court Judge Michael Melkonian as Burress stood before him. "Is that what you want to do?"

"Yes, sir," replied a subdued Burress, who returns to court Sept. 22 for his official sentencing. He's expected to begin his jail term the same day. The plea came during what appeared to be a routine court appearance. Burress, whose deal included two years of probation, pleaded guilty to a reduced count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

Once he reports to jail, Burress - if he avoids trouble behind bars - should serve about 20 months, said his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman.

D.L. Hughley to compete with Steve Harvey as KISS morning man

On New York radio waves, Comedian D.L. Hughley is the new morning host at WRKS (98.7 FM), where he will go up against longtime colleague Steve Harvey at WBLS (107.5 FM).

Hughley starts Monday at Kiss, where his team will include Jacque Reid (who is probably still getting paid by BLS after how Steve treated her), the former BET anchor who was also a Harvey sidekick.

Most recently Hughley was a host and correspondent for CNN. He has no radio experience, but said in a statement that "I always wanted to do radio. The audience of New York may not always like what I say, but I promise to never play down to them and I promise to always work hard to keep them entertained."

Hughley and Harvey, along with Cedric the Entertainer and the late Bernie Mac, were the stars in Spike Lee's 2000 movie "The Original Kings of Comedy."