The Daily Roundup for April 13

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Could Monica Brown Be The NEW ‘Atlanta Housewife?

Monica Brown was the epitome of style as she appeared on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live Aftershow along side John Benjamin Hickey from the ‘Big C’ with host Andy Cohen.The sultry songstress, who’s NEW LIFE album hit shelves Tuesday, has all the qualities of a TRUE ‘Atlanta Housewife’.

Mo has ties with several members of the RHOA cast (Mama Joyce, Kandi Burruss & NeNe Leakes all attended Monica’s wedding last year to Lakers star Shannon Brown) and Bravo Andy asked her if she’d ever consider being a “Real Housewife of Atlanta“.

Her response was a bit surprising…

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“They don’t want me there,” said Mo when asked if she’d consider being a “Real Housewife.”

When pressed for an answer, Monica admits she couldn’t think of a good reason, so maybe… just maybe… she and Andy had a lil chat about her joining the cast since Sheree Whitfield is rumored to have just gotten her pink slip.

Monica also discussed her former rivalry with fellow “Boy is Mine” crooner Brandy and their current working relationship, as well as her Usher’s ego and her desire to one day work with Mariah Carey…

Jill Scott Launches New Season of ‘VH1 Storytellers’

Jill Scott will kick off the 16th season of “VH1 Storytellers,” the network has announced.
The critically-acclaimed music franchise, which allows artists to share intimate stories during live performances, returns next month will Scott anchoring a new lineup that includes multi-platinum selling artist Jason Mraz, chanteuse Norah Jones and roots rockers Grace Potter & the Nocturnals.

“We’re so proud to announce these exceptionally talented artists as part of our 16th season of VH1 Storytellers,” said Tom Calderone, President, VH1. “Our audience is hungry for the kind of deeper musical experience and connection to artists that Storytellers brings. That connection has cemented the series’ status as a jewel of the entertainment world where artists intimately share their music and the often revealing and poignant stories behind their songs.”

Below are the premiere dates for the upcoming season of “VH1 Storytellers”:

Jill Scott – May 21
Jason Mraz – June 1
Norah Jones – June 8
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals- June 15

Are you ready for more of THE GAME? Because it will be back for another season!

Fans of BET's hit scripted series "The Game" will be pleased to know the cast is suiting up and hitting the field for a 6th season. Get the deets inside on Girl Melanie & co. and find out how the rest of BET's tv lineup is looking.....

Although BET won't offically announce its fall lineup until their upfront presentation on Thursday, we got a sneak peek at what's to come and both "The Game" and "Let's Stay Together" will be returning.

At its upfront presentation on Thursday, according to Deadline Hollywood, BET will announce that "The Game" has been renewed for a sixth season. Hopefully Brandy returns for the Chardonnay/Jason Pitts story line. And possibly Brittany Daniel could reprise her rolse as Jason's ex-wife Kelly.
Also, one of the network's other original sitcoms, "Let's Stay Together," has been picked up for a third season. With their renewals, each sitcom will likely produce an order of 22 episodes.

In addition, BET is expected to reveal deets about the hour-long pilot "Being Mary Jane" starring Gabrielle Union (previously called "Single Black Female" & produced by Mara Brock Akil) and the sitcom "Young Man On Campus" starring Jacob Latimore (produced by Jacque Edmonds).

One show that's still in limbo is the Tracy Ellis Ross/Malcolm-Jamal Warner family sitcom "Reed Between The Lines."

Outside of the tv realm, "The Game" star Tia Mowry Hardrict is prepping for season 2 of her Style channel reality show with twin Tamera Mowry Housley called "Tia & Tamera." And Tia's also written a book called Oh, Baby! Pregnancy Tales and Advice from One Hot Mama to Another that hits stands on May 15. 

 
Grab a copy!

Brandy Takes A ‘Not-So-Quick’ Flick With A Fan In NYC

After leaving GMA Brandy was snapped up getting into her limo. An anxious male fan then took a few flix with the star.

Seems like he was all up in her B-I….. Tell me what it looks like to you.

Well N.J You’re on the hook for Whitney’s BELOVED Funeral!

Taxpayers in Newark New Jersey are unhappy about being stuck with a $187,000 bill for Whitney Houston's funeral...
The amount, roughly five percent of Newark's annual police budget, was used to cover the 200+ police officers needed to secure the streets surrounding New Hope Baptist Church during Whitney Houston's funeral.

However, the backlash began long before the cost to the city was made public, after Newark residents realized they would not be allowed to get close to the church while Whitney Houston was being laid to rest.
Newark resident Quincy Ruffin tells CBS News,
“I think it’s absolutely ridiculous when you have people who are unemployed and homeless, people walking up and down the streets.”
“If they wanted it to go that far, do that much, they should have been the ones providing for it.”

In FOOLYWANG News: Oklahoma's Sweet Brown Coming For Antoine Dodson's Internet Crown

There is nothing the Internets loves more than making a Black person appearing to be a complete fool, as many learned with the explosion of Chicago's Antoine Dodson and his now infamous “Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife” rant after an attempted assault on his sister. The Alabama native's 15 minutes are basically a wrap but next up to the possible coon spotlight is Ms. Sweet Brown, who gave Oklahoma City-based NBC affiliate KFOR-4 an exclusive on-air interview shortly after a fire demolished her home that is on the cusp of going viral.

“I woke up to get me a cold pop, then I thought somebody was barbecuing, I said, ‘Oh, Lord Jesus, it's a fire!'' exclaimed a bandana-wearing Sweet Brown. “Then I ran out, I didn't grab no shoes or nothing, Jesus! I ran for my life!”
An animated Sweet Brown continued with, “And then the smoke got me, I got bronchitis! Ain't nobody got time for that!”

Anchor Joleen Chaney appeared to chuckle during the voiceover segment shortly after Sweet Brown's “debut” during the report. The video has made its rounds on the Web since airing this past Saturday, with some calling Brown the next viral Internet star. KFOR-4 even followed up with Sweet Brown Tuesday evening to inquire how she is handling her newfound celebrity.

We're not sure what she's being celebrated for, however.

Jennifer Hudson Snaps Family Easter Pics

Weight Watchers spokeswoman Jennifer Hudson showed off pics from her fave Holiday--Easter Sunday. She tweeted pics of her sister, Julia, and her two fave boys' David Otunga & David Jr.'s Easter looks.

Outsdie of church this weekend, "Think Like A Man' singer J-Hud showed off her fam's Easter style. In a cute family photo twitpic, her 2-and-a-half-year-old son David Jr. rocked his pinstriped suit and lavender button down and tie...which all matched daddy's purple and grey argyle sweater.

Jennifer's sister Julia is also in the photo and the family celebrated what Jennifer called her favorite Holiday.

Cute!

And since the day before Easter was papa David's birthday, his son (with mommy's help of course) made him a fabulous cake--one only a baby boy can do for daddy:

And the fam headed out to do some motor racing to celebrate.

From Oprah to YOU A Pair of Louboutins

Oprah Winfrey gave one lucky fan a pair of expensive shoes right off her feet...

From The NY Daily News

A source tells us that while teaching one of her “Master” classes at Radio City Music Hall on Monday night, the OWN Network namesake declared, “I can’t take it anymore,” and peeled off the $800-plus Christian Louboutin shoes she was wearing. After scanning the audience, Winfrey handed the pumped-up kicks to a random woman, then continued the class barefoot until a stagehand delivered a more comfortable pair.

Ah..Look at Marc Jacobs and His Porn Star Boyfriend on Vacay!

Iconic fashion designer Marc Jacobs is the kind of man who has everything.
The best homes around the world, the most stylish cars and of course... a plethora of splendid clothes; in short, he'd be a bit of a nightmare to buy a birthday present for.
So it's lucky for the designer's friends that he treated himself to the gift of spending his 49th birthday with his Brazilian porn star boyfriend.

Like any sensible birthday reveler, the New Yorker has been stretching the big day out.

Jacobs, who split up with another Brazilian - Lorenzo Martone - last year, was spotted at the beach in Ipanema with his beau at the weekend. 

But Monday was the big day, and the excitement was obviously mounting when Harry tweeted:
Today is such an special day day... And it should be a notional holiday, at all countries, coz it's my baby's Birthday, lol. Luv U Marc ;) x

The 24-year-old, who now lives in London, is quite the smitten kitten, even announcing on his 'about me' blurb on Twitter that he loves 'his BF.'
Initially, the pair refused to confirm or deny reports that they were dating.
A photograph of the famed designer looking cosy at a Paris party with the adult film actor led to much-hyped speculation about the nature of their relationship.
According to Brazilian gossip site GPSBrasilia, Jacobs met the youthful and exotic-looking Mr Louis in the British capital.

Jacobs saddened the fashion world and his millions of fans when he announced his split from handsome Brazilian ex-model, Martone, in 2010.

The designer and PR executive were rumored to have married in St Barts on New Year's 2009 in a celebration that included a cake topper made in their likeness.
Louis is a celebrity in his own right, in his own field.

Born in Brazil, Louis began his sizzling career in Spain and in 2006, after supposedly having his heart broken, moved to the United Kingdom.
He now has over 4000 followers on Facebook and fans of his English language blog regularly log on to catch up on news about his work and look at family photographs.
Louis is vocal about his love for his mother, who - he says - is his best friend.

In an interview with Vogue earlier last year, Jacobs insisted that Martone was his closest confidente: 'We are best friends... We speak to each other, I don’t know, six times a day.

Paula Patton Lands Her Latest Role As Pepsi ‘Drink It To Believe It’ Spokeswoman

Her husband Robin may have been pulling for her as the one to play Whitney in an upcoming biopic of the late singer, but Paula can’t stay dwelling on something that’s still not even in the works! So Paula Patton is continuing on with her daily life, and she’s got her next gig with beverage super giant Pepsi Co.

Paula showed off her gorgeous gams yesterday at The Grove in Los Angeles where she rocked a gorgeous red frock, perfect for Spring. It was at The Grove where she held personal tastings of Pepsi ‘next’ for passersby. The new cola drink boasts 60% less calories without sacrificing taste.

It was conveniently dubbed “Drink It To Believe It” and Paula was happy to help out. She’s joining forces with Nicki Minaj and Eva Longoria, who are also a part of Pepsi’s promotional campaign team. Patton is excited to be a part of spreading the Pepsi word, noting “Tasting is believing when it comes to new Pepsi NEXT. Yesterday we turned cola fans into believers! I’m so excited there is finally something with an amazing taste and 60% less sugar.” [AP]

She certainly makes Pepsi look real good!

Steve Harvey On ‘The View,’ Marjorie Is Flossing A 25 Carat Yellow Diamond

Steve Harvey is busy running his promo rounds for his latest project and excited to get the finished product out into the world. He and his wife Marjorie have been married for a few year’s time, and she’s feeling the positive effects of Steve’s recent best selling book “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man” turned movie adaptation Think Like A Man. Miss Marjorie was seen around Atlanta with an amazingly sparkling 25 carat canary yellow diamond ring.

These two have truly shown happiness together, which is more than Mr. Harvey can say about his past relationship. His ex continues to haunt him every now and again, so It wouldn’t be a surprise if she came out of the woodwork on this one. He spoke a bit about dating and gave some advice during his appearance on “The View” earlier today with sentiments to the effect of “Dating is like fishing, whether it’s for sport or for keeps, is what we need to discover.”

The Mrs. ran into an always boisterous NeNe Leakes while The RHOA was filming one night– where they happened to have a conversation about the giant rock on her finger, and Miss NeNe’s face almost fell off at the sight of it. She of course spoke her mind, sharing that Marjorie must have things poppin’ in the bedroom all the time.

Anthony Bourdain says Paula Deen is “unconscionable, cynical & greedy”

Back in January, Paula Deen announced that she had been diagnosed with diabetes… three years beforehand. Paula wrapped her announcement in an advertisement for a new diabetes medication that she was now being paid to shill. It was all pretty rough, and I think the whole situation made Paula lose many, many fans (including me). That being said, I really felt like the outrage directed at Paula was often misdirected and overblown. She never promoted healthy eating – she never claimed to, either. She didn’t force sticks of butter down your throat.

One of Paula’s biggest critics was Anthony Bourdain, who I have always considered a massive tool and one of the nastiest bastards out there. Bourdain is incapable of simply doing his job and promoting his work without disparaging, criticizing and mocking half of the popular chefs in America. Last month, Anthony gave an interview about Paula that I found particularly patronizing and concern-trolly – you can read it here. Anyway, Bourdain was on GMA yesterday, and once again, he criticized Deen:

The feud between food stars Paula Deen and Anthony Bourdain rages on. Bourdain, 56, had no reservations speaking out against Paula Deen, 64, on Good Morning America Monday morning.

The Food Network and Travel Channel stars have been engaged in a war of words since Deen went public with her type 2 diabetes diagnoses on Jan. 17 after keeping it a secret three years. Bourdain took issue with Deen for for her lucrative endorsement deal Novo Nordisk, which treats the disease.
“Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later,” Anthony previously commented on Twitter.

Deen spoke out against Bourdain’s remarks calling them “very, very cruel” in Prevention magazine. Bourdain addressed the most recent “cruel” comments made by Deen on GMA saying, “This isn’t about diabetes. Diabetes is a terrible illness that is epidemic in this country,” Bourdain explained on GMA.
Bourdain admitted “there’s a lot to admire about Paula Deen and her life.” However, he called her “cynical” for having her brand be “excess without guilt” when she knew “in a very personal way what this could and might very well lead to.”
“And then turn around and roll out a five hundred dollar-a-month diabetes treatment — I find that in excruciatingly bad taste,” he added. “It’s unconscionable, cynical and greedy. Thirty million dollars a year. How much money do you need?”

Season eight of Bourdain’s No Reservations premieres Monday night on Travel Channel at 9 p.m. ET.

[From Us Weekly]
I disagree with Anthony’s premise – was Paula’s brand about “excess without guilt”? Really? Or was it just “If you choose to have excess, here’s all of the butter-soaked meals you could have!”? I also disagree with the premise/idea that Paula had a larger, public responsibility to become a diabetes advocate – she wasn’t running for public office, you know. She’s not the surgeon general. She’s a Southern cook, and people make the choice whether or not to cook her food. I think of Paula as a purveyor of aspirational eating, as in that’s what people would love to eat if they didn’t know or care about how bad it was for their health. And what’s the difference between Paula’s “irresponsibility” for pushing aspirational eating and, say, Anna Wintour’s “irresponsibility” for pushing aspirational fashion in this recession? Try personal responsibility. Stop looking for excuses to verbally abuse an elderly diabetic woman.

Evelyn Lozada HITS Up Miami Beach

‘Basketball Wives’ star Evelyn Lozada showed off her best assets on Miami’s Beach. Fresh off her strip club festivities, the future Mrs. Chad OchoCinco was spotted hitting Miami Beach with her girl Nia,

In a neon green beach dress, and some kids (not her daughter Shaniece). 36-year-old Evelyn rocked a sexy leopard and pink lace bikini, Gucci shades, and covered up with a bright multi-colored sarong.
And looked pretty damn good while doing so:

First Look: MTV 2's Hip-Hop Squares

MTV 2 is gearing up to put a Hip-Hop spin on one of America's most famous game shows, Hollywood Squares. Hip-Hop Squares just recently began taping some episodes and pics of what the show will look like are starting to spring up on the internet.

Looks like DJ Khaled, Nick Cannon, Miss Info, Fat Joe and more will be playing human tic tac toe for the double headed dog network.

Diddy Kicked was CHOPPED from Supafest

Diddy was on Twitter earlier this morning raging against the promoters of the Australian Supafest because they cut him from the tour roster...

According to a statement released by Supafest organizers sluggish tickets sales for the four day event forced them to rethink their agreements with Diddy and Missy Elliott.

Other artists still slated to perform include Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Rick Ross, Ice Cube, Kelly Rowland, T-Pain, Lupe Fiasco, Ludcris, Big Sean and Naughty by Nature.

Supafest 2012 Dates

Saturday April 14th, 2012 – Brisbane, RNA Showgrounds
Sunday April 15th, 2012 – Sydney, ANZ Stadium
Saturday April 21, 2012 – Melbourne, Showgrounds
Sunday April 22nd – Perth, Joondalup Arena

Big and beautiful! Kaela Humphries has a FAB debut fashion shoot as a plus-size model

She was only sister-in-law to serial poser Kim Kardashian for just 72 days.

And now Kris Humphries’s sister Kaela has appeared in her first fashion shoot for The Limited’s plus-size clothing line eloquii.
Kaela has put her fuller figure on display in a series of striking looks for the fun pictures which were shot last week.

The former Medical Sales rep tweeted: ‘On the set of my @eloquii with Jody Arnold.... Had a blast:)’

And Kaela has told People magazine: ‘It’s been really great. The line is really fashion forward, the clothes fit and they look amazing. It’s been a really good experience.’
There’s no doubt that Kaela’s appearance on Kourtney and Kim Take New York raised her profile and she was quickly signed to Ford models.

But she had experience in modelling before her brother married the reality star she was actually discovered four years ago.
According to People she ‘did little things here and there’ including appearing in spreads for 

 
Nordstrom and Kohl’s but nothing like the exposure she has experiences post-reality TV.

Keisha Knight Pulliam Celebrates Birthday

Actress Keisha Knight Pullliam celebrated her birthday partying it up with friends Lil Rudy is all grown up! Pulliam, who most notably appeared on classic sitcom The Cosby Show and most recently Tyler Perry’s ‘House of Payne,’ actually turned 33 on (April 9th).

Pulliam danced the night away with Letoya Luckett, Miguel and more.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUDY!!

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

Going with the whole “8 year old at a slumber party” look there eh? How very retro of you. Maybe I’ll start doing that when i go out in public. Just toss on my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jammies and a cowboy hat.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY!!!

EFREM