Character actor Julius Carry died Aug. 19 in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer. He was 56.
He had recurring roles on TV shows including "Two Guys And Girl," "Boy Meets World," "Grown Ups," "The District," "Cosby," "Murphy Brown," "It's A Living" and "Duet."
Carry appeared in more than 100 guest roles including "Hill Street Blues," "Jag," "Spin City" and "Moesha."
He also appeared as the villain Sho'nuff in the cult pic "The Last Dragon." Other feature credits included "The New Guy," "Moving," "World Gone Wild," "The Man With The Red Shoe" and "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh."
Born in Chicago, his first screen credit was in "Disco Godfather."
Carry is survived by his wife Naomi.
Donations may be made to The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Yung 'I don't do dark butts' Berg's debut cd sold a little more than 19,000 units its first week out.
First of all, Isaac Hayes had two funerals. There was the one on Monday that was open to the public and a private one on Sunday that was organized by the Scientologists. The Sunday one was filled to the brim with celebrities including Isaac's fellow scientologists Doug E. Fresh, Chick Corea, Tom Cruise, Anne Archer and Kelly Preston, as well as his non-Scientology celeb pals Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Bootsy Collins, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Sam Moore, Aretha Franklin, Chuck D, Maurice White, John Singleton, Richard Roundtree, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson any many others. Anyway, folks are whispering about how weird the Scientology funeral was because they barely mentioned his music, no one sang any of his songs and they didn't talk about his film or television career. They say the whole memorial, if you could call it that, was mostly his Scientology pals talking about themselves while being filmed by Scientology leaders. Also, according to witnesses, the Scientology speakers and performers — there were seven in all — made little reference to Hayes’ 11 grown children, just to his wife of three years and their 2-year-old son. The snubs were so blatant, Isaac's oldest daughter Veronica, who didn’t get to speak until nearly two and a half hours had passed, felt the need to declare, "Just to clear it up, there are 11 children." Isaac's family members are also upset because he was not buried next to his grandmother, but instead buried in what they referred to as "the white cemetery."
They say Prince sat outside Janelle Monae's concert at The Viper Room, waited for her to come out then invited her into his limo for a chat.
Arson investigators trying to get to the bottom of the suspicious fire that burned 50 Cent's baby mama's house to the ground are frustrated because they have not been able to question the rapper at all regarding the case. While Shaniqua has met with investigators several times, her lawyers claim 50, who was in New Orleans filming a movie at the time of the blaze, has refused to speak with investigators.
P Miller, who, by the way, does not wish to be called Master P anymore, is starting a new television station called Better Black TV.
Remember back in July when Bernice and Martin King III sued their brother Dexter claiming he was mishandling funds from the Martin Luther King Jr. estate? Well Dexter launched a suit of his own against Bernice and Martin III. Dexter's suit accuses Martin III and Bernice of establishing foundations in direct competition with The King Center and claims that Martin III used the center without permission to meet with then-presidential candidate John Edwards in January 2008.
While troubled rapper DMX sits in a Miami jail, his people are actively shopping a new DMX reality show around to the networks. They're offering to let cameras follow DMX while he resolves his various legal troubles. So far there have been no takers.
Remember when former editor in chief of The Source magazine, Kim Osorio, sued Source founders Dave Mays and Ray Benzino for sexual harassment and won that multi-mullion dollar settlement? Get ready to read all about it. Kim wrote a book called Straight To The Source: An Expose From The Former Editor-In-Chief Of The Hip-Hop Bible. Kim dishes all the dirty details on how Benzino would be switching covers at the last minute, re-ordering cover shoots, randomly firing employees, trading covers for beats and guest appearances on his records and how Benzio's favoring street cred over journalistic integrity lead to the magazine’s downfall. She also reveals a famous lover or two. *cough*50 and Nas*cough*
From the New York Post:
The lawyers who handled Bobby Brown's divorce from Whitney Houston are suing his ass for $90,217 in unpaid legal fees.
