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The Daily Roundup for April 12






MempHitz DISHES On His & Toya's New Wal-Mart Clothing Line...And "The Mistresses" Reality Show

MempHitz, the rapper/producer husband of reality star Toya Wright, recently talked about his upcoming projects and expanding his brand with his music, a new clothing line at Wal-Mart and a reality show called "The Mistresses." Yeah, the one we were all in shock was actually happening. Get the deets inside.....
Cutie MempHitz recently chatted with Its Only Entertainment where he confirmed that new reality show we previously posted about, "The Mistresses," a clothing line from both himself and his wife (who he romantically gushes about) at Wal-Mart, and he dished on his upcoming artists and how he plans to reach billionaire status.


Here are the highlights:
IOE: You went through the whole process of interning, being the coffee boy and running errands that you didn’t want to do and didn’t go to school for, but you didn’t give up. What advice do you have for an intern who wishes to follow in your footsteps?
Memphitz: I would tell them that if its really what they want to do they will stick through whatever they got to stick through to get there. The way they do whatever job they’re doing is being watched everyday. How hard they go, how passionate they are about the smallest of things, it’s being seen. You’re being graded whether you know you’re being graded or not. You can’t go in there with this time frame in your head of how long its going to be before you should be popping. It varies, you just have to be willing to be humbled enough to stick in there to do what it takes until you get that opportunity. First, you have to know when that opportunity shows its face because all opportunities aren’t blatant opportunities. You have to do what you have to do and do what your told. You should always be sharpening your blades for when that opportunity comes for you to play something that you heard or play something that you think is hot. Nobody likes an intern that playing is music that nobody asked them to play. I would just be known for being around hotness because you have to know that one day if its meant for you its for you, that opportunity will show its face and you just need to be ready. Don’t rush it. Be ready for it when it knocks on your door.

IOE: Now lets talk about the married life. You are still a newlywed in a sense. How is married life working out with your busy schedule?
Memphitz: It’s pretty cool, I love being married. It focuses me. I’ve never been this focused. When I wasn’t married, I was focused but a certain percentage of my focus was on things that is not on my mind now like the girls and things that come with the business. But now that I’m married I’m just so focused. My wife knows how this business works already so it’s like she knows how my life works and she understands my life and she knows the things I’m encountered with at times. At the same time, she has my back and I love her for that. I wouldn’t trade her for the world. I really look at her as a blessing from God, like shes a gift to me and it’s something I cherish.
IOE: That’s so sweet! How do you both handle being in the spotlight?
Memphitz: We both know the entertainment business so we both know what it is. We both come from a background of entertainment whether directly or indirectly so when we get home we’re best friends. We’ve been friends since we met. She’ll go her way and I’ll go mine and we meet when we’re at home. We talk all the time.

IOE: You and Toya are great role models for other couples. How do you keep your marriage so strong and what advice you have for other couples?
Memphitz: Times aren’t always good in relationships because u can’t expect perfection- that just doesn’t exist on this planet. I would say just try to stay friends and stay dating. Dating is a big part of it. All the stuff I did before we were married, I try my best to do those tihings now. So every once and while try and do something that you used to do when you were dating. Try and stay dating even though its not dating anymore because you have taken it a little further, it’s still fun to date each other every once and a while. You’re going to have your ups and downs. That’s to be expected. Anyone who says they are always on the ups is a lie. That’s not real. Just keep dating. That’s all I can really tell you. If the two of you are really meant for each other it wont be so hard to keep dating.

IOE: Aside from being an A&R and discovering new music talent, what are some of the other business ventures you are currently working on?
Memphitz: Right now, I have a reality show I’m working on called “The Mistresses”. That’s just one of many shows that I have that’s kind of attacking certain issues in life but at the same time there is a lesson to be caught inside of them. There’s a lesson to be caught in the string of shows I am about to do although it may be ugly in the beginning, there are lessons to be learned. My wife and I just did a deal with Ampro Hair products so that’s something we’ve been working on. Walmart just offered to put our clothing lines in their stores starting July 1st for the going back to school season. She’s working on her line and I am working on mine. Signing Key Swag to Interscope Records right now. I don’t want to put too much on myself, but im working towards a billion dollars. Like I always speak billions! I wouldn’t mind 1.5 billions dollars! I will get to the moon.

Check out the full interview over at IOE.com


As you may already know: Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook has just finished a deal to acquire mobile photo sharing app Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock.
The CEO recently announced the acquisition in a post on his Facebook timeline:
“For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.”

The sale is expected to close later this quarter, and will bring the 8-person staff of Instagram to the social network.
Zuckerberg went on to say that the company will be building on Instagram’s strengths and features and growing the app independently rather than “just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.”
Facebook plans on keeping features within the app that allow photos to be published on other social networks, and the ability to have followers and follow people who are not necessarily your Facebook friends.
“We will try to learn from Instagram’s experience to build similar features into our other products,” Zuckerberg said. “At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook’s strong engineering team and infrastructure.”
Instagram launched its iOS app in October 2010, and came to Android for the first time last week.
This is the first time Facebook has acquired a company or product with so many users. Zuckerberg explains:
“We don’t plan on doing many more of these, if any at all. But providing the best photo sharing experience is one reason why so many people love Facebook and we knew it would be worth bringing these two companies together.”


Riva Tims Speaks Out About Failed Marriage to Zachery Tims
*Several months after the death of Pastor Zachery Tims’ mysterious death, his ex-wife, Pastor Riva Tims is finally speaking out about the events that led up to her late husband’s death and the difficulty she experienced that led to end of their marriage.
Meeting at a local church at age 22 and marrying, the couple had a love for each other and even deeper love to serve God and win souls. Shortly after their marriage, they were eager to begin their ministry.

“So we labeled ourselves as an outreach ministry. So, our whole goal was to pull people in from the streets, not to pull them from other churches but really to get those that were unsaved,” she said in an interview with CBN.
” I think the people felt our love, they felt our sincerity and we were young. We had a lot of zeal for the Lord, a lot of excitement.”
Quickly growing their church from 5 to 8,000, along with an attendance boost came a heightened level of celebrity with the church community. This began to take a tole on the couple.
“There was somewhat of a distance that began to take place. I could still connect, but I knew that there was something different.”
She realized something was wrong when Zachery began to travel a lot and prevented her from traveling with him.
“It was always a reason why I couldn’t go. That’s when I knew.”
Her suspicions were affirmed when Zachery’s affairs were uncovered. She was hurt by the affair but more so by his reaction to them. When asked about his level of remorse, she said

“In the beginning he was remorseful he got caught and that’s the part that hurt. There was no running after me, coming after me. He was trying to keep everything together.”
“My heart hurt, not just in spiritual way, not just in an emotional way but in a physical way and I didn’t realize that people hurt that badly. But the Lord told me to hold my peace. That was the hardest thing you could ever do.”
Wanting to pursue counseling, Zachery was reluctant to sit down from ministry and she believes he returned prematurely when resuming his role after just three months.
According to Riva, well meaning members urged him to come back too soon, telling him they didn’t care what he did, becoming “enablers” to him. This too helped to prevent their marriage and family from healing. In addition to this, the leaders of their church began to turn against her.

“Actually I was just kind of, you know, booted out, so to speak, and asked not to come back. It was like, if they see you, they won’t heal, I was told. So just stay away.”
Subsequently, Zachery began to confess to her more about the affairs. Looking for help in high profile pastors, she was again disappointed.
“They didn’t want to hear it or if they did hear it, they would say with that, get over it. It happened to me. You gotta think about the church. You gotta think about the ministry and my mindset was it first starts at home. You know, your relationship with God starts at home first before you can go out and minister…”

Check out the full interview: 

Well obviously by Zachery Mom’s suing to keep the autopsy secret says a lot about the preacher and his demons. However I hope that Riva can find some PEACE and begin to heal.


LIAR, LIAR Mega Millions Pants On Fire….It Was All a Lie!
After more than a week of mystery and intrigue surrounding the Maryland Mega Millions jackpot, it appears that we have a winner, but who is it?

The holder of the winning ticket, sold in a Milford Mill 7-Eleven store has claimed their share of the record-breaking $656million prize today, but will remain anonymous.
Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett said that the winner claimed the prize at lottery headquarters with a ticket matching all six numbers: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball, 23.
The winner will remain anonymous, but officials shared some details at a news conference this past Tuesday morning, Maryland does not require lottery winners to be identified.
The burning question emerging from the announcement is whether the big winner is McDonald's worker Mirlande Wilson, who grabbed headlines as well as outrage when she publicly announced that she had the winning ticket – and, despite entering the drawing with co-workers, was not sharing it.
Ms Wilson told NBC that she gave all of her co-workers the copies of the tickets for the pool and the winning ticket was not among them
But the mother-of-seven's co-workers doubted her story was the truth.
Another colleague told the New York Post: 'I don’t believe her. I didn’t believe her from the beginning, she’s always been strange.
'She’s an attention seeker. She likes to have all the attention on herself'.
On her Facebook page, Ms Wilson has pledged to donate all of the winnings to rebuild her earthquake-devastated native Haiti.
She wrote: 'All my true friend know im not greedy a person [sic] i don't want da money it made my life a living hell already im gonna give it all to rebuild haiti yall [sic] can chase all want my life and, my children it more important for money [sic]'.
Ms Wilson’s attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday evening.
The jackpot was the biggest in Mega Millions history, and the three winners - one each in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas - will each receive more than $218million before taxes.
Kansas' winner claimed a share of the jackpot Friday, but also decided to remain anonymous.
Lottery players waited in long lines to buy tickets as the jackpot gradually climbed, leaving millions of losers to grumble about their misfortune and dream of what they would have done with all that money.
Maryland has been the home of Mega Millions winners in the past.
In 2007, Ellwood ‘Bunky’ Bartlett won roughly $27million after taxes.


Rihanna Sets Sail in Sydney with ‘Battleship’ Castmates
Following a whirlwind tour through Japan, Rihanna jetted to Australia for the next leg of the international promo run for Battleship. The Barbadian superstar caused a scene as she strolled through Sydney and boarded a boat, sailing through the Harbour with the cast of the film 
RiRi let loose, drinking a beer and kicking back with her Battleship co-star Brooklyn Decker, sportscaster Erin Andrews, and John Legend’s fiancée Chrissy Teigen as they took in the sights of Sydney.



Dallas Mavericks and Lamar Odom part ways for rest of season
Lamar Odom and the Dallas Mavericks have decided to part ways. Although the move isn’t an official release- he’ll be listed as inactive for the remainder of the season- Odom will not be with the team. He released a statement:
“The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it’s in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team,” Odom said in a statement to ESPN.com. “I’m sorry that things didn’t work out better for both of us, but I wish the Mavs’ organization, my teammates and Dallas fans nothing but continued success in the defense of their championship.”
The trade from the Lakers to the Mavericks came about after the now infamous canceled trade between the Lakers and Hornets that would’ve brought Chris Paul to the Lakeshow. Odom never found his groove in Dallas and missed time away from the team to deal with personal matters in LA for a stretch.
The question for the offseason, what team is willing to take a chance on such a fragile individual? If Lamar isn’t mentally engaged, his on court play suffers and it’s a wasted effort.
Any team that has Odom on its roster as of June 29 must buy him out by that date for $2.4 million or accept responsibility for the full $8.2 million that Odom is scheduled to earn in 2012-13….Oh what will Kris Kardashian say?


Former NFL Warren Sapp “I’m Dead Broke”
Mannnn! How in the heezy can anyone fix their mouths to say “All I got is 6.45 Million dollars to my name? And then file for Bankruptcy! If he is dead broke then I am cremated dead broker! According to our good friends at TMZ Future NFL Hall-of-Famer Warren Sapp has filed for bankruptcy … claiming he’s racked up millions of dollars in debts … but worst of all, dude claims he LOST his 2002 Super Bowl ring.
Sapp — who played in the NFL for 12 years — just filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in Florida … and in the papers he gives a full rundown of his dire financial situation.
According to the docs, Sapp owes more than $6.7 million to various creditors … including hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support payments and alimony to at least 4 different baby mamas.

Among the debts, Sapp says he owes $853k to the IRS for 2006 and another $89k for 2010. Sapp says he also owes $2,858 in medical bills for “Corrective Speech and Language Therapy.”
Sapp says he only has $6.45 million to his name … and lists all of his assets in the documents … which include:
– 240 pairs of Jordan sneakers and sandals
– Large Nude women painting
– Lion skin rug (female – lioness)
– Nike golf clubs
– De Grisogono watch (scratch on crystal, nicks and scratches on band)
– A boxing glove signed by Muhammad Ali

But most interestingly, Sapp notes he has LOST two of his most treasured and valuable possessions — the 2002 Super Bowl ring he won with the Tampa Bay Bucs (example below) and the National Championship ring he won with the Miami Hurricanes.
In the docs, Sapp also lists his current salary as an analyst for the NFL Network as $45k per month … $540k per year. Sapp says his deal with the NFL Network expires in August and he’s not sure if the network will extend his deal.


LaTavia Tells All: Talks Mathew, Beyonce And Her Time In Destiny’s Child
As one of the founding members of Destiny’s Child, LaTavia Roberson‘s dismissal from the group is just as ‘confused’ today as it was in the heat of the group’s first split.
Whether she was pushed or jumped remains to be seen, however- there is no denying the impact her leaving had on former manager Mathew Knowles‘ public image.
Indeed, despite the success he later went onto have with the group’s remaining members, he became Joe Jackson 2.0 in the eyes of the public- accused of manipulating those around for him for his own personal gain.
Now, in an interview with our friends over at Kempire Radio, LaTavia opens up like never before, weighing in on Mathew, Beyonce and her short lived success in the group.

Her thoughts here:
What do you think?


Eva Marcille Lands New Reality Show
Eva Marcille, alumni of America’s Next Top Model, is preparing to expose the behind the scenes of her career and personal life on a new reality show coming to Oxygen. The series will follow Eva and her three close friends; interior designer Nikki Chu, actress Denyce Lawton and talent manager Kelly Marie Dunn as they navigate the tumultuous waters of love, celebrity life, and the entertainment industry. The Eva Marcille Project is scheduled to premiere this Summer on Oxygen. In a recent interview, Eva and her friends gave up some details about the upcoming show. Get the details — after the click:

On the Show
The thing about television is, a lot of things are produced and clearly you have to produce a show, but this type of a show, it gels so well with Reality TV because it’s really our lives and us as friends. You see the glitz and glamor of the finished product of what Hollywood gives, but you never really see the true struggle. And I don’t mean those that have rich parents or have that big heiress legacy, but those that traveled from across the world, that moved to California, that decided this was gonna be where they made their mark. We have each other to help each other out, so it’s not like the wives clubs of basketball or of sports, but it’s the friendship club of life and I think all women can relate to that no matter what it is that you do.

On Not Faking it For the Cameras
For myself, a lot of the world knows who I am so I have already an idea, so it’s only so much faking you can do and even if I tried, all of you guys would pull my card anyway. But this is what we do for a living. We’re not showing you a script on a screen. I’m showing you what I do when I wake up in the morning and try to go out and try to seek work and sometimes I get it and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes it’s an epic failure and my friends help pick me up. [Denyce] has that same struggle and I think for us that are actually actors in the business it’s a little bit harder because there is this idea that you have…this preconceived notion that when you see I’m X, Y, and Z, then you watch the show you realize I’m not X, Y, or Z. I’m actually A, B, and C. It’s completely different moment so you get to see from what you thought something was to seeing the full spectrum of what life in entertainment really is.
On Reality TV Forcing People to See Celebrities as Real People
The thing is — not to make this all a moment — is that it humanizes celebrities because you look at a celebrity and you realize it’s not a battery pack back there and they’re actually a person with blood and they need to eat everyday like everybody else and they’re human. So to stand around and take pictures for the next 3 hours is kind of like, tiring, but they don’t think about that. They’re like, you’re a celebrity, do it. Now you can kind of see what a day in the life is and that we live the same life as you. We have to smile because if we didn’t we’re a b**** and it’s like, okay, I just had gas. It gives you an inside look at the entertainment beyond the glitz.


Jennifer Lopez's lover Casper Smart shows off the new wheels she bought him for his birthday
She reportedly bought her toyboy lover the new shiny toy for his 25th birthday this weekend.
And Casper Smart showed off his new four-wheeled gift from girlfriend Jennifer Lopez as he cruised around Los Angeles. The back-up dancer hopped into the massive white Dodge Ram pick-up truck to run some errands.
The giant automobile, which features a huge silver grill and shiny rims, somewhat dwarfed the pint-sized dancer who was dressed in some summery attire consisting of some knee-length demin shorts, a black T-shirt and some flip flops. Casper was certainly spoilt by his much older ladylove over the weekend.
He was surprised with the new truck in the morning by the 42-year-old singer before his intimate birthday dinner at upscale eatery Cecconi's.
'Jennifer had planned a fun day to celebrate Casper's birthday,' a source told People magazine.
'(She) knew that Casper really wanted a truck, and Casper was very excited about the generous gift.'
And the lavish day didn't stop there.
Casper was also treated to a shopping trip and fancy lunch in Beverly Hills.
Then it was on to the swanky Cecconi's where the couple and some friends dined on Italian food in the eatery's private room.
Jennifer and Casper arrived in his new ride much to the delight of his girlfriend.
'Casper was so excited about his new truck that he decided to drive it to dinner,' the source told the magazine. 'She was smiling about Casper's excitement.'
Jennifer made sure it was an extra glamorous night of celebration by slippng into a clinging turquoise dress complete with matching glittery clutch bag.
And the singer ensured she showed off her famous curves in the low cut number.
'We hope Beau has the happiest Birthday Beau ever has!' she wrote on her social networking page.
Although they have been dating for less than a year, Casper certainly seems at home with Jennifer's twins Max and Emme.


CISSY HOUSTON TO RELEASE NEW MUSIC ON MOTHER’S DAY
Whitney Houston‘s mother, Cissy Houston has found a way to channel her grief. On Mother’s Day – May 13th – Cissy will release a four song gospel EP. This is something Cissy began before Whitney’s tragic death. Vy Higginsen, the much respected playwright (Mama I Want to Sing) and musical director, is working with Cissy on this project. “We worked on it for a long time. On the day that Whitney died, Cissy and I were on the phone for hours talking about what else had to be done,” Vy said. “Then Whitney died that afternoon, and everything went out the window.”

Once Cissy returned home, grief stricken, Vy suggested to her–gently–that they get back to work. It would take her mind off the tragedy to some extent. The record will be released on Mother’s Day, and will be accompanied by four gospel remakes. Details of distribution are forthcoming.


MOBB DEEP…What’s the Tea…FOR REAL?
Havoc of Mobb Deep went on a shocking tirade against his former rap partner, Prodigy.
Havoc outed Prodigy claiming he was having sex with other men during his recent stay prison and Havoc vowed to see Prodigy in the streets...
Havoc gave no reason for going off and so far Prodigy has not responded. Sway from MTV News confirmed that the Tweets from Havoc were real.

UPDATE; HAVOC Claims his phone was stolen: The H.A.V.O.C. issued the following statement:
"Just getting back into NY after my Easter weekend with family and friends in Jersey. I left my phone at a gas station yesterday evening while on my way to Jersey after a glorious Knick's game. To all Mobb Deep fans: it's business as usual! It's Mobb Deep all day!!! My twitter account @THEREALHAVOC will be down until further notice. The only other real account is @PRODIGYMOBBDEEP. Ignore the rest. One!"

Prodigy—who recently told Hip-Hop Wired about Mobb Deep's formula for longevity—issued a short statement of his own, via Twitter. "ATTENTION: TO BE CLEAR@PRODIGYMOBDEEP IS A FAKE PAGE I DONT EVEN KNOW WHY SH-T IS VERIFIED TWITTER PEOPLE R ON SUM BULLSHIT RIGHT NOW SMH..," he tweeted. "IM A FATHER ,AN ADULT, IM NOT HERE TO BEEF IM HERE TO MAKE MUSIC."

This whole debacle sounds suspicious. What do you think? Are the Infamous victims of identity theft or is this a cover up?


Hot Shot: Kelly Rowland Beams On Set Of Trey Songz’s ‘Heart Attack’ Video
R&B diva Kelly Rowland was snapped posing it up on the set of Trey Songz‘s ‘Heart Attack’ video It’s currently unknown if the ‘Motivation’ singer actually features in the clip (or was merely visiting).

In any case, it’s great to see Ms. Rowland keeping her face in fray as she records her eagerly awaited 4th studio album.


Angelina Jolie's "Maleficent" Gets Release Date
Having revealed plans to take on the project late last month, Angelina Jolie's latest undertaking of "Maleficent" has now been given a release date.
The tale, which is the re-telling of “Sleeping Beauty” from the perspective of her evil character Maleficent, will be making its way into theaters on March 14, 2014.
With Robert Stromberg set to direct, filming is expected to get underway a few months from now in June.

Of the gig, Miss Jolie previously told press, "It sounds really crazy to say that there will be something that’s good for young girls in this, because it sounds like you’re saying they should be a villain. [Maleficent] is actually a great person, but she’s not perfect. She’s far from perfect... In general, it’s a very good message to say, ‘let’s look at something from the other side.’”
“But then also, what our challenge will be — and the script writer [Linda Woolverton] has already cracked it — is not to simplify it, not to just reverse the story but tell a bigger story that doesn’t point the finger [at Princess Aurora] either. It doesn’t flip it," she added.


Beyonce & Jay-Z Enjoy The Beach St. Barts
Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted on the beach in St. Barts as they have been all week. 
I’m just now reporting it because it’s a slow news day The superstar couple relaxed with Beyonce showing off her post-baby body in a black swimsuit. 
Beyonce is soon set to return to work with a 3 sold out dates over memorial weekend.


Nicki Minaj Gets A Bedazzled Cake For Miami Album Release Party
After a heavy promo tour for her new Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded album last week, Nicki Minaj finally chilled out Easter Sunday in Miami with her YMCMB crew. And she had a fitting bedazzled 4-tier Swarovski decorated cake for her bash at Fontainebleau Hotel.
Nicki and YMCMB's head honcho Lil Wayne partied it up alongside the rest of the fam--like Cortez, Mack Maine, Birdman and Mystikal--at Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel.
The creative folks at Divine Delicacies Custom Cakes told us they whipped up a strawberry shortcake flavored creation for the blonde Barb. And did it on a one-night's notice after Wayne put in a request the night before.
It's 4 tiers of fondant, edible color paints (including Nicki's fave color pink), pink pearl Fondant bows and pink & blue Swarovski crystal bands around the cake and brooches on the bows.
Nicki's new album covers and monogram and paint splashes like what's on her covers were all over it too.
By the way, this was the 29-year-old's first time meeting Mystikal and she tweeted: “Met Mystikal… Didn’t tell him I had a crush on him back in da day doe.”

Ha!


Monica and Shannon Share Their Love Online
If you've lost all hope in celebrity marriages take heart. Monica and Shannon Brown are sickeningly sweet with their love for each other...
Isn’t that SWEET!



AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
“Rippin’ It Up”
Hole-ly moly! I don’t mean to be the bearer of bad news, but even without the hole I don’t think those jeans were gonna work for you.


HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!
EFREM

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