are in danger of folding.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
How Much Would You Pay To Meet Beyonce?
Because for $1,000 you can purchase the premium “I Am…Beyonce” Meet & Greet VIP concert package, which includes a front-row ticket, a meeting and picture with the 10-time Grammy winner and a limited edition Dereon bag that will include an autographed tour book. For the less affluent Beyonce stan fan, there’s the $575 “I Am…Fierce” on-stage VIP package, where you get to sit in “the Diva Zone”; and the $475 “I Am…Bold” VIP package, that includes a laminate, a wristband and a one-year membership in the official Beyonce fan club. And for the regular fan, general admission tickets start at $20.75 and run up to $109.75.
Jaime Foxx Says Hotel Didn't Believe He Was Being Attacked
Jaime Foxx was attacked by a crazed fan in his hotel room earlier this month [click here for the story] and says the hotel was of no help. Jamie says, "I open the door and there's a guy with a beard and braids... He goes, 'Hey, I'm with Beyonce', and that's when I went, 'Hell, I know this nigga ain't hanging with no Beyonce!' So I'm like, 'You said what?' And he goes, 'I'm with Beyonce, Jamie, you gonna let me in? What's going on?' "He's trying to get in the door, I get him out the door, slam the door on the nigga, call the front desk, and the concierge, he's like, 'Whatsoever did you mean there's someone trying to get in your room?' I'm like, 'Motherfucker, call the authorities, this shit is going down! Call somebody!' "(But) he don't wanna come up there 'cause he's thinking it's some bull. So he don't come up, one of the cleaner dudes come up there. He (the stalker) gets spooked and runs downstairs. The next day I go to work, the dude comes back dressed as a delivery man. So he comes back in disguise, they let him back in again... We finally get the undercover cops... The dude comes back the last day, the third day... So this time the police chase him down the street, they catch the dude, they take the dude in and now he's in a mental hospital for a 60-day evaluation, so this motherfucker was crazy." And speaking of Jaime, he says he's in talks to bring his character 'Ugly Wanda' from 'In Living Color' to the big screen.
Rapper C Murder
has been dropped by his legal team after stiffing them out of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Cory Miller, I mean, "C-Murder" was originally convicted of shooting and killing 16-year-old Steve Thomas during an altercation in a Louisiana nightclub in 2002. His attorney, Ron Rakosky, had the guilty verdict overturned in Louisiana Supreme Court in 2006, after proving prosecutors had expunged the records of several witnesses. A new trial is scheduled for August.
Tom Joyner Back On-Air In Chicago
Tom Joyner’s weekday morning radio show, will begin airing in Chicago again after it was dumped last month from 102.7 WVAZ-FM and replaced by Steve Harvey’s morning program. TJMS will broadcast on SOUL 106.3FM beginning April 22 from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. weekdays, while the weekend program, “Right Back At Cha,” will be heard on Saturdays from 9 a.m. -11 a.m.
Louis Vuitton Not Down With Amber and Kanye
According to New York Magazine's Fashion blog 'The Cut', those pictures of Kanye and Amber floating around the 'Net are not part of any Louis Vuitton sanctioned ad campaign and are better suited for, and I quote, "some kind of urban magazine like Giant. Unless Vogue has lost its mind."
The Cut
German Pop Star Released From Jail
The singer from the German girl band No Angels arrested on suspicion of infecting a partner with HIV has been released from custody. Prosecutors say Nadja Benaissa, 26, had unprotected sex with three men without informing them she was infected, and that one later tested positive himself. Ms Benaissa's lawyers said she should enjoy the presumption of innocence. A spokesman for a court in the town of Darmstadt said her release was subject to certain undisclosed conditions. Ms Benaissa was arrested in Frankfurt 10 days previously, before she was due to perform in a solo concert. The prosecutor's office in the western town of Darmstadt said she had been detained because of the "urgent suspicion" that she slept with three people between 2004 and 2006, without telling them she was HIV-positive. She reportedly faces a possible charge of grievous bodily harm. But her lawyers note that there is no proof that she infected anyone. Benaissa was chosen to join No Angels in 2000 through the TV casting show Popstars. The group recorded a series of hits and emerged as Germany's most successful girl band.
Jill Scott's Baby Born on Smokers Holiday
At the very moment weed smokers across the planet were celebrating 4:20 day, Jilly from Philly was birthing her brand new baby boy. She named him Jett Hamilton Roberts and he was born at 4:20 on 4/ 20 and weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Who's The Dry Snitch? Me or Jim?
The last time [click here for the rundown] rapper Jim Jones was in court he tweeted about being high, having weed in his pockets and having marijuana eyes. Today Jim tweets that he left his weed in the car this time.
Charges Dropped Against Flesh
Bone Thugs rapper Flesh N Bone caught a break this week when his most recent drug and gun charges were dropped. Flesh was pulled over in early April and cops found a gun and a small amount of weed on the recently released parolee [click here for the backstory]. Turns out the gun belonged to Flesh's wife who is a Chicago police officer. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles district attorney's office says, "The defense turned over some information, and we investigated and realized we were unable to proceed with the charges as filed, so the judge dismissed the case."