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- One of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Labels: Sucks To Be You
Labels: From The Fabulous Desk of Freshdre Leon Talley, You Need More People
"Enjoy it while you can. Can't live off the sex tape forever. Have a second plan. Someone younger and prettier than you."
Labels: I Blame Ray J
Reynolds, who weighed 307 pounds at her heaviest, says her ''out-of-control behavior'' began around her 40th birthday in 2002. Feeling lonely, she turned to food for comfort and gained 75 pounds over the course of 17 months.
''I used to look in the mirror and take pride in my figure, but that was when I was legitimately a full-figured woman,'' she says. ''I'd gradually gone from full-figured to morbidly obese.''
Reynolds opted for surgery after a friend expressed concern about her weight. It was a success, she says, though she found she was ''still consumed with the same anger, shame and insecurity as before.''
Her husband, banker Al Reynolds, encouraged her to begin psychological therapy in the summer of 2005. She learned, among other things, that she ''couldn't control what others thought,'' she says. She began to heal by talking openly about her weight loss to strangers.
Labels: The Captain Obvious News Report
Labels: Hoe Sit Down, Say Something Nice Challenge
Labels: Finally some good news
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“...To me Jay‘s a white boy on the inside, no offense to any white boys but to me he’s white boy on the inside and I’m waiting for time to tell what he’s gonna do with the outside of himself ,” Klein continued. “I’m surprised he should have done himself a favor and pout me on his team . How you gon let Akon pull me in , official Konvict. Akon provided the chance and an opportunity for guys like myself , Jay could have done that out the gate but he didn’t.”“...Calvin Klein, a Brooklyn Don, my legacy speaks for itself. Jay had to take parts of that in order to be who he is,” Klein continued. “You have all these rappers talking about what they did; I don’t take anything away from them other than the fact the life not being theirs. You see James Brown get royalties for people sampling him right? I want my royalties for you sampling me now.”
"I love the fact that the sizes go all the way up [2 to 24]," (Tina) Knowles said. "There's a forgotten woman who wants a pencil skirt, too, or a blouse that's a little lower cut. Beyonce has backup singers who are full-figured women. Being a woman over 50, I try to think about the things I have going for me and the things I want to hide, like my arms. I'm giving them options with shrugs. I've been a stylist for so many years, I know how to accentuate the positive." (source)
Labels: Tales From The Wig Crypt
“For the first time in VIBE’s 14-year history, a political figure graces our cover,” says editor-in-chief Danyel Smith in her Editor’s Letter. “It’s time.” In the exclusive interview — by American Book Award-winning author Jeff Chang — Senator Obama and those closest to him open up about personal sacrifice, his teen years in Hawaii, the Don Imus backlash against hip hop, and being “black enough.” The two cover images were photographed exclusively for the September JUICE issue of VIBE by renowned lensman Terry Richardson. Pick up your copy on August 14.
The wedding between the multiplatinum singer and his longtime girlfriend, Tameka Foster, was scheduled for Saturday. The pair are expecting their first child together sometime this fall.Sandra Rose has more details to why the wedding was most likely called off.
However, a statement released by publicist Patti Webster exclusively to the AP read: "It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond, IV and Tameka Foster was canceled. No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected." (source)
"Tracey and Eddie were engaged last Wednesday," says the rep. "Tracey and Eddie are both very much in love and are excited about spending the rest of their lives together."
Photoshop gangstas [Nah Right]
Usher’s new bride, Tameka Foster, has a shocking criminal past that she has kept secret from the R&B singer, The Enquirer learned.
Tameka is an ex-con whose first lover was gunned down in a drug-related execution-style shooting.
“Poor Usher has no idea who he’s marrying,” Temeka’s half sister Valencia Foster told The Enquirer. “He’s a wonderful guy- but Tameka is giving him a big-time snow job.”
The scene for deception was set at a “getting to know the in-laws” dinner in Tameka’s hometown of Oakland, Calif., on July 7 as the couple finalized plans for a July 28 wedding.
Valencia, 49, explained that Usher led a prayer before dinner, then turned to her and said: “’You know all the family secrets- tell me about them.’ Before I could say a word, Tameka kicked me so hard under the table she almost put a hole in my leg,” Valencia said.
“Then she pulled me aside and whispered: ‘Don’t tell him anything.’”
Tameka, fleeing from a troubled home life, moved in with Valencia when she was 11. “She arrived with $14 in food stamps in her purse,” recalled Valencia. “She turned out to be a nightmare. (continue)
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While there were examples of trifling behavior and crazy antics, for the most part, the show seemed like a reject reel from "America's Funniest Videos."
Certainly, there are some camps breathing a sigh of relief: The show was roundly criticized even before it made its debut by some who feared it was yet another BET show that would degrade black people by presenting offensive stereotypes as comedy.
Given BET's track record, those critics had reason to worry. After all, the Black Entertainment Network has provided a seemingly endless platform for hip-hop thuggery, booty-shaking video girls, lowbrow comedy shows, and Toccara. . .
Instead, the show offered lame video clips that circulated on sites like YouTube months ago, and commercials that wouldn't pass the cable-access test. To make clear the show wasn't trying to pick on black folk, there were also plenty of white faces, as in a clip of a redneck Olympics-style event.
The show was racially balanced — and equally unfunny — on all levels. (source)
LEND YOUR SUPPORT TO AN EXECUTIVE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR THE LEGENDARY RON ISLEY AKA MR. BIGGS.
Join Def Jam today in helping to spread the word for the pardon of legendary American musician Ronald Isley. As a member of The Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley's career spans over 50 years, with countless accomplishments and a legacy of uniquely American music that has influenced everyone from the Beatles to Notorious B.I.G.
In an effort to protect Mr. Isley from incarceration for non-payment of taxes, we urge his fans to call, fax or email the White House immediately to help Ronald stay out of prison. The situation is especially urgent because Mr. Isley is currently scheduled to report to begin serving a 3 year sentence on August 7th of this year.
In lieu of the recent charges brought against Mr. Isley, he is currently in the process of a total restitution of his financial obligations to the IRS. Mr. Isley has also offered to perform for troops at various military bases to help heal the country and show his support for their tireless efforts to protect this country. It is important to point out that Ronald Isley has no prior criminal record, and has been a law-abiding, taxpaying employer since 1956. There is also concern that due to a variety of health issues, (Mr. Isley suffered a stroke in 2004 and was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2006) without proper care Mr. Isley's health could decline further and there is genuine concern as to whether he could survive a lengthy incarceration.
Labels: Sucks To Be You
Labels: Videos
"It's said that brown-skinned girls don't sell magazines and that's so sad," the sexy songbird tells next month's Essence. "I remember wishing I was more fair-skinned, but Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mom, would say, 'Don't you know how beautiful you are?' She made me come into my brown beauty. I didn't get it, but now I do. I am chocolate and beautiful and loving it." (source)
Labels: Tales From The Wig Crypt
"Somewhere, the company was running too much in some direction, too much in hip-hop stuff," Mr. Girbaud, 62, told the Transom (perhaps taking a page from the playbook of a compatriot who last year expressed disdainful befuddlement toward rappers' loyalty to the Champagne label Cristal). He was wearing a black-collared shirt over baggy black jeans, which were adorned with a single drooping silver chain that smacked against his knee as he strode through the streamlined space. "To be just connected in the hip-hop stuff is other brand; there is people like Russell Simmons or Damon Dash or Puff Daddy or all this kind. I'm not the rap people. Sure, we introduced the baggy jeans, we introduced stonewashed and all this stuff in the 60's or 70's, I never target just to be ethnic. It's stupid."
Labels: From The Fabulous Desk of Freshdre Leon Talley
According to The Chicago Tribune, Kelly (born Robert Sylvester Kelly) was present during the brief morning hearing. Judge Vincent Gaughan set the next hearing date for tomorrow (July 25) where prosecutors and defense attorneys will present him with a combined questionnaire form to be filled out by potential jurors.
Assistant State Attorney Shauna Boliker called the pre-screening process "unique in CookCounty," but necessary because of the high-profile nature of the case.
As previously reported by SOHH, the singer is facing 14 counts of child pornography, stemming from a videotape released in February of 2002 by an unknown source, that was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times. (source)
Labels: Is It That Serious?
Labels: Casket Sharp, Fuck Effort, I Blame Ray J
H-Town rapper Lil' Flip was arrested on suspicion of credit card fraud in his hometown over the weekend.Labels: Sucks To Be You
Ike Turner will have the stage, but not the day, when he performs in St. Louis in September.
Mayor Francis Slay has turned down a request to make Sept. 2 "Ike Turner Day." The 75-year-old singer is scheduled to perform that day at the Big Muddy Blues Festival.
Cathy Smentkowski, an aide to Slay, said that when the request "was brought to the mayor's attention, he did not feel comfortable issuing it." She declined to elaborate.
"We were only looking to celebrate his contributions to the music industry. Many entertainers have checkered pasts," festival director Dawne Massey told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (source)
Labels: It's Not Right But It's Okay
Labels: Fuck Effort
Authorities say an Alabama woman has been charged with beating and kicking a woman she says cut in line at a Walt Disney World attraction.
Authorities say 51-year-old Victoria Walker of Anniston, Alabama was released from Orange County jail after posting a $4,000 bond yesterday. That was nearly two months after the altercation while in line for the Mad Tea Party.
A sheriff's report says Walker was with her 11-year-old daughter when she yelled obscenities at 35-year-old Aimee Krause of Clemont, Florida and shoved two children with Krause.
The report says Walker grabbed Krause from behind and began beating her until witnesses pulled the women apart. (continue)
"It was about what all the girls should have been saying all along," said Larissa regarding her exchange with show host Mo'Nique as she departed the show. "(I wanted) to talk about reality and not fantasy. If you didn't learn anything then just say it. If you didn't feel that Mo'Nique was the right person to represent us on that show, then just say it. And I was the only one who said anything."
Ms. Aurora also told our Lee Bailey that she was very upset with Mo'Nique. Particularly when Mo would allegedly not allow the young women on the show to get any point across in a constructive manner.
"I felt that everything she feels the girls were dealing with, she's dealing with as well. And she didn't like that I said that. It was to be said. She needed to hear what we had to say instead of her preaching to us all the time. Instead of showing her faults and then us all moving on together, all she did was preach."(Eurweb)
Labels: Is It That Serious?
Labels: Finally some good news
Labels: From The Fabulous Desk of Freshdre Leon Talley
Khia help me I been with this girl faithfully for 7 months and she havent let me glance at the pussy. I havent felt no titties or nothing what am I doing wrong. Shes not a virgin she got two girls. I don't know how much longer I can wait. The hardest part is she always wearing short shit, and khia she got a big gurilla ass. Please help me!
-Mike (Houston, TX)
What's really Hood Mike? This sounds like some Jerry Springer shit, 7 months without even a glance at the pussy what is that about, you sure she's not a man? I know you said she has two kids but damn are they her's? You know there's a lot of punks out here getting ass shots and tittie jobs but for real you say you ain't feel no ass, titties or nothing. What is she saying about this because something in the milk ain't clean. What is she telling you when you try and get some, damn I'm lost for words. Well all I can say is if you really care about her talk to her and find out what's really going on and why she's holding back. Tell her your needs as a man and let her know how you feel cause shit she's going to have to drop them panties sooner or later and I hope she ain't hiding a dick under there. Shit maybe she's waiting for marriage this time you say she has two kids already, maybe she wants to do it right this time and if so you better start shopping for a ring or move...Next!!!!!
Labels: Why Must I Cry?
Labels: Say Something Nice Challenge
The net is expected to announce at its TCA session this weekend that it will air the original 12 episodes of the series, which became a viral hit on the Internet after radio stations began playing the audio version in 2005. The entire 22-episode run will also stream on IFC.com.
Series, which Kelly wrote and toplines, centers on the romantic and other trials of a character named Sylvester. "Trapped" is an early entry in a genre known as hip-hopera -- a rock opera with hip-hop themes.
Without ever airing on a traditional channel, it became a pop-culture phenomenon, with spoofs on shows including "South Park."
Kelly said IFC made sense as a platform for the property, which may in fact be more of a classic serial than a movie, because he's "always thought of 'Trapped' as an independent film."
Series is part of what IFC general manager Evan Shapiro said is the net's transition away from showing only independent film. "What we want to do is go from an independent film channel to one that is the voice of independent culture," he said.
Labels: All Types of Wrong, Destroyed, Why Must I Cry?
Labels: Bird Gang, Dirt Angel
I wanted to give you the heads up on a crazy argument Newbie, Sean Kingston and a fan (groupie) had on air today. He was recently in town, brought someone back to his hotel room and she denied him the booty. He supposedly got upset and called her an a**hole and she came on air to dish the dirt. He ended up calling in to defend himself, they went at it on air. It’s hilarious if you want to take a listen, click here and scroll to "Sean Kingston refutes callers claims" under "Missed it".
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges related to illegal dogfighting. Vick and three others were charged with violating federal laws against competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting and conducting the enterprise across state lines.
The indictment alleges that Vick and his co-defendants began sponsoring dogfighting in early 2001, the former Virginia Tech star's rookie year with the Falcons.
It accuses Vick, Purnell A. Peace, Quanis L. Phillips and Tony Taylor of "knowingly sponsoring and exhibiting an animal fighting venture," of conducting a business enterprise involving gambling, as well as buying, transporting and receiving dogs for the purposes of an animal fighting venture.
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TMZ has confirmed Dave Chappelle went to the hospital this past weekend because he was wacked out. But Chappelle's rep told TMZ any wackiness was due to exhaustion -- not drugs.
The rep says Dave went to the emergency room for "physical exhaustion." She says he was treated with "food, water and sleep" for about 12 hours and then went home.
Callers to a DC radio station this morning reported that Chappelle entered rehab over the weekend. Not so, his rep tells TMZ.
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Is Danity Kane still together?
Labels: Say Something Nice Challenge
'She's on Island, but it's more or less [Def Jam CEO Antonio 'L.A.' Reid's] project,'' Dupri says. ''I let him deal with that on a day-to-day basis. ... Janet's record is one that he's wanted to do for a long time. He's very passionate about it."
As for the direction of Jackson's album, Dupri says, "I don't really know what he's got in mind at this point. His past record isn't shabby so I'm going to let him do what he's going to do."
There is no release date yet for the Jackson album, although it may be ready before the end of the year.
In related news, Dupri will release his autobiography, Young, Rich and Dangerous: My Life in Music, Oct. 16.
Diddy's recent breakup with Kim Porter could cost him a stagger 1.2 million a year. Misa Hylton-Brim gets a nice $30,000 check a month in child support for Microdiddy #1, Justin. But as we all know KP has three children with him: Christian, 10, and 7-month-old twins D'Lila Star and Jesse James.
Kizzy Rowland collapsed on stage from dehydration during a show in Lagos, Nigeria. She was taken to a local hospital where she was treated and released. Her rep Yvette Noel-Schure reports that Kelly is back on her feet and in good condition, adding that she will return to the States to continue promotion for the album. "She was taken to an undisclosed local hospital for a check-up and is in good condition at present," she said.
Officers investigating a report of gunfire found a woman who had been shot in the lower torso.
Police did not identify any suspects in the shooting, which followed the escalation of a verbal dispute as a group of people left a bar in the Meatpacking District. The shooter was a woman in her 20s who fled the scene, officers said.
Three blocks away, officers discovered a luxury SUV owned by Remy Ma, 26, that had been involved in a single-car crash and abandoned. She was being sought for questioning, according to a police statement.
Sasha Tcherekoff, owner of the Pizza Bar, said a review of security videotape taken inside his nightspot showed the rapper and her friends having a good time before they left.
"The police have indicated to us that the altercation happened a block away," he said.
The 23-year-old victim, whose identity was withheld, was in stable condition at a hospital. (source)
According to the Detroit Free Press, the No Limit founder talked to the audience about becoming strong Black leaders and placing value in education. “Don’t be afraid to make a change,” P said. “I come from the ghetto. I’m a living witness that you can make it.” Master P also addressed the controversy surrounding hip-hop lyrics, telling the audience that hip-hop needs to be fixed but it shouldn’t be used as a cop out for African-American’s social problems. “I was once part of the problem,” P said. “But I realized, by having kids, that if I’ve got to get in the car and turn down my own music, something is wrong and I’ve got to fix it.” (source)
Which hip-hop legend is going to go broke paying child support? Besides his known baby mamas, seven months ago, a member of his entourage gave birth to another child of his, which was the last straw for his girlfriend.
Superhead hooks up with Eddie Winslow [Young, Black and Fabulous]
Harvey Levin, the managing editor for TMZ.Com refused to back down as he appeared on the Fox show Hannity and Colmes on Tuesday night and told Al Sharpton that he would not be "Imused." That is of course in reference to Don Imus who got the ax from his long time radio program for dubbing the Rutgers basketball team as a bunch of nappy headed ho's.
Levin ripped Sharpton for playing the race card. he dubbed him a bully. TMZ used the word "Roboho" two weeks ago in a humorous fashion review to describe an outfit Beyonce wore in performance at the BET Awards. In a statement to TMZ, The Rev said the use of the word was racist and misogynistic. (source)
"With Busta, it was only sex," Jones writes in her tell-all "Have You Met Miss Jones? The Life and Loves of Radio's Most Controversial Diva" (Ballantine). "I learned not to trust a proposal of marriage made in bed."
The rapper gets one great big compliment in the motor-mouthed memoir. "Busta was as gentle as he could be, because he was packing," Jones writes. "Busta's lovemaking was not for the timid or faint of heart."
But, Jones adds, "The fact that our lovemaking never lasted too long didn't bother me, because I didn't enjoy his drops of sweat raining down on me."
Afterward, "Busta would stroll around the apartment butt-naked, then shower and go into the kitchen and fry an egg sandwich - for himself. I guess I should be grateful. It's not like he didn't offer me a bite." Of the sandwich. (continue reading)
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It's over between Sean "Diddy" Combs and his girlfriend of 10 years, Kim Porter, a rep for Combs confirms to PEOPLE.
A source close to Porter says she has moved out of the apartment she shared with Combs, and into a new home in Los Angeles with her children.
The New York Post's Page Six column reported last week that Porter had moved out of Diddy's New York City apartment and bought a home in Beverly Hills.
A rep for Diddy denied the Post's report that the mogul's relationship with actress Sienna Miller caused a rift with Porter.
"There is literally nothing between them," the rep told PEOPLE last week. A rep for Miller also said that "reports of Sienna being linked with P. Diddy are categorically untrue."
Labels: Obligatory Diddy News
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Hey Fresh!While in NO this weekend, I got the pleasure to meet the head of the wig crypt, Tina Knowles. My friend and I saw her coming out of the bathroom and we got all kind of stalkerish on her ass. We chased her down paparazzi style, and her main gay tried to block us from taking photos. The whole time, I was thinking, “I have to get this picture for Fresh!” But in the end, good prevailed over evil and after much begging she agreed to take a photo with us (that’s me on the left). Although she looks crazy in the picture, she was actually very nice. Matthew Knowles however was not as friendly.
Just wanted to say I love your blog! Keep it up and keep me laughing cause I need something to make my work day go by faster.
Labels: Tales From The Wig Crypt
Labels: All Types of Wrong, Say Something Nice Challenge, Why Must I Cry?
Labels: Tales From The Wig Crypt
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Karrine “Superhead” Steffans has written another tell-all book that promises to be more juicy and salacious than her first outing, “Confessions of a Video Vixen,” which recounted her sexual encounters with such celebrities as Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, DMX, Diddy and Shaq.Say something nice please.
“The Vixen Diaries,” due Sept. 25 according to her official Web site, will follow her activity from the moment the first book hit store shelves until last month.
In an interview with King magazine, Steffans says “Diaries” includes tales of her recent encounters with rapper Lil Wayne and R&B singer-songwriter, Ne-Yo. Steffans said she hooked up with Ne-Yo after meeting for the first time on the set of Fabolous' "Make Me Better." (source)
Labels: Why Must I Cry?
Labels: Finally some good news
Fantasia, now starring in "The Color Purple" on Broadway, used some down time Thursday at New York's Unimax, a tattoo- and piercing-supply company where she had the jewelry in her clitoral piercing changed. She tipped $10 for the free service and was very friendly to staff, our spy reports. [source]
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...Once, Ross reportedly clubbed an airline worker with a hat box, presumably unaware that the box contained a small dog.
But it was personal assistant Michael Browne who hefted the heaviest load of Ross' whims, Taraborelli says.
He put up with her then-9-year-old daughter, Tracee, who was known for carrying a notebook and pencil everywhere she went. If she saw one of Ross' functionaries doing something she thought was wrong, she would quickly jot it down and later report it to her mother, says the author.
Just before Christmas one year, Ross flipped out when Browne failed at his task of hiding $100,000 worth of wrapped presents on a private jet Ross and her daughters were taking to Vegas.
"I thought I told you I didn't want to see a single present," hissed Ross when she spotted one under her then-8-year-old daughter Chudney's seat. "Not one single present. ... Is it so much to ask?"
Labels: Tales From The Wig Crypt
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