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Janice aka Miss Mad News

UK NEWS: DAD AT 13 WILL GET DNA TEST ON BABY

Pure slackness! The teenage boy who became a father at 13 will get the DNA test he has demanded, it has been confirmed. Publicist Max Clifford has taken over dealing with Alfie Patten’s media relations since baby Maisie was born to girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15. Clifford told Sky News Online: “There will be a DNA test, I think so.” The family has dominated headlines since the news first emerged at the end of last week. But over the weekend, more young teenage []

UK NEWS: HARRODS OWNER MOHAMED AL FAYED GIVES TERMINALLY ILL JADE GOODY A WEDDING DRESS / ELTON JOHN OFFERS THE USE OF HIS HOME AS A WEDDING VENUE

Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is planning to marry her current boyfriend Jack Tweed, who proposed to her in hospital on Friday. Goody’s publicist Max Clifford has also revealed that Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed had given Goody a dress as “a wedding present” and that singer Elton John had offered the use of one of his homes as a venue. Goody was diagnosed with having cervical cancer in October 2008. …………………………………………………………………………….. Presumably Mohamed and Elton will both continue to show this []

BET UK: ONE YEAR LATER…

BET UK (Black Entertainment Television) officially launched here on February 27th 2008. But as the network approaches the first anniversary of it’s UK launch, do you think it has succeeded in making a positive impact here in the UK? Has BET successfully managed to gear its content towards a British audience? Has the programming so far been positive and informative? Has it helped to promote homegrown talant effectively? Is BET UK everything that you hoped it would be? If so then why? Has BET []

CHRIS BROWN RELEASES OFFICIAL STATEMENT

After a week of speculation, false reports and being branded a ‘”woman beater” after allegedly attacking girlfriend Rihanna,  a spokesperson has issued a statement on the behalf of R&B star Chris Brown. “Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God’s help, to emerging a better person. Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and/or reported in []

RAPPER JIM JONES BROKE????

[Thanks P Prez] A music industry business manager has contacted SOHH.com and put Jim Jones’ dire financial situation on blast! This is what he had to say….. Via SOHH I read on the allhiphop.com rumor section that Jim Jones is getting sued by a team of producers who he jacked for his “Bad Santa” album. As a Manager for a producer who placed 4 tracks on this project and I can confirm this rumor as true. I have been trying for months to resolve this situation []

UK NEWS: REALITY TV STAR JADE GOODY ‘HAS MONTHS TO LIVE’

Via BBC News Jade Goody has been told she has only months to live, her publicist Max Clifford has said. Mr Clifford said doctors at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London broke the news to the former reality television star on Friday. The mother-of-two is now getting her affairs in order and making plans for her sons’ future, he added. Last week Goody underwent a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumour from her bowel. Mr Clifford said: “She was aware that []

UK MUSIC NEWS: X FACTOR WINNER ALEXANDRA BURKE SIGNS US RECORD DEAL

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has signed a £3 million US deal with Epic Records. Burke said, “I’d love to crack the US”. ……………………………………………………………………. I can just see it now. If Alex goes on to crack the US market she will become even more unbearable and fake.  But congratulations Alex. I wish you the best of luck.