Happy St. Patricks Day

Halle Berry gives birth to baby girl..

Congrats to Halle and Gabriel Aubry who gave birth this morning @ Cedars-Sinai.

Kanye & Alexis got hitched??

MTV is reporting that Kanye West and Alexis Phifer tied the knot in secret in Europe.

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Rumours suggest that rapper/producer Kanye has fulfilled his mother’s final wishes by marrying his longterm girlfriend Alexis Phifer at a secret ceremony in Europe.

The rap star proposed to Phifer in 2006 while they were on a romantic holiday in Italy and new reports say that the two have now tied the knot while on vacation in Europe just last month.

The rumours could well be true as the Through The Wire singer was keen to get married away from the spotlight of the media as he said in GQ magazine last year, “I’m just going to go and get married, I’m not going to make a big deal out of it.”

LeBron James: 3rd 'Vogue' cover boy

The Cleveland Cavaliers' superstar appears on the April cover of Vogue, joining actors Richard Gere and George Clooney as the only men to do so in the influential fashion magazine’s 116-year history.

Wearing a tank top, shorts and sneakers from his own Nike clothing line, James appears on the cover dribbling a basketball and screaming as if in game mode while throwing one arm around supermodel Gisele Bundchen with Tom Brady nowhere to be found.

The pairing of the All-Star forward and the runway icon was shot in January by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz in James’ hometown of Akron, Ohio.

Celebrity Fit Club

America's Next Top Model Cycle 3 contestant, Toccara is joining Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp this season.

The show premieres on VH1 TOMORROW, Thursday March 13th @ 9pm ET/PT.

Celebrity Offspring compete in Rock The Cradle

Children of famous musicians including Bobby Brown, MC Hammer and Olivia Newton John are set to compete in a new reality talent show to discover the next American singing sensation.

MTV has gathered Landon Brown, A'keiba Burrell-Hammer and Newton John's daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi to battle it out on new TV programme entitled Rock The Cradle, which is due to premiere on 3 April.

The show - which will see the pop wannabes compete every week in their bid for fame - will be judged by a host of celebrities and music industry bosses.

Other celebrity kids set to rock the stage include Jesse Blaze Snider, son of Twister Sister star Dee Snider and Lucy Walsh, daughter of the Eagles' Joe Walsh.

Snapshot of the Day

Karl Kani & Bernie @ Mercedez Benz LA Fashion Week Show, showcasing Kani Kouture and Live Denim for Saks Fifth Avenue.

VIDEO COMING SOON - Catch it @ Fashion Meets Music TV

New Indiana Jones IV Poster and Trailer

Love Indiana Jones, can't wait.. Check out the trailer below..

Hacker gets personal info from 5000 MTV employees

Oh lordy...

The personal information for some five thousand MTV employees, (SSN, birthday, names, addresses, and compensation information), was illegally accessed after a computer owned by MTV/VIACOM was broken into.

Source: The Tech Herald

Snapshot of the Day

Beyonce on set as Etta James in New Jersey filming Cadillac Records.

Originall Pussy Cat member leaves group....

Pussycat Dolls singer Carmit Bachar has confirmed she's left the girl group.

Bachar was the only original member of the Los Angeles-based burlesque dance troupe from which the band was formed.

She writes on the Pussycat Dolls' website: "I wanted to be the first to tell you that I'm no longer with the Pussycat Dolls but we will always be sisters forever."

Pussycat Dolls have no plans to replace Bachar and will carry on as a five-piece.

Lindsay teams up with Ne-Yo for Motown Album

Lindsay Lohan has been given a boost as she embarks on another crack at pop stardom - R&B star NE-YO has agreed to join her in the studio.

Lohan is working on a comeback dance album for legendary soul label Motown, and she has revealed she's getting some major help.

Asked if rumors about Ne-Yo's involvement are true, she beams, "Yes, I'm a really big fan of his. He's great. I'm doing one of his songs."

Should be interesting.. We wait with bated breath, lol.

Chris Rock On Witness List In Wiretap Trial

Chris Rock's name appeared on a list of potential witnesses released Wednesday in the federal wiretapping trial of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants.

Opening statements were set to begin last week, with Pellicano acting as his own lawyer defending charges that he ran a criminal enterprise that wiretapped phones and bribed police and telephone workers. Prosecutors said he obtained confidential information that could be used to gain advantage in divorce, business and other cases.

According to court documents, reps for Chris Rock retained Pellicano in a paternity battle waged by then 33-year-old former model Monika Zsibrita. She claimed in April 2006 that Pellicano hired a former LAPD sergeant to snoop through her confidential records after she made a paternity claim against the comedian.

Sylvester Stallone and Garry Shandling, also among the potential witnesses announced Wednesday, were alleged victims of Pellicano's alleged wiretapping. Stallone told The Associated Press last month that he would testify if needed.

The witness list compiled by prosecutors included 127 people, but it was not clear how many would actually testify. Also named were Brad Grey, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Pictures; Ron Meyer, president and chief executive officer of Universal Studios; and former Walt Disney Co. president and powerful talent agent Michael Ovitz.

Source: EURWeb

More legal drama for Jay-Z

The 40/40 Club - Vegas seems to have had it's share of drama from the get go.

To add to all the hoopla, Jay-Z has just been slapped with liens filed last month against the club which opened New Year's Eve in the new Palazzo.

"One of the liens seeks more than $170,000 and the other, by Nevada Ready Mix, asks for about $5,100. The largest lien was placed by Robert Brummet of Southland Industries for work done by Madison Grace Construction Services.

Developing..

Perez Hilton does Akademiks

Dr. Jays Blog just announced that Akademiks is sponsoring the Perez Hilton Presents South By Southwest’ showcase in Austin, Texas.” Pharrell and N.E.R.D. will headline with nine indie bands.

To showcase this, they've produced the "official" shirt. Way to go Perez (I'd be happy with the money too) As for Akademiks - No comment!

Once Upon A Time...

A little read that was forwarded to me today, hilarious..

Thank you Lila..

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Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?" The girl said"NO!" and the girl lived happily ever-after and went shopping, dancing, traveling, drank martinis, always had a clean house, never had to cook, did whatever the hell she wanted, never argued, didn't get fat, traveled more, had many lovers, didn't save money, and had all the hot water to herself.

She went to the theater, never watched sports, never wore lacy lingerie that went up her ass, had high self esteem, never cried or yelled, felt and looked fabulous in sweat pants and was pleasant all the time.

The End!

Toccara does KING Magazine

Daily Insight..

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is lost, all is lost!

German Proverb

Dancing With The Stars - Mario

Check out Mario's official pic for the Dancing With The Stars, luuuurvlie..

ABC - March 17th.. Don't miss it..

Jamie Foxx Set to Play the Role of Mike Tyson

Jamie Foxx is to take on the role of legendary boxer Mike Tyson in a forthcoming film about his life.

The retired sportsman is planning a Hollywood blockbuster biopic about his controversial career which he will produce - and he has already signed up Foxx to play the lead role.

Tyson says: "Jamie Foxx and I will be working together. He will play me in the film about my life. We already talked about it several times."

Tyson also insists he is finally free of drugs for the first time in years, admitting he was never completely sober - even in his boxing heyday.

SOURCE

Ron Patterson - The Best Kept Secret

Check out Ron Patterson's album – The Best Kept Secret, featuring Jay-Z, Missy Elliot, Elephant Man and more...

I'm featured on the first track – NEWSBREAK where I'm reading a news bulletin.

Check it out on this youtube clip of his performance @ Temple Bar, you can hear my "newsbreak" during the beginning graphics.

Also, check out his WEBSITE

Aunt Jemima Pancake and Waffle Mixes Recalled

The Quaker Oats Co. announced the products in the recall are a small quantity of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix: Original, Original Complete and Buttermilk Complete, which may have potential salmonella contamination. No other Aunt Jemima, frozen Aunt Jemima or Quaker products are affected.

    The products, sold in 2 pound and 5 pound boxes with
Best Before dates of FEB 08 09 H through FEB 16 09 H
stamped on the top, contain the following UPC codes:

--  30000 43272     Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Complete     5 lb.
--  30000 05040     Aunt Jemima Original                2 lb.
--  30000 05070     Aunt Jemima Original Complete       2 lb.
--  30000 05300     Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Complete     2 lb.

Salmonella is a food borne illness that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

No illnesses have been reported in connection with this issue to date. There is very low risk of illness when preparation directions on box are followed and product is not consumed raw or undercooked. Salmonella bacteria is killed at a temperature of 160 degrees F.

If consumers have this product with the indicated UPC codes and Best Before dates, they should return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company by calling the toll-free hotline at 1-800-407-2247 or by logging onto http://www.auntjemima.com.

America's Next Top Model at Fashion Week and Elsewhere

Apparently the fashion high-ups don't think that America 's Next Top Model Cycle 9 winner Saleisha Stowers was "seasoned" enough to be part of New York 's Fashion Week, thus the model's absence in the biggest fashion event of the year.

However, this hasn't stopped the 22-year-old from representing at Fashion Week, as she joined three other models from recent seasons of America 's Next Top Model on the runways. One of them, in fact, is one of Saleisha's Cycle 9 competitors. Apparently Cycle 9 bad girl Bianca Golden was good enough to grace the runway along with Cycle 8 winner Jaslene Gonzalez and Danielle "Dani" Evans, who won in Cycle 6.

Birthplace of Hip Hop Music Preserved As A Landmark

Big yaaaaaaaay to all those that helped save the birthplace of Hip Hop.

Remember my previous feature asking for help HERE

Well it seems everybody's hard work to save the place has paid off.

The AP is reporting that the project apartment building 1520 Segwick Avenue, in the Bronx where it is said DJ Kool Herc pioneered this thing we call Hip Hop is now eligible to be listed on national and state registers of historic sites.

The building’s owner had planned to sell the structure to developer, Mark Karasick’s who planned to then eradicate the affordable housing units and instead renovate and sell the units as condos. However due to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s decision these plans have been put on hold.

The new owner hoped to abandon the Mitchell-Lama program, under which the previous owner received incentives such as low-rate mortgages and tax breaks in exchange for charging tenants low to moderate rents. Sen. Charles Schumer said the city rejected the proposed sale to a developer because current rents could not be sustained if the sale was executed.

“This building, which housed hip-hop’s founding father … is a New York treasure that must be preserved as a bastion of affordable housing,” Schumer said.

Flashback: UB40 - Red Red Wine (1983) - VIDEO

Sheesh, has it been THAT long? 19 friggin 83?? I feel so old. Check out Ali Campbell looking all young, ha ha.

Seriously, I love UB40, this is my Dad's fav group, must have had every album in the house whilst growing up.

This song came on the radio the other day and I was telling Andrew how the group got together which makes them even more awesome..

For those that don't know..

The pop-reggae band is named after a British unemployment benefit form, they got together in the dole office, or as you'd say in the US, the welfare line in 1978. It's multiracial lineup reflected the working class community it's members came from. How great is that? You form a band in the welfare office, call yourselves the name of the form you have to take in every other week to show you're searching for work, and then become a world famous music group, love it..

For some reason my mind is wondering to a clip of the film "A Full Monty" LOL.

Anyhoo enjoy..

MC Hammer's Dance Jam Goes Live in Beta

Remember my posting at the beginning of the year re MC Hammer's Dance Jam.com, well the site is officially open and accepting your dance vids.. Hammer Time!!

Ellen Launches a range of organic dog food

Ellen tells Parade magazine, “Ours (range) is all human grade. It’s all natural. And yes, you can eat it.” “People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that’s not dangerous for them. There’s a lot of poisonous stuff that they’re putting in a lot of that food, those by-products.

Not that she's suggesting you eat dog food, I know I wouldn't my dog's food, however healthy it was, but she's just saying..

Snapshot of the Day

Vanessa Williams and Rick Fox with their girl scout daughter selling cookies in Los Angeles, aaaahhhhh.

Une’ Press Conference & Listening Event - The Music Movement

R&B Singer UNE΄ inspired by Sen. Barack Obama’s Presidential run, spearheads music movement reminiscent of the 60’s.

Celebrities lend support and send good wishes to the Senator in the upcoming March 04th, Super Tuesday primary.

Get the full scoop @ Celebrity Extra TV

It's Monday...

What a weekend..

I've been without my landline and dsl for waaaaaaay too long (damn vonage) and having my cell not work in the apartment is just the icing on the cake.

I have serious panic attacks when I'm without the internet, how else do you explain me trawling the internet cafe's at 11pm just because I thought of something that had to be done online NOW!

Anyway, I'm back, Happy Monday folks..