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WEEK ENDING: July 30rd, 2010

Chris Tucker owes the IRS a lot of money. Apparently he didn’t get the message that if you don’t your pay your taxes you will go to jail, I.E. Wesley Snipes, and Ron Isley. Tucker owes the IRS 11 million dollars despite earning 20 million dollars for Rush Hour 2 and 25 million for Rush Hour 3.

No wedding bells for Alicia Keys and producer Swizz Beats. They are expecting their first child but details of her wedding are being kept under wraps. Keys recently parted ways with her longtime manager Jeff Robinson who has been with her from the start of her career. Sources say Robinson has been ripping her off financially and now she is relying on the advice of her future husband producer Swizz Beats to guide her career.

Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson has been busy promoting her new book Never Can Say Goodbye. She is also raising Michael Jackson’s three kids but sources say Katherine is not holding up well. Mom Katherine has been described as an emotional wreck. She is 80 years old and she is being pulled from all sides. There is hubby Joe Jackson who is still manipulating her, her grandkids, their mothers and her sons who still need her help financially. How much more can she take.

Singer Al Jarreau is doing better. Jarreau 70 collapsed on stage in France last week after experiencing breathing problems. He hopes to resume his European tour in a couple of weeks.

Changes are coming to the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Season three kicks off in September but some housewives are not going to make it. I hear Lisa Wu Hartwell will be let go during mid season. Filming is already going on without her. Hartwell is married to ex football player Ed Hartwell and she used to be married to singer Keith Sweat. In addition to cast changes look for plastic surgery, new cast members, relationship issues, and old antics. Lisa Wu Hartwell is probably being let go because she is the only one with a stable marriage.

Singer Kem is back with a new project. Intimacy III is due out in a couple of weeks. The lead single Why Should You Stay is climbing the charts.

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable channel will roll out with a limited launch in January. Then unveil a full scale launch later in the fall after she leaves her daytime TV show. Some of the highlights of the new network include Oscar winners Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Bryne, and Mariel Hemingway producing documentaries. Oprah’s BFF Gayle King will be hosting a live interview show. Country sensation Shania Twain will be hosting a reality show and The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is getting a show too. Oprah will be doing specials for the channel.

Ron Isley has been spending a lot of time with the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. He has been joining her on her latest tour and they will be collaborating on his next album.

Brian McKnight has been let off the hook. His former mistress tried to claim he was the father of her 14 year old son. McKnight had been ignoring the court orders and a judge claimed he had to pay his former mistress 400 thousand dollars in back child support. This made McKnight get a DNA test that proved he was not the father of this kid. His former mistress Miriam Lee was a woman he had been having an affair with since he was married. McKnight is no longer with the woman and his engaged to be married to another woman.

Actor Michael Ealy has joined the cast of the CBS TV show The Good Wife. Ealy who used to date Halle Berry has a new movie with Chris Brown and Idris Elba coming out in late August, Takers.

Dont miss Budweiser Superfest on Saturday, August 14 at the Gibson Amphitheatre with Kem, Jaheim, Anthony Hamilton and Raheem Devaughn.

Producer Jermaine Dupri has been having a hard time letting go of former girlfriend Janet Jackson. Janet has moved on with a rich young Arab billionaire and friends say she is very happy. Dupri on the other hand is not doing well sources say he is depressed he doesn’t have Janet and he is no longer affiliated with a major record label. He has had to lay off most of his staff and his money is drying up so he can no longer afford extravagant spending sprees. Many people blame Dupri for almost ruining Janet’s career. The Superbowl fiasco which was his idea (a publicity stunt that went very wrong,) and disappointing album sales and a lack luster tour. Since leaving Dupri Janet has moved on and she has had recent success with her movies and her recent stint on American Idol and The Essence music festival. She is also in love, she didn’t want to hurt Dupri but she realized he had nothing to offer her. Dupri hasn’t been handling this situation well and his threats against bloggers who talk about him hasn’t helped. Janet has just wrapped up filming Tyler Perry latest project For Colored girls with Whoopi Goldberg, Macy Gray, Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington and Loretta Devine. The movie comes out in January.

Lauryn Hill is prepping for a comeback. She is slowly making her way back onto the music scene. After the spectacular success of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill she disappeared and when she did make appearances she looked crazy. Hill is the mother of five children and she has to support her family. Will she be able to have success this time around? In a recent interview Hill admitted to becoming dissatisfied with the music business and family members who she felt betrayed her. She was also involved in a crazy situation with her children’s father who was married to another woman while she had his kids. She is an amazing talent who can sing and act let’s hope she has a successful return.

Halle Berry is coming to the Simpsons. Berry will play herself in an episode that will kick off their 22^nd season in September. In the season opener Bart and Homer win Academy Awards. Berry is currently in South Africa filming the movie Dark Tide and she is being accompanied by her baby daddy model Gabriel Aubrey. Berry has hired Aubrey take care of their daughter as the nanny. The two are trying to work out their differences for the sake of their daughter. Berry is taking care of his salary, food, and accommodations.

The NBC network is gearing up for some exciting new shows and they are bringing the hunks. Boris Kodjoe will be starring in the new show Undercover which will air on Wednesday nights. Blair Underwood will play the President of the United States in the new show The Event which airs on Monday nights. The show debuts September 20^th.

John Legend teams up with The Roots and Melanie Fiona for his new single Wake Up Everybody. This is the first single from the new album Wake Up which comes out in September.

We remember Actor Carl Gordon who played the patriarch on the TV series Roc. He was 78 years old. We also remember Singer Al Goodman of Ray Goodman and Brown and The Moments. He was 67 and died while undergoing surgery to remove a tumor and he had a heart attack. The funeral will be held on Monday in Englewood, NJ. He leaves behind his wife of thirty-four years, five kids, and one grandchild. Ray Goodman and Brown and The Moments are best known for the hits Special Lady, Inside of You, and Love on a Two Way Street.

Has Maxwell found love with Victoria’s Secret model Selita Eubanks? The two were spotted holding hands. At the beginning of the summer Eubanks was spotted with baseball’s Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies and she has also dated Nick Cannon.

Natalie Cole is preparing to write her second memoir. In her latest book Cole will detail her battle with Hepatitis C. She underwent a successful kidney transplant surgery. At the height of her illness Cole was on dialysis three times a week. Cole believes she contracted Hepatitis C because of her years of drug abuse. At the time of her kidney transplant Cole’s sister died of Cancer. In the book she will talk about that period in her life.

Actress Julia Pace Mitchell has joined the cast of the Young and The Restless. She plays the love interest of Malcolm. Mitchell’s parents are actors Judy Pace and Don Mitchell. In other Young and the Restless news doesn’t look for the return of actress Victoria Rowell who played the popular character Drucilla. Rowell has been tweeting about the hiring practices of the popular soap hinting that minorities don’t get a chance behind the scenes of the show.

Terrance Howard and Jennifer Hudson are on location in South Africa. They are filming the Winnie Mandela Story Hudson is playing Winnie and Howard plays Nelson Mandela.

Evander Holyfield’s 20 year old son was arrested last week in Atlanta on drug charges and driving with a suspended license. Earlier this year Holyfield’s wife Candy says the boxer attacked her in front of their children.

If you were a fan of The Hangover movie get ready for the sequel next year starring Bradley Cooper.

Wesley Snipes is finally going to jail. After a ten year fight with the IRS Snipes will have to start serving a three year sentence for failing to file and pay taxes since 1998. Snipes has already given the government 15 million dollars but that did not sway a federal appeals court which ruled Snipes must serve his sentence. There is no word on when he will start serving that sentence. Prosecutors have reached their wits end and they want him in jail now.