R&B singer Charlie Wilson recently announced that he will be undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, a disease he was diagnosed with last fall. His second solo album, Uncle Charlie, will release to stores in a couple of weeks (Feb. 17th to be exact).
“When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September, I thought to myself [...]

It has been reported that Kellogs will not be pursuing a new contract with Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo surfaced on the internet of him allegedly smoking marijuana through a bong.
Phelps also was suspended from competition and denied financial support for three months by USA Swimming, the sport’s national governing body.
“This is [...]

It’s been reported that Fantasia Barrino is set to return to her role as Celie in the musical stageplay adaptation of The Color Purple. The play ended its stint at broad a year ago back in February 2008, and is set to run for three months in Washington, D.C. starting June 30th 2009. She will [...]

New Orleans Saints runningback Reggie Bush, also most known for being Kim Kardashian’s main squeeze, landed himself a lucrative endorsement deal with energy soda pioneer Red Bull. He’s the first football player to be supported by the energy soda giant. The announcement came about last week with a full jet ski team who performed, while [...]

Aunt Viv had us scared for a little minute! We actually believed she had something to do with all that “psychic friends” mumbo jumbo but we’re definitely glad to hear that it’s all some BS.
After an infomercial video and flyers for her alleged campaign with The Psychic Friends Networks hit the web on Monday, actress [...]

Erykah Badu announced on Twitter yesterday that she and longtime boyfriend Jay Electronica decided to name their newborn daughter Marks Merkaba.

According to Crystalinks.com, the word Merkaba refers to a “divine light vehicle allegedly used by ascended masers to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms.” The vehicle is described as a [...]

Michael Jackson has been served! Veteran Hollywood film director John Landis slapped the uncontested King of Pop with a breach-of-contract lawsuit because Landis hasn’t been paid his share of the profits from the “Thriller” music video, the most famous music video in the history of music, for at least four years.
Landis and his company, Levitsky [...]

Your boy Michael Phelps, you know, the guy who won a gazillion gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, was photographed smoking pot through a bong at a college party last fall. The photos first surfaced on British tabloid News of the World, which reported that the photo was taken back in November 2008 in the [...]

It has been reported that Warner Brothers Films will be creating a motion picture covering the life of late singer and actress Aaliyah Haughton, who died in a plane crash in August 2001 following a video shoot in the Bahamas. Bill Condon, best known for directing “DreamGirls” will be directing the currently untitled biopic, which [...]

About damn time, right? R&B singer Kelly Rowland has dropped Mathew Knowles from the roster as manager of her career. According to reports, the agreement was mutual and a statement from Rowland herself said the following:
“Mathew Knowles has been a positive influence in my career. I have had great success under his guidance – both [...]

The internet has definitely brought celebrities a lot closer to the general public and if you follow @fatbellybella, you’ll know that Erykah Badu gave birth sometime between 10:00 AM and 6:49 PM this past Sunday (Feb. 1st 2009). How? Because she posted the following messages to Twitter, the hugely popular social networking site that’s the [...]

Out of the three ladies left in Danity Kane, only two (the two furthest to the right of the pic above) showed up to an important meeting, according to Dawn Richard. Rumors had been circulating the ‘net for weeks talking about how Shannon had left the group, but now since Dawn has brought everything to [...]

While we wait on Beyonce & Jay-Z, Janet Jackson & Jermaine Dupri, and Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon to decide what they want to do as far as making babies and sh*t, I guess we can settle with news of Nas & Kelis expecting their first-born. And a couple tells US Weekly that, “they are [...]

According to posts published by The Miami Herald, Miami Heat basketball star Dwyane Wade gave his wife of nearly 7 years a little more than what she asked for. Dwyane Wade and his high school sweetheart, Siohvaughn Wade, are in the process of getting a divorce, and according to legal papers, she claims that Dwyane [...]

Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson will make her first live appearance since the tragic shooting deaths of her mother, brother and nephew. She’s set to kick-off Super Bowl XL III with her own rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is set to make her first public appearance since the killings of her mother, brother [...]

Jamal “Gravy” Woolard may be on top of the world right now as far as his Notorious movie goes, but he’ll have to come back down to earth for a little while next Thursday to face misdemeanor charges of assault, menacing and harassment, according to BET News.
According to NYPD records, Woolard was arrested Sept. 14 [...]

Us Magazine is reporting that fashion diva Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Honsou are pregnant!
Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple tells Usmagazine.com. Simmons, 33, has two daughters, Ming Lee, 8, and Aoki Lee, 6, with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, whom she [...]

Dear Malia and Sasha,
I know that you’ve both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn’t have let you have. But I also know that it hasn’t always been easy [...]

We received a little tip in our inbox about this un-famous guy named “Chosen Wilkins.” But the message couldn’t have come at a better time. Lots of times when browsing through Wire Image’s massive archives of celebrity events, photoshoots, and public outings & sightings, especially at Basketball games around this time of year, we come [...]

This just in from Drrrt! Danity Kane, now a three-woman act, has been dropped from Bad Boy records!
OUR HEART IS DAMAGED !
DRRRT HAS EXCLUSIVELY LEARNED THAT PLATINUM SELLING GIRL GROUP DANITY KANE HAS BEEN DROPPED BY BAD BOY RECORDS.
IN ADDITION, THE GIRLS WILL NOT APPEAR IN ANY UPCOMING SEASON OF MAKING THE BAND.
We’ll keep you [...]