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Requests Flood in for ‘Queen of Soul’s’ Custom Hat

The calls began to flood Luke Song’s hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Franklin, who wore a gray felt custom-designed hat from Mr. Song Millinery, has inadvertently caused an economic boom for the South Korean immigrant’s store.
Song said he wasn’t prepared for [...]

Roger Goodell Is Not Amused By the Cupid Shuffle

If there’s anything that the NFL hates more than players having fun, it’s players having premeditated fun. Three Miami Dolphins, including Ronnie Brown, have been fined $10,000 each for breaking into the “Cupid Shuffle” after a Brown touchdown against the Chargers.
I remember seeing Brown and a couple of linemen dance after a score, but at [...]

Snoop Dogg’s Wife Arrested for DUI in S. Calif.

 
Police say the wife of rapper Snoop Dogg has been arrested in California’s Orange County for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Fullerton police Lt. Craig Brower says officers stopped 32-year-old Shante (Shahn-taye) Broadus of Sherman Oaks about 12:15 a.m. Saturday and took her to jail. She was cited and then released pending [...]

Lionel Richie Pledges Commodores Reunion

 
 Grammy award-winning pop singer Lionel Richie said Saturday that he and the Commodores will reunite soon for a tour.
Richie said a reunion could happen in the next two years.
“We better do it now, or in the next 10 years nobody would care,” he told reporters before singing at Antigua’s Romantic Rhythms festival.
Richie, 58, said it [...]

50 Cent Accuses Kanye’s Label of Chart-Rigging

50 Cent–real name Curtis Jackson–has today (September 17) blamed Kanye West’s record label Def Jam for yesterday’s chart defeat, saying Def Jam had been “rigging” sales.

The two rivals were battling it out for number one in the charts–with West’s Graduation beating 50 Cent’s Curtis.
West’s single “Stronger” has also beaten 50 Cent’s “Ayo Technology” in the [...]

Britney: ‘I Looked Like a Fat Pig!’

Details of Britney Spears’s now infamous attempted “comeback” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 9) continue to emerge, via tabloid magazines and gossip websites.

According to Usmagazine.com, Britney’s reaction as she ran offstage after her performance was: “Oh, my God, I looked like a fat pig! I looked like a fat pig!”
The website, [...]

Court Denies Stay Of Internet Radio Execution

The Internet radio death watch continues. Late yesterday, a federal appeals court denied an emergency stay petition from webcasters, refusing to delay the arrival of massive royalty hikes that threaten to bring down online radio as we know it. The new royalty rates - which could mean a 300 per cent payment increase for large [...]