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In case you missed it, Alicia Keys stopped by the Oprah Winfrey show….
She talked about her current tour, her duet with Beyoncé for “Put it in a Love Song”, her charity and much more!
Gaga Tweeted this photo of her naked but strategically covered by crime-scene tape……
It’s no secret that Lady Gaga does drugs, but now she’s ready to make a change.
In a recent interview with New York Times Magazine, Gaga admits:
“You learn to move on, to preserve what your mission in life is. My greater mission is my fans. I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you — when life opens that door for you, I should say — I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.”
Psst…be sure to look out for the new video of “Telephone” ft. Beyonce’ debuting this week…
First Jay Z has President Obama listening to the Blueprint album while working out, and now he’s chillin’ at the President’s crib…
This past Wednesday Jay Z had an impromptu meeting with President Obama during his Washington, DC stop on his Blueprint 3 tour. Later on stage, Hov boasted to the audience, “I just came from the White House!” His wife Beyonce, Tina Knowles, Trey Songz and Kevin Liles joined him.
What hasn’t this man done?!
During a recent sit down with Interview magazine, Jay Z admits:
For me, being with [President] Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton…It’s crazy. It’s mind-blowing, because where I come is just another world. We were just ignored by policticans–by American in general.”
Jay is clearly trying to do a Pinky & The Brain…..”trying to take over the world”.
Fantasia talks to Oprah about her success as an American Idol, nearly losing her home, her absence from “The Color Purple”, and her recent operation.
This interview gives you the inside “scoop” on Fantasia…FOR REAL!…
Check out her performance of her new single “Even Angels”….
…she tore the house down!
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Last night, SWV was on the Mo’Nique Show and they announced that they are OFFICIALLY BACK TOGETHER….
No Glitz, no GLAM…just ’round the way girls who can SANG!! Check them out performing Patti LaBelle’s “If Only You Knew”……
So what’s the verdict??? Are they here to stay???
The King of Pop reportedly ordered $700,000 worth of furniture from Italian designer, Colombostile, for his London mansion he was to stay in during his “This Is It” tour.
Now unfortunately because of his untimely death, the items were never delivered. However, we have learned that Colombostile has returned the money to Katherine Jackson and decided to auction off the items instead.
Hmm…looks like Colombostile knows how to get a bang for his buck!
In the January issue of InStyle magazine, Whitney Houston went into details about the relationship that she has with her daughter, Bobbi Kristina:
It’s funny because her body is mine, her skin color is mine, but she says exactly what’s on her mind, so she’s like her father in that manner. These kids, man, they come out and just let you know right off. But I think it’s a very important thing to allow our children to express themselves so it won’t be expressed in other areas, like on the street.
If she’s angry, I allow her to say, ‘Damn! I’m so frustrated today!’ We have our moments when we clash, but we have a good relationship. I want her to count on me to try to understand what she’s going through. No damnation, no condemnation, nothing that’s going to make her feel like she can’t come to me.
Whitney is also planning a tour but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to be anytime soon:
That’s going to be an at-my-pace kind of thing because I like to do things the real way. I have a live band onstage. My background singers are for real. My vocals are for real. I limit the computerization. So my goal is to have people come to a show and say, ‘Wow.’ And it’s not like I’m going to be everywhere. It’s going to be like, ‘Here I am. Come on out and see me if you can.
Whitney Houston on tour should definitely be a sight to see. Most people will probably go to check her out just to see if she can hold it together for a whole concert because she can barely make just performing one song on shows like Dancing with the Stars.
Last night Oprah Winfrey aired her ABC special- “Christmas At The White House”.
Although the president and first lady say they have enjoyed their journey to the white house together, there are several things they do miss about being a normal family. The couple say they miss ‘Sunday morning bike rides on the waterfront, stopping for lemonade, going to the gap, not having to shave, taking the girls to get ice cream….ultimately just a sense of openness and nobody caring about everything that your doing.’ They also reminisced with Oprah on how they lived in a small condo just a short few years ago, and they worried about how they’d pay the bills. Now they have maids, assistants and nannies.
Here’s how Oprah describes her experience walking through the white house halls….
“There are 27 trees and all the ornaments and all of the decorations, and we were able to go to the green room, where Thomas Jefferson used to have lunch, and apparently they’ve not let anybody film in there before. But I got to interview the president in the green room where Thomas Jefferson used to eat his lunch. So everywhere you move through this space, it’s filled with so much history. It’s pretty hard not to think about that as you’re walking through the halls.”
Check Out Comedian Kevin Hart Live with Tony Rock & Will Sylvince. Details below….
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As you know, I am now the midday host on NYC flagship station, 107.5 WBLS. Yesterday R&B singer Joe stopped by the station to talk to me about the Tiger Woods Sex scandal as it continues to grow by the minute. He also addressed the wildfire rumor that he and Trey Songz allegedly fought at a party in NYC. I can tell the mere mention of the rumor irked the hell out of Joe. He started calling out sites like Bossip & Mediatakeout for ‘instigating the lie’. Joe even challenged Trey Songz to speak out and squash the rumor….. So what do ya have say Trey??
Joe’s album “Signature” just hit #1 on Itunes & his popularity is growing worldwide. I heard through the grapevine that he sold out all 12 of his concerts in Japan!! Look for Joe’s Christmas cd in stores now.
Chris Brown will sit down for yet another post Rihanna beating interview. As Rihanna did earlier this month, Brown will appear on ABC’s 20/20 on December 11th. While Brown has been vague about the incident in past sit-downs, AB C is billing this as an in-depth interview in which the singer will discuss the February assault. Robin Roberts, who sat down with Janet Jackson recently, conducts the interview which was taped last weekend.
Is there anything more Chris Brown can say about the Rihanna incident? Should they both stop talking about it and move on at this point? Jeez.
Rihanna addressed all the rumors in the stratosphere about herself during an interview with Angie Martinez. She speaks candidly about the nude photos, her relationship with Chris and devil worshipping. Check it out:
On her nude photos leaking:
Which ones? The hot ones? They should be hot, they were for my boyfriend at the time. If you don’t send your boyfriend naked pictures then I feel bad for him. Trust me I was [freaked out], that was the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to me. I just feel like my privacy was taken before that and then when that came out I was like “Oh great! So, Now there is nothing they don’t know about my private life”. It was humiliating and embarrassing, especially my mom having to see that and it was two days before Mother’s Day so I was nervous…
On her break up with Chris Brown:
It was difficult. It was a difficult process and a long one. Also my music helped me alot. Being in the studio was therapeutic. I got to vent. There was no cameras, there was no media. You don’t even realize when you are okay cause in your mind it’s just a fight non-stop with yourself trying to get through it and then one day you’ll see something and it doesn’t have the same effect on you as before, it’s like “wooooow”. I’ve gotten over it and now I’m free of that.
Janet Jackson was interviewed on Good Morning America yesterday with Robin Roberts. In her interview, she discussed the recent death of her brother, Michael Jackson. The interview took place at her home in Malibu in her first interview since the death. Janet revealed that her family was not naive about Michael Jackson’s drug problem, saying that she reached out to her brother throughout the years, but was unsuccessful:
“I did,” she said. “Of course, that’s what you do. Those are the things that you do when you love someone. You can’t just let them continue on that way. And we did a few times. We weren’t very successful.”
Chris Brown’s Fan Appreciation Tour kicks off tomorrow night at the House of Blues in Houston, but it looks like those slow ticket sales aren’t getting much better. As of yesterday afternoon, there were plenty of tickets available for the show. A rep for Brown recently told the New York Daily News, “Dates are expected to sell out. And given the economic climate, ticket sales are doing very well.”
C-Breezy appeared on B-E-T’s 1-0-6th and Park yesterday. Asked whether people he thought people believe his apologies for the Rihanna beating are sincere, he said, “I just feel like at the end of the day I’m human… I can only tell you how I personally feel… I can’t make everybody love me, but I can just try…and I can honestly say that I am sorry.”
Hip-Hop’s rising “It” man, Wale, was photographed in Los Angeles’s Leimart Park recently and sat down with HoneyMag.com to discuss the pressure surrounding the sales of his debut album “Attention Deficit”, as well as his relationship with Solange Knowles. Check it:
On “Attention Deficit”…
“This is my biography, It’s honest. Raw emotion. It’s close to me. That’s why part of me will be a little offended if it doesn’t get heard. I don’t want people to take lack of sales as me taking a hit. This is something different. My label is letting me put out an album with a single that released seven months ago. We’re not going for first week sales. We only shipping out 30,000 of them. We’re going for that grind. We’re showing people that you can build a fanbase the old fashioned way.”
Which brings us to what he feels about Solange Knowles…
“I do love her,” he admits of Solange, flashing a Cheshire. “We’re friends. She’s amazing. She’s a good person. Any single mother contributing to society the way she does – I got a lot of love for them. She’s got to do a lot on her own and raise a young black man in this day and age so my hat goes off to her. She’s definitely an anomaly. And the way she can do that and manage to do the same things that I complain about having to do.” His affection is as obvious as a set of flushed cheeks. An impossibly adorable. Wale, the former mixtape rapper from inner city DC, is borderline giddy. “Did you interview Solange about me?” Wale asks. He’s sprawled across his bed; head practically buried in the pillow. “Did she smile when you mentioned my name?”
Awwwww man!! Sounds like he is smitten!!
On Her Family History Of Violence:
“I said to myself, ‘I’m never gonna date someone like my dad,’ ” Rihanna told Sawyer. “Never.” The singer said her father was severely abusive to her mother in the past and hit her “numerous” times. She said she would unsuccessfully try to break up their fights, attempting to distract the pair by breaking glasses and dishes in the kitchen. The singer said her father even broke her mother’s nose.
On Loving Chris:
Rihanna painted the picture of her and Brown’s early days together as filled with happiness. She said the “Forever” singer was her best friend but cautioned that falling in love with your best friend can be “scary.”
“The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other, equally as dangerous,” she said, describing their relationship as an obsession. She said on the night Brown assaulted her, she was happy and alcohol did not play a part in influencing his or her behavior.
On What Caused The Fight:
Rihanna confirmed that a text message from a girl Brown had a previous relationship with was at the root of their argument that night. She said Brown lied about the message and that she would not let him off the hook. “He had his back against the wall,” she said.
The pair left a pre-Grammy party and soon found themselves arguing in a residential district in Brown’s rented Lamborghini.
On The Blow For Blow:
“It escalated into him being violent toward me, and it was ugly,” she said, clearing her throat. She said Brown punched her and bit her repeatedly. She said she was also choked, but not to the point of near unconsciousness, although she said she did have trouble breathing. “All I kept thinking was, ‘When is it going to stop?’ ” she told Sawyer of the escalating violence. She admitted Brown threatened to kill her, as well, but she told Sawyer he “was saying it to scare me.”
“At that point, I just didn’t know what could happen,” she continued. “He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him. It was almost as if he had nothing to lose. He had so much to lose. But it was almost as if he had nothing to lose. It wasn’t the same person that says I loved you. It definitely wasn’t those eyes.”
“It was ugly,” she said. “I fended him off with my feet…but it was not like, it was not like a fight with each other. I just…I really just wanted it to stop,” she said.
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