Fantasia REVEALS That She's Got A
Son On The Way!
Fantasia's upcoming delivery may
have her confined to bed rest, but that won't stop her and her family from
throwing a party!
The "Bittersweet" singer is set to have a baby shower next
month and we have the little detail that she revealed on the invites
inside.....
Down in Charlotte, NC on October 1, Fanny, Teeny, Aunt Bunny
(Chile please!) and the rest of the family are having a big baby shower to
celebrate the upcoming birth of the singer's second child.
And S2S is
reporting that Fantasia is set to deliver a baby boy. How did she reveal the
news? She cleverly dropped a line on the invite that read, "It's a
Boy."
Whether you feel some kind of way about the circumstances or not,
Fantasia has had a helluva ride the past year or so. With the torrid affair,
the suicide attempt and now the pregnancy, she has a lot to sing about and I'm
sure that next album will be full of passion. Babies are always a blessing.
Congrats Fanny!
Rihanna and Beyonce Collaboration in
the Works?
Rihanna is back in the studio working on
album number six and Beyonce is rumored to be working on new music with her.
There’s no stopping Rihanna. Less than a year after releasing ‘Loud’ Rihanna
is already back in the studio working on her sixth album.
According to Verse
Simmonds, who is part of the production duo working on her album, she’s “closing
up” recording already. That was quick!
He told MTV: "From what I understand,
she is closing the album up now, and we did two records for her that she really,
really loved and I'm really excited about them as well. They are records that we
wrote and produced as the Jugganauts."
Jugganauts worked on ‘Man Down’ with
Rihanna, but Verse insists its going to be a completely different sound.
Verse said: "It'll definitely not sound the same, because we always try,
constantly - as producers, as artists - we try to always come with something
different, a whole new sound."
Rumor has it that there’s going to be a
Rihanna/Beyonce collaboration on the new album—which would be amazing! It’s
about time these two get together.
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Whitney, Jordin Sparks Confirmed for
‘Sparkle’ Remake
*Whitney Houston is reportedly in final
negotiations for a big-screen comeback in Sony’s remake of the 1976 film
“Sparkle,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Jordin Sparks will make her
feature film debut in the movie, and Mike Epps has also been cast.
Mara Brock
Akil wrote the script and her husband, Salim Akil is directing. The latter
worked with Epps on Sony’s “Jumping the Broom.”
Houston, meanwhile, hasn’t
been in a movie since she traveled to Portland, Maine to make Penny Marshall’s
1996 “The Preacher’s Wife” opposite Denzel Washington.
“Sparkle” focuses on
three sisters who form a musical group and then have to contend with the ups and
downs of stardom. Debra Martin Chase is producing the Sony project. Production
is scheduled to begin next month.
Tri-Star Pictures is distributing in
association with Stage 6 Films.
Tupac Shakur Estate Commemorates His
Death
The estate of Tupac Shakur commemorated the
15th anniversary of his death with a new section on the official 2pac website
and a statement about his musical legacy.
Shakur's estate, run by his mother
Afeni, said Tuesday, "It was Tupac's greatest wish to inspire minds and spark
ideas that would change the world. She also says she feels like it was just
yesterday that her son was shot dead. To honor Tupac’s death, she’s spending
time with family and friends out in Northern California. She went on further to
say that she feels the same pain now that she felt back in 1996.
"It is the
greatest privilege of 2pac.com and Universal Music Enterprises to keep his music
and message available to all."
The website also posted Shakur's poem, "In the
Event of My Demise" from his book of poetry, The Rose That Grew From Concrete.
"In the event of my Demise/When my heart can beat no more/I Hope I Die For A
Principle/or A Belief that I had lived 4/I will die Before my Time/Because I
feel the shadow’s Depth/So much I wanted 2 accomplish/Before I reached my
Death/I have come 2 grips with the possibility/and wiped the last tear from my
eyes/I Loved All who were Positive/In the event of my Demise."
Shakur was
killed Sept. 13, 1996 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He was 25.
Joseph
Simmons and Kim Kardashian were among those that remembered the rapper Tuesday.
Simmons, aka Reverand Run of Run-DMC and MTV's Run's House tweeted, "RIP Tupac..
I often wonder what the Tupac twitter feed would read like if he was still with
us #thingsthatmakeyougohmmm."
Kardashian is tweeting lyrics from Tupac songs
throughout the day. She wrote Tuesday, "#TupacTuesday! RIP. I'm gonna tweet
random lyrics all day! Guess what songs they are!"
Is Christina Aguilera about to get
fired from “The Voice”?
Christina Aguilera’s life is one full of
enablement. She’s a staggering, fall-down drunk who has spent the better part of
this year boozing it up and passing out in (of all places) Jeremy Renner’s bed
before ratcheting up the drunken drama factor and botching the National Anthem,
falling down onstage at The Grammys, and threatening to fire any and all
staffers who suggest that she needs some professional help.
All the while,
she’s been enabled by her jumpoff boyfriend, Matt Rutler, who doesn’t appear to
be employed in any profession other than holding Christina steady as she
stumbles out of restaurants and clubs. In addition, NBC has enabled her with a
fancy new job on “The Voice.” Of course, we’ve already heard that Christina has
been annoying the other judges on the show by refusing to associate with them
off camera, and it turns out that the producers of the show aren’t terribly
happy with her either. Could she be getting the boot?
X17 can report
exclusively that producers at NBC’s “The Voice” plan to axe Christina Aguilera
as a coach on the show.
While Aguilera is under contract for season two, a
source close to the show tells us bosses are not happy to be stuck with her and
they plan on replacing her for season three. Said our source: “She doesn’t spend
time with her contestants like she’s supposed to. She doesn’t participate. She
spends most of her time on the set with her boyfriend.”
AND we hear she is
doing some drinking on the job. But, our source tells us this is part of the
on-set culture — we’re told Adam Levine and Blake Shelton frequently take shots
while filming to loosen up.
Earlier this year, “The Voice” host Carson Daly
said the show would succeed without its original coaches. “This show is bigger
than any of its coaches or the host,” he said. “This show will live on in
perpetuity with many a star in those chairs.”
Reps for Aguilera and The Voice
have yet to return requests for comment
[From X17 Online]
Naturally, Christina’s
rep was quick to deny this story as “completely false” to Gossip Cop, but that
certainly doesn’t mean that NBC isn’t preparing to can Christina’s drunken ass
after her contract ends. In all likelihood, they’re already putting out feelers
for a female judge to replace her. So this particular denial means nothing
because, essentially, Christina exists in a world of drunken denial and is
content to believe that her own music career took a nose dive thanks only to
Lady Gaga, who obviously copied her and stole her fanbase. Interestingly enough
in the X17 article, Cee Lo Green is not included in the shot-taking club of
judges. Good for him.
Jennifer Hudson's SURPRISE 30th
Birthday Bash!
When Jennifer Hudson flew to DC recently
for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz's 25th
Anniversary Celebration, she
had no idea that her family and friends had planned a big surprise for
her.
But they did! The family threw a huge
party to celebrate her 30th birthday at Opera Ultra Lounge. Lil' Mo was on hand
to sing happy birthday.
Raheem Devaughn also stopped by to show Jen
some love.
Jen was also greeted by DC-based fashion
designer Dana Ayanna Greaves of the label ARTAYA.
During the party, Lil' Mo posed with
Raheem.
And Jamie Brown also attended.
Next up for Jen, you'll hear her on the
dance floor as she recently recorded a song called "Night Of Your Life" with
David Guetta off his latest album.
Talking about Jen, David said, "I always
love to take singers and take them out of their boxes, and to come with a dance
song with her was really exciting," he says. "She is
beautiful in every way: as a person, as a singer, as a human
being."
Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, T-Pain, And
Tyga Amaze At The F.A.M.E. Tour Kickoff
Chris Brown and Kelly Rowland kicked off
their F.A.M.E. tour in Toronto, Canada to a sold out audience. While Chris may
continue to get harassed by the media, it looks like fans don’t care anything
about that and cherish his talent instead. Critics from the Toronto Sun had
nothing but good things to say about Chris saying that he was the “whole package
in terms of dancing, performing, and general showmanship.”
On the other hand, hottie Kelly Rowland did
her thing too looking sexy as always. She performed a ton of her new material
from her latest album Here I Am. In addition to this, she gave fans a treat by
performing some of Destiny’s Child’s big hits.
Other performances from the show came from
Tyga. Tyga’s album is set to release later on this year.
T-Pain also made an appearance at the show.
T-Pain’s most recent song is 5 0′clock in the morning which features Wiz Khalifa
and Lily Allen.
One thing is for sure, Chris Brown tore
down the house in Toronto. This is his first show in Canada in six years and I
can’t think of a better way to make a comeback to the city. Check out more
pictures from the show below:
Go Breezy…Are you going to the show when it
hits your town?
Singer Kelis's Twitter fury after she
is subjected to racist abuse at a London airport
American singer Kelis has launched into an
angry Twitter tirade against Britain after she was allegedly subjected to racial
abuse in a London airport.
The 32-year-old was waiting at passport control at
one of the capital's airports when she was apparently labelled a 'slave' by a
middle-aged white man.
She had been travelling home to America with her
two-year-old son Knight after performing at Bestival on the Isle Of Wight over
the weekend.
The incident took place when Kelis was
accused of queue-jumping by a 'red-faced sweaty man (I use the word man loosely
here)'.
She went to say he then called her 'slave' and declared she was
'probably a disgusting Nigerian'.
The R&B singer explained: 'He called me
kunta kinte and ranted and raved some more.
'The man behind the passport desk
laughed, shook his head in agreement I guess, and said "kunta
kinte".
'All
the while the entire line full of people I just sat on a plane with for almost
3hours, over 50 people said nothing. I mean literally nothing. Didn't
flinch.
'We all no (sic) I'm no saint, so I retaliated. Not the way I wanted
to or how that pig deserved. But #1 my gorgeous baby boy was literally sitting
on my hip and #2 I'm a believer. And we are better. Supposed to be..
Kelis
then brought up the London riots in August - which were committed by British
people from a range of races, classes and ages.
Obviously upset, the
Milkshake singer declared the incident had made her believe the UK was 'decades
behind progression'.
She continued: 'I didn't say anything at the time of the
riots in London for a lot of reasons. But I am in London all the time and today
I'm gonna say that the racial issues in the UK are disgusting.
'Its racially
decades behind progression because everything is swept under the rug. People
don't talk about it. People don't fight about it. Not mentioning a problem
doesn't make it go away.'
After many fans pointed out America's on-going
racial tensions - which were most recently highlighted during the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina, Kelis acknowledged her home country also had issues.
She
added: 'I bring it up now because as an American it is abundantly clear that my
country has a Smorgasbord of disgusting racial problems.
'We are the poster
child for racial inequality even still with a black president. But its NO
SECRET! And that I can fight against. I can try to prepare and teach my son.
Because its out there. But you can't fight for or against something no one is
willing to talk about or even admit exist.'
Anti-racism groups were keen to point out
that while racism still exists in some pockets of society, the man's alleged
behaviour was not representational of British people.
A spokesman for the
Runnymede Trust, the U.K.’s leading independent race equality group, told
WENN.com: 'It’s worth noting that we’re not a multi-racial paradise in the U.K.
but there is a fight back here, and there are lots of ways in which musicians
like Kelis can contribute to that. Things like the UpRise music festival in
London – 10,000 people making it clear they are against racism.
'But
I don’t think we have got a huge amount to learn from America in terms of the
racism that operates over there. We are struggling against racism in the same
way as people are in the States.'
50 Cent Loses Suit Against Nigerian
Author Over Movie Title
A famed Nigerian author won a recent legal
battle against 50 Cent to court over the title of his film "Things Fall
Apart."
It looks like things are falling apart rather quickly for 50 Cent's
upcoming football flick Things Fall Apart. After being sued for $200,000 for
unpaid services on the film, the Queens rapper recently lost a major legal
battle against famed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe over the movie's
title.
According to BroadwayGhana.com, 50 Cent was recently forced to change
the name of his upcoming film Things Falls Apart over a copyright dispute
involving the title. Upon learning of the film's title, Chinua Achebe, who wrote
the iconic 1958 novel of the same name, threatened to sue Fiddy and the film's
backers over a violation his celebrated book's copyright.
50 and company attempted settle out of
court with the African author's foundation, offering them $1 million to use the
title. Ultimately, the Chinua Achebe Foundation refused the offer, and the
film's producers persuaded the G-Unit general to change the title to All Things
Fall Apart to avoid a more serious legal battle.
"The novel with the said
title was initially produced in 1958 (that is 17 years before rapper 50 Cent was
born), [is] listed as the mostly read book in modern African literature, and
won’t be sold for even $1 billion,” Achebe's legal representatives said.
All
Things Fall Apart, which was written by Brian A. Miller and 50 Cent, follows the
story of a college football player whose sports career is cut short by cancer.
The film was directed by New Jack City maestro Mario Van Peebles and stars
Peebles, Ray Liotta and 50 Cent in the lead role.
Ne-Yo Receiving Death
Threats
Ne-Yo and Sony Music Head Clive Davis have
been receiving death threats from a deranged fan.
Ne-Yo is victim to some
very serious death threats so intense that the FBI had to get involved. A man is
threatening to shoot him in the head!
This man is threatning him to get
$800,000 from Sony music for him or else. Ne-Yo is pissed and blames Sony music
and head honcho Clive Davis. Ne-Yo claims he is being used as a pawn. I would be
scared to leave the house. Poor guy, hope this gets resolved soon.
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Happy Birthday Tyler Perry
is 42. + Tyler Perry Lead Highest Paid Men In Entertainment
Atlanta’s own TP turns 42 and According to
the new Forbes magazine tally, the list of the highest-paid men in entertainment
is led by actor/director/screenwriter/producer/author Tyler Perry, whose films
have grossed more than $500 million worldwide.
He tops a list — measuring the
entertainers’ earnings from May 2010 to May 2011 — that also includes Steven
Spielberg, Simon Cowell and one of the only actors on the list, Leonardo
DiCaprio.
How did Perry make it to the top with $130
million over the past year? Thanks to fat checks from his TV shows, “Meet the
Browns” and “House of Payne,” as well as his hit series of movies based around
his drag character Madea and his upcoming rare acting role as the titular
detective in I, Alex Cross. Yo TP can you help ya boi get a check!!!! LOL until
then happy B-day…
Mark Jackson Doubles as Coach and
Pastor
*Mark Jackson stands without a sound in the
front left corner of his Southern California church, rocking from foot to foot
with his eyes closed and his hands clasped behind his back, reports Fox
Sports.
This dance lasts several seconds before he interrupts the silence
with piercing claps and starts bellowing prayers in a distinctive, deep voice.
This solo act lasts several minutes more before the congregation joins with
vociferous offerings and more clapping.
Within 20 minutes, Jackson rallies a
group of 50 people – varying in garb from three-piece suits to lint-covered
sweat suits – into a collective eruption of praise. Different languages and
prayers follow him into such a thunderous roar that the fortitude of the
building comes into question.
This scene is from a summer Wednesday. It’s a
perfect representation of Mark Jackson in any season, on any day. To know him as
the new leader of the Golden State Warriors, you have to know him as the pastor
of True Love Worship Center International.
“These people don’t care about anything
I’ve done or will do in basketball,” Jackson said. “They’d kill for me because
of what I’ve done at this church in the past two years.”
To say Jackson’s
ministry started two years ago would be a fact. In many ways, however, it
started 46 years ago when he was born, 22 years ago when he met his wife and
nine years ago in the Bahamas.
Jackson was born in a Catholic home, played in
a Catholic youth basketball league and attended Catholic high school and college
St. John’s. But he wasn’t much for going to church services, and he wasn’t “born
again.”Read the full story at FoxSport.com.
Beyoncé & Solange Make Surprise
Visit During Fashion Week
Sisters Beyonce & Solange Knowles made
their way to the Lincoln Center today to take in a load if New York Fashion Week
festivities. Bey donned a fun gold tulle ruffled mini skirt and matching gold
top. Then changed into a gold sequin 3/4 sleeve dress.
While Solange played it colorful with a hot
pink top with a huge bow, blue printed tailored pants, and yellow heels. We've
got their day at Fashion Week inside...
The beautifully bronzed ladies headed
into Lincoln Center to take in the Vera Wang and Rodarte shows:
And from the front row:
LaLa & Kim
K. were also further down front row.
After a change up, and with a dress showing
that baby bulge, the Knowles girls headed to the UNICEF event and the J.Crew
show:
Loves it!
And finally from “THE
CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
“Getting’ Some
Strange”
You would figure that if you had time to
sneak away and cheat on your wife, then you could find a few minutes to run your
car through a car wash.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK ALL!!!!
EFREM
