OPRAH SET TO INTERVIEW WHITNEY HOUSTON’S DAUGHTER AND FAMILY

It has been announced that Oprah Winfrey will interview the late Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi-Christina and her other family members.The interview will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network. “Oprah’s Next Chapter” will feature an interview with 18-year-old Bobbi Kristina, Houston’s only child. It will also include Patricia Houston, who’s the singer’s sister-in-law and manager, as well as the singer’s brother Gary. It is scheduled to air March 11. Oprah doesn’t waste time does she? Rest In Peace Whitney Houston.

UK NEWS: SINGER ALEXANDRA BURKE AND FOOTBALLER JERMAIN DEFOE DATING?

Tabloid rag The Sun reports that singer Alexandra Burke and footballer Jermain Defoe are now a couple. Last night staff spotted the couple at the Landmark Hotel in North London, stepping out hand-in-hand as they went on one of their first public dates. Jermain, 29, had tweeted earlier: “On route to @ozboateng to collect my suit for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Gala Dinner this eve.” A Spurs source said the star was “buzzing” about his new relationship with Alexandra. The source []

VIDEO: TIM WESTWOOD INTERVIEWS ADAM DEACON (“HACKNEY VERSUS HOLLYWOOD” – PREJUDICE IN THE INDUSTRY)

Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood conducted this interview with actor Adam Deacon before he went on to win the BAFTA Rising Star award voted by the public several weeks ago. I knew Adam would take home this award because he campaigned like an US politician on speed and encouraged his thousands of Twitter followers to vote and his famous friends. He even turned up to The Woman In Black film premiere and posed for the cameras with ‘Vote For Me’ flyers and apparently []

UK ANTICS: JAMMER GOES ‘RAVING’ WITH BONES THUGS-IN-HARMONY IN LONDON

UK artist Jammer recently went out ‘raving’ in London with one of my favourite Hip Hop acts from back in the day Bones Thugs-In-Harmony. How random… [Thanks Lorraine] *cringing* Is this what it’s come to Bones Thugs? Hanging out in London with UK artists and some over-excited hanger ons? You know times must be hard for most of these American personalities when they start visiting London on a regular basis, hanging out with UK artists and their mates, and appearing at any event []

UK MUSIC: ESTELLE PERFORMS ON THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW

Estelle performed her new single Thank You on the Letterman Show the other night. Even though her vocals seem to have improved somewhat I still say that Estelle is no singer. She is a rapper.   But it’s good to see that she is still doing well in America. The song sounds like something Mary J Blige would have sung back in the day and it sounds/looks like Estelle is attempting to channel her during this performance. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK NEWS: FOOTBALLER JOHN TERRY WINS BID TO HAVE DINNER WITH BOY BAND JLS (WHAT A FARCE)

Desperate to prove to the world that he is not racist Chelsea skipper and England’s former captain John Terry apparently bid and paid £16,000 for a dinner with boy band JLS at a charity bash last night. The event was held to raise money for the Help For Heroes and Cancer Research charities at The Brewery in London. A grateful JLS later tweeted, “Cancer research went in tonight!! thanks for John terry for helping to raise over 30k on a JLS lot!excellent []

UK NEWS: ACTOR ASHLEY WALTERS BECOMES THE FIRST GUEST EDITOR OF FLAVOUR MAGAZINE

Inside Men and Top Boy star Ashley Walters guest edits the March/April edition of popular youth culture publication Flavour Magazine. In his role as Guest Editor, Ashley reveals his Top 10 music artists that act and interviews Flavour’s cover star Alexandra Burke. When asked about his role as Guest Editor Walters said, It’s been hard work juggling everything as guest editor and it was more work than I thought! But it’s been good fun getting to know what it takes to put together []

UK NEWS: JAMES MURDOCH TO STEP DOWN AS NEWS INTERNATIONAL CHAIRMAN

Via Digital Spy James Murdoch is to step down as executive chairman of News International newspapers in the UK, it has been announced. News Corporation confirmed this afternoon that Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, will no longer chair the board at the group that includes companies publishing The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun. He has been widely criticised for his handling of the phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World last year, []

VIDEO: JUMP OFF TV UK (DEBATE) – ARE AFRICAN JOKES PLAYED OUT?

The debaters got together with two special guests and discussed how far ethnic jokes can go before they become played out. With the African culture becoming a more popular topic amongst comedians, Babatunde (comedian) also had his own opinion on the matter. Here are some of the questions and points that were raised and discussed during the debate: – How far will African jokes go before they get boring? – Can African jokes reach out to the mainstream? – Are Ethnic jokes []