Legendary rapper Ice Cube and basketball phenom Lebron James have reportedly joined forces for the development of a one-hour drama for ABC.
According to The Plain Dealer, the forthcoming show will be based around the Cleveland Cavs star’s experiences as a black high school student playing in a small town.
It is slated to debut next fall.
For [...]

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Rumor has it that  Michael Jordan is marrying his cuban girlfriend Yvette Prieto. According to a source ,the two have been dating since 03  but just started making public appearances this year with sightings in Miami and Italy. I’m also hearing that  there will not be a pre nup.

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Jermaine Dupri took to the internet to clear up a few rumors about him and his longtime girlfriend Janet Jackson. The first was regarding the rumors of a pregnancy.
The rumors began with a Life & Style magazine over featuring Janet, which featured bold yellow letters that read “Yes, I’m Pregnant.”
However, that isn’t true. Dupri blogged [...]

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When the dust settled around nomination announcements for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, it was Taraji P. Henson who went home with more nods than any other individual – earning three for her roles on both the big and small screen.
The Washington D.C. native picked up a supporting actress nomination for her “The Curious [...]

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Aretha Franklin will sing, the Rev. Rick Warren will pray and more than 11,000 U.S. troops will be watching over inauguration ceremonies in case of an attack during President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in on Jan. 20.
As many as 4 million visitors are expected to be on hand when Obama takes the noontime oath from Chief Justice [...]

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The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday ruled the death of Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother a homicide.
Coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey says an autopsy determined that someone shot 39-year-old Scott M. Ruffalo in the head. He was found with a gunshot wound early Dec. 1 and died a week later at a hospital after being [...]

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– Nashville police say country singer Mindy McCready has been hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt. A police report says McCready’s brother discovered she had cut her wrists and taken several pills at her home Wednesday. Timothy McCready told police his sister had been “very intoxicated” after a night out.
A hospital spokeswoman says the singer [...]

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Akon pleaded guilty to harassment on Wednesday (December 17) in New York state, for tossing a fan off stage during a concert in upstate New York last year.
As a part of his plea, the 35-year-old singer (real name: Aliaune Thiam) will serve no jail time as long as he performs 65 hours of community service [...]

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   A man involved in the 2006 multiple car crash triggered by Brandy is suing the singer for her role in the collision, as well as Awatef Aboudihaj, the woman who died.
        Donald Lite has filed a lawsuit against Brandy and the married mother of two who was killed in the accident — claiming their disregard [...]

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Looking like a spoiled kid forced to sit in on his dad’s business meeting, DeAndre “Soulja Boy Tell’em” Way slumps in a black leather chair at Billboard’s New York offices, twiddling his thumbs on his two-way. He’s distracted.
With BlackBerry in hand, the 18-year-old rapper/producer laughs out loud at an incoming message, then looks up at [...]

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With Christmas around the corner, comic Chris Rock’s daughters have a tall order on their wish list – a visit to the White House.
“His girls are a little older than mine,” said Rock about President-elect Barack Obama’s daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7. “My girls want a playdate. They look at the youngest and they’re [...]

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Tara Reid has seemingly spent the last decade out and about, but her latest destination hits much closer to home.
The American Pie actress and velvet-rope fixture has checked into Promises Treatment Center in Malibu, according to her publicist, Jack Ketsoyan.
“We appreciate your respect to her and her family’s privacy at this time,” he said. Ketsoyan [...]

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Jennifer Hudson’s sister, Julia, celebrated turning 31 on Oct. 23 with cake and a small party at home.
The next morning, police say, Julia’s estranged husband William Balfour – booted last February from the house on Chicago’s South Side where they lived with Julia’s mother and 7-year-old son – showed up and spotted a gift he [...]

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The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University will host a musical celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in a free event featuring Aretha Franklin.
Let Freedom Ring! is being sponsored by the performing arts center and Georgetown University. The concert will take place on January 19th, which is Martin Luther King Day.

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The mortgage meltdown has reportedly claimed another celebrity victim. TMZ.com is reporting that Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins-Rolison is about to lose her home in Georgia after falling behind in mortgage payments.
“We’ve learned a five-bedroom, nearly 10,000-sq. ft. house owned by T-Boz is about to go on the auction block in January 2009,” the Web site [...]

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