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PATTY JACKSON'S 4-1-1
Week of
July 7, 2008
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Jennifer Hudson’s family is pleading with
the Oscar winner to slow down in her current
relationship. For the past few months,
Hudson has been dating reality TV contestant
David Otunga a.k.a. Punk from the VH1
reality show I Love New York. Otunga wants
to make Hudson his wife, but to her family,
this is all too soon. Hudson just got out of
a relationship with childhood sweetheart
James Peyton, and her family wants her to
take her time. Hudson is under Otunga’s
spell with his curly hair and light eyes.
She loves the attention he is giving her,
but can she trust him? Does she know enough
about him? Let’s face it. Just a few months
ago, he was on TV claiming his love for
Tiffany Pollard a.k.a. New York. Was he just
doing it to be on TV? Does he really love
Hudson? Will he be a good husband? Hudson
has a new album out in September and three
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Mom! Can
You Hear Me! I Need Your Help! Usher had an
a-ha moment after The BET Awards. He thought
his opening performance would be the show
stopper. The one that everybody would talk
about the next day, but the exact opposite
happened. Everybody was buzzing about Chris
Brown and Ne-Yo. Sales for Usher’s CD have
yet to reach a million copies, and the
public relations fiasco following his recent
marriage has not helped him. Usher has been
reaching out to his mom, Johnetta Patton,
who he fired last year. Usher claimed he
wanted her to concentrate on being a
grandmother to his son, but now he realizes
he needs his momma to get his career back on
track. So where does Tameka fit in? Homegirl
is going to have to fall back and let Momma
Patton do her thing. Check out Usher and his
son on the new issue of Essence magazine. |
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Nick
Cannon, a.k.a Mr. Mariah Carey, has a
message for the haters. He says his marriage
to Mariah Carey is the best thing that has
ever happened to him. Cannon realizes that
he is seen as a flunky who just spends her
money, but he says it’s his duty to make his
wife happy. Carey’s friends don’t care for
Cannon whose nickname is Whipped Nick.
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Oprah
Winfrey and Tyler Perry in Rome!!? Hmmmmmmmm!
Winfrey is on vacation with longtime friend
Gayle King and new found friend Tyler Perry.
Stedman is nowhere to be found. Is Perry
taking his place? In photos, Perry has been
right by Winfrey’s side and they appear to
be happy. Tyler Perry’s new movie, The
Family That Preys, comes out September 12th.
Oscar Winner Kathy Bates leads an all-star
cast that includes Alfre Woodard, Sanaa
Lathan, Robin Givens and Perry himself. At
this point in his career, Tyler wants more
mainstream acceptance. Next year, he will be
co-starring in the new Star Trek movie.
Hanging out with Oprah Winfrey is a good way
for Perry to achieve his goal.
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Wesley
Snipes is being allowed to leave the
country. Despite his recent tax evasion
conviction, a judge has ruled that actor can
film two new movies in London and Thailand.
Snipes faces a three year prison sentence.
He is currently appealing the sentence.
Aretha
Franklin’s new autobiography, From These
Roots, reveals all about the world famous
singer. In the book, she talks about her
long standing feud with Singer Gladys
Knight. The Queen of Soul claims Knight
spread lies about her mother leaving the
Franklin family. Franklin talks about her
love life. She says she knows she’s a good
catch, but she focused too much on her
career to have a successful relationship.
She also says she wishes she had a mentor
like Berry Gordy to guide her career.
Now that
he’s a married man, it’s time to lose
weight. The honeymoon is over and it’s time
to cut the cards. American Idol Winner Ruben
Studdard has gotten his marching orders from
his new bride Surata. Mrs. Studdard wants to
start a family, and she needs her husband
healthy. Studdard currently weights 349
pounds. At his heaviest, he weighed 429
pounds. The Mrs. has put her hubby on a high
protein-low carb diet.
Oscar-winning Actor Morgan Freeman is
pleading with his wife of 24 years to take
him back. The 71-year old actor says he was
stunned when his wife confronted him
accusing him of having an affair with one of
her close friends. Freeman is currently
promoting the new Batman movie, The Dark
Knight, and he is finding the controversy
regarding his marriage distracting. In the
new batman movie, Morgan plays the faithful
assistant to Batman, played by Actor
Christian Bale. There is a lot of
anticipation regarding this movie because it
is the final film appearance of actor Heath
Ledger. He plays “The Joker,” and he died of
an overdose earlier this year. Freeman can’t
believe his marriage has fallen apart, and
that his wife has chosen to listen to lies
over him.
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Actress
Tasha Smith stole the show in the Tyler
Perry movie Why Did I Get Married, and now
she is stepping behind the camera to direct
her first movie. The movie, Family, will
star Bow Wow and Sharon Leal.
The wedding
date is set for Actress Malinda Williams
(“Bird” from TV’s Soul Food) and Rapper
D-Nice. The date is Saturday, August 23rd.
Williams was most recently seen in the movie
First Sunday. She says she has found her
soul mate in D-Nice, a.k.a. Derrick Jones.
She is ready to be Mrs. Jones. After a
tumultuous relationship with actor Mekhi
Phifer (they have a young son), her family
says they are happy she has found true love.
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Will Smith is truly the box office
king for the Fourth of July holiday.
His latest movie Hancock, where he
plays a flawed superhero, took in
over $185 million worldwide in box
office receipts.
Ebony magazine has unveiled the 25
coolest brothers of all time. The
August edition has eight different
covers featuring Democratic
Presidential Candidate Barack Obama,
Denzel Washington, Marvin Gaye,
Billy Dee Williams, Jay-Z and
Muhammad Ali. Some of the other
featured include Don Cheadle, Sidney
Poitier, Prince, LL Cool J, Samuel
L. Jackson and Gordon Parks, to name
a few. The issue is on newsstands
now. Al Green and New Edition are
going to be profiled in future
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Evander Holyfield is being hauled
back into court again. His finances
are a mess. He saved his $10 million
home from going into foreclosure,
but he is still having problems with
his child support payments. He has
nine children, and one of his baby
mommas is claiming that she is owed
$9,000 in back child support. She
also says payment has stopped on her
child’s school tuition and their
health insurance has been cut off.
Holyfield’s baby mommas were warned
not to expect payments for up to
three months as he sorted out his
financial problems. But, some of the
ladies depended on his money for
their livelihood, and now they face
evictions from their homes.
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Lenny Kravitz says he is no home
wrecker. Kravitz says rumors of him
having an affair with Alex
Rodriguez’s wife Cynthia are not
true. Kravitz and Rodriguez share
the same manager, and he has been
friends with Cynthia for years.
Kravitz is currently on tour. He
says he has worked to rebuild his
image, and he doesn’t need a scandal
like this. Kravitz feels betrayed by
his manger, and word has it he is
seeking new management. Kravitz says
the Rodriguez marriage may be having
problems, but he is not the cause of
it. Alex Rodriguez stands to lose
millions in a divorce from his long
suffering wife. Cynthia Rodriguez
recently gave birth to their second
child, a daughter, and she has
accused the Yankee slugger of having
an affair with pop star Madonna.
Madonna has denied having an affair
with the baseball star. Friends of
Cynthia Rodriguez believe it was an
affair of the heart that led the
baseball star to the Kabbalah
religion. The Kabbalah religion is
known for their famous followers,
and word has it they are on the hunt
for their next big time donor.
Either way A-Rod needs to watch his
wallet.
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Singer Sisqo of Dru Hill and The
Thong Song fame is currently on
probation following an arrest for
D.U.I. The incident happened late
last year in Baltimore, and he also
has to pay up to $1,700 in fines.
Victor Willis, the original
policeman for the disco group The
Village People and co-writer of the
classic songs Macho Man and Y.M.C.A.
is recovering from vocal chord
surgery. Willis has been having
vocal problems for most of the year,
and he is finally getting help. He
hopes to continue touring later this
year.
Beyonce will be headlining the 2009
Essence Music Festival next year.
Look for a new Beyonce album later
this year and a new movie with Idris
Elba next February.
Chris Rock is teaming up with
Hallmark Cards. Rock will be the
voice for a new line of greeting
cards that will deal with age,
finances, and relationships.
At
the movies, it’s Meet Dave with
Eddie Murphy and Gabrielle Union. In
the movie, Murphy plays a spaceship
with people living inside his head. |
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