Saturday, July 25, 2009

Pitbull "You know you want me" on Jimmy Kimmel Live



I like this song, but then I like most of his songs.

Raekwon breaks down WuTang vs. Shaolin





I know you've been wanting to know this for a long time. Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan gives us the breakdown on Shaolin vs. WuTang. If you didn't know, now you know.

Diddy on Letterman on Thursday



MJ wanted to get wit' Beyonce?!

Michael Strahan makes acting debut in 'Brothers'


The new Fox series which premiers on September 18th stars Strahan as former NFL hot shot Mike Trainor and is about realizing that even though you can always go home, the trip back might be tougher than you think. The sitcom also stars acclaimed actress CCH Pounder who plays Trainor's mom, Carl Weathers will play his father and Daryl "Chill" Mitchell plays his brother. It was also officially announced this week that Snoop Dogg will play a guest part as a lawyer in a episode to air in October.

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."

It's Good to Be the King....


The administrators of Michael Jackson's estate might want to check under the mattresses for cash. The executors were just handed $5.5 million that Jackson had asked one of his financial advisors to hold for him - plus a ton of personal items that could be auctioned for big bucks.

Although it was widely believed the King of Pop was cash-poor, apparently he had some serious moolah just laying around.

Dr. Tohme Tohme, a close advisor to the music icon, said he's the one who turned over the millions listed in court documents last week."I had the money and I gave it to them. It was a secret between Michael and me," he said. He said the money came from recording residuals and Jackson planned to use it for a "dream home" in Las Vegas." He said, "Don't tell anyone about this money," Tohme recalled. "But when he passed away I told them I had this money, and I gave it to them (and there's much more where that came from)."

He said he also turned over belongings from Jackson's Neverland estate that were in storage after a planned auction was cancelled.

Although Jackson was saddled with huge debts before his death of a suspected drug overdose on June 25, administrators believe the estate will eventually be solvent.

They're cutting deals to bring in "tens of millions of dollars of revenues," recent court filings said.

In Case Y'all Got a Wedding to go to Today...

Who knew they could do a Soul Train line in choich? I hope Kevin don't do Jill like CB did RiRi.

Friday, July 24, 2009

E. Lynn Harris Dead at 54



E. Lynn Harris, a pioneer of gay black fiction whose books sat on the nite-stands of wives and girlfriends but men rarely bothered reading them, and was a literary entrepreneur who rose from self-publishing to best-selling status, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 54 years old.

Publicist Laura Gilmore said Mr. Harris died Thursday night after being stricken at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, and a cause of death hadn't been determined. She said Mr. Harris, who lived in Atlanta, fell ill on a train to Los Angeles a few days ago and blacked out for a few minutes, but seemed fine after that.

Ms. Gilmore said an autopsy would be performed Monday or Tuesday.

An improbable and inspirational success story, Mr. Harris worked for a decade as an IBM executive before taking up writing, selling the novel "Invisible Life" from his car as he visited salons and beauty parlors around Atlanta. He had unprecedented success for an openly gay black author and his strength as a romance writer led some to call him the "male Terry McMillan." He went on to mainstream success with works such as the novel "Love of My Own" and the memoir "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."

His writing fell into several genres, including gay and lesbian fiction, African-American fiction and urban fiction. But he found success in showing readers a new side of African-American life: the secret world of professional, bisexual black men living as heterosexuals.

Since Congress isn't going to do anything about healthcare for the foreseeable future


Since Congress isn't going to do anything about healthcare for the foreseeale future, your Congresspersons have a lot of extra time now. Why don't you give them a call and let them know what you think about the Michael Jackson resolution and a host of other issues? Here is a re-post from earlier this month:


Nancy Pelosi is not backing Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee's resolution to recognize Michael Jackson as a humanitarian.
"I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during her weekly press conference. "In his case, if the idea is to praise the life and work, as I assume that resolution does, then why not do that?" she said. "A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to -- that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different."
Rep. Jackson-Lee called on her fellow lawmakers to recognize Michael Jackson as "global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises" and celebrate Jackson as "an accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment, scientific advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and global food security." She unveiled a framed and sealed copy of the resolution at Michael's memorial on Tuesday and vowed to bring the resolution to be debated on the House floor.


Michael Jackson is in the Guiness Book of World Records as the entertainment star who has donated the most money to humanitarian or charitable causes. For an extensive list of Michael's humanitarian efforts click here.
If you would like to beg to differ with Speaker Pelosi, you can reach her in a number of ways:
e-mail: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
snail mail: Office of the SpeakerH-232, US Capitol Washington, DC 20515
or District Office - 450 Golden Gate Ave. - 14th Floor - San Francisco, CA 94102
phone: (202) 225-0100, (202) 225-4965, or (415) 556-4862
If you would like to contact your own state representative, go to http://www.house.gov/ and type in your zip code in the upper left hand corner.

Forget Ashy Larry, now there's Ashy Bey


Rule #7: never be so thirsty for Pap attention you forget to finish your grooming. I know they had some Vaseline, cocoa butter, or Crisco oil in Paris. Wait! What am I talking about? Thirsty people often have dry skin. Umm hmm

The Jacksons are having cash flow problems


Katherine Jackson petitioned the courts to immediately award an allowance for her and Michael's three children. According to lawyers for Michael's estate, the allowance is necessary because Katherine currently "has no independent means of support" other than "modest" Social Security benefits and that the kids are relying solely on the trust Michael left for their care and support.

Now, Michael left her that money so she is certainly entitled to it, but...um...doesn't she still have 8 grown children and countless grown grandchildren? And what happened to the record company Joe just plugged? He's not giving her anything? And why don't her sons give her any money for the other children she is raising for them? Why is she raising other grandchildren anyway? What is really going on?

A judge will render a decision on the allowances on August 3rd. Lawyers for the estate have also petitioned the court for permission to re-print Michael's autobiography Moonwalker while demand for memorabilia is still high.

Katherine and the kids are not the only ones who need cash. According to Rolling Stone magazine, numerous sources told them LaToya Jackson came to Michael's estate in the hours after his death looking for bags of cash Michael was rumored to keep hidden around the house.

It must be really hot outside because Solange sure looks thirsty






I love natural hair. I have friends with similar hairstyles and it looks good on them. Actually, I've liked quite a few of Solange's hairstyles, especially the big hair ones on the bottom. The hair on that picture of her with yellow eyes and lips is fiyah! This new one, I'm not feeling simply because it looks like she cut it herself with a pair of $7.95 Conair clippers in a dim hotel bathroom. The edges are not defined and the curls are not picked out. If she wanted short, she should have gone to a professional.

Slim Thug gets on the Solange, Cassie, Rihanna haircut bandwagon




Slim Thug cut off his braids and Twittered about it. Do you think it's an improvement?

Vick Conditionally Reinstated


NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has decided on a conditional reinstatement for the suspended quarterback that will allow Vick to attend training camp if he signs with a team, but will still suspend Vick for the first four games of the 2009 season, ESPN says through a source. Goodell is expected to announce the decision early next week, but is reserving judgement in the event of any further transgressions from Vick.

Earlier Thursday, ESPN reported that Vick and Goodell met Wednesday afternoon in Allendale, N.J., at a small security firm for three hours.

Amber Rose and Shade 45's Angela Yee discuss everything you never wanted to know about her sex life