Jill Scott shocked more than a few folks on Twitter today when she asked her followers for their thoughts on open relationships and revealed that she’s considering taking part in one of her own. SMH! Jill’s followers quickly objected to the idea and she responded and retweeted of their thoughts, but still continued the discussion. Sounds like Jill isn’t gonna let anybody else’s thoughts on the subject dictate her personal feelings… But there were a few other famous folks who let their thoughts be heard. Check the tweets when you continue.
Eric Benet and his pretty multi-culti boo Manuela Testolini jumped the broom quietly yesterday. And while they managed to keep their broom jumping ceremony on the low, a couple of their friends were all a twitter. As a matter of fact, Shaun Robinson is the only reason we even have the wedding pic above, which she tweeted along with: But long before that, she and Niecy Nash kept the updates coming.
Ruh-Roh… Since marrying her boo Memphitz last month Toya has stopped going by Antonia Carter and has been using Memph’s last name — Wright– instead. But shortly after a visit to Atlanta’s V103 radio station for an interview with DJ Greg Street, *somebody* had the audacity to suggest she may have made a mistake. @Toya Wright Memph is my dog but you gotta change your last name back to Carter. Wright sounds wrong. Anybody think this comment might have been a bad idea??? Read the happy couple’s responses when you continue:
These cutie pies are the children of a celebrity singer who also happens to be pretty bangin’. If we told you she’s not a new jack by any means could you guess who their Mommy might be? Deborah posted this photo of herself with her son Isaiah on her Twitter account for his 8th birthday. Her daughter Sumayah turned five this summer as well. Singer Deborah Cox poses with her son Isaiah, who celebrated his 8th birthday earlier this month. She also has a toddler daughter named Kaila. Keep clicking for more photos of Deborah and the kiddies.
The man who responsible for exposing the hacking going on at News of the World was found dead but police are saying it’s not suspicious??? What the hell is going on!?!? Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned. Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home. Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: “At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for the welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after. “The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing.” Just to give a little more insight on how crucial Hoare was to bringing a spotlight to the ethical violations by News of the World, he opened up to the New York Times when they were investigating the phone hacking case, telling the paper that his editor Coulson knew of the phone hacking and actively encouraged his staff to intercept the phone calls of celebrities in the pursuit of exclusives. He later spoke to the BBC, claiming that Coulson personally asked him to tap into phones and saying that Coulson’s claim that he was unaware of the practice was “a lie, it is simply a lie”. Hoare spoke to the New York Times again last week, explaining how reporters at the News of the World were able to use police technology to locate people using their mobile phone signals in exchange for payments to police officers. He said journalists were able to use a technique called “pinging” which measured the distance between mobile handsets and a number of phone masts to pinpoint its location. Hoare gave further details about the use of “pinging” to the Guardian last week. He described how reporters would ask a news desk executive to obtain the location of a target: “Within 15 to 30 minutes someone on the news desk would come back and say ‘right that’s where they are.’” He said: “You’d just go to the news desk and they’d just come back to you. You don’t ask any questions. You’d consider it a job done. The chain of command is one of absolute discipline and that’s why I never bought into it, like with Andy saying he wasn’t aware of it and all that. That’s bollocks.” He said he would stand by everything he had told the New York Times about “pinging”. “I don’t know how often it happened. That would be wrong of me. But if I had access as a humble reporter … “ He admitted he had had problems with drink and drugs and had been in rehab. “But that’s irrelevant,” he said. “There’s more to come. This is not going to go away.” Hoare named a private investigator who he said had links with the News of the World, adding: “He may want to talk now because I think what you’ll find now is a lot of people are going to want to cover their arse.” Speaking to another Guardian journalist last week, Hoare repeatedly expressed the hope that the hacking scandal would lead to journalism in general being cleaned up and said he had decided to blow the whistle on the activities of some of his former News of the World colleagues with that aim in mind. He also said he had been injured the previous weekend while taking down a marquee erected for a children’s party. He said he had broken his nose and badly injured his foot when a relative accidentally struck him with a heavy pole from the marquee. Hoare also emphasised that he was not making any money from telling his story. Hoare, who has been treated for drug and alcohol problems, reminisced about partying with former pop stars and said he missed the days when he was able to go out on the town. Hmmmm… So was his death cause by drinking, drugs, the after effects of taking down a marquee or… whistle blower haters??? Considering the police were in on the phone hacking, it doesn’t seem entirely out of the realm of possibility that they could be involved in the cover up of a suspicious murder. This is real suspect. Just sayin’! Source
Nosy a$$ mickiefickies…lol Ever wondered why your Mom joined Facebook? Chances are, it was to spy on you. According to a new survey by OnePoll, a whopping 55-percent of parents are using social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to keep an eye on their children’s online activities; a further 5-percent said they would if they knew how. Eleven percent of parents polled set up their Facebook accounts purely to “snoop” on Jim and Jane, 15-percent have tried to Friend their children (Thanks Mom), with 4-percent of those requests being rejected. Not surprisingly, 13-percent have resorted to logging onto friends accounts in order to check up on their children. When asked to explain their behavior, 36-percent blamed their “overprotective” parental instincts, where as 14-percent said they were just being “nosey”. A sad 24-percent confessed that Facebook was the only way they could find out what their sons and daughters were up to, while 6-percent found that the social networking site allowed them to avoid having “awkward conversations” with their offspring. In 2006, Facebook first opened the door to anyone over the age of 13, including parents. The influx of parental units on the social networking site has not gone down smoothly with school age kids. As of today, there are 7,766 members of the “For the love of god–don’t let parents join Facebook” group, and there are hundreds of other pages dedicated to grumbling about the subject. www.myparentsjoinedfacebook.com, is a website set up purely to collect embarrassing parent/child Facebook moments and share them with the world. It’s worth checking out before accepting your Mom’s friend request. All jokes aside, some people may argue that children deserve their privacy like anyone else, which is partly true. However, with so many crazy folks in the world, especially on the internet, kids online behaviors should be monitored to ensure that they are safe and not subjecting themselves to unknown dangers. For those with parents, how do you monitor your childrens social network use?? Source
Jamie Foxx’s little girl Corinne is growing up! And lots of folks are taking notice — including American Cheerleader magazine who did a photo shoot with 17-year-old Corinne a few weeks ago. She was joined on set by actress Debbie Ryan and TSC CEO Dave Kirschner. Corinne tweeted a few of the shots so we figured we’d share them with you. Check them out!
We had a feeling something about this story was a little fishy… According to TMZ reports published yesterday , authorities were called to a Dallas hotel on Monday night to investigate a minor scuffle between Nicki and “an unidentified man.” Rapper Nicki Minaj told authorities she was “struck” in the lower lip by a man … during a heated argument at a swanky Dallas, TX hotel last night … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. TMZ has learned … Minaj was hanging out at the pool at the fancy Palomar Hotel when she got into a very intense verbal spat with an unidentified man she was staying with. Nicki told a hotel employee to call police … while the man went to their hotel room. Nicki followed soon after. When cops and paramedics arrived, Nicki told authorities their poolside fight continued inside of their room … and the man hit her in her lower lip. The man had already left the scene when cops arrived … but Nicki insisted she did NOT want to press charges. Nicki also claimed she was NOT in a relationship with the alleged attacker. Cops tell us an incident report was taken … but no charges will be filed per Nicki’s request. Ummm… Guess what Scaff Beezy was doing on Monday?
