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Rihanna’s new ad for GUCCI (above). Also in RiRi world, she nearly
fainted at a concert overseas, she’s fine now!

Kendra Wilkinson of The Girls Next Door is engaged to football star
Hank Baskett, according to her ex-boyfriend Hugh Hefner, who plans to
give her away at a ceremony at the Playboy Mansion.

"[She] has met someone who she would like to spend the rest of her life
with," Hefner said in a statement on Thursday.

Wendy Williams announced that WBLS has fired her sidekick Charlamagne
Tha God from her popular radio show.Williams blamed the layoff on the
current financial crisis in the United States. But Charlamagne was
quickly picked up by South Carolina for his own show


Lauren London has just joined the cast of 90210. Her character’s
name is “Christina” and she has already shot 2 episodes

Kat Williams was arrested in NYC on Thursday hours before his
performance. His vehicles had three unregistered fire arms inside

Labels of Love
Sanrio, the parent company of the Hello Kitty brand, is setting up its
first Sanrio Luxe concept shop in Times Square, at 233 West 42nd Street.
The opening is planned for tomorrow. The store, which will sell
merchandise ranging from an exclusive pack of pencils for $5 to a
diamond-encrusted pendant for $30,000.


Target has just announced they will launch Designer Collaborations, a
new initiative that will bring well-established designers to the masses
— and they’ll kick things off with McQ Alexander McQueen for
Target.

Music Notes

LUPE revealed that his final album will be a three-disc set divided
among the letters E, N, and D. The “E” in LupE.N.D. stands for
Everywhere, the “N” for Nowhere, and the “D” for Down Here.


Usher will be the sole musical guest on THE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION
SHOW, to be taped at Fontainebleau Miami Beach



Beyonce wants to be a black Wonder Women: she tells the Los Angeles
Times. "It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black
Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It's time for that, right?"

The singer-actress, 27, has met with representatives at DC Comics and
Warner Bros. to discuss donning the red, white and blue bathing suit on
screen, she says.

Paper Trail

O at Home, the quarterly spin-off of O, The Oprah Magazine, will not be
published as of its winter 2008 issue. The last stand alone issue of O
at Home will be on newsstands Nov. 25…. Also in O’s world: Oprah show
contract ends in 2011 and the rumors are she will not renew. Instead
she will go over to her OWN network for shows…..Also in the magazine
world, Condé Nast has decided not to produce Fashion Rocks the magazine
or the show

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Raz B is telling everyone in sight that he was engaged to his girlfriend Amanda Pratt…Speaking of “no no Chris no” looking boy, Marques Houston is engaged to be married again

Michelle Williams album has been pushed back to October and T.I.’s album has been pushed back to Sept 30.....other music news T-Boz has signed with SRC/Universal for a solo album to be dropped

Lauren Conrad’s fashion line is said to be a complete fraud. She has little to nothing to do with the designing process…. Rumors are circling that Sherri Roozrak-Wood, a former designer for Tart designs the clothing.

Lindsay Lohan’s 6126: new range of leggings has sold out in stores across the U.S.

Kim Kardashian has been recruited as a guest Pussycat Doll and will make her debut at their Las Vegas lounge on Aug. 15

TheSmokingGun.com has proven that Rick Ross was a corrections officer

Joss Stone and Nelly are rumored to be dating…speaking of Nelly Street Brewery continues to expand the rapper’s Pimp Juice energy drink recently launching in France and Sweden


Pharrell is rumored to have knocked up some "model type" he met in Miami with friends earlier this year, and she's apparently "very pregnant and travels with him.”

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine released Beats by Dr. Dre high definition powered isolation headphones, for a price of $349.95


RIP----

Randy Pausch, a computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47

"Golden Girl" Estelle Getty died at the age of 84

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Paper Trail Cover

T.I. and Fall Out Boy will join forces on a new track, which is in line to appear on T.I’s upcoming Paper Trail album.

MTV News listened to a rough demo of the song, tentatively called "Out in the Cold" last week in Los Angeles, and judging from what we heard, fans of both camps are going to be rather surprised by the results

Baby News

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are expecting a baby girl tentatively due on October 31

Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck are rumored to be expecting another baby

Kevin Federline will retain sole legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James. Britney will continue to have visitation rights which may increase over time

Music News

Nina Sky will release their sophomore album The Musical this October on Polo Grounds Music/J Records.....Natalie and Nicole are also working on a sneaker line called Milk Shake


Rihanna, will be furthering her relationship with GUCCI by starring in the label's first ad campaign for the children's charity

Jay-Z has at least one super-producer onboard for his next LP---- Timberland

ETC

Donald Trump has sold what is believed to be the most expensive house in the United States for $95 million.

Scott Storch is engrossed in dept that spans from failed property tax payments on his $10.5 million mansion and arrest warrants for several failed appearances in the child-support cases of his two sons. His child support lawyer, Guy Spiegelman, cites mismanagement for Storch’s downfall.

Salma Hayek and French billionaire (and her baby daddy) Francois-Henri Pinault have called off their engagement.

Kitson dropped the Lauren Conrad Collection and Victoria Beckham’s denim line


Miley Cyrus, who currently stars in the squeaky clean Hannah Montana, says
"I'd love to do a younger, cleaner version of Sex and the City, the star, 15, tells TV Guide. Adds Cyrus: "I like to think of myself as the girl that no one can get, that no one can keep in their hand."


Khloe Kardashian went to jail this week for a couple of hours…. See, it pays to be a semi- celebrity or at least your sister to be one

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Danity Kane in a magazine spread.... looking may I say, damaged????


Queen/ Fashion Icon Rihanna

Rihanna prefers the paparazzi over screaming fans…. I guess that means don’t ask for a pic when u see her…. Excuse me, the fans are the ones that help you afford all those colored jeans and that KFC you and Chris Breezy eat… also in RiRi’s world: she wont be naked any time soon. She has ruled out the idea of ever posing naked for Playboy because she fears her mum would kill her. "When I did that metallic body paint stuff for my video, I didn't do it to show my body. …I did it because it was a cool visual, unexpected, and it looked hot.”

Relations

Diddy and singer Cassie are no longer dating ( we always suspected but never got a confirmation unti now!) “I will confirm that rumor,” the 21-year-old told reporters


Teairra Marie (Rihanna’s ex label mate/ BFF) is reportedly dating Lil Wayne while he is dating other women. She is well aware and don’t care…. It will do wonders for her career


Baby News
Angelina Jolie has given birth to twin girls in France, sources at the La Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice stated BUT oter reports are saying it was a boy and girl named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline…. Im just reporting people!

Matthew McConaughey had a baby boy- Levi Alves McConaughey Born July 7th,
$3 million was offered for the first pics of little baby Levi. The fee will include baby’s first Christmas and first dibs on any possibly wedding shots, if he marries his model girlfriend

OK Magazine paid $1.5 million for “now” and “later” photos of Jessica Alba’s
baby, Honor Marie, who was born last month.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban welcomed Sunday Rose Kidman Urban on Monday

Rumors are floating that Erykah Badu is pregnant with her 3rd child. And the child’s father is her producer Jay Electronica

Marriage woes

Will reckons he'll tell Jada - and she'll tell him - if they ever feel the need to have sex with others.
Each will say: 'I’m not going to do it if you don’t approve of it,’ he says. ‘I don’t know how I’d feel,’ he confesses. ‘But I know I would react better than if I found out about it afterwards.’

Christie Brinkley gets sole custody of ther two children, Jack, 13, and Sailor,
10, and gets to keep all real estate. She's agreed to pay her ex Cook $2.1
million. He cheated with his 21 year old assistant and brought the assistant A LOT of gifts

disputing the rumors

• Nick Cannon and Mariah: That their marriage is not on the rocks. She is on the cover of the new ELLE magazine. Inside there is a nice photo with Nick Cannon and she talks about children and how they weren’t in a ‘relationsihip’
• Madonna denying her divorce rumors and she was the cause of A-Rod’s divorce

Justin Timberlake will perform at Ellen’s wedding

Taboo of the ‘Black Eyed Peas’ married this weekend

ETC

HBO has confirmed that a sequel to the Sex And The City movie is in the works…the studio is hoping to fast-track the project. However, no deal is in place and there is no script.

Russell Simmons and his arm candy/ yoga princess Porschla Coleman have broken up

Lindsay Lohan’s album, entitled "Spirit in the Dark", is set to be released in November, 2008

Nicole Richie just confirmed that her 2005 novel, The Truth About Diamonds, is being transformed into a TV show. She is most likely not to be the star.The Truth About Diamonds is about Chloe Parker, a club kid with a drug problem but manages to gets her own series of “reality commercials” with her friend Simone. The book tells about Chloe’s struggle with fame, drugs, and romance

Alicia Keys may be the next talent on deck to sing the title song for "Quantum of Solace," the 22nd James Bond movie--- others like Amy Winehouse, Beyonce Knowles, Leona Lewis, Duran Duran, Jack White, Duffy submitted songs for consideration to producers of the film.

Tamara Johnson George of SWV has a new book that just hit stores called 'Player hateHER' , explores why women hate on each other and how they can stop.

Recently developed "touch DNA" technology has cleared all members of JonBenet Ramsey's family of her slaying

Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple loves to play dress-up and puts her 2-year-old brother Moses in on the act by making him cross dress

Michael Vick filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Monday. In the papers, he says he owes between $10 and $50 million to creditors.......

.thats ruff (Im wrong, I know)
Louis Pfleger dad of Father Mike Pfleger (Chicago) who succumbed from pneumonia at the age of 96

Rocky Aoki, founder of Japanese steakhouse Benihana, has died after complications from cancer. He was 69.

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Jim Carey and fellow Chicagoan Jenny McCarthy stroll on the beach for the 4th..yes that IS Jenny's swimsuit he is wearing!

Hugh Hefner biography is coming out called “Mr Playboy….the book describes the near-death choking incident with the sex toy. Read the hilarious story
HERE

Kanye West has teamed up with fashion brand Louis Vuitton to design a men's shoe line, and will even venture into women's wear this fall

Musically

LL Cool J album : Exit 13, has been pushed back yet again to August 26th

Robin Thicke will release his third album, "Something Else," on Sept. 9 via Star Trak/Interscope.


Rihanna tops the charts again for her song, “Take a Bow”

Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travis McCoy was arrested and charged with third-degree assault after he allegedly struck a member of the audience in the head with his microphone.

ETC

Lee Grivas, the 26-year-old boyfriend of Christina Applegate, was found dead in his apartment


Amy Winehouse has been put under 24-hour supervision after she confessed to taking heroin while in rehab.

Thomas Beatie, the transgender "pregnant man," gave birth to a healthy baby girl

Shannen Doherty is in talks to reprise her role in the new 90210 show...speaking of b*tchassness, Tila Tequila picked a girl on the finale of her show and got dumped by her


Marriage Bliss???


Alex Rodriguez's wife Cynthia believes Madonna broke up their marriage

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s marriage is reportedly on the rocks because he has a little b*tchassness inside

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What happened to K.Fed??????



Breaking Up is hard to do…sometimes


Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are rumored to be splitting up after spokes people for the couple have suddenly become silent

Bill Murray and his wife, Jennifer, have been granted a divorce


Kimora Lee Simmons has won sole custody of her two daughters with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons BUT he gets the girls one week out of every eight, plus extra time for summer vacations and holidays, pays $20,000 per child per month in child support.
Finally, he's required to buy or lease a car valued at $60,000 or more for the girls once every 24 months.

Jill Scott announced her engagement to John Roberts-who is her drummer

Idol Alum

Ruben Studdard has filed for a marriage license in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama with his fiancé Surata Zuri McCants.

Fantasia has been dropped from 19 Management but still has her contract at J Records

Paris Bennett is expecting a baby girl in October and will be 20 years old


ETC

Ciara recently signed a deal with the modeling agency Wilhelmina

Lindsay Lohan has a secret half sister…..Kristi Kaufmann says Michael Lohan is the father of her 13-year-old daughter, Ashley.



Jennifer Lopez is being sued for $5 million after claims from a flight attendant accused Lopez’s guard dog of chompping her leg on a plane trip two years ago

Alicia Keys is joining the vitaminwater team.

Mr. Big aka Chris Noth is leaving Law & Order Criminal Intent after three seasons


DMX arrested again. For not having a valid a license. He is awaiting trial for the animal cruelty charges. And recently arrested for speeding through a red light


In Treatment

Heather Locklear has checked into a psychological treatment facility in Arizona for anxiety and depression


Shawn Southwick King---The wife of CNN senior citizen Larry King has entered rehab, suffering from an alleged addiction to painkillers ---migraine relief drugs

Web/Blog News
Hip-hop Web sites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com were forced to temporarily suspend access to their sites on Friday ….both companies' sites were hacked. Readers were shocked to find fake headlines and photoshopped pictures saturated with racial slurs

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Juelz Santa, is pictured with his 3 year-old son LaRon James Jr. aka JuJu

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Amy Winehouse fainted Monday and now its being reported that she has been struck down by the deadly lung condition emphysema - and she could be in a wheelchair within a MONTH if she doesn't stop smoking crack cocaine... Jesus take the wheel

Lil Wayne has sold over 1 million copies of "Tha Carter III." That’s the highest weekly sales figure since 2005…speaking of Lil Wayne, he is talking of him and T Pain to create a best of both worlds type album called ‘He Rap He Sing’…. If it didn’t work for Jay-Z / R.Kelly and Bow Wow/ Omarion, why do they think it will for them??

50 Cent was ordered to surrender any guns he might have after a judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order requested by his baby mama.....Young Buck had an emotional break down following dismissal from G-Unit….. thugs cry too ya know

Babyface and his girlfriend (who looks similar to his ex-wife Tracey), Nikki Pantenburg are expecting a new baby this fall… speaking of babies, Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a girl name is Maddie Briann

P. Diddy has admitted to waxing his genitalia.... smooth as eggs baby

Melanie B aka Scary Spice says she has penned a hate-filled track for her new solo album. Who is it too? Her baby daddy Eddie Murphy. The Title? 'Beverly Hills C**k'

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In court drama:

NAOMI Campbell has received 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assault and disorderly conduct......also, Feb. 17, 2009, trial date in the lawsuit brought by Sonja Norwood (Brandy’s mom) against the Kardashian siblings for racking up more than $120,000 in unauthorized charges on her credit card in 2006 and 2007


Fashion News

Funeral service will be held for well known fashion stylists/publicist Sadia Morrison, who was allegedly murdered on June 13 in New York. She worked with a number of high profile artists, including Kanye West, Pacman Jones, Young Jeezy, Fantasia

Jessica Simpson is developing a line of country-western wear to debut by the Summer of 2009

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Black Eyed Peas member, will.i.am has won his first Daytime Emmy Award for the Barack Obama. "Yes We Can" production

Anne Hathaway ended her four year relationship with Raffaello Follieri…. She’s the chick from Devil Wears Prada/ Get Smart and he apparently writes checks others cant cash


Terrence Howard album title: Shine Through It.