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Friday, September 15, 2006
Remember that blind item we dropped on you about a certain rapper getting a woman pregnant, who just happens to not be his long time girlfriend? Many of you have been guessing that it's
Jay-Z, Diddy, or Method Man.
Well, here's another piece of the puzzle. The above photo has the mystery woman in it. She's the third one
from the left, with the model-like head cock, and a firm grip on her handbag, which she refuses to take out of her sight around
these jealous, pudgy, heffers. Don't they know who's baby she's carrying?
OK, we may be projecting a bit.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
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Beyoncé Tops Charts with B'day
She’s not just singing about it—Beyoncé seems to be experiencing a case of déjà vu.
The 25-year-old superstar scooped her second No. 1 debut on Billboard charts with the September 5th release
of her sophomore set, B’Day. The album sold a record-shattering 541,000 copies it’s first week, according to Nielson
SoundScan, beating her last effort by more than 220,000 units.
In 2003, she found herself topping The Billboard 200 with Dangerously In
Love, which sold 317,000 it’s first week and over 4.3 million since then.
Despite the onslaught of rumors and controversy that predated her album’s release, Beyoncé is once again enjoying
a triumphant reign at the top of the charts. The several thousand people who signed an online petition to re-shoot the video
for her first single “Déjà vu” obviously didn’t have a notable affect on her sales figures. The claims that her second single,
“Ring The Alarm,” was an anger-fueled rant about her alleged rivalry with label mate Rihanna may have actually boosted
sales.
Her manager and father, Mathew Knowles, was even accused of pre-selling B’Day to sabotage the
release of former band mate, Letoya Luckett’s solo debut. In a recent statement to vibe.com (Read News), he not only dismissed the accusations but threw out a few of his own, claiming that the “planned distractions”
were a poor attempt to undermine B’day’s release.
Spike Lee Develops Post-Katrina TV Series
Shortly after winning an award for best documentary at the Venice Film Festival for his film When
the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, director Spike Lee has announced that he will be developing a network
series that deals with the same subject.
The drama, Nola, which takes its name from a slang reference for New Orleans, will
explore the lives of a multicultural cast of characters of various social and economic backgrounds as they struggle to rebuild
their lives post-Katrina.
Lee will travel to New Orleans this week with screenwriter Sid Quashie to meet with
some of the city's residents, as he plans to shoot the series' pilot in the style of Italian neorealism—a cinematic style
that generally focuses on the stories of poor and working class people and uses nonprofessional actors in the lead and/or
supporting roles.
"It's our goal to make cinema for television," Lee told the Associated Press. "It's a show
about the city trying to rebuild itself and the people who are trying to put their lives together."
Lee hopes to use some of the more colorful subjects from his HBO documentary, like the outspoken
Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, on the new show as either supporting characters or as fictional versions of themselves.
The show will be filmed on location in New Orleans. "We don't have to build sets," said Lee.
"Things there still look like the city's been bombed out."
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