NEW PICS: MEET THE CAST OF THE 3rd SEASON OF VH1'S 'FLAVOR OF LOVE 3.' PREMIERES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008.

VH1 has unveiled the third round of (Flavor of Love 3) thirsty-ass, pressed-ass, camera-hogging, windmill fighting women willing to work harder than Stevie Wonder at the Soul Train Scramble Board in hopes of becoming Flavor Flav's boo...well, at least temporary, seeing as thought there just might be a fourth season. Am I the only one wondering which wanna-be actress and soon-to-be aspiring video 'vixen' will be the first to bed down Mr. Flav? Yall know what they say, right? Beauty is only a light switch away. LOL! Look at that freaking face to the left!!! Is this the same face belonging to the man who Deelishis said broke her heart when he decided to get back with his 4th, 5th or 6th baby mama?

Anyway, check out the faces and aliases of the 20 girls who should not only receive a clock (cause Lord knows they don't know what time it is) but also be clocked dead in the face for putting themselves on national television to make fools out of themselves. As I perused through each girl's stats list, I thought to myself, 'this season may be just a wee bit better than the previous two. While there are some girls whose jobs hold such titles as waitress a.k.a. 'Hooters' girl and full time baby mamas, there are other women who actually have career-type jobs such as 22-year old 'Saint Lewis.' She not only works as a hair stylist...but she also happens to own her salon. And New York native, 'Bee Ex' who works as an IT consultant as well as a promotional model. Then you have 'Grayve', a 25-year-old real estate company owner from Holcomb, Mississippi. But what will definitely put a twist on this season's Flavor of Love is the set of identical twins, 'Thing 1' and 'Thing 2'

Flavor of Love 3 premieres Monday, February 11 at 9pm on VH1.

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FIRST ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): Bee-Ex is a 30-year-old who grew up in the Bronx. She says that her upbringing gave her street smarts and made her a bit rowdy; Bunz is proud of the junk in her trunk, hence her moniker; DYMZ is a 22-year-old from Atlanta who comes equipped with the tired reality show catchphrase, "I'm not on the show to make friends."; 28-year-old El is also from Atlanta. She's a passionate Latina who describes herself as aggressive, rude, fast, and hyper.

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SECOND ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): Grayve is a 25-year-old real estate agent from Mississippi, and she also tastes great when poured over turkey. At age five she changed the pronunciation of her name from "Yvonne" to "Y-Vonne"; Hotlanta comes from Georgia, of course. She claims she's intimidated by loud, aggressive people, which makes me think she's on the wrong show. This 27-year-old doesn't stand a chance; Ice is a part time DJ and a full time Hooters waitress in Michigan, which gives her that extra touch of class that Flavor Flav requires in his women. People often tell this 21-year-old that she looks like Paris Hilton, which is incredibly insulting; Myammee is, weirdly enough, from Georgia, for real. The 23-year old describes herself as a tomboy in a Barbie body who always has to get the last word in. Can you guess where she works? Hooters!

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THIRD ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Peechee is a bit plus-sized, and also incredibly bubbly and upbeat; When she's not pulling Santa's sleigh, 26-year-old Prancer can often be found drunk and wearing sneakers with wheels in them; 26-year-old Houston native, Q-Tee, who certainly isn't one, wears a grill and has 13 tattoos; Rayna wants a man who is in touch with his spiritual side, which leaves me to wonder why the 24-year-old Chicago girl is on this show. She also works at Hooters, so I guess that explains it.

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4th ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Saint Lewis, who is from, um, Saint Louis, is a salon manager and party girl who is proud of the fact that she doesn't drink. The 22-year-old also considers herself a local celebrity in her Missouri town; 23-year-old Savanna is another Bronx girl. She'll lie, cheat, and steal to win Flav's affections if she has to; One girl who must have an interesting childhood trauma is Seezinz, a 25-year-old from Maryland, who says she's afraid of hair and intimidated by overweight people; 23-year-old Shore-Tee from Rhode Island, considers herself to be classy and beautiful.

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5th ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: 24-year-old Shy considers herself a "masterpiece." The Chicago native can sing, tap dance, rap, act, and model; When Sinceeer isn't holding the letter E hostage, the 26-year-old San Diego native is busy as a single mother of two; Thing 1 and Thing 2 are 26-year-old twins who hail from California. They finish each other's sentences, dress the same, and share the same laugh, which is totally creepy; 25-year-old Tik shouldn't be confused with the arachnid of the same name. After all, arachnids can't wear watches, and this Texan has over 60 of them in her obsessive collection.

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J. DUPRI'S DAD TURNS SCREAM TOUR SUCCESS INTO A MEDIA EMPIRE; DR. JAN ADAMS SAYS HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE IS 'NEARLY DESTROYED' FOLLOWING WEST'S DEATH.

Jermaine Dupri's father, Michael Mauldin, announced Wednesday (January 23) his plans to launch a label based on the popular Scream Tour, which was headed up by T.I. and Ciara last year under the banner Screamfest '07. Mauldin has also announced that R U The Next SCREAM Star? will be coming to a city near you in search of music’s next superstar. R U The Next SCREAM Star? is a national talent contest that aims to discover and establish unsigned artists; molding their dreams into reality. Male and female contestants aged 13-25 within the genres of Hip-Hop, R&B and Pop will compete for the opportunity to receive a recording contract with SCREAM Star Entertainment / Atlantic Records, and a management contract with Mauldin Brand Agency. When considering the enormous success the SCREAM Tour concert series has had and the amazing showcase from an A-list of performers, why not give undiscovered talent with extreme ambition a chance to shine? The Atlantic Records-distributed Scream Star Entertainment will also feature a revamped Web site, ScreamStar.com, which is set to include video highlights from each Scream tour, featuring the likes of Omarion, Ne-Yo and Bow Wow. Last year's monumental New York stop — which saw Jay-Z, Diddy and Kanye West join T.I. onstage — will also be included in the Scream Tour Anthology that's scheduled to go live on the site later this week. ...

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Speaking of Kanye West, Dr. Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on the rapper's mother, Donda West, returned to CNN's Larry King Live on Tuesday to discuss the case more than two months after abruptly walking off the set of the show. According to The Associated Press, Adams said the fallout from West's death has impacted his medical practice "horribly ... it's almost destroyed [it]." West, 58, died at a Los Angeles-area hospital on November 10, a day after Adams performed plastic surgery on her, including a tummy tuck, breast reduction and liposuction. A coroner's autopsy report found that West most likely died of heart disease coupled with complications after plastic surgery, though an exact cause of death couldn't be confirmed. "The autopsy said what I expected," Adams told King, though he would not go into detail, citing patient-doctor privilege...

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DIDDY IS STILL DIDDY; REP SAYS REPORTS OF THE MOGUL CHANGING HIS NAME ARE FALSE.

For some reason, I hate doing retractions, but in this case, I must. I guess Diddy just wanted to create a bit of a buzz before the new season premiere of Making the Band 4 Season 2: Battle of the Sexes, which is scheduled to air next Monday (January 28). Anyway, despite widespread reports that the millionaire media mogul had changed his (nick)name to Sean John, his rep clarified the situation to MTV News on Thursday (January 24). "Recent reports of a name change are totally false, he is still Diddy," the rep wrote. "He is currently in 'Sean John' mode as the upcoming Sean John fashion show is scheduled for February 8 in New York." Earlier this week it was reported that the 38 year-old rapper/mogul/actor had changed his stage moniker for the fifth or sixth time (depending on who you ask) since starting out in the music industry nearly two decades ago.

In the past, Combs has been referred to as Puff Daddy, Puff, Puffy and P. Diddy, before shortening it to Diddy in 2005.

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SHAQ'S FINANCIAL STATS EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC; BALLER EARNS ABOUT $2 MILLION A MONTH; DOLES OUT $22 G'S ON MONTHLY MAID SERVICE & $1,500 ON CABLE..

WHAT KIND OF DISH NETWORK, COMCAST, DIRECT TV AND/OR ANY OTHER TV CABLE PACKAGE HAS YOU SHELLING OUT $1,500.OO A MONTH?!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE BARELY HOME, IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!! But I'll digress....for now.

Everybody knows that Shaquille O'Neal earns is paid $20 million a year by the Miami Heat. But where does all that money go? Thanks to his pending divorce, Shaq's monthly budget is now on the public record. Extra has obtained Shaquille O’Neal’s financial affidavit as part of his divorce files, which reveals he earns a whopping $2 million a month. In the court papers, it states that the basketball star not only spends about $22,000 per month on maid service, he also pays $1,500 per month for cable television and $17,000 per month on clothing. The documents also state that O’Neal spends over $23,000 per month at gas stations (which I can truly understand with today's high gas prices!), $6,730 on laundry and dry cleaning, $2,305 on pet care, $1,620 on music and magazines and $110,000 on monthly vacations? TO THE HELL WHERE?!!

And here's what really puts the lid on the jar: The $114,946 that's listed as "miscellaneous (personal)" -- for us common folk, miscellaneous can be anything from lunch money, feeding the meter, catching a cab, buying groceries, getting your car washed or even pampering yourself--whether it's shopping for a new pair of shoes, treating yourself to a movie or a new DVD, getting mani/pedi once every two weeks...you know...that's how we common folk spend our miscellaneous funds--but for folks like Shaq, I'm willing to bet the backyard (or is it farm?) 'miscellaneous,' could easily mean having a little 'pocket' money to drive up to the Benz dealership and cop a S600 series coupe without having to have to write a check for it. Lucky, wealthy bastard! LOL! It must be nice!

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RUMOR OR REAL: SUGE KNIGHT AND PIRU GANG MEMBERS BANNED FROM COMPTON?

Seeking to further curb criminal activities, Compton has asked a judge to ban individuals identified as members of the Mob Piru street gang -- including rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight -- from congregating in a northeast neighborhood. Using a strategy employed by other crime-ridden communities, the court order would be the first gang injunction in a city with a long history of battling street gangs. Authorities contend that the Mob Piru gang has terrorized the neighborhood for years, with buying and selling of drugs, discharging firearms, robbing and assaulting residents and by creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.

For the last two years, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department gang task force has worked to get gang members off the streets with aggressive enforcement of immigration, housing and parole violations. "We've done it without an injunction," said Lt. Paul Pietrantoni, who heads the task force. "We have the lowest murder rate in 20 years in Compton. The injunction is just going to give us one more tool." But the proposed injunction is expected to be controversial because community leaders and others say it opens the door to police harassment of innocent residents. Knight, who is listed as a defendant, dismissed the injunction as "a publicity stunt."

"This is crazy," said Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records. "I'm a 42-year-old businessman, not a gang member. I don't even live in Compton anymore...This injunction names people who are already in jail -- and at least one guy who is long dead."

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Henry "Hendog" Smith, who is also named in the injunction, was shot to death in 2002, according to news reports. Mob Piru members have gained widespread notoriety for their alleged links to Knight and Death Row Records, once home to some of rap's biggest names. But sheriff's officials say the gang is on the decline. The injunction would ban the estimated 200 members of the gang from congregating, carrying guns, using gang gestures, spray-painting graffiti, fighting or drinking alcohol in public and staying out past 10 p.m. Violators would be subject to arrest on misdemeanor charges, which could bring a $1,000 fine or up to one year in jail.

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YING YANG TWINS TO VISIT THE DR. PHIL SHOW TO DISCUSS (OR DEFEND?) THE ISSUE OF WEARING SAGGY PANTS IN PUBLIC.

The issue of urban youth donning their sagging pants in public will be discussed before a nationwide audience. Community organization Hip Hop Government (www.hiphopgovernment.org) has expanded its "Pull 'Em Up" billboard campaign to additional cities in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex and is taking the campaign national. The organization's co-founders Jay Scroggins, Damon Wofford, and Chris Williams have been invited to appear on Dr. Phil's talk show, which will bring the anti-sagging campaign to a national audience when the show airs later this month. Dallas Deputy Pro Tem Mayor Dwaine Caraway, the Rev. Al Sharpton and rap duo Kaine and D-Roc of the Ying Yang twins will also make an appearance. I don't even think I want to watch that episode! LOL!

The featured guests were invited to discuss the controversial topic of whether government should regulate the way people wear their clothes and will also discuss hip hop artists accepting responsibility for the effect of their music and lyrics on the hip hop culture. "We are excited for the opportunity to address issues that concern our culture," expressed Williams. "Too often, when members of the hip hop community are in the media, it's for something negative. It feels good to know that we are being invited because we are recognized for our positive contributions to the community."

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LIL WAYNE ARRESTED ON 3 FELONY DRUG CHARGES; SERVED WITH LEGAL PAPERS FOR NON-PAYMENT ON HIS BENTLE BEFORE BEING; FREED ON BOND

I swear one day this lil n!ggah gon learn.

Lil' Wayne has been released from custody in Arizona, after posting $10,000 bond. The rap star, whose real name is Dwayne M. Carter, is facing three felony drug charges. Federal agents said Wednesday that they found the rapper carrying illegal drugs, including cocaine and marijuana. The artist and 11 others were in a tour bus that was stopped by police on I-8. U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officials said that a Border Patrol dog sniffed out the drugs. A search turned up nearly 4 ounces of marijuana, a little more than an ounce of cocaine as well as drug paraphernalia. They also found a .40-caliber pistol registered to Lil' Wayne. He has a permit to carry concealed weapons in Florida, but authorities are trying to find out if he violated any weapons laws in Arizona.

In related news, while sitting in a Yuma, Ariz jail cell Wednesday, the rapper was served legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit regarding his 1999 Bentley Arnage. Le Marck deAndre of California, who was refurbishing and repairing the car, claims Weezy stopped making payments on the $91,000 bill. Carter was served with court papers as he sat in jail.

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MAG SCANS /EXCERPTS: STEVE HARVEY ON WHY HE SHAVED HIS HEAD, HIS NEW MARRIAGE; SAYS, 'STEVE HARVEY HAS NEVER IN HIS LIFE PUT HIS HANDS ON A WOMAN.'

Last week the blogosphere was bombarded with the images of Steve Harvey on the cover of this week's Jet magazine to announce his symbolization into the prime of life: a big, butterball bald-headed dome and a bulked up frame as part of his 50 & Fly campaign. 'Fly is a guy who has it together from head to toe. He is dressed sharp. When he walks into the room, everybody wants to be with him. He is just cool, just fly. Fly also means being healthy and spiritually strong,' says Harvey who has lost 13 pounds of fat and has dropped from a 41-inch waist to a 35-inch waist in about three months. Below are a couple of excerpts from Harvey's interview with Jet magazine. The comedian/actor/radio show host talks about his new health regimen, his new marriage, the loss of his trademark mid-level 'fro and he sets the record straight regarding those nasty rumors regarding his bitter divorce from his second wife, Mary and her claims accusing him of being physically abusive and tight with his wallet when it comes to his children.

STEVE HARVEY ON WHY HE MADE THE DECISION TO SHAVE HIS HEAD AND SLIM DOWN HIS 6-FOOT-2 FRAME, HIS DEFINITION OF BEING 50 & FLY AND HOW HE COPES WITH HIS NEW LOOK: ...a girl said to me, 'Steve you're 50 and you are over the hill.' I started thinking, 'Wow, I am over the hill? I said 'OK, I got to do something to stop this line of thinking. Because at 50, I should not be thought of as over the hill. At 50, a man ought to feel that he is on top of the hill. At 50, you are still fly...I don't miss my hair. I've got enough TV shows in reruns, enough photographs and enough Jet covers for me and everybody else to look back and see my hair. Going bald was like a spiritual cleansing. Shaving my head was more of a spiritual thing for me. I wanted to be free. And then after reading T.D. Jakes' book (Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits), I said to myself, at 50, I can still reinvent myself. I'm going to change what people have been seeing of me. I created the term 50 & Fly on my radio show, but I wasn't really looking it. I didn't have any definition. I didn't have any shape. I had love a potbelly and handles. I've been telling people you can be 50 & Fly, but when I took my clothes off, I wasn't looking fly!

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HARVEY ON THOSE INTERNET BLOG RUMORS (ONE HE PLANS ON SUING FOR DEFAMATION) REGARDING HIS 2005 DIVORCE SETTLEMENT WHICH CLAIMED HE PHYSICALLY ABUSED HIS SECOND WIFE, MARY: It is really tragic that a celebrity has to deal with the evil spirits that are in the world. It is sad because we oftentimes have no recourse. People can say whatever they want to say about us on the Internet or on an Internet blog. And we can't do anything about it. But I do have several defamation of character lawsuits in place right now. Legally, I am not allowed to say anything but the one thing I want to be made perfectly clear: I am not going to chase a lie, but I will live the truth...And another thing that I want clearly understood is: Steve Harvey has never in his life put his hands on a woman, never in my life. That right there is not Steve Harvey. You can write down whatever you want but I will not allow a person to say that I have ever struck a woman.

HARVEY ON HIS DIVORCE SETTLEMENT AND CHILD SUPPORT ISSUES: Everything that I do is legal and everything I do is above board. My divorce is over and it's done. And God knows the truth and so does everyone involved on the legal front. People try to embarrass a celebrity, thinking somebody is going to pay them some shut-up money. I have no shut-up money for nobody. And the truth is I take care of all of my children, every last one of them. There is not one of my children who wants or needs for anything.

HARVEY ON HIS THIRD MARRIAGE TO MARJORIE (ALSO HER THIRD MARRIAGE), 43, AND THEIR BLENDED FAMILY OF SEVEN CHILDREN; I treat them (7 kids) all the same. They all call me Daddy.' OF HIS WIFE, HARVEY SAYS: 'Because of Marjorie I've become a lot more spiritual. She is a praying woman. She's been in church all of her life. I am who I am on the radio today because of her and the spiritual base in our relationship. When I first talked to her about shaving my head and going bald, she said, 'I don't love your hair, I love you. I think you look fine.'

As far as any future projects are concerned, negotiations are underway to bring Harvey's radio show to BET as a late night TV talk show. In March he'll kick off a comedy tour with Original Queen of Comedy comedienne, Mo'Nique. And in April, Harvey plans to release a fitness DVD; he also plans to take off his shirt on April 7 to show off his six-pack...which is currently 2 packs short of a six pack! In the meantime and in between time, he continues to mentor youth through the Disney Dreams Academy and his clothing line, The Harvey Collection, remains a top seller. You all can catch him this Sunday (January 27th) as he hosts BET's Celebration of Gospel event.

A little bit of tidbits: The comedian has three kids from his two previous marriages with ages ranging from 10 years of age to 25 years of age; and Marjorie also has three children from her previous marriages ranging from 20 years of age to 11 years of age.

Harvey resides in a brand new 5-story mansion with his wife in Atlanta and commutes back and forth from the ATL to New York to tape his morning radio program where he brings the spiritual awareness that he and Marjorie share. He starts off each day with a 12-minute segment about his relationship with God. 'People don't like to hear you talk about God, especially the devil and the devil's workers. But I talk about God so loud for 12 minutes every day. I feel a responsibility to share my relationship with God, which is not a perfect one. He's perfect, He keeps His word, but my job is to share my relationship with God and be honest about it...God is our Father and He doesn't stop loving us, sometimes He's got to chastise us, sometimes He's got to let us go out there and fall on our face.'

BLOGGER'S NOTE: Yall will have to read the rest of the article in the magazine because dude talked waaaaaaaaaaaay too much in order for me to cover everything he 'shared' with his fans and whatnot. He seriously needs to look into transforming his radio show into a Sunday morning talk show...if there is such a thing. I heart him and all...but I'm just saying.

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NEW (PORTRAIT) PICS: CAST OF 'A RAISIN IN THE SUN' AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.

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CELEB COUPLE PICS: JANET & JERMAINE IN VEGAS; EVA MARCILLE & LANCE GROSS IN ATLANTA.

Celeb couple Eva Marcille (former America's Next Top Model Winner) and her new beau, actor Lance Gross (Tyler Perry's House of Payne) were spotted getting their lovey-dovey on at the AG ENT Presents Compound Grand Finale in Atlanta last Sunday night. Oh, and Keshia Knight-Pulliam was there too. Be on the lookout for Lance on the big screen. The actor co-stars in Perry's film adaptation of his stageplay, Meet the Browns which will be released in March.

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Here's Janet Jackson looking like her Good Times character Penny Woods while keeping company with her beau Jermaine Dupri at the Prive launch party in Las Vegas in the early hours of January 22, 2008.

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YALL, PLEASE STOP HATING ON JOHN LEGEND'S NEW GIRLRIEND BEFORE HE HAS A CORONARY EPISODE.

R&B crooner John Legend says he's tired of all the hate directed toward his girlfriend, Thai-Norwegian model Christine Teigen. "People are automatically condescending," Legend tells the New York Daily News'Rush & Malloy column. "People are automatically condescending. They expect her to be dumb and say, 'Oh you're just dating a dumb girl because she's hot.' But people judge you either way. If you're dating a girl who's kind of regular, you hear, 'Why are you dating her?' I don't get caught up in it. I'm more concerned with my happiness." Uhhh, **NEWSFLASH N!GGAH** Don't nobody want your pansy ass! I mean, really, dude.

On the flip side, the singer/songwriter also blames his beautiful girlfriend for his failure to pick up any Grammy nominations this year claiming she's so beautiful he's not taken seriously. Legend has won five Grammy Awards, but he insists his penchant for stunning ladies is stopping him from landing any more. Legend and Teigen met while casting his new video Stereo.

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Before dating Teigen, Legend was seen around town with Brazilian model Danielle Abreu. At the time, he dropped hints that he wasn't ready to give up the single life, and all of its perks. "We'll see how it goes," he told the outlet Starpulse in 2006 of his relationship with Abreu. "[As a musician], you have lots of women throwing themselves at you. You have to be disciplined and be with someone who trusts you — and who you don't want to cheat on. But there's always another woman around the corner, so it's hard to settle down because you feel you might be missing out on something. You can be a gentleman and yet still feel that way."

Legend just celebrated his 29th birthday with Teigen in Las Vegas and has a new album, Live From Philadelphia, available exclusively at Target.

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IN TODAY'S 'THIS NIGGAH, HERE!' DON'T CALL DIDDY 'DIDDY', CALL HIM SEAN JOHN;

This niggah, here! Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, is changing his moniker, for the sixth time. The mogul, formerly known as Puff, Puffy, Puff Daddy, P Diddy and Diddy now wants to be known as Sean John which is the mogul's first and middle names, and the names of the entrepreneur's successful clothing line. Combs better hope his latest name change doesn't cause any confusion. The mogul took on some new ventures last year, including a multi-year, 50/50 profit deal with Ciroc vodka. Combs also released a fragrance dubbed Unforgivable. "I have always evolved and taken a different name each time. It’s nothing unusual where I come from. Right now I want to be 'Sean John' because that's where I am right now," Combs said in a statement.

In 2005, Combs - who was then known as ‘Puff Daddy’, appeared on the Today Show and announced that he was altering his stage name yet again, dropping the “P.” and referring to himself simply as “Diddy,” saying that “the P was getting between me and my fans.” However, by changing his name to simply ‘Diddy’ - he upset Richard “Diddy” Dearlove, a London based DJ, who threatened to sue Combs, and an out of court settlement of $220,000 was agreed. As a result, Puff Daddy was unable to use the name Diddy in the UK.

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REGGIE BUSH ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KIM KARDASHIAN: 'WE'RE HAPPY AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.' UMM-HMMM.

Reggie Bush (who will soon become a former and/or retired NFL player turned- possibly-whack-ass-actor) and Kim Kardashian are now speaking about their relationship. "We've been friends for years," said Kardashian. "And the relationship just developed over time. Everything Reggie does is from the heart and that's a quality I've always loved about him." Girl, stop lying and learn how to add and subtract! Yall haven't even been together for an entire year. Do we need to remind you that it was just last January when your boyfriend at the time, Nick Cannon, dumped you over that sex tape debacle? How soon we forget. Besides, Bush has only been in the NFL league for 2 years. As a matter of fact, the two were reportedly introduced to each other last May (2007) through Kim's former BFF, Paris Hilton.

Bush, who was recently seen following Kardashian around like a little puppy dog during last weekend's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah while they got their swag on (receiving free goodies from various vendors and sponsors at the film fest), says the only drawback to his relationship with Kardashian has been his introduction to the paparazzi. After only being photographed on the football field, Bush has had to deal with a new reality of being followed by cameramen everywhere he goes when he's with Kardashian. He's still amazed when he sees pictures of himself with her at the gas station, the mall or the airport pop up on the Internet. "I hate the paparazzi," said Bush, who plans to get into acting after he retires from football. "I honestly do. She knows I don't like it, but it comes with the territory. I deal with it. It doesn't make me view her any different, it's part of her life and so you just deal with it, but I hate it. I don't like it all. When I'm not with her, they don't care about me, when I'm with her they're all over us." Wait! What NFL top draft rookie football player do you know who goes from playing (if you want to call it that) in the league for a mere two years to making plans to retire just to become an actor? Something in the milk ain't clean.

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Kardashian, a veteran of being the object of the paparazzi's attention, has helped Bush by telling him to be relaxed and ignore them whenever they're around. After all, let her tell it, the only thing worse than being followed by the paparazzi, is having a run in with the paparazzi. "I'm giving him a few tips here and there," she said. "We try not to take it too seriously. The paparazzi are really an invasion of privacy that you're never really used to and ready for but you learn to adapt to it and not really pay too much attention to it." Um, girl, you did a reality tv show where cameras were in your house 24/7... and now you wanna bitch and moan about an invasion of privacy? You allowed a camera crew into your personal space to film you while you got your horizontal hunch on with Brandy's little brother...and now you wanna scream invasion of privacy? You've become well-known for keeping the paparazzi's digits on your speed dial so that they're 'candidly' aware of where you're going to be...and now you whine and complain about your invasion of privacy? Well, guess what? WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE!

In the meantime, the New Orleans Saints baller, who is five years younger than Kim says he's never been happier. "We have a great relationship," he said. "We're both in the limelight so it's actually good for me and her. We both understand what goes with that and it's going to make us stronger in the long run. A lot of the outside stuff you just have to ignore and live your life and you can't allow people to dictate how you live your life. We're happy and that's all that matters."

Hmmm, I wonder has he seen her sex tape. I'll bet dollars to donuts that all of his boys, team mates, coaches, brothers, childhood friends, high school buddies, play cousins and even his haters have. LOL! I crack myself up sometimes with the things I say, I swear!

ARTICLE WRITTEN BY: SouthernBlackGurl
QUOTES TAKEN FROM: Sports Illustrated

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