NEW PICS: DIDDY'S OLDEST SON & AL B. SURE'S MINI-ME, QUINCY, CELEBRATES HIS 16th BIRTHDAY.

For teenyboppers and even grown-ass adults and celebrities, The Velvet Room in Atlanta was the place to be seen last night as Kim Porter and Al B. Sure's biological mini-me of a son, Quincy Brown, celebrated his 16th birthday which was aptly themed 'Stuntin' Like My Daddy.' Of course, as most of us know, the theme had nothing to do with Quincy's biological father (who was noticeably and unsurprisingly absent) but everything to do with the man who Quincy considers his real father--Sean 'Diddy' Combs--who has taken care of him as if he was his own since he was a toddler. And when you think about it, Quincy and Diddy had more time to bond with one another considering the fact that Justin didn't come along until about four years later. Ask Diddy and he will tell you he has 3 sons; not two biological sons and a play-play son from his girlfriend's previous relationship with an early 90s chart-topping R&B singer-turned-radio personality. Now, Puff the Bucktooth Dragon may be a lot of sheisty things, but there is at least one good thing he is known for: stepping up to take care of another man's responsibility.

After looking at these pictures of Quincy, I was thisclose to believing that God must have once given Al the power to conceive AND give birth to a child. I see absolutely, positively NO physical indications whatsoever that Kim had anything to do with the existence of Quincy! NONE. It's damn scary. Wouldn't it be funny if we heard Al say, 'Kim ain't even my son's real mama!' As for how Al feels about his son calling Diddy his daddy. One source says, “It hurts him to see his son look up to another man who is wealthier than he is and can provide a better life for Quincy.” I guess what eventually matters in the end is that Quincy (as well as his brothers) know in his heart that he is one of the lucky few who is privileged to have a positive male role model/father figure to look up to.

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Anyhoo, it's a known fact that when Diddy throws a party, he goes all out and gets all extra and whatnot and then some. This time was no different. With the MTV cameras rolling (look for Quincy's party to appear on an upcoming episode of Super Sweet Sixteen...maybe), Diddy and his ex-girlfriend, Kim presented their son with 2 cars: a throwback 1964 Lincoln Continental and a brand new Range Rover. And a Super Sweet Sixteen bash wouldn't be complete without the attendance of some of today's hottest celebrities, right?

Celebs in attendance included: Chris Brown, Lauren London (who was probably hired by Diddy to attend as Quincy's date...I'm just playing! Well, sort of), Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin, Crime Mob, D4L member Fabo, Gorilla Zoe, Rev. Run and his son Daniel a.k.a. Diggy, Omarion, Bow Wow, Hurricane Chris, Quincy's little brothers, Justin and Christian and more.

FYI: It may take some time for the pictures to fully load since there's a large number of them.

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PHOTOSHOOT OUTTAKE PICS FROM BEYONCE'S 'HOUSE OF DEREON' & 'DEREON' CLOTHING LINES

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NEW PICS: A.N.T.M. CYCLE 9 WINNER, SALEISHA DEFENDS HER WIN: 'MY PRIOR CONNECTIONS TO TYRA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY WIN.'

Tyra Banks and company tend to make irrational decisions on America’s Next Top Model: “So who goes home? The girl who takes flawless pictures and walks the runway better than anyone we’ve ever seen? Or the girl who has such low self-esteem and such an ugly face that she’ll forever credit me with giving her a chance when no one else would?” But was their decision to award Saleisha the show’s ninth title fair?

After the 21-year-old former receptionist from Los Angeles was named the winner on Wednesday's ninth-cycle finale, the blogosphere was buzzing with reasons why she may have been undeserving of the victory and soon after, sharp-eyed fans dug up footage Saleisha's prior work. One of the apparent conflicts of interest—the fact that Saleisha Stowers participated in one of Tyra’s camps for teenage girls—was disclosed at the beginning of the season. But the rest were not, and E! News reports that those included “footage showing Saleisha walking the catwalk in an ANTM cycle-six fashion show, as well as appearing on the runway in an episode of The Tyra Banks Show (watch it here.).

AFTER THE JUMP, READ SALEISHA'S STATEMENT REGARDING WHY SHE WON FAIR AND SQUARE + PEEP CANDID PICS OF HER LEAVING THE 'LIVE WITH REGIS & KELLY SHOW' IN NYC.

Perhaps more significantly, “Saleisha had appeared in a nationwide Wendy’s commercial (watch it here), that aired in 2006, seemingly in violation of an America’s Next Top Model eligibility rule that states would-be contestants ‘must not have previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years (including, but not limited to, appearances on television and print advertisements).’” The CW said in a statement that Saleisha did disclose her participation in the Wendy's spot, "after reviewing the commercial, it was determined that her appearance did not amount to 'modeling' experience, and therefore did not exclude her from participating in the show."

"Honestly, I feel that everything is done fair and square," Stowers told reporters during a Thursday conference call. "There's more than one judge, and I really think that every judge has their own opinion on the show. If they didn't feel like I deserved to be America's Next Top Model, then I wouldn't. I do feel like maybe [the judges] were a little harder on me. But I do feel I was judged equally and fairly, like every other girl. I did work hard to earn this, and I feel like I deserve it...I think I was chosen fairly like every other girl to be on the show. I really don't think that any connection from T-Zone or the Tyra Show had anything to do with my critiques or judging."

"I fought for this so hard, and I'm so determined, and I have it now, and I'm not letting it slip out," Saleisha proclaimed after learning of her victory. "I wanted it so bad, and I got it, and I'm never letting it go!"

The catwalk-focused series has been renewed through the 2009-10 season.

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IN TODAY'S 'THE STUPID SHIT CELEBS SAY': RAY J. ON SEDUCING BRITNEY SPEARS.

"I love Britney. I don't know what it is. The chunkiness of her. I like big women. I have a fat fetish."

--R&B singer Ray J. on his a fat fetish and dreams of seducing "chunky" superstar Britney Spears. The star has been linked with Kim Kardashian, Lil' Kim and Whitney Houston, but claims Spears his number one fantasy woman.
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ANGELINA & BRAD'S 1-YR-OLD DAUGHTER NAMED MOST INFLUENTIAL INFANT IN THE WORLD. YOU GOTTA READ IT TO BELIEVE IT.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's one-year-old daughter Shiloh has been named the most influential infant in the world, by Forbes magazine. The only biological child of two of Hollywood's hottest stars tops the newly published list, compiled through media exposure over 2007 - pipping an army of celebrity under-fives to the number one spot. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri came second, followed by Shiloh's Ethiopian sister Zahara; Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's two-year-old son Sean Preston is fourth; and Jolie and Pitt's Vietnamese son Pax finished fifth.

The top ten babies are as follows: 1. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt 2. Suri Cruise 3. Zahara Jolie-Pitt 4. Sean Preston Federline 5. Pax Jolie-Pitt 6. Sam Alexis Woods (Tiger and Elin Woods) 7. David Banda (Madonna and Guy Ritchie) 8. Danielynn Birkhead 9=Romeo Beckham 9=Cruz Beckham.

I mean really!
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MARY J. BLIGE, BOBBY BROWN & TYRA BANKS SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF BRITNEY SPEARS.

Bobby Brown, Mary J. Blige and Tyra Banks have sounded off on Britney Spears. While Brown (who considers Spears as a 'special artist' although she f*cked up one of his hit songs) and Blige, who are both former drug abusers...at least Blige is, understand firsthand exactly how Britney feels to be looked down on when she's hit rock bottom, Tyra Banks is working overtime at continuing to deny reports that she made comments suggesting the singer 'kill herself' and 'go out like Marilyn Monroe.'

Brown hated Britney Spears cover version of his track My Prerogative- but insists the singer is a "special artist" and should be given the chance to rescue her career. Although the R&B star "loved the video" for Spears' 2004 track, he insists she didn't do justice to the version he took to number one 20 years ago. But Brown insists his own battles with drugs show how fame can cause stars to meltdown. He says, "She's a special artist and people should treat her like a special artist. She's a very beautiful girl. I'm a perfect example of how this business can mess with your head. Just let that girl live for a minute."

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R&B superstar Mary J. Blige has also spoken out in support of the troubled singer because she knows what it's like to be constantly followed by the tabloid trouble. Blige, who once battled substance abuse problems, feels sorry for stars such as Spears and Amy Winehouse as they fight their personal problems in public. She says, "They're human beings, and they're young, in a business that doesn't give a hoot about you. It's just sad. I hate to see any of these females go through it. I was young, and I did dumb stuff - I was doing worse than that."

And supermodel-turned-TV host Tyra Banks has blasted reports she criticized Spears and suggested she commit suicide, insisting the comments have been made up. The former catwalk beauty was reported to have slammed troubled Spears at a recent private party, where she was allegedly overheard saying, "Britney should just go ahead and kill herself after the album and go out like Marilyn (Monroe), very grand. She should have done it after the last album." But a representative for Banks' reality show, America's Next Top Model, has dismissed the claims, branding them "absolutely not true". And Banks was so appalled at the reports, she has issued her own statement hitting out at the media spin. She says, "Britney is a friend and we correspond with each other. These alleged statements are completely false."

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MOVIE CRITICS MAR 'THE PERFECT HOLIDAY' CALLING IT 'OVERPLOTTED' & 'GUARANTEED TO TURN YOU INTO A GROUCH.'

According to most critics The Perfect Holiday doesn't come close to living up to its title. Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune describes it as "overplotted and underwhelming" and lacking "any sort of cinematic personality." Queen Latifah gets top billing in the movie, but Ann Hornaday warns in the Washington Post: "This crass seasonal programmer features only enough of its nominal star to avoid being sued by bait-and-switched filmgoers." Rafer Guzman in Newsday dismisses it as "sexist, unfunny and guaranteed to turn you into a grouch." That is indeed what it turned Carrie Rickie of the Philadelphia Inquirer into. Her summation of the movie: "In the annals of Noel films so wincingly, gratingly, insultingly bad that a lump of coal would be vastly preferable."

Well, I just finished watching the movie a couple of hours ago and personally, I kinda liked it. It could've been a bit better. It was the first movie I'd ever seen Katt Williams in where he didn't utter one curse word; and Charlie Murphy and Faizon Love had me rolling! However, in some scenes I wanted to reach through the screen and snatch that damn ponytail off the top of Gabrielle's head. Ol girl was sporting as if it was about to go out of style. And in other scenes (and I thought I'd never say this, but) it looked as if Morris hadn't been preserving his sexy as well as he should...and that is NOT the BUSINESS. But hey, I didn't have to pay to see it and chances are I'll never watch it again. So, oh well. You know? But it definitely didn't 'turn me into a grouch' like it did the critics. Geesh, it wasn't that bad.

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IKE TURNER'S CURRENT WIFE ASKS TINA TO FORGIVE HER HUSBAND FOR HURTING HER.

The widow of late star Ike Turner has begged his first wife Tina to forgive him - because he "helped" her during their marriage. Ike died at his San Marcos, California home, on Wednesday (12.12.07), at the age of 76, but Tina refused to pay tribute to the star. The What's Love Got to Do with It? singer was married to Turner for 18 years, but the union was largely an unhappy one as a result of Ike's cocaine addiction and physical abuse. The couple divorced in 1976, with Tina's representative insisting earlier this week the singer had no contact with Ike for 35 years.

But Ike's widow Jeanette Turner hopes Tina can now forgive her former partner, who she brands "a good human being". She says, "I know that she was hurt. But there's something called forgiveness and I know Ike really forgave himself, which is really hard to do. I'm not defending what he did. I'm not saying he didn't do what he did when he was with Tina or me. But he was a human being. And being all of that, he's still a child-like person- pure and a good person always willing to help people. He was a human being and he helped Tina... he helped a lot of people."

Umm, the current Mrs. Turner may mean well, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say Tina isn't the person you should be begging in hopes that she will forgive Ike. As of now, that's between him and his God.

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SISTER SOULJAH CONFIRMS SEQUEL TO 'THE COLDEST WINTER EVER'; TO BE RELEASED IN 2008.

Finally! Nearly 10 years after urban-fictional novel The Coldest Winter Ever hit bookshelves and took the literary world by storm, its community-activist-turned-best-selling author, Sister Souljah confirmed to her fans via her official website, SISTERSOULJAH.COM, that the highly-anticipated sequel will be released sometime in 2008! The following announcement was posted on her webpage:

After years of writing, thinking, traveling and creating, Sister Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever sequel will be available in 2008. Sister Souljah says, "The sequel I have written will be quite a surprise I think. My readers will have to get their intellectual weight up! I have worked extremely hard to bring this one to the public. I love it. I was completely dedicated to making sure I didn't cheat my millions of readers from hoods, burbs and villages around the world. I am giving you something you can feel, remember, and use in your own lives. All credit goes to God for gracing me with the talent and insight. I truly believe God is the greatest author of all times."

Now, that's what I'm talking about! And I, for one, can't wait! I don't meant to toot my own horn and whatnot, but I will have you all to know that yours truly was able to cop a first-row seat along with a photo with Sister Souljah AND a personalized, autograph in my copy of The Coldest Winter Ever when she and Tom Joyner's wife, Donna Richardson-Joyner) were featured panelists on the Tampax Total You tour when it made a stop at Florida A&M University's Perry Paige Auditorium several years ago. Now all I have to do is track down a friend of mine who I haven't seen in about 5 years and pray to God she still has my damn book that she was supposed to return to me and....you know what? That's water under the bridge. For now. What's important is the fact that we readers are almost thisclose to finding out what Winter Santiago and her baby sister have been up to for the past 10 years.

Did I say I can't wait?! Urban novelists such as Nikki Turner, Vickie Stringer, Teri Woods, Wahida Clark, T.N. Baker, Deja King, Chunichi, Kiki Swinson wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Sister Souljah's best-selling novel. And that's real talk too. And I know some folks may be wondering whatever happened to the movie adaptation of the book that had Jada Pinkett Smith was reportedly involved in. Well, it ain't gonna happen. And thank God for that. Besides, I'd rather read a sequel written solely by Sister Souljah than watch some watered down, chewed up and spit out version of it on film a la Terry McMillan's How Stella Got Her Groove Back. I don't care what anyone says, the book was 5 times better than the movie. No disrespect to Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs. But I'm just saying.

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UPDATE: PROBLEM FIXED FOR FOLKS USING INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSERS! I HOPE....

Hey everybody! Hopefully, my blog's problem has been resolved...at least for those who use Internet Explorer. I've been up for the past 36 hours straight trying to find a solution. I'm so sleepy, my stomach hurts! LOL! Anyway, in my day and a half of no sleep, I discovered I wasn't the only person (who uses blogspot) having this problem. So it obviously was something on Blogger's end. And although there are still a couple of more things I need to tweak out, you all can expect to see more new posts soon.

If anyone else still has a problem viewing RealGossip 101, please let me know so that I can expeditiously handle the problem.

Thanks for being so patient with me! LOL! I appreciate it.

--SouthernGurl

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I've been made aware that some folks are having trouble viewing this blog, mainly in Internet Explorer. I use Mozilla Firefox to view and post on this blog...which is why I had no idea until now (thanks for bringing this issue to my attention, missladydiva!) that people were having trouble viewing it in their Internet Explorer browsers. I'm able to see everything just fine when using Firefox. But, if anyone else is having a problem viewing RealGossip 101 in their Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers, please let me know by posting them in the comment section of this blog post. I'm not computer whiz kid, so it may be a while before I'm able to get everything fixed. I'm also trying to update the blog's content while trying to solve any technical problems at the same time. And that is not a good look, let me tell you! LOL! Also, if anyone has any suggestions whatsoever, that can help me improve the look of RealGossip 101, please feel free to let me know.

I'll leave this post at the top of the blog's home page for the next couple of days BUT I will still update this site daily. So just check below this post to view any new blog entries.

Thank you kindly and whatnot
--SouthernGurl

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MAG SCANS & EXCERPTS: VIVICA TALKS MOTHERHOOD, MARRIAGE & ADOPTION IN S2S MAG'S JAN. '08 ISSUE.

Actress-turned-movie-director Vivica A. Fox graces the January '08 cover of Sister 2 Sister magazine. In her interview the 43-year-old actress shed light on her three and a half year marriage to singer Christopher Harvest a.k.a. Sixx Nine; what she looks for in a potential mate; her intentions to marry again; motherhood and adopting children. Peep the excerpts below.

VIVICA ON HER FAILED FIRST MARRIAGE: Well, at the time, he (Sixx Nine) had a contract with Death Row; and then the Tupac thing happened. And, you know, I just believed in him that he would to and get another gig--like I do. Like when one movie ends or something gets canceled, two months later you're out looking for another job. That's just how it works. That didn't work and he just got very comfortable being Mr. Vivica Fox. So I just have to make sure that I marry someone who's equally yoked. It says that in the Bible; we just don't pay attention to it and we settle.

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VIVICA ON GETTING MARRIED AGAIN & WHAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR IN A POTENTIAL MATE: Well, first of all, I want to marry somebody that's got a job! You've gotta start dating new guys. And you gotta start looking at a person for what's inside of him instead of what you think is there. 'Cause you know I'm a very physical person. I'm like, 'Oh, yeah! Daddy got a good body; it's on like popcorn!' Well, more than likely you're gonna have problems. You've got make sure that he's a good person on the inside. Take the time to really get to know him. 'Cause guys, when they're dating you, one person shows up and then three, four months later the real him shows up. And you'll be like, 'Where'd you come from?'

VIVICA ON MOTHERHOOD AND ADOPTION: I would probably adopt. I've gotten a little too old to be walking around pregnant and all of that...I'm good with kids! I love kids. It's just that that hasn't happened in my life; I haven't met anybody that I want to be reminded of. So you know, you gotta think about (being reminded of him) for 18 years--'cause more than likely you as a woman, you're gonna be stuck raising the kids. Knowing me, I'd have a baby by somebody I can't stand and he'd look just like him. It'd be like, 'Damn, here you come again today!' You know, you don't want to take that out on the child. So you gotta make sure he's gonna be there for you. Why you want to have a kid by yourself? Children need parents.

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KARRINE EXPLAINS HER 'MARRIAGE' TO DARIUS McCRARY; SPILLS THE TEA ON LIL WAYNE, DARIUS' FAMILY & MORE.

Last month we read Darius McCrary's side of his explicit and nonsensical life with Karrine 'Superhead' Steffans. He even spilled the tea and denied those pesky rumors that he had wedded the nastiest video vixen of all time, saying...well yall just gonna have to CLICK THIS LINK because I really don't feel like rehashing all that (excuse my Swahili) sh!t. Anyway, now Miss ADD/Bi-Polar is talking or better yet rambling on and on about her 'marriage' to Darius. Once again she has proven to me why she's half past crazy. To say there's a village out there missing its idiot is an understatement! I swear to God! In the January '08 issue, Steffans talked to Sister 2 Sister chief editor Jamie Foster Brown--who is close to developing ADD herself. She can't stay on topic to save her life!--about her relationship with Darius; how his family feels about her; and hoq Darius' feels/felt about her relationship with rapper Lil Wayne. Check out the excerpts below and before MediaFakeout.com come around here and claim them as their own.

KARRINE ON HER MARRIAGE TO DARIUS McCRARY: 'Darius is my husband. Darius and I are married. It's confusing, I know. But when a man walks around with a ring on his wedding finger and tells everyone on the set of his new film that this is his wife, not too many people are going to be able to keep their mouth shut about that.

JAMIE: Karrine, did you all have a ceremony?
KARRINE: Yep.

JAMIE: Why wasn't I invited?
KARRINE: Because Darius and I, we're not going to do things traditionally...

JAMIE: You're not going to let the world know?
KARRINE: No.
ME: What in the hell.....?

We have made a commitment to one another. We call ourselves husband and wife, he wears my ring and I wear his. Darius and I don't want to have a paper wedding at this point in our lives, but we wanted to make a commitment to each other and to our families and let people know that we are together and we consider ourselves husband and wife because that's the way he introduces me to everyone. We're very much together. I don't know. What did yall hear? Because Darius was gone for five days because we were figuring out what we were doing. No one understands my relationship with Darius. Even though people in his life, my life also, they can't understand it, we're still made for one another and love each other.

READ WHAT KARRINE HAD TO SAY ABOUT DARIUS' FAMILY, HIS FIVE DAY HIATUS AWAY FROM HER AND HER THOUGHTS ON HIS S2S INTERVIEW AND MORE....AFTER THE JUMP!

KARRINE ON LIL WAYNE AND DARIUS: Darius and I are friends first and I know all about his past, which is ugly. It's ugly! Mine is rose petals. He's done things I would never do. When he tells his stories, I get physically ill. I'm me and I get physically ill, like please don't tell me that story, please. So Wayne and I had this relationship before Darius. Darius is really my friend first. He allowed me space and time to make big decisions. Darius is my life. And so, it got really real. I had a hard time letting go of Wayne. But Wayne and I are also friends, so Darius allowed me, even within this relationship--Wayne would call the house, Wayne would text me, and Darius would just go okay, talk to your boy...So Wayne is such that when he loves you, he wants you all to himself, I think that Wayne has a particular kind of love for me. It's not the kind of love that makes a marriage and a family and a relationship. Wayne and I don't have a sexually charged relationship. Like, he's really my boy. That's my boy. But I had to choose.

KARRINE ON DARIUS' DECISION TO MOVE IN WITH HER: He moved in in July. He had told me he was with Shakiri (Hightower) until July...but all of a sudden something just clicked and he was like, 'I don't need to be there. I want to be with you. What am I doing over there? I belong here.' So that was a decision he made after a day of being at my house with me. He came and he moved in. Only because my son's school is here, we decided that we would stay in my house until we buy a bigger house together. So he liquidated all his stuff and his properties or whatever. Everything was fine. He's been living here since July.

KARRINE ON DARIUS FIVE DAY LONG EXCURSION AWAY FROM HER: Well he was gone for five days. Yes, Darius left me for five days to give me time to look at the scenario. And within those five days, because I love him so much, I miss him, I couldn't even get out of bed for five days. But talking to him in those five days and pointing out these things to me, the way he described me to myself is the way I describe my mother to some people. That's when it hit me, like, I am turning into my mother, and my mother's 47 and by herself. Three kids by three different men. Nobody ever stayed, nobody ever married her, nobody ever even moved in. I never had a man around me. My son never had a man around him that way. And so here was Darius who loves me uncontrollably, who loves my son, and who will say, 'I love your son,' which is something (my son's) own father has never said to him. My son never heard that from a man. So my son and I had to learn and adapt to having a real man at home loving us. So he gave me that time. I know he was angry. I'm a bit of a bitch to he honest; I'm am overbearing bitch, which is a curse.

So you must have spoken to him in those five days and then he came back home. And we needed that time because I was gone for a while and he was in transition. He's been home. So you spoke to him in a five-day window. He's home and we're more committed now more than ever. There's some things we had to get taken care of because I had a habit of--because I've been alone for so long, I've been running my life by myself for so long, it's difficult to know how to let a man come in and be the husband and lead a little.

KARRINE ON HOW DARIUS' FAMILY FEELS ABOUT HER: His mom loves my son. His mom loves me. It's the whole family here. Sister and brother and they're like, 'oh, we love Karrine!' There's a whole unity here and its not just me and this guy like it was me and Bill (Maher).

KARRINE ON DARIUS LEAVING HER IN THE DARK ABOUT HIS S2S INTERVIEW: This is my first time hearing that Darius spoke to you. I think Darius was speaking to you from a place of hurt and saying things that other people wanted him to say. Because he was only gone five days. He went and talked to you then came home and didn't tell me a thing. I can't believe he didn't tell me this! But it's okay, because my Wayne article comes out in VIBE in a couple of weeks. We're going to confuse everyone.

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RUMOR OR REAL: CHILLI (OF TLC) STILL COURTING CNN ACHORMAN T.J. HOLMES?

I'm going to have to classify this bit of 'info' as a rumor (read my reasons below) until proven otherwise. It seems as though TLC's sexy component Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas is still dating CNN News anchorman T.J. Holmes, according to Star magazine who also claim the alleged couple are discussing marriage:

TLC star Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas has found love after Usher, in the form of CNN News anchorman T.J. Holmes. Four years after her high profile split with the R&B artist, Thomas has been dating Holmes for a year, and the couple are discussing marriage. A friend tells Star, "It's getting serious. She says this is so different from any other relationship she's had - that it's so wonderful. They are madly in love."

If you ask me, someone has given Star magazine some really outdated information. Therefore and thus and such, let me tell you why I have a couple of issues with this story. I was well aware that yes, Chilli and TJ Holmes were an item from November of 2006 to mid-2007. She talked about their relationship in XXL magazine's XXL Presents Hip-Hop Soul Summer issue (June 2007). She said, 'He's so much different than all my past relationships. I just held out, waited and met him. Everybody's shocked. They're so use to me dropping guys real fast.' And she wasn't lying.

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It just so happen their brief romance hit the skids before that issue hit newsstands (you can view her XXL photospread here ). Chilli later told the Admin of an official TLC fansite that she 'wants to be with a guy at age 50 and still love him as much as day 1.'

As I previously reported,there's been talk of Chilli starring in her own reality show that will focus on her trying to find the right man. Girl, don't do it! There's a big difference in being desperate and being lonely.

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AUDIO: JANET'S NEW SONG, 'FEEDBACK'; LEAKED SONG BECOMES BIGGEST LEAK IN INTERNET HISTORY?!

Since her last album effort failed to launch her back to the top of the game, Janet's become more determine than ever to return to the music scene with a hit song. She may have gotten it right this time. The singer/actress new single, Feedback, recently leaked on the Internet and is receiving rave reviews. Maybe those rave reviews has a lot to do with the fact that Feedback was produced by super-producer Rodney Jerkins instead of of Janet's baby boo, Jermaine Dupri. I'm just saying. Sometimes change is good. And after listening to her new song, I'm convinced, change can oftentimes be damn good.

Check out the official press release for more information.

(December 13, 2007 - New York, NY) /PRNewswire/ - International megastar Janet Jackson, who has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and is the newest signing to the Island Def Jam Music Group, has completed her first new single for the label with hitmaking producer Rodney Jerkins. Feedback will impact across-the-board at all radio formats on January 7th. Discipline, Janet Jackson's new album - and the 10th studio album of her career - is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 26th. In addition to Rodney Jerkins, the new album brings together an A-list of guest producers, including Jermaine Dupri, Ne-Yo, Stargate, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream. Discipline was executive produced by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.

LISTEN TO JANET'S 'FEEDBACK' AFTER THE JUMP!

In related news, it's hasn't even been 24 hours since the leak of Feedback and internet rumors are flying that this could be the biggest "Leak" in internet history. According to reports, Feedback is the subject on 1.34 million blogs around the world in a matter of 5 hours. Z100 who premiered the song via their website were having major issues keeping up with the traffic. Even Perez Hilton, who in the past hasn't shown much love for Ms. Jackson, is loving the song stating, "Ms. Jackson is BACK!" Perez goes on to state that radio stations across the country are being flooded with requests even though many of them won't have it until the official push to radio on the 7th of January.

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NEW PICS: TRINA CELEBRATES HER 29th B-DAY WITH DEELISHIS, BUCKEEY, BOOTZ, LIL SCRAPPY, KEITH & BUSTA

Miami rapper Trina celebrated her 29th birthday along with Pretty Ricky member Pleasure P. at White Diamonds nightclub in South Beach Miami on December 10, 2007. Rappers Lil Scrappy, Busta Rhymes were in attendance as well as singer Keith Sweat. Flavor of Love 1 winner Deelishis and former Charm School contestants/frienemies, Shay 'Buckeey' Johnson and Larissa 'Bootz' Aurora were also in the spot trying to get their mugs in as many camera lens as possible!

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