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."
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 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.
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).
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.
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."
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.
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!”
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."
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)."
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....
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.
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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