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Laura Govan On Gilbert Arenas: “We Got That Ghetto, Crazy, Dangerous Love”

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“Basketball Wives LA” star Laura Govan and her boyfriend Gilbert Arenas of the Orlando Magic are back together, having kids and showing off their love for the world to see despite that pesky rumor that she’s the reason Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie divorced. Laura hit up “The Autumn Joi Live Show with Famous Dave” on EliteDCRadio and spilled the details on her on-off relationship, if she’s a gold digger and why she keeps having kids. ON GILBERT ARENAS We are back together. Let me tell you something we got that… We got black, ghetto…it’s crazy, dangerous in love…we got it all. ON HER 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT No listen, let me tell you something, don’t get it twisted. We were in a place just for a short period of time. [People were like] “Oh my God, this is where she lives at?” Don’t get it twisted, come on y’all. I ain’t saying I’m a gold digger, but I ain’t messing with no broke n*gga. ON HAVING KIDS WITH GILBERT It’s funny because he asked me for some more and I was like “Listen, let’s take a break. We’ll go away a good five years and then we’ll get it back. We have four and the oldest is five. The one thing about Gilbert, although I met him almost ten years ago, I knew ten years ago he would be an amazing father. So that I pride myself on having [a man who is an] amazing dad. When people get angry, things happen, but it is what it is. At the end of the day he’s still an amazing father and he’s grown and matured a lot and I respect him so everything is good right now. ON BEING CALLED A GOLD DIGGER Well, at the end of the day I feel like people need to understand that I paid my dues. I’ve been with this dude before he even had any money. I remember there was a time we were both out eating cheeseburgers and I had to pay. So don’t get it twisted, that lasted for a long time and I loved him then and I love him now but I’m not going to defend that. At the end of the day, even if I was with another type of athlete or whatever the case may be, I’m always going to be classified [as a gold digger] but who has four kids with somebody, been with them ten years…it is what it is and speaks for its self. I don’t have to justify who I am or what I am. Gilbert Arenas Tries To Shut Down Laura Govan From Appearing On “Basketball Wives” Basketball Wives LA Cast Revealed Is Gloria The New Shaunie? “Basketball Wives LA” Episode [RECAP]

Laura Govan On Gilbert Arenas: “We Got That Ghetto, Crazy, Dangerous Love”

Making It Rain On Them Unemployed Singers & Recovering Addicts: Jordin Sparks To Star Alongside Whitney Houston In “Sparkle” Remake

Uh oh! Looks like someone put Nippy on the comeback trail and set Jordin Sparks on that J. Hud career track. via Variety.com Sony Pictures is rounding up a sparkling cast for its remake of the 1976 music-themed pic “Sparkle”: Whitney Houston is in negotiations to join “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks and Mike Epps in the film, which Salim Akil is directing from a script by Mara Brock Akil. Debra Martin Chase, TD Jakes and Curtis Wallace are producing along with the Akils, while Houston will exec produce with Howard Rosenman and Gaylyn Fraiche. TriStar Pictures will distribute the film in association with Stage 6 Films. Production is skedded to start next month. Original pic followed three sisters who begin singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and go on to become a successful girl group. Their sudden rise unravels their personal lives. Remake will be set in 1968 Detroit during the rise of Motown. Story will focus on the youngest sister, a music prodigy named Sparkle (Sparks), and her struggle to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. “Sparkle” will mark Houston’s first starring film role in 15 years; she last toplined Penny Marshall’s 1996 pic “The Preacher’s Wife.” The Grammy-winning recording artist previously starred in “Waiting to Exhale and “The Bodyguard.” Project reunites director Akil with Epps, who starred in the helmer’s wedding pic “Jumping the Broom.” That pic grossed more than $37 million domestically earlier this year. Epps, best known for his comedic turns in “The Hangover” and “The Honeymooners,” has been showcasing his dramatic chops of late: He recently wrapped the indie thriller “Vipaka,” which stars Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie. Epps’ next gig is hosting this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards. Let’s just hope Nippy can stay off the sauce long enough to make this happen. Oh, and that Mike Epps doesn’t pull a “ Katt Williams ” on us from being around all these rappers…

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Today In Disfunctional D-List Love: Laura Govan Says It’s Back To All Good With Gilbert Arenas And He Put A Ring Back On It

Ladies, is it just us, or could the man who left us with four kids, including a newborn, never get so much as the time of day from us again in life? Laura Govan clearly doesn’t ascribe to that way of thinking. ESSENCE.com: You refer to Gilbert as your fiancé. You two are back together? GOVAN: Yes, we are, and we plan to get married soon. When and where, I don’t know yet. I feel like we’re already married though, ten years, four kids later. People say he’s a mess, and I’m a mess. You know what, we’re each other’s messes. Everybody has breakup and make-up moments. It just so happens that ours is out in the public. You learn to grow. At this point in our lives Gilbert and I have been there, done that; the drama, the chaos. We’re older now, and we’re more mature. Now we’re better parents, and we’re taking the steps to make things better. Regardless of our past, we want our kids to see a good future. Ooooh… sounds a little enabler-ish, doesn’t it? ESSENCE.com: Gilbert had a lawsuit trying to stop you from being on the show. Why do you think he didn’t want you on it and why was it important for you to be on it? GOVAN: A lot of people don’t know that Gilbert is really shy. He didn’t want things about our family to be out there. But at the end of the day, things about our family are already out there so I thought let’s take control of the things we can. It was also important for me to do the show because, one, I wanted to do something on my own. I’m always in his shadow. Had it been to get a job at Target, I would have taken it, but since I was offered this opportunity, I took it. Yeah. She’s right: those two definitely belong together. Source

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Today In Disfunctional D-List Love: Laura Govan Says It’s Back To All Good With Gilbert Arenas And He Put A Ring Back On It

Meagan Good Talks Turning 30, Being A Party Animal [Photos]

Meagan Good is the latest cover story for an issue of Rolling Out magazine and in it, the actress speaks on turning 30 while maintaining her “party animal ways.” Good who turned 30 August 8, tells Rolling Out that she’s finally experienced true happiness and is working to balance her love for the nightlife with her health and her faith. Read More At HipHopWired.com

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True Or False: Is Wanted Murderer Javaris Crittenton The NBA Player That Qualifies Draya’s “Basketball Wives” Status

Way to pick ‘em, Draya. A source tells BOSSIP exclusively that the most recent former NBA player to qualify Draya Michele for her position on Basketball Wives: LA is none other than Javaris Crittenton, the same ex-baller currently wanted on suspicion of murder in connection to a drive-by in Atlanta . If his name sounded familiar before that, Javaris is the other dummy half that was involved in Gilbert Arenas’ “Take A Gun To Work” nonsense . According to our source, Draya’s fling with Javaris happened while he was in a relationship with an entertainment PR consultant named Destiny. He eventually left the career driven girl for Draya. Of course, this isn’t the first NBA baller Draya’s been linked to. She’s allegedly also been with Kenyon Martin and was rumored to have slept with a post-Monica Shannon Brown. Wonder who else is on Draya’s list…

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True Or False: Is Wanted Murderer Javaris Crittenton The NBA Player That Qualifies Draya’s “Basketball Wives” Status

Javaris Crittenton charged

Javaris Crittenton averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 assists in 113 NBA games. He last played during the 2008-2009 season, before getting suspended for drawing a gun opposite Arenas in the Washington locker room and pleading guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge. Javaris Crittenton, a former standout at Georgia Tech and the Washington Wizards player who got into a gun standoff with Gilbert Arenas in 2009, has been charged with murder. Police spokesman Carlos Campos tells The Atlanta Journal-Const

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Javaris Crittenton, Former NBA Guard, Charged with Murder

Javaris Crittenton, a former standout at Georgia Tech and the Washington Wizards player who got into a gun standoff with Gilbert Arenas in 2009, has been charged with murder. Javaris Crittenton News Report Police spokesman Carlos Campos tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that cops have obtained an warrant for the arrest of Crittenton in relation to the shooting death of 22-year-old Jullian Jones on August 19. At this time, Crittenton is NOT in custody. Jones was a mother of four who was killed when shots were fired by someone inside a dark SUV, police say. They believe she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and the intended target was a man who robbed Crittenton in April. “He planned to shoot the person who robbed him and missed,” a source tells ESPN. Police have identified the SUV as a vehicle that Crittenton had rented for a family member and the FBI is involved in the case. Crittenton averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 assists in 113 NBA games. He last played during the 2008-2009 season, before getting suspended for drawing a gun opposite Arenas in the Washington locker room and pleading guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge.

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Does Spike Lee Have Legitimate Beef? [AUDIO]

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On a special edition of  ”Cinema in Noir” co-hosts ReBecca Theodore-Vachon, Kimberly Renee and Rocky Seker discuss Spike Lee’s r ecent comments on the Oscars, Hollywood and his fight to produce the sequel to Inside Man.  We also list our favorite Spike Lee movies and their impact on black cinema and the American consciousness. TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD : CLICK HERE RELATED POSTS: SPIKE LEE: WHY I HAVEN’T MADE A FILM IN THREE YEARS 5 MOVIE MUSICALS WE LOVE: SCHOOL DAZE TYLER PERRY: “SPIKE LEE CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL”

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Wiz Khalifa Spotted Plankin’ [PHOTO]

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Wiz Khalifa is the latest celeb to go plankin’. The marijuana maven was spotted on top a fake horse wearing slippers. Letoya Luckett & Slim Thug Are Back Together, Spotted Planking Gilbert Arenas Gets Kicked Out Of Store For Planking Chris Brown & Big Sean Join In On The Planking Game The Funniest Planking Pictures [CELEBRITIES INCLUDED] Check out his other plank:

Wiz Khalifa Spotted Plankin’ [PHOTO]

Laura Govan On “Basketball Wives LA”: “Whatever Happens, Happens”

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As if we really need another version of “Basketball Wives” right? Laura Govan, sister to Gloria Govan, ex-girlfriend of baller Gilbert Arenas and Shaq’s alleged mistress, sat down with the The Washington Post and opened up about the new reality show, “Basketball Wives LA”. If you haven’t already heard, this new series will feature basketball girlfriends, wives and exes living on the west coast- a spinoff to the original “Basketball Wives” series that takes place in Miami. Considering Laura’s highly publicized relationship with Gilbert Arenas, it was only right that she be apart of the “Basketball Wives LA” cast. The only problem is that Gilbert Arenas is actually trying to block Laura’s appearance on the show, and has threatened to sue the production company to stop the show from airing. When asked about this situation, Laura replied that she was not worried and stated, “Whatever happens, happens.” She also went on to say, “I just wanted to showcase a new chapter in my life. A fresh start, a fresh outlook on life as a single mom.” Laura gave birth to the couple’s fourth child a few weeks ago and says that she and Gilbert “do not communicate but are working in the best interests of their children.” Executive producer, Noah Pollack, loves the ongoing, made for TV drama, and called Laura a “spark plug”. He stated, “The fact that they (Laura and Gloria) are sisters is a great, great story for us.” The show is set to air in late August. Will you tune in? Read more here. “Basketball Wives” Gloria Govan & Sister Laura Govan Team Up For Spinoff “Basketball Wives: Los Angeles” Cast Revealed! NBA’s Gilbert Arenas & His Ex Laura Govan Sued By Moving Company

Laura Govan On “Basketball Wives LA”: “Whatever Happens, Happens”