It has come to this for Anthony Weiner: a former porn star has suggested he resign, implying he’s a sexual deviant who sent lewd messages to a woman who never asked for them. Earlier today, reporters gathered for a press conference in which Ginger Lee once again said Weiner encouraged her to help him cover it his Twitter scandal . Ginger Lee Press Conference “He asked me to lie about our communication,” Lee said, with Gloria Allred by her side. “I think that Anthony Weiner should resign because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week.” Lee claims she never sexted Weiner and never reciprocated when he sent such Tweets as “My package and I are not going to beg…” and “You aren’t giving my package due credit.” Allred referred to her client as a “featured dancer,” said Lee has undergone emotional distress over the last few weeks and confirmed she would cooperate in any House ethics investigation. “If asked to testify, she will testify truthfully,” Allred said. “And she will provide all of her communications to and from the congressman to the committee.” On June 1, Weiner told Wolf Blitzer, in reference to Lee: “I don’t know who the woman is. I followed her for a moment. And then someone started Tweeting, oh my goodness, Anthony Weiner is following someone in that industry.” The very next day, Lee alleges, Weiner instructed her what to say if approached about their relationship.
Justin Bieber is more than just the subject of every teenage girl’s desires. He’s also the subject of an important science experiment. In a new video, the funny folks behind Blendtec – who specialize in simply tossing items, such as iPads and Vuvuzelas, into a blender – have filmed one of their staff members testing Justin’s memorabilia. What happens when Bieber’s figurines, memoir and DVD are tossed into the everyday kitchen appliance? Find out now: Will Justin Bieber Blend?
Congratulations are in order for Lily Allen and Sam Cooper. The British singer and her long-time boyfriend got married in Gloucestershire, England today. Allen was walked down the aisle by her father and donned a gown by French designer Dephine Manivet. Check it out here: Cooper proposed to Allen on Christmas Day while on vacation in Bali. The wedding comes a few months after Allen suffered her second miscarriage . We wish the couple nothing but happiness! [Photo: Pacific Coast News]
Anthony Weiner should really just resign already. Under mounting pressure from fellow politicians, and with police getting involved in his recent spat of Twitter exchanges, the embattled Congressman has announced a leave of absence from his post. Can one seek professional help for being a horny moron? A statement from Weiner’s camp reads: “[Congressman Weiner] will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well. Congressman Weiner takes the views of his colleagues very seriously and has determined that he needs this time to get healthy and make the best decision possible for himself, his family and his constituents.” The move comes after Nancy Pelosi said her colleague ought to see assistance “”without the pressures of being a member of Congress.” It also takes place shortly after police interviewed a teen in Delaware. She admitted to exchange Tweets with Weiner, but said nothing “inappropriate” took place. With his wife pregnant , there certainly do appear to be pressing personal matters for Weiner to attend to. Let’s hope someone confiscates his cell phone while he’s away. [Photo: WENN.com]
Queens MC also announces he’ll delay release of Pain is Love 2, which he’d hoped to drop before his two-year bid. By Alvin Blanco Ja Rule Photo: Jonathan Goldner/ MTV News On Wednesday (June 8), Ja Rule turned himself in to begin serving a two-year sentence on a gun charge stemming from his 2007 arrest in New York City. Although some rappers have endured a sentence as a mere bump in their careers ( Lil Wayne , for instance), Ja Rule’s bid arrives almost seven years since his last official album, R.U.L.E., and just as his Pain Is Love 2 has been delayed. Ja had initially planned to deliver PIL2 the day before starting his jail term, but according to his longtime collaborator 7 Aurelius, Rule postponed the release after deciding it hadn’t been completed to his satisfaction. “Me and Rule have to capture all the magic around us until he goes in, otherwise we are doing an injustice to his fans,” 7 told MurderInc-Online.com . “For example, if we had stopped in April just to be able to turn it in to [Fontana/Universal] for a June 7 date, PIL2 would not be what it is now. They have acknowledged that because it’s Ja Rule, they will give it a fast track release date once it is turned in and that would be digital and hard copy.” PIL2 is the sequel to Ja Rule’s triple-platinum third album, Pain Is Love. The Grammy-nominated LP was crucial in transforming Ja Rule from hip-hop star to mainstream sensation, thanks to hit singles like ‘Livin’ It Up” and “Always On Time,” featuring Ashanti. But Pain Is Love was released almost 10 years ago. Since then, Rule’s turmoil, whether legal issues or a long-running feud with nemesis 50 Cent , has overshadowed his music. And because of that, it can be easy to forget that at one point, Ja was easily rap’s #1 hit-maker. Here, we look back on the ‘Clap Back” MCs journey since that fateful night when he got caught with a gun in his ride. July 22, 2007 : Ja Rule is arrested on a Sunday evening in N.Y.C. — coincidentally, so is Lil Wayne in a separate incident after the same show at the Beacon Theatre. Ja had joined Wayne onstage that night as a special guest but after being pulled over for speeding, police discovered a .40 caliber pistol in Rule’s Maybach. The rapper was arraigned and released the next day on $150,000 bond. September 23, 2009 : Ja Rule and DMX see each other at VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors” and embrace, squashing their beef. Years before, X had accused Ja of imitating his style in song and the latter responded in kind. No hard feelings. September 2010 : Ja Rule reveals in an XXL magazine/ MTV “Sucker Free” video interview that he has changed the name of his new album from Venni Vetti Vecci 2010 to The Renaissance Project. Ja plans to release the album before the start of his prison sentence. December 13, 2010 : Ja Rule reaches a plea deal with prosecutors in N.Y.C. that will have him serve two years for criminal possession of a weapon. The guilty plea stems from the July 2007 incident. Ja Rule is expected to be sentenced in February 2011. January 3, 2011 : Ja announces via Twitter that The Renaissance Project will be released before he checks into prison. February 9, 2011 : Due to an error in his presenting report, Ja Rule’s sentencing gets pushed back, this time until March 9, when he will learn when he must surrender to authorities and begin serving his two-year sentence. That morning, Ja tweets that besides working on Renaissance, he is also working on Pain Is Love 2 with producer 7 Aurelius. March 9, 2011 : Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers extends Ja Rule’s furlough until June 8 , when he is scheduled to report to prison. The extra time is given so the rapper can settle a federal tax issue and also allows him to finish a new album. March 22, 2011 : Ja Rule pleads guilty to tax evasion for failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income in New Jersey. As part of a plea deal, Ja must pay more than $1 million in back taxes and fines, and the government dismissed two charges against him for failure to pay taxes on income in 2007 and 2008. His sentencing for the tax evasion is scheduled for June 13. April 23, 2011: During the New York City stop of Diddy-Dirty Money’s Coming Home Tour , opening act Lloyd brings out Ja Rule and Ashanti as surprise special guests. The former Murder Inc. running mates perform Ja’s hit “Always On Time,” before the MC debuts a new song called “Real Life Fantasy.” April 27, 2011 : Ja Rule stops by “RapFix Live” and in a revealing interview with Sway, he gives insight into the trials and tribulations of his career and how he plans to make the best of his pending incarceration . June 8, 2011 : Ja Rule begins serving his sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon at an upstate New York correctional facility. Send your best wishes to Ja Rule in the comments below. Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With Ja Rule Related Artists Ja Rule
Patrick Carney earned the wrath of Little Monsters by comparing Gaga to Madonna on Twitter. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney is a man who seems to grasp the power and purpose of Twitter — namely, using it to mess with Bravo TV star Bethenny Frankel and profess his love for condiments . So it was probably a bit of a shock when, after writing a seemingly innocuous tweet about Lady Gaga, he bore the full brunt of her (very angry) Little Monsters. It all started last month, when Carney sized up Gaga’s “Saturday Night Live” performance by writing , simply, “Madonna is killing it!” The comment went largely unnoticed by Gaga’s fans, and Carney returned to important things like tweeting with Ke$ha about shrimp. But then, he dared to compare Gaga to Madonna once again, and, to borrow a phrase from Calvin Tran , “Oh, here go hell come.” Gaga’s fans picked up on the tweet, and soon began inundating Carney’s Twitter account with a steady torrent of vicious hate that quickly escalated to a full-on downpour of acrimony. So, he did what any self-respecting Twitter-head would do: retweeted the best of the worst. In fact, all day Monday (June 6), Carney’s Twitter account was nothing but a stream of profanity-laced, poorly-punctuated vitriol from Little Monsters, who called him “an ugly ass bitch,” compared him to “the kid in the wheelchair on ‘Glee’ ” and even threatened him with bodily harm. For his part, Carney helped stoke the flames by pointing out that Gaga’s anti-bullying message didn’t really seem to be translating to her fans. “Hey, little monsters! Everyone knows lady gaga sounds nothing at all like Madonna. I was joking! I am so depressed,” he wrote , adding that he was heading to Red Lobster. The tweets don’t seem to be losing steam too quickly. As of Tuesday morning (June 7), Carney was still RT’ing some of the zestier messages he’d received from Gaga fans, and he summed up the whole experience by complaining that @Bethenny had replied to one of his brother’s tweets, but not his (link), proving that, much like life, the Twitter-verse is, in fact, cyclical. Related Videos Lady Gaga: Inside The Outside Related Artists Lady Gaga
Jaden Smith may be only 12 years old, but he could have fooled us with his style and his personality. From his tweets to this recent black and white photo shoot, Jaden is clearly growing up fast and taking the industry by storm. Read More At HipHopWired.com
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Just hearing the words ” Jennifer Lopez sex tape ” is likely to generate major celebrity gossip buzz and interest from companies to release such videos. But can her ex-husband Ojani Noa really close a huge deal with a big porn company legally – and would a company actually want what he’s got? Starting bids were “in the hundreds of thousands,” Noa’s manager, Ed Meyer, tells E! News , which reports that the price may “reach the millions.” Sounds INSANE. But here’s why it’s far, far from a done deal … Noa and his producing partner Claudia Vazquez say they are in no rush to make a decision, which likely means they haven’t gotten an offer. Think about it. You’re Ojani Noa . This is your one chance to strike it rich. You’re going to jump at any halfway decent sum that’s presented. Part of any company’s trepidation is the fact that J. Lo has fought for years to keep the footage on lockdown with a permanent injunction. A judge’s ruling on May 26 preventing Lopez from interfering with Vazquez’s livelihood does not change matters, according to her attorney. Basically, the legal saga is far from resolved. As for the tape itself? Noa and Lopez married in Miami in February 1997, long before she was famous. The footage now for sale comes from their honeymoon. Sounds hot, right? Well, it turns out the “J. Lo sex tape” is a bit of a misnomer. Ojani is not exactly putting it to the singer at any point. “There is about 15-20 minutes of total nudity between all the different clips among the 27 hours of footage,” Meyer told E! of the video. So no sex and 15-20 minutes of a young Jennifer Lopez nude over 27 HOURS. Sure, there will be interest from some people out there. A full-scale, high-priced bidding war, though? We just don’t see it.
Things continue to improve for Sean Kingston. The popular singer won’t be facing a lawsuit as the result of his jet skiing accident last weekend, and now various sources confirm that his condition is getting better every day. Sean Kingston KISS Concert Performance While still in a Miami hospital, Kingston is awake and alert , communicating with visitors via head movements and sign language. The artist, who has been the subject of encouraging, wish-filled Tweets from stars such as Rihanna and Justin Bieber , was initially treated in the trauma ward and remains in critical condition. Kingston will likely remain under doctor’s care for a couple more weeks, and we’ll provide updates as time goes on, but this is positive news for fans of the star.
