
Ashanti will be taking the role of Dorothy in the New York City Center Encores! On June 12- July 3, Summer Stars production of The Wiz will begin. June 18 is the official opening.




Remember the mansion Michael Jackson was going to rent? The 18th-century Foxbury Manor at Chislehurst while he was in the uk for his 50 concerts. Well it turns out, Mike is looking for a new place to stay after he heard that Foxbury is haunted. After Mr. Jackson's assistants showed him a video of what they thought was paranormal activity. Mike immediately pulled out of the deal.
Beyonce's new movie Obsessed took in $28 million at the box office over the weekend, and took the number one spot,although she is producing very impressive numbers with her new film, her concert tour has not sold out as quickly as expected. I hear there are plenty of seats open at all of her remaining tour stops.
Lil Wayne was trying to get the gun charges dorpped until his personal assistant admitted in court that their tour bus smelled like weed. Lil Weezy was trying to get the case dropped based on illegal search and seizure saying the officers had no probable cause to board the tour bus. The cops testified that they pulled him over because they smelled weed. Weezy had a strong case until his personal assistant corroborated with the prosecution. The judge wrote, "Also lending credence to Officer Hornung's testimony was the testimony of defense witness Terry Bourgeois. He testified that earlier in the evening, he and others were, in fact, smoking marijuana on the bus."
Damn Norma. She trying to rape Tyrese, She claims she just cannot get by on the $6,300 a month, plus the $65,000 lump settlement she received in the divorce after her 10 month marriage to Tyrese, so she's taking him to court to challenge the pre-nup.She say's she wants an additional $80,000 from Tyrese for her legal fees.
C murder's legal team dropped him after stiffing them out of thousands of dollars in legal fees. "C-Murder" was originally convicted of shooting and killing 16-year-old Steve Thomas during an altercation at a Louisiana nightclub in 2002. His attorney for the case Ron Rakosky, had the guilty verdict overturned in Louisiana Supreme Court in 2006. A new trial is scheduled for August.
Flesh N Bone from Bone Thugs caught a break this week when his gun and drug charges were dropped. Flesh N Bone was arrested when the cops found a gun and a little bit of weed on the recently released parolee. He caught a break when police found out the gun belonged to Bones's wife who is a Chicago police officer. The district attorney's office later says, "The defense turned over some key information, we investigated all information and will not proceed with the charges as filed, case dismissed.
AP: When you sang "At Last" for the Obamas at the inauguration ball, Etta James said some pretty harsh things about you but later said she was joking. Did you know she was joking?
n Jaime Foxx plays a man suffering from schizophrenia in his new film The Soloist. Jamie says he almost dropped out of the film because of an experience he had when he was 18. Jaime told the LA Times, "When I was 18, somebody slipped something in my drink and it ripped me apart. I had to go to the hospital. I mean, I was gone, it was the kind of trip that... you’re losing your mind. I kept thinking, I was going to be crazy for ever. It didn’t go away for 11 months, I had flashbacks. when I was In music school, at International University in San Diego, I had a roommate That use to help me, he would have to talk me to sleep because of all the crazy thoughts I would have in my head. Sometimes i would go down to the pianos... and I would just play for hours and hours so that I could keep my mind from the crazy stuff."
The star Of "One Tree Hill" Antwon Tanner was arrested Thursday for being a part of fake Social Security card scam According to authorities. 
The NBA is investigating a incident at Greektown that involved one of Iverson's body guards. A.I. may have been trying to keep the peace but his body guard was involved in some kind of wrong doing. A.I., though, has been banned for his crazy behavior. He is a sore loser, and he loses a lot, sometimes throwing his chips or cards at the dealer. He has been warned about his behavior at the tables over and over. He is often loud and cocky, according to witnesses, disrespectful to dealers, other players and the staff.Earlier in the season, A.I. caused a rukus at a casino outside of Minneapolis. He's also earned a bad rep at Atlantic City.
Nas and Kelis might let you help with naming their baby. Nas told MTV, "Yeah, we are deciding between a few baby names. It's kind of hard. I've been thinking about putting something online - 'Choose his name'. Ill pay a couple stacks for that. We bless you for that. You will win something real. But we're thinking now.
Remmeber when rapper T.I. got locked up on gun charges last year,all because of his snitchin ass bodyguard, Corey Williams,who agreed to wear a wire in an ATF sting. After Corey got popped trying to buy a machine gun for the T.I., who has a felony and cannot buy firearms. Corey, who has already started his bid, was recently sentenced to a year and a day on conspiracy charges.
Come on chris! Last Saturday Chris Brown was seen coming out of a tattoo parlor with his supposed to be ex girl, Chris Brown people were like, 'Yes Chris was at a parlor but not with his ex girl'. They said the girl photographed following Chris out of the parlor was with someone else in Chris' camp. but here comes the leak,( his publicist leaked) that the girl was Brown's ex from back home. Hmmm!! now the girl, who turned out to be Natalie Mejia from the Pussy Cat Dolls, said to the Radar.com, “It’s true we did visit a tattoo parlor but I can’t tell if we got anything done because that is personal” she also said that “things are going well between us but I really dont want to comment more than that right now”. she also says that Chris “has been nothing but a gentleman at all times and i have no complaints”.
After a judge ruled that Allen Iverson had to pay $260,000 to a man in the D.C. area after he recieved a beat down from A.I.'s bodyguards, another guy is claiming to have gotten the same treatment from A.I.'s goonnies.
Mr. Brown came up short after eating with his kids at a pizza shop in New York. After he realized he didn't have any money in his pocket,he went to the ATM and still came up empty. People in the shop say Bobby got on his cell phone and called someone (maybe his accountant) and was heard yelling, ‘Where the fuck is all my money?’ Again and again.
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