Monday, April 20, 2009
Beyonce On Etta James And Twitter
AP: When you sang "At Last" for the Obamas at the inauguration ball, Etta James said some pretty harsh things about you but later said she was joking. Did you know she was joking?
Beyonce: I played Etta James (in last year's "Cadillac Records"), so I did my research, I read her book. I was not at all surprised. That's Etta. She's hilarious (laughs).
AP: Your sister Solange twitters all the time. Do you do it?
Beyonce: My sister is the Twitter queen. She told me about the twittering, but I don't get it, I feel like I'm getting really old. I'm like, what? I don't understand. Just call me.
DJ Blasts Chris Brown With Rihanna In The House
Bloggers aren't the only ones beating the Rihanna / Chris Brown dead horse, you can add DJs to list of of people who just won't let it go. They say RiRi showed up at Hollywood hot spot My House to celebrate LA Clipper Baron Davis' 30th birthday when the DJ put on that 'Chris Brown Should Get His Ass Kicked' song. According to snitches the crowd went wild. No word on Rihanna's reaction.
The Soloist Almost Drove J Foxx Insane
In Jaime Foxx new film 'The Soloist' he plays a man suffering from schizophrenia and says he almost dropped out of the film because of an experience he had when he was 18. Jaime told the LA Times, "When I was 18, somebody slipped something in my drink and it ripped me apart. I had to go to the hospital. I mean, I was gone, it was the kind of trip that... you’re losing your mind. I kept thinking, ‘I can’t live like this'. It didn’t go away, either - for 11 months, I had flashbacks. After what happened when I was 18, when I was at music school, at International University in San Diego, I had a roommate named Mark, a white kid from Nebraska, he would have to talk me to sleep because I would have all of these crazy thoughts. I would go down to the pianos... and I would just play music for hours on end just to keep my mind from the crazy stuff."
J also says, "I thought about just walking away from this movie. I got really worried, I felt all these things. I went to a psychiatrist and I actually asked, 'Can I catch schizophrenia?' Now I know you can’t, but I also knew I had this thing happen to me before, and it felt like it was going to happen again. It’s one thing to go crazy and not know it, but, if you feel yourself slipping in, then it’s like drowning, going down. That’s how I felt as a teenager, and just getting close to it again, I could feel the sweat coming, and I felt like I had to run out of there."
Sunday, April 19, 2009
What About His Wife?
Could have sworn her boyfriend Vlad was married with a wife and kid but that's not stopping Naomi Campbell's girlfriends from telling anyone who'll listen that she's moving to Russia. According to one of her pals, "Naomi and Vladislav are inseparable and she has been spending more and more time in Moscow. He is building a new place there and wants it to be their new home. Naomi is ready to settle down and is completely in love with him."
Tyler Perry's Stalker
Sasha Announces U.S. Tour Dates
The U.S. leg of Beyonce's tour starts at New York's Madison Square Garden in June and wraps with a four-night residence at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas July 30-August 2.
Sun/Jun-21 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden
Wed/Jun-24 - Washington DC - Verizon Center
Fri/Jun-26 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
Sat/Jun-27 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Mon/Jun-29 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
Wed/Jul-1 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
Fri/Jul-3 - New Orleans, LA - Superdome (Essence Music Festival)
Sat/Jul-4 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
Sun/Jul-5 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
Tue/Jul-7 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
Thu/Jul-9 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
Fri/Jul-10 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
Sat/Jul-11 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
Mon/Jul-13 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
Thu/Jul-16 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
Fri/Jul-17 - Chicago, IL - United Center
Sat/Jul-18 - Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
Thu/Jul-23 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
Thu/Jul-30 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
Fri/Jul-31 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
Sat/Aug-1 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
Sun/Aug-2 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theatre, Wynn Las Vegas
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Tyler Perry Has A Stalker
A woman was arrested Wednesday for stalking Tyler Perry. Mad Stalker Lady has shown up at Tyler's home and his film studio countless times and sent him as many as 200 emails a day. She also planned out their wedding and even bought them a pair wedding rings. Finally Tyler placed a restraining order on the chick and the next time she showed up [which was last Wednesday] she got arrested. Tyler says, "What's crazy is I've never met this woman, nor have I even responded to her emails. I've had to increase the guards at my house as well as travel with bodyguards and I hate that. I hate to have big guys following me around."
Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Holiday
Jennifer Hudson brought Jennifer Holiday onstage in Atlanta April 14.
Friday, April 17, 2009
German Pop Star Arrested For Spreading Aids
German popstar Nadja Benaissa could be facing ten years in jail for having unprotected sex without telling her partners she had HIV. Four days after her arrest in a Frankfurt night club, the ‘No Angels’ singer (26) is still in prison. The singer was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after she had unprotected sex with at least three men without telling them about the HIV infection which she knew she carried. At least one of the partners Benaissa is alleged to have slept with did contract the virus - which causes AIDS - and his medical certificate has been given to the authorities as evidence.
Lil Kim's Repo Was Scott Storch's Fault
In April 2008 Lil Kim was raked across the blogs [click here for the story] because a New York news station filmed her Bentley being repossessed and played it on the evening news. Kim cussed their asses out on air, but here's the real deal. The car belonged to record producer Scott Storch who'd leased the car from a dealer in Miami. After he stopped paying the lease, he gave the car to Kim. What a loser. And by the way, this all came out because Scott, who's fresh out of rehab, was arrested last Friday for grand theft auto of the Bentley in question.
Busted
'One Tree Hill' star Antwon Tanner was arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into a fake Social Security card scam.
Tanner, who plays basketball star Antwon "Skills" Taylor on the CW series, turned himself in to federal prosecutors.
The U.S. Attorney's office said that the Chicago-bred actor both "knowingly and intentionally" transferred Social Security cards in 2008 "with intent to defraud."
The 34-year-old will be arraigned in Federal Court in Brooklyn on Tuesday, April 21.
A spokesperson for the CW declined to comment.
Jay Z's Cheap Ass Friends
Snitches told Page Six Atlantic Records executive Michael Kyser and Universal Music Group boss Shawn Costner made a big show of taking Jay Z out to a club then skipped out on the tab. The group ran up a bill of more than $1,500, after getting a third of the bill comped, then Kyser and Costner argued in front of Jay over which one of them would pay the bill. They agreed to split it, Jay tipped the waitress $500 and left. So, Jay wasn't there to see Costner's credit card get declined or Kyser fake agreeing to pick up the whole tab. What do I mean by 'fake-agreeing'? While Kyser's card did go through, he left the club without signing the credit slip, leaving his card behind. Then he disputed the charges to American Express.

