Khloe and Mario Lopez will be serving contestants a bowl full of criticism next month! Set to air in November, Khloe’s new gig has her raking in millions. According to TMZ… It’s official … Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez will be the new co-hosts of “X Factor” … TMZ has confirmed with sources connected to the show. We broke the story … Khloe and Mario had been thiiiiiiis close to a deal for months … but now we’ve confirmed they’ve both signed on the dotted line … it’s a done deal. We’re told the duo’s salaries will add millions to the budget — on top of an already enormous talent budget … with Britney Spears in the lead at $15 mil. K&M are expected to debut on the show in November. Guess you don’t need an actual talent (or career in the ‘industry’) to be donned a judge on a talent show!? Images via twitter/WENN
Hip-Hop’s Guilty Pleasure?? The hell?? Since when?!?!?! Ke$ha’s just made magazine history…her feature for Vibe makes her the first (living) white solo female ‘artist’ to be on the magazine’s cover. We’re not sure what her claim to fame may be but she’s definitely not ‘Hip-Hop’s Guilty Pleasure’. Here’s a snippet of her interview in Vibe: “I came from a single-parent home, my mom had a nose ring and tattoos, and I’d make my own clothes,” she says. “People just thought I was a fucking freak.” She moved to Los Angeles when she was 17 at the behest of Dr. Luke, the pop machinist who’d heard her demos; she slept on his couch and added the dollar-sign to her name when she was still poor, as both an ironic joke and something to aspire to. Back then, Ke$ha was writing songs for “anyone,” working in a coffee shop, and crashing studio sessions with Luke. That’s where she cut her lusty vocal for Flo Rida’s 2009 hit “Right Round,” where most people first heard her—but it wasn’t until the party anthem “Tik Tok” dropped later that year that the world got a true taste of the cowboy-booted bad girl. An electro-pop hybrid with a yodeling chorus and gleaming dance floor synth line, the song features the still-quoted line, “Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack, ’cause when I leave for the night I ain’t comin’ back,” which reads something like her mission statement. To top it off, Diddy called in a couple of ad-libs, establishing Ke$ha as party-hard royalty out the gate. She filmed the video at her friend’s flophouse in Echo Park, Calif., looking very hung-over with smeared eye makeup and general hot-mess steez. She’d written the song based on her experiences, and it solidified her public image as a wild child, whose booze- and boy- lust were defining qualities. And most of the raunchy fun, hybrid electronic pop-rap singles from Animal and her subsequent EP, Cannibal, supported as much. On the new album, Ke$ha builds on the style she’s known for—high-energy dance music of the pop variety, folding in her varied influences through an unlikely blend of punk rock (including collaborations with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and her idol Iggy Pop); actual yodeling; and coy, sassy white-girl rap, although she’s not entirely comfortable with declaring herself a rapper. “The first time someone called me a rapper, I started laughing,” she says. “I was shocked, and thought it was hilarious. But then, Andre 3000 was telling me how he thinks I’m a good rapper. And Wiz, who’s a good friend of mine, thinks I’m a good rapper? Snoop? It’s crazy and funny to me.” More important to her is that people know she’s a singer: Because of her copious use of Auto-Tune on earlier projects, she was accused of not being able to sing, and she’s toned down the effects. (She’s been absentmindedly singing all day—in the car, in the bathroom, walking down the street—and it sounds great.) “The first record, people tore me a new a**hole, and were f**king steady on my balls, and tried to make me feel like I was such a piece of s**t. I did some soul-searching, and realized nothing I’m doing is negative, it’s actually super positive. You can change people’s mood in a three-and-a-half minute song. So why not spread positive energy and be funny? Let [the haters] be miserable. Anyone who wants to have a good time, let’s f**king do this.” Damn Vibe. You really went there. Any ‘cool kid’ who can spit five ‘rappers’ that gave them credit as a rapper must be a rapper. Ke$ha and her dayum dollar sign needs to go somewhere. Images via VIBE
Accused Murderer Wants Witch Doctor To Testify That He Was Cursed A New York man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend is now requesting that a witch doctor testify on his behalf to support his claim that he was “cursed” during the time he committed the murder. via The Grio : Accused murderer Bakary Camara, 42, wants to call a “witch doctor” to testify on his behalf that he was possessed by evil spirits when he killed his ex-lover, New York City student Rita Morelli. According to ABC News, Manhattan prosecutor Evan Krutoy wrote the judge last week stating that “The people respectfully request the court to preclude the defense from calling a ‘witch doctor’ at trial.” Camara was arrested days after the last year November murder of Morelli when police traced a 911 call talking about the murder to his residence. The New York Post reported that a four-page letter found in his pocket during his arrest incriminated the father of two. Though grammatically lacking, the letter allegedly gave detailed account of Camara’s action to implicate him. An excerpt from the letter read: “They put a curse on me… They make you do anythings. Could make you die fast or go to jail. You always be mad and sad. This is a curs [sic].” These fools will try anything to get off. SMH. Image via Shutterstock
From one OG to the other… After Barack gave us a beat azz performance during Wednesday night’s debate, a lot of us took to twitter to vent. Ice-T did too…and offered POTUS some dope advice: LLS…like none of you were thinking the same thing. Images via twitter/WENN
That’s just nasty… We all know someone who’s bitten into something questionable from a fast food restaurant . According to News9: Imagine, a mother of five stops by McDonald’s to get her kids a treat. But when she bit into a cookie she started spitting out blood. That’s exactly what she says happened. “Grab myself a cookie and popped it in my mouth and started chewing and when I did my tongue was cut and it was cut and bleeding,” said Katherine Ashowo. “I started spitting the cookie into my hands and when I did, I still didn’t have anything that would have cut it. So I’m confused looking for it, but I knew it was something sharp. So I reached my hand around in my jaw and it was a piece of glass.” Ashowo pulled out a tiny piece of clear, hard plastic. It slit her tongue open and she panicked. “That’s scary for kids, it’s really scary,” said Ashowo. “I was just so freaked out about it. So I parked the car went back into McDonald’s.” Ashowo explained the whole story to the managers right then and there. The next morning she got a response from the store. “He said that they have found these shards of glass in multiple cookies that were in their store to be sold,” Ashowo said. Ashowo took the kids to the doctors to get checked out. Luckily everyone seems to be healthy. Cut this mom can’t stop thinking of the “what ifs”. “Thank God it just cut my tongue. It could have been in my gums. It could have required surgery to remove it. It makes you very cautious of trusting fast food.” Ashowo and her kids say they’ll think twice now before eating anything they don’t make in their own home. She says all she wants is an apology from McDonald’s, but so far she hasn’t heard anything. McDonald’s issued the following statement to News 9: Nothing is more important to me than the safety and well-being of our customers. I want to assure our customers that our restaurant has among the most stringent food safety and quality standards and I caution anyone from reaching a conclusion without the facts. We take this matter seriously and a thorough investigation is being conducted. Would you sue? Images via facebook
We see a cat fight in the works here… Star Jones stirred the pot back in July , calling out Anderson Cooper when he told America he was gay; she claimed he only came out to boost his shows ratings. We’re a little confused why Anderson’s retaliated so late in the game but for what it’s worth, it was pretty fierce and funny to hear what he had to say. According to the LA Times… “I haven’t thought about Star Jones in I don’t know how long. I was unaware she was even on TV, but she apparently shows up on a morning show,” Cooper said Thursday on his show…”It so annoyed me…. If I was wanting to boost ratings I would have waited to announce it on a very special episode,” he said, “that would have been promoed for weeks and weeks.” But the silver fox didn’t stop there. After debunking Jones’ theory, Cooper took a walk down Star’s self-promotional memory lane. “I seem to recall her hawking her wedding every single day to get free products when she was on ‘The View,’ ” Cooper said. “And I seem to recall her lying about her gastric-bypass surgery and making everybody else lie about it as well.” As if we could barely contain our joy over this, Cooper delivered the final blow to Star’s ego with a sentiment from his mother, designer and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt. “My mom was like, ‘Who is Star Jones?’ ” Cooper recalled. Seems like this month is full of Diva’s slinging isht around! Images via facebook
The 19-year-old had a habit of eating hair and chalk in class… and she finally complained of a stomach ache after she hadn’t been able to eat or drink isht for a ‘few days’. SMH According to The Huffington Post… The girl went to Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore last month…Upon examination, doctors discovered a hair ball weighting nearly four pounds stuck between her stomach and small intestine, the New York Daily News reported. Turns out the girl had a bad habit of eating her hair and chalk while in class, and the combination ended up stuffing her insides to the gills. Dr. Parvinder Singh Lubana led a team of gastro-surgeons who were able to remove the giant hairball from the patient, NDTV.com reported. Well damn…we hope this dummy learned her lesson and gets help for her hair-eating fixation! Images via youtube
Somebody must’ve told a great “short” joke! Last night, The W Hotel in Midtown Atlanta played host to the “2nd Annual ASCAP Atlanta Legends Mixer Presented By Hennessy Black.” The elegant affair attended by some of Atlanta’s movers and shakers honored rap superstar and actor T.I., music executive Michael Mauldin, singer and music exec Perri “Pebbles” Reid, Kendall Minter and Noontime. The event was hosted by Jermiane Dupri and DeVyne Stephens and was attended by a who’s who of celebrities, including Jazze Pha, YMCMB singer Shannell, DaBrat, Dondria, Christopher Hicks, Derek J, Johnta Austin, Atlanta city council members Kwanza Hall and Ceasar Mitchell and more. Ashley Reid is almost as much of a banger as her mom Pebbles was back in the day! And we’re suddenly realizing how much “Lil” Aaron really does take after his mom… What a precious family. Bossip was in the building for this one and we can assure you it was a lot of fun… Thanks especially to the Hennessy Black flowing freely. Photo Credit: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net
What happened to going to the JOP or saving for the wedding of your dreams?? Accused of faking Stage 3 and 4 bladder cancer , Lori Stiller just got her lyin’ azz slapped with a theft by deception charge. The 40-Year-Old announced the sad news in February 2011 and friends and family immediately began delivering food, held fundraisers, and quickly set up funds and planned her wedding…SMH. They raised roughly $10k because she clamed she didn’t have insurance to cover her chemo and care. Apparently, it was all a lie. According to The Huffington Post… An investigation found that Stilley had never been treated for nor diagnosed with cancer, prosecutors said. Her sister says she was the one who turned in Stilley. “I just did it for her to get help and for my niece and nephew, too, to feel safe,” Lori Digiovanni told WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. DiGiovanni told the TV station that she became suspicious when Stilley’s story changed quickly. Soon after telling friends and family that she was making hospice plans and was given a month to live, she posted on Facebook that she felt a miracle coming and was feeling better. DiGiovanni said she believes her sister needs mental health counseling…Stilley’s lawyer, however, said she did not do anything wrong. Not sure what her lawyer’s spittin’…she sounds crazy to us! Images via facebook
This is what happens when you agree to do hoodrat things with your friends…. NYC Women Arrested For Trying To Smuggle Narcotics Through Airport Security Two NYC women were arrested at JFK airport yesterday after a failed attempt to smuggle some “booger sugar” through the security checkpoint by hiding it in their luxurious lady locks. via The Grio Kiana Howell and Makeeba Graham came in to New York through a Caribbean Airlines Flight 526 from Georgetown, Guyana on Sunday. The nervous demeanor of the pair alerted airport security officers, which prompted them to search the two women. The officers discovered conspicuous bumps on their scalps, and proceeded to take them to the airport’s medical center. Health workers at the medical center found and removed 996 grams of “booger sugar” from Howell’s weave, and another 1,046 grams from Ms. Graham’s weave. Ladies….(and we use that term very loosely)……let’s do better. SMH.
