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Behind the music?

(That’s Kidada Jones on the far right, Quincy’s Jones’ daughter and Tupac’s ex-girlfriend)

Breakup

Is the love lost between Kelly Rowland and her second Dad/ manager Matthew Knowles? Bossip reports that after years of weak management in the shodow of Beyonce, Kelly has fired Papa. The site says there was a  big argument and when it was all said and done their business releationship was a wrap.  Matthew has managed Kelly’s career since she was a little girl starting with  Beyonce in “Gyrls Time”.

Cool points lost

An embarrassing moment for Fabo. He was having dinner with some friends in NYC recently- poppin’ bottles and what not, when his credit card was declined—not once but five times when it was time to pay up the tab.  That’s when Fabulous had one of his boys head to the car to get cash for the bill—then he got into a fight with the outside bouncer. The homey then reportedly tripped and fell, hitting his head on the concrete and started bleeding. The manager called an ambulance. But as soon as the entourage member saw the police, who came along with EMTs, “he began running away, blood oozing down his face.” No word on how or if the bill ever got paid.

The crying game

T-O gets a dose of reality

 

 

Rocko is about to be loco up…
He pleaded no contest to the charge of assaulting an unnamed woman in a Georgia nightclub back in Feb 2007. The woman’s hair was pulled and she was punched in the face resulting in a black eye and broken blood vessels.

Monica’s fiancé and baby’s father will spend just 48 hours in jail, and then will have 12 months probation, and multiple hours of community service.Major

You’re big when you get parts in major Hollywood blockbusters, without the first audition, and or acting role. Word is Rihanna could be the new Charlie’s Angel. Drew Barrymore’s production company is working on a new installment to the
multi-million dollar franchise, and Rhi-Rhi could join Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu in the next film.  Rhianna is also rumored to be in the Last Dragon remake as Laura Charles with Samuel Jackson as Shonuff.Delayed

Because millions of American households, especially Black and Latino homes  are still not ready for the DTV switch, the Senate voted yesterday to postpone the transition from Feb 17th to June 12th. The House still has to vote but it is expected to pass.
 

Sanging for the Prez….

Beyonce will have her time to shine at the inauguration of Barack Obama. She has been selected to sing for the presidential first dance between Barack Obama and wife Michelle on Tuesday night in Washington, D-C. She’ll also perform at the Neighborhood Ball on Tuesday night along with Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Sting Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys.

Hip-Hop activity

 If you are in DC tonight, you and you have a ticket, you can catch the The Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball at the Harman Center for the Arts. The program will be hosted by Russell Simmons, and features performances by T-I, L-L Cool J, Akon, Mos Def, and Young Jeezy.
It’s on

(LMAO at the pic, looking like they just went to darn near blows in the limo before they got to the VMA’s) 

The War of the Wades… Dwayne Wade’s divorce from his estranged wife is getting ugly. The NBA superstar with the squeaky clean image is about to be put on blast if his ex Siohvaughn has anything to do with it.  Wade filed for divorce in May of 2007. Siohvaughn says Dwayne “abandoned his children, committed adultery, and infected her with an unspecified sexually transmitted disease,” Siohvaughn alleges in legal papers. She wants the names of “all of his sexual partners” during their six-year marriage. The couple has 2 children, but Siohvaughn says Dwayne has been far from the model Dad he is believed to be.  Despite being named a “Father of the Year” in 2007 by the National Father’s Day Committee, she says he has gone “months” without seeing his boy. His “failure to spend time with them … has resulted in the children at times being afraid of him; in fact, Zion … does not recognize or know Dwayne.”  Siohvaughn also says Dwayne gave millions to people outside their marriage. Including buying his mother a $2 million church; placing substantial sums of money in an account with another woman; providing numerous friends and family members with unfettered access to accounts with hundreds of thousands of dollars of marital funds from which they made substantial withdrawals. She also says she has suffered “grievous physical, emotional and mental injury” from the STD, diagnosed in the fall of ‘07.” The couple wed in Chicago on May 18, 2002. They were high school sweethearts.  Dwayne is alleged to now be living with Gabrielle Union in Miami.  Who shot ya?

If you were one of many who ran to see “Notorious” over the weekend be glad you didn’t go to this after party… Four men were stabbed at what was billed as the official after-party for the premiere of “Notorious” in Brooklyn early Saturday morning. Three of the victims were listed in stable condition over the weekend, while the fourth was in critical condition with multiple stab wounds. A spokesman for Fox Searchlight Pictures called the stabbings “an unfortunate and isolated incident, but there is no connection to the filmmakers or the studio. How did the movie do at the box office over the weekend? Not bad. “Notorious” came in fourth, taking in $21.5 million dollars. It’s the biggest opening ever for its studio, Fox Searchlight. The number one movie is Kevin James’ “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” followed by “Gran Torino” and “My Bloody Valentine.”

Hired

Ladies, you may want to start watching the office… Because my favorite British import is joining the cast. Idris Elba has been hired to work in “The Office” office. Details are slim about his character’s plotline, other than he’ll play a no-nonsense hire at a corporate office. “The Office” airs Thursday nights at 9 on NBC.