Monthly Archives: January 2008

Image Boost for Debaters, Angelina, Tyler

One thing you can say about this year’s NAACP Image Awards: This year’s nominees really are diverse. 
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Pulling rank alongside such seemingly more NAACP-friendly Oustanding Movie Actress nominees as Halle Berry, for her dramatic turn in Things We Lost in the Fire, and Jill Scott, for her work in the [...]

Snipes Owed Taxes on $38 Million, U.S. Says

Actor Wesley Snipes filed no tax returns on $37.9 million in income from 1999 to 2004, even after the Internal Revenue Service told him in 2002 that he was under criminal investigation, according to documents filed ahead of Snipes’ tax fraud trial.
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The trial was set to begin on [...]

Ne-Yo “Go On Girl” Video


T.I. Expecting Fifth Child

Who said being confined to your home is reasonable punishment? T.I., who’s under house arrest while awaiting trial for federal weapons charges, and longtime girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle of ’90s girl group Xscape, are expecting their second child together. This will the rapper’s fifth.
According to PEOPLE, Cottle announced the news that the on again, off [...]

Tyra Banks: Where Is the Love?

Her career’s on a roll, but some of Tyra Banks’s early ambitions have been shoved aside – such as having a baby.
“After the talk show started, and I had Top Model at the same time, it engulfed me so much that it dulled my maternal instinct,” the star of both The Tyra Banks Show and [...]

Janet Jackson To Release New Album in February

Pop superstar Janet Jackson is gearing up to release her upcoming as-yet-untitled album in February. Jackson is currently working on the album in Atlanta, while longtime boyfriend, producer Jermaine Dupri, lends a hand to Mariah Carey’s forthcoming project.In addition to dropping a new album, Jackson also plans to pen a book about her personal weight [...]

Game to LAPD: Show Me the Money

Forget Fiddy, Game’s latest beef is with L.A.’s Finest.
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Lawyers for the “How We Do” rapmeister are asking a judge to order the Los Angeles Police Department to give back about $44,000 confiscated from his home as part of a criminal probe, E! Online has learned.
The Game, whose real [...]

Viacom Makes Videos Available Online

Viacom’s MTV Networks Group has signed deals to make videos available on five online video services and Comcast Corp’s broadband site, as the company aims to increase its presence on the Web.
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Dailymotion, GoFish, iMeem, MeeVee and Veoh Networks entered agreements, MTV Networks said on Tuesday at the annual [...]

Marion Jones Gets 6 Months in Prison

Marion Jones said she was scared. She said she was sorry. With a catch in her voice, she said her young sons needed her.
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“I ask you to be as merciful as a human being can be,” she implored the judge.
To no avail.
The former Olympic track gold medalist was [...]

Book: Marketer Gave Bush Cash At USC

 A San Diego sports marketer claims in a new book that he gave former Southern California running back Reggie Bush nearly $300,000 in cash while Bush was still in college.
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Based largely on interviews with Lloyd Lake, who tried to secure Bush as a client for the marketing company [...]

Paula Abdul Sings At Super Bowl?

Paula Abdul has her own touchdown in the works.The American Idol judge is in talks to perform live during Super Bowl XLII next month in Arizona, her rep confirmed to E! News Thursday.
There’s no word yet on whether Abdul’s contribution to the festivities would be before or during the game, taking place Feb. 3 at [...]

Dionne Warwick’s Jewels Stolen in Rome Hotel

Thieves stole valuables worth more than $100,000, including a diamond ring and a Rolex watch, from pop singer Dionne Warwick’s room in a posh Rome hotel, Italian newspapers reported on Wednesday.
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The robbers made off with two rings, a necklace, the watch and a pair of earrings left on [...]

New York And Tailor Made Still Together

Tailor Made apparently still loves New York.
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Despite an Internet rumor about a breakup, a VH1 spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Wednesday that reality TV couple Tiffany “New York” Pollard and George “Tailor Made” Weisgerber are still together following the conclusion of “I Love New York 2″ — [...]

Pharrell, Louis Vuitton Create Jewelry

Rapper/producer launches collection with famous fashion house.
Kanye West may carry the nickname “Louis Vuitton Don,” but Pharrell Williams appears to be more worthy of the title.
 
       Nearly three years after linking with LV to design a line of sunglasses, the rapper/producer has re-teamed with the fashion house to launch a new collection of fine jewelry [...]

James Brown Possessions to Be Auctioned

James Brown’s possessions will be appraised and auctioned, in part to pay taxes his estate owes, court-appointed trustees said Wednesday.
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Attorney Adele Pope would not say exactly what items would be auctioned or how much they were worth. She also refused to say after a hearing how much the [...]

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