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- Jennifer Williams Readies PRESS CONFERENCE To Announce Lawsuit Against Nia Crooks For SLAPPING HER UP On "Basketball Wives'
- SPOTTED: Jennifer Hudson JETS OFF With Cutie Patootie David, Jr.
- FIGHT NIGHT: Drake's Entourage SCUFFLES With Club Bouncers In London
- Reagan Gomez ON THE SET For "EDGE" Magazine + Behind The Scenes Of Queen Latifah's "Steel Magnolias" Remake
- Ashanti Changes Up Her Look For "Jimmy Kimmel" Performance Of "The Woman You Love"
- FAMILY SNAPSHOT: LeBron's Cute Family Night With Fiancee Savannah & Sons Jr. & Bryce
- Diddy, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre Top FORBES 2012 FIVE WEALTHIEST Hip Hop Artists
- SHE'S BACK: Tyler Perry Releases "Madea's Witness Protection" Trailer
- Solange Visits Beyonce & Niece Blue Ivy, Glams Up For The Tribeca Ball
- CHEATER ALERT?! Baby Mama Of Royce Reed's Baller Boyfriend Dez BLASTS SEXT MESSAGES Dez Allegedly Sent While STILL With Royce!
- DO WE LOVE IT? Tika Sumpter's BIG WILD CURLS
- MUSIC FAB: Rita Ora's "How We Do (Party)" Video + Mystikal Ordered BACK TO JAIL + Maxwell Set For 2012 MINI-TOUR
- Chicago Bulls Star Derrick Rose GETS SEXY For May 2012 GQ Cover, Talks Becoming The Next MJ & HATING Celebrity Status
- Nicki Minaj TOUCHES DOWN In London Amidst Twitter Drama, Big Fendi SLAMS Her "Deletion" Antics
| Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT This ish just gets more trifling. After Jennifer Williams suffered a big slap to the face--literally--by Evelyn Lozada's good friend/assistant Nia Crooks on a recent episode of "Basketball Wives," Jen kept to her word and filed a lawsuit.
Now she's having a press conference in New York tomorrow to discuss the criminal & civil court filings. Deets inside... On a recent episode of "Basketball Wives," Evelyn's assistant and friend, Nia Crooks, offered up a huge slap to Jen's face during a heated argument while the ladies were on a trip to the horse races. So huge that Jen is filing a few lawsuits against her citing assault and battery. Lucid Cosmetic owner Jen said previously, after this slap was seen months ago on a super trailer for this season of "Basketball Wives," that she would be taking legal action against Nia R. Crooks. And based on the press release from her attorneys we just received, she's keeping that promise. Thursday (4/19) at 11am, at the law office of Rubenstein & Rynecki in Brooklyn, Jen & her civil attorney Sanford Rubenstein Esq will address the civil lawsuit filed in Supreme Court New York County. Her criminal attorney, Sabrina Puglisi, will address the status of the criminal complaint filed by Jennifer in the state of Florida. Jennifer's attorney, Sanford Rubenstein, stated about the suit which will be filed both civilly and criminally:
Assault and battery of any kind is wrong. But do we need a whole press conference about the lawsuit filing though? I mean, really. Check out video of the slap heard around the reality tv world from the April 16th episode below (35:00 minute mark):
Photo credit: Jesse Ward for New York Daily News
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| SPOTTED: Jennifer Hudson JETS OFF With Cutie Patootie David, Jr. Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:15 AM PDT Jennifer Hudson may be an Oscar winner, but she's not too high & mighty to deal with an extra hands-on TSA pat down that other celebs have been known to get vocally offended by.
Check out Jenny booking it through LAX yesterday with cutie David, Jr....and taking her pat0down in stride...
30-year-old actress/singer Jennifer kept her airport look casual and chic in leopard pants and simple black flats with a white cardigan. The mom of 2 and a half year old David, Jr. flew through the airport like a pro yesterday. David looks so cute in his retro glasses and big cap!
She shrugged off the close TSA pat down and walked through with a smile: We see you David! Jenny's likely headed back home to Chicago as the murder trial of William Balfour--the man accused of killing her family--begins Monday at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse. Pics via FAME  |
| FIGHT NIGHT: Drake's Entourage SCUFFLES With Club Bouncers In London Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:20 AM PDT
Drake and his entourage went partying in London last night but got off to a very rocky start. Get the deets on the "bouncer beef" inside.....
Last night, Drake and his crew went to party at the Funky Buddha Club in Mayfair and a little tiff broke out with his crew. His people were seen arguing with bouncers (you can see Drake trying to calm them down--we think). The "fight" was eventually soothed over and the crew all went inside and partied. Now y'all know damn well Drake wasn't about to throw nan a blow. Dude is just focused on keeping the party goin' and sweet talkin' these chicks... Pics: Xsposure Photos  |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:41 AM PDT Gorgeous actress Reagan Gomez recently upped her sexy factor or the latest issue of "EDGE" magazine. See photos of her on the set and see behind the scenes footage of Queen Latifah talking about her Steel Magnolias remake.
31-year old mom of 2, Reagan Gomez will appear in the latest issue of "EDGE" magazine. Her hubby of 13-years, DeWayne Turrentine, was on the set and snapped the pics himself. So the YBF chick shared the flicks with her fans on Twitter: Reagan is starring in Datari Turner's current independent film release, Dysfunctional Friends, where she plays one of 10 characters forced to live in a mansion for a week in order to inherit a small fortune. The cast includes Stacey Dash, Reagan Gomez, Jason Weaver, Persia White, Tatyana Ali, Hosea Chanchez, Terrell Owens, Stacy Keibler and Christian Keyes. The film is available on DVD.
And in other movies......
Queen Latifah gave a behind the scenes look into her LIFETIME movie remake of Steel Magnolias. The film stars Queen Latifah (she's also executive producer) as M'Lynn, Alfre Woodard as Ouiser, Phylicia Rashad as Clairee, Jill Scott as Truvy, Adepero Oduye as Annelle and Rashad’s daughter, Condola Rashad as Shelby. They could have written a NEW concept....but oh well. One of my fave movie of all time...  |
| Ashanti Changes Up Her Look For "Jimmy Kimmel" Performance Of "The Woman You Love" Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:07 AM PDT Ashanti showed off a new look last night featuring a full head of red and black curls. She hit up "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to perform her new single "The Woman You Love."
Check out her pics and video of her performance inside... Ashanti threw on her slippers after leaving her "Jimmy Kimmel Live" performance in L.A. The songstress rocked a mesh embellished bodysuit and tights...interesting look for her. Her momager Tina Douglass was there too of course. And she received gifts and such after her perforance and signed autographs outside. This outfit though...
Check out Ashanti's performance above. "The Woman You Love" will appear on her upcoming 5th studio album, Braveheart. Pics: PacificCoastNews  |
| FAMILY SNAPSHOT: LeBron's Cute Family Night With Fiancee Savannah & Sons Jr. & Bryce Posted: 18 Apr 2012 06:21 AM PDT King James recently revealed to his fans what the king of his castle does on off nights. Chill on the couch with his fam. Check out bron Bron's cute Instagram pic inside... Miami Heat star LeBron James posted the above pic last night and said, "The James Gang!" He and fiancee Savannah have been engaged since January and seem to be enjoying every bit of it. The twosome are pictured with their sons 7-year-old LeBron, Jr. & 5-year-old Bryce Maximus, chillin' at their $9 mill Miami mansion in Coconut Grove. Speaking of Savannah's engagement, she recently attended the Reem Acra Spring 2013 bridal show, likely to get a few ideas. Pretty.  |
| Diddy, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre Top FORBES 2012 FIVE WEALTHIEST Hip Hop Artists Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:34 PM PDT Well we'd be cheesin' this hard too if we were worth over a billion dollars combined. FORBES just released the 5 wealthiest hip hop artists. And the usual suspects are indeed on the list. While the names are no surprises, their worth may be.
Check out who's in the top 5 inside... These fellas are well on their way to reaching that elusive billion dollar circle. Check this rich people ish: Sean "Diddy" Combs is the king of the list...having an estimated net worth of $550 million. Now Kim Porter & Cassie's inability to leave him alone makes a least a little more sense. The Bad Boy head honcho is ca-chinging all over the place with his partnership with Ciroc Vodka. He gets a double digit salary annually to be the face of the liquor and to push t to the masses. In addition to several shares of the company. Not to mention he's entitled to a nine figure sum of money if the Diageo company ever sold Ciroc. He's got stakes in the Sean John & Enyce clothing companies, his marketing firm Blue Flame, a few tech startups and his own Bad Boy label. And since he will actually have ownership of his new Revolt tv channel (not just stakes) in 2013, it could possibly push him into the billionaire category in the next few years. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has a reported networth of $460 mill. His stakes: 40/40 Clubs, the ad firm Translation, NJ Nets, Carol's Daughter & more. His $150 mill 10-year deal with Live Nation (signed in 2007) and $204 mill deal selling his Rocawear label (2004) are part of his net worth, as well as his major tour money. Dr. Dre is #3 with a $260 mill net worth. The price on his lifestyle doubled due to the $300 mill sale of his BEATS headphones to HTC. Birdman takes the $4 spot with $125 mill. Mainly thanks to his $30 mill deal he twerked with Universal Records for them to house his Cash Money Records label he and brother Slim founded decades ago. And the new crop of YMCMB folks like Nicki Minaj & Drake, in addition to the original head honcho Lil Wayne, who up the value of the company. By the way, Universal's deal with Cash Money is up this year--so a high priced bidding war amongst the record labels may ensue. And capping off the 5 is 50 Cent. He's got a $110 mill net worth....with $100 mill stemming from that HUGE Vitaminwater deal where the company and his stakes were sold to the Coca-Cola company. He's made some millies from touring and sales from his clothing company, but has also spent a lot on cars, trips, and living that life. But he's still sitting on the nest egg of his back catalog, acting gigs and 50 Cent-themed videogames, shoes and books, as well as his new headphone line SMS. FORBES posted this message in regards to how the list was developed:
Congrats to the fellas! The Randomness: 1. Newbie rapper Azealia Banks has signed Lady Gaga's manager, Troy Carter, as her own manager. STORY  |
| SHE'S BACK: Tyler Perry Releases "Madea's Witness Protection" Trailer Posted: 17 Apr 2012 08:21 PM PDT Madea is back...and in the government's hands. Tyler Perry just premiered the first trailer for his upcoming flick Madea's Witness Protection. Check it under the cut... Director Tyler Perry assembled a comedic cast, including himself, for his second of his 3 films releasing in 2012--Eugene Levy (seen in clip), Denise Richards, Romeo Miller, Tom Arnold, Marla Gibbs, John Amos and more. Good Deeds was released this past February, while Alex Cross will premiere this fall. The film's official synopsis:
Check out the first trailer revealing a tipsy Madea on a plane on her way to the government's witness protection:
Madea's Witness Protection hits theaters June 29th. Will you be hitting the theaters?  |
| Solange Visits Beyonce & Niece Blue Ivy, Glams Up For The Tribeca Ball Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:45 PM PDT Solange Knowles may have spent yesterday evening glammed up to honor Robert DeNiro at the Tribeca Ball at the New York Academy of Art in NYC, but kept it casual today back in Tribeca after making a visit to her niece Blue Ivy Carter.
Pics inside... Free spirited Solange was spotted leaving her big sister Beyonce & brother-in-law Jay-Z's Tribeca apartment today after making a visit to her Blue-ful niece.
She looked laid back and cute in her winged Adidas sneakers, short shorts & a cropped sweatshirt and small Chanel purse before hopping in a friend's black Mercedes G-Wagon: Later on today Bey & Blue were spotted heading to Solange's place in Brooklyn: Yellow seemed to be the color of the day for both mom and baby girl. Is that a scarf on Blue's head? And they left Solo's place this evening. And last night at the Tribeca Ball, 25-year-old singer Solange glammed it up with a black printed sheer buttoned up blouse with coral accents, paired with matching high waisted satin pants with black and coral print along the outer legs: She matched her look with black pointed toe shoes and coral nails.
And Maybelline model Jessica White also made a dazzling appearance for the Ball: With loose curls and a shimmering gold floor length gown, Jess paired her look with a simple silver clutch. Pretty. Pics via SPLASH/INF  |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2012 02:49 PM PDT As we've all learned by now, Twitter is the place where grown ass folks come to air out their stanky panties publicly. And they usually tap back into their high school personas to do so.
Such is the case with "Basketball Wife" Royce Reed, her NFL boyfriend Dezmon Briscoe, and Dez's ex-girlfriend and baby mama Christina Nero. And it's all unfolding as we type. Christina just blasted alleged explicit sext messages that Dez supposedly sent to her within the last month. And seeing that Dez has been with Royce for several months, ish just got real.... Tampa Bay Buccaneer wide receiver Dez Briscoe is like that dude in high school who had all the chicks fighting over him and said chicks didn't care how thirsty they looked while doing so. Dez's baby mama, Christina (pictured above with their son Dez Briscoe, Jr.), kicked off a twitter war with Dez's current reality star girlfriend last night. Christina tweeted that she's holding on to some explicit texts that show Dez is indeed cheating on Royce. And she made the threat after she "heard" Royce was talking ish about her. Christina tweeted:
Royce tried to blow it off by calling her crazy and asking "...Hows Jr? Cant wait to meet him! :o) He's getting so big!" Christina's response, where she also took a shot at Dez deadbeat daddy style:
Bloop. And then it gets better. Today, Christina posted a series of text messages that reveal a contact named Dezmon telling her how he wants to have sex with her again, wants to bend her over and give it to her, and conveniently ignores any questions about Royce:
Royce accused Christina of being a bitter baby mama and concocting text messages. And having her friends text her these things and changing their name in her phone to Dezmon's. Why? Because Royce believes Christina is just mad Dez has moved on. Especially since Royce said she asked Christina to go ahead and send her the messages the night before, via DM. but instead she posted them publicly. So Christina takes it one step further and shows the details of the sender...name with the phone number it came from (which I hope if she's bold enough to post UNEDITED it's the right one): We're nice enough to edit it out ourselves.
Royce popped back with:
Playing devil's advocate, I will say certain devices change phone numbers into hyperlinks, so the hyperlink/phone number can become a different color. But who knows...
And Royce ended the convo in the most predictable way possible. She posted the above pic and said:
And also posted her own conversation with "her heart" Dez asking him if he ever cheated with her (maybe she should have defined the word cheat?):
We don't know who's telling the truth here...but Dez wouldn't be the first man to lie and say he didn't cheat. Royce is real funny to post Christina's number too though. We edited that ourselves as well. Chile.... Guess there needed to be another "BBW" storyline...  |
| DO WE LOVE IT? Tika Sumpter's BIG WILD CURLS Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:31 PM PDT
Sparkle actress Tika Sumpter hit the scene yesterday sporting a fun and curly new 'do that screams perfection for the spring & summer. But does the chick who usually rocks extra long & bone straight locks pull it off? Come inside and decide if we love it...
YBF chick Tika Sumpter hit the Lionsgate and IM Global Cinema Society screening of "Safe" yesterday at Chelsea Clearview Cinema in New York City. Along with her teal high-waisted & tied shorts and black & cream floral blouse, Tika debuted a new look.....wild & crazy curls. "The Game" actress is usually seen in much straighter & simpler locks. But the pretty gal is making a bold move to try something new.
So.........
DO WE LOVE IT?
Photos via WENN/Splash
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| Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT Roc Nation artist Rita Ora just premiered the video for her debut U.S. single, “How We Do (Party).” Check it out inside, plus updates on Maxwell's new tour, Trey Songz's "Storage Wars" lawsuit and Mystikal getting ordered back to jail... Shot in Los Angeles and directed by Marc Klasfeld, British blonde Pop-N-B chick Rita Ora's new How We Do (Party)” vid features her "partying & bullsh*tting" with her friends. Check it out above. And if you're seeing nothing but Rihanna when you look at Rita, that may be because her boss Jay-Z told her he'd like to recreate Ri's success via Rita's career. Meanwhile, there's bad news for the Cash Money Young Money crew. Their new signee, Mystikal, was just ordered back to jail for 3 months after violating his 5-year probation by getting arrested this past February for domestic abuse battery. Mystikal, government name Michael Tyler, was freed from jail in 2010 after serving a 6 year sentence for sexual battery and distortion. And he's set to return May 14th. The Washington Post reports:
Damn homie.... And on another note, Maxwell just announced he will return to the stage with a 6-city tour. He will be performing his full albums for his fans. The six arena dates will see two-night stands in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Newark. The first night in each city, Maxwell will perform his catalogs of Urban Hang Suite (1996) and Embrya (1998), and on the second night of the live show, he will play Now (2001) and BLACKsummers’night (2009). As well as a few never-before-performed tracks. Loves it. The Randomness: 1. Trey Songz is suing "Storage Wars" participant David Hester for constantly using his trademarked phrase "Yuup!" STORY  |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2012 11:55 AM PDT Derrick Rose is 23-years-old, mature (despite the fact he recently got caught up in an alleged groupie/baby mama scandal), sexy & extremely talented. The Chicago Bulls star has taken on the task of filling Chi-Town's Michael Jordan void...something he says he has no issue with attempting.
Now, Mr. Rose is covering the May 2012 issue of GQ magazine, and revealing all from avoiding LeBron's mistakes to hating his celebrity status....
The Chicago native, who signed a $95 million contract, poses on the GQ men's magazine cover in a sleek sheen suit and tee while holding one of his most prized possessions. Reigning league MVP Derrick Rose, who has a homes in the Trump building in Chicago as well as in the Northbrook area (closer to the Bulls training facility) and a HUGE $250 mill 14-year Adidas deal, helped the Bulls become one of the best teams in the NBA last season and this season....so it's only right we get to know the man who's causing chicks who allege to be his girlfriend to create scandals to have his baby. Here's a few highlights from D. Rose's cover story:
Check out more pics and the full cover story now over at GQ. And pick up the issue on newsstands April 24th. Photo credit: Nathaniel Goldberg/GQ  |
| Nicki Minaj TOUCHES DOWN In London Amidst Twitter Drama, Big Fendi SLAMS Her "Deletion" Antics Posted: 17 Apr 2012 11:26 AM PDT Despite still not making a comeback to the Twitterverse, lots of fans mobbed Nicki Minaj as she arrived at Heathrow airport in London today. See the pics inside....
Nicki looked unimpressed by the mobs of fans who showed up to support her London arrival today. After deleting her Twitter account this past Sunday, presumably to teach her fans a lesson about them being "mean," she made her first public emergence and seemed only semi-happy about it. Who rocks a big huge neon pink fur and starry leggings and snow boots...in spring...and seems sad about attention? We all know that Nicki (who's launching a fragrance) blew up on the mixtape circuit in New York, and now the man behind the DVDs that got her discovered, Big Fendi, says she "deleted" him (and everybody else who helped her come up) from her life. So he's not suprised about her deleting her Twitter and 11 million fans. Big Fendi is the man who put out the COME UP DVD series which helped get Nicki noticed by Cash Money. But he says after she blew up, she never ever said thank you and pretty much cut him off. He says she deleted him like her Twitter account! "What you expect man? Nicki's good at deleting. She deleted me, she deleted Debbie [Antney], she deleted Puffy and she deleted Twitter with all her fans," Fendi said. "Twitter is the new marketing tool for a lot of situations. Your fans on Twitter, they really f*ck with you. 11 million fans and she left everybody hanging? That's Nicki Minaj for you." Ouch.....
Watch the video here:
Play nice kids....
Photos via Splash  |
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