Somebody please tell me what the hell is going on with his hair?

Jermaine Jackson held a news conference in Vienna, Austria, today to announce a tribute concert for his late brother, Michael Jackson. The concert will be held on the grounds of the former imperial Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna on Saturday, Sept. 26 2009. "The Tribute" concert will be presented by Jermaine and World Awards Media. Jermaine will also produce the concert along with Halima Rashid and Georg Kindel. The show will feature a headline performance by Chris Brown. Brown hasn't performed publicly since his spat with Rihanna after the Grammys. Natalie Cole and Mary J. Blige are also among the slated performers.

It is amazing how I can't turn on my television or fire up my laptop without seeing his face when I hadn't heard boo from Jermaine since the Victory tour. Would somebody please tell me what the hell is going on with his hair?

Miss Candy Stick

Former All-Fulton County Point Guard at Gay Pride Weekend in the ATL...

I know I have a single glove somewhere in my closet...

One of Michael Jackson's white sequined gloves just sold at Australian auction house Bonhams and Goodman for $57,600 Australian (US$48,400), almost twice the estimated selling price. The glove was put up for auction by the estate of Bill Hibble, a fan who caught the glove Michael tossed to the crowd after the Australian premiere for his short film "Ghosts."

Kanye explains the details of his businesss arrangement with Amber

Kanye considers his relationships to be a contractual business arrangement. He told the French magazine Liberation, “Real rock stars, he said one day, get married and have rock stars babies...Of course women are attracted by celebrity, money, the illusion of 'love me for who I am' is stupid/an idiocy, we are no longer in college, I am fcuking Kanye West."

Fucking Kanye West he is. The same divo who reportedly declared after Michael Jackson's passing:

"You know everyone loves and respects Michael but times change. It's so sad to see Michael gone but it makes a path for a new King of Pop and I'm willing to take that on," he told Scrape TV. "There's nobody who can match me in sales and in respect so it only makes sense for me to take over Michael's crown and become the new King." He concluded, "First there was Elvis, then there was Michael, now in the 21st century it's Kanye's time to rule. I have nothing but respect for Michael but someone needs to pick up where he left off and there's nobody better than me to do that. I am the new King of Pop."

Kanye later denied making the statements after a huge internet backlash arose after his remarks circulated for a few weeks. However, the title has resurfaced as a caption on his cover shot for--you guessed it--Liberation magazine. Since Kanye is such a might rock star you know his people had final approval over his feature. Evidently Kanye really does believe he can step up to the throne. Just which throne he really belongs on is debatable...

Sudanese reporter arrested for wearing trousers

Lubna Hussein, a Sudanese reporter for the United Nations, was arrested for public indecency for wearing trousers in the culturally and religiously divided nation. Hussein, who was wearing professional trousers women in most parts of Asia, Europe, the U.S., and other western nations take for granted, was found guilty and fined by a Sudanese court.

10 of the other 11 women arrested with Hussein have already plead guilty and been whipped, but Hussein says she refuses to pay the fine and is prepared to go to prison to prove her point. Her attorney maintains the indecency laws are unnecessarily vague and broad. There is a large divide between the mostly Islamic Arab-oriented north and the mostly Christian, sub-Saharan oriented south.

Hussein's case has galvanized the women's movement across the Sudan where thousands of women and girls have been beaten and harrassed under the guise of public indecency laws since the 1990's.

I wonder what you would get for wearing this?


(Tamar Braxton, Toni's sister.)

Source: Reuters

Cadillac Sales Decrease 55% During Cash For Clunkers SO...

GM releases a new fragrance-
smells like new car, those evergreen things that hang on
the rear view mirror, patchouli oil and NY City cab driver...

Legally Hood-Rat

While GM can't give them away, LAPD has a little more luck...it's raining escalades

Diva's Got to Eat Too...

She couldn't make it to MJ's burial service, maybe because she was already "running for the border"...

So Much For That Fractured Foot-Bone

Mya performing at Dusk in Atlantic City...

From This...To This - Maia Campbell Chips and Flips

A supposed ‘crack video’ of 32 year-old actress, Maia Campbell, has surfaced online showing the former star actress of the popular 1990s television show “In The House” which also starred rapper LL Cool J, sitting, apparently prostituting herself, in a car having an explicit, mature, and graphic conversation with a man filming the entire talk with Campbell, who was not at all pleased about being filmed. Regardless of the speculation behind the intent of the video and whether Campbell is mentally ill, or if any of this is true, the whole episode is a cautionary tale...

Erykah Badu on Parenting and Twitty Milk

Not only does Erykay Badu try to send her fans a message through her music, now she is handing out parenting advice, too. Badu has three children; Seven (11 years), who is her son with Andre 3000 of Outkast; Puma (5 years) her daughter with rapper The D.O.C and Mars(7 months),her daughter with rapper/producer Jay Electronica.

She cites “parents not participating in kids’ schooling,” as her biggest parental pet peeve. She thinks parents need to be deeply involved in the information being fed to their children. Food for thought isn't her only concern: Erykah adheres to a vegan lifestyle both for herself as well as for her three children. She is quick to point out that she did not “in any way force them to have the same lifestyle..I think they should know the benefits of having a healthy body.” Apparently smoking herb does not run counter to that healthy body philosophy.

The diet is sometimes a challenge, however. When asked about whether her children ever request hot dogs or just some damn chicken nuggets, Erykah replies, “they joke about it,” and admits, “I’m sure as children they feel left out sometimes.” To counter junk food cravings, she tries to have alternatives available.

Her friend ?uestlove of the Roots was the one that dared her to "twitter" while in labor with baby Mars. Her mother boasts, "she’s the first Twitter baby, and she’s breastfed on Twitty milk.”

WMS/ws

Merriman Has Too Many Shots of Tequila

San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was placed under citizens arrest Sunday by television reality show hostess and model Tila Nguyen, and accused of choking her, a spokeswoman for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said.

Deputies responded around 3:45 a.m. to the 6'4", 25-year-old Merriman's house in the 12000 block of Sage Crest Drive in Poway, after a 4'11" woman called to say she was choked by the player and physically restrained when she had tried to leave, said Jan Caldwell of the Sheriff's Department.

Nguyen, who has also appeared on pornographic Web sites as Tila Tequila, signed a citizen's arrest complaint accusing Merriman of battery and false imprisonment. Nguyen, 27, was the hostess of "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila" for two seasons on MTV, and photo spreads of her modeling have appeared in a number of men's magazines.

The woman was taken to Pomerado Hospital, and Merriman was taken into custody. His status at Central Jail was not released by authorities, pending a news conference at noon Sunday.

Merriman was the 12th overall pick out of the University of Maryland in the 2005 draft, and had 39.5 sacks in his first three years. The three-time Pro Bowler is considered the linchpin of the Bolts defense, and his absence last year was a major reason behind the 8-8 regular season record.

If you had any doubt about Nene's scrippa past...

let's just say she knows how ta get them dollas.

Randy airs out disrespectful members of the press

“As a family, we are all aware of how Michael’s life, and his death, touched so many around the world. It is why we held a public memorial in my brother’s honor.
And it is the reason we chose to release a small amount of footage leading up to yesterday’s ceremony at Forest Lawn.
I was dismayed last night and again today at the coverage I saw on television of our ceremony for Michael. We had asked the media to respect the privacy and the sanctity of this event; to give us one moment of privacy to mourn as a family out of the public spotlight.
Unfortunately, despite a no-fly zone around Forest Lawn, many media organizations decided to ignore our wishes. They employed helicopters that not only surreptitiously recorded our private family ceremony, but also severely disrupted it.
I therefore ask today that media organizations airing helicopter footage of the ceremony we held for my brother immediately pull that footage from their air and refrain from airing it in the future.”

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