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Beneath Low

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

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New York-based writer, publicist, and activist April Silver says she continues to get feedback about a piece she wrote in response to this performance by Lil’ Wayne and Drake at the BET Awards 2009. Director Byron Hurt also responded, and wrote the following to BET’s Debra Lee on June 29:

“Sunday night’s BET Awards show was a disgrace. It’s sad and unfortunate that your network, owned by Viacom, continues to crank out mediocrity and perpetuate negative stereotypes of black men, women, and children. Although you likely received high ratings for the awards show, there is no honor in reinforcing the status quo’s opinion of black people. Your tribute to Michael Jackson and the overall show had its great moments, however, BET failed to deliver a solid, quality show. Rather than “raising the bar” and presenting African-Americans as a creative, proud, dignified people, BET lowered the bar for the entire world to see. The BET Awards drew a huge audience to watch a tribute to Michael Jackson, but left millions of viewers feeling disappointed, embarrassed, and reduced to classic stereotypes.

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The Week in Gossip: Mickey Rourke’s Parisian Trip

Friday, February 6th, 2009

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Puff! The Magic Olympian … An old pic of Mike Phelps getting a gold medal high surfaced and had everyone in a hissy this week. As of yesterday, USA Swimming suspended Phelps from partaking in any competitions and cut off all funding for the next three months. The cereal chumps over at Kellogg announced that they will not renew their sponsorship deal when Phelps’ contract expires at the end of February. If that ain’t enough, some punk sheriff is trying to charge the swim douche for breaking the law in his county. As for Phelps, well, he says he’s sorry, but what he really means is—he didn’t inhale. No sirree. The only “high” he knows is swimmer’s high. So get off his back.

All my Beyoncé haters—now put your hands UP! If y’all don’t remember, Beyoncé sang “At Last” for our new fuzzy wuzzy prezzy and his First Lady on the night of the inauguration. Well, the original sanger of the song—the venerable Etta James—has stepped forward to announce that she ain’t too happy with her tune getting hijacked by the newbie songstress. In fact, she’s p*ssed and says Beyoncé is “going to get her ass whooped.” Whoopee!

F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! Christian Bale has a one-f*cking-word vocabulary and I’m f*cking feelin’ it. Anyone want to f*cking dance? I f*cking thought so. F*ck!

Mickey Rourke must be a fan of Blue’s Clues. (No surprise there.) And who’s a fan of Mickey Rourke? This woman. …And it’s a sad, sad day in France.

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Poor Miley Cyrus. If people aren’t calling her an underage skank, then they’re calling her a racist. Skanky? She can live with that. But why would anyone think she’s racist? I mean, she was just saying “cheese” and making a funny face. It’s not like she was photographed sucking on a bong or anything—I mean, that would be totally offensive.

Guess whose opportunistic booty might pose nude for Playboy. Don’t think too hard. Here’s a hint: She recently showed up for an important (nationally televised) audition wearing her highest stripper heels and some version of a bathing suit. And she smacked a big, wet one on in-the-closet Seacrest—and thought he actually liked it. So, who we got?

And 14 cheers (or jeers?) for the mom who gave birth to octuplets and already had six youngins under the age of 8 crawling around at home. Nadya Suleman is an insta-celeb because all eight of her babes made it through the delivery (rare!) and, despite being born nine weeks premature, are growing stronger every day. She also made headlines because she’s a single momma and lives at home with her parents—who filed for bankruptcy about a year and half ago. The media demand for Suleman is out of control (uh, TV show offers?), so she hired a PR agency to represent. The hot momma decided to give her first interview to “The Today Show”—of course—and portion of the interview aired today.

The Week in Gossip: Is Barack Buying a Thank You Rock?

Friday, December 5th, 2008

What do you get the First Lady-elect who has everything? (And by “everything,” I mean one helluvah husband!) Try a diamond-encrusted black gold ring worth nearly $30,000. A spokesman for the designer of the ring says Obama was considering the finger candy as a thank-you-for-not-divorcing-me-during-these-last-two-years-in-hell gift for Michelle. But a rep. for Obama denies the claim. Hey, who needs a big ring when you got a big . . . smile?

Speaking of our President-elect, have you heard the latest scandal? It’s been dubbed Zunegate. Obama, who claims to be an über-cool iPod user, was seen working out at the gym with a . . . a . . . a Zune! The horror! The hypocrisy is just too much! Much too much!

Who’s numero uno on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the most powerful women in Hollywood? If I have to tell you, then just forget it. Grab your indie music and your hoodie, and go crawl back under the rock you’ve been camping out under for the past two decades.

Finally! An arrest for the murder of J.Hud.’s family. The brother-in-law who has been in question all along, William Balfour, was arrested Monday on first-degree murder charges. It’s now been well over a month since Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were discovered dead. Balfour, who’s had his fair share of time behind bars for attempted murder and a car hijacking, was initially taken into custody after the bodies were found and has since remained a “person of interest.” He and Hudson’s sister were separated and at odds at the time of the murders.

Proud Mary keep on burnin‘! Check out 69-year-old Tina Turner rollin’-rollin’-rollin’ out the He-Man at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. One thing’s for sure, girlfriend’s still got some smokin’ sexy legs.

Who wants to be emancipated from her has-been, needs a haircut (and his own life) daddy? Little ol’ Miley Cyrus seems to be getting the itch that most too-famous-for-their-teenage-britches superstars get when they realize just how rich they are—she wants full control of her career, finances and love life. No parental guidance allowed. Hey, what’s wrong with wanting to be your own 16-year-old woman dammit?!

No wonder their marriage is SOSing. The best meal Angelina’s ever cooked for her handsome hubby is cereal, says Brad. To which I say—damn straight! With 25 kids running around the house, a bowl of Fruit Loops is f*cking fabulous, you hear?

So what are all the celebs giving each other this holiday season? Take a wild guess.