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RZA Rep Calls Azealia Banks’ Comments “Unwarranted” & “Unbecoming”

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Source: Slaven Vlasic / Getty Via | HipHopDX NEW YORK, NY –  Following RZA’s interview with  The Breakfast Club  earlier this week, the  Wu-Tang Clan  vet’s publicist has issued a statement to clarify RZA’s involvement in a 2016 incident involving Azealia Banks and actor Russell Crowe. During the new interview, RZA claimed Crowe “spit at” Banks at a Beverly Hills hotel last October, a detail he left out from his 2016 statement about the incident. Subsequently, Banks took to social media to shame RZA for being a “liar” and said she hoped he’d drop dead. “The derogatory posts against my client RZA by Azealia Banks is unwarranted and beyond that — unbecoming,” the publicist’s statement reads via  NME.  “RZA, from the moment he met Ms. Banks, bet on her to win.  So much so that when others felt she would be too much trouble to work with on the film  Love Beats Rhyme ,  he disregarded what had been said and looked beyond her well-documented controversies moving forward with securing her as his lead.” The statement continued, “Her introduction to Russell Crowe at his private party resulted in Banks going on a salacious mission to disparage him and RZA. Playing the race card and anything else she could.” Finish this story [ here ]  

RZA Rep Calls Azealia Banks’ Comments “Unwarranted” & “Unbecoming”

Rima Fakih Defends Pole Dancing Pics

Newly-crowned and newly-embattled Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih maintained her stripper pole dancing innocence Thursday in an interview on Fox & Friends . “Have you ever done those pole dancing classes?” she asked the hosts. “That’s what it was. My friend, a DJ at the station said, ‘Why don’t you get up there?'” Rima Fakih, 24, became the first Muslim-American and second Arab-American to win the Miss USA crown Sunday, besting 49 beauties from across the U.S. of A. Some have said that she is basically the politically correct Miss USA, as she didn’t deserve to win on merit, but no matter. We’re talking about stripper pole pics. Less than 24 hours after she won, photos were released of Rima Fakih grinding during a “Stripper 101” contest for the Detroit radio show “Mojo In The Morning.” Rima Fakih says her stripper pole pics were not a big deal . “A few pics were snapped, and, of course, they don’t look the best angle as I normally [do],” she said of the photos, in which she wears a tank top, shorts and heels. Although she did not remove any clothes, she was declared grand prize winner of the contest and won jewelry, gift cards, adult toys and a stripper pole for home use. “It wasn’t pole dancing,” she said. “It was more of a… promotional event.” It was pretty tame by comparison. In 2009, Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean was stripped of her Miss California title after some topless photos of her surfaced. Should Rima Fakih be allowed to keep her crown?

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Bret Michaels Admitted to the Hospital with "Warning Stroke"

Sadly, more jokes about Bret Michaels’ affection for adult entertainment will need to wait a few days. The singer was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering a setback doctors have described as a “warning stroke.” On his official website, a statement reads Bret was “suffering numbness on the left side of his body, predominately his face and hands.” While conducting an MRI and a CT scan, doctors also discovered a hole in the singer’s heart. Neurosurgeon Joseph Zabramski says this news is “devastating to Bret and his family” and added: “The good news is that it is operable and treatable and we think we may have diagnosed the problem… it is great that he quickly reacted to the severe numbness and got to the hospital immediately. “I realize Bret wants to make a full recovery so that he can be active with his family, attempt to attend the finale of Celebrity Apprentice and especially get back on the road to continue making music. Without a doubt he is very determined to get healthy and make a 100 percent recovery. “Medically speaking it is a fantastic attitude both mentally and physically for him to have. However, Bret’s brain and body are not quite 100 percent yet, especially with the hole found in his heart.” A rep for Michaels sent out gratitude from her client to his fans, while saying Bret is “up, walking, talking” and “very happy to be alive.” We’d like him to remain that way, so let’s all encourage Bret to take it easy. There’s no rush to get back on tour. We’ll line up for tickets in two weeks or two years, man. Just get better.

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Kate Gosselin: Today Show Diva?

Kate Gosselin broke into tears on the Today Show this week. But did the reality star go into diva mode off camera? That’s what one source claims, though Today denies it.

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