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It’s been 13 years since Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in Los Angeles but the investigation into his slaying was “reinvigorated” just a few months ago as a result of new information…
A task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies is actively pursuing leads into the 1997 slaying of hip hop artist Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or Notorious B.I.G. Continue Reading…
Raven-Symone is speaking out about her new smaller frame.
The former Disney star, 25, who once was content with being “thick and fabulous,” showed off her slimmer figure at Wednesday’s People’s Choice Awards. Raven, who wore a cleavage-bearing, all-black leather ensemble with thigh-high Louboutin boots, says she was never one to consider herself unattractive, even when she was still heavy.
?I thought I looked fabulous before and nobody else did. So, whatever. Actually, now I wear bigger clothes because I don?t like the way people stare at me. I liked it before.
Now, you?re just looking at me for the wrong reasons. Before, you were actually looking at me for a real reason.? (MORE)
All I know is… what a difference a nose job & breast reduction makes!
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Raven-Symone’s Fashion Week Red Carpet Disaster!
Quick Flix ~ Raven Symone on TRL
This week, the internet has once again made a celebrity out of an average everyday Joe Blow.
This time, it was the power of the internet that helped a former junkie/homeless man named Ted Williams re-achieved his dream of becoming a radio broadcaster after a viral video hit the net displaying his “Golden Voice”.
Ted appeared on various feel-good morning shows, including CBS’s “Early Show” and was even offered a job doing voiceovers for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
But every day more and more info about Ted Williams? shady past is slowly leaking out, including his admitted trouble with drug abuse and crime. And along with that comes a gang of mug shots for your viewing pleasure!
Check a few out below: Continue Reading…
Tameka “Tiny” Cottle-Harris can breathe a little easier today as she’s no longer facing misdemeanor drug charges in L.A.
Details are sketchy, but according to SandraRose, Tiny’s BFF, Shamra Rodriguez (who occasionally accompanied Tiny to Arkansas to visit T.I. in prison last year), sent out a tweet earlier proclaiming that all charges had been dropped:
Tiny, 35, and her husband T.I., 30, were arrested on drug possession charges last September when the Maybach they were riding in was pulled over on Sunset Boulevard in LA. Police found several Ecstasy pills on the famous couple.
Shamra is the mom of two members of the OMG Girlz, Lourdes (Lolo) and Bahja. As you know, Tiny manages the OMG Girlz along with her partner Keisha Babi.
Congrats Tiny! One less thang to worry about in 2011…
In case you missed it:
T.I. & Tiny Get Freaky at His Arkansas Jail…
VIDEO: OMG Girlz ~ “Pretty Girl Bag”
Tiny Goes GLAM for Sister2Sister Photoshoot [PHOTOS]
Inside T.I. and Tiny?s Miami Wedding [PHOTOS]
Tameka ?Tiny? Cottle SHAKES it Up in L.A.
Atlanta Tastemakers Respond to T.I. & Tiny Arrest? [VIDEO]
Singer John Legend celebrated his 32nd birthday last night with a party at RdV Lounge in New York. John and his boo, model Christine Teigen, seem like a real live couple as they cuddled and kissed on the dance floor all night long…
Overkill..
John was joined by singer Ne-Yo, Kardinal Offishell, Estelle, Rachel Roy and Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe. Photos below: Continue Reading…
My good Judy Drama Dupree hit me up online with this “GA VOICE” cover shot featuring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a NOH8 campaign pose.
In case you don’t know, the NOH8 campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with “NOH8” painted on one cheek in protest.
When I first saw the image I was set aback and I don’t know why. It didn’t “offend” me but it did make me feel “some kinda way”.
Although Dr. King stood for non-violent protests during the civil rights movement, he never addressed issues of homosexuality in any of his speeches. The fact that King never left any conclusive indication of his opinion on homosexuality has often left many wandering as to what King’s views on the issue of Gay rights would have been today.
Over the years, the King family has been divided in their views of homosexuality and gay marriage. While King’s late wife Coretta Scott-King supported gay marriage publicly and was even a speaker at a 1996 Gay Pride festival in Atlanta, another family member publicly campaigned against it, even going so far as to call gay marriage ‘genocide’.
I personally believe that King would have spoken against any issues of discrimination. Whether it be racial or gender related seems irrelevant. But… (and there is a “BUT”) since he’s not alive to confirm his opinions either way, should we really be making assumptions?
Related:
Atlanta Housewives & More Support NOH8 Campaign… [PHOTOS]
Kim Zolciak’s Wig, Mouth & Nipples Pose for NOH8
Kandi Burruss “Fights” for NOH8… [PHOTO]
More NOH8 Campaign Flix ~ Dwight Eubanks, Sheree Whitfield & Rasheeda
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