Kanye: The New King of Pop

Kanye west has began calling himself the new “King of Pop. Here’s what he had to say:

“You know everyone loves and respects Michael but times change. It’s so sad to see Michael gone but it makes a path for a new King of Pop and I’m willing to take that on. There’s nobody who can match me in sales and in respect so it only makes sense for me to take over Michael’s crown and become the new King. First there was Elvis, then there was Michael, now in the 21st century its Kanye’s time to rule. I have nothing but respect for Michael but someone needs to pick up where he left off and there’s nobody better than me to do that. I am the new King of Pop.” Source

Even if this were true (which I’m not saying it is) he’s crossing a line here. A bunch of folks are gonna be mad. Damn, he couldn’t wait for MJ to at least be in the ground before poppin off?

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Obamapolooza!!!!

Fred Durst didn’t vote because he has no faith in the U.S. political system and believes Obama isn’t the right man for the job.
Durst tells Kerrang! magazine, "I did not vote. It's a phobia I have, there's something psychological about it. I know it's not responsible, but I've voted for lots of things besides the President - lots of things that have changed children's lives and the planet's life. I just haven't voted for a President because I still believe we haven't found one."But despite his phobia, he’s not ruling out pursuing a career in politics: "I could see myself having a very substantial point of view and contribution to helping politics get on the path of being less corrupt. It's so f--king corrupt - it's out of control and it's anarchy." Source
It’s one thing to not think Obama is right for the job. It’s another (especially if your Fred Durst) to think you can turn the country around. Sorry pal, not buying it.

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Zoe Pulls Hot Guys with Big Nose and No Teats

Zoe Saldana has this to say about self confidence:

“Look at me. I’m skinny, I have a big nose, no tits and no ass, but in a room full of beautiful women, I would still leave with the most gorgeous guy.” Source

Well, ok. I’m all down for confidence. But she says that she leaves with the most gorgeous guy. Not the most gorgeous guy becomes her boyfriend. Which leads me to deduce that the reason why she’s leaving with them…is because she’s taking them home. In which case her big nose and lack of t&a doesn’t matter. That or she’s got a really great personality and keeps meeting guys who are into having a great convo.

Sidebar: Star Trek was soooo good!

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Dawn Talks...I Snore

Damn keeps feeling the need to “keep it real” by letting the world know how much she has love for Aubrey…all whilst calling hre out her name. Here’s what she had to say about Aubrey in a recent radio interview.
"Honestly, real talk, she cool, I don't like it when people go in like that and try to pit us against each other" said Richards "Me and her [Aubrey] used to be mad cool, real talk, but this is the reality, I think we're all different personalities and you have to be a certain type of person to wanna deal with that, because if you like drama then that's your person you hang with, but I don't like drama so we didn't click long enough to hang." "My thing is I like to be part of a business, if you're a part of a brand [then] I like to keep the brand good, ya feel me? I felt like I had other mouths to feed so I would never mess up Shannon's mouth, Aubrey's mouth, D Wood's mouth, and when you start messin' up my money and my home then I have a problem, that was my issue with Aubrey." "It had nothing to do with her personality, who she is, she's a talented girl, but when you're missin' shows and fans are paying for you and you're the star of the group, I knew it and I was cool with it I was riding the ticket you know, but when you're the star and you don't show up and people know you're not comin', you're messin' up the money you know, that's a problem." SOURCE

And here’s what Aubrey had to say in response:
I missed a total of 3 shows during the time I performed on BWAY! Never for my entire career with DK did I miss even a meet and greet. The days I missed were because I was sick, and so all of you understand what that means when you are in a contract with Six Flags, and actual doctor has to see you, determine you are unhealthy for travel, and then fax over all the details in order for the remaining girls to be able to even get paid. For the record, they got paid for ALL 3 shows! I was burning the candle at both ends in rehearsal and stage performances for DK and BWAY. Diddy gave me his blessing for this project, as he knew the state of DK at the time, and not every member wanted to be there. -Aubrey SOURCE
Dawn! It’s over! Move on! Jesus!

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Why Does Everyone Want to Kill Michelle Rodriguez?

Michelle Rodriguez is pissed that all of her characters seem to die in her movies. So she’s taking a stab at movie bosses but revealing the endings of all the movies she’s in.

Rodriguez tells Latina.com, "Anytime you've got a wild, independent, free-spirited woman, she has to die at the end of the movie, unless it's a movie that's so sci-fi that it can't be real, like Tomb Raider.
"Me? I die in every film that I'm in this year. They're just gonna have to keep on killing me. I'll keep coming back, until they realize what's hot and make flicks for b**ches like me."

This year she’s in the Fast in the Furious, Tropico de Sangre, and Avatar. Source

SOMEONE needs to get over themselves. Not only have her characters been killed, but with this latest tomfoolery from her, looks like her career may be dead as well.

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Aubrey Talks Cocaine and...

Aubrey wrote a blog entry entitled “Cocaine & Pussy” (MA'AM!) on GlobalGrind.com where she talks about society’s tendency to give too much weight to the actions of celebrities.

"Aren't we all taking ourselves a lil' too seriously?" she writes. "In the entertainment industry, there is this strong pressure to be an artist that has 'longevity and credibility'. Don't get me wrong; those are amazing goals, but all too often, we measure every action of an artist, as to whether it will directly achieve those goals. Webster’s dictionary defines longevity as 'a long continuance.' Credibility is defined as 'the quality of inspiring belief.' Those definitions are subjective and therefore capable of holding different meanings depending on who you ask. Who on earth is so all knowing and all powerful that they should be the one to define the goal or meaning for another's life and career?""They're telling me, in their words, to be 'as vague and opinionless as possible, so you don't offend the masses, so you will sell a higher number of records'," Aubrey writes."I know artists that are credible, helpful and 'down for any cause', that have been denied the ability to do charity work or to provide aid to a charity, based on the fact that something about them did not fit the charity's standards of an artist who has 'credibility and longevity'. How ridiculous is that?" she continued."Maybe we all ought to lighten up and allow our artists to be what they are and say what they really feel or think instead of giving the 'vague and opinionless' answer as taught to my generation of artists in order to achieve 'credibility and longevity' to sell more records... Maybe next time the answer should be something as simple as 'cocaine and p***y'." Source

It’s an unfortunate reality that once someone enters the public eye they cease be become a real person, to the public that is. Whatever the public perceives about you or the media puts out about you is the price of fame. You trade in your right to be regarded as a normal human being when your bank account deems you otherwise. I’m not saying it’s right…it just IS.

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Angela Bassett has a Bone to Pick with Woody Allen

Angela Basset told The Daily Telegraph that she’s unhappy with the portrayal of black women in Woody’ Allen’s latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
She said: "I mean, to have one black cast member for the whole film seems rather strange, and, oh yes, she's a prostitute, of course.
"Don't get me wrong, I love Spain and it looked beautiful, but that part of the world is so diverse and, really, what is that about?"
She also added that she has no desire to work with him.
"I wouldn't want to. He's a little weird," she said. Source
Haha, I agree on both points.

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Kim is Honored she got a Razzie Nomination

Kim Kardashian is honored about her Razzie nom for her role in “Disaster Movie”.
“I had so much fun filming Disaster Movie and giggled the entire time during the shoot. “There is steep competition in my “worst supporting actress” category, I have to admit... including my fantastic costar Carmen Electra (you go girl!), Leelee Sobieski (what a surprise!), Jenny McCarthy (really?) and Paris Hilton (who could technically sweep this year's awards with a whopping three nominations!).”“It's an honor just being nominated! LOL! “XOXO, “Kim
Source
How gracious of her. I mean it’s not like she’s gonna EVER win an Oscar.

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Kanye Wants to Go Nude

Kanye West, who covers the latest VIBE magazine says that he wants to take it all off for the cameras one day. He says:
“I made a decision. I wanna make popular music, but I want less fans. I want the freedom of having less fans. It’s like the freedom of having less money. If you have less money, you have less responsibility. It’s like Björk. If she wanted to pose naked, you’d be like, ‘Oh, that’s Björk.’ But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it. I definitely feel like, in the next however many years, if I work out for two months, that I’ll pose naked. I break every rule and mentality of hip-hop, of black culture, of American culture.” Source
I don’t care how much he works out I’d never want to see his twig and berries posted all over the glossies.
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Spike Lee's Not Rich

Spike Lee recently told the UK’s Sunday Observer that he’s totally not rich. He said that he wanted his kids to go to public school like him, “But my wife put the kibosh on that. It’s not rich rich. Rich is Spielberg. Lucas. Gates. Steve Jobs. Jay-Z! Bruce Springsteen. I’m not complaining. But that’s money. Will Smith. Oprah Winfrey - that’s a ton of money. Compared to them, I’m on welfare!” Source
I’m sorry but I seem to have missed his point.

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Solo Defends Bey

Solange laughed off the idea that Janet Jackson would confront her sister over statements Bey said about the Jackson family.
A source claims she said, “What ever. Beyonce ain’t scared of Janet. All my sister did was tell the truth…she wasn’t trying to hurt nobody”. Source
This reminds me of the infamous lockerrom fight of Lincoln Middle School circa ’95. These two chicks were beefin all year. One of them, we’ll call her Baldy, kept talkin about how she was gonna kick the other’s ass, threatening her and saying she had a wide butt (she did but that’s not the point). So at the end of the year Big Butt got sick and tired of dealing with this chick. After a rousing game of kickball she found Baldy in the locker room, waited for her to bend over to tie her shoe and kicked her in the face. Then baldy found a miscellaneous clog on the floor and started bashing in the side of Big Butt’s face. It was worse than watching a Kimbo Slice beatdown. Anywho, I say this to say that folks need to be careful about flappin’ their gums so much because it often leads to broken teeth and weave on the floor.
The End

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Eva says It's Easy Being Pretty

Eva Mendes admits that she hates it when actresses complain about beign beautiful.
"It really rubs me up the wrong way when I hear these 'actresses' saying it's so hard to be beautiful to get respect in this industry," she told The Mirror.
"It sounds so arrogant. The easiest thing in this industry is to be beautiful. Try being overweight." Source
Not that she would know but thanks for the shout out to The Pleasantly Plump Crew…we appreciate it.

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Katy's 'Real' and Gross

Katy Perry recently shared some of her nasty habits. She says, "I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl." Source
OOOOORR you’re a manufactured pop star whom the label made by mixing Pink, Avril Levine, Lily Allen and a 50s pin up model. And if you fart its always to the tune of “He’s got the Whole World in His Hands” in honor of the good lord Jesus.
Aaaaah-meeeeen.

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Diddy Likes Foot Rubs...A LOT

Sean “Beady Eyes and Unfortunate Teeth” Combs reveals his guilty pleasure. "My guilty pleasure is foot massages. That's right up there with sex." Source
Um yea…I’m thinking he’s some type of sexual deviant. All this talk about tantric sex and foot rubs and gold medal orgasms makes me think that he’s the kind of guy who waits until you get really comfortable then in the middle of sex asks you to do something weird like stick your thumb in his butt. Not that I would know…

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Kanye Thinks Bey is Better Than Tina Turner

Kanye West decided to share his thoughts about Beyonce during a press conference in New Zealand. He said,
“Nobody really wants to recognize that Beyoncé is a f*cking living legend and that she is just as great, if not greater, than the artists that we had in the past…that she’s probably greater than Tina Turner.” Source She said it…I didn’t…But I must admit that I agree with the sentiment.

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Kanye Post

When Kanye West finally showed up (two hours late) to his gig at the Konig-Pilsener Arena in germany, he announced to the crowd, “I really need some pussy tonight!”
1. That’s no excuse to be late.
2. What in the hell kinda got damn excuse is that?!
3. ILK!

More Kanye... Kanye, in an interview with KROQ talked about his statements at the Europeand VMAs about Britney and Rihanna. He said, “Im not trying to diss Britney or anything like that. One of my favorite songs last year was “Gimme Gimme.” Like, I love that record. But I just feel like Rihanna had a really breakout year and became the biggest artist… like Rihanna sells more records than me all together if you include her in national sales and she is arguably the biggest artist in the world right now.“ Source
He’s got diarrhea of the mouth. Someone should really muzzle him. It’ll keep him from doing all that back peddling he likes to do.

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Jaime Messed up His Teeth for a Role...Like on Purpose

Jaime Foxx said that he went through great lengths to prepare himself for his role in “The Soloist”, in which he place a homeless, schizophrenic, musical genius living on the street of Los Angeles.
Jaime says, "I spent hours getting the nuances of the person, making him real. I pushed things a bit...put a gap in my teeth. Some might think I fucked up my grill for nothing but I just wanted to come up with something to make the part unique. I had one chipped out with a chisel." Source
For someone who’s, well, not so um, well he’s not the most handsome man in the world…Maybe he should have stayed away from the dental damage, no?

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Prince Talks Politics and Gay Marriage

Prince, who became a Jehovah’s Witness back in 2000, recently spoke about his religious views, politics, and social issues like gay marriage and abortion.
“So here’s how it is: you’ve got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this.” He pointed to a Bible. “But there’s the problem of interpretation, and you’ve got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here, but it doesn’t. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve got blue, you’ve got the Democrats, and they’re, like, ‘You can do whatever you want.’ Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right.” Source
Sorry Prince but I your message gets a little lost behind all that eyeliner you’re wearing. Wipe it off and maybe we can hear you.

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Beyonce Talks About Becoming Sasha

Bey was featured in the latest issue of V Magazine, in which she talks about her ritual of becoming Sasha Fierce, her alter ego.

“It’s funny because right before the show I’m under the stage making sure my double-stick is in the right place, my pack is turned on, and my shoes have the stickies on the bottom so I don’t slip—all of these things that are so not glamorous. Then I take my last sip of water, clear my throat, close my eyes, and tell myself, You are fierce. You are fierce. You are fierce! And the second I take that first step and hear that crowd, I kind of transform. By the time I get up to the stage, I’m in the zone. I don’t feel anything anymore. Like if I’m in pain or if I’m nervous it kind of becomes, I don’t know how to describe it, I become that other thing. It’s like I’m ready for war.” Source
Someone really needs to stop her from talking. She usually ends up sounding dumb or crazy…or in this case, both. Every time she opens her mouth an angel cries. Sigh.

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Sigh...God Be With Us

In an interview for BET’s black carpet, Toure’ asked rapper Soulja Boy, “What historical figure do you most hate?” Noticing Soulja was stumped, Toure' tried to give the rapper some insight telling him, "Others have said Hitler, bin Laden, the slave masters..." To which Soulja Boy replied, "Oh wait! Hold up! Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we'd still be in Africa. We wouldn't be here to get this ice and tattoos." Source
When I first read this I laughed…and then I realized he was serious. Excuse me whilst I go rock back and forth holding my black rag doll against my bosom singing “I Believe the Children are our Future”.

(Thanks Marlon!)
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