JILL SCOTT ON FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN, POSING NUDE, HER FAILED MARRIAGE & WHY SHE'S HAPPY IN HER SKIN.

I know the Internet has been buzzing all day with folks wondering if Jill Scott is dating her Why Did I Get Married? love-interest, actor Lamman Rucker. I know this for a fact because I have never seen my email's inbox stuffed with so many inquiries from people wanting to know if it's true or not. I will say this though: Jill and Lamman--or as I like to call them, Jilly from Philly and Lamman from P-Burg, P.A.--are two very private people. Therefore and thus and such, when Jill and Lamman want you to know if they indeed have a real thing going on, they'll tell you. Until then, just enjoy speculating and remember, you can't believe everything you read...or can you? According to Page Six, the singer turned actress was also recently seen at Nobu restaurant wining and dining the Hispanic male model she posed with during her Allure magazine photoshoot. Anywhoo, Scott recently did an interview with the Jamaican Observer and dished details on several issues going on in her life right now including her failed marriage, why she's happy and content with her size, posing nude for Allure magazine (March '08), finding love, her new music and acting projects, embarking on a new tour and launching her own bra line, The Butterfly Collection by Jill Scott in a joint venture with plus-size apparel retailer, Ashley Stewart Stores.

JILL ON DIVORCING HER COMPANION OF 13 YEARS AND HUSBAND OF FIVE, LYZEL WILLIAMS: “I think it had a lot to do with us not being meant to work together, it was a poor choice. The line between our relationship and work got blurred, so we had very little personal time and were too concerned with business. And somehow my husband stopped being my husband.” On coping with the issue: "I go through everything that everybody else does, I get angry, upset, tired and annoyed but I try my best to remain positive at all times, because there is so much to be positive about. Some days are good; some days are not. It is a different brand of lonely that I am learning to deal with, but overall, I am happier than I have ever been, and that makes all the difference in the world. I have too much to offer as a person to live my life alone and not to be in love again.”

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JILL ON WHY SHE'S HAPPY IN HER SKIN & WHY SHE LOVED POSING NUDE FOR ALLURE MAGAZINE: "I don’t think that I am a particularly big girl, clearly I am not a small girl, but I think I am an average-sized American woman. I have been blessed with family and friends who appreciate all sides of me. I did a nude photo shoot two days ago for Allure, which I loved. It was so empowering and after it was all done, I was congratulated by staff members of Allure for breaking the mold.”

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JILL ON HER PLANS FOR 2008 WHICH INCLUDES THE LAUNCH OF A NEW BRA LINE, THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION BY JILL SCOTT: “I got big boobs and I need to be fly, I got tired of my shoulders hurting and marks being left in my skin from bras that weren’t designed for all of this, so I created my own.” The entire clothing line will be personally inspired and designed by Jill Scott, in conjunction with Ashley Stewart whose name and image will be utilized in all marketing and merchandising concepts.

Scott, who has been nominated for 3 Grammys (Best R&B album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Hate On Me and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Daydreamin' feat. Lupe Fiasco) for her newest album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Volume 3, has also announced the itinerary for her Real Thing tour, which kicks off Feb. 5 in Seattle and rolls through 23 cities before wrapping March 30 in Birmingham. Multiple stands are scheduled in Oakland (Feb. 7-8); Atlanta (Feb. 22-23) and Baltimore (Feb. 26-27). She'll perform for four consecutive nights at Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall beginning March 11. See the entire schedule HERE.

She will continue to be the face of plus size clothing store Ashley Stewart until next year and has wrapped another movie called Number One Ladies Detective Agency.

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QUEEN LATIFAH GIVES AWAY 'MAD MONEY' TO CREW MEMBERS ON FILM SET + 'MAD MONEY' MOVIE PREMIERE PICS.

Rapper turned actor Queen Latifah gave the cast and crew something to look forward to every Friday on the set of her new film Mad Money - she gave cash away. The rapper-turned-singer/actress came up with a "five dollar Friday" ruse that would give runners, camera operators and interns the chance to go home for the weekend with a big cash bonus. The generous Chicago star explains, "It was actually my way of giving back to the crew. Sometimes you get to throw a barbecue or do something special but usually I know that the crew people are working really hard and everybody is not making the same amount of money we are. So we do this five dollar Fridays thing and everybody writes their name on a five dollar bill and puts it into a bucket and at the end of the day somebody picks a bill out and whoever's name is on the bill wins all the money."

And Latifah, real name Dana Owens, had a way of sweetening the deal further: "I'd double the money every Friday. It could be a lot of money, so don't tell the IRS (tax authorities at the Internal Revenue Service)."

Mad Money hits theaters Friday, January 18th.

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'THIS NIGGAH, HERE!' BOBBY BROWN WANTED FOR POSSESSION OF THE 'WHITE GIRL.'

Oh sure, he’ll get his yee-ha on when he appears on CMTs Gone Country later this month, Read RG101's: Bobby & Sisqo go country but the demand for appearances by Grammy-winning Roxbury bad boy Bobby Brown has been limited mostly to courthouses these days. Massachusetts State Police are trying to bring a cocaine possession charge against the 38-year-old r & b singer and ex-hubby of high priestess of pop Whitney Houston, according to the men in blue. A show-cause hearing scheduled for yesterday at Brockton District Court was rebooked for Feb. 19 because Bobby’s new attorney, Stephanie Soriano, a former Suffolk County prosecutor, had a calendar conflict.

Soriano declined to comment on the matter. But that’s her Prerogative. Apparently, the Staties came to the aid of Brockton police on Dec. 1, when they were called to quell a fight at the local Holiday Inn shortly after midnight, according to Trooper Eric Benson. He said the officers were directed to a 2004 Lincoln Navigator, where Brown, who lists his residence as Encino, Calif., was sitting in the front seat. Benson said police are seeking to charge Brown with a single count of possession of a Class B substance, which the court papers identify as cocaine.

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DR. JAN ADAMS CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING IN THE DEATH OF DR. DONDA WEST.

Dr. Jan Adams has been cleared of any wrong doing in the November 10 death of Kanye West‘s mother, Dr. Donda West, who died of complications from plastic surgery at the age of 58. Adams released a statement in regards to West's autopsy report. “What came out of the autopsy was exactly what I thought was going to be reported. Out of respect for Kanye West’s family, I want to honor the doctor patient confidentiality agreement.” The L.A. County Coroner has concluded that Kanye's mom died of "coronary artery disease and multiple post-operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty." The report indicates her final manner of death "could not be determined." The coroner says several things could have played a role in her death, but they could not say for sure what exactly killed her, adding there was no evidence that anesthesia -- or even the surgery -- caused or contributed to her death.

According to the coroner’s report, West acted against doctor’s orders by returning home after her surgery, though she was advised to receive post-operative care at another facility. The report also suggests that West might have had difficulty breathing, which could have triggered a cardiac event. Speaking to the Associated Press, Captain Ed Winters of the LA County Coroner’s office stated that West “could, possibly” still be alive if she had not had surgery; however, he went on to say “she could have also died because of pre-existing cardiac issues.”

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The Coroner's report narrative states that Stephen Scoggins (Donda's nephew), a nurse with an advanced degree in Public Health, was called by a friend of Donda to go to the surgery center where the procedures were performed, because Ms. West was not "waking up soon enough."

Her family declined to release a statement.

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MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING LIL WAYNE HOSTAGE EXPLAINS HIS VERSION OF EVENTS; LIL WAYNE DENIES RUMORS.

One day Lil Wayne is gonna mess around and screw over the wrong person and get the crack slapped off of his lil petite ass. He gon learn, though.

Rumors of Lil Wayne and his manager Cortez Bryant being held hostage by a Chicago-based promotions company looking to settle a money dispute are not true, Bryant tells Allhihpop.com. Reports suggested that members of Wayne's crew and security staff were assaulted and held against their will on Dec. 29 by Ming's Dynasty Records and The Ark Entertainment until the artist returned their two previous payments to him for concerts that he never performed. Following Wayne's Dec. 29th performance at Chicago's Premier Entertainment Center, Wayne also reportedly failed to show up at an after party thrown by the same promoters, which resulted in the alleged hostage situation. "That is just a rumor," Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant told AllHipHop.com. "We are on the road grinding. We are on the way to Minneapolis for a show tomorrow. We never got held hostage at all."

Big Ming, CEO of Ming's Dynasty Records, explained to AllHipHop.com his version of events, stating the dispute dates back to several Lil Wayne no-shows last summer. Ming said: "We paid Lil Wayne to do an after party, along with Ark Entertainment. Ming's Dynasty Records did the Chicago Summer Jam. Lil Wayne was the headliner, along with Jeezy, Fat Joe, Yung Buck, and Fabolous, at the Allstate Arena. He didn't make it to the after party; we gave him $15Gs and he didn’t make it." According to Ming, after several failed attempts to collect a refund on the payment, he made the decision to arrange another after party appearance, when he booked Wayne for the Dec. 29 event. "Since Lil Wayne’s so hot right now, they wanted another $7500," Ming explained...

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"But he didn't make this after party either. So basically, at this point it's two after parties missed, that they got paid to perform in August. And now here it is, almost the 1st of January. So you know, just like any consumer, I paid for a service, I didn't get the service. So I wanted a refund. The thing is, I realize how hard it is to catch these guys once they leave Chicago. So representatives from Ming’s Dynasty Records and The Ark Entertainment just went to his hotel and just requested the money. So, they came up with the money. So it was all good. It was just a situation where I didn't wanna try it again, I didn't wanna try to fix it again, because the same thing [would've] happened again."

Ming denies that he and his crew held Lil Wayne and Cortez hostage, but he said things did get a bit tense inside of the hotel room.

"Nobody really got roughed up or nothing like that," Ming said. "I mean, Wayne made over $200,000 [with] Ming's Dynasty Records over the last months. So I would think we got a good relationship, we can [continue to] have a good relationship. I hope they understand that it’s just business."

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SHAR JACKSON SHARES HER 2 PENNIES ON BRITNEY'S RECENT MELTDOWN; GIVES BRITNEY MATERNAL ADVICE.

Shar Jackson says her ex, Kevin Federline, is holding up well during the ordeal with Britney Spears. "He's good," Jackson, 31, told PEOPLE on Thursday at the GBK luxury suite in the Beverly Hills Thompson Hotel. "I talked to him the other night and he's fine. He's just happy that the boys are safe. That's his biggest thing, making sure that the boys are in a good place and that they're happy. And they're happy.” Federline, 29, now has sole legal and physical custody of his sons with ex-wife Spears – Preston, 2, Jayden, 1 – following the pop singer's meltdown.

A hearing is set for Monday on whether to resume Spears's visitation rights. Jackson, who has two children with Federline – Kori, 5, Kaleb, 3 – has remained close to her former boyfriend, speaking with him "all the time," she says. Jackson says that for the sake of the boys Spears should focus on her own needs right now. "I'm just one of those people that believe you need to take care of yourself before you can take care of anybody else," Jackson says. "My only advice would be take care of yourself. If you need help for whatever reason, go get it. Do whatever you have to do for those babies."

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YOUTUBE CLIP: CREATOR OF 'THE BOONDOCKS' BLASTS B.E.T. AGAIN

A new episode of The Boondocks which puts BET and its top executives, specifically Reginald Hudlin and Debra Lee on full blast, has some folks speculating that its been banned for that very reason. The Boondocks creator, Aaron McGruder and the higher-ups at BET have never seen eye to eye; and that's partly due to McGruder's pint-size comic-strip characters ridicule of BET for its programming content, most notably for its penchant for profit-pushing thuggish rap videos. In the past, McGruder has stated in interviews that BET ''does not serve the interests of black people.' This must've pissed Robert Johnson, founder and C.E.O. of Black Entertainment Television, off. Johnson responded by calling McGruder ''irresponsible'' and ''simpleminded'' and by saying that ''the 500 dedicated employees of BET do more in one day to serve the interests of African-Americans than this young man has done in his entire life.''

Damn, Mr. Johnson, really, is it that serious?

Aptly titled, The Hunger Strike, the episode was scheduled to air last Monday (January 7) in its regular Adult Swim block on the Cartoon Network, but for some reason did not. In the episode, previews of which are posted on YouTube, Huey's hunger strike against BET is supported by Reverend Rollo Goodlove, voiced by guest star Cee-Lo.

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The Gnarls Barkley crooner also narrates the episode, in which BET head Deborah Leevil, a Dr. Evil type ruler, runs the network with nothing but ill will in mind. "Weggie Rudlin, my Harvard-educated President of Entertainment, tell me about the eeevil shows you have in development," the woman barks to her executive as she pets a hairless animal and places her pinky finger at the corner of her mouth. Weggie Rudlin, a man who strongly resembles BET's President of Entertainment, Reginald Hudlin, stands before her meekly and says: "My Harvard education tells us that our goal is to take all the sh!tty reality shows that MTV did five years ago and make them black… Next month we're going to have our first award show honoring video hoes, or as I like to call it, a hoe-wards show."

LMAO! Hey, don't hoe-fessionals deserve hoe-wards too?! I'm just playing! Anywhoo, peep the preview from the episode below.

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