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Bernie Mac’s widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Chicago against the late comedian’s longtime doctor.
Rhonda McCullough, Mac’s wife of over 30 years, alleges that a few weeks before his 2008 death, Mac’s dermatologist, Rene M. Earles, didn’t recognize indications of respiratory failure and kept the 50-year-old Chicago native at the clinic for several hours rather than call an ambulance. Continue Reading…
Earlier this week, Atlanta’s Fox 5 news reported that T.I.’s Club Crucial was about to have their liquor license suspended and be fined $50,000 for violating a city ordinance.
The ordinance says that the city can suspend a liquor license if they feel that the business in question is too violent or unruly and apparently the City of Atlanta feels that Club Crucial is too unruly.
Anybody that’s been there before knows that’s far from the truth. The club has been host to several concerts and the location of several video shoots. Yeah… there’s fights occasionally but Crucial is just like any other night club. In fact, a bit of research shows that Club Crucial actually has far less violent activity than other Atlanta clubs.
So the big question is… is T.I.’s club being unfairly targeted? Continue Reading…
Usher Raymond IV hit up Atlanta morning show “Good Day Atlanta” yesterday to speak about his New Look Foundation, which is hosting the World Leadership Awards this evening (Friday, August 6th).
The event will include an awards presentation honoring eight amazing humanitarians, including former President Bill Clinton. Usher stopped by Good Day Atlanta to discuss the foundation, the awards gala, and Justin Bieber.
Watch the video of Usher’s Good Day Atlanta interview below: Continue Reading…
Newlywed Tameka “Tiny” Cottle was spotted at the world premiere of “Takers” last night and took a moment to talk about her recent wedding to her boo T.I.
[READ: Inside T.I. & Tiny’s Miami Wedding ~ Photos]
While she didn’t address rumors that Tip is pissed about certain wedding guests *cough* [V103’s Ryan Cameron] putting out pictures and info without their consent, [READ: T.I. Unhappy With Wedding Guests; Orders Wedding Pics Taken Down (SandraRose)], Tiny did speak about how pleased she was with how their big day turned out.
“The wedding was beautiful, I cant complain…. I can’t forget, Jamie Foxx sung me down the aisle. It was beautiful!”
Tiny also explains why she and Tip haven’t taken a honeymoon yet, stating that Tip’s “a very busy man.”
At least he made time for the wedding! Check out video of Tiny’s red carpet interview: Continue Reading…
Clifford “T.I.” Harris strikes a pose at the world premiere of “Takers” in Hollywood last night.? Tip along with co-stars Idris Elba, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown and Hayden Christensen were just a few of the celebs who graced the carpet.
Keri Hilson, Snoop Dogg, Lala Vasquez and more all came out to support the Will Packer produced flick, which is a high-powered bank-robbing caper.
Miss Keri Baby looks “A” mazing! As usual…
More photos of the star studded event below: Continue Reading…
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a special screening of the film STEP UP 3D which was hosted by Roscoe Dash at the AMC Fork & Screen in Atlanta.
?The dancing in the movie was incredible,? said Dash. ?I enjoyed myself and appreciate everyone coming out.?
Spotted in the crowd was the OMG Girlz, who are riding high off of the internet success of their “Pretty Girl Bag,” a remake of Soulja Boy’s hit song, Pretty Boy Swag. [CLICK HERE if you missed their cute new video]
Roscoe, accompanied by his mom Letitia and his adorable daughter Jayla, previewed several tracks from his upcoming debut Ready Set Go! as well as his single from the STEP UP 3D soundtrack, ?My Own Step? which features T-Pain.
Check out a few flicks from the movie premiere: Continue Reading…
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