A 52-year-old woman from Rotterdam, Netherlands had a strict diet. Instead of eating the food on her plate, she would eat the silverware instead.
We. Are. No. Kidding.
Margaret Daalman went to a hospital complaining of a stomach ache and when doctors performed an X-ray they found 78 different forks and spoons in her stomach.
"I don't know why but I felt an urge to eat the silverware - I could not help myself," she told surgeons.
Doctors successfully removed the 78 forks and spoons and sent her immediately to a psychiatrist for counseling because she - obviously - has a sick eating disorder.
A man married the person he loved this week. Ordinarily that won't be news, but that man is 112 years old and the bride is just 17 years old!
Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 18 children by five wives and 96 grandchildren - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, pictured above in their wedding photo.
Ewwww. More children? Can a man at that age even get it up?
"Today God helped me realize my dream," he said.
Safia's family said she was "happy with her new husband", who is old enough to be her great-great-great-grandfather.
They're both from the same village in the Galguduud region of Somalia, and he said he waited for her to grow up before proposing.
"I didn't force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love, and then we agreed to marry," he said.
By "experience" does he mean he brainwashed her or is he referring to the hefty bride price he probably paid to her family? And, what da eff does a 17-year-old have in common with a man who's 95 years her senior?
We were expecting sequins - and lots of it. Wait, that's not Beyoncè and that's certainly not Lady Gaga and this song is called "Cordless Phone." You queens betta wurk!
The folks over at Queerty are reporting that Wanda Sykes' upcoming Saturday night talk show on Fox is "stealing" the celebrity bookings from Wendy's talk show which, you know, has been "black-listed."
Even RuPaul told Wendy to put her show waaay back there, choosing not to appear on Wendy's Halloween special! If that is true, then that's a mayjah issue, dahling. Ru has visited Wendy's radio show several times and we thought they had a rapport. The last time she was on, was last February.
The celebrities aren't just leaving Wendy for Wanda's show, they're all heading to Mo'Nique's talk show, too. And to add insult to injury, Wendy's ratings are plummeting on BET and is gaining some viewers because it has Mo'Nique's show as its lead-in.
But there is good news: Wendy is coming back to radio! Wait, didn't she just say her radio career was over? Anyhoo, she's reportedly looking to sign a deal with Sirius/XM radio.
Wendy shines on the radio so we hope she returns soon.
You guys, are you ready for part 1 of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion tonight?
We can't wait.
In an interview with the NY Post, Kandi (who we now believe is the most real of all the "housewives") opens up about her relationship and the sudden death of her ex-fiance, AJ Jewell.
She told the paper she and AJ broke up last June (she alludes to him ending the engagement), mostly because her mother, Joyce, had a problem with AJ having six children with four different women. "Basically, AJ and I were having little problems here and there and the situation with my mother really just boiled over," Kandi says. "At the end of the ['Real Housewives'] season you saw them making up, but as soon as the taping was over, they went right back at it. The tension was even worse than before and one day [AJ] and my mom got into it and my mom said something and he was like, 'I'm sick of this, I'm leaving.' I hated all the stress and tension because of my mom and myself and when he decided to leave, I didn't try to stop him. I was tired of fighting for the relationship."
While they were no longer engaged, they spoke constantly. In fact, their last conversation was two hours before AJ was killed Oct. 2, allegedly by a man who worked alongside him at a strip club.
"It wasn't like we broke up and it was done," Kandi adds. "We were going back and forth among ourselves and talking about maybe working things out or maybe not, just like regular couples."
She told the newspaper she was the first person at the hospital after hearing the news and she was the first person the doctor broke the news to that AJ was dead.
Kandi also squashed the rumors that she is pregnant with AJ's child.
The New York Post ran this item this morning about CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on holiday in Jaipur, India with Benjamin Maisani, pictured, the owner of a gay bar in NYC.
Anderson Cooper has been consoling himself over falling ratings by living it up in Jaipur, India, at one of the world's most opulent hotels. The CNN star was spotted Tuesday with his muscular friend, Benjamin Maisani, an owner of East Village bar Eastern Bloc, at the Rambagh Palace, named the best hotel in the world by Conde Nast Traveler. Cooper's $3,200-a-night room features a four-poster mahogany bed and views of the gardens of the former Maharaja palace. Our source said, "Anderson's room has a large round bathtub. On the first night it was filled with bubbles and sprinkled with red rose petals."
What's wrong with two buds allegedly de-stressing in a bubble bath filled with rose petals? Absolutely nothing! Where was Julio?
Two men who claim PepsiCo stole their idea to sell bottled water sued the company and won a $1.26 billion default judgment last month after the company didn't respond.
Charles Joyce and James Voigt claim that in 1981, they gave someone other than PepsiCo an idea for a "soft drink" and that somehow, 15 years later, PepsiCo used that information to develop the Aquafina water.
PepsiCo, which calls the accusations "dubious," says it didn't know about the lawsuit until almost a week after the court granted the award without a trial and have asked that the court hear their case.
What Had Happened Was: Pepsico was served the lawsuit at an office in North Carolina and not at its headquarters in Purchase, New York. office secretary Kathy Henry received the letters pertaining to the lawsuit failed to act on them. According to PepsiCo, Kathy put the letters away and didn't refer it to anyone "because she was so busy preparing for a board meeting." .
Uh-oh, someone is gonna have to look for a new job pretty soon? Do you think CoCa-Cola is hiring?
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is getting into the funeral business. Sort of.
The company has begun selling caskets and urns on it's Web site at a prices so low, many funeral homes will probably go out of business. OK, not out of business, but people will provide their own caskets, flowers, etc. and have the funeral home take care of the rest.
Wal-Mart says it wants its customers to plan ahead and is offering the caskets on interest-free payment plans.
So, the next time you're looking around for a lamp, you may want to pick up a casket, too.
A series of unfortunate events have allegedly led talk show queen Oprah to seek comfort in alcohol and drugs, but now those decisions have reportedly caused her partner of many years, Stedman Graham, to dump her and fearing he will expose her secrets, she's willing to pay him $150 million to stay quiet.
She's allegedly drinking more than usual and caused friction in her relationship. "During their final blowup, Stedman told her she needed help, but Oprah told him he was seeing a problem that wasn't there. Right now she's in panic mode She's fearful Stedman could write a book and tell all her secrets. Oprah feels she needs to buy his silence and is willing to pay him $150 million! But all Stedman is concerned about is Oprah's welfare. The last thing he wants is her money -- what he really wants is to see her healthy," said the close source. "But her booze and drug binges seem to have finally ruined their relationship."
The couple has broken up and made up in the past. The Enquirer says after a fight last year, Stedman moved into a hotel, but within a few days he was back with Oprah. Stedman reportedly moved out again earlier this year after he became "tired of being disrespected."
Stedman was livid! He was so mad, he packed up his belongings and moved out of her Chicago condo.
Upon her return, she "begged" him to come back. And he did, tepidly.
"Stedman would arrive with an overnight bag and spend some nights at Oprah's place," said an insider. "It looked like she'd won him back, but he became terribly angry that she was partying again. He was so fed up, that he walked out again, saying, 'This time it's for good!'"
Sidebar: Rosie O'Donnell says Oprah and Gayle are a couple.
During an interview on the The Howard Stern Show recently, Howard asked Rosie about the rumors of Oprah and Gayle's gay relationship stem from.
“I don’t know. I think she’s never been married and she’s exceptionally close to Gayle," Rosie said. "I don’t know that she and Gayle are necessarily doing each other but I think they are the emotional equivalent of …”
“A gay couple,” Howard asked.
“When they did that road trip, that’s as gay as it gets And I don’t mean it to be an insult either. I’m just saying, listen, if you ask me, that’s the couple," Rosie, whose own marriage is crumbling, added.
Source: National Enquirer, Nov. 9, print edition.source 2
Chaz Bono, the son of Sonny and Cher, gave his first interview since beginning his transition from female to male to Entertainment Tonight. Chaz made the announcement last June and in the two-part interview, which begins airing tonight, he talks about the emotion and physical transformation.
He tells ET: “I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn’t much feminine about me. I believe that gender is something between your ears not between your legs. That is something I discovered in the early '90s. It was just a long process of being comfortable enough to do something about it. I was turning 40 and I thought it’s now or never. I want to still feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am an old man.” On male hormones: “I started in March. It lowered my voice. Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases. It doesn’t change anything mentally and emotionally. [I'm] still not anywhere near what I will look like but really for the first time I am feeling much more comfortable with how I look physically.”
On having his breasts removed: “Most people call it top surgery. The construction of the male chest from a female chest. When I went through puberty and started to grow breasts, it was very uncomfortable and emotional.”
On having surgery down there: “That’s a personal decision and I don’t really feel comfortable talking about anything below the waist.”
On how the changes will progress: “I will be changing for about 4 to 5 years in total but I’ll be on testosterone for the rest of my life. The nice thing about this process is it is slow. I am literally going through puberty.”
We've been monitoring this story for a few days now and it has us wondering: What the eff is wrong with people?!
Five people, ranging in age from 15 to 21, have been arrested in connection with an attack on a 15-year-old girl outside her high school homecoming dance last Saturday night at Richmond High School in Richmond, in the San Francisco area.
The police believe as many as 10 people, ranging in age from 15 to mid-20s, raped and eventually robbed the girl in a dark alley behind campus during an ordeal that 2 1/2 hours. As many as two dozen people watched and recorded the heinous crime on their cell phones. Not one of them notified the police. Police were alerted after a female student overheard two witnesses talking about a girl being rapoed. She called 911 and told dispatchers what she had heard.
When police arrived, the girl was still being raped! The suspects fled as officers found the girl lying in the alley. She was unconscious and naked from the waist up.
According to KCBS TV reports: "two campus security guards who would have typically patrolled the area where the attack occurred were sent home as of 9 p.m. on dance night because the school district didn't want to incur overtime."
The girl was released from hospital yesterday.
The suspects, including Manuel Ortega, 19, pictured, have been charged with rape with a foreign object while acting in concert, kidnapping. If found guilty, they can spend the rest of their lives in prison.
50 Cent, whose new album was leaked onto the Internet yesterday (go look for it), says he began dealing drugs at 12 years old because there weren't any other "options."
“I sold drugs and I was in a situation where there weren’t many options available me – I was so young that working wasn’t an option so that’s when I was dealing, when I was 12," he told BANG Showbiz.
When asked if he ever used drugs, he added: "No because I'm obsessive. I do things to an extreme. I know this about myself, I'm an extremist. I wouldn't get high, I would get extremely f***ing high. I'd probably get so high I probably wouldn't come back if I fell into that kind of space. I know myself enough to know that I got to stay away."
His dealing career came to an abrupt end in 1994 however, when the 19-year-old was arrested for trying to sell cocaine to an undercover cop and then he was arrested for possession of heroin, ten ounces of crack cocaine, and a starter gun. Although he was sentenced to up to nine years in prison, 50 Cent spent seven months in a youth "shock incarceration" bootcamp instead.
The United Nations headquarters in NYC is supposed to be one of the most secure building in the world, yet a man, dressed as KFC founder Colonel Sanders, was able to waltz in and shake hands with a diplomat.
It was all a publicity stunt.
According to the Britian Telegraph, KFC has been "lobbying" for Grilled Nation to be accepted as a member state, even writing letters to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on behalf of the fictional chicken-loving republic. Montas dismissed the correspondence as "absolutely void."
The actor, named by KFC as Robert Thompson, had his photo taken while shaking hands with President Ali A. Treki of Libya. President Treki denied having a meeting with Robert; he says he just shook his hand. Robert then sauntered around and posed for photos in the main General Assembly hall beneath the UN logo.
After a while, security realized they were being punked and Robert was escorted out of the building.
A spokeswoman for Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, says, "There was some lapse in security and the individual in question was, on the initiative of one security guard, taken into the UN."
Really? How long did it take for them to realize that Colonel Sanders died in 1980?!!!
Shane Lee from Savannah, Ga. says he's not a pedophile, but from what he explains in this video, he sure fits the definition of one.
Shane comes clean and in the same vein probably incriminats himself: He admits that on two occasions he was involved in "incidents" with "girls who were little bit younger than me."
The first "incident" happened when he was 16; the girl was 10. The second "incident: he was 24, married and his step-daughter began dancing to a video on MTV in front of him. He says nothing happened sexually -- probably because there were other people around -- but he dreamed about "licking" his step-daughter's vagina and showing her his penis.
What?! Aren't the thoughts just as criminal as the actual deed?
This man clearly had a troubled past: He says he was molested by his pastor, his uncle Harvey molested his cousin Pam and when he was 17 he robbed a store then he got into an accident and had a concussion.
Now he wants to use his experiences to help the world. Cause that's what Oprah and Jesus would do.
Geeh, we hope he asked Harvey and Pam if he can put their business on front street.
The Internet is going crazy over a veto letter Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently sent to the California State Assembly in which he cryptically wrote "fuck you."
The governor's spokesperson has confirmed that the letter is real and blames the sideways comment as a “weird coincidence.”
It's interesting to note: The bill was sponsored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat who told the governor this month to "kiss my gay ass" when the Republican governor "crashed a San Francisco Democratic Party fund-raiser," according to Washington Wire. Both the California House and Senate had passed the bill unanimously.
Here's the video of Assemblyman Ammiano telling the governor to suck it.
Legendary tennis star Andre Agassi abused illegal drugs then lied about it. Often times, they go hand in hand.
In in his upcoming memoir, a copy of which was obtained by the London Times newspaper, the 1992 Wimbledon champion, and winner of eight grand-slam titles, writes that he tested positive for the highly addictive drug, crystal methamphetamine, which he called "gack", and then duped the Association of Tennis Professionals into believing he had taken it by accident.
Have you ever heard of meth being called gack? We haven't so we Googled it. According to the result, gack "is the gag reflex triggered by the extreme burning sensation of the nasal passages when the drug is snorted, and the very bitter taste as it drains down the back of the throat."
Now back to Andre's confession.
In this excerpt, he remembers sitting at home with his assistant, referred to only as Slim, and being introduced to the drug.
“Slim is stressed too ... He says, You want to get high with me? On what? Gack. What the hell’s gack? Crystal meth. Why do they call it gack? Because that’s the sound you make when you’re high ... Make you feel like Superman, dude. As if they’re coming out of someone else’s mouth, I hear these words: You know what? Fuck it. Yeah. Let’s get high. Slim dumps a small pile of powder on the coffee table. He cuts it, snorts it. He cuts it again. I snort some. I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I’ve just crossed. There is a moment of regret, followed by vast sadness. Then comes a tidal wave of euphoria that sweeps away every negative thought in my head. I’ve never felt so alive, so hopeful — and I’ve never felt such energy. I’m seized by a desperate desire to clean. I go tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom. I dust the furniture. I scour the tub. I make the beds.”
But the famed tennis star was also coherent enough to try to save his ass. After failing a drug test, Andre wrote a letter -- filled with lies interwoven with bits of truth -- to the ATP.
“I say Slim, whom I’ve since fired, is a known drug user, and that he often spikes his sodas with meth — which is true. Then I come to the central lie of the letter. I say that recently I drank accidentally from one of Slim’s spiked sodas, unwittingly ingesting his drugs. I ask for understanding and leniency and hastily sign it: Sincerely."
The ATF bought it.
Sidebar: While writing this post, we couldn't stop thinking about this classic clip from Project Runway.
There's a new trend in entertainment taking shape around the country -- nightclubs specifically for fat people.
Not just any fat people, either, but fat people who are proud to call themselves fat people, according to the Associated Press.
The clubs, several of them have popped up in the California area, make it an inviting place for the overweight, who may have difficulty getting into other nightclubs.
"When you're not what they consider ideal, you know, and you're out there trying to get your dance on at those other places, you get the looks, the stares. But not here. Everything's accepted here," says Vanessa Gray, a regular at Club Bounce in Long Beach, Calif.
Bounce, with a capacity of 400, attracts relatively equal numbers of men and women, although three-quarters of the women tend to be heavy (tipping the scales at 300 pounds who come dressed to the nines in tight mini-skirts and stilettos), while only about a quarter of the men are.
The club's owner insists she isn't encouraging people to stay fat - not that anything is wrong with that. Plus, she says, the non-fat are welcome, too.
In totally unrelated fat people news: A 62-year-old Florida man accused of murder says he was too fat to commit the crime. Let's explain: Edward Ates allegedly drove to the home of his son-in-law then shot him six times, killing him. Edward now says, at 5 feet 8 and weighing 285 pounds, he was in such bad physical shape that couldn't have pulled off the shooting or the fast getaway the killer made.
Former basketball player Magic Johnson is throwing grease in his new book "When the Game was Ours." Most of the grease is hurled at Isiah Thomas.
Magic admits that he conspired with Michael Jordan and other players to keep Isiah off the 1992 Olympic team, which was nicknamed the Dream Team.
"Nobody on that team wanted to play with him," Magic writes. "Michael didn't want to play with him. Scottie [Pippen] wanted no part of him. Bird wasn't pushing for him. Karl Malone didn't want him. Who was saying, 'We need this guy?' Nobody."
But the book gets juicer when Magic accuses Isiah of spreading rumors he was gay after his bombshell 1991 announcement he was HIV-positive.
"Isiah kept questioning people about it," Magic writes. "I couldn't believe that. The one guy I could count on had all these doubts. It was like he kicked me in the stomach."
Isiah vehemently denies the accusations to Sports Illustrated.
“I’m really hurt, and I really feel taken advantage of for all these years,” he said. “I’m totally blindsided by this. Every time that I’ve seen Magic, he has been friendly with me....I didn’t know he felt this way....I wish he would have had the courage to say this stuff to me face to face, as opposed to writing it in some damn book to sell and he can make money off it."
Weird.
Remember the $25 million 2007 sexual harassment lawsuit brought by Jonatahn Lee Riches against Isiah?
Jonatahn claimed: "I've known Isiah Thomas since 1993 when he played basketball for the Detroit Pistons. I lived near Coatesville Pennsylvania where current NBA guard for the Detroit Pistons Richard "rip" Hamilton" is from. We all used to play basketball pickup games at CASH Highschool on Rt. 30. This is where I had my first encounter sexually with Isiah Thomas around October 1995. After a pickup game, Isiah Thomas took me in back of some porta potties and began French Kissing me. He pulled out $1,000 dollars and told me not to tell my mother and he will continue to send me money in return of him sending me love letters."
Granted, Jonatahn, who made these accusations from behind bars and was known for filing frivolous lawsuits, is a total nutcase -- but and however, he may be telling the truth about this one. It adds up. How You Doin' Isiah!
Now that season two of the "Real Fake Housewives of Atlanta" is over, and there are no more storyline to write, NeNe and What's-Her-Face are now free to be friends again.
After last Thursday's finale episode, these two were spotted having dinner in Los Angeles.
Mrs Linnethia Leakes is taking The Real Housewives of Atlanta producers to task after she claims they "misrepresented" her and made her seem like an "evil" person by concocting fake beef and crafty editing. While this practice is common on reality shows -- none of those shows are actually "real", they all have writers and are heavily scripted -- she says the producers took it to the extreme this season, especially in the season finale where she let What's-Her-Face have it!
In an interview with Essence magazine, NeNe tells it like it is. From the sound of it, don't expect to see NeNe much longer on the show.
Essence: You expressed that you wanted to set the record straight about the season finale. What gives? NeNe: I had a meeting with production because I was really upset with the final episode because I believe I was portrayed as this evil person. How so? Well, a lot of things are edited to be seen a certain way, when in reality it's really not that way all the time. Don't get me wrong, the events that are taking place are real, but depending on the editing they can cut and paste and make it appear as if you say something at a certain time when it didn't happen in that sequence at all.
Understood, but you're not an ingénue to dramality TV and this practice is nothing new, so why are you so upset about the show's portrayal of you now? Yes, I know that's what they do, but the first season they didn't edit me. It happened this season because we have a different show runner and this season has been a lot more planned and scripted. Last season they just let us go which made for a great show, but this time around, the show runner will say something like, you need to go over there and talk to Kim about "Tardy for the Party." They've also been making a lot of changes to the sequence of events. For instance, we all arrived to Sheree's fashion show late because there was a huge car accident, and when we arrived they all ushered us to our seats and the show began immediately, but when you see the episode they show me talking to Kandi which is not what happened.
Again, what has you so upset? This finale really makes me look like I'm the villain, as if I choked Kim. There's a scene where I'm mad at Kim and they make it seem like I'm mad about her not wanting me on the song "Tardy for the Party," when in fact she and I discussed that already and afterwards attended Sheree's independence party and had a good old time. The reason I was mad at Kim was because we all attended the Bravo A-list Awards and I found out that she has been talking sh- about me, Lisa and Sheree to the New York and Orange County housewives and that's why I was upset. The producers told Kim I was upset and gave us time to talk, but once they realized they couldn't use the language (meaning there couldn't be any mention of the Bravo A-list awards) they did additional pick up shots to create [our beef] as something else. For instance, during last week's episode featuring Kandi's engagement party they had Kim's stylist, Derek J, come to her house and do her hair as if she were getting ready for the party that night, and Kim told him NeNe isn't coming for the party. Well, that was a pick up shot that the producers did after that fact. None of the ladies knew I wasn't showing up until after the party because I was dressed and ready to walk out the door when I decided not to go. The reason I didn't go is because Kandi and I had had an argument and I felt that this was to be a joyous occasion and I just didn't think I should be there after she and I argued.
What did you and Kandi argue about? After Kim and I got into a disagreement, Kandi came to me and said, "Well, NeNe, I heard you've been talking about me also." I said," Who? What? When?" Kandi proceeds to tell me that the producers told her I had a conversation with them and was saying all this stuff about her. I went bananas because I was just out having dinner with one of the producers she claimed told her that who just happens to be the show runner. I even took him on the red carpet with me to the opening of the W and fed his ass, so I was pissed. However, the viewers won't see any of that and the scene makes it appear that I've started this argument with Kandi and tell her she's not interesting for no reason. It's very unfair.
In parting, what would you like your fans to know? I like to tell it like it is and keep it real. I understand that the producers have to change it up and that's why I didn't make a stink about the first time they misrepresented me during Sheree's independent party, but to make me seem like this evil person is not right. I'm not evil and I'm learning that this entertainment business is very difficult for someone like me who is loyal. The truth of the matter is that I was the first housewives and referred all these girls to be on the show. If I scratch your back you need to scratch mine, not stab me. I'm not saying you have to kiss my ass because you should only do things out of the goodness of your heart.
Does this mean you're giving up reality television? I have no desire to be a reality star, but I would love to have my own talk show. I've been offered my own reality show, but again, I have no interest in being a serial reality star. I would love to do what I'm doing on "The Insider" as a commentator talking about entertainment and different topics. I'm learning that this entertainment business is a tough place for a loyal person to be in. It's really hard for me to see because I have always believed what's meant for me is meant for me. I could have always been on the top if I was willing to backstab, sleep with folks and do whatever for the sake of [progressing] my career. Last year, I was the one that a lot of people connected with and showed interest in me and it was often a difficult position to be in with the other ladies. But I want people to know that I'm still the same person that I was last year and I'm never gonna change no matter how they try to portray me.
Director Lee Daniels' baby is gestating and is due next month. That baby, a film called "Precious", which has since been backed by Tyler Perry and Oprah and is the front-runner to win Best Picture at next year's Academy Awards, is the story of a 350-pound girl who is physically and sexually abused (there's one scene where she's forced to give her mother oral sex!), is carrying her father's child and discovers she's HIV positive. It's a powerful story based on the 1996 novel "Push" written by Sapphire.
In a riveting interview with the New York Times magazine, Lee, who once told an audience “I’m a little homo, I’m a little Euro and I’m a little ghetto" puts it all out on the line.
Here are a few other of Lee's interesting quotes from the article.
“'Precious’ is so not P.C. What I learned from doing the film is that even though I am black, I’m prejudiced. I’m prejudiced against people who are darker than me. When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar. Anybody that’s heavy like Precious — I thought they were dirty and not very smart. Making this movie changed my heart. I’ll never look at a fat girl walking down the street the same way again.” “I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. When Obama became president, I lost both faces. Now I only have one face. But old habits die hard, and sometimes I can’t remember who I’m supposed to be.”
“Mariah is everything we’re not supposed to love and yet, we absolutely love her. She’s crazy — look at her! She would throw herself under the train for you, as long as her hair was perfect."
“My sister was an obese crack addict. She had a chicken wing in one hand and a crack pipe in the other, and yet she had a line of white men waiting for her. People make assumptions about fat people that are wrong, and like my sister, Gabby is comfortable in her body. She may be in a state of denial or on a higher plane than the rest of us, but either way, she breaks your heart in the movie.”
Says Lee's Aunt Dot: “Leonardo is Lee’s given name, and we all call him Lenny. I think Lenny was gay from the time he was a baby, and his father saw him walking and acting real feminine, and he wanted Lenny to be tough. He tried to get him into boxing. He was verbally cruel. He cracked the whip.”
“He regularly beat me. One time, I put on my mom’s red patent-leather high heels, and he beat me. I knew he loved me, but he thought I wouldn’t survive as a black gay guy."
“I’d prefer to be bisexual. But I don’t think any woman is going to accept me being with a man. I had to choose. And I did. But there’s a deep connection with me and women. They listen to me. I understand them better than I understand men.”
“I asked Mo’Nique to grow a couple of pimples. And I asked her not to shave under her arms, and she went there for me.”
“I had shown the movie in L.A. to my manager, and he didn’t respond positively. My manager, who is white, said, ‘I’m sorry, but I don’t think anybody is going to see this movie.’ That man is no longer my manager.”
"I told Mo’Nique, ‘They’re going to hate you for this movie.’ She said, ‘Let them hate me.’ ”
The NY Times was able to track down Mo'Nique, who reportedly is refusing to promote the film. The Times' writer says: "I met Mo’Nique and her ever-present entourage — bodyguard, assistant, full-time videographer who records her every move from the moment she leaves her house in Atlanta to when she returns at night." Mo'Nique was in town to promote her new talk show, took a few questions about the film. She revealed that when she was 7 years old, one of her brothers began to sexually assault her. The assault lasted for four years.
"I said to Lee, if you want me to play this demon, I am there.” “Lee said, be a monster. And my brother was that monster to me. When Lee said, ‘Action,’ that’s who I became," Mo'Nique says.
The week began with a Whitney Houston performance, so we're ending with one, too. And why not.
Last Tuesday, she appeared on Italy's The X-Factor and Whitney did a good job. This performance certainly made up for the disastrous showing she had in Britain last weekend where rumors began to swirl that she may still be powdering her nose.
We don't know what the hell is being said in this video shot on a public bus in the Chinatown section of San Francisco, but when punches begin to fly, that's the universal sign of a fight!
Spoiler Alert: Someone gets a beatdown and it's probably not the one you think.
There's an incredible auction going on right on where, if you're the lucky bidder, you can box (yes, fight) a member of the Kardashian clan. Yes, that includes Kim. And, of course, much like everything that family does, it will be televised.
Professional boxers and the mentally ill will be barred from beating up a Kardashian.
It's undeniable: The Obamas make one beautiful family.
Sidebar: The photo was shot by debt-riddenVanity Fair magazine photographer Annie Leibovitz, whose day rate is $250,000 (yup, that's US dollars) !!! Geeh, we hope US taxpayers didn't foot that bill.
Bravo certainly knows how to turn up the drama meter. On last night's season finale of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta", we finally got to hear about the choke-ation that led to accusations, threats of lawsuits and plenty-o gum flapping.
While the cameras weren't rolling when the incident happened, the girls told their sides of the story on the last night's episode. NeNe told her side to Dwight; What's-Her-Face told her side to Kandi. Both Dwight and Kandi were stunned, as evidenced by the look on their faces.
The girls of TLC were not playing back in the day. In an interview on Mo'Nique's talk show, T-Boz confessed that she, along with her bandmates (Chilli and the late Left Eye), held Arista President Clive Davis and others hostage after they felt they were being shortchanged.
T-Boz said their album, "Crazy Sexy Cool," brought in more than $75 million for Arista, but the label only paid them $50,000 each!
So, Left Eye -- who, at that time was just released out of jail -- devised a plan.
Watch as T-Boz told Mo'Nique how they planned the hostage situation and why the plan failed.
Yesterday afternoon on MSNBC, anchor Contessa Brewer was introducing a segment on unemployment and brought in her guest: "Joining me now to talk about this and the nation's real problem of joblessness, the Rev. Al Sharpton..."
But, she was supposed to be introducing Rev Jesse Jackson.
He was not pleased with her screw up and he made her aware of it.
Have you heard this one? Usher is vigorously pursuing Rihanna. She's interested, but doesn't want to be a party in his messy divorce from What's-Her-Face, so, she's waiting for him.
Are you gagging, too?
"Usher has been making moves on Rihanna and she seems to like him a lot," an insider tells the National Enquirer. "He calls her at least twice a day and they text all the time -- he tells her how beautiful she is and that he can't wait to show her how a woman is supposed to be treated. Usher even sends Rihanna flowers and includes a cute little quote or song-lyric message." The report claims Rihanna is feelin' Usher, but wants to take things slow.
"Even though they are very interested in each other, Rihanna refuses to be seen in the public with him in a romantic setting until his divorce is final because she doesn't want any drama with Tameka," adds the insider. "Right now, she's just enjoying flirting."
This whole idea of Usher chasing Rihanna and that she's interested is just ludicrous to us. Maybe he's just trying sending her songs in hopes she will work with him? Is someone in Usher's camp trying to drum up publicity for his new album by planting this story? Remember his last album he supposedly had a baby or something?
We believe Rihanna still is in love with Chris and some may even go so far to say as they've been seeing each other on the low low. That won't be all that surprising. In fact, just yesterday Chris was on Hot 97 in NYC yesterday saying he's still in love with Rihanna. He said: "Feelings are feelings and they don't go away overnight, especially if you sit down and be like, 'Look, I'm (going to) really be in this relationship with you, past whatever the case, past our busy schedules, past us being two of the biggest artists.' I really care about her."
Former wrestler Hulk Hogan has revealed he tried to take his own life.
In his new book, My Life Outside the Ring, Hulk blames depression from the very public divorce from Linda, his his wife of 23 years, and his son's Nick incarceration following a tragic accident which left his best friend in a vegetative state as the reasons for his downward spiral which ultimately led to him wanting to commit suicide after downing a lethal cocktail of Xanax and rum.
"There were times when I thought that a whole bottle of pills would go down easy. Then I noticed the gun in my hand," he wrote. "I was careless with it. I kept my finger pressed right to that trigger and if I moved that finger an inch in the right direction, I would have blown my brains out."
He credits Laila Ali, whom he worked with on the reality show "American Gladiators" for saving him.
As he was about to pull the trigger, she called him on the telephone.
Lil Wayne is going to prison. The rapper pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted weapon possession this morning in a NYC court and expects to receive a one-year prison sentence. He will be sentenced in February.
The charges stem from a July 22, 2007 incident in NYC. Police said they had seen and smelled marijuana smoke wafting out the door before the bus left a concert venue minutes earlier. As a police officer approached the bus, the rapper tossed away a Louis Vuitton bag containing a gun. The defense disputed officers' basis for searching the bus and noted that more than a dozen other people were aboard.
Suffice it to say, Wayne then pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that carried at least 3 1/2 years in jail upon conviction.
But, this morning, Lil Wayne acknowledged he had a .40 caliber semi-automatic loaded gun on bus.
When the judge warned that he would not be able to withdraw the plea as some people try to do, the rapper said, "I'm not one of those people."
He's also facing felony charges in Arizona. On January 23, 2008, Border Patrol agents near Yuma, stopped his tour bus. Onboard they found 105 grams of marijuana (3.7 ounces), almost 29 grams of cocaine (1.02 ounces), 41 grams of MDMA (1.4 ounces) and $22,000 in cash. He was charged with possession of narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia.
We like what The Insider has been doing to draw ratings. They put two strong-minded persons in the same room and let them bite each others heads off. Last time it was Nancy Grace vs Jon Gosselin. Nancy won that fight easily. Now, the show has pit NeNe against Linday's dad Michael Lohan.
She calls him a toxic parent, he calls her fat. She tells him to leave. He does.
PS: You know we love NeNe (really we do), but why is she always screaming? Girl, whatever happened to you going to therapy to get help?
Update: Michael apologized. Sort of. “I apologize to the producers of ["The Insider"], the viewers and even Miss Leakes for coming back at her, for her attack on me, in the inappropriate manner I did. I do however wish I had known she was on the panel because then I would have known what I was in for and I would have handled things differently," Michael said. “To begin with, she may have children, but none in a crisis situation. Second, for her to call me a broke ass when I am not, but she had a house in foreclosure and 2 cars repoed [sic], I would have addressed that as well."
Now, Michael's youngest brother, Randy, 47, is suggesting that Michael's signature was forged.
He tells the folks over at TMZ, when the will was signed on July 7, 2002 at 5pm in Los Angeles, Michael was 2,475 miles away in NYC embroiled in race war with Sony Music.
Howard Weitzman, the lawyer for Michael's estate says the witnesses to the will were face-to-face with Michael when he signed the document, but didn't say if the will was signed in LA or not. A rep for Rev. Al Sharpton, who was with Michael during that time in 2002 in NYC, says "We have reason to believe that Michael may have been in NY on the 7th and Rev. Sharpton will address this after he discusses it with the Jackson family."
Can Michael just be dead already? And can Randy and the others go get a job? Seriously.
Now we see why Michael stayed far and away from his family.
Sidebar: A March 2008 NY Post story, shows how financially crippled the men in the Jackson family were. (The women - Janet, LaToya, Rebbie - are doing well.)
Tito Jackson: Formed a blues band several years ago and plays at small venues for $500 to $1,500 a gig.
Randy Jackson: Does odd jobs, including fixing cars in a Los Angeles garage owned by a family friend. He claimed Michael was going to give him $1.7 million.
Marlon Jackson: Lives in San Diego, where he works stocking groceries at a Vons supermarket. He fell on hard times three years ago when he was forced to leave his foreclosed home and move into an Extended Stay America hotel with his wife, Carol.
Jackie Jackson: The oldest son started an Internet clothing business and is trying to produce records by his sons. Nothing has panned out.
Jermaine Jackson: Splits time between the parents' Hayvenhurst mansion and his girlfriend's home in the San Fernando Valley. With more than $5 million in federal, state and other liens against him and a 1995 bankruptcy filing, he doesn't work or have a regular income. Then there's this.
Update: Michael's signature was found to be authentic. He signed the will in NYC, but someone wrote "Los Angeles" by mistake. So, still none of Michael's money for you, Randy!
It seems like another marriage is about to end in divorce.
According to Radaronline, Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter, who were married in Feb. 2004, have separated.
Kelli apparently moved out of the marital home several months ago and has been living in their NYC condo with their youngest child, Vivienne, 6. (If you've been following the couple, you know they have four children - Vivienne is Kelli's only biological child; the other three children were adopted.) Rosie is now living in their Nyack, NY home.
The ever out-spoken Rosie has confirmed there's trouble and if you read between the lines, then you know that this relationship is kaput.
"Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues. Those are the only words I am ever going to say. Ever. And that is something that has been agreed upon by all parties," a tearful Rosie told USA Today this morning. "But everything's fine and everybody's good and we're still both raising them together. We will both continue to parent them and we're friendly and everything's all right."
This is so sad to hear.
Things must have gotten really ugly for Kelli to take Vivienne with her. Expect this divorce to be messy!
Where is Dave Chappelle you ask? He's not on the teevee anymore, but he was in Los Angeles last weekend telling jokes.
Dave was at Laugh Factory in Hollywood on Sunday trying to win back the title of most continuous hours spent telling funny jokes.
But, after five hours, nature called and Dave walked away to go to the bathroom and was disqualified.
"There are only two rules," club owner Jamie Masada said. "You have to continuously tell jokes that are funny and you can't leave the stage, even to go to the bathroom."
Maybe next year the club will provide a lapel mic or a catheter.
So, as of now, Dane Cook's 2008 record of seven hours, 34-minutes still stand. Dave's best was six hours, seven minutes in 2007; Richard Pryor set the original record of two hours and 41 minutes, in 1980.
Have you seen the short film directed by Spike Jonze starring Kanye as a drunken club-goer harassing women titled We Were Once A Fairytale?
The video, shot in Los Angeles in January and premiered at the city's film festival in June, is actually very beautifully done.
It ends with Kanye having a drunken sex scene then he stabs himself and releases a demon from his stomach.
BTW, buddy Fonzworth Bentley makes a cameo and Kanye, after posting the video to his Web site yesterday, has removed it saying "Sorry I had to take it down." Perhaps his spiritual gurus advised him to take it down, who knows.
You can watch it below.
PS: Did you hear the rumors that Kanye died yesterday? Apparently on Twitter, it became a trending topic, which forced gaybot Amber Rose to respond.
"This 'RIP KayneWest' topic is not funny and it's NOT TRUE," she tweeted. "He has people like myself and his family that love him very much. It's in extreme poor taste to have that as a trendy topic," Rose continued. "It's totally disrespectful to make up a story like this. We're all human and we all make mistakes and to say someone died cuz of a mistake is ridiculous. U wouldn't want someone to say that about u."
Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, who is currently in a legal battle facing conspiracy and fraud charges was sent to jail yesterday after a federal judge said Bernie leaked sealed information from his future criminal trial as part of an attempt to generate public sympathy.
Got it? While reporting the story yesterday, WABC in NYC's anchor Bill Ritter had a slip of the tongue. Instead of saying "top cop", he blurted "top cock." Something must be in the water in NYC, because only a few weeks ago, this happened.
Attention recessionistas! We don't know about you, but we are about to start lining up at H&M today to get first dibs on Jimmy Choo's first ever ready to wear line which hits stores Nov. 14.
WWD says, the line reflects just how the Tamara Mellon, Jimmy Choo's founder, would style the accessories on herself. The women’s ready-to-wear looks include a sequin-covered black jersey dress with a plunging V neckline; a one-shoulder gray suede minidress; a chubby black faux fur vest; a boxy zipped cashmere cardigan covered in black sequins and beads, and — Tamara’s favorite — a short-sleeve black suede minidress drenched in long suede fringes that extend past the knee. The shoes are equally edgy. All made of leather, there are bondage-inspired high-heel sandals for evening, strappy studded gladiators for day and stretch leather over-the-knee boots meant to be worn with a short skirt or dress. Many pieces are inspired by styles that have been in the collection, such as an oversize leather clutch with gold hardware, an embellished zebra-striped pochette for evening and platform sandals.
Boys, there will be something for you, too. For the first time ever Jimmy Choo will be designing a men's line. It will include a refined leather bomber jacket, a black suit, slim-cut jeans and easy T-shirts.
PS: The most expensive thing in this post is the thigh-high boots which costs $300.
According to the folks over at TMZ, Nas owes $2,584,206.31 after neglecting to file 2006 and 2007 incomes taxes and now there's a federal lien placed on his property.
We haven't been watching the American League Championship baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels, but we may need to start tuning in.
During game 3 yesterday in LA, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was caught getting a good squeeze of teammate Derek Jeter's nice firm buttocks.
Uh-oh, did Manolo Blahnik just shot himself in the foot.
In an interview with Vogue magazine, the famed shoe designer said:
“I hate celebrities. All those pointless girls - I won’t name names, but you know who I mean. They are ‘famous.' Ridiculous. I like women with style: actresses like Uma Thurman, icons like Audrey Hepburn. I like women with style to wear my shoes.”
We all know which "celebrities" he's referring to (we won't names either), but will he now receive a backlash from said "celebrities" with no style who will no longer shell out $800 for a pair of Manolo's pumps?
