Via The Daily Mirror Pop star Lisa Maffia broke down in court yesterday as she was banned and fined for drink-driving. The former member of rap group So Solid Crew, which had a No1 hit with 21 Seconds in 2001, was pulled over in her Mercedes on her way home from a club. The singer and TV presenter cried as West London magistrates heard she had drunk two glasses of champagne at a friend’s birthday party in Kensington before getting into her […]
Via BBC News A musical about pop star Madonna’s attempts to adopt a young African girl is being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe by a Malawian cast. The 50-year-old star is portrayed in the play Mercy Madonna of Malawi by a black male actor in a blonde wig One of the performers, Shombi Banda, 29, claims he was heckled by the star when he performed for her in Malawi. He said she responded to a play about the African cultural identity by […]
I loved Bo Selecta and Leigh Francis’ surreal send up of Michael Jackson and singer Craig David (who has no sense of humour and still to this day blames Leigh for the dip in his career) were both hilarious! Via BBC News Comedian Leigh Francis is to bring back Bo Selecta for a one-off Michael Jackson special, Channel 4 has said. Bo Selecta Presents Cha’Mone: A Tribute to Michael Jackson will be a spoof “chronological look at Michael Jackson’s life”. Continue Reading….. I hope it won’t […]
Via NY Daily News Naomi Sims, the first black supermodel, died of cancer Saturday in Newark at age 61, the New York Times reports. Sims broke barriers when she made the cover of Ladies Home Journal in 1968 — becoming the first black model to do so on a mainstream women’s magazine. It was a defining achievement for the “Black is Beautiful” movement at the time – and Sims went on to appear on the covers of Life, Cosmopolitan and Essence. Continue […]
This looks like it’s going to be a good one! hahahaha! I wonder if UK singer / part-time TV personality / mother of two / third division WAG Jamelia, managed to bag a feature in this film? Does anyone remember the documentary she fronted, which explored the world of weave?
Daniel Lynch Via Daily Mail A steroid addict who was jailed for life after brutally raping a TV presenter and getting a friend to throw acid in her face has complained that his human rights have been breached – after being banned from a prison gym. Daniel Lynch, who was jailed in May after being found guilty of raping the 25-year-old model and TV star, has written to the Ministry of Justice complaining that his gym privileges have been ‘illegally’ withdrawn. He […]
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Check rapper Jay-Z’s ‘ground breaking’ album cover for his highly anticipated fourthcoming album ‘Blueprint 3’. Source
Jack with the late Jade Goody Another classic news item involving the late Jade Goody, her mother Jackiey Budden and widower Jack Tweed… Via The Daily Mail He claimed to be racked by guilt following that one-night-stand just weeks after Jade’s funeral – but Jack Tweed is still partying hard. And, according to one psychic, Jade is disgusted with the behaviour of the very merry widower. During a seance held by medium Jayne Wallace and Jade’s mother Jackiey Budden, Jayne claimed the […]
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