Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Did You Know D Wade Had A Sports Bar Chain?
Well don't bother committing it to memory. It shut down after only a few months. The one in Boca Raton closed 2 months after it opened and the one in Fort Lauderdale closed after 2 ½ months and plans to open one in Chicago have been scrapped.
$3 Million Lawsuit Against Diddy Dismissed
Hedge fund manager Maria Dominguez went one of P Diddy's White Parties wearing a mermaid costume with starfish pasties on her boobs and got mad at Puff after pictures showed up in Vibe Magazine, so she sued for invasion-of-privacy claiming the pictures caused her "mental strain and distress, disturbance of peace of mind, irreparable harm to her reputation, to her person and forced her to lose certain business opportunities." No Dice, Maria.
The judge threw the case out saying Maria couldn't expect privacy once she took off her top because, "Sean Combs and his renowned annual White Party are subjects of tremendous public interest, attracting the steady attention of the public and many news organizations."
"When you come to a party and you dress provocatively and you see a swarm of photographers there, you would know what you're getting yourself into," a lawyer for Puff argued.
No New School Daze For Spike
Big Boi Joins Grand Hustle
Atlanta rapper Big Boi, recently signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle management. The only problem is, according to SOHH, he didn't bother to tell his old manager. Ouch.
Goldman's Lawyer To Testify In OJ Case
Prosecutors got the green light last night to bring Fred Goldman's lawyer to the witness stand - outraging O.J. Simpson's lawyers.
The purpose would be to show how the disgraced grid great allegedly hides money from the grieving dad, whose son, Ron, was slain with O.J.'s ex Nicole Brown Simpson on 1994.
Judge Jackie Glass ruled that the lawyer, David Cook, can testify this morning about his efforts to recover more than $33 million Simpson owes on a wrongful-death verdict.
"He was hiding property from the Goldman estate," DA David Roger told the judge. "It [Cook's testimony] establishes his motive, his common scheme of plan and his intent."
Forbes Magazine Annual "Worlds Best-Paid Music Stars" list
2. Beyonce Knowles- $80 million
3. Toby Keith- $48 million
4. Justin Timberlake- $44 million
5. Madonna- $40 million
6. Celine Dion- $40 million
7. Rascal Flatts- $40 million
8. Van Halen- $35 million
9. Genesis- $ 31 million
10. Gwen Stefani- $27 Million
Kanye's Muppet Show
Kanye is developing a puppet show project for Comedy Central called Alligator Boots. They're touting it as a hip-hop meets the Muppets kind of thing.
Ne-Yo Says
"People feel that because I'm a fully functional adult and not a heroin addict, I won't sell magazines. Everybody wants me to be the guy sleeping with every celebrity woman in this industry. Everyone wants me to be this guy in the club, popping 17 bottles. Everybody wants me to be Diddy, but that's not me."
Jay Launched His Label
The new label, called StarRoc, is a 50/50 partnership between Jay's Roc Nation company and Norwegian producers Stargate [Stargate produced Ne-Yo's "So Sick", "Unfaithful" and "Take a Bow" for Rihanna and Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable"]. The label will be housed in Jay's Rock the Mic recording studio in Manhattan.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
DMX Hospitalized
DMX, who was scheduled to appear in court in Arizona today, was taken to an emergency room in Aventura, Fla. yesterday for "fear of a stroke."