Tuesday, March 18, 2008

RAPPER K. SMITH'S STRIVING TO FOLLOW IN THE MUSICAL FOOTSTEPS OF HIS UNCLE, WILL...BUT WITH ALOT MORE EDGE.

Will Smith's nephew is set to follow in his famous uncle's footsteps after recording a new single, Better Man, with R&B artist Omarion. Rapper K. Smith has also recorded a debut album, Streetz To Hollywood, with hip-hop heavyweight David Banner, and now he has his sights set on following his uncle's example - although insists he won't be quite as clean-cut. The 18-year-old says, "I definitely got more edge than my uncle. But he showed me the ropes and taught me the business." And young Smith has empire-building plans of his own. He tells Giant magazine, "I want to establish K. Smith as a brand, put out 40 different artists, be in movies and create chocolate bars."

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MARIAH: 'I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE THINK I'M A DITZY PERSON.' SINGER ALSO BLASTS BLOGGER REGARDING HER S.N.L. PERFORMANCE.

Mariah Carey denies she has loose sexual morals - instead likening herself to wholesome nanny Mary Poppins. The star knows she is portrayed as a "ditzy moon" by the media but insists she has high morals when it comes to dating. The 37-year-old says, "It's a dichotomy, I understand. I understand that people think I'm a ditzy moron." The once-married superstar, who has been romantically linked with Yankees captain Derek Jeter and rapper Eminem, warns fans they'd be wrong to think of her as promiscuous, insisting she's never even had a one-night stand. She says, "I'm Mary Poppins: I'm what the buttoned-up girls are supposed to be."

Unh-huh, Mariah, whatever you say.

In related news, the singer blast celebrity blogger Perez Hilton on the airwaves on Monday afternoon (3.17.2008) after he attacked her performance on Saturday Night Live. The online gossip turned on Carey over the weekend calling Migrate, her collaboration with rapper T-Pain, "disappointing". Caustic Hilton upset Carey by claiming the song will be the singer's next single, and stating "it sucks". So the hitmaker took matters into her own hands during a radio chat with Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest, revealing, "I'm kinda tired of it (criticism)." Seacrest then invited Hilton to join the chat by phone, prompting Carey to tell him, "I love you, no matter what you do... (but) you can't hate on that song with T-Pain; you need to listen to it again." She then added sarcastically, "I think I've had this job for a long time."

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And Carey insisted the song she performed on live TV in on Saturday night is not her new single. She added, "I'm definitely not even releasing Migrate as a second single. It was just fun to do on Saturday Night Live. My next single is going to be a ballad, darling. I ain't stupid... I ain't trying to mess with what we already know. We don't talk about personal lives."

And when Hilton attempted to speculate about Carey's love life, the sassy pop star cut him off, stating, "Y'know Perez, that's for you and me to have a personal, private moment and discuss what we want the world to know."

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TOCCARA CHANNEL TYRA IN RECENT BLOW-UP AT CELEBRITY FIT CLUB JUDGES: 'ALL OF YAL CAN KISS MY ASS!'

In a scene almost reminiscent of her former mentor's (Tyra Banks) tirade on her talk show, plus-size model Toccara Jones took it there and beyond when she blew up at VH1's Celebrity Fit Club judges. In her 2005 appearance on season 2 of Fit Club, the BET personality broke down in tears over the possibility of losing too much weight. Then in her return appearance on the current season, Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp, the model has a straight up nervous break down while blaming the judges for failing to support her weekly attempts to lose weight, and blowing off her suggestion that she is still happy with her current size. A clip released on the Internet shows the former America's Next Top Model finalist walking briskly to the scale for her weekly weigh-in and going off on the judging panel: nutritionist Dr. Ian Smith, psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser and trainer Harvey Walden IV. I swear I'm waiting on somebody to bust Dr. Ian's ass wide open.

"All of yall can kiss my ass if yall don't like the fact that I like who the f*ck I am," she says during the outset of her eruption. Her anger builds as Dr. Ian attempts to calm her down with the words, "Tocarra, have some class." The statement just riles her up even more. She steps off of the scale and begins screaming in his face, punctuating the exchange with "Kiss! My! Ass!" Next, Kaiser takes a crack at calming her down, only to be met with Tocarra standing inches from her face and screaming "No! No! No! No!" and denying the therapist's contention that they, indeed, "applauded" her weight loss efforts for the week.

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DIDDY HOPES TO LAUNCH NEW CAR SERVICE FOR CELEBS TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE; MOGUL WLL ALSO LAUNCH NEW CELEB COOKING SHOW.

The next time Vivica A. Fox, Nicole Richie, Eve or Lindsay Lohan even think about getting behind the wheel while intoxicated, they should have Diddy's soon-to-be new car service phone number programmed into their cell phone, sidekick, razor, iphone, CB, walkie-talkie, pigeon-carrier or whatever other mode of communication they have on hand. The mogul says he has it up to *placing arm above my head* here with celebrities climbing behind the wheels of their expensive cars after a night of imbibing, only to catch either a DUI case, or worse, a manslaughter charge and hard time. The Bad Boy Entertainment founder says he wants to start a car service specifically for celebrities who are too drunk to drive. The idea was inspired by his deal with Ciroc vodka to revamp the brand and oversee its marketing. "After partnering with Ciroc vodka, he wants to make sure everyone's partying responsibly," his representative said in a statement to ABCNews.com. In 2007, Paris Hilton, Lohan, Richie, Fox and Mischa Barton were all nabbed for DUI-related offenses.

In related news, Combs and Ben Silverman will work with David A. Hurwitz to create a new reality mini series called� Celebrity Cooking Showdown. I swear this has been done before. Anywhoo, Diddy has already previously been involved with other reality tv shows including The Bad Boys of Comedy and MTV’s Making the Band and Run’s House. The show will pit celebrities and some of the hottest chef’s on the scene against each other in cook offs. Diddy is already down with cooking and food with his two restaurant chains. He says, “The sexiest trend going on right now is young men learning how to cook,” Diddy said. “There’s nothing more sensual than a man cooking for his woman. We wanted to do something that fit that trend in the marketplace.”
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MAG SCANS & EXCERPTS: ACTRESS LAUREN LONDON IN JEWEL MAGAZINE

The cute and oh so adorable Lauren London graces the latest issue of Jewel magazine and for someone whose so young, she dropped a load of knowledge so deep it would stun a 50-year-old. She's what old folks would refer to as someone with an 'old soul.' The actress talked candidly about various subjects in her life: her acting career, her heartbreak from her on-again/off-again boyfriend, what she looks for in a man, her worst fears, her home-imprisoned ATL co-star T.I., why she's so freaking frugal, gossip and rumors (being linked to Omarion, Nick Cannon and another ATL co-star, actor Jackie Long), and the love of her life--her newborn goddaughter, Liris. Truth be told; this girl can honestly be considered as an urban version of the girl-next-door, dimples and all. Needless to say, her feature story was indeed entertaining intriguing and mind-opening. By the time I finished the three and a half page interview, I'd gained a new respect for the 23-year-old Los Angeles native and former video girl. You all can peep a couple of excerpts below from her interview, but to get the real deal on London, go and pick up a copy of this issue today.

LAUREN LONDON ON BEING A BLACK ACTRESS IN HOLLYWOOD: 'I probably will have to push the envelope a little harder than some. And that's okay. Life's not easy, and no one said anything was going to be handed to me. I just want to continue to stretch as an actress.'

LAUREN ON ON T.I., HER ATL CO-STAR WHO WAS ARRESTED ON WEAPON CHARGES LAST YEAR: 'He's doing good. He's a strong man and he went through a lot as a kid. He's just holding on, and he sounds very positive. And at this point, that's all he can be.'

LAUREN ON RUMORS SHE'S BEEN ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO JACKIE LONG & WAS PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD: 'That's my boy, but that's the craziest thing I've heard so far. I've learned not to make the rumors my reality. It seems like the media builds you up to bring you down. I'm not surprised. It's the way of the world. It's how we're influencing our children and what we're putting in everyone's ears. You've got two-year-olds walking around with cellphones. The world is way too fast now.'

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LAUREN ON HOW SHE DEALT WITH HER HEARTBREAK & WHAT SHE LOOKS FOR IN A MATE: 'I've had my heart broken twice. It's been a long time since I've been in a relationship. That's the story of my life, though. I have to feel a connection that's far from sexual. It just has to be right. A lot of times, these guys think it's about what they have or what they do, but that doesn't impress me. That might be cool for one date, but what are we going to talk about on the second? For a man to get a second date, he would have to be spiritually right, and he would need to be honest with himself. I don't want perfection, but I want somebody who knows what it takes to be perfect. I want somebody very driven who has his own personality and his own life outside of mine. I need someone who understands my need for independence because I'm an only child. I just want somebody who is going to be down for me from the follicles of my hair to my little pinky toe. And if we were stranded on a desert island, he'd get a coconut out of a tree and let me eat it first!'

LONDON ON THE BIRTH OF HER GODDAUGHTER, LIRIS: 'I've seen her everyday since she was born. She's perfect. I'm in love with her. [Her birth] was the first time in my life that I was in a situation where I felt like a tiny vessel. Like I knew that everything around me had nothing to do with any of us. It was all out of our control. It made me feel small, but big. And it's funny, but I don't stress over the little stuff anymore, because we're all so small and everything else is so big. It's just not that deep.'

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