Diddy Says

Mike Tyson Will Not Face Charges

Mike Tyson will be ringing in the New Year a free man. The LA City Attorney ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge Mike for beating the living hell out of a photog at LAX last November [click here if you missed that].  At the time, both men accused the other of initiating the fight, but only one of them ended up needing stitches.

I Heard

that Tyra Banks didn't quit her show. It was cancelled.

Diddy Suing Over Sales Loss

Fashion mogul Sean Combs filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against the landowners of his flagship Sean John store in New York, blaming them for SJ sales nosediving over 50%. Diddy says in 2006 the building owner put a sidewalk scaffold in front of his store window that "substantially obstructed the  view of the clothing and furnishings displayed in the ground floor windows."

Slim Thug Twitter Madness

Twit Pic after the jump

Teddy Riley Releases a Statement

"Due to recent events, I am compelled to respond in detail to accusations made against me, by my daughters.

I love my Daughters, but I will not allow my children to disrespect me in my home. Contrary to what I have been accused of, I would never beat my children.

Perhaps, I should have been a stronger disciplinarian as they were growing up. I worked very hard so that my children would want for nothing."

Diddy is Not Going out for New Years Eve

But he is offering free rides for those of you who are. For the second year in a row Diddy's "Safe Rides" program is offering subway tokens and taxi vouchers to the drunken masses on New Year's Eve in New York City and Las Vegas. Diddy says, "New York stands as the world's icon for a New Year's Eve celebration and Las Vegas is the biggest party destination in the country. By bringing this program to both of these great cities we will continue to show the rest of the country that a sophisticated holiday celebration doesn't end when the ball drops, but when everyone gets home safely."

Ever Wonder How Mary Got That Scar?

click here

And He'd Do it Again

Yesterday word leaked out about the Christmas Eve eve fight between Teddy Riley and his two adult daughters. The skirmish played itself out on Twitter with the girls attacking their father and his girlfriend leading up to the beatdown. And before deleting his Twitter page, Teddy made no apologies for what he'd done.

Pictures of Taja Riley's bruised face and her follow-up Tweets after the cut

They Say

Tyra Show employees found out she was ending her talk show the same time you did. Snitches on set say Tyra notified the press she was leaving before even telling her staff! They say she did the same thing when she packed up and moved the show from LA to New York. Crew members who made the cross-country trek are said to be PRETTY pissed off.

Beverly Johnson Sued for Palimony

Supermodel Beverly Johnson's ex-boyfriend is suing her for $5 million dollars. Mark Burk claims he and Beverly agreed to act as man and wife and split whatever she earned during their relationship. Mark also claims Beverly promised to take care of him for life in the style which he'd become accustomed. Bev dumped his ass in 2008 and in his suit, Mark claims Beverly has not kept up her end of the bargain.

Burglars Target Monica's Stepfather's Church

According to news reports the church has been broken into and robbed twice in the past month.

Chris Brown and Usher at the Cavs vs Hawks Game

 Looks like Chris and Usher got over their little spat. You remember, after Chris Brown kicked Rihanna's ass and they got back together at Puffy crib in Miami, and Usher spoke slick about Chris not showing enough remorse. Click here if you missed that.  BTW, whatever happened with that community service thing?

Mary J Blige Living With Her Husband's Ex?

She is according to Hollywood Street King! HSK, who was the first to break the Mary J / Kendu fight story, says Kendu used the Bible to separate Mary from her own family, while moving his family in, including his ex-wife!

Teddy Riley Jumped on his Daughters

I would say Teddy Riley gave his daughters whuppings, but they're over eighteen and too old for whuppings. Anyway, on December 23rd in LA, Teddy's daughter Taja called the cops and told them Teddy stomped, beat and bashed her and her older sister and threatened to kill them with both a Rock Band video game guitar. The daughters were granted a restraining order and Teddy has to stay at least 100 yards away from them.  Their next court date is set for January.

Who's Cheating on their Wife?

click here

This May Pose a Problem

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a major component of "The Rihanna Experience" her super sexy stage gear?  I'm just saying, because she's getting paid $500,000.00 to perform on New Year's Eve in the United Arab Emirates and the strict Muslim country has told her she'll have to cover up during her performance. Of course she agreed, but what's that going to leave them with? Her beautiful singing voice?

Start Snitching

Earlier this month rapper [<--does he still rap?] Nelly's St. Louis home was burglarized. An unknown intruder entered through a locked window and left with a duffel bag full of stuff. Though three of Nelly's people were in the house at the time, only one person saw and confronted the burglar, who is described as a male in his 20s or 30s[<--what the hell kind of description is that?] Anyway, Nelly is offering $10,000.00 to anyone who has information leading to the arrest of perps. If you know who did it and want to make a $10,000.00 come up, call the St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers Tip Hotline 866-371-TIPS (8477).

Jay Z Says

"I feel fantastic about turning 40, I'm in a great place, got a fantastic album, my eleventh number one which beats Elvis, so I'm feeling like the king of pop."

Lil Wayne's Miami Crib

Cassie Plays Her Position

Nick and Mariah's Sexy Christmas Card

No More Tyra Show

"This will be the last season of 'The Tyra Show,'" Tyra told People.com. "I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years. My next huge steps will allow me to reach more women and young girls to help us all feel as fierce as we truly are." In the future Tyra plans to focus fully on her film production company Bankable Studios.  The final episode of the talk show will air in the spring of 2010.

Kanye and Amber Spend Christmas With the Homeless

What did you do on Christmas day? Kanye West and Amber Rose spent the day on Skid Row volunteering at the Los Angeles Mission serving food to the homeless.

image lifted from Ricky Anderson's Twitter

Rihanna's Christmas in Barbados

The day after Christmas Rihanna was spotted on the beach in her native Barbados

More pictures after the jump

Did Elite Put Keyshia on Blast?

On Christmas Day several of Keyshia Cole's fans Tweeted her sister Elite asking what Keyshia bought her and Neffe's kids for Christmas. Elite answered honestly, plus had a few other choice things to say and  promptly took heat from Keyshia's fans who called her an ungrateful little bitch. Elite deleted most of the offending Tweets, but not all of them.

Piece together the conversation for yourself after the jump

Tyler Perry Taking Madea on The Road

Tyler Perry is taking Madea back on the road for the for the first time in five years. In his latest newsletter Tyler explaines that he'd taken the last few months off to spend with his dying mother. And now, he says, he needs to work through his grief.  Tyler's new play, Madea's Big Happy Family kicks off January 4th in El Paso, Texas.

Tyler's letter and tour dates after the jump

Gilbert Arenas in Gun Trouble

The NBA is investigating Washington Wizard Gilbert Arenas for keeping unloaded guns in his locker. The NBA's collective bargaining agreement allows for players to legally possess firearms but prohibits them at league facilities or when traveling on any league-related business. Gilbert says he brought the guns to work after the birth of his daughter because he "need them" anymore. "It happened like Dec. 10. Right after my daughter was born," Arenas said. "I decided I didn't want the guns in my house and around the kids anymore, so I took them to my lockbox at Verizon Center. Then like a week later, I turned them over to team security and told them to hand them over to the police, because I don't want them anymore. I wouldn't have brought them to D.C. had I known the rules. After my daughter was born, I was just like, I don't need these anymore."

Umm. Ok.

Does anybody but me think those guns had something to do with the alleged affair between Gilbert's finance and Shaquille O'Neal? Like he either brought the guns to shoot Shaq or he had to remove them from his house to keep from shooting his fiance?

The Boondocks will be back in about 3 Months

Keep Your Eyes on Derek Fisher

At the very beginning of this locker room interview LA Laker Derek Fisher is looking over his interviewer's shoulder straight into some guys naked ass! Butt sneak peek happens at the :05 mark.

D Wade and Gabrielle Union Chill on Miami Beach

Since Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats made it cool to come clean about who you date before your divorce is final, the-not-yet-divorced Dwyane Wade and  his lady love Gabrielle Union decided to take a "coming out" stroll on Miami Beach over the Christmas Holiday. 

Seems like it was just yesterday a very pissed off Gabrielle was blasting bloggers for embellishing her relationship with the then very married D Wade. The way she was going off you would never have guessed she was lying through her teeth [click here and here if you missed that].

more pictures after the jump

You Know You Play Too Much

when you Tweet that you're going to jail and nobody believes you. Grand Hustle comedian and prolific Tweeter Lil Duval does nothing but tell jokes on his Twitter all day. So on Christmas Eve when Duval tweeted about getting pulled over and going to jail for warrants, none of his Twitter followers believed him even though he Twit Pic'd pictures all the way. Not until he didn't show up to host Jingle Bash 2009 in Atlanta did anybody believe he wasn't crying wolf.  And yes. That's his real mugshot.

more pictures after the jump

Chance Combs

Diddy posted this video of his daughter Chance singing Christmas songs on Twitter today. Expect equally adorable video of the twins in 3...2...1...

That Was So Not a Punch

Video footage of the Mary J / Kendu "beat down" reached the Internet and it is such a let down! Mary barely touched Kendu! She did lay hands on him though, lending credence to the fact that all gossip is based in fact. Mary's love tap happens at the 1:08 mark.

Mary J Kicked Kendu's Ass

Mary J Blige had her album release party the other night and she and her husband Kendu got into a fight. Now according to The Hollywood Street King, it had to do with Mary's brother, Mary's husband, The VIP and some groupie chicks. HSK says Mary threw her brother out of the VIP and threw a drink in her husband's face before biting him on his wrist. Other reports say the fight was between Kendu and Mary's brother and that Mary was defending her brother by socking her husband in the mouth. Whatever happened, one things for sure. Mary J Blige jumped on her husband at her album release party.

Kanye's First Apperance Since He Showed out at the MTV Awards

Kanye surprised the audience at Kid Cudi's concert in LA last night and after going into a diatribe about how some artists are scare to stand up for what they believe in, dropped this verse : “I sold my soul to the devil, I know it’s a crappy deal/ At least it came with a few toys like a Happy Meal/ I’m spaced out dog, I be on that moon talk/ I wonder if God asked Mike how to Moonwalk.”

Guilty

Ashanti's text stalker was found guilty of textual harrasment [<--made up charge] yesterday and may spend up to two years in jail. Devar Hurd sent over 30 messages to Ashanti and her mother talking nasty and showing his genitals. Devar will be sentenced on January 11th. My only question is: How did he get the phone number?

Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Trailer

T.I. is out of Jail

and on his way to a halfway house in Atlanta.

Somebody's Happy Mashonda Deleted Her Twitter

but it sure in hell ain't me. Yesteday while Swizz Beats' soon to be ex-wife Mashonda was busy deleting her Twitter page Swizz was celebrating the end of Twitter beef.

They Say

Jennifer Hudson is pregnant again. Unconfirmed but it's what they're saying.

Because You Just Can't Get Enough

Beyonce will be performing at the Grammy Awards next month. Mrs. Carter is the first artist booked for the awards show scheduled to air live January 3, 2010. Beyonce is nominated for ten Grammys this year.

Fantasia For Real

Et Tu Tyrese?

Add Tyrese to the growing list of people who think Jay Z is a part of the Illuminati. Early this morning Tyrese posted this cryptic tweet, which has since been removed, along with a link to a video on Worldstarhiphop, also removed, that claimed to show proof Jay Z was part of the secret society. For the record, I never took that stuff seriously, but with Tyrese deleting the Tweet and the video mysteriously being taken down, I will admit it gave me the creeps.

Hot or Not?

Usher feat Nicki Minaj

Lil Freak

Yeah Right

Some Black / Puerto Rican chick called a radio station and swears she boned Tiger Woods. Click here if you're interested.

Swizz and Mashonda Keep it Civil for Kasseem Jr.'s B-Day Party

Last Friday Mashonda and Swizz put their differences aside to celebrate their son's 3rd birthday at the FAO Schwartz toy store in New York.

Well Rounded Artist

Who made a reindeer out of her left-over pasta?

Where Was Jay Z When This Happened?

Beanie Sigel's car was side swiped by a mack truck over the weekend. His rumored health status has run the gambit from seriously injured to escaping without a scratch. Considering he performed at a concert the very next day, I'm going to assume Beans is O.K..

Let's Hear it For the Weed Carriers

Though Lil Wayne's tour bus was stopped over the weekend and found to have been stuffed chock full of cannabis, no charges against Wayne are expected to be filed as no weed was found on his person. Huzzah!

R.I.P.

Alaina Reed Hall, best know for her role as Rose on 227, has died. She was 63. The official cause of death has not been released, but Alaina had been battling breast cancer for several years. She died on December 17, 2009.

Alicia Keys' Album Release Party

Lil Wayne Detained Last Night

You know the drill. Lil Wayne's tour bus was pulled over in Texas near the Mexico border last night and the cops found weed. How many times is this going to happen before Wayne hires a nondescript car to trail the buses and carry the weed? I'm just saying.

United Front or United in Fronting?

After news of their divorce became public yesterday Tina and Mathew Knowles released this joint statement

“The decision to end our marriage is an amicable one. We remain friends, parents, and business partners. If anyone is expecting an ugly messy fight, they will be sadly disappointed. We ask for your respect of our privacy as we handle this matter.”

For our sake, let's hope they go back on their word.

You're Fired!

One day after Bow Wow was supposed to perform in Suriname but got turned around at the airport because his "people" either didn't know or forgot they needed work visas, he put them all on notice: Ur Fired!

Heat by Beyonce

Commerical after the jump

Katt Williams Sued by Personal Assistant

Jacqueline Gutierrez is suing Katt Williams' Katpack Investments for $232,645, claiming she was never paid after spending 10 months on the road working for the wayward comic. Jacqi says not only didn't she get paid, she also had to come out of pocket for hotel bills and other tour related expenses.

Wayans Bros Sued for Plagiarism

A former assistant to the Wayans Bros. filed a lawsuit against them claiming they stole his book idea. Jared Edwards, who'd worked for the Wayans for over ten years, says he approached the brothers with his book "You Know You're a Gold Digger.." but they turned it down and later published their own book, "101 Ways to Know You're a Gold Digger". Keenan, Shawn, Marlon Wayans and St. Martin press are all named in the suit.

When A Woman's Fed Up

If this screen capture from the Harris County District Court website is to be believed Tina Knowles filed for divorce from Mathew Knowles on November 11, 2009. I guess that baby on the way was a bit to much for Mama Tina to bear [click here if you missed that].

Picture of the baby mama after the jump