

Rihanna is officially over Chris Brown. In fact, according to a scoop featured in Wednesday’s addition of The New York Post, the Barbadian beauty showed up with a group of friends at Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge on West 42nd Street Monday hanging on the arm — and lips — of Canadian child actor-turned-rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham.
“She was drinking whiskey and apple juice and making out with him all night,” a spywitness told the tabloid. “They were really cute together.”
May 19th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: Movies

The story of Dr. King’s life is finally on its way to the silver screen. Steven Spielberg has signed up to co-produce a Martin Luther King biopic for DreamWorks, according to Variety.
“We are all honored that the King estate is giving us the opportunity to tell the story of these defining, historic events,” Spielberg to the trade paper this week. “It is our hope that the creative power of film and the impact of Dr. King’s life can combine to present a story of undeniable power that we can all be proud of.”
May 19th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: Oprah


Back in 1998, Anna Wintour, the tongue-lashing editor of Vogue Magazine, demanded that Oprah Winfrey drop twenty pounds before she would agree to feature The Queen of Talk on the cover of the Fashion Bible. Read the rest of this entry »
May 19th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: Hip Hop

Police in Los Angeles have arrested and charged a man in the murder of Atlanta-based rapper Dolla at an upscale shopping mall in the city on Monday.
Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, of Georgia was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport with a gun on Monday night. He is believed to have killed Roderick Anthony Burton II — AKA Dolla — 21. Dolla’s publicist, Sue Vannasing, told The Los Angeles Times that the rapper was waiting at a valet stand at The Beverly Center when he was shot.
Berry’s bail was set at $1 million.
May 19th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: T.I

T.I. – who pleaded guilty in March to federal weapons charges in Atlanta -will report to a low-security prison in Forrest City, Arkansas on May 26….but it sounds like he won’t be there for long.
The rapper, whose real name is Clifford J. Harris Jr., was sentenced to a year-and-one-day prison sentence as part of a plea deal earlier this year, but the Associated Press has learned that he will be credited for 305 days of home detention he already has served, so his prison stay will likely be only two months.

Jermaine Dupri committed relationship suicide when he had the image of his longtime girlfriend Janet Jackson as a saint tattooed on his ribcage this week.
The So So Def mogul claims the ink will serve as a belated birthday gift to his lady love, who celebrated her 43th birthday earlier this month.
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Kanye West has entered a plea of not guilty in relation to a 2008 incident at Los Angeles International Airport, after which he was detained due to an alleged altercation with photographers in the airport terminal. .
In March, prosecutors the 31-year-old rapper with one count each of: vandalism, grand theft and misdemeanor battery.
May 19th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: TV
Can you believe it’s been 25 years since The Cosby Show revolutionized the Black-American sitcom with its debut in February 1984?
On The TODAY Show Tuesday, several members of the cast reunited to celebrate a quarter century of laughs.

Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is has taken its final bow on BET, but the Cole Girls aren’t done with us yet.
The Grammy-nominated singer's recovering crack addict mother and habitually-pregnant sister Frankie & Neffe will be back on Black Entertainment Television this August in a new unscripted spinoff drama of their own.
According to series producer James DuBose, Frankie & Neffe, will make its debut on BET August 18.
"This will show their growth and independence in their personal lives," DuBose told Atlanta's Atlanta Journal Constitution on Monday.
Frankie & Neffe debuts August 18 on BET.
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May 19th, 2009 by Castina
Tagged as: Rihanna

Rihanna and a posse of six took over the VIP room at FlashDancers on Broadway for several hours on Sunday, The NY Post has learned.
We hear Rihanna and the crew dropped about $2,500 to watch a variety of topless vixens slide down that pole.
“Rihanna didn’t get any lap dances herself, but she was tipping the girls a lot,” the tab writes. “And she was definitely with one of the guys in her group and kissing him all night.”