Expose on “The Source” Is Out September 11, 2008

If you are looking for a new book to pick up this week, the highly anticipated expose on The Source magazine is in stores.

“Straight From The Source” is a first-hand look at the most infamous rap magazine from the eyes of former editor-in-chief Kim Osorio.

Osorio, a former BET.com employee, is best known for becoming the first female EIC of The Source and suing the notorious bible of hip-hop for sexual harassment and wrongful termination in 2005.

Just from skimming through the chapters, you can tell this will be one of those books that will make your jaw drop when you’re done with it.

With any book of this size coming out, you can almost count on Wendy Williams having them on her show.

But from what I hear, “The Queen of All Media” wouldn’t give Kim the time of day and won’t have her on the show.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Williams is in the middle of a lawsuit with former employee Nicole Spence, who shares the same attorney with Osorio?

Fly Girls Rock Fall’s Favorites September 11, 2008

Don’t fall flat.

I hope you’re writing this down.

A tailored, ladylike dress. The great thing about a tailored dress … You know it’s going to be in your closet for years to come. So, invest in a good one that looks really, really good on.

 

 

An amazing statement boot or bootie. Whether the boot is ankle length, mid-calf, or over-the-knee … has studs, fringe, is scrunchy or slightly pointed, it’s this season’s must-have footwear.

Plaid anything. Plaid shirt, plaid sport coat, plaid dress, or suit… From clothes to accessories, the checkered pattern commands attention.

Massive necklaces. Get something really big, bold and inventive. Colored stones and big architectural pieces are hot. It will just pep up anything you already have in your closet – even a classic white shirt.

Store your hobo. Sniff. The “It” bag of the day is a fringed purse. And for night, a hard shelled clutch defines nighttime glamour.

Got it? Good. Now, go get it.

Kanye West Arrested September 11, 2008

Man of the hour allegedly goes camera smashing

Questlove had some special advice for Kanye West on his Twitter blog today: “Don’t drop the soap Kanye…Please don’t drop the soap.”

According to TMZ.com, Kanye West is about to go from “Love Lockdown” to being locked down for real. West was arrested at the Los Angeles International airport today for felony vandalism.

Allegedly, a photographer attempted to take pictures of the superstar, but West became enraged, confronted the photographer, and smashed his equipment. The persistent photographer then begin to try to videotape the rapper, including the confrontation, and West allegedly yelled, “Gimme that fucking tape!” West and his manager were later arrested, where they remain in police custody.

To watch the video, go here.

Nas And N.E.R.D. Roll Into NYC September 11, 2008

Performers will celebrate hip hop’s past, present and future

For 90-minutes, Nas and N.E.R.D. will hold a stage hostage in what may be one of the biggest shows in Smirnoff history. On Oct. 7, both parties will perform at Capitale in celebration of the spirit of hip hop. Smirnoff Experience, which hosts annual thematic showcases including a popular “Mix Series” tour, will be announcing other special guests for the Nas/N.E.R.D. private show in the days ahead.

Rangel drama; Kobe’s pinky; Haskins dies; ‘Moist’ Timberlake; Daddy Yankee vs. Fat Joe; MiJac dating Pam Anderson? September 11, 2008

House Republican leaders are demanding that embattled Rep. Charles Rangel D-N.Y be removed from his post as chairman of a tax-writing committee while an ethics panel reviews his personal finances, reports AP. Tuesday’s GOP thrust came as Rangel’s advisers acknowledged he will pay back federal, state, and city taxes for unreported rent collected on a vacation home. Rangel, ironically, has oversight of the nation’s tax code, and has been in Congress for nearly four decades. The congressman will soon file amended tax returns paying “modest” back taxes owed for the last several years.

 

       *Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has decided not to have surgery on his pinky finger so that he’s free to participate in pre-season training. The injury occurred in February, but Bryant opted to avoid surgery in order to finish the NBA season and to go to the Olympics with the U.S. team. After winning a gold medal in Beijing it was expected that the NBA’s Most Valuable Player would deal with the injury before the start of the new season. “I have always felt that I can still focus and play at a high level even through various injuries,” Bryant told his own Web site (http://wwww.kb24.com) on Tuesday. “That’s really just part of the game. When the doctors told me recovery from a procedure could be 12 weeks, I just decided now was not the time to have surgery.

 

      *College basketball pioneer Don Haskins, the coach whose story was depicted in the film “Glory Road,” died Sunday at the age of 78, according to the Associated Press. The Hall of Fame coach is credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western. Disney’s “Glory Road” starred Josh Lucas as Haskins and Derek Luke as one of his players on the 1966 squad. Dr. Dwayne Aboud, Haskins’ physician, told reporters Sunday that Haskins had been suffering from congestive heart failure and died at home about 4:30 p.m. He was surrounded by friends and relatives, Aboud said.

 

       *Director Barry Sonnenfeld is once again looking at singer Justin Timberlake as the possible lead star of his upcoming dark comedy “Moist” reports MTV News. Based on the novel by Mark Haskell Smith, the story follows a morgue attendant named Bob who comes across a severed arm with an erotic tattoo of a woman he falls for. In the course of trying to find out who she is, Bob ends up becoming Roberto, a kingpin of the Los Angeles Mexican mafia — ultimately replacing the man who the severed arm belonged to in the first place. Timberlake agreed to do the film four years ago, but the project fell through due to financing issues. The director is actively talking to studios once again about the project and JT may still be involved, reports Dark Horizons.

 

      *Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee, a supporter of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has fired back at Barack Obama backer Fat Joe for calling him a sellout. “McCain is the kind of man whose promises you can actually believe in. I’ll support him till the end,” Daddy told The Post’s Sandra Guzman from his home in Puerto Rico. “I don’t care who I piss off. This is about my ideals, not about making friends.” As previously reported, fellow Fat Joe called Daddy Yankee “disgusting,” “a sellout” and “ignorant on the issues.” Joe added: “If he debates me about politics, he will never talk another word about a politician for the rest of his life.”

 

      *Pamela Anderson says she is not currently dating Michael Jackson as the rumor mill is suggesting.  “He just wants me to be in a video,” she said on Wednesday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” when asked about their recent meeting. “My life is so interesting. My life is a blur.” Ellen responded: “So seriously, have you been hanging out with him?” Anderson replied cryptically: “It happens … skin cancer and Vicodin. I don’t know … I have a lot of interesting friends.”

GOP WOMEN BOYCOTT OPRAH WINFREY: Palin followers upset over Winfrey’s ban on candidates until after election September 11, 2008

The Florida Federation of Republican Women has launched a boycott against Oprah Winfrey’s TV show and magazine because of her refusal to book Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin until after the election.

 

       Winfrey announced that no candidate running for president or vice president on either ticket would be invited to her program until after Nov. 4. Yet the 58-year-old federation, which has 4,500 members, says Winfrey should have Palin on her show now, given how important the Alaska governor’s run is for women.      

       “She is an icon, and set her herself up to be such a women’s rights and women’s issues person. To have the first vice president of our lifetime on the Republican ticket being a woman and to sit it out regardless of what her personal political beliefs were was disingenuous, we felt,” the group’s First Vice President Cindy Graves told “FOX & Friends” on Wednesday morning.      

       Graves, 50, says she used to watch “Oprah” and occasionally bought her magazine. She told FOXNews.com that the group has been joined by women all over the country since launching the boycott last Saturday.      

       “People from Southern California, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado, Rhode Island, just about every state in the union. We’ve also had a tremendous response from Democrats and Independents who are supporting McCain, and Hillary supporters,” she said.      

       Before Obama became a candidate, Winfrey had the Illinois senator on the show. She has endorsed the Democratic nominee’s candidacy and has appeared with him on the campaign trail.  She also was very visible at Obama’s nomination acceptance speech in Denver last month.

DAMON DASH’S EX DEFIES COURT ORDER: Baby mama refuses to hand son back to mogul, who has sole custody September 11, 2008

The mother of Damon Dash’s son has reportedly ignored a court order to appear in Manhattan Family Court Tuesday with their 16-year-old, which will result in a bench warrant for her arrest today if she fails to show up again.       

        According to the New York Post, Damon Dash Jr. went to visit his mother Linda Williams last week at her Long Island home and has yet to return. Dash, who has sole legal custody of the teen, has been locked in a bitter custody battle with Williams for the past five years.      

       Dash Jr.’s court-appointed lawyer, Glenn Mitch-Ampel, told Judge Susan Knipp that Williams said the boy wants to stay with her.      

       Knipp, however, said if Dash Jr. and his mother aren’t in the courtroom during today’s scheduled hearing, she’ll issue a warrant for her arrest.

WYCLEF HELPS HURRICANE VICTIMS IN HAITI: Artist starts relief fund to provide food, water and other essentials following storms September 11, 2008

Wyclef Jean has launched the “Haiti Storm Relief Fund” to provide food, water, purification tablets, tents, blankets, medical supplies, hygiene kits as well as funds to a number of non-profit organizations working on the ground to respond to the emergency.      

       “My country is facing a serious catastrophe at the moment,” said Wyclef in a statement, “and we urgently require assistance. But the long-term catastrophe is that we have less than two percent tree cover, and without restoring our forests we will always be susceptible to mudslides and flash floods from storms and hurricanes.”       

       Yele’s Storm Relief Fund has already sponsored food, supplies and water to assist victims in the South-East, including Jakmel, Cayes-Jakmel, Marigot and La Vallee. A second wave of support is currently underway in and around Jakmel in cooperation with the Mayor of the resort community.       

       Containers with emergency supplies are being shipped into the country over the next few weeks as individuals and corporations begin responding to Wyclef Jean’s call for donations. Within days Yele Haiti’s teams will begin an intensive operation of emergency food distributions with food staples supplied by the World Food Programme. Donations can be made online at www.yele.org.       

       The storms that have battered Haiti in the past few weeks have left more than 500 dead and wreaked havoc in the lives of more than 600,000 people who have been displaced by flooding or cut off from food supplies. Haitian President Rene Preval has appealed for help from the international community, saying the country faces a “catastrophe”.

NAOMI CAMPBELL BEGINS COMMUNITY SERVICE: Supermodel works desk job at soup kitchen to satisfy air rage case September 11, 2008

Naomi Campbell spent all day Tuesday at a desk job as part of the community service stemming from her air rage plea deal earlier this year.        

       The supermodel was assigned to handle paperwork at London’s Whitechapel Mission soup kitchen to help fulfill her sentence of 200 hours of helping the homeless.       

       “Naomi is really eager to do the work that is required of her and give something back to the community,” a friend told People.com.       

      However, some workers on her punishment detail complained that Campbell was tasked with easy paperwork instead of more challenging labor, such as washing dishes or handling in janitorial duties.       

       “It’s usually pretty grueling work, but not for her,” one source told the U.K.’s Daily Mirror, adding that Campbell was treated “like a princess.”       

       Campbell, 38, said she’s just happy to being putting the April airport incident behind her. “I just want to keep my head down and get on with it,” she told the Mirror.      

       In June, Campbell pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers in London’s Heathrow airport. In addition to her community service, she was also fined $4500.

BILLBOARD FALLS INTO JEEZY’S ‘RECESSION’: Def Jam set beats New Kids reunion album September 11, 2008

Young Jeezy just scored his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “The Recession,” which moved 260,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.”

 

       The Def Jam project beat the newly reunited New Kids On The Block, who enter the chart for the first time in 14 years at No. 2 with “The Block” – moving 95,000 units.       

       Last week’s runner-up, the Game’s “LAX” (Geffen), slips to No. 3 with 89,000, a 63% sales loss. Kid Rock’s “Rock N Roll Jesus” (Top Dog/Atlantic) ranks No. 4 and Slipknot’s Roadrunner album “All Hope Is Gone,” which barely managed to edge out “LAX” last week, falls to No. 5.       

       Lil Wayne’s Cash Money release “Tha Carter III” rounds out the top tier with 47,000, falling 6-10 on a 14% sales decline.