MARIAH CAREY RESPONDS TO DIDDY'S CHALLENGE + HAS DIDDY SHUT DOWN JUSTIN'S IN NYC?

Dumb-dumb Diddy's cockiness and arrogance leaves a lot to be desired. A whole lot! Dude has taken it upon himself to challenge several female celebs (including an ex-girlfriend) who have endorsed their own fragrance lines respectively. Now, one of those females celebs, Mariah Carey, is responding to Diddy's childish challenge. At a tour of his “Unforgivable Mansion” last week, promoting his new fragrance, the aptly named Unforgivable, Diddy told one reporter, “You know also… with this fragrance I also send out a challenge. There are a lot of female celebrities that have fragrances… like J.Lo and Britney and Gwen Stefani and Mariah Carey,” Diddy began. “I just told them that my, my fragrance is better then theirs. I like their fragrance but... I invite them to come out, meet me on a Saturday or Sunday on 5th Avenue and we do it like Pepsi blind smell taste. We can do it in front of my Sean John store… Check this out, Britney, JLo, Gwen, Sarah Jessica Parker meet (me) on 5th avenue any time this weekend. My fragrance is launching and we can see whose fragrance is better, mine or yours. And the loser has to pay for the shopping spree.”

Diddy also told another outlet, “I’m a man and I know how women should smell!” Man, please!

“I heard about this competition, and I wish Puff all the best with his new fragrance,” Carey responded. “But I think we’re actually appealing to different types of women. M by Mariah Carey is about being unforgettable, not unforgivable. It’s not about a ménage à trois or a one night stand, it’s for the woman who wants the man to fall in love with her immediately, stay in love, and treat her like royalty.”

In other Diddy news, word around the web is that Diddy has, for unknown reasons at this time, closed down his Justin's restaurant in New York City. Reportedly, radio personality Lady O of NYC's Power 105.1 radio station announced she'd recently received info from a reliable source claiming that the media-mogul's soul-food eatery would be closing its doors soon...and as of Monday, the restaurant was officially closed.

Once known for its exquisitely upscale and fine elegant dining where you could rub elbows with the whose who in the entertainment and sports industry, the alleged shut down of Justin's comes on the heels of recent reports and rumors that the restaurant has at last lost its panache. Tales of tasteless food, major roach infestation, slow service and celeb groupies who have made the restaurant Groupie Grand Central, has plagued ... you know what? I don't even care anymore. If the rumors are true, then maybe Diddy should close it down.

And that's really all I have to say about that.

PERFUME CHALLENGE SOURCE: ACCESS HOLLYWOOD

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NEW PICS: CELEBS AT THE UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND'S TRIBUTE SMOKEY ROBINSON

I bet Adrienne Curry would have a coronary episode if she were to come across these pics. An abundance of celebrities attended the United Negro College Fund Presents An Evening of Stars Tribute to Smokey Robinson last week in Pasadena, California. Celebries in attendance included: LisaRaye Missick (with her husband Michael), Tichina Arnold, Shemar Moore, John Legend, Ne-Yo, Kimberly Elise, Shaun Robinson, Eva Marcille (with her boyfriend actor, Lance Gross from 'House of Payne), AJ Calloway, Stevie Wonder, Barry Gordy, Heather Headley, Debbie Allen (with her daughter, Vivian, Chante Moore & hubby Kenny Lattimore, Tyler Williams ('Everybody Hates Chris'), Nancy Wilson, Tom Joyner (with wife Donna), Hill Harper, Taraji Henson and more.

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NEW PICS/VIDEO: ALICIA KEYS ON B.E.T.'S 106 & PARK + NEW VIDEO 'NO ONE.'

Alicia Keys made an appearance on B.E.T.'s 106 & Park to world premiere her new video, No One from her third studio album, As I Am. ALso, the singer recently spoke to EW magazine where she discussed the new sound on her new CD, her new look and her new attitude.

New Sound On her new CD, As I Am, Keys says: ''My voice is different'' — raspy, urgent. (Hear for yourself on the addictive single ''No One.'') ''All my albums are personal, but there's so much more that I feel, and so much more I needed to say.''

New Look: Out: hats, braids. In: curls, couture — and a strong body, courtesy of a marathon she ran in Greece. ''It took me five hours; it was hell. But it was amazing. When I got to the end, I started crying.''

New Attitude: ''I used to be a wall-building, feeling-hiding con artist. I'm at a whole other place now. I'm gonna tell it how it is and how I feel it. I'm not gonna sacrifice my spirit for nobody.''

View more pics + watch Alicia's new video after the jump!

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'THE GAMEs' 2nd SEASON PREVIEW & SPOILERS; TIA MOWRY REVEALS NEW DETAILS RE: HER WEDDING.

Tia Mowry isn't wasting any time when it comes to solidfying arrangements for her upcoming wedding to her fiance, actor Cory Hardrict. According to entertainment news columnist, Jawn Murray, the couple will exchange 'I do's' in beautiful Malibu, California, on April 12, 2008. This fits Mowry's occupational plans perfectly. By that time, the second season of The Game will have wrapped for the season. Also, Murray reports, to keep the buzz going, the CW's upper-ups, as well as the show's producers, intend to promote the new season (which premieres on Monday, October 1, 2007) with t-shirts which will read 'Team Melanie' (Mowry's character) and 'Team Derwin' (played by Pooch Hall).

I'm pretty sure, all of those die-hard Game fans, such as myself, are itching to see what the new season will bring. Especially after the cliff-hanger from last season when it was revealed that Melanie had finally found out about Derwin cheating on her with singer Drew Sidora. Okay, you know what? I wasn't going to post the details of the new season's premiere episode until later on this week, but right about now, I just can't help myself. Oooh, I can't wait!

See what's in store for Melanie and Derwin after the jump!

So here it is. The first episode of the season is tentavively titled, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Redux: Derwin (Pooch Hall) tries to repair his relationship with Melanie (Tia Mowry) after his infidelity with Drew Sidora. But when Melanie shows up with Trey Wiggs (guest star Chaz Lamar Shepherd) to collect her stuff and move out for good, Derwin gets upset. Meanwhile, Malik's (Hosea Chanchez) on-air kiss with Renee starts a frenzy of plus-sized women throwing themselves at him. Wendy Raquel Robinson, Coby Bell and Brittany Daniel also star. Actress/comedian Mo'Nique makes a cameo appearance.

And here are a couple of spoilers for the show's sophmore season----read at your own discretion: Lee Majors has been drafted as the new coach of the Sabers football team on the CW’s The Game. Insiders report that Majors has at least a three-episode arc that will start October 1. His character will really shake things up for the team during a season that will see one star player turn to steroids and another get caught up in a media controversy. In other Game news, Greek’s Scott Michael Foster will pop in on October 22 as Kelly’s slacker little brother who comes to stay at her place after being released from rehab.

Oooooooooooh-ooh! I wonder which character is using steroids?! I'mma put my money on Coby Bell's character, Jason Pitts.

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE BALLERS?! DENNIS RODMAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL BATTERY.

It appears as if Dennis Rodman has taken Akon's Smack That song a little too far. According to TMZ, the Orange County Sheriff's Department is investigating the former NBA star for sexual battery after he allegedly slapped the rear end of a female bar hopper. Jim Amormino, a spokesperson for the O.C. Sheriff, told TMZ: "Officers did respond to an incident involving a man and a woman. A police report was taken, and is currently with the sex crime unit of the Sheriff's department." According to a source, Rodman was at Hennessy's Tavern in Dana Point when he smacked the woman's butt so hard that it left a "major mark." Rodman's rep Darren Prince is dismissing the allegations. “That is just another woman trying to extort money out of Dennis, and I am sure the situation will work itself out in Dennis' favor," Prince said in a statement.

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O.J. THREATENS DUDE HE ACCUSED OF SLEEPING W/HIS GIRLFRIEND: 'I'M GOING TO F*CKING KILL YOU!'

Simpson's violent jealous streak didn't die with his ex-wife, Nicole Brown. In an eerily similar sequel to the murder of Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, the disgraced grid great descended into a twisted rage six weeks ago when he accused his girlfriend of sleeping with a hunky, ex-con handyman, the worker and his wife told The Post. A jealous Juice first left an irate voice mail for Janos Gonzalez, whom Simpson had hired to work at his South Miami home, on July 29. Thirty minutes later, he showed up at Gonzalez's home in Kendall, according to Gonzalez, 42, and his wife, Marlene, 32. With his gal pal, Nicole look-alike Christie Prody, next to him, Simpson peeled his Lexus sedan into the driveway in the late evening as Marlene Gonzalez was parking her brawny hubby's pickup truck.

Simpson made a beeline for her, shouting, "I need to f- - -ing talk to you," Marlene Gonzalez said.

He told her that her husband had sex with Prody earlier that day, she said. "I told him he had to solve that problem with his girlfriend," she said. Janos Gonzalez, who had been inside, emerged and told Simpson to leave. But Simpson told the lantern-jawed lothario: "Come over here. I'm going to f- - -ing kill you," Marlene Gonzalez said. Simpson then placed his hand behind him as if drawing a gun, she said. "I didn't know if he really had one," she said.

Janos Gonzalez, who has a long rap sheet of drug- related arrests, said he did landscaping and repairs at Simpson's $1 million home for a year until four months ago. He denied he ever met Prody, Simpson's on-again, off-again girlfriend of 10 years, but said he had heard about Simpson's volatile relationship with her. But police reports and court documents obtained by The Post show Prody and Gonzalez did have a past, and it was not pretty.

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VIDEO: IRV GOTTI'S VH1 (?) REALITY SHOW PREVIEW

Guess what? While cruising through youtube, I came across this so-called trailer for Irv Gotti's new un-named reality show, which I thought was going to air on VH1, but guess what again? I go to VH1's website, and they don't have a damn thing mentioning anything regarding Irv's reality show on their network. Maybe I missed something. If anyone else have any news about his show, let a sista know. But um, is it safe to assume Ashanti won't be making any appearances?! I keed! I keed!

The video will start after about 10 seconds.

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CANDID HOOD PICS: KHIA, THE THUGMISTRESS, CHILLING IN THE HOOD

I ain't gon make this post long at all. I just have one question: Can her funbags, flapjacks, cow teats or whatever else you wanna call them, get any lower? Girl, bye. I'm through.

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