The Daily Buzz For May 20

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See the Cover Art For Nicki Minaj’s “Pills N Potions”

As she prepares to release her new studio album The Pink Print, Nicki Minaj has revealed the cover art to her first single titled, “Pills N Potions.” She has been teasing her barbs with new music “Yasss B*tch” featuring Soulja Boy and “Chi-raq” featuring rapper Lil Herb and now the official single is ready to drop.

The "Yasss B*tch" rapper said her new single is very uplifting & soulful and it will foreshadow how her whole album will feel. The new track is expected to drop on Wednesday via iTunes.

During an interview with Rap-Up, Nicki dished on her new album saying this album will remind people why they fell in love with her in the first place. As you can see with her transformation from pink wiggery and outlandish outfits to a more subdued natural looking Nicki, her music will likely go back to her gritty, gangsta lyrics that she use to spit when she first hit the scene.

Still no word on when the album will drop but according to Nicki, it will drop once it's complete.

Jennifer Lopez Announces Upcoming “True Love” Book

It seems there’s nothing she cannot do, and Jennifer Lopez's latest project finds her trying her hand at writing.

The “Waiting For Tonight” songstress will release “True Love” on Penguin Group on Tuesday, October 28th, with both English and Spanish versions in the works.

Per a statement from the publisher, "True Love will cover one of her life’s most defining periods – the transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she confronted her greatest challenges, identified her biggest fears, and ultimately emerged a stronger person than she’s ever been."

And J. Lo is glad to share her story- “Writing True Love has been a deeply cathartic, personal, and vulnerable experience. If it were not for the love and courage given to me by my children, this story wouldn’t have been possible. While I struggled with the decision of whether or not to release this book, I recognized that if it could touch even just one person then it would honestly become one of the most fulfilling endeavors of my life."

Frank Ski Celebrates Birthday with Celebrity Friends Stevie Wonder and More!

Radio personality Frank Ski celebrated his birthday with style and panache. Atlanta came out to celebrate with Frank and show their love for the man who devoted so much time and energy into making Atlanta a better place..

Frank Ski had an epic birthday party over the weekend and he celebrated in great style. Atlanta came out to his exclusive Frank Ski’s Restaurant to party the night away with him.

First things first Frank Ski celebrated his birthday with THE LEGENDARY STEVIE WONDER who just recently celebrated his 64th birthday. It was an amazing to see Stevie Wonder serenade Frank Ski at his birthday party. It was truly a moving experience said guests at the event.

The lovely Algebra was in attendance to show Frank some birthday love. Algebra is Frank’s favorite singer and she performed her hot single “Nobody But You” as the guests smiled and swayed to the beat of the music.

Also music producer Devyne Stephens was in the houst to celebrate with Frank on his birthday. Devyne Stephens is doing some big things including working on R. Kelly’s forthcoming album. The big homie Devyne Stephens is definitely making moves.

Tigger of V-103 came out to show Frank Ski some birthday love. Also in attendance was the big homie James Harden  of the Houston Rockets showing Frank some birthday love.

The party was so much fun; Frank is doing great things at his new gig at Washington D.C.’s urban AC station WHUR-FM 96.3. 

Frank is putting Washington D.C. on that Atlanta flavor of entertainment, fun, community, and activism. Happy Birthday

NYC Jeweler Accused Of Selling Cee Lo Fake $34K Watch

Ever since Jacob the Jeweler's Hip-Hop reign came to an end, there have a been an endless sea of diamond peddlers vying for the crown to bling out rappers across the country.

Instagram account FakeWatchBuster has made a life mission of calling out struggle-encrusted accessories by various artists and recently found themselves in a standoff with Avianne & Co., after they alleged the NYC company gave Cee Lo Green a fugazzi $34K watch.

Reports TMZ:

Avianne & Co. fired off a cease-and-desist letter to the guy behind the popular Instagram account FakeWatchBusta -- because FWB recently posted a pic of CeeLo's custom 20-carat diamond-studded Panerai from Avianne, and outed it as a bad "fake."

Avianne demanded the CeeLo post be taken down immediately and replaced with an apology ... as well as a comment saying the watch is in fact 100% real.

The photo has since been deleted from Instagram, but so far ... no apology's been posted.

Fun fact: Avianne is the same company that made Ciara's 15-carat diamond engagement ring.

FakeWatchBuster fired even more shots following the C&D letter, saying "A fake AP Royal Oak Offshore. Look at how the subdial cuts off the 7 and the 5 and look how the date is placed cutting into the Tachymeter. Fake junk."

Zoe Saldana Gets Sexy In Black At Cannes Film Festival,

Zoe Saldana is pulling out all the stops at the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France.  

Zoe and her new husband Marco Perego are still in newlywed bliss.  The twosome dressed pretty much alike, hair and all, as they left out the Hotel Martinez in Cannes to hit the next big premiere.

But Zoe kept it all woman though in her black pantsuit, unbuttoning the blouse to reveal a deep plunging neckline:

The upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy star was also spotted chatting up Salma Hayek on their way to a premiere.

All in The Family: Tina Knowles, Jay Z, Blue Ivy, Solange & Alan Ferguson Having Lunch In New Orleans…

I guess they have put things behind them. Or at least playing it for the cameras pretty well! The clan all looked pretty happy and relaxed. Solange joined by her sister Beyonce, niece Blue Ivy, Jay-Z and an entourage including her mother Tina and boyfriend Alan Ferguson were spotted at courtyard restaurant Cafe Amelie in New Orleans.

Dressed in a bright yellow sun dress teamed with leopard print sunglasses, Solange was seen smiling as she walked next to Jay-Z before leading the party out of the restaurant. Jay also looked in cheerful mood, smiling broadly as he chatted to Beyonce’s mother Tina while his wife carried their two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy. 

The growing youngster wore a pretty green and white floral outfit which coordinated perfectly with her mother’s striped sun dress.

50 Cent Claims He Wasn't Invited To His Son's High School Graduation

Marquise Jackson celebrated a lifetime achievement by graduating high school (at the age of sixteen at that) without the physical support and presence of his rapper daddy, 50 Cent.

After being the victim of much online scrutiny, Fiddy is allegedly breaking his silence through his PR posse and claims that his baby mother shielded knowledge of the entire event from him.

Via TMZ:

50 Cent didn't abandon his son on high school graduation day -- despite an emotional Facebook post from the kid -- instead 50 claims he was intentionally blocked from attending by his son's mother ... at least that's what 50 is telling friends.

Sources close to the rapper tell TMZ, Fiddy is extremely hurt and upset by the photo his son Marquise Jackson posted on Facebook Sunday crying in his cap and gown while hugging his mother.

Marquise wrote, "Yea I broke down. I was really excited to see my pops at my graduation but he never showed up smh. My sister and mama is always there for me just know that you wasn't. I did it without you."

But 50 disagrees ... telling friends he was never told when or where the graduation ceremony was, or he would have been there. FYI, the ceremony was at Marquise's private school in ATL (the same school 50 reportedly foots the bills for).

We're told 50 spent last weekend in NYC for a charity event.

Regardless of the reasoning, it still a sad story, especially since Marquise seems to be a big fan of his pops. Several videos on his Instagram account feature him riding around in the back seat, reciting his rhymes from new and older records.

Somebody is likely getting one helluva graduation present to make up for lost time. It's also being speculated that Marquise got accepted to a college in Maine.

Toni Braxton Speaks On ‘Secret Abortion’ She Had In 2001…

Toni Braxton has revealed some very personal news about herself. Toni has told the media that she had a secret abortion before her 2-kids were born. The 46-year-old singer fell pregnant with her then-boyfriend, (now ex-husband) Keri Lewis‘ child before they married in April 2001 and decided to terminate the baby as she was taking Accutane, a prescription acne treatment which can have serious side-effects for unborn babies.

And while Toni tells Entertainment Tonight ‘I am more ashamed of myself for doing that’, in a new interview, she admitted in her autobiography that she would have had the abortion anyway. But she was left devastated when her second son was diagnosed with autism and believed she was being punished for terminating her pregnancy. I don’t know if I could have shared such a story with a world of people who judge and throw stones all the time. But, big ups to Toni for being transparent.

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds weds over the weekend

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds 55, is trying his hand again with marriage, the R&B singer  married and  Nicole Pantenburg , 41, over the weekend. Nikki and Babyface have a five-year-old daughter Peyton, and have been together since 2007.  They announced their engagement in February.

Edmonds also has two sons, Brandon and Dylan, with ex-wife Tracey. The two were married in Southern California on Saturday in front of their family and even celebrity friend Oprah Winfrey.

Why Mike Epps was Lying About Being At Heat vs. Pacers Game?

Comedian Mike Epps was caught flexing on Twitter yesterday after he posted a photo of the Heat playing the Pacers. Only problem is…the photo he tweeted a "fake" pic.  WHile his pic showed black uniforms, the Heat actually played in their red uniforms. Sighs…

Once people caught on to Mike’s fake pic, he quickly deleted it from his timeline. He then tried back track his mistake, posting a new photo of him in Australia saying he hit the playoff game last night but is now in Australia.

I was at the pacer game last nite but now I am in Australia pic.twitter.com/4mqu6QUfFG

— Mike Epps (@TheRealMikeEpps) May 18, 2014

He still is lying. The Heat and the Pacers played on Sunday, May 18th (above). As you can see, he posted his pic on May 18th and said he was at the game last night. Ummm…yea. You can also see the Pacer fans have on the yellow t-shirts passed out before the game (in the real photo). Hardly anyone in Mike's photo has on yellow. Luckily for Mike, the Pacers defeated the Heat 107-96. Game 2 goes down tomorrow Indiana at 8:30pm/EST.

This guy...

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

‘WE’VE GOT A NEW LOOK!’

Nothing like some warm delicious bottom biscuits to get you week started off right. Although I have to admit these buns are looking pretty good…maybe not as good looking as our brand new redesign, but both bring a smile to my face. Enjoy them both.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

EFREM

Meet The QUEEN who accused The Voice of Elmo of Molestation!

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Meet The Accuser of Kevin Clash Voice of Elmo!

Well the cats out the bag gurl! And thanks to The Smoking Gun. You can meet the queen who tried to accuse Kevin Clash of having improper relations with him and 16. Get in kiddies via TSG! The mystery man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of engaging in an underage sexual relationship--only to recant the allegation a day later--is a struggling 24-year-old model/actor who was once arrested for the knifepoint robbery of $250,000 in jewelry from a music manager for whom he interned, The Smoking Gun has learned. 

The accuser, Pennsylvania resident Sheldon Stephens, had his unsubstantiated claims against Clash published Monday on the gossip web site TMZ. The smear triggered a torrent of social media activity and press reports that portrayed Clash, 52, as a predator (the New York Post’s front page headline read “Nookie Monster”). 

While Stephens (seen at right) has not been publicly identified, TSG yesterday learned of his identity and confirmed his role in the Clash matter with two sources, a family member and a friend. 

It is unclear how Stephens, who once lived in New York City, met Clash, who resides on Manhattan’s West Side. A friend of Stephens said that he "attracts these high-powered men," but that the model wannabe was a "God-fearing guy" and "not just a pretty boy." 

In a statement released yesterday, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania law firm--which no longer represents Stephens--reported that Clash’s accuser “wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Mr. Clash was an adult consensual relationship.” TMZ initially reported that the man claimed to have been 16 when his sexual relationship with Clash began. 

Shortly after the statement’s release, TMZ scrambled to publish a story (citing “sources close to the situation”) claiming that attorneys for Clash and the accuser were, right then, purportedly “discussing a financial settlement and 6-figures were on the table.” At that point, however, Stephens was no longer being represented by Andreozzi & Associates, the Harrisburg law firm, and had no other legal representation. The issuance of the statement was done as a courtesy by Stephens’s former counsel, who noted that, “He will have no further comment on the matter.” 

The acknowledgement that the damaging claim against Clash was not true came as a relief to the producers of “Sesame Street,” who, as The New York Times notes, “had been alarmed by seeing the words ‘under-age sex’ in the same sentence as ‘Elmo.’” 

The recanting, however, came after TMZ had effectively outed Clash as a gay man. In a statement, the puppeteer noted, “I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it, but felt it was a personal and private matter.” It is unknown if TMZ, one of the country’s leading practitioners of checkbook journalism, paid Stephens for his story. 

Stephens, who did not respond to e-mail and Facebook messages, describes himself as an “Entrepreneur, Student, Model, Actor” on his Twitter account, which is protected. His Facebook page’s “About” blurb notes, “I like to consider myself a rare breed. I'm very spontaneous and random…I'm determined and goal oriented. My destiny is laid on a solid gold brick pathway....... MY FUTURE IS BRIGHT and never will it dim.” 

Online searches turned up dozens of modeling-type photos of Stephens, who often uses the name “Sheldon Xzavier.” However, there is no evidence that the 5’ 10” Harrisburg resident has met with any success as a model or actor. In a submission this year for a cover shoot with an online fashion magazine, Stephens wrote that, “I’ve always wanted to land a major project such as this one. It will help restore my confidence and to give me a better outlook on the future of my career.” 

Photos show Stephens in a variety of U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and New York City, where he is seen posing in a hotel room overlooking the World Trade Center memorial. As seen below, Stephens appears in a 30-second online commercial for a York, Pennsylvania clothing store. He also has a page on the Xtube porn site, but it appears inactive. 

According to an October 2011 resume, Stephens has taken classes at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, and expects to receive a bachelor’s degree from the 322-student school in May 2013. Along with several internships, he reported working as a valet at a Hilton hotel in Harrisburg, and as an office assistant at an American Automobile Association branch. 

Stephens’s resume also lists stints at a pair of clothing stores in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood. During this period, he resided in Brooklyn, but eventually returned to Harrisburg, where he now lives in a school dormitory about a mile from his mother's apartment. Check the resume here 

Felicia Stephens, 48, was charged last March with attempted murder after she allegedly repeatedly stabbed her husband with a pair of scissors. Free on bail, Stephens, who is also facing a felony aggravated assault rap, is next due in court December 19. Following his mother’s collar, Sheldon Stephens described her to a newspaper reporter as “the nicest person in the world.” Mother and son are pictured at right. 

Court records show that Stephens himself has been arrested several times since 2009. Last year, Stephens was busted for passing a bad check, though that charge was eventually dismissed after he settled the debt with a Harrisburg business. He was also collared last May for reckless driving, and subsequently pleaded guilty to a traffic offense. 

The most serious criminal charges filed against Stephens came in September 2009, when he was arrested at the Harrisburg airport after stepping off a flight from L.A.. 

According to a criminal complaint, music manager Darian Pollard contacted the Beverly Hills Police Department to report that Stephens--an intern that he had just fired--had robbed him at knifepoint of a $250,000 “white gold necklace with diamonds” and a “white gold ring with diamond baguets.” 

Pollard, who heads DP Music Entertainment Group, told cops that Stephens had boarded a flight bound for Harrisburg. Beverly Hills police contacted their counterparts in Pennsylvania, and two officers detained Stephens, who “was wearing the necklace and also the ring” as he exited the plane, reported an investigator, who added, “He made no attempt to hide either article.” 

Cops, who did not find a knife in Stephens’s luggage, arrested him on two felony receiving stolen property counts. Stephens, according to the complaint, denied that the jewelry was stolen. “He insists they were gifts,” a cop noted. 

Criminal charges were initially filed against Stephens in a Pennsylvania court, where a judge ordered him held in lieu of $15,000 bail (his prison mug shots are here). The criminal complaint notes that a Beverly Hills Police Department detective told Pennsylvania investigators that he “would be filing charges in Beverly Hills for theft and other charges.” 

However, a TSG search of L.A. county court records did not locate any evidence indicating that charges were subsequently filed against Stephens in Beverly Hills. The charges lodged against Stephens in Pennsylvania were dismissed two weeks after he was arrested at the Harrisburg International Airport. 

In brief phone interviews, Pollard described himself as a “very wealthy” man who has been held up “like five times.” He claimed not to recall being robbed at knifepoint by Stephens or calling Beverly Hills cops. A friend of Stephens’s dismissed the Beverly Hills incident as a simple “misunderstanding,” likening it to a “domestic dispute.” 

In addition to Stephens’s modeling and acting pursuits, he has founded a management company whose web site describes itself as “a boutique style full service agency representing the industries elite.” The firm’s “target markets” include Harrisburg, New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Las Vegas. Stephens describes himself as having traveled the U.S. as a “High Profile Model, Hollywood stylist, Public Relation rep, and an Intern for multiple entertainment and production Agencies.” 

Among the companies listed as partners of Stephens’s fledgling concern is “DP Music Management,” Pollard’s firm (the name of which does not appear, however, on Stephens’s resume). See his work below

Stephens’s web site also notes that one of his goals has been “spearheading Local Celebrities to National Stars.” Mission accomplished (17 pages) 

Well isn’t she “SPECIAL”?

Why are you so SILENT about your FEMA comments NOW MITT?

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How the HELL you want to be President and won’t address DISASTERS?

Romney Refuses to Discuss his Distorted Disaster Relief Morality 

For Americans who live through a natural disaster, the feeling of helplessness during the event is second only to the aftermath when the damage is surveyed and one realizes that without assistance, there is little hope of ever recovering a semblance of normality. Because America is surrounded by oceans on three sides, chances of meteorological and hydrological disasters loom large, and when storm systems form over the ocean, phenomenon such as cyclones, typhoons, and hurricanes develop and as natural disasters go, the damage can be devastating.  Climate scientists have warned for some time that due to global climate change, weather events like hurricanes will increase in severity, and along the East Coast, residents began feeling the effects of what has been termed a “Frankenstorm” due to the unique confluence of Hurricane Sandy, an early winter storm in the West, and a blast of arctic air from the North. In the aftermath of a disaster climatologists are predicting will decimate the East Coast, residents will depend on emergency relief from the federal government, and most will be thankful there is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to give them assistance. However, Willard Romney believes disaster relief from the federal government is immoral, and he is not alone.

Romney’s obscene “immoral’ comment was made worse when he said, “What are the things we’re doing, that we don’t have to do?  Those things (disaster relief), we’ve got to stop doing because we’re jeopardizing the future of our kids, it is simply immoral.” In Romney’s vision of government, all expenditures should to go to the wealthy, the military, and corporations, and his grand idea for disaster relief is handing the task of helping displaced Americans to private enterprise. It is true the federal government does not have to help its citizens, but it also is not required to help the oil industry, Israel, corporations, or Willard Romney, but he never complained about the welfare the federal government provided him, Bain Capital, or the 2002 winter Olympics. Apparently, to Romney, his understanding of government morality is founded in how many tax payer dollars the government hands over to him, corporations, and the wealthy elite.

It is that Romney has a distorted sense of morality, but he is promoting the standard Republican agenda that government exists to enrich the wealthy at the expense of the population’s health, safety, and overall well-being. In 2011, House Republicans decided instead of focusing on jobs, it was prudent to attack women’s rights and go on a spending cut frenzy targeting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) including the National Weather Service (NWS).  Their moral plan cut $126 million from the NWS, and roughly $450 million from NOAA that meant closure of up to 12 forecast offices that safeguard American lives and property. Each office issues forecasts and warnings to an average population of 2.5 million people meaning that over 30 million Americans would be left to look at the sky to predict when their lives would be devastated by a major weather disaster. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration under George W. Bush, Marion Blakey, said, “Imagine the damages we will suffer in the future if weather forecasting capabilities are degraded and communities are not given timely and accurate warnings of major storms coming their way.” Of course, Blakey believes government has a moral responsibility to warn Americans of an impending natural disaster, and it is in sharp contrast to Romney’s assertion that spending money to protect Americans is immoral; unless private enterprise profits.

It is a staple of the Republican agenda that people do not matter, and their dysfunction is if they do admit government has a role to solve problems like warning Americans of an impending natural disaster, or helping them recover from the aftermath, they may have to concede that government plays a necessary and crucial role in people’s lives. However, by asserting that spending taxpayer dollars on agencies like the NWS, FEMA, or NOAA is immoral, it is easy to defund an agency like FEMA or the NWS despite the cost in human terms, and if Americans have learned anything in the past year-and-a-half, it is that Republican cuts always carry a high price in human terms; unless the humans are filthy rich.

Last year in the wake of Hurricane Irene, Eric Cantor and Republicans balked at additional funding for FEMA unless it was matched with “savings elsewhere,” particularly by making massive cuts to FEMA and first responders. At the time, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) detailed the problem with GOP’s FEMA cuts; “The House bill slashes funding for grants to equip and train first responders by 40 percent, on top of the 19% cut in FY 2011,” and she goes on to note the “GOP House defense appropriations bill provides $12.8 billion to train and equip troops and police in Afghanistan, but only $2 billion for first responders to assist American citizens.”

Romney is right that there is a morality problem in America, but it rests solely with himself, Paul Ryan, and Republicans who think so little of Americans they will, given the opportunity, slash funding for emergency disaster relief and early warning in case of a major natural disaster, and yet they wage ferocious battles to preserve oil subsidies, tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, and aid to Israel and the military. Romney gives away his real immoral agenda of handing over FEMA operations to the private sector and one wonders how much Bain Capital has invested in companies set to “take over” disaster relief.

While President Obama has allowed his campaign to take a back seat to his duties as president, Mitt Romney seems to using this time to not only score points but also sneak out discredited information about Obama’s policies. First and foremost is his supposed campaign rally/ “storm relief” rally in Ohio yesterday. There are details as to how bad this event was. Talking Points Memo also added:

With the president holed up in the White House monitoring the hurricane response through at least Wednesday, Romney announced yesterday he would refrain from partisan business as usual on the campaign trail. That meant converting an already scheduled rally Tuesday morning in Kettering, Ohio, into a relief drive for Sandy victims.

Still, the election was never entirely removed from the event, according to reports from the scene. Most notably, the event included a biographical video of Romney that typically plays at his rallies. Press badges still referred to a Romney“victory rally.”

Also, ABC’s Jonathan Karl sent out the following tweet of two attendees of this “storm relief” rally:

The grand irony? The Red Cross specifically stated that they can’t use the canned goods that the Romney camp urged folks to bring because giving either money or blood would better suit the needs of those caught up in the hurricane. This is the most immoral bastard I’ve seen!

Republicans are immoral for, as Romney says, wanting to “get government out of the way” of people’s lives which is code for privatization and more tax cuts for him and his wealthy cohort. Government is not the be all, end all, but they are the only agency with the means to address something as monumental as a major natural disaster, and it exists to protect the American people it serves. If it is immoral to use federal funds for disaster relief, then it is a mortal sin for Romney to take $1.5 billion for puerile Olympic games, or millions from the federal government auto bailout. Romney’s moral dilemma can be summed up in three words; pure unadulterated greed. What the American people need to know is that Willard’s moral compass is dictated by the size of his hidden riches and not concern for the American people or this country, and he has projected that sentiment for the past 9 months. It is just another piece of evidence that not only is he not a Christian, he is an immoral human being who thinks so little of  the American people that his first priority is enriching the private sector and himself, and although that may be part and parcel of being a good Mormon, it makes him a despicable American, and in keeping with the spirit of the season, a scary monster.

WAKE THE HELL UP! He is NOT for America!