Brandy has agreed to pay $300,000 in compensation to the two children of the woman killed in her 2006 car crash.
Awatef Aboudihaj died after her car collided with Brandy’s Range Rover on the Los Angeles Freeway three years ago. The Grammy Award-winning singer avoided criminal charges, but was sued by Aboudihaj’s widower Marouane Hdidou and their two children.
In February, Hdidou turned down a $1.2 million to settle his suit with Brandy, despite his attorney’s pleas to take the money.
Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou have named their newborn son Kenzo Lee Hounsou. Kenzo — named in honor of retired Japanese fashion icon Kenzo Takada — was born in New York City on Saturday, weighing in at 8 pounds, and was 20 inches long.
Little Kenzo is the third child for the Baby Phat founder — who already has two daughters, Ming Lee and Aoki Lee, with ex-husband Russell Simmons.
The “Slim Shady” rapper had thousands of dollars worth of items stolen from his Los Angeles hotel room during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, The NY Daily News is reporting.
A diamond necklace worth $60,000 and a personal laptop are among the items missing.
Quiet storm soul songstress legend Sade is recording her first album of new material in more than nine years, Billboard.com sources have confirmed. Read the rest of this entry »
Sounds like Papa Knowles is taking being dissed as Kelly Rowland’s manager a little harder than we thought.
Word on The Snitch Circuit claims Mathew Knowles is so angry that the “Dilemma” singer dropped him as her manager earlier this year, that he has forbidden his little moneymaker daughter Beyonce from speaking to Kelly.
We hear the nearly lifelong pals, now 27, have ended their friendship.
“Matthew has been absolutely livid over this and has advised Beyonce not to let Kelly pull on her coat tails anymore. Matthew feels Michelle and Kelly should be lucky they have a career at all and often tie themselves in with Beyonce to gain more sales. This was fine when Kelly was apart of MWE but now she isn’t they don’t want them near each other,” according to the loose-lipped mole.
“Beyonce has taken her father’s advice. You will not see Beyonce and Kelly together unless they reform as Destiny’s Child or for birthdays. Beyonce and Kelly are no longer friends. Any future photos will be staged to keep the DC brand alive.”
The source adds, “Kelly is extremely upset about this as Beyonce does not answer any of her calls and when she does the conversation is short and strained. She cannot understand how Beyonce can be so cold after all the years they have worked together.”
Former rap star Mc Hammer will make his reality television debut in a new unscripted series premiering this summer. Hammertime debuts Sunday, June 14 @ 10PM ET/PT on A&E.
Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem scripted and rehearsed the butt-baring prank heard around the world at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards that nearly left the rapper’s face buried in the Bruno star’s crotch.
After a lively debate across the web that lasted much of the day, MTV’s head writer came forward late Monday to confess that both stars were in on the gag all along.
Writing on his blog, Scott Aukerman confessed: “Yes, the Eminem-Bruno incident was staged. They rehearsed it at dress (rehearsal) and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show….”
Some people just never learn! One week after suspected down low brotha Spectacular — of the raunchy R&B troupe Pretty Ricky — set the Web ablaze with a homoerotic viral “Grind Off Challenge” to fans. Spec is a back at it again — this time grinding and humping a chair to the beat of Pretty Ricky’s new single “Tipsy In This Club.”
We hear Rihanna is writing a song for her upcoming album — featuring a cameo from Miami-based femcee Trina — dissing her allegedly abusive former boyfriend Chris Brown.
“She’s writing a song with rapper Trina dissing Chris,” an insider reveals in the June 8 issue of Star Magazine. “Rihanna’s planning to put it on the album to really stick it to him…She even changed her ringer on her cell to another Trina song called “Wish I Never Met You.”
Rapper-actress Eve has denied any involvement in a series of tweets that popped up on the popular social networking site Twitter.com last Thursday bashing Chris Brown’s alleged assault on former girlfriend Rihanna. Read the rest of this entry »
