Month: May 2012

MARY J BLIGE AND STEVE STOUTE SUED OVER $250K BANK LOAN FOR CHARITABLE ORGANISATION

TMZ reports that singer Mary J. Blige and entertainment mogul Steve Stoute’s charitable organisation Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now is being sued by TD Bank over a $250.000 loan. They took out the loan back in June 2011 and according to the suit the foundation agreed to pay back the money by December 2011, but so far they have only managed to pay back $368.33 Blige and Stoute are also being sued by musicians who claim they still haven’t been []

JUSTIN BIEBER ‘WANTED BY POLICE’ AFTER ‘FIGHT’ WITH PHOTOGRAPHER

Justin Bieber is being hunted down by US police after he allegedly attacked a photographer who tried to take a picture of him and his girlfriend singer/actress Selena Gomez while they were out shopping in Los Angeles. Yes that’s right Justin Bieber. During the alleged scrap Justin’s shoe and hat came off and the photographer was then taken to hospital after complaining of injuries allegedly caused by the teen. …. First ‘Bad Man’ Bieber who not so long ago turned eighteen opts to go for a more mature musical sound and even dares []

UK EVENT: JAMAICA 50 FESTIVAL

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence in  spectacular style, London’s IndigO2 will play host to the Jamaica 50  Festival with some of the most iconic reggae, ska and dub artists  appearing together on stage during a twelve-day event. Despite being a  small island state, Jamaica’s cultural impact on the world and musical  legacy vastly outweighs its size as the Jamaica 50 line-up testifies. Artists on the bill include Yellow Man, Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Lee Scratch Perry,  Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths []

UK EVENT NEWS: PROUD2 AXE TIM WESTWOOD RAVE

First his BBC 1xtra show is axed and now Proud2 have axed tonight’s Tim Westwood party. They're no Westwood party at Proud2 tonite! And I've been sacked from the day job. How many times get I get fired in a week? — IG: TimWestwoodTV (@TimWestwood) May 25, 2012 Fired from 1Xtra & sacked from Proud2 (no Westwood party tonite). Tryin to take the par with dignity — IG: TimWestwoodTV (@TimWestwood) May 25, 2012 I wonder why this hugely popular event has been cancelled. []

UK RADIO NEWS: TIM WESTWOOD’S BBC 1XTRA SHOW AXED

Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood announced  today via Twitter that his BBC 1xtra week day  show has been axed. It's official I've lost my afternoon voice due to schedule changes I will not be presentin 1Xtra Mon-Fri 4-7pm from Sept — IG: TimWestwoodTV (@TimWestwood) May 24, 2012 Westwood then went on to say that he has been “fired” but that’s a slight exaggeration. He still has his Saturday night show on BBC Radio 1 and his “daggering” road show” will still pass through []

FACEBOOK SHARES FALL WITHIN DAYS OF FLOTATION LAUNCH / INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY

On Friday there was much fanfare over at Facebook headquarters after it’s founder Mark Zuckerberg (28) launched the flotation of his company on the US stock market. I admit I was looking for ways to buy shares in the company. I didn’t know how I was going to do it or where I was going to buy them from but I just wanted some shares (lol). However the excitement came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday after it was announced that the []

UK NEWS: ACLT CHOICE FM BONE MARROW RECRUITMENT DRIVE

British recording artists including Tinchy Stryder, Sway, Bashy and Donaeo have shown their individual support to encourage young people to join the UK bone marrow registry. The stars tweeted to their fans throughout the weekend requesting that followers attend the forthcoming ACLT (African Caribbean Leukemia Trust) bone marrow recruitment drive at the Choice FM headquarters. The ACLT will host its annual recruitment drive to support patients like Dennis Gyamfi and Rose-Anne Ofori, both of whom require bone marrow transplants, by recruiting potential []

TWEET OF THE DAY (2): JAY-Z AND KANYE – WATCH THE THRONE CONCERT (EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH)

In response to the first tweet of the day (CLICK HERE) a FURIOUS Jay-Z/Kanye fan who also attended the Watch The Throne concert tweeted this, https://twitter.com/Haydn_thestow/status/205274965455548417 https://twitter.com/#!/Haydn_thestow/status/205275346017320960 https://twitter.com/#!/Haydn_thestow/status/205275678038441986 https://twitter.com/Haydn_thestow/status/205275871513292800 https://twitter.com/Haydn_thestow/status/205276375551197184 https://twitter.com/#!/Haydn_thestow/status/205276774609846273 @Haydn_thestow @Verbal_Vixen we are dumb??? Listen to yourself! LMAO jog on!!!! Hahahaha — Miss Mad News (@madnewsblog) May 23, 2012 https://twitter.com/#!/Haydn_thestow/status/205280977537335296 Hahahahahaha – Oh the emotion. You gotta love the loyalty and devotion to Jay and Ye. I just hope he gets this emotional when Jesus Christ returns and hits the []

TWEET OF THE DAY: JAY-Z AND KANYE – WATCH THE THRONE (CONCERT)

A historic event is Nelson Mandela being released from prison after 27 years… Not a #WatchTheThrone concert at the O2 #idiots — Melissa Monologues (@MelissaMono) May 23, 2012 Yes the Watch The Throne road show has come to London and the world of UK “URBAN” entertainment has gone wild with excitement. Jay-Z and Kanye West can do no wrong. Everything they do is either described as being “monumental” or “historic”. Several days ago word got out that they both broke wind in []