I Had The Messiest Quote

from NeNe Leakes about her status on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She was all like, "I AM the Real Housewives of Atlanta", and "There wouldn't be a show without me" and "It don't matter if the have me back or not because I have plenty of million dollar offers on the table." Funny when I went back to Sister2Sister to copy the outrageous quotes the shit was gone and replaced with the much more generic, “This is all I can tell you—and I don’t want to talk about: Every housewife has been invited back. They try to lock you in for a number of years. We all signed up for a third season when we signed on from day one. If anybody has been fired, nobody knows anything about it. We know nothing about it. I don’t know where the rumor came from.”


But NeNe did let it slip that Usher is the real reason Tameka Foster won't be joining the show.

Jermaine Dupri Explains Why He Hasn't Visited Da Brat in Prison

Bad Press Be Damned

Does it matter if the only bad press you get is from urban blogs? Don't look like it if Alicia Keys record sales are any indication. Alicia, who's been dogged backwards and forwards on urban blogs for her relationship with the not-yet-divorced Swizz Beats, is expected to move between 330-350k copies of her new cd The Element of Freedom in it's first week of release. Not exactly Alicia's best numbers, actually her worse yet, but still miles ahead of her peers.

Shocker

A Black girl says Tiger Woods told her to her face that he's just not into black women. First, who didn't know that? Second, do you believe he said it out loud? Up until now every chick who's had something to say about Tiger Woods has been, how can I put this gently? Not Black? or Asian for that matter. Anyway, the chick on the left sent an email to The Dirty about her experience with Tiger Woods. You can read it after the jump.

Kid Cudi Kicked off Tour

Kid Cudi, who took Kanye West's place on Lady GaGa's Fame Monster tour, got kicked off tour for punching a fan in the face. Here's what happened: Somebody from the audience tossed a wallet on the stage. What they do that for? Next thing you know Cudi jumps off the stage and punches a fan in the face. The WRONG FAN. And not in that "He chose the wrong fan to fuck with way", but in the "He literally punched a fan that hadn't even thrown the wallet" way.

The video is after the jump if you missed it.

Maybe Not As Crazy As We Thought

Remember when Chris Brown was spazzing out on Twitter accusing major outlets of blackballing his new cd [click here if you missed that]? Maybe the boy was on to something. After Chris' new cd Graffiti pulled in the lowest first week sales figures of his career, his fan soldiers decided to do something about it. First they started a Twitter trending topic demanding Graffiti be 'put on the racks', then one of his fans went on a super secret double agent recon mission to two different Walmarts to see whether or not they were carrying Chris' new cd. They weren't. It wasn't even in their system. You can click here and here for full disclosure of the mission.

But don't feel too bad for Chris because at least his love life isn't suffering.

R.I.P

Cincinnati Bengal Chris Henry has died from injuries sustained during a domestic dispute. Yesterday Henry and his fiance got into an argument and when the fiance stormed off in the couples' pick-up truck Chris jumped onto the flatbed and when the fiance sped off, Chris was ejected from the back. When paramedics arrived on the scene, Chris was lying in the street. He was placed on life-support and succumbed to his injuries early this morning. He was 26.

Diddy Was Late

Looking at the pictures from the unveiling of Diddy's wax statue at Madame Tussuads yesterday would give you the impression that everything went off without a hitch and you would be sooooo wrong. They say Diddy turned up for the event over an hour late, mispronounced Madame Tussuads name while introducing his statue and then refused to give any one on one interviews. And when his people were asked about the recent rumors of him proposing to Kim Porter in the near future they replied, "That rumor starts every year. It's not true."

You're Not Helping Charles

Charles Barkley says he hasn't been able to get in touch with Tiger Woods since the night of the infamous car crash because Tiger changed his phone number the very next day. But it's no wonder Charles can't reach Tiger since, as it turns out, Charles is one of Tiger's tricking buddies.

T.I. Home for Christmas?

Earlier today Atlanta blogger Sandra Rose got word from inside Grand Hustle that T.I. would be coming home much sooner than his 4th week in March projected release date. Sandra was told T.I. might be transferred to a halfway house even before Christmas. After the news swept the Internet, T.I.'s attorneys clarified Sandra's story, saying it is possible that T.I. could be transferred to a half way house, but stopped short of saying the transfer was definite. They would only admit that T.I. is inside the window where the Federal Bureau of Prisons could make that decision, but that it was solely up to them. Read: T.I. will be home before Christmas.

Wax Diddy

Diddy is the latest celebrity immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds New York

Wayne Gets His Date

Lil Wayne made a brief appearance inside a Manhattan court room today for a hearing regarding his one year prison sentence on gun charges [click here if you missed that]. Wayne has to report to prison on Feb 9, 2010, one week after his new cd is scheduled for release. No word on where he will be serving his sentence.

Monique and Gabourey Sidibe

have both been nominated for Golden Globes for their roles in the film Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire. Monique for Best Supporting Actress and Gabourey for Best Actress.

Rihanna Says She Does Not Have Herpes!

Rihanna is on the cover of GQ Magazine next month and in her interview I'm sure she covers a lot of topics,  but the only thing I noticed while uploading the pictures is that she says she does not have the herpes. Rihanna says the scar on her mouth is just that. A scar. It's been there every day of her life. It is not a  herpe! Anyway,  if you click to elarge the scans and read the article after the jump, let me know what else she says.