Shemar got arrested for a DUI. He got pulled over after officers noticed him speeding near Santa Monica Blvd. at 1:30 AM. After he was stopped, cops reported that he "displayed signs of alcohol impairment and a DUI investigation was conducted." He was arrested and transported to a nearby station, where he took a breath test and was later booked. He was released on $5000.00 bond.
Mary J. Blige wanted to record Umbrella, but Rihanna persuaded the songwriters to give it to her instead...
Robin Givens wrote a book called Grace Will Lead Me Home and in it she says 48 before she and Mike did that infamous Barbara Walters interview, Mike raped her. She writes that she was woke up and raped by a drunken Tyson who “climbed on top of me . . . and grabbed me by my throat.” She writes that she tried to reach for a phone and screamed for him to stop but Tyson “pinned my hands above my head . . . He pulled my pajama pants down . . . I begged him to stop as he undid his pants and began to shove himself on me.”
Steven Spielburg wanted Patti LaBelle to play Shug Avery in The Color Purple but she turned it down because of the same sex kiss between Shug and Miss Celie. Patti says, "I told Steven Spielberg I couldn't be in his film... I wasn't kissing a woman. I regret it because it was just acting. She (Shug) was in the tub, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. So after I saw the movie, I said, 'Maybe I shouldn't have gotten so nervous about doing something that's acting.' I should have shut up and just done the screen test and maybe I would have been Shug Avery."
Whoever said Tracy Morgan was drinking in Las Vegas is a dirty liar. Tracy's alcohol monitoring device hasn't detected any alcohol in his system. So while he may have been acting a fool in Vegas last week, it wasn't because he was drunk. Do those things detect weed?
Melyssa Ford was talking to Gyant from SOHH at Ne Yo's new Atlanta studio party and he asked her about playing Wendy Williams' husband's mistress in the movie about Wendy's life and Melyssa said, “I don’t want to be pigeonholed. I want to expand as an actor, and that role might not be the best thing for me or my career.” The problem is Wendy Williams had no idea. Listen to what she says after she found out here.
Channel 2 Action News has confirmed Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Michael Vick will no longer be featured in ads for AirTran Airways. AirTran officials said Vick’s contract expired May 8 and the company decided to go in another direction. Vick had been a pitchman for the airline since 2004.
