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WEEK ENDING: April 8th, 2011

The fight continues for the James Brown estate, worth $100 million. A lawyer for the estate is claiming Brown’s family is hijacking it. The lawyer claims the money was supposed to go Brown’s grandchildren and to a trust for needy children. The estate is generating money from royalties from his music and marketing. The Godfather Of Soul left behind six known and legal children. He died Christmas Day 2006 from heart failure at the age of 73.

Get well wishes go out to ESPN Sports Anchor Stuart Scott, who is battling cancer. He is currently undergoing chemotherapy.

Rapper/Reality Star Flavor Flav is running into problems with his fried chicken restaurant. The restaurant is in Ohio and workers have been complaining about not getting paid. Their checks have been bouncing.

The Oprah Winfrey Show finale is going to be huge. Oprah will say goodbye after 25 years with a huge Hollywood sendoff. May 23^rd and 24^th will feature Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Tyler Perry, Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Patti LaBelle, Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and Usher, just to name a few.

R Kelly says he’s tired of being misunderstood. R Kelly is telling all in his forthcoming autobiography entitled Soulacoaster. Kelly says he’s going to tell all, including the scandals, divorces and industry fights.

Shirley Strawberry, the co-host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show, is telling all in her new book The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice Because Bitterness Is Not Sexy. The book features the best of the Strawberry letters along with her advice and what it’s like working with Steve Harvey.

Get ready for the new DeShawn Snow. After getting dumped by The Real Housewives Of Atlanta and her ex-husband Eric Snow, De Shawn wants to show the world a brand new DeShawn Snow. She recently dropped thirty pounds and is raising her three sons as a single woman. DeShawn is hoping to land another reality show.

Aaron McCargo, Jr. is on a roll. The Camden, NJ native and season 4 winner of The Next Food Network Star is adding the title of author to his resume. McCargo has finished his first cookbook called Simply Done, Well Done. The book is in stores now. McCargo’s Food Network show Big Daddy’s House airs Fridays at 9:30am and Saturdays at 9am.

Is NeNe Leakes addicted to plastic surgery? The reality star of Celebrity Apprentice and The Real Housewives Of Atlanta has already had work done on her thighs, hips, stomach and nose. Plus she’s had lipo and her breast reduced and lifted along with new veneers. Friends say she should stop, but NeNe loves the spotlight and she wants to look her best. She feels plastic surgery is the way.

Friends of George Lopez want him to slow down. Lopez got a kidney from his wife a few years ago. Then they announced they were divorcing. Now he’s dating young girls, and when I say young girls, young enough to be his daughter. A lot of friends are embarrassed for the late night host. They’re saying he looks foolish, and he gets mad when people assume his dates are his daughter’s friends.

Grammy award winner and new mommy Alicia Keys is shooting a film for the Lifetime Network about breast cancer and its impact on young people’s lives.

Sugar Ray Leonard, who is currently doing his thing on Dancing With The Stars, is getting ready to release his autobiography. The Big Fight: My Life In And Out Of The Ring will discuss his boxing career, being sexually molested as a teen and drug use.

When will Allen Iverson return to playing basketball? Iverson has been on the disabled list of his team in Turkey for a lesion on his right calf. Iverson was recently pulled over in Atlanta for driving his Lamborghini with expired tags.

It’s the cast of Jumping The Broom on the new issue of Ebony magazine. Bishop T. D. Jakes' new movie opens in theatres May 6^th on Mothers Day Weekend. The movie stars Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Paula Patton, Mike Epps, Lil’ Romeo, Tasha Smith, Megan Goode and Laz Alonso. Alonso is also one of the stars of the A&E show Breakout Kings.

She may have been booted from Dancing With The Stars, but nothing will slow down Wendy Williams. She is on the latest edition of Essence magazine and she looks great. It’s their “girlfriends” issue.

Bernie Mac’s widow Rhonda McCullough has remarried. Earlier this year, she tied the knot with Horace Gilmore. Bernie Mac died in August of 2008.

Tyrese, who was recently featured in Jet magazine, is coming out with a new book of quotes, How To Get Out Of Your Own Way. This July, Tyrese returns to the big screen in the new Transformers movie.

The new season of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm kicks off July 10^th for its eighth season.

It’s a girl, baby Sydney, for Laila Ali and her husband Curtis Conway. Ali gave birth earlier this week. Sydney joins her two-year old brother Curtis, Jr.

Filming is underway for Season Three of Basketball Wives. Evelyn Lozado will be back. Last season, she went out with a bang after getting info a fight with cast member Tami Roman. Roman found out Evelyn slept with her husband Kenny Anderson and proceeded to whip her behind. Lozado didn’t like the way she was portrayed and demanded an apology and a raise to return. Well Lozado got both: an apology and about $15,000 an episode to return.

Another reality show returning is The Real Housewives Of Atlanta with all cast members intact. The new season returns in October.

Will Smith and his son Jaden will be teaming up for the new M. Night Shyamalan movie. The movie is a sci-fi thriller set 1,000 years in the future. The movie is about a boy, played by Jaden, finding his way around an abandoned planet after his spaceship crashes. Will plays his dad. Jaden had a big hit last year with The Karate Kid, and in 2006, he made his movie debut with his dad in the 2006 movie The Pursuit of Happyness.

Jermaine Jackson feels no one understands his financial woes. A judge has ordered Jermaine to pay his ex-wife Alejandra $100,000 in back child support. Jackson says he doesn’t have the money, and his ex, who has been mooching off of the Jackson family for over 18 years, doesn’t deserve any money, Alejandra Jackson has two children by Jermaine’s brother Randy and two by Jermaine.

Katie Couric leaving the CBS Evening News……hmmmmmmmm! Who will replace her? Sources say Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes. Couric may be headed to a syndicated deal with CBS in 2012.

Get ready for new music released from Jill Scott. Jill Scott From The Vault: Volume I is coming out this spring featuring a remake of the Bill Withers classic Lovely Day. And, an album of new music, The Light Of The Sun, is coming out in late summer.

Mary J. Blige is releasing My Life II: The Journey Continues in September.

Beyonce returns with a new album in June. Other new releases include Musiq Soulchild (MusiqInTheMagiq) on May 3^rd and Raphael Saadiq (Stone Rollin’) on May 10^th.

A naked Mariah Carey graces the new issue of Life & Style magazine. Carey is showing off her baby bump. She and hubby Nick Cannon are expecting twins, a boy and a girl, any day now.

Bobby Brown opens up in the new issue of People magazine. He says his 2005 reality show Being Bobby Brown made him turn his life around. Brown, 42, is married to his manager Alicia Etheridge, and they have a young son. Brown has been sober for the past six years. He says alcohol, cocaine and heroin use almost killed him.

Kirk Franklin and his beautiful wife Tammi grace the cover of the new issue of Jet magazine.