How Much Does it Cost to Sing an R Kelly Song?

Did you ever see that home movie clip of Micheal Jackson riding in an  SUV with Brett Radner dancing and singing along to R Kelly's song Ignition? The clip was used in the TV special "Micheal Jackson's Private Home Movies", but Universal says Mike never paid for the rights to use the music. They're suing the estate for $3,000.00.

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Rihanna's Grammy Night Snub

Even though Rihanna and Chris Brown both have new music out, neither has been invited to perform at the Grammys this year. I wonder why? Could it be because of their infamous Grammy night beat down last year? Rihanna seems to think so. When asked why she wouldn't be performing at the award show this year Rhi Rhi replied, We messed their show up pretty bad last year. They might be a little mad at me."

Are You Gay if You Have Sex with a Woman who Used to Be a Man?

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Eric Green is accused of forcefully sodomizing a transgendered woman and she's filed a $10 million sex assault lawsuit against him [not criminal charges?] because of it. Mr. Lady says she met Eric at a casino in Scottsdale, AZ in 2009 when he still played for the Arizona Cardinals. Ms. Thang says they went back to Eric's condo, he got angry about something [maybe finding out she used to be a he?] and raped her. Lady Dude says after the rape Eric told her, "This never happened. You'd better not tell."

Russell Confirms Ex's New Baby with Jason Kidd

and throws a little shade. I think. After news broke that Russell Simmons' ex Porshla Coleman had a baby with Dallas Maverick Jason Kidd, Russell congratulated the happy couple and wrote a blog in their honor on his web site Global Grind. It starts like this,

When a successful or powerful man walks into the room and sees the most beautiful woman in the room and gravitates towards her, maybe even before an inspired, insightful and even enlightened woman, he is dealing with a normal, human limitation, searching for something on the outside instead of something on the inside. When a beautiful woman walks into the room and sees a powerful, successful man and gravitates towards him, she is dealing with the same kind of insecurity, because he adds something to her, validation, almost in the same way as she adds to him. None of the early flirting is about substance. It is all about the outer beauty of both.

Call me crazy, but did Russell just call Porschla and Jason shallow and insecure or am I reaching? Read the rest of Russell's blog here.

Swizz and Alicia's Love Shack

Amid rumors of being newly engaged, Swizz Beats and Alicia Keys are said to have plunked down $14 million for Lenny Kravitz's Crosby St. penthouse duplex.


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Just When You Thought it Couldn't Get any Worse

Tiara releases photos of her c-section procedure. Actual pictures of little Nina Minaji being pulled from her mother's bloody uterus.

After the cut if you dare.

Jada Says

"Will is thinking about going into politics. He once said he could imagine becoming a US president. He wasn’t joking; he was quite serious about it. Will and I want to leave traces on this planet – and with that I mean more important traces than just films.”

Tiara Wants to go on Maury

I kid you not. According to Gossip on This Tiara promises as soon as little Nina Minaji is stable, she's getting her DNA tested and wants to reveal the results to Blue on The Maury Povich Show.

I'm done.

Suspended

Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were suspended for the remainder of the season Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who said guns in the workplace "will not be tolerated."

BuJu Says He was Set Up

Reggae star Bu Ju Banton, who plead not guilty to charges of conspiring to buy more than 5 keys kilograms of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer in Sarasota, Florida last month, claims a paid government informant convinced him to buy the coke. Bu's trial is scheduled to begin in March.

Somebody Get Maury on Line One

Looks like we're going to find out if Diamond Blue is the father of Tisha Campbell's little sister's baby a lot sooner than we thought [click here if you missed that mess] because Tiara delivered her baby 4 months early. According to Gossip on This, Tiara's sister Toya told GOT Tiara was having complications because of stress, forcing doctors to perform an emergency cesarean. Toya says, “While we were on a plane Sunday on our way to Los Angeles from Atlanta, Tiara had a headache and was very dizzy, so I felt her head and she had a fever. So as soon as we got to LAX airport, Tiara was rushed to the hospital and the doctor said her temperature was 103.5 and her blood pressure was really high. The doctor said they had to take the baby out right then because they both were at risk of dying.”

It's a girl and baby and mother are doing well. Tiara named her Nina Minaji Campbell  and Toya says, “Nina is here because God wanted her here. She is in intensive care, but we are very thankful she and Tiara are alive.”

More Trouble with the Winnie Mandela Bio-Pic

First the South African Actors Union threatened to sue to halt production on the Winnie Mandela bio-pic 'Winnie' because Jennifer Hudson was chosen to play the title role instead of a South African actor [click here if you missed that], and now Winnie herself is speaking out against the film...

In Case You Missed It

Remember City High? It was two guys and a girl and they had that one song 'What Would You Do?' Anyway, the guy who put the group together, Robby Pardlo, is a recovering alcoholic and did an episode on A&E Intervention. Long story short Robby reveals he turned to alcohol after his band mates betrayed him. The girl in the group Claudette Ortiz was Robby's high school sweetheart but she left him in the middle of a European tour for their other band mate Ryan Toby.