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Kelly Rowland Parties In L.A. With Christina Milian, Jamie Foxx And Chris Brown

Miss Kelly Rowland stepped out to Club Eden last night in Los Angeles and the "Motivation" singer partied with her future tour partner Chris Brown and Oscar-winnner Jamie Foxx. 

Kelly had a toast with her celeb friends to her new album:

Celebrating the release of Here I Am this week, Kelly Rowland hit the club in L.A. and as usual, her waredrobe game was on point.  Miss Kelly also has some of the best skin in the game.

Jamie Foxx was looking buff as he entered the club.

"The Voice" judge Cee-Lo Green stopped through.

Christina Milian is pretty enough to get away with most things but I'm unsure about this black/white top and peach mini-shorts combo.

And Kelly's tour partner, Mr. Chris Brown, was also in the house.

 

Fun times.

 RIHANNA GETS IT ON IN BARBADOS FOR CARNIVAL!

Rihanna Wilds Out At Barbados Carnival Parade

Rihanna was spotted backing it up on some Bajan boys earlier today as she participated in the Kadooment Day Parade in Barbados. She is currently at home on a mini vacation where she will be shooting a new documentary series titled ‘Coming Home”. As part of the series, she will be holding a concert there for the first time since she left the island at least 6 years ago

Well you better werk Miss Rihanna!

Rosa Parks Essay Reveals Rape Attempt

Long before Rosa Parks was hailed as the "mother of the civil rights movement," she wrote a detailed and harrowing account of nearly being raped by a white neighbor who employed her as a housekeeper in 1931.

The six-page essay, written in her own hand many years after the incident, is among thousands of her personal items currently residing in the Manhattan warehouse and cramped offices of Guernsey's Auctioneers, which has been selected by a Michigan court to find an institution to buy and preserve the complete archive.

Civil rights historian Danielle McGuire said she had never before heard of the attempted rape of Parks and called the find among Parks' papers astounding.

It helps explain what triggered Parks' lifelong campaign against the ritualistic rape of black women by white men, said McGuire, whose recent book "At the Dark End of the Street" examines how economic intimidation and sexual violence were used to derail the freedom movement and how it went unpunished during the Jim Crow era.

"I thought it was because of the stories that she had heard. But this gives a much more personal context to that," said McGuire, an assistant professor of history at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her book recounts Parks' role in investigating for the NAACP the case of Recy Taylor, a young sharecropper raped by a group of white men in 1944.

Of her own experience, Parks wrote, "He offered me a drink of whiskey, which I promptly and vehemently refused. . He moved nearer to me and put his hand on my waist. I was very frightened by now."

He liked me. .. he didn't want me to be lonely and would I be sweet to him. He had money to give me for accepting his attentions," she wrote.

"I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never."

Most people know the story of Parks, a black, middle-aged seamstress who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. Guernsey's President Arlan Ettinger said her personal papers reveal a much more complex individual, one who spent a lifetime fighting for racial equality and against the sexual violence of black women.

Parks is credited with inspiring the civil rights movement with her solitary act of defiance on Dec. 1, 1955, that led to the Supreme Court outlawing segregation on buses. She received the nation's two highest honors in her lifetime, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.

She died in 2005 at age 92, leaving the trove of personal correspondence, papers relating to her work for the Montgomery branch of the NAACP, tributes from presidents and world leaders, school books, family bibles, clothing, furniture and more – about 8,000 items in all.

"It is wonderful and breathtaking," Ettinger said. "It will be up to the institution that ends up with it to make this material known to the world."

Proceeds from the sale will go to resolve a dispute over her estate, divided between her relatives and the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development that she created in 1987.

Guernsey's, known for its sale of iconic and celebrity collections, took an inventory of Parks' homes in Detroit soon after she died and is looking for an institution to buy her archive, which Ettinger described as the most complete he's ever seen.

The only thing missing, he quipped, is the bus itself. The bus is in The Henry Ford, a museum in Dearborn, Mich.

The archive reveals an infinitely complex individual, Ettinger said.

Parks worked on many cases with the NAACP, including the Scottsboro defense of nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. She was involved in the black power conventions in the 1970s and the anti-apartheid movement in the 1990s.

Parks wrote on anything she could get her hands on. The backs of church pamphlets and NAACP flyers are filled with her thoughts and observations.

There are detailed notes on how African-American citizens should comport themselves during the bus boycott following her arrest that lasted 382 days and about the organization that led it, the Montgomery Improvement Association, headed by a young pastor named the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elsewhere, she laments about life under the oppressive Jim Crow laws and asks what is wrong with the world when her jailer refuses her a drink of water.

She also vividly recalls an incident when she was 10 years old involving a white boy who threatened to hit her. Demonstrating some of the determination she exhibited on the bus decades later, Parks writes "I picked up a small piece of brick and drew back to strike him if he should hit me. I was angry. He went his way without further comment."

Parks' memoirs include one with author Jim Haskins and another with one of her attorneys in the early 1990s, but by then said McGuire, "her story was pretty much well-rehearsed, and limited to her time in Montgomery and the bus incident."

"Her story had become mythic and iconic ... I can't imagine what that felt like for her to have a whole history of activism and political work erased and turned almost into a cartoon character," said McGuire.

Guernsey's has talked to about 20 museums, libraries, university and churches about buying the archive over the past three years.

"There hasn't been a group that didn't desperately want it but had to face the reality whether they could afford it," Ettinger said, adding that he was currently in discussions with three separate entities – an institution and two individuals who could buy the archive with the intention of donating it to a museum or other cultural institution.

He declined to give an exact figure but said $8 million to $10 million was in the "ballpark."

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research library of the New York Public Library, was among the interested institutions.

Its new director, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, said the center has very little material on Parks and would love to own some of her papers but because the archive is being sold as a single collection, it took the Schomburg out of the running.

"She is a witness to the beginning and the maturation of the civil rights movement. . She walked as close to Martin Luther King Jr., as you can get at the beginning of the movement," Muhammad said.

McGuire wondered why Parks omitted the attempted rape incident from her memoirs but included the story about the little boy who threatened her.

"It shows some kind of conscious effort in shaping her own legacy but also, I think, speaks to the issue of respectability. She doesn't necessarily feel comfortable telling the world about what happened," she said. "But she's contemplating telling people about it because she's written it down."

Read part of Rosa Parks' essay in its original form

WOW!

Jalen Rose Caught Speeding Hours After DUI Sentence

Jalen Rose Pulled Over Again Hours After DUI Court Date

Jalen Rose was sentenced to 20 days in jail after being charged with a DUI. The former NBA pro, then got caught doing 46 m.p.h in a 25-m.p.h zone later that night.

Rose was only given a citation and this time he wasn't drunk. Rose is scheduled to begin serving his jail term Tuesday, though defense attorney Keith Davidson has said they might appeal before then.

Karrine Steffans Night On The Town With Basketball Wives L.A Cast

Former video vixen Karrine Steffans had a girls’ night out with the L.A cast of Basketball Wives. Sisters Gloria & Laura Govan, Jackie Christie and the rest of the ladies dined in at Carousel in Glendale. They were  also joined by TV personality Claudia Jordan and Terrell Owens PR reps Mo & Kita.

Vh1 revealed the official cast of the show which will includes Jackie Christie, wife of Doug Christie, former player for the Los Angeles Clippers; Kimsha Artest, wife of Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest; Imani Showalter, ex-fiancée of Charlotte Bobcats’ Stephen Jackson. Last but not least Gloria Govan, fiancée of Laker Matt Barnes along with her sister Laura Govan, ex fiancée of Orlando Magic Gilbert Arenas.

Claudia Jordan, Imani Showalter, Jackie Christie, Gloria Govan, Karrine Steffans & Laura Govan

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And the Finale

Nice group shot!

WELL, WELL LOOKY LOOKY…THESE TWO ARE BESTIES AGAIN?

Teaming up for a gourmet dinner, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton were spotted at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Pacific Palisades 

The “Simple Life” starlet and the “Mean Girls” gal looked to be enjoying their time together as they kissed goodnight on their way home.

And despite the fact that they’ve had several very public feuds, it looks like LiLo and Paris have made another go at friendship.

An insider told press, "Paris has known Lindsay since she was 15 years old. The girls have had their falling-outs in the past, but they've put that all behind them. They feel that life is short and they're adults and have been friends way too long to let go."

IN MEMORIAM: Amy Winehouse on Vibe Cover

Vibe Magazine is honoring the Late Amy Winehouse in the August/September issue. Editor-in-Chief gave tribute to the late singer as well as reached out to some of the people who knew her best. The issue will feature an interview with Winehouse collaborator and friend Salaam Remi. He produced F*** Me Pumps, Tears Dry On Their Own and Just Friends for the singer. They also interviewed recording artist Janelle Monáe, who toured with Winehouse earlier this year in Brazil. She recounts,

 “At our first meeting, she was very shy, a sweet girl. Her first words to me were, ‘It’s so nice to meet you finally. I’m shy; you’re a shy girl like me, huh?’ She was so giving: She even bought me a swimming suit that she thought I’d like.”

If you are worried about not seeing the sexy Kelly Rowland on the cover, don’t despair, you will have your choice of covers this…or you can buy both.

Celebs On The Scene: 

Celeb kids grow up so fast, right before our eyes.  

Halle Berry was spotted out shopping in Culver City with her 3 year old daughter Nahla Aubry who was looking so adorable with her face paint.

Keri Hilson was spotted carrying a Gucci Monogram Boston Bag while leaving Elle Magazine’s offices in New York

Hot mama Meagan Good was spotted out in last night in Hollywood in see-through leggings…

Basketball Wives Evelyn Lozada showed off her Herve Leger Geometric Jacquard Bandage earlier before heading out to the Basketball Wives reunion taping.

Cute

IPhone 5 Spotted

The IPhone 5 has been spotted in San Francisco! According to 9to5.com, a source saw an Apple employee with what he later realized was could’ve been an IPhone 5. He was able to snap a pic. 

There is a possibility that Apple is letting their employees test out the new IPhone to ensure quality standards and gain feedback. They gonna have to be careful, might get jacked for walking around with something like that!

The new IPhone should be out soon.

Rihanna’s Sexy Stilettos In Beverly Hills

Stepping out for the evening, Rihanna was spotted prancing around Beverly Hills, California The “Take a Bow” songstress garnered plenty of looks thanks to her denim shorts, tan stilettos, and lovely flowing curly hair.

In fact, Ri-Ri recently admitted she loves to dress in such a way that men can’t help but pay her attention.

“Getting dressed, I want to pick the most bizarre pair of shorts so I can figure out how to make it look right, or work an outfit that will make people go, ‘What the hell is she wearing?’”

Pharrel Promotes Qream Liqueur In Miami

Pharrel has already promoted his new Qream Liqueur in Los Angeles and New York, and now last night, Miami. Of course several celebrities were there to aid him in the success of his new business venture. Q-Tip was the dj for the night while big names such as Trina and Fat Joe(who has lost a significant amount of weight if you haven’t noticed) partied it up.

Rapper Trina holds up two bottles of the Qream Liqueur that comes in two flavors, Strawberry and Peach. It’s the perfect drink for the fit celeb diva. It’s low in calories and almost lactose free.

R&B artist Cherlise and Fat Joe kick at the party too. Notice Fat Joe though. He’s slimming down, don’t ya think?  Check out Q-Tip below looking  like royalty in the oversized chair that matches Pharrel’s Queen themed party.

Pharrel is a hustler for sure.

Who lets out the Tick..Tick Booms? Motorman on No. 5 train attacked by screaming man wielding a screwdriver

Do you feel safe riding the subway?

A man wielding a screwdriver and screaming someone wanted to kill him tried to hijack a subway train by forcing his way into a motorman's cab, cops, a witness and the motorman said Monday.

The terrifying 10-minute ordeal on a crowded northbound No. 5 train happened Friday and prompted panicked passengers to rush to the conductor's defense.

"I had some passengers helping me, so thank God for them," said motorman Darryl George, 36. "There are still good people in New York City."

Suspect Richard Arrocho, 42, is accused of entering George's front-car cab by climbing through its open side window from a wall alongside the tracks near the 149th St. station in the Bronx.

"I had opened my window to see what the situation was," George said. "He said someone with a gun was trying to kill him."

As George turned his back to radio a supervisor, Arrocho clambered inside.

"I was shocked," George said. "I couldn't believe it - he was inside my cab.

"He said, 'Move the train or I'm going to f-----g kill you,'" George added. "He wouldn't let me open the door. He pulled a screwdriver and tried to stab me.

"I started to move the train slowly," George added. "He pulled my hand off and pushed the control to make the train go faster. I told him, 'If we keep moving at this speed, we're going to hit something.' It didn't make any difference to him. "

"It was crazy," said witness Ronald Baker, 60, of the Bronx, who shot dramatic video of the 3:40 p.m. incident. "People were screaming, passengers were pounding on the [motorman's] door, trying to get the guy to put down his screwdriver."

Baker's video shows George wrestling with Arrocho and briefly getting the suspect in a headlock as the train rumbled down the tracks. The train stopped once it reached the Jackson Ave. station. George managed to open the door and run out, leaving Arrocho in the cab alone.

The video shows two passengers initially helping George try to keep the suspect locked in the cab. Apparently believing he might commandeer the controls, George and a passenger pushed open the door and attempted to get Arrocho to calm down.

"Someone's trying to kill me!" Arrocho yelled.

Court records show Arrocho claimed someone was trying to kill him in retaliation for a previous robbery. When cops arrived at the Jackson Ave. station, Arrocho surrendered without incident.

"He may have seen 'Taking of Pelham 123' one too many times," said a law enforcement source, referring to the 2009 remake staring John Travolta as the hijacker of a No. 6 train in the Bronx.

The source said Arrocho has a history of mental illness and spent time in a psych ward. He was charged with felony attempted assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon - a pointy Phillips-head screwdriver. He was being held on $2,500 bail.

He has been arrested at least 40 times since 1985 on charges ranging from robbery to petty larceny, records show.

"I could have lost my life over this," George said. "You don't expect something like this to happen when you go to work."

Black Man Who Killed White Supremacist Gets 65 Years In Prison

 

Vincent McGee Sentenced To 65 Years

A Black man convicted of stabbing and burning a prominent White supremacist will spend 65 years behind bars for the crime.

As previously reported, Vincent McGee a Black man from Rankin, Mississippi confessed to killing 67-year-old Richard Barrett.

According to CNN, McGee told police that he went to check his Facebook account at the White supremacist' house who help him set it up, even taking pictures for him to use.

On the night of April 21, 2010 however, McGee said he snapped after Barrett made sexual advances at him, even pulling down his pants and ordering him to perform a sex act while McGee used the Internet at his house.

McGee told authorities he became so enraged that he stabbed him till he “stopped moving”, 16 times in total.

He then later returned and burned the body and the house in a cover up effort.

On Thursday, McGee pleaded guilty to manslaughter, arson and burglary, a plea that ultimately avoided a lengthy trial.

A circuit judge gave him all maximum sentences with the plea bargain; 20 years for manslaughter, 20 years for arson and 25 years for the burglary all of which are consecutive.

His victim John Barrett traveled the country sharing his anti-Black and anti-immigration ideas and cofounded the Nationalist Movement, a white supremacist organization.

AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES

“TAKING THE HIGH GROUND”

Looks like we found the real “Cop and a 1/2″! Sure it might seem cool but good luck cuffing a little person who gets rowdy

AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!

EFREM