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Terrence Howard is fighting back after allegations came out about his abusing his second wife Michelle Ghent. Howard says Ghent started out loving and gentle then turned into a racist monster. He says she threatened to have him killed, and that she would call him monkey and the n-word. He says she hated black people. He also says she once attacked him with a bottle when she saw him talking to other women. Howard says her jealousy issues destroyed their marriage. A hearing is set for January 17th. His latest movie, Red Tails, about the Tuskegee Airmen opens in theatres January 20th. Famed Director George Lucas is the film’s producer.
Samuel L. Jackson has been named the highest grossing actor of all time. Jackson has appeared in over 100 films. His movies have grossed over $7.5 billion dollars, and he is now listed in the Guinness’ Book Of World Records. He is currently starring in the Broadway production of The Mountain Top with Angela Bassett. Some of Jackson’s biggest films include Pulp Fiction, Jungle Fever, Shaft and Do The Right Thing.
VH1 presents their new TV series Single Ladies on May 30th. The show stars Stacey Dash and LisaRaye McCoy. According to sources on the set, Dash and McCoy did not get along during filming. At one point, Dash was screaming and running around the set acting crazy. Dash and McCoy are both in their mid 40’s, and they both look fabulous. Queen Latifah produced the show. Now speaking of Latifah, word has it she is no longer with her fitness trainer girlfriend Jeanette Jenkins. In recent photos, Latifah has been spotted smoking and drinking.
The 2011 Billboard Music Awards are Sunday, May 22nd. Beyonce will be honored with the Millennium Award for her career achievements.
Singer Lauryn Hill is currently on tour, and she has been hinting that she has a big secret. What’s the secret? Hill is expecting her sixth child.
Rapper/Actor T.I. is expected to be released from prison in late September.
It’s been almost a year since the death of Gary Coleman, and he has yet to be buried. Legal issues between Coleman’s ex-wife Shannon Price and his parents are keeping him from being buried. The former child star died last year at the age of 42 after a fall in his home.
It was an amazing movie weekend for Jumping The Broom. To date, the movie has taken in almost $16 million. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, go see it. It’s excellent. Laz Alonso, Paula Patton, Loretta Devine, Angela Bassett, Mike Epps, Romeo Miller, Tasha Smith and Meagan Goode star.
Halle Berry is on the latest issue of Ebony magazine. The Oscar winner is in a nasty custody battle with her baby daddy Model Gabriel Aubry. The past week has been quiet between the two, but the charges of racial slurs and jealous fights have been ugly. Berry has put her career on hold to fight for custody of her daughter Nahla. Aubry’s friends say he is being unfairly maligned by a very powerful woman who couldn’t handle the fact that he was ready to move on with his life without her. Berry’s track record has not been good, and she always played the victim in her relationships. Her past marriages include Baseball Player David Justice and Singer Eric Benet. She has also dated Singer Christopher Williams and Actors Shemar Moore and Wesley Snipes. Aubry briefly dated Reality Star Kim Kardashian. Sources say this made Berry crazy, and ever since then she has vowed to make his life miserable. Berry is going to have to be careful. These ugly headlines are not good for her career or her image.
Will Ice Cube be the next “Dirty Harry?” The Dirty Harry character was made famous by Actor Clint Eastwood in five films from 1971-1988. Now, Ice Cube has teamed up with New Line Cinema to play a character loosely based on Dirty Harry. In the movie, which they hope to turn into a franchise, Ice Cube will play a plainclothes detective who is quick on the trigger.
Mel B talks about Eddie Murphy in her new reality show It’s A Scary World. She says when Murphy claimed he wasn’t the father of her baby, it was a horrible time and it hurt being called liar. In the reality show, Mel appears with her husband Stephen Belafonte and her two daughters Phoenix Chi and Angel Iris. Angel Iris is Murphy’s youngest daughter.
The 11th season of Dancing With The Stars kicks off on the 20th. This year’s dancers include David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, Knight Rider) Kirstie Alley (Cheers), Michael Bolton, Football Star Kurt Warner, Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol, Singer Brandy, Kyle Massey (Corey In The House, That’s So Raven) former husband of Vanessa Williams and Basketball Star Rick Fox and Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson. Brandy is the favorite to win it all. If Brandy wins, she would be the first African American female to win. Past contestants include Laila Ali, Vivica A. Fox, Mel B, Mya and Lil’ Kim.
Wesley Snipes is determined not to go to jail. He wants a new trial for his tax evasion case. Snipes is facing three years in jail. He says he needs a new trial because of jury misconduct.
Critics didn’t like Chelsea Handler for the VMAs this year, saying she wasn’t at her best. The Washington Post described her performance as “a string of flat punch lines felt a few degrees below crass.”
The New York Times dismissed her as “among the worst in show’s history — purposefully out-of-touch, with brief, alarming flashes of off-color racial humor.”
Perez Hilton tweeted the comedian saying she “bombed” and later asked who did she sexually seduce to get the gig. Others said she was quite out of touch and the worst host in the history of the VMAs . OUCH!