The "King of Pop" Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died at UCLA Medical Center, Rest In Peace Michael. We Love You.
Looks like ole Marty-Mar is coming back to the small screen where he found the most love. He’s got a few shows in development. We are sorely in need of a good black comedy.
Former hit TV star Martin Lawrence is slowly making his way back to television.
Though, this time, he’s doing things behind the camera.
Lawrence currently has three shows in development with his production company Runteldat and two shows even have network commitments.
Fox has picked an animated comedy of his, written by Rodney Barnes, which is based on his experiences growing up in the D.C. area.
The former Martin star is also developing a family comedy set at a funeral home.
Lawrence is also working on one featuring an interracial family which, is based on the comedy of Gary Owen and that’s been picked up by Starz.
Darice Rollins, Runteldat’s director of development, added “We all thought he is hilarious.”
Jill Scott and her man, John Roberts aka “Lil Jon” are done. Right after of her son Jett was born, things got messy and now they’ve gone the way of every black couple in Hollyweird these days – to divorce court. Damn yall – can’t we all just get along
ESSENCE.COM: Well, at least your hubby-to-be was there to support. How has he been adjusting to Jett?
SCOTT: Yes, he was there and for a couple of days afterwards while I stayed in hospital, but John and I are no longer together. When you have a baby you’re dealing with a lot of emotions and I don’t know how much of it had to do with us breaking up, but it happens.
We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that’s concerned. I know some might criticize me or the fact that my son is being raised in a single-parent home, but I wasn’t raised in a two-parent home and I had a good relationship with my dad. I have hopes for him and I’m sure his father will do his part as well.
Well wish you the best of luck.
source:bossip
Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case. He won't do jail time, but he will spend 6 months doing things like road cleanup. He's also been ordered to stay 50 yards clear of Rihanna.
He'll spend 180 days doing community labor (8 hours a day -- 1440 hours total) -- which is, in effect, hard labor. He'll do his service in Virginia which is where Brown lives. A Virginia law enforcement officer told us Brown will be picking up trash, pulling weeds and washing fire trucks.
He gets 5 years probation for FELONY assault -- he pled guilty. He'll get supervised probation. He'll have to come back to court every three months.
He must enroll in a domestic violence counseling program.
This is interesting ... the judge said if Brown and Rihanna are at the same public events, the 50-yard stay away turns into 10 yards. The stay away order lasts 5 years.
The judge said she wanted to make sure that Chris Brown "was treated as any other person who comes through this court."
source:tmz.com
The television event of the century will not be televised. Rih-Rih’s testimony will not include any cameras being shoved all up in her covergirl caked face:
Television cameras won’t be present in the courthouse when Rihanna takes the witness stand at a preliminary hearing for Chris Brown’s assault trial on June 22nd, CNN reports. A court spokesperson said yesterday that Los Angeles Criminal Court Judge Patricia Schnegg opted to deny media requests to allow cameras into the courtroom for Rihanna’s testimony. No explanation was given for the ruling. A sketch artist will be allowed to draw the hearing, however.
After failing numerous times to postpone Monday’s hearing to avoid having Rihanna air potentially damaging details regarding the February 8th incident, Chris Brown’s legal team, led by lawyer Mark Geragos, will reportedly seek a plea agreement by next Monday to prevent Rihanna’s testimony. Rihanna’s lawyer Donald Etra previously said he cleared out his client’s calendar for this month to ensure that the “Umbrella” singer would be able to cooperate with the prosecution. “She will definitely comply with the subpoena and any court order,” Etra said.
Source:bossip.com
Learning that your baby daddy’s got another chick pregnant on the internet is not a good look. Lauren’s starting to see what she’s gotten herself into with Lil “No Condoms” Wayne and its a lesson learned a little too late.
I was told yesterday Lauren London was at lost for words today after finding out that her baby daddy was expecting another child yesterday. Lauren who is almost 6 months pregnant didn’t know anything about Nivea pregnancy, and found out online and was outraged. Like every other star these days, she took to her Twitter page to express how she felt. But after speaking to a family friend left the topic alone.
She then decided to spend the day with her family and close friends. Lauren told her friends that she is worried if her career is over as a result of these issues. As we all know Lauren is on the pinnacle of Black Hollywood as the face of Sean John and reoccurring role in the remake of Beverly Hills 90210 on the CW. A reliable source stated that Wayne doesn’t want anything to do with Lauren.
Today Nivea called Ryan Cameron’s and confirmed that she is indeed pregnant with a boy. In fact, both of them are pregnant with Wayne’s sons. This is a really bad situation, considering that she is knocked up and the baby daddy is in love with someone else.
Lauren London can have any man in the world but she chooses to get with an engaged man… Is the recession effecting men too!!!! This makes Wayne about 4 babies up and 4 baby mamas down. I guess it is true about Wayne ” He can f*&^k any girl in this world”.
Sidenote… I really like Lauren London, she is such a sweet and caring person. I hate to see this happen to her. I hope this is an eye opener and she’ll come back from this stronger than ever. P.S. Lauren hit me on twitter…
So they’re both having boys by a guy who doesn’t know how to be a man? Nice
source:bossip.com
Tameka Foster, the woman who Usher seems bent on divorcing, will not let a little thing like divorce papers get in the way of her marriage. Exhibit A: She’s still wearing her wedding ring.
We got the shot at LaGuardia Airport in New York yesterday. Usher seems more than ready to cut ties. We got him at LAX this week minus his wedding band.
This is when a woman needs some real girlfriends who will slap some sense into her @ss.
An unnamed source revealed details behind the actor Morgan Freeman's divorce from his wife of 25 years, claiming he maintained a 10 year affair with his 27-year-old step-granddaughter.
According to the National Inquirer, Freeman, 72, was party to an extramarital relationship with his step-granddaughter that began when she was still a teenager. The alleged affair is the centerpiece of the spilt from his wife, Myrna, and also led to the break-up with his long-time mistress, Mary Joyce Hays.
The source claimed to be a "close family insider" and explained the details of the relationship between Freeman and his step-granddaughter, E'Dena Hines. The actor and his wife Myrna raised Hines, who is the granddaughter of his first wife, "since she was a little girl."
"Myrna said E'dena told her that when she was a teenager, she and Morgan went to dinner at a friend's house one evening. Both had been drinking, and when they returned home, Morgan attempted to have sex with her. They stopped just short of having intercourse," the source revealed. "E'Dena explained to Myrna that she stopped Morgan from going any further."
The actor agreed to leave the child alone after he was confronted by Myrna, but the source insists the two sustained the relationship for years. In recent years, Hines has been Morgan's date to several events and screenings including the premier of "The Dark Knight."
"Nobody thought anything of it, because she would be introduced as his 'granddaughter,'" The family insider said. "It's not technically incest, because they are not related by blood...[but] Morgan is trying desperately to keep his divorce out of open court so all the shameful facts won't become public."
Source: Livesteez.com
A club owner in Manhattan is threatening to sue because Beyonce just flaked out on a $200,000 performance:
A PULLOUT by Beyoncé Knowles has a Manhattan clubowner threatening a million-dollar lawsuit. The pop princess was slated to perform tomorrow at M2 — the West 27th Street nightclub that used to be Crobar and Mansion — as part of the launch of her “I Am . . . Sasha Fierce” North American tour. M2 ownerJoey Morrissey agreed to pay the singer $200,000 for the gig, he says.
But on Wednesday, Beyoncé’s people suddenly pulled the plug on the performance, despite having signed a contract that had prompted Morrissey to spend $100,000 preparing for the show, according to the clubowner. “They said they were too busy with the launching of the tour and that they wouldn’t have time to do the kickoff party,” Morrissey tells Page Six. To make up for the cancellation, Morrissey says Beyoncé offered to stop by the club “to hang out for an hour” on Sunday. He adds, “I mean, we sold tables for thousands of dollars for the show, and spent $100,000 renting a soundboard and other equipment, as per their stipulations. What good does her showing up for an hour do me? They’ve been totally unwilling to agree to another show.”
As a result, Morrissey says he’s now preparing to file suit against Beyoncé, claiming his place has suffered a “loss of reputation” in addition to the sunk cash. “We had an overwhelming response from our clubgoers, who were lining up to buy tickets and tables. This will come as a great disappointment to all of them,” he claims, adding, “If Beyoncé cancels and doesn’t give us a new date, this hurts our credibility in night life.” The gig, which was initially posted on the singer’s Web site, has since been taken down. A rep for Beyoncé at Sony did not respond to our phone calls and e-mails.
Looks like Mathew Knowles is yet again running Bey into the ground. Give the girl a break. Stop committing her to a thousand gigs and then have to cover her @ss when she backs out.
Source:Bossip.com