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Ashanti Says It Was ‘Great’ Performing With Ja Rule At VH1’s ‘Hip-Hop Honors’

‘I’ve been working with a lot of people,’ singer says of upcoming album. By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Shaheem Reid Ashanti Photo: MTV News Ashanti and Ja Rule were among the many who took to the stage during VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors” celebration that paid tribute to Def Jam Records.

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Ashanti Says It Was ‘Great’ Performing With Ja Rule At VH1’s ‘Hip-Hop Honors’

Anna’s Ex: Smith Wanted Me to Kill Pierce

Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Anna Nicole Smith We just spoke with the guy who triggered the murder-for-hire investigation into Anna Nicole Smith — and he says she repeatedly asked him to kill the son of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.Mark “Hollywood” Hatten, Anna’s ex-BF, says a ..

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Did Letterman’s Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?

One of the last 48 Hours stories that CBS Newsman and accused David Letterman blackmailer Joe Halderman worked on—airing just one month before he allegedly launched his plot to extort the late-night host—involved a ransom scheme. Weird, huh?

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Venezuela to outlaw violent video games and toys

Shouts of “Kill him! Kill him!” ring out as the preteens train their virtual assault rifles on the last remaining terrorist and spray him with bullets. Blood splatters. The enemy collapses.

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Venezuela to outlaw violent video games and toys

After Derrion Albert’s Video Taped Beating Death, a Few Questions

Derrion Albert , Chicago-based 16-year old who attended Bible Class every week, was beaten to death on September 24. A bystander’s video captured the truly horrific ordeal

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After Derrion Albert’s Video Taped Beating Death, a Few Questions

Thanks, But No Thanks: Annie Le’s Funeral

Murdered Yale student Annie Le ‘s funeral was today. I wasn’t going to write anything about it, because, you know, not a story. Not even a footnote

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Top 10 Surprising Celebrity Scientologists

Actress KATIE HOLMES and hubby TOM CRUISE holding hands as they are leaving their apartment to go see the play South Pacific at Lincoln Center in New York City…. (Photo by Flynet Pictures) Everyone knows that Tom Cruise and John Travolta are into Scientology in a very big way–they're pretty open about their love for Dianetics. Other celebrity Scientologists, however, aren't quite so vocal about their philosophical leanings–and with good reason

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Lady Gaga VMA Performance Offends Former Teachers, Pretty Much Everyone

Sometimes, you simulate your bloody death at the end of your performance at the MTV Music Video Awards. These things happen when you’re Lady Gaga. As if her ridiculous outfits didn’t generate enough publicity, the superstar singer is receiving feedback from her live version of “Paparazzi” on Sunday night.

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Lady Gaga VMA Performance Offends Former Teachers, Pretty Much Everyone

Phil Spector from Prison: ‘I’m Enraged with Hate at That Judge for Sending Me Here’

In a letter that Phil Spector — currently serving 19-years-to-life for murdering Lana Clarkson — wrote to a pen pal , and exclusively obtained by Gawker, the music legend is convinced that he is the true victim of his crime. The last we paid attention to Spector, 69, he had been un-wigged and locked up for likely the remainder of his life after Clarkson “kissed the gun” he put in her mouth one drunken night in 2003. But he still has supporters, including Sandra Horine, a 43-year-old mother of two from Alice, Texas, who has become one of his prison pen pals

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Phil Spector from Prison: ‘I’m Enraged with Hate at That Judge for Sending Me Here’

DWTS Blog: Ashley Hamilton Reminded of Military School

Partner Edyta Sliwinska is like a school teacher “who would make you sit there for hours and finish your project,” he writes

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