4/17/12

The Daily Roundup for April 18




Meet New York Jets Antonio Cromartie and his 10 kids by 8 different Women!
As he celebrates his 28th birthday today New York Jets cornerback, Antonio Cromartie, has another reason to raise a glass – he now fathers 10 children.


The football star recently had his second child with his wife to add to his brood of nine children from a total of eight women across the country.
Cromartie and his wife Terricka have named their new son, Jagger, who will join his sister Jurzie, as well as nine half-siblings.
The newborn is the fourth child to the household in New Jersey, which consists of Jurzie, T.J - Cromartie's first son, and a child from his wife's previous relationship.
If you include Cromartie's step-child the sports star has enough children to field a football team - where each team has 11 players on the field at any one time.
Cromartie, who signed a four-year, $32 million contract with the Jets last fall, has to pay more than $3,500 in child maintenance each month to six of the women he has fathered children with. 

 
Last March the Jets had to pay the player an $500,000 advance so that he could pay outstanding child support.


And now the ex-girlfriends, who Cromartie has fathered children with, are hoping to cash in with a new reality TV programme about their extensive brood.
A TV production company has expressed interest in the idea but Cromartie is not allowing it to go ahead and has blocked any filming of his children.
Nevertheless the women – from California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and New Jersey – have come together as apparent friends and, no doubt, in hope that the TV project will work.

Ryan Ross, who works in a hotel in Los Angeles, is the mother of Cromartie’s fifth child, son Tyler Jae, 4. They dated for about six months after meeting in a nightclub.
Ross is keen for the show to go ahead: ‘Our kids need to know who their siblings are. It’s bigger than our past with Antonio. It’s about our children,’ she told the New York Post.
And she described the relationship between the other mothers as a ‘close tight-knit friendship’ where they understand exactly what each is going through and can 'vent' to one another.
Former beauty queen Rhonda Patterson, who has a three-year-old daughter called London with Cromartie, wrote a book about her relationship with the footballer.
In the memoir, Love, Intercepted, Patterson described how Cromartie cancelled their wedding a week before it was scheduled and ended their relationship when she was six-months pregnant. 

Shortly after dumping Patterson the footballer wed his current wife, Terricka Cason, who starred in Candy Girls – a reality TV show about scouting models. Cromartie is step-father to her child from a former relationship.
The Jets cornerback also has custody of his first child, Alonzo, now 7, who he had with Rosemita Pierre.
Pierre told the New York Post that the footballer star defies a court order that allows her to speak to her son three times a week.
'He’s supposedly a role model, but he’s not doing what he should be doing as a father, or as a man,' she told the paper.


FRESH BEEF: Meet Actor, Model and Singer Rotimi!

As a talented musical artist, budding actor on a hit cable series and brand new spokesmodel for AKOO clothing, Rotimi Akinosho has stepped up as the triple threat to watch in 2012. He sat down with in a recent interview
AKOO, the clothing line founded by superstar rapper T.I., has just announced upcoming model/actor/singer Rotimi as the new face of the company. 22-year-old Rotimi, who also stars on the Starz series "BOSS" with Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer, Sanaa Lathan and now T.I., has been making moves in the entertainment industry for half his life, but his AKOO gig may be his biggest role yet!

So how does a young man land a model gig for a celebrity driven company so early in his career? Jeff Belizaire, Director of Marketing for AKOO, said it was a no-brainer
"T.I. founded AKOO (A King Of Oneself) based on having exceptional style and creativity," Jeff says. "And Rotimi is a rare talent that embodies our mantra of self-mastery. With his songwriting and acting, we admire that in him."

Born in Maplewood, NJ and raised in a Nigerian household, Rotimi credits his success to his family. He dished about how his upbringing affects his ambition, saying:
"There was a lot of structure and education. My dad always told me to work hard and play hard."
He added, "In a Nigerian household, it sets you apart because you realize that everything you get you have to earn. My dad instilled that in me."

Having attended Northwestern University, Rotimi, who's been playing piano and singing since he was 6, got a huge break in Hollywood this year when he was added to the cast of Starz's hit series "BOSS." Talking about the experience,.
"It was a blessing. Working with Kelsey [Grammar], Lionsgate and them believing in me was just awesome. I was able to have conversations with great directors and get into the role of the character. I'm playing a drug dealer but it’s a deeper story. It has meaning and the character is tough and vulnerable."

He also credits T.I. as being a great mentor and role model both on and off the set.
"TIP is one of those people where you learn from watching. I watch how he handles himself as a professional and he always tells me there is no limit to what I can do and to keep good people around me."

But despite landing such a large acting role so early is his career, Rotimi says besides AKOO, music is his main passion.
“I want to be one of the main voices of my generation to prove there is no limit to what you can do on the great. I want people to understand that you can go to school and get your degree….and live whatever you wanted to do. There are no limits to anything you can do.
"Boss" kicks off season 2 (10 episodes) this August.
















 
Find Rotimi on Facebook and Twitter (@Rotimi). 
More pics, including his walk in this year's AKOO Fashion Show in Atlanta:

Nice!



Morgan Freeman Denies Relationship With Step-Granddaughter
A while ago I told you that actor Morgan Freeman was about to take his ex-granddaughter hand in marriage, and after weeks of trying to act like he didn’t care, Freeman has now decided to speak about the rumors. Morgan Freeman says wedding bells are not ringing for him and his 27-year-old step-granddaughter. The Oscar winner has released a statement to TMZ saying allegations that he’s going to marry E’Dena Hines are “defamatory fabrications from the tabloid media designed to sell papers.” Freeman adds that he’s alarmed that the rumors are now being reported “by the legitimate press.” Hines is also speaking out about the allegations, saying “these stories” are “hurtful to me and my family.” It was rumored that Freeman and Hines had been dating for about ten years and were planning to tie the knot sometime in the not too distant future.

Freeman’s rep tells TMZ that the Hollywood star didn’t initially speak on the reports because he didn’t want to “dignify these stories by commenting.


Which Reality Star Revealed Her New Body On Twitter?
Which reality star revealed her post-operation body on twitter recently?
Answer: It’s Love and Hip Hop’s Somaya Reece. A few months ago, Somaya revealed that she was considering a breast reduction to minimize the 40E cup load she was carrying around which was giving her back problems among other things. Somaya went through with the surgery days later and she’s now in recovery. 

She has also created a strict diet for herself. She says:
I can’t wait to go shopping for all the stuff I couldn’t wear before!

HMMMM:
Looking good, so far!

Can’t wait to see a full shot of the results!


Lauryn Hill Makes London Comeback
Taking a brief break from crafting her long awaited sophomore album, Lauryn Hill took to London’s 02 Arena last night for a truly showstopping performance.

WATCH:

A far cry from the ‘out of it monster’ she’s often presented as, Hill soared with performances of some of her greatest cuts including – ‘Lost Ones‘, ‘Ex Factor’, and Fugee smash ‘Killing Me Softly’




TROUBLE IN PARADISE? Taj & Eddie George Put Their Mansion On The Market
Uh oh. Even though Eddie George put out a statement following his arrest that nothing happened with him and Rachel Connor (he was suspiciously caught in the passenger seat of Rachel's car after she got pulled over for a DUI in Orlando), we still haven't heard a word from Taj about the matter. But the fact she hasn't even spoken his name or done any interviews about their new relationship book speaks volumes.
Now, public records show that Taj & Eddie have put their beautiful Brentwood, TN custom mansion, which they've owned since 2007, on the market. Does this mean a possible split is on the horizon?
The former Tennessee Titan and R&B singer, who have 2 sons together, seem to be trying to get rid of their almost 9,000 sqft 5 BR/6 Bathroom home quickly...listing it at a relatively low price of $1.099 million.
So what all comes with this home? Realtor.com reports:
The stone-lined, three-story home offers 8,558-square-feet of living space and features a total of five bedrooms and six bathrooms. The interior boasts hardwood flooring, vaulted ceilings and detailed molding, while a chef’s kitchen and study are lined with custom built-ins, cabinetry and other wood-lined touches. George’s home has two stairways, one in front and one in back of the property, and also an elevator that runs from the basement area to the attic. Other fine amenities befitting a star running back include a media room, rec room with a wet bar, a pair of laundry rooms and a pool. And let’s not forget the obligatory Ohio State room, complete with a scarlet and gray paint job and a giant Fathead wall graphic featuring the pride of Columbus, Brutus Buckeye.

More pics:
 
 
 
Meanwhile, Taj is busy on tour with her SWV groupmates and prepping to drop their new album I Missed Us (released yesterday).




BET UNVEILED ITS NEW PROGRAMMING LINEUP
BET Networks unveiled its programming lineup for the new TV season at its upfront presentation at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The network’s new scripted and original series and TV movies features Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Marlon Wayans, Larenz Tate and more. Here’s an inside look at some of the new shows and films: Kevin Hart is gearing up to star in his own TV show. 
The extremely popular and hilarious House Husbands sketch, which starred Nelly, Bobby Brown, Jermaine Dupri and Nick Cannon and aired during the 2011 BET Awards, has graduated to a prime-time semi-scripted series. House Husbands will continue to humorously question what it means to be a real Hollywood Husband. 
The official lineup of the series regular hubbies have yet to be announced.

Second Generation Wayans:
Starring Craig Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans, George O. Gore II, a cross between Entourage and How to Make It In America, this scripted comedy takes a funny look at the next generation of Wayans trying to make it in Hollywood. Viewers will view the good, funny and ugly as a trio of Wayans nephews attempt a shot at stardom outside of the shadow of their famous uncles. Executive produced by Marlon Wayans.

Don’t Sleep with T.J. Holmes:
A talk show in the vein of Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and Bill Maher. Using a variety of humorous correspondents, T.J. Holmes explores all the day’s hot-button issues from an African-American perspective

The Mathis Project:
A powerful docu-series that spotlights and hopes to solve unsolved cold case homicides in African-American communities. The series stars Judge Greg Mathis (Judge Mathis).

The execs also unveiled plans for the BET Premiere Cinema long-form showcase, which will bow with Being Mary Jane, produced by Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the pair behind the cabler’s popular sitcom The Game. Mary Jane, starring Gabrielle Union as a successful single TV news anchor, will also be developed as an hour-long series.
BET sibling cabler Centric announced Apollo Live, a rebooted amateur competition show hosted by Tony Rock and exec produced by Jamie Foxx, Marcus King and Don Weiner.
In addition to the new programming, the network announced plans to amplify its annual BET Awards ceremony next year. The BET Awards Experience 2013 will be a three-day takeover of the L.A. Live complex for panels, live taping, music, comedy and other festivities. Lee presented this as a key opportunity for advertisers to expose their brands..



Azealia Banks Featured In Elle Magazine
New rapper Azealia Banks is featured in the May issue of Elle Magazine. Azealia is dressed in a yellow Mickey Mouse sweatshirt with matching ears and blue hair dame puckers up for Elle’s ‘Women In Music’ feature.

The ever fiesty Banks chats with the mag about her YouTube come-up and more.
“People say, ‘You just got famous on YouTube.’” Azealia added. “I’m like, ‘So? You didn’t get famous anywhere.’”
The issue hits stands Today!


Jayson Williams Released from Rikers
Retired NBA forward Jayson Williams was released from Rikers Island after serving an 8 month sentence for drunk driving
Jayson, who was arrested after driving his SUV into a tree, also served 18 months after being convicted in 2010 of aggravated assault in the death of his limo driver in 2002



Man Breaks Into ‘Diddy’s House
OMG!!! I am shaking my head on this… The world gets stranger and stranger each day!
Quamine Taylor, 30, of Jamaica, Queens who is a man with mental issues broke into the East Hampton home of Diddy recently. He was convinced that Diddy wouldn’t mind if he crashed there so he made himself at home by eating the food, drinking the drink and wearing his clothes!
Although Diddy constantly invites his fans to live the Ciroc lifestyle, one special fan took him up on that offer by breaking into Mr. Combs’ East Hampton mansion and living the fab life for a few hours!

Quamine, the same fool that pulled this SAME STUNT ten years ago said:
“I’ve actually been going to the house from time to time since 2001. I stay there a lot, but Sean gets funny sometimes about me staying there,” he said from Suffolk County jail.
His mom even bumped gums on this:
“He grew up listening to [Diddy’s] music. He has a long history of mental illness, and he has been off his meds for a while. We have been trying to get him some help.”
So how did this happen? Simple. Quamine took a cab to Diddy’s crib from the train station and managed to sneak around security and find an open basement door. From there, he lived the Ciroc life.
He rocked Diddy’s clothes, ate his food and hit the liquor supply. And when he tripped an alarm, he convinced security that he was Diddy’s “friend” and was allowed to be there!


He was busted after a restful night when a caretaker found him. He said,
“I got a good night’s sleep, but it’s not anything too special. It’s just like a three bedroom.”

Hide yo wife, hide yo kids…. and hide yo CIROC!!!!!!!!!!! is coming for IT!!



Keri Hilson Talks Apocalyptic Dreams And Biggest Fear With Fuse TV
Miss Keri Baby dreams the world is going to end…and often.
She recently sat down with Fuse TV for an intimate interview where she discussed her very vivid apocalyptic dreams as well as her fears, her worst break up (looks as though she kicked her cute Bahamian boo to the curb) and best body part.

Check out a few excerpts:
On the worst break up she’s ever had
The worst break up I’ve ever had is the reason for the tone of my third album that I am still writing, still going through. That’s why it’s mid-tempo and that’s why it is emotional and that’s why it will probably be some of my best work.

On her favorite dream
I dream a lot. I have a tattoo that says dream in color. I really do dream in color and they are very, very vivid . I don’t remember my favorite dream but I do remember my least favorite dreams because I have these recurring dreams about the end of the world and their very, very vivid and very realistic.

On what happens in those dreams
Different things happen, like its almost something to do with a natural disaster, like there’s always the sky going black and your actually watching it happen. Another dream was like a flood and in another dream there was so many people killing other people in the street, women and children included. They throw my whole week off because I don’t really know what to think of that and why I have those dreams so often.
On whether she knows the world is ending in the dream
I know that the world is ending in the dream. you just know it. Its a sense, its a feel. Another time it was like UFO’s and they were fighting above us and we just knew that this means that its over. The sky was turning dark and you saw all of these things fighting and I don’t know its just weird. This is very personal.
On overcoming her biggest fear
The biggest fear that I conquered was loneliness. I was really afraid of being lonely for a long time and I just had to grow comfortable with myself and treat myself. If no one is going to treat me good, I’ll do it myself and I conquered that. [laughs] I love me

Vid:

All I can say is this Keri Baby….JESUS SAVES!!



ANOTHER DeBarge BITES THE DUST; Mark DeBarge LOCKED UP For Drug Possession
Unfortunately, yet another member of the DeBarge family has been arrested for drug possession. 


according to TMZ, LA cops showed up to a hotel room in Hollywood occupied by Mark DeBarge (shown above in an old school photo) and an unidentified woman. Because the woman was due for a visit from her parole officer, the cops had license to just drop by...and they did.


When they got to the room, they found Mark and the woman with a few unnamed narcotics. Both were placed under arrest and Mark was booked for narcotics possession. He has been released since then.
So sad to see talent wasted.....those DeBarges could SING!



SAD STORY: Minneapolis mom drops son at day care, then returns to find Day Care Provider and parents murdered!!!
MINNEAPOLIS — A woman who became suspicious and called 911 after dropping her son off at a suburban Minneapolis day care provider’s home stayed on the line as she went back to the house and discovered three people shot to death, according to transcripts of the call.
DeLois Brown, 59, ran a daycare business from her Brooklyn Park home, where police found three people dead of gunshot wounds Monday morning, April 9, 2012. Brown’s parents both lived with her.
The Brooklyn Park Police Department released the transcript of the call that took place Monday, minutes after investigators believe a lone male fatally shot DeLois Brown and her elderly parents.

The transcript provides a chilling account of how the mother became suspicious after seeing a man in a hooded sweatshirt and a glove on one hand on a bicycle outside Brown’s home. She told police she called Brown to warn her but spoke to her only briefly before she heard the word “no” and the phone went dead.
When she turned around and returned to the house, she spotted the man riding away with something under his coat. Her alarm grew as she told the dispatcher that her son was inside and that the door was open.
Police were still searching for the lone suspect in the shooting deaths of Brown, 59, and her parents, James Bolden, 82, and Clover Bolden, 81.
‘No! No!’


The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said Wednesday that all three victims died of gunshot wounds, and that Brown and her mother had been shot in the head.
The caller stayed on the phone with the 911 dispatcher while she went inside to see if Brown, her son and the others were OK.
She quickly found her son, who was uninjured, but she couldn’t find the day care provider right away. She called out to Brown repeatedly, her voice imbued suddenly with horror as she came upon Brown and her parents in a bedroom.



Halle Berry shows her wild side in lacy leopard print dress for charity gala
She once donned skin-tight leather to portray the role of Catwoman.
And Halle Berry showed her fondness for felines hasn’t dwindled when she attended a charity event.
 The actress, 45, picked a leopard print dress to walk the red carpet at the Jenesse Silver Rose gala, which was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The frock clung to her curvaceous frame but remained elegant thanks to its knee length and long sleeves.
However it also boasted a low cut and lace trimmed neckline which drew attention to Halle’s ample cleavage.
Halle teamed the printed dress with simple black peep toe pumps and the only accessory she wore was her engagement ring.
Her fiancé Olivier Martinez was also on hand at the gala tonight, although the pair posed separately.


Halle has long supported the domestic violence charity and was last year honored for her work with the organization.


AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
“DOUBLE BAGGING”
Ah yes, the old ‘bag over the baby’ method. On this Friday the 13th, you remind me that I’d be more inclined to let Jason babysit a child than you.



BE WELL ALL!!!
EFREM

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