PATTY JACKSON'S 4-1-1
Week of September 17, 2007

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Hey Shaq! Is your girlfriend pregnant?!!! The other shoe has dropped, and now it’s Shaquille O’Neal who has to do the explaining. According to published reports Shaq has been spotted without his wedding ring in the company of a pregnant woman. Is this why Shaunie was stashing the money. Did Shaunie know something? Did they both have other lovers? Aaaauuuugggghhhhh!!! Just when you thought they had the perfect marriage all hell breaks loose! Shaunie has been very quiet. She will not talk about the divorce or her close relationship with her trainer who just got a $650 thousand Miami Condo. With all those kids and his busy career, who has time to cheat? In the end, look for Shaunie to get paid. Yes, paid! If she can prove he was unfaithful during the marriage, she will not have to honor their prenup. Another troubled marriage is Shaq’s teammate Dwayne Wade and his wife Siohvaughn. There’s no talk of divorce, but the two are undergoing a trial separation.

Essence magazine has landed the first interview with Prophetess Juanita Bynum. Bynum will open up to Essence in their December issue about that fateful night in August when she was viciously attacked by her husband Bishop Thomas Weeks. Bynum says she is divorcing her husband of five years, and she will dedicate her life to being an advocate against domestic violence. Bynum is currently looking to relocate her ministry, and she is appealing for help on her website: Juanitabynum.com. Bynum says she needs $200 thousand in emergency seed money to build a threshing floor, where she can go to pray for people. Meanwhile, Bishop Weeks is pulling out all the stops to hold onto his ministry. Members are leaving his church in droves. Bishop Weeks says he is not an abuser of women, and that there are two sides to every story. Bishop Weeks says he felt their love was going to get them through the hard times. Juanita Bynum has filed for divorce citing cruel treatment. There was no prenup. Bishop Weeks faces up to 27 years in jail for assaulting his wife.

The ankle bracelet stays on! A judge has ordered Tracey Morgan to continue to wear his alcohol monitoring device. The former star of SNL fell off the wagon in early August. Morgan currently stars on the NBC show 30 Rock, and his drinking problems have escalated. He has two D.U.I. convictions, and if he is caught drinking again, he’ll windup in jail. Morgan will have to wear the device for the rest of the year and attend at least 10 A.A. meetings. Sources he has been upset about his recent divorce. The mother of his three sons left the comic actor after putting up with his wild behavior for years.

Is Mel B a bad mommy! The maid thinks so, and she’s talking. Eddie Murphy’s baby momma is catching heat for dumping her new baby on the maid. The maid claims she was supposed to watch the infant for one night, and it turned into four days. Spokespeople for Mel B claim she left to get married, and that she is a good mother. But, the maid claims she left and didn’t leave any food for the infant or her older daughter who’s 8.

Actor Wesley Snipes has been ordered to pay the United Talent Agency $1.7 million. The agency helped him land four movie roles, and he never paid them. So, they sued. Snipes is also in trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes.

I’ve been getting a lot of emails about the status of Singer Ron Isley. Isley, 73, is currently serving a three year prison sentence on tax fraud. He is at the Federal Correctional Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana. Isley was convicted last year on five counts of tax evasion and one count of willful failure to file a tax return. He was also found guilty of cashing checks that belonged to his brother, O’Kelly, who died in 1986. For over 20 years, he avoided paying taxes. He has also been ordered to pay back the government $3.1 million. On October 9th, The Isleys are releasing a new holiday album, aptly title, I’ll Be Home for Christmas.

The Real Thing: Words and Music Volume 3 arrives in stores next week on the 25th. This is the latest CD from Jill Scott, who graces the new issue of Jet magazine. Jill talks about her divorce, wanting children and her new movie, Why Did I Get Married with Tyler Perry and Janet Jackson. Jill recently returned from Africa, where she was filming the movie The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. She’ll be playing a Botswana woman who is a detective.

Queen Latifah is also releasing a new album next week on the 25th. Travlin’ Light features covers of the Pointer Sisters’ How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side) and Phoebe Snow’s Poetry Man, to name a few. Latifah is going on the road to support the project. She’s doing two shows in the area October 17th at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware and October 19th at The House of Blues in Atlantic City.

How hot is Singer Patti LaBelle? So hot she’s coming out with her own line of hot sauces and relishes. The Patti LaBelle Line will feature sweet hot jalapeño, rich red blended cayenne and hot flash, for those who like it super hot.

Natalie Cole says she’s a shoe freak. For years, Cole claims this was a hidden addiction, and now she wants the world to join in. Coming in 2008, The Natalie Cole Shoe Collection at a shoe store near you.

Could wedding bells be in the air for Actress Sanaa Lathan? The 35-year old is dating Chicago Bears Defensive End Odewale Ogunleye, and friends say the two are very much in love.

The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is on a roll. She’s losing weight, finishing up a new album and helping out with the casting on her TV Movie. Aretha has been hitting the treadmills saying she is losing weight the old fashion way thru diet and exercise. She is also finishing up work on the new album Jewels in the crown. The album features Aretha and all star duets with John Legend, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Michael McDonald and Fantasia to name a few. The first single is a song with Fantasia called ‘Let me put you up on game’. Aretha is also helping out with the casting of her TV movie based on her life. She already has commitments from Actor Terrance Howard to play Smokey Robinson and Billy Dee Williams to play her dad the fames preacher Rev. C.L. Franklin. Aretha says she would like to see Oscar Winner Halle Berry play her in the movie. Halle is too busy for all that she’s expecting her first baby next spring. The same time that filming starts on the Aretha Franklin TV movie.

Jermaine Dupri is going to marry one of the hottest women on the planet, but he says he still has to go to the strip clubs. Yes, that’s Janet Jackson’s man talking. And, this is just one of the shocking revelations that you will find in his new book based on his life Young Rich and Dangerous My Life In Music.

The music industry lost a legend last week in the passing of musician Bobby Byrd. Byrd, 73, died after a long battle with cancer. Byrd was best known as James Brown’s right hand man. He wrote the hits Hot Pants and I Know You Got Soul. He also performed the refrain on the classic Get Up (I Feel Like A Sex Machine).

Kirk Franklin is getting to show his Sunday Best. Franklin’s new BET reality show debuts October 2nd. The search is on for the best undiscovered singers in the country. BeBe Winans and Mary Mary will serve as judges and mentors on the show. Sunday Best is like American Idol for church people. Speaking of BeBe Winans, he’s headed to Broadway next year. Winans is joining the cast of The Color Purple in the role of “Harpo.”

Alicia Keys will release her new CD, As I Am, on November 13th.

The Universoul Circus is coming back to Philadelphia October 17-28th on the grounds of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd Parkside.

The musical Hairspray with John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Zach Efron comes out on DVD Nov. 20th

Jamie Foxx is gearing up for the release of his new movie The Kingdom. The Oscar winner recently got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“The Boss”-Diana Ross, Director Martin Scorsese, Beach Boy Founder Brian Wilson and Comedian/Actor Steve Martin have been named for The 2007 Kennedy Center Honors. The awards ceremony takes place on December 26th on CBS.

I Love New York: Season Two premieres October 8th on VH1. On the second season, New York continues her search for love. Some of the contestants include a Wall Street exec, a stripper, an aspiring rapper and a midget.

Salt and Pepa will be reuniting on VH1. Their new reality show premieres October 15th on VH1. The girls are polar opposites with Salt finding God, and Pepa still being wild.

The 2008 Academy Awards take place next February, and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart has been tapped as the host. Stewart last hosted the show in 2006.

Singer-Songwriter Smokey Robinson will be the latest honoree at the UNCF’s next telethon. The television fundraiser for the United Negro College Fund begun in 1979, and has been long supported by the Motown Legend. The telethon will air early in 2008.
 

::::: UPCOMING EVENTS ::::::

MANA Thursday, September 20 Friday, September 21 Saturday, September 22 Sunday, September 23 Staples Center	MAZE FEAT. FRANKIE BEVERLY Friday, September 28 Grove of Anaheim	WAVEFEST Friday, September 28 MICHAEL MCDONALD :: PATTI AUSTIN :: MARC ANTOINE  :: PONCHO SANCHEZ Saturday, September 29 INDIA.ARIE :: ZIGGY MARLEY :: OTTMAR LIEBERT :: PHILIPPE SAISSE TRIO Greek Theatre
CHAKA KHAN Sunday, September 30 Gibson Amphitheatre	NE-YO Sunday, October 7 The Wiltern LG	ANITA BAKER Saturday, November 3 Nokia Theatre LA Live

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::::: UPCOMING  MOVIES ::::::

October 8^th: The VH1 Hip Hop Honors take place on VH1. Tracey Morgan is hosting. Special appearances on the show include Chris Rock, Rapper/Actor T.I., Bow Wow and Nick Cannon.

October 16^th: Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married – Jill Scott & Janet Jackson

October 18^th - 20^th: The stage play Whatever She Wants with Vivica A. Fox, Boris Kodjoe and Richard Roundtree - Kodak Theatre

October 26^th: Things We Lost In The Fire – Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro.

November 2^nd: American Gangster – Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe & Rapper T.I.

February 2008: The Better Man- Martin Lawrence, Mo’Nique and James Earl Jones.

::::: WHAT’S THE UNDERGROUND BUZZ :::::

This female Superstar is getting to release what could the album of the year. The promotion is already in high gear, but the Superstar has to get her look together. She has terrible skin, but good makeup and perfect photo shoots cover it up. She was recently spotted in public without her makeup, and she looked dreadful. When her bosses saw the pictures, she was ordered to not leave her house without makeup.

This famed televangelist has been very quiet about a recent headline making incident. Surely a man of God would speak out against abuse, but the televangelist knows there are two sides to every story. And, one party stands to gain a lot of money from all the nonsense.

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