Beyonce, Upper Class? No No No...

Because the world needs more LaToya, less Beyonce...


Beyonce Knowles may want to think twice before she takes another jab at the Jacksons. According to the National Enquirer, Janet Jackson “blew up” when she heard what the “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” singer had to say about her family.

“I grew up upper-class,” Knowles recently told OK magazine. “Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We’re African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.”

Cue the feud, as Jackson considered those fighting words, according to an Enquirer source.

“Janet wanted to know why Beyonce had to mention her family,” the insider said. “They're not friends and barely know each other. She feels Beyonce went out of her way to tell the world she's from the upper class and the Jacksons were like a bunch of dirty gutter rats.”

Now Jackson’s allegedly ready to set the record straight and give Knowles a piece of her mind.

“Not only is Janet telling everyone who will listen that Beyonce has a lot of growing up to do and that she needs to stop trying to impress everyone, she's planning to confront Beyonce herself and read her the riot act,” the insider added.


Trust, Miss Jackson. Beyonce is just as trashy as you. At least you were smart enough to hide your baby when you got knocked up as a teen.

Did someone forget to relay that message to Solange?

Solange = LaToya = tired

J-Lo and Her Ass Divorcing?

Despite a new round of divorce rumors, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are still happily married and plan to stay that way. At least that’s the latest word from their PR peeps.

Responding to an item published in the New York Daily News, which predicted a post-Valentine’s Day breakup for the pair, Anthony’s rep said, “None of the rumors are true.”

As for Lopez, her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, put an end to the “one last duet before they say goodbye” story by telling E! News, “There is no merit to the article.”

Trust us Marc: it's definitely cheaper to keep her!

Listen Up, Teen Sluts: Pregnancy Pays!!!

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin confirmed that her teenage daughter, Bristol, and boyfriend Levi Johnston were expecting a baby, the celebrity weeklies knew that the first photos of the Palin-Johnston baby would incite a bidding war. Baby Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, born Dec. 28, proved those editors right.

According to one source, bidding for the baby photos began at $100,000. People won out in the end, but In Touch was the only other weekly to make serious bids, according to several sources involved in the process.

The price didn't soar immediately, according to the sources, because Sarah Palin stories just didn’t sell all that well for the weeklies on newsstands.


I need a (legal) teen to help us out. We need to broaden our subscription!

Obama Nekkid

Now that we've gotten your attention...


Barack Obama isn't the first presidential figure to be photographed shirtless, and likely won't be the last. He is, however, the most physically-toned U.S. leader since JFK to be caught on camera bare-chested.


But inquiring minds want to know how the photographer from Bauer-Griffin – the same California-based agency who caught Halle Berry on a movie set this month at the precise moment of her wardrobe malfunction – was able to get the exclusive shot despite an army of security surrounding the beach resort where the president-elect is vacationing with his family.

Bauer-Griffin co-owner Frank Griffin said his photographer did absolutely nothing wrong.

"He had his equipment searched by the secret service and was restricted to a certain area of the beach," just like the other photographers, "before the president-elect walked into his view about a hundred yards away," Griffin told CNN.

"There was tacit approval that he was able to shoot what he could shoot, it's a public beach," Griffin told the Washington Post, adding that his snapper was not asked to leave the public beach from where he spotted Obama.

We cannot wait for the bottomless Obama shots.

Don't shoot, Michelle!

R.I.P., Miss Kitt

Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died.

Ironically, the singer, who recorded the classic "Santa Baby" in 1953, passed away yesterday, Christmas Day, at age 81.

Andrew Freedman says Kitt died of colon cancer and was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.

Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her catlike purr, was one of America's most versatile performers, winning two Emmys and getting a third nomination. She also was nominated for two Tony Awards and a Grammy.

MJ Dying AGAIN...

Who could breathe with a nose like that?

Oh, wait. We can ask Janat and Latoya, and Rebbie...


The author of a new biography on Michael Jackson claims the star is fighting for his life due to a rare respiratory condition, but a columnist who covers the singer closely says reports of the alleged illness are "extremely exaggerated."

As previously reported, author Ian Halperin told In Touch magazine and Britain's Sunday Express newspaper that the reclusive performer needs a lung transplant because he's suffering from Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, an occasionally fatal genetic condition.

"He's had it for years, but it's gotten worse,' Halperin told In Touch. "He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it. He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. It's the bleeding that is the most problematic part. It could kill him.'

Jackson "can barely speak" and "the vision in his left eye is 95 percent gone," Halperin added. The King of Pop's brother Jermaine didn't deny the reports, telling Fox News, "He's not doing so well right now. This isn't a good time."

Correction: NONE of you are doing well right now.

That includes you too, Janet!

This Is How To Treat Your Fans

Singer Akon pleaded guilty to harassment Wednesday for throwing a fan off stage during a concert last year in Fishkill, New York.


Under the plea deal, he will serve no jail time as long he performs 65 hours of community service and pays a $250 fine.

The 35-year-old singer tossed a teenage boy off the stage during a June 2007 concert at Dutchess stadium near Poughkeepsie. Another member of the crowd said she suffered a concussion when the teen landed on her.

Witnesses said a spectator threw an object at Akon during the show. After he asked the crowd to point out the culprit, a security guard picked up a 15-year-old boy and sent him up to the stage. Akon hoisted the teen onto his shoulders and flung him back into the crowd. The incident was caught on several camera phones and was posted on teh Internet.

Deep Throat Is Dead

Gotcha!

Close, but no cigar!


W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president, has died. He was 95.

Felt died Thursday of congestive heart failure in Santa Rosa after several months of failing health, said family friend John D. O'Connor, who wrote the 2005 Vanity Fair article uncovering Felt's secret.

The shadowy central figure in the one of the most gripping political dramas of the 20th century, Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret when he leaked damaging information about President Richard Nixon and his aides to The Washington Post.

Miss Jackson: Part Deux?

MediaTakeOut.com is claiming that "Renee," the rumored lovechild of Janet Jackson and James DeBarge, is "considering writing a tell all to clear the air."

The gossip site says "an insider" told them: "There's so much that nobody knows about what went on in Renee's life ... She wants to come clean about everything that she's been through."


While the source refused to confirm whether or not Renee was actually Jackson's daughter, MediaTakeOut quotes her as saying: "After the book comes out everyone will know the truth."


In 2005, James DeBarge's brother, Young Debarge, told New York's Hot 97 that Janet and his brother – married in 1984 – were parents of "Renee," a daughter the couple secretly sent to live with Janet's elder sister, Rebbie.


"Her birth was top secret," Young said of Renee, now 21. "James and the Jackson family kept everything real close, real tight. No one really knew how it was working out until things kind of surfaced."


Jackson denied the claims, stating in Nov. 2005: “I do not have a child and all allegations saying so are false."

Madonna has settled her divorce with ex-husband Guy Ritchie by also parting with at least 50 million pounds ($76 million), the singer’s spokeswoman said Monday.

Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press the settlement was in the range of 50 million to 60 million pounds ($76 million to $92 million) as part of their divorce agreement, a figure she said included the value of the couple’s country home, Ashcombe House in western England, which Ritchie will keep.

Rosenberg said the couple’s west London pub — the Punchbowl — would also remain with Ritchie.

The couple were reportedly worth some $525 million, the vast majority of which belonged to Madonna. Ritchie had an estimated $35 million fortune.

Their multimillion pound (dollar) settlement is about twice the size paid out in Britain’s latest high-profile celebrity divorce, that of former Beatle Paul McCartney and model Heather Mills.

“I’d assume it’s one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement,” Rosenberg said.

Isn't it just like Madonna to find a record even in a situation like this?

Senator Kennedy: The Saga Continues...

Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of an American political dynasty, has decided she will pursue the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, a person told of her decision said Monday.

The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, who friends describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up what has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight.

Ms. Kennedy will ask that Gov. David A. Paterson consider her for the appointment.

If appointed, Ms. Kennedy would fill the seat once held by her uncle, the late Robert F. Kennedy.

Looks like Fran is out of a job. This one is Caroline's for the taking!

Senator Fran?

Soon-to-be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn’t surrendered her senate seat yet, but actress and New York native Fran Drescher has high hopes of filling it.

“I was thinking I’d take the next four years to lay some groundwork, but I’m throwing my hat in the ring,” New York magazine overheard the former “Nanny” star boast during a party at Le Cirque last week.

According to Drescher, she’s qualified to make the big move to Capitol Hill because she’s “an authentic and honest person” who already has a few political baby steps behind her.

“I’ve just been given the appointment of U.S. diplomat,” Drescher said. “My title is public diplomacy envoy for women’s health issues, and I just got back from a four-country European tour of duty. I believe next I’ll be sent to the Middle East.”

A potential hot Senator?

We'll take it. That's just FINE with us.

Showgirls Pales in Comparison

WWND - What Would Nomi Do?

Probably not this...


Try this for an Agatha Christie plotline: performing on stage inside Vienna's Burgtheater, one of Europe's oldest and grandest, an actor takes a knife to his throat in his character's desperate attempt at suicide. As audience applause fills the opulent theater, blood pours from the actor's neck. But something's not right. Buckling and staggering his way off stage, the actor collapses to the floor. That's because the knife, and the harm that it's done, are both tragically real.

Unfortunately for Daniel Hoevels, a 30-year-old actor from Hamburg, those pages from a murder-mystery came to life last Saturday night during a performance at the Burgtheater of Mary Stuart, Friedrich Schiller's play about the wretched life of Mary Queen of Scots. Rushed to the nearby Lorenz Bohler hospital having sliced through skin and fat tissue but thankfully not his main artery, Hoevels was fortunate to survive. "Just a little deeper," said Wolfgang Lenz, a doctor who treated him, "and he would have been drowning in his own blood."

Lindsay Lohan will do anything to get a new role - anything!

Ain't Too Proud To Beg!!

The mortgage meltdown has reportedly claimed another celebrity victim. TMZ.com is reporting that Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins-Rolison is about to lose her home in Georgia after falling behind in mortgage payments.

"We've learned a five-bedroom, nearly 10,000-sq. ft. house owned by T-Boz is about to go on the auction block in January 2009," the Web site reported Thursday, citing public records.

The singer is said to have defaulted on the original principal of her mortgage, which was about $530,000, according to TMZ.

The news comes days after the New York Post reported that Fantasia Barrino's $1.3 million Charlotte, NC home is in foreclosure, and that she is accused of defaulting on a $58,000 loan from a Florida corporation who loaned her the money to pay the IRS back taxes.

How do all these bitches go broke?!!!

Black Or White?!

A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.

Debate over whether to call this son of a white Kansan and a black Kenyan biracial, African-American, mixed-race, half-and-half, multiracial — or, in Obama's own words, a "mutt" — has reached a crescendo since Obama's election shattered assumptions about race.

Obama has said, "I identify as African-American — that's how I'm treated and that's how I'm viewed. I'm proud of it." In other words, the world gave Obama no choice but to be black, and he was happy to oblige.

But the world has changed since the young Obama found his place in it.

Intermarriage and the decline of racism are dissolving ancient definitions. The candidate Obama, in achieving what many thought impossible, was treated differently from previous black generations. And many white and mixed-race people now view President-elect Obama as something other than black.

So what now for racial categories born of a time when those from far-off lands were property rather than people, or enemy instead of family?

Debate over. He's black. We take him and Mariah.

The end!

Bettie Page: R.I.P.

Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, has died. She was 85.

Her agent Mark Roesler says Page died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack nine days ago. He says she never regained consciousness.

Page attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure in bikinis and see-through lingerie that were quickly tacked up on walls across the country. Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.

Roesler says Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack Dec. 2.

Vertigo My Ass!

Celebrity snitches are dishing that forty year old Pop/R&B idol Janet Jackson is showing signs of pregnancy.

J.J is currently working on Tyler Perry’s upcoming feature film “Why Did I Get Married?” and there are whispers on the set that Ms. Jackson If Ya Nasty has a bun in the oven:

“Everyone on the set is whispering about it … Janet only found out 3 weeks ago when she took the film’s [mandatory physical exam]. We’re all pretty excited,” dishes an on-set tattle.

The tipster also spilled that Janet’s management team is working to have her filming schedule re-adjusted.

“They’re apparently trying to get things wrapped up for Janet as soon as possible … it’s getting really inconvenient - but I don’t care. I just want her to have a healthy baby.”


And the Jackson drama continues...

Trannies With Chirrenz?!

How is this possible?!! Modern science is a muthafucka!!

Usher is a proud father again.

According to sources close to the singer, Usher and his wife Tameka Foster-Raymond welcomed a baby boy around 3am Wednesday morning.

The newborn becomes Usher's second child and Foster's fifth child.

THE most fertile tranny on the planet, we tell ya!

J-Hud Back To Work

Jennifer Hudson will return to work next week to begin filming a video for her new single "If It Isn't Love," according to her label, J Records.


The singer was preparing to film the video in Los Angeles when her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were discovered shot to death in their Chicago home on the city's South Side on Oct. 24. The body of her nephew, 7-year-old Julian King, was found in a sport utility vehicle three days later.


Hudson has kept out of the public eye since the murders, but she has issued statements periodically thanking the public for their support. Last week, she released a statement after she was nominated for four Grammy awards, including best R&B album for her self-titled debut.

"It's been a childhood dream of mine to release an album, so to receive four Grammy nominations is truly a blessing," she said. "I am extremely honored and humbled by the nominations."

Best wishes to Miss Hudson and the rest of her family.

Bad Year For Jacksons

First, Janet's album bombs. Her concert tour falters, and she fakes vertigo.


Michael loses Neverland and gets sued by a Sheik.

Then Jesse makes stupid ass comments about Obama on air, and now his son is getting in on the action...

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to emphatically deny involvement in Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged "pay-to-play" scheme to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant senate seat.


A lawyer for Jackson acknowledged earlier Wednesday that the Illinois Democrat is the so-called Senate Candidate 5 in the federal complaint against Blagojevich. Though the affidavit says Blagojevich named Senate Candidate 5 as an individual potentially willing to raise money for him in exchange for Obama's seat, Jackson said he was assured by federal prosecutors Tuesday that he is not a target of the investigation.

"I want to make this fact plain. I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing," Jackson said at the press conference in Washington, D.C., calling on the governor to resign. "I did not initiate or authorize anyone at anytime to promise anything to Governor Blagojevich on my behalf."

Jackson's attorney, James D. Montgomery Sr., said Wednesday that Jackson learned he was mentioned in the complaint against Blagojevich the night before the governor's arrest on Tuesday.

According to the affidavit, in a Dec. 4 recording of Blagojevich with an unnamed adviser and unnamed fundraiser, the governor says he may be able to cut a deal with Senate Candidate 5 that provides Blagojevich with something "tangible up front."

The affidavit says an associate of Candidate 5 discussed raising $500,000, and then another $1 million, for Blagojevich. But Montgomery suggested Jackson could have been set up, and said he wasn't aware of any associates making such a proposal.

"I wouldn't put it past someone to be purporting to represent Jesse without authority," Montgomery said. He said Jackson is still interested in filling Obama's open Senate seat.

Beyonce Needs To Put a Check On It!!

Beyonce and her sister Solange have canceled their planned Houston concert to benefit victims of Hurricane Ike due to "a set of irresolvable scheduling conflicts," according to a press release.

The one-hour "Beyonce and Solange: Hope for the Holidays" benefit concert was to take place Dec. 9 at Houston's House of Blues.

The Knowles sisters' concert was supposed to debut on the Fuse network on Dec. 21, and was intended to benefit the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund to aid Texas victims of Hurricane Ike.

So you mean to tell me the Heir & The Spare cannot take time out of designing their atrocious House of Derriere Designs to put on a benefit?

Who wants to see Solange perform anyway?

Just pull out the checkbook and sign it.

If they can even fuckin' write to begin with!

He Finally Got It Right

I hope his pimp hand is strong when he slaps the shit outta Hasselcrack!

In a sermon delivered Sunday at his old stomping ground, Barack Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright referred to one of his harshest critics, Elisabeth Hasselbeck of ABC's "The View," as "that dumb broad."


Speaking at Trinity United Church of Christ for its 47th anniversary, Rev. Wright included his trademark array of history lessons, mimicry and singing, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. His ire, however, was saved for Hasselbeck, who Wright twice referred to as a "broad," including once as "that dumb broad."


Wright expressed pride in Obama's longtime association with Trinity United Church of Christ, where he recently retired after serving 36 years as senior pastor.

The 'L' Is For Least Favorite Dyke

Showtime’s drama about a circle of lesbian friends and lovers is going to kill off one of its major characters on the premiere of its sixth — and final — season.

The victim is Jenny Schecter, Showtime has disclosed. Jenny, a would-be writer and accomplished two-timer, has long been embraced by fans as the character they most love to hate.

The episode, which airs Jan. 18, begins with a splash as Jenny’s body is discovered in a swimming pool. Accident, or murder — and whodunit? Viewers will have to wait for those answers.

We don't have to wait. We know what killed ehr ass.

Low ratings and viewer backlack. They should have killed her ass in season one before she got too attached to a steady income!

Oprah Can't Afford Lipo?!

The talk show queen continues the honesty, saying in the January issue of “O” magazine out Tuesday that she now weighs 200 pounds and has “fallen off the wagon” when it comes to healthy living.

“I’m mad at myself,” Winfrey writes in an article provided early to The Associated Press by Harpo Productions.

“I’m embarrassed,” she writes. “I can’t believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I’m still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, ‘How did I let this happen again?”’

In the piece, Winfrey, 54, details her recent struggles with an out-of-balance thyroid and how the condition made her develop “a fear of working out.” She says she’s added 40 pounds to her frame since she weighed 160 pounds in 2006.

“Yes, you’re adding correctly; that means the dreaded 2-0-0,” Winfrey writes. “I was so frustrated I started eating whatever I wanted — and that’s never good.”

We're embarassed FOR you, O. If we were billionaires, we'd have nymphs sucking the fat (and other parts) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Mariah With Child?

Mariah Carey was ready to tell Ellen Degeneres "Bye Bye" after the Daytime host allegedly cornered the star over pregnancy rumors.

According to sources, Ellen pretended to let the "Stay In Love" singer off the hook after she denied the pregnancy rumors only to offer the singer a glass of champagne.

"Let's just toast with champagne," Ellen offered.

According to sources at the taping, Mariah became flustered, insisting that 3 p.m. was too early for her to start drinking.

"I can't believe you did this to me, Ellen," laughed the Grammy winner, who married Nick Cannon in April.

"This is peer pressure!" she continued, trying to avoiding drinking the champagne.

"No, let's toast to you not being pregnant," Ellen insisted.

"Why would we toast to that?," Mariah replied. "How about to the future? For both of our futures, who knows what they hold."

According to E!, Mariah then pretended to sip the bubbly only to be caught by Ellen who said "You're pregnant."

In related news, Mariah Carey may be up for an Oscar for "Right To Dream," a cut from her upcoming film "Tennessee". Several outlets are speculating a first time nod for the singer who had a bad run of luck with "Glitter" in 2001.

Children should not be having children.

Say no to middle age pregnancy!!

How Much Is Beyonce's Ass Worth?

The collective bank account of Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce Knowles is bigger than any other celebrity couple in the entertainment industry, according to Forbes magazine's new list of Hollywood’s 20 Top-Earning Couples.


"BeyonJay" earned a total of $162 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, which puts them on a perch overlooking second-place finishers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, who pulled $85 million in the same time frame.

translation: Will pulled in $85 million and Jada got kickbacks.

David Beckham and his wife Victoria come in third with $58 million, followed by country music couple, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill with $35 million, and non-married couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, banking $34 million together.

Recount! Angelina's steeltrap thundercat is worth $1 billion per lip!

Clef Might Wanna 911 Mary J.

The nation's foreclosure crisis has arrived on the doorstep of Wyclef Jean's Miami property.


Miami-Dade County will auction off the house he was still building on Dec. 12 because the singer owes $2 million in mortgage payments.

"And it wasn't just the mortgage that wasn't paid -- court docs show there were plenty of people working on the house that haven't gotten paid either," reported TMZ.

Wyclef purchased the house through a company he set up with friends, according to the Web site. Foreclosure on the mansion reportedly began in March.

Usher a Baby Daddy Again

During an interview with Stevie Wonder on his morning radio show in Los Angeles, Usher announced the sex of his second child with wife Tameka Foster, as well as the baby's due date.


Doctors told the couple that they're having another boy, and he's due to arrive on Dec. 15, just in time for the holidays.


Usher told Access Hollywood that their new bundle of joy will be "one of the best Christmas gifts there is to have."

"There are a few names," he told Access. "But if you guys have any unique one, please feel free to hit me up. Let me know."

It was around this time last November when Usher and Tameka welcomed their first child together, Usher Raymond V. He turns one on Wednesday (Nov. 26).

Winona Was Probably Higher Than The Plane!

Remember back in the day when this t-shirt was the one to have?

We narrowly missed having to dig it back out!

Actress Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London’s Heathrow Airport Wednesday, her publicist said.

Mara Buxbaum said the 37-year-old was taken to a west London hospital Wednesday “as a precaution” and had since been released.

“She’s fine now,” Buxbaum said. She declined to go into details of Ryder’s illness.

She has mostly stayed out of the headlines after her 2002 conviction for stealing several thousand dollars worth of merchandise from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills.

Ryder had prescription drugs in her possession when she was arrested — but a drug charge was dropped after a doctor said he had prescribed the medication.


The rock star heauxz always get off.

(Crack) rock on, Winona!!

Dem's Fighting Words!

Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri posted a video message on militant Web sites Wednesday in which he referred to President-elect Barack Obama as "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slave."


The 11-minute 23-second video, al-Qaida's first response to Obama's victory, appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies.


Ayman al-Zawahri said in the message that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, and grouped the president-elect along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice into the category of "house slaves." But, al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech included the translation as "house Negroes."

It's on like a pot of neckbones now!!!

Racism Rears Its Ugly Head

Well, we're not shocked:


Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.

Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.

From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders.

Grant Griffin, a 46-year-old white Georgia native, expressed similar sentiments: "I believe our nation is ruined and has been for several decades and the election of Obama is merely the culmination of the change.

"If you had real change it would involve all the members of (Obama's) church being deported," he said.

"Someone once said racism is like cancer," Ferris said. "It's never totally wiped out, it's in remission."


Good quote and it so fits here!

Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gurl!

More than 100 retired generals and admirals called Monday for repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays so they can serve openly, according to a statement obtained by The Associated Press.

The move by the military veterans confronts the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama with a thorny political and cultural issue that dogged former President Bill Clinton early in his administration.

"As is the case with Great Britain, Israel, and other nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly, our service members are professionals who are able to work together effectively despite differences in race, gender, religion, and sexuality," the officers wrote.

It's about time. George Michael is ready to enter his barracks!

Because Bill Owes Hillary!

He already helped her lose the Presidency, so now he's gotta do something he knows a little about:

release


Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's transition vetting process said Wednesday.

Clinton has agreed to release the names of several major donors to his charitable foundation and will submit future foundation activities and paid speeches to a strict ethics review, said Democrats knowledgeable about the discussions.

They also said that Clinton would step away from day-to-day responsibility for his foundation while his wife serves and would alert the State Department any new sources of income and to his speechmaking. The Democrats spoke only on grounds of anonymity because of the private nature of the Cabinet-selection process.

Another Ewok is Back!

After being almost silent about her 'marriage' and subsequent 'divorce' for six years Brandy and her ex- Robert Smith have come forward to set the record straight about what really happened behind the scenes of the MTV series "Special Delivery" while also addressing recent dating rumors.

'...all the hoopla, the quote-unquote ‘marriage,’ whatever you want to call it...at the end of the day, we have a beautiful child, and I’m the happiest man on Earth. That’s really the logistics of it. No drama,' Smith tells Vibe in the upcoming December issue when asked about what Brandy called a 'spiritual union' and what Robert Smith called a strategic publicity move pulled off to protect Brandy's image.

So where are they now after the dust has settled and the camera's have moved on to Britney Spears, Beyonce and Mariah Carey ?

Brandy says there is "no drama," but her ex, producer Robert Smith, who is now married with three other children, puts it in perspective by telling the magazine: "We had a child. The relationship didn’t work out. The bottom line is the friendship. The common denominator is our daughter.... You can’t be so mad at somebody who gave you that kind of a gift."

As for those pesky dating rumors, as recent as this week, Brandy was rumored to dating Tyrese, the singer says she's not into dating right now.

"I’m not dating." "I've been single for three years."

"I’m so clingy with her my daughter, 6, she’s like, Mom, let me breathe."

She's probably like, "Mama, your breath staink!"

MJ Gotta Pay!

A $7 million breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed against Michael Jackson by the king of Bahrain's son over an album that was promised by the entertainer, but never delivered.


The Bell Pottinger Group says Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa filed the case against Jackson at London's Royal Courts of Justice. The suit was to be heard Monday afternoon, reports the Associated Press.


In 2006, Jackson announced the release of a new album for Khalifa's record label 2 Seas Records. Media reports say Khalifa has yet to see a completed album.

The lawsuit comes a week after Jackson gave up the title to his Neverland ranch in California.


This has not been a good week for MJ!

Maybe he should ask Janet for a loan?

Oh wait. She broke too!

Minus Her VP Wardrobe Budget?

Just how much could the Alaska governor make from putting pen to paper? About $7 million, according to some estimates.

Sound like a lot? Not necessarily, says one literary insider.

Bill Clinton made more than $10 million when he signed his deal in 2001 and that was the most for a former president," says the source. "Sarah brings something different to the table — there is so much curiosity surrounding her and her life. If they move fast and get this thing on shelves, then a $7 million advance could be worth it."


As if there wasn't enough proof already that Palin has achieved full pop-culture phenom status, consider this: Paparazzi photos of the governor have surfaced.

In the photos, which have popped up online, Palin is pictured lounging poolside (in T-shirt and shorts) doing, well, nothing.

"Even photos of her of her just sitting there, but looking like a normal person, could go for solid five-figure sums," says one magazine editor.

Another editor disagrees. "If it's an all-rounder (meaning: the photos can be sold to other outlets) it would sell for probably about $300 per picture. If it's exclusive, $7,000, max. She's over in print ... she's doing so much press that she's overexposed."


We are not mad atcha, Mistress P.

Get that dough!

You earned it!

MJ on Tour?

First there were reports that Michael Jackson would join his brothers in a reunion tour. Then, the singer, himself, released a statement denying the rumors, which his brother Jermaine had confirmed as true the previous day.

Now, Billboard.com is hearing talk that Jackson may follow in the footsteps of Prince and perform a long engagement at London's 02 Arena.

"A source confirms that there is a 'standing offer with no expiration' from AEG Live for Jackson to play at the O2," Billboard reported Friday. "The 02 is operated by Anschutz Entertainment Group, and any Jackson stand at the 02 would almost certainly be promoted by AEG Live, the live entertainment arm of AEG."

Sources tell Billboard that Michael's decision not to participate in the reported Jackson 5 reunion tour may stem from his desire to do his own touring next year.

In related news, Jackson's groundbreaking 1982 album "Thriller" jumped 41-1 on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart last week after selling 31,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan (a 1,000% increase).

The move was fueled by the album's various anniversary celebrations that took place around the world last week. The set is now 2008's top-selling catalog album, having shifted 688,000 copies.

Hohan and Color

Lindsay Lohan referred to President-elect Barack Obama as the country’s “first colored president” in an interview on “Access Hollywood.”

Describing her experience on Election Day, Lohan said: “It was really exciting. It’s an amazing feeling. It’s our first colored president.”

A spokeswoman for Lohan didn’t immediately return messages left Wednesday.

Interviewer Maria Menounos didn’t question the 22-year-old actress on her use of the term. “Access Hollywood” also didn’t cite her remark in its online story, but did post an “extended interview” video on its Web site that included the remark.

Lohan blogged about her support of Obama during the presidential campaign.

She can blog, which means she can obviously read, and she hasn't read that the term colored is out of date?

Someone beat her with her own crack pipe!

Another Disney Ho Takes It Off

Nude photos of singer Adrienne Bailon of The Cheetah Girls popped up on the Internet over the weekend straight from her laptop, which was stolen last month at New York's JFK Airport while she waited for a flight.


The 25-year-old Disney star filed a report with the Port Authority after losing the computer. Later that day, her record label received an anonymous phone call from a man saying he’d return it for a $1,000 fee.

A meeting was arranged at JFK with the anonymous man, where he was given the money and in exchange returned Bailon’s laptop, but the nude pics of the singer were missing from the computer.

Bailon had reportedly taken the racy images as an anniversary present for her boyfriend, Robert Kardashian. Her lawyer says she "will be pursuing legal action against the person or person's sending these private photos out."

"Adrienne is deeply sorry for any pain this may have caused to her fans," the lawyer added.

Pssst. We here Playboy a-callin'!

They Did Not ASK You, B!

Beyonce says she is ready, willing and able to do whatever necessary for President-elect Barack Obama on Inauguration Day in Washington.


"I'm there. I can't wait," she told the Associated Press. "I feel like all of us, we're ready to do whatever we have to do. Whatever they want -- if they need me to volunteer, they need me to sing, I'm there, and I'm ready."


That sounds like some Marily Monroe skankiness to us.

The singer said she already had to cancel a promotional trip to Japan to plug her new album, "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" so that she could remain in the U.S. on Election Night.

"I said, 'What am I doing? I'm completely making a bad decision. I have to go home. I'm gonna kill myself if I'm not home in America,"' said Beyonce. "I knew I needed to be here."

Knowles watched the election results at home with friends and family – while wearing a blue suit and tie with matching red, white and blue stilettos. After he won, she said she "fell asleep crying and smiling at the same time. I woke up with mascara running and a smile on my face."


Most important, Knowles said, is that the newly elected president has provided inspiration for African Americans.

"My nephew, who is 4, when we say, 'You can do whatever, you can be whatever,' it's not cliche," she explained.

Who taught B what the word 'cliche' means?!

Vote With Vigilance!!!!

To all prospective voters...

(and that better be every damn American linked to my page here!)

In this historical election and already evidence of voter fraud and machines that are malfunctioning, vote vigilantly.


When you're in that booth, take out your cell phone and record yourself pulling that lever or chad or whatever is in your county.


Your vote counts.
Be sure it does!!

Posh To Drop Trou For Armani

Fashion icon (contain your laughter) Victoria Beckham is the spokeswoman for the new Armani fashion house lingerie line — following in the footsteps of husband David Beckham, who also appeared in the fashion house's underwear campaign.

The company said Friday that Beckham will debut in the spring-summer 2009 advertising campaign of Emporio Armani women's underwear.

Giorgio Armani called the former “Posh Spice” of the Spice Girls a “style icon, a dynamic lady whose influence and recognition will add great excitement” to the ad campaign.

David Beckham has just agreed to move to Milan, Italy's fashion capital, on a three-month loan to AC Milan starting in January.


Coincidence? I think not.

We posted a pic of David Beckham in his underwear because does anyone really want to see her skinny non-ass in panties?

Didn't think so!

Crack Is Cheap, Which Means You Can Buy More!

A British couple who sold video footage of singer Amy Winehouse apparently smoking crack to a newspaper have pleaded guilty to drug charges.

Johnny Blagrove and Cara Burton admitted in court Friday they offered to supply drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, to Winehouse.

Prosecutors say the pair covertly filmed Winehouse and sold the footage to The Sun newspaper. In January the paper published the images, which appeared to show the singer smoking crack cocaine.

Detectives decided there was not enough evidence to charge Winehouse but they charged the couple.

Prosecutor Sean Larkin says police who raided the couple’s home found a list of celebrities they supplied with drugs, including Winehouse.

Who'd be willing to bet that Pete Doherty was also on that list?

Now You Know Why, Hillary!

Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough.

It's a finding that could help justify heavy spending on makeup and wardrobe for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, while at the same time raising questions about the need for a man like John Edwards to invest in a costly haircut.

For male candidates, the only thing that mattered was competence, while female voters preferred men who seemed both competent and approachable.

But for "female candidates for a hypothetical election for the United States presidency, both male and female voters were more likely to vote for candidates that were both competent and attractive," Chiao said in a telephone interview.

Blah blah blah. Hillary may not be as pretty, but Palin sure as hell isn't as competent.


Give me Hill any day!!!!

Mya Better Learn Japanese...

If anyone cares or even remembers her name...


R&B singer Mya has a new album on the way.

Try to contain your excitement.

In a surprise move (to no one but Mya herself) the singer will release a 14-track album for Japanese fans only in December.

Titled "Sugar & Spice," a follow up to 2007's Liberation which was also released in Japan only, the album features a collaboration with Lil Mama and Sean Paul.

I know I won't be asking anyone in Japan to send me even an mp3 sample. How about you?

Political Panty Pudding

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to four months in jail Tuesday for the so-called "sex-and-text scandal."

Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner called him "arrogant and defiant" and questioned the sincerity of a guilty plea that ended his career at City Hall. Kilpatrick declined to speak in court, but his lawyers urged the judge to look at his entire career, not just the crimes that threw local government into disarray for months.

Kilpatrick admitted lying while testifying last year in a civil lawsuit filed by former police officers who accused him of illegally demoting or firing them. He and chief of staff Christine Beatty, both 38, were accused of having an affair and denied it, but text messages obtained by a lawyer in the case — and later the Detroit Free Press — clearly contradicted them.

The jail sentence was part of a plea agreement reached last month. Groner followed that deal but said Kilpatrick would not get time off for good behavior, potentially up to 20 days in this case.

"When someone gets 120 days in jail, they should get 120 days in jail," Groner said.

Kilpatrick also was given a 120-day concurrent sentence for assaulting a sheriff's officer who was trying to deliver a subpoena in July.

The disgraced mayor was escorted across the street to the county jail, where he will spend 23 hours a day in a private cell. As he was being led away, he yelled out to supporters: "You all take it easy."

They responded: "Be strong, Mayor. We love you, Mayor. We got your back, Mayor."

Looks like someone else may have his backside on that 24th hour, mmmK?


"This is a sad day for Detroit and for the Kilpatrick family," Cockrel said in a statement. "As a city, we now must put the past behind us and work together to meet our common challenges."

What is it with elected officials that can't control their panty pudding?!!!

Heed This Warning!

Via his new Comedy Central show "Chocolate News," comedian David Alan Grier is literally begging all African Americans to refrain from doing "stupid sh*t" until after Nov. 4.


"We are on the precipice of history," Grier says directly into the camera. "We are within spitting distance of putting a brother in the White House, but right now, Barack's chances are shakier than Whitney on the pipe! So black people, I am begging you, until Nov 4, stop doing stupid sh**!"

As if half of his core audience knows what the word 'precipice' means!

Grace Jones Un-Censored

In an interview with German magazine TV Spielfilm, Jamaican-born entertainer Grace Jones said she was sorry Hillary Clinton had failed to last through the primaries, and that she "can't stand" vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Jones, 60, said Palin stood for a backward vision of America laden with government restrictions of sexuality and social behavior.

"I would have loved it if Hillary Clinton had pulled it off," Jones said in the interview published in German marking the release of her new album. "I can't stand Sarah Palin. I bet a woman like that has no sense of humor."

The androgynous Jones, who was a disco staple in the 1980s, admits she had angered feminists for stunts such as "appearing naked in a cage," but insisted she had the right to determine what was artistic or simply exploitative.

"I believe a woman can present herself as a sex object if she has fun doing it," she said.

So What Is Your Excuse For Not VOting?

T.I. originally thought his voting privileges were revoked as a convicted felon, until he researched and learned that under a Georgia law felons are eligible if they’re not currently serving probation or a prison sentence.

“It’s a relief,” said the best-selling rapper, who stood in line for no more than 10 minutes on Wednesday before entering a polling center in suburban Atlanta to vote for the first time in his life.

“This what it is all about, not staying up late and waking up early to vote,” he added. “Now rather than just talking about it, I’m being about it. I’m leading by example, and it makes me feel a lot better.”

T.I., who already has two No. 1 hits off his new album “Paper Trail” (“Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” with Rihanna), does have several federal firearms offenses and ongoing community service endeavors, stemming from his arrest last October for trying to buy automatic weapons. But his lawyer, Steve Sadow, confirmed that he can still cast a ballot because his sentence doesn’t start until late March next year.


So, if you are in or have been in jail, check with your local authorities to see if you are eligible to vote in this election.
Make your voice count!

Lohan & The Unemployment Line Come Together

Can't you just sense the smack smoldering in this picture?


Ugly Betty" actress Vanessa Williams has come out in defense of guest star Lindsay Lohan amid reports that a feud with lead America Ferrera cut her scheduled six-episode visit to four.


"That's what the press does, that's what gossip's about, and media is about," Williams told WENN. "I had a few scenes with Lindsay. She was a hard worker, she showed up on time and in the scenes I had with her, she was completely prepared. In terms of me working with Lindsay, she was professional, she knew her lines and she was great with me."


The only lines Lindsay knows are found in the bathroom stalls of Manhattan night clubs.

DeBarge Is Back...in Jail

El DeBarge, the former lead singer of his family group DeBarge, is back in jail without bail due to two outstanding warrants at the time of his arrest earlier this month for possession of a controlled substance.


The singer, born Patrick Eldra DeBarge, was arrested last year on charges including vandalism, drugs and domestic violence. He's due back in court today, the Web site reported.


El DeBarge is the fifth of eight brothers and sixth of ten DeBarge family members. He formed the singing group, DeBarge, in 1978 with his siblings Mark, Randy, James and Bunny.

When there are that many children in a house, one of them is bound to be a crackhead!