O.J. Tells How He Would Have Done “It” In Book and Interview

In the 12 years since Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered outside of her home, theories have abounded about what happened. Later this month, O.J. Simpson will tell the world how things would have gone if he committed the crime.

O.J., who was charged with the murders but later acquitted, will do an interview with book publisher Judith Regan titled “If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened.” The two-part interview, which airs November 27 and 29 at 9 ET/PT on Fox, will serve as a promotional tool for If I Did It, a book he’s written that will hit stores November 30.

Fox hopes the show will attract big ratings and maybe bring closure to the circus that’s surrounded Simpson since 1994.

“This is an interview that no one thought would ever happen. It’s the definitive last chapter in the Trial of the Century,” said Mike Darnell, Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming at Fox, in a statement.

It’s odd that Simpson would choose to hypothesize on the case. After being found not guilty by a Los Angeles jury in 1995, Simpson vowed to hire private investigators to search for the “real killers.” As of now, no investigations have been conducted.

But clearly, he has his own speculations of what happened. In a clip available on Fox’s Web site, Simpson notes that whoever committed the gruesome double murder would have been covered in the victims’ blood.

No other details of Simpson’s interview were released.

Naomi Campbell Goes To Court

Naomi Campbell returned to court today (Nov. 15) as her lawyer and a Manhattan prosecutor tried unsuccessfully to cut a deal on charges that she threw a cell phone at her maid over a pair of missing jeans.

"We're still in the process of working out a possible disposition," said Assistant District Attorney Shanda Strain at a short hearing where the 36-year-old supermodel, who wore a formfitting gray dress and black 3-inch suede pumps, stood mutely according to the AP.

The defense attorney also said he didn't want Campbell in a situation like '80s pop star Boy George, who was followed by reporters when he did community service for the Sanitation Department earlier this year after pleading guilty in March to falsely reporting a burglary at his lower Manhattan apartment.

Campbell was accused of hitting Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with a cell phone in the model's Manhattan apartment. Scolavino was treated for a head injury after the incident.

On Tuesday, Campbell was sued by another former maid who says the model viciously assaulted her while calling her a dumb Romanian. The lawsuit by Gaby Gibson, who worked for Campbell from November 2005 through January 2006, calls Campbell a "violent super-bigot," and says she hit Gibson, called her names and threatened to charge her with theft after being unable to find a pair of designer jeans. The lawsuit goes on to say "Campbell either kicked or punched the back of Gibson's head ... while yelling discriminatory comments" as the maid searched the closet for the jeans.

"I'm so frustrated that a lawyer would use terms like that," Breitbart said about the bigot remark. "I thought we learned in law school not to call people names."

The British supermodel is due back in court Jan. 16.

Celebrities Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. At National Memorial

A ground breaking ceremony was held yesterday (Nov. 13) at the newly built Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington commemorating the civil rights leader.

The $100 million project is the first-ever national monument dedicated to an African American on the National Mall. A multitude of celebrities showed up to turn the first shovels of dirt on the monument honoring King, who was murdered 38 years ago.

"This is very exciting," Harry E. Johnson, president of the Martin Luther King National Memorial, told BlackAmericaWeb.com. "This is now a reality."

Among the celebrities and national dignitaries were figureheads Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou.

After 10 long years in the making, the efforts to build the memorial accelerated after last year’s passing of fellow civil rights figure Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr.

“She never was a person to say ’Why didn’t it happen sooner?’ That would not be Coretta Scott King,” Angelou said of her longtime friend.

The location of the memorial is surrounded by the Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Franklin D. Roosevelt memorials near the eastern edge of the Potomac River Tidal Basin. From a distance, visitors can see the stairs where King delivered his most famous speech during the march on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

The entrance to the memorial will include a central sculpture called “The Mountain of Despair,” signifying the racially-compromised climate of America that inspired King and others to overcome racial and social barriers without violence.

“This gateway was designed to lead visitors to the heart and soul of this living memorial,” said Ed Jackson, Jr., the project’s executive architect.

Donations from major corporations totaled less than $40 million as of August 2005. But as of Nov. 1, donations topped $65.5 million, and the Martin Luther King Memorial Project Foundation says they hope to have the site completed by the spring of 2008.

Gerald Levert Dies, Only 40 Years Old

R&B singer Gerald Levert died today (Nov. 10) presumably of a heart attack. He was 40.

Levert, born in Cleveland, was a founding member and the lead singer of the 1990's R&B trio LeVert, who scored big hits with "Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop (Goes My Mind)", "Casanova", and "ABC-123." He was also a part of R&B supergroup LSG, composed of platinum selling R&B crooners Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill.

As a solo artist, Levert gained an immense fan base with a string of R&B ballads ("I'd Give Anything (to Fall in Love)", "You Got That Love") from his numerous album projects on East West/Elektra Records.

Over the years, the vocal powerhouse has collaborated with Patti LaBelle, Miki Howard, Kelly Price, Teena Marie, Chris Rock and with his father, Eddie Levert, on many different occasions.

"All of us at Atlantic [Records] are shocked and deeply saddened by his untimely death," said an Atlantic rep via e-mail. "He was one of the greatest voices of our time, who sang with unmatched soulfulness and power, as well as a tremendously gifted composer and an accomplished producer. Above all, he was an exceptional human being whose warmth and grace inspired us all. Gerald has been a member of our family for two decades, and he will be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure and privilege of working with him through the years.

"This is a tremendous loss for the music community and for his millions of fans. Our thoughts and prayers are with Gerald’s family during this very difficult time.”

No further information was available at press time.

London Woman Says She is Real Mother of Michael Jackson Kids, Files Lawsuit

A London mental patient has filed a lawsuit claiming she is the real mother of Michael Jackson's three kids, among other things.

Nona Jackson, 36, who filed suit without a lawyer on October 20, claims she is the biological mother of Prince Michael, 9, Paris, 8, and Prince Michael 2nd, 4, and is demanding a say in Jackson's custody agreement with his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, reports the New York Daily News.

As if that wasn't enough, Nona, whose birth name is Deborah Olufnmilola Oluwatoyosi Famoriyo, refers to herself as a "Black Jew born in Britain," and claims to have written more than 3,000 songs and six scripts for Jackson.

Nona says she is on the British dole as Victoria Armstrong-Jones, though she legally changed her name to match Jackson's.