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*Rohan Marley, the 39-year-old son of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and father to five of Lauryn Hill’s six children, has just gotten engaged to model Isabeli Fontana, 28, of Brazil, she revealed to a magazine in her home country. The couple met shortly after Rohan’s separation from Lauryn last year, when it became [...]
*Pharrell Williams is expanding his business portfolio with the launch of a new social media program. The rapper/producer has teamed with United Entertainment Group to create “I Am Other,” which is targeted toward musicians, filmmakers, designers, artists and innovators. Further details beyond the below promo video have yet to be announced. But according to Variety, [...]
*Count Jay-Z among the celebrities backing President Obama for his support of gay marriage. “I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back,” the rapper told CNN, referring to bans on same-sex marriage. “What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you [...]
*It just so happened that interviews for “Men in Black 3” and TNT’s reboot of “Dallas” were held on the same day earlier this month, and who knew that Will Smith is not only a huge fan of all things South Fork, but actually viewed the show’s characters and their extreme wealth as inspiration. The [...]
*It’s been nearly three years since Katherine Jackson lost her famous son, and not a day goes by that she doesn’t mourn his passing. “Every morning, all through the day, I think about Michael,” she says on Monday’s broadcast of Piers Morgan Tonight. “If I wake up through the night, my mind is there.” When [...]
*Rihannna, 24, has posted to her Facebook account 188 photos of herself in the nude, with the essentials covered only by body paint. The pics are from the video set of her new single “Where Have You Been,” and include some in which her breasts are covered by only a thick layer of crocodile-skin makeup. [...]
*Arsenio Hall says there’s a special place in his heart for the late Johnny Carson, the legendary host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” the undisputed king of late night and the subject of a two-hour “American Masters” documentary to air Monday (May 14) on PBS. Narrated by actor Kevin Spacey, the film features 45 original [...]
*Before the exit of Hollie Cavanagh from “American Idol” last night, judge Jennifer Lopez took the stage to perform her latest single “Dance Again,” and finished off the set doing a bump-and-grind with her background dancer/boyfriend Casper Smart. During their PDA moment, which some blogs have labeled “cringe worthy,” Casper grabbed her derriere as they [...]
*Nicki Minaj says she understands the influence she has on her “little ladybugs” (a.k.a. young fans), but also feels it’s important that she remain true to herself, however explicit that may be. In her Thursday appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Minaj says she doesn’t feel responsible for exposing kids to her more racy lyrics. [...]
*Michael Ealy returns to series television Friday night in the new USA series “Common Law,” which puts a twist on the age old practice of couple’s therapy. Ealy, coming off a recurring role on CBS’ “The Good Wife,” stars with Warren Kole as dysfunctional LAPD partners Travis and Wes, respectively. They bicker constantly like an old [...]
*Vivica A. Fox stars in the new straight-to-video release “Junkyard Dog,” a psychological thriller that delves the demented mind of a cannibalistic serial killer who kidnaps his tenth victim in as many months on Halloween night. Filmed on location in Tennessee, the film follows 19-year-old Audra Buckman, a college student trapped in a month-long nightmare, [...]
*Pilar Sanders followed up her press release yesterday with an appearance on “Good Morning America” to discuss her contentious divorce from Deion Sanders, who appeared on the show last week to tell his side of the ugliness. To get folks up to speed, Pilar was arrested on April 23 and booked at the Collin County [...]
*After years of playing the background as a backup singer for Alicia Keys, Jermaine Paul of Team Blake was voted the winner of NBC’s singing contest “The Voice” Tuesday night, nabbing a recording contract with Universal Republic Records, a $100,000 cash prize and a jump start on his dream solo career. Paul collapsed into a [...]
*Admiral General Aladeen, straight from the fictional North African country Republic of Wadiya, had a lot to say when he met with members of the international media Monday in New York. The latest satirical alter-ego of actor Sacha Baron Cohen, and star of his upcoming film “The Dictator,” opened his Q&A with the “devils of [...]
One day before the death of Beastie Boys member Adam “MCA” Yauch, the group was hit with a lawsuit over the use of samples on two of their most critically-acclaimed albums, “Paul’s Boutique” and “Licensed to Ill.” *One day before the death of Beastie Boys member Adam “MCA” Yauch, the group was hit with a [...]
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