‘Rena’s got a psycho! A man has been charged with stalking tennis star Serena Williams after he tried to enter her gated subdivision in South Florida this week. Police in Palm Beach Gardens say 40-year-old Patenema Ouedraogo attempted to walk into the posh dwelling where Williams lives on Monday night and was only curtailed after security officials asked for his driver’s license and discovered that he matched the description of a man accused of stalking Williams.
Thankfully, Serena was on the opposite end of the East Coast attending the annual Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City at the time of the incident.
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Huddle around, Sports Fans. One of the nation’s leading tennis aces could use your good vibes.
Serena Williams has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a pulmonary embolism — loosely translated a “blood clot in the lungs” — a rep for the racket-wielder tells PEOPLE.com.
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Common and Serena: Take 2. Tennis champ Serena Williams and Grammy Award-winning rapper Common have reportedly rekindled their romance after scheduling conflicts put the kibosh on their love affair.
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Tennis champ Serena Williams, 28, reveals the reason behind her April split from rapper/actor Common
on the pages of the August issue of Harper’s Bazaar.
Harper’s writes: “She was dating the rapper and actor Common, but they broke up in April. ‘His schedule is actually worse than mine,’ she sighs. ‘He didn’t want the responsibility. It’s really tough.’ Common then began promoting his latest film, heaping enough praise on Williams that people assumed they were still on. (‘Beautiful, intelligent woman, fun and spiritual woman. I think she’s an incredible person,’ he told Access Hollywood.) Williams looks befuddled — befuddled but coquettish. ‘So I called him and I was like, Why are you saying all this stuff when we’re not together?’ Probably because she looks so good.”
Uh-oh — is off-court drama throwing a monkey wrench in the game of love for tennis ace Serena Williams? According to the June 7 issue of In Touch Magazine, Williams and rapper/actor Common have split after two years. The celeb weekly quotes a source claiming the two “just grew apart.”
The couple were last seen together in April. The final warning sign came when Common took his mother as his date to the premiere of his new film, Just Wright.
Serena Williams has already mastered the tennis court, now the most decorated woman in sports today is hoping to taste success in another career field — cosmetology! The tennis champ has enrolled in the Palm Beach Nail School, where she hopes to complete course work to become a certified nail technician.
That’s right, the Wimbledon champ wants to hook you up with the best mani/pedi you’ve ever had! Serena even blogged about her first day of class at GlobalGrind.com over the weekend: “Immediately after I came home from the Australian Open I researched some schools and enrolled in a course that allowed me to complete 240 hours (that’s what u have to do to get certified at least in fla) at my own pace. Two hundred and forty hours may seem like a lot, but I intend on completing it within the year. It normally takes 6 weeks!!!”
Serena, who also took classes to become a clothing designer, is hoping to jazz up her mandatory scrubs while she studies. After all, whoever said education can’t be fashionable?
“Not only do I plan on being the top student to graduate from my nail school, but I also intend on being the most fashionable!” she blogged. “We have to wear blue scrubs. So I asked the administrator can I wear pink but she insisted on blue. I found the cutest blue scrub top (Grey’s Anatomy should take note) and super cute cargo pants!”
Serena Williams has been slammed with a record-setting $82,500 fine thanks to her foul-mouthed tirade against a judge during the U.S. Open last summer.
Williams lashed out at a lineswoman after a foot-fault call at the end of her semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters during an Open match in September. Williams already paid $10,000 for the profanity-laced rant, but after further investigation it was determined that she violated a “major offense” rule for “aggravated behavior” and the tennis champ has been hit with another fine and a two year probation sentence, Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock said Monday.
Any more bad behavior from Serena, and she could be fined up to $175,000 and barred from the U.S. Open altogether.
Wimbledon champSerena Williams peeled off her garbs to appear completely naked on the cover of ESPN Magazine’s November Body Issue.
Grand Slam champ Serena Williams joins Emmy-winning daytime host Tyra Banks for a game of tennis on the streets of NYC on an episode of The Tyra Show Thursday.
The tennis ace opens up about her struggle with body image and her explosive verbally assaulted on a line judge during her U.S. Open match earlier this month.
