NEW PICS: STEVE HARVEY: '50 & FLY', BALD-HEADED & WEARING A TANK TOP.

Comedian/actor/radio host Steve Harvey's unveiling of his new look has taken the Blog World by storm today. Harvey is featured on the cover of Jet magazine sans the too-good-to-be-true edged up, tapered high-top, low hair-afro he's become famous for. So, what motivated one of the Original Kings of Comedy to take this route? Age (and maybe a smaller bank account due to his recent divorce to his second wife, Mary--but that's another blog post for another time, so I'll digress).

Back to the new look: Harvey celebrated his 51st birthday today and to commemorate his self-titled 50 and Fly look, the disc jockey decided to hook up with 8 time Mr. Olympia, Lee Haney, not only to get his cock-diesel work-out on, which still needs some work--peep the pics of 'Mr. Hightower' donning his brand new bald head while sporting a black tank-top below--but to also launch his 50 and Fly campaign which he details in this week's issue of Jet magazine. Other than the fact that Steve mustered up the nerves to go bald, I really don't understand what all the other hoopla and whatnot is about. But to each his own. In the meantime and in between time, to all my Black men, Steve wants you all to know, that you too, can be 50 & Fly...or something like that. For those under 50...well, I reckon yall are on your own! LOL!

And for more details about his 50 & Fly campaign as well as how you can submit your own Take Your Shirt Off campaign, visit his website at SteveHarvey.com

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NEW PICS: CONTESTANTS FROM 'AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL CYCLE 10' SEASON

Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model will debut its tenth cycle and fourth season of the series which will air on The CW network beginning Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 8 PM. A few major changes will be implemented this season. For starters, the show will return to New York City after being housed in Los Angeles, California since Cycle 4. This cycle's theme has been dubbed Back to Basics and the entire wardrobe will be completely dressed by mega fashion house, DSquared.

Fans of the show will also notice a change on ANTM judging panel which has gone unchanged since Cycle 5. During the last nine cycles of ANTM, Tyra Banks has gone through many judges. She started in 2003 with Janice Dickinson, Beau Quillian, and Kimora Lee Simmons. It was no secret that Dickinson and Simmons did not get along during filming. Simmons left after season one as did Quillian. By the time season 5 rolled around, Banks seemed to have found the perfect combo. Since cycle 5, Tyra has judged with Nigel Barker, J. Alexander, and Twiggy. However, due to 'scheduling conflicts', supermodel Twiggy has been replaced by Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova.

BELOW, CHECK OUT THE 14 NEW FACES OF ANTM CYCLE 10 CONTESTANTS. CLICK ON PICS TO SEE ITS FULL IMAGE.

1st ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Amis, 20, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Anya, 19, Honolulu, Hawaii; Claire, 24, New York, New York; Aimee, 18, Spanaway, Washington; Allison, 19, Waunakee, Wisconsin.


2nd ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Lauren, 22, Brooklyn, New York; Marvita, 23, San Francisco, California; Stacy Ann, 22, Miami, Florida; Whitney, 20, Atlantic Beach, Florida.


3RD ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Atalya, 18, Brooklyn, New York; Dominique, 23, Columbus, Ohio; Fatima, 22, Boston, Massachusetts; Kimberly, 20, Worcester, Massachusetts; Katarzyna, 22, Roslyn, New York.

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The hit reality series features supermodel turned super mega mogul Tyra Banks and gives real people an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling. The series follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes, who live together and vie for a modeling contract and other elite perks.

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TIFFANY 'NEW YORK' POLLARD DENIES SEX TAPE; PLANS TO SUE WEBSITE THAT POSTED THE BOGUS VIDEO; SAYS, 'I WANT THEM TO SUFFER.'.

Those are not New York's big, anti-bounceable Granny Smith apples that appear in a sex tape allegedly featuring Tiffany Pollard, the star of VH1's hit reality dating show, I Love New York and an unidentified man. Pollard survived her sex tape drama with her usual moxie — and her new fiancé’s love and support. The I Love New York star is relieved and thrilled that MediaTakeOut.com yanked the grainy, out-of-focus, explicit tape from its website. “We understand that New York is now claiming that it’s not her in the tape,” the website says in an editor’s update. “In fairness to New York, the video has been removed.”

Says Pollard: "Do I strike you as the kind of woman who would have a sex tape floating around out there and not be standing by that tape? I'm nobody's role model," she says. "I have a trash-talking potty mouth, I do what I want to do, that's who I am as a person. If I had a sex tape, I'd say when I did it and who I did it with - I have nothing to hide. Nobody runs my world other than myself and whatever I do in this lifetime, good or bad, I will own it and I will not own that tape because it's not me. I’m happy they pulled it. As I’ve said again and again, it wasn’t me in that tape and this proved it." That doesn’t mean the ordeal was easy to endure. When a friend called the VH1 star on Sunday to tell her that the site had posted what it claimed was a sex tape of Pollard, she immediately turned to her Prince Charming — fiancé “Tailor Made” (a.k.a. George Weisgerber). “I told him what happened and he said, ‘I stand by you.’ He didn’t question me. He helped me relax about it.”

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Not an easy feat, considering she “blew a gasket” when she learned about the tape. “I was floored,” she said. “I thought, ‘I have to clear this up.’ It saddened me as a woman and as a black woman. (MediaTakeOut.com calls itself ‘the most visited black website in the world.’) I feel violated because it’s not me. If that were me, I would stand by it. They crossed the line.” Pollard says she is considering legal action against the Web site that posted the tape. "I want them to suffer," she says. "It is not me on that tape and they're going to get what they deserve." (BLOGGER'S NOTE: Go for it, girl! Get him for everything he's got! LOL!)The site's managing editor, Fred Mwangaguhunga said yesterday in an e-mail that, "MediaTakeOut.com was told that the woman in the video is Tiffany 'New York' Pollard. And while we can't be 100 percent sure, it sure as heck looks like New York." Pollard says they are wrong.

Pollard says the woman on the tape, who does resemble her physically, is not her. "I am way more creative than that," she says of the woman's performance. She also says that viewers of I Love New York know that she has a recognizable Princess tattoo on her chest which is not visible on the sex tape.

BLOGGER'S NOTE: The alleged unidentified woman in the video goes by the name of 'LUV'. She's an amateur adult film 'actress' who sells her web cam personal sex videos online. According to her website, she 'enjoy performing for men and sexy women....' and 'making all your fantasies and fetishes come true.' She also boasts, 'There isn't anything that I won't do to try to fulfill your needs. Nothing is off limits.'

Besides the support she got from Weisgerber, who proposed on I Love New York 2’s Jan. 6 reunion show, she dealt with the scandal with her typical “New York” take-no-prisoners attitude. “I’m not going to let this (put) me in a state of being sad or feeling beaten up. I’m gonna be a big girl about it. I’m gonna stay strong.” Still, she adds: “It’s a disgusting thing to have to go through.”

Besides, Pollard says, having a sex tape these days is not such a bad thing. "Look at Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, they have sex tapes and it catapulted them into the limelight," says Pollard, who has never been shy about her own sexuality or her quest for fame. A sex tape today does not equal disaster. If I did have a sex tape, I wouldn't deny it."

Click here to watch the bogus sex tape in question. Warning: NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

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BOW WOW DISMISSES BOGUS RUMOR OF HIM SPITTING IN CHRIS BROWN'S FACE; SAYS, 'THAT'S A SISSY ACT.'

Rapper Bow Wow has laughed off reports he clashed with Chris Brown after spitting on the R&B teen heartthrob. The 20-year-old hip-hop star insists reports the two tourmates clashed over the incident are ridiculous. Bow Wow, real name Shad Moss, is alleged to have lost his temper while onstage in Dallas, Texas on Saturday (12Jan08) after experiencing technical problems. Local reports suggested the young rap star stormed offstage shouting at Brown's staff and accusing the singer's management of attempting to sabotage his show. Then, when Brown tried to calm Bow Wow down, the rapper allegedly spat in his face, according to a particular non-credible website who deems themselves as the number one Black celebrity entertainment news/gossip blog on the Internet.

But Moss insists he would never disrespect Brown like that. He tells MTV.com, "I just got off the phone with Chris. My mom called me and told me about the rumor. I called him and told him, and he started laughing. We was dying (with laughter). Anybody who knows me or anybody who's been around me knows I'm not that kind of person... A wise man once taught me, `The most vicious thing you can do is spit on somebody.' It's just a rumor. It's a big rumor. I would never do that. That's not being a man, that's a sissy act."

Uhh, do I smell another lawsuit on the way?
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NEW PICS FROM LOCAL TALLAHASSEE CELEBRITY, DJ DEMP'S 'DEMP WEEK RELOADED'

T-Pain isn't the only local award-winning celebrity in Tallahassee doing big things in the entertainment industry. Celebrity events from the 11th annual Demp Week bombarded Tallahassee, Florida last week (January 7-13). Demp Week is a week-long birthday celebration which was created in 1997 by Tallahassee native and celebrity tour DJ, DJ Demp (or as I call him, Darnell ...cause that's what his mama named him and that's the only name I've known him as). "Demp Week is a chance for everyone to get together and just relax and kick back and celebrate my birthday with me," said DJ Demp.

During Demp Week, parties were thrown Monday through Sunday, and each night held a new theme to celebrate DJ Demp's birthday. Events included: Game Night at Pockets Sports Pub; a campus 'On Da Set' invasion on FAMU's campus (my fellow Rattlers--as well as others--old and new, know all about the 'Set'!); a 'Who's Who Party' at The Moon nightclub featuring celebrity guests Rick Ross, Yung Joc, I Love New York 2's Midget Mac and Trick Daddy; 'The Ultimate Demp Week Fashion Show' hosted by rapper Ja Rule and featuring FAMU's Epicurean, Faces and Images modeling troupes followed by an after party at Baja's Beach Club. Demp Week wrapped with the Demp Comedy Jam at The Moon featuring comedian/actor Alex Thomas, comedian Lil Duval, and Miami DJ/comedian Benji Brown.

Below, you'll find pictures taken from several Demp Week events such as the fashion show with Ja Rule, the campus invasion on FAMU's 'Set' featuring cast members from BET's Colege Hill: Virgin Islands and BET's College Interns reality shows and the 'Who's Who Party' at The Moon. And let me warn you right now that you will come across several or more random pics of true and utter madness! Trust.

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Before finishing high school, Demp began making a name after creating Demp Productions. Soon after, he began spinning records at house parties and producing mix cds. His popularity and dj'ing services went into overdrive once his mix tapes got into the hands of the college crowds (specifically black fraternities and sororities) at F.A.M.U. and F.S.U., garnering the pint-size dj an entire new fan base. In 1996, dude 'went Hollywood'(that's small town talk for making it big) once he began touring with the Ghost Town DJs to promote one of the biggest summertime record of '96, My Boo (peep the video below). While on the road fulfilling his duties as Uncle Luke's official dj, Demp made it his mission to network and maintain contacts with other celebs. And it eventually paid off. By the time 1997 rolled in, Demp decided celebrating his birthday (January 9) one day a year wasn't the business. Subsequently, he gathered his celebrity contacts and other resources and commenced to planning a week full of events to celebrate his bornday. And there you have it: Demp Week was born and in full effect. Celebrities such as LisaRaye, Juvenile, So So Def, Nappy Roots, Twista, Ja Rule, Rick Ross, Trina, the And1 Mixtape ballers, Crime Mob, Field Mob, Cash Money and more (I just don't feel like looking all that shit up at the moment) have all shown their support to the Talley Ho dj.

To this day, Demp (who was recently nominated as DJ of the Year by the Radio One Dirty Awards and honored with the prestigious TJ's DJ's Tastemakers Award) continues to tour and spin records at the hottest celeb parties throughout Florida and beyond. But don't get it twisted though, Demp's an equal opportunity celeb dj. He not only spins records for rap artists, he also tweak the turntables for pro ball celebrities such as Clinton Portis of the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders' player Randy Moss.

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