NEW PICTURE OF LAURYN HILL WITH 4 OF HER 5 KIDS AT A MARTHA STEWART BOOK SIGNING.

Since the release of her solo album ten years ago, Lauryn Hill has been something of a recluse. But apparently the way to get her out of the house is to host a Martha Stewart book signing. The two feminist icons met at a book store in New Jersey last week. But what's really going on with Lauryn? I'm just not understanding why she chose to paint her lips with black soot. Or does another substance the cause of the color of her lips? I'm well aware that she'd fallen on tough times and had become a bit mentally unattached over the past several years--the breakup of her long-term romantic and professional relationship with Wyclef Jean, the disbandment of The Fugees, the domestic problems with, Rohan Marley, the married father of her five children as well as the most anticipated and subsequent failure of making a comeback after she soared to the top of the charts with her Grammy Award winning debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill over a decade ago-- but still?

Well, at least her brood looks happy and content, thank God. Lauryn and her five kids: son Zion David Hill-Marley; daughter Selah Louise Marley; son Joshua Marley; and son John Marley now live with her mother in her hometown of South Orange, New Jersey. The couple's fifth child is a baby girl who was born in early 2008. Marley told People magazine that although the baby is 7 months old, she is still without a name.

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MARY J. BLIGE, TIMBALAND, 50 CENT, TYLER PERRY & WYCLEF ACCUSED OF PURCHASING STEROIDS.

What does Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Tyler Perry all have in common besides music, films, wealth and the respect of their peers? The answer is steroids. These five talented and successful artists have all been confirmed as participants in an Albany probe as recent buyers of body enhancement supplements. Hard to believe, right? Personally, I can easily believe the allegations against 50 Cent and Timbaland. But it's the accusations against Mary that has me at a lost for words. Wouldn't it have been easier and safer for her to just go under the knife (again) instead of risking her life to look....what the hell is she trying to look like?! As far as Wyclef and Tyler are concerned, I can't even call it so I'll digress for now...

The following details are sooooooooo not the business.

Mary J. Blige, 37
The Bronx native's first album -- What's the 411? -- debuted in 1992. Since then Blige has produced seven multiplatinum albums and won six Grammy Awards. In December 2006 Blige won nine Billboard Music Awards for her album The Breakthrough. Between August 2005 and January 2007 Blige allegedly received multiple shipments from an Orlando pharmacy of Jentropin, a human growth hormone, and Oxandrolone, an anabolic steroid, in orders sent to her at the Beverly Hills Hotel, MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and Clay Gym in New York City. At least one of the orders was mailed under the name "Marlo Stanfield," which is the character name of a drug kingpin on the Baltimore-based HBO crime drama The Wire.

Blige's representative did not respond to a request for comment.


Curtis James Jackson III, 50 Cent, 32
Jackson started dealing drugs at the age of 12 in Queens but an arrest on weapons and drug charges and a sentence in a shock incarceration program led him to abandon the street life and gravitate to a career in rap music. The stage name 50 Cent, Curtis has said, underscores his effort to "change" his life. Jackson is alleged to have received shipments of steroids at his mansion in Farmington, Conn. in July 2006 an order was mailed to his residence under the name "Michael Jordan" and also at a residence on Oakmont Drive in Los Angeles. Steroids in his name also were mailed to the office of a Long Island chiropractor.

Jackson's representative did not respond to a request for comment.


Timothy Z. Mosley, Timbaland, 35 Mosley was born in Norfolk, Va., and began his musical career in the mid-1990s emerging as a top rap artist. Mosley has become a major record producer and two years ago founded his own label, Mosley's Musical Group. The label's debut, Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous featuring Timbaland, reached the top of the song charts. Mosley allegedly received shipments of human growth hormone and anabolic steroids between October 2005 and September 2006 at his Miami residence and at the office of a Long Island chiropractor.

Mosley could not be reached for comment.

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Tyler Perry, 38
An award-winning playwright, actor, director and producer. In 2005 Perry wrote, produced and starred in the box office hit, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Last fall, his television comedy series House of Payne debuted on TBS. Perry's biography on his Web site touts his rags-to-riches story from being homeless on the streets of New Orleans to now owning a mansion outside Atlanta. Prescriptions for anabolic steroids and growth hormone were shipped in Perry's name to his business and studio headquarters on Krog Street in Atlanta in 2005 and 2006.

Perry could not be reached for comment.



Wyclef Jean, 35
Co-founder of The Fugees. The Haitian-born rapper and Grammy Award-winning musician is a producer and self-described social activist. Jean splits time between New York City and Haiti, where he has spearheaded humanitarian efforts with stars such as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Prescriptions in Jean's name for human growth hormone and Oxandrolone, an anabolic steroid, were shipped to the office of a Long Island chiropractor in August 2005.

Jean's publicist declined to comment.

Jesus Christ!

SOURCE: TIMESUNION.COM

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ALICIA KEYS & TYRA BANKS TO BE HONORED AT B.E.T.'S 1st B.E.T. HONORS GALA.

R&B singer Alicia Keys and former model-turned-media mogul and Tyra Banks, will be recognized among the top achievers in entertainment, business and politics awarded at the first ever BET Honors gala. Keys will receive the Entertainment Award and Banks will be honored for her overall media work, including her talk show as well as America's Next Top Model. In addition to Keys and Banks, other honorees include: Dr. Cornel West, University Professor in the Center for African American Studies (Award for Education); Richard Parsons (Corporate Citizen Award); The Honorable Maxine Waters (Public Service Award) and CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd (Entrepreneur Award).

"We are thrilled to pay tribute to the thinkers, trailblazers and trendsetters whose accomplishments serve as inspirations for current and future generations," Debra Lee, chairman and CEO of BET Networks said via statement. "Each of these remarkable individuals has made significant contributions to the Black community and American culture overall, and BET Networks is proud to recognize them through this very special, new tentpole event. We've done a number of significant shows in other cities, but what better place to honor these individuals than in our home city of Washington, D.C."

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Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the BET Honors will be taped on January 12 at Washington, D.C.'s Warner Theatre and will air on BET on Friday, February 22nd at 8 PM. Guests appearances include: Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Wyclef Jean, Danny Glover, Kerry Washington, Vivica A. Fox and Hill Harper.

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CELEB DADDIES & DAUGHTERS: WYCLEF JEAN, LUDACRIS, TERRANCE HOWARD, LENNY KRAVITZ, DONDRE WHITFIELD & FLEX ALEXANDER.

(left) Hip-hop artist, Wyclef Jean and his adopted daughter Angelina; (right) Terrance Howard and his daughters Aubrey and Heaven in BABYGAP & GAPKIDS print ads.

Rapper/actor Ludacris and his daughter, Karma Bridges at the movie premiere of Fred Claus in Los Angeles, California on November 3, 2007.

Singer Lenny Kravitz and his (and actress Lisa Bonet) daughter, Zoe Kravitz out and about in SoHo (October 2007).

Actor Dondre Whitfield and his (and actress Salli Richardson's) daughter Parker; Flex Alexander and his (and singer Shanice Wilson's) daughter Imani at 3rd annual "Little Legs With Big Hearts" A Fun Run For Kids to benefit children afflicted w/Sickle Cell event in Los Angeles, California.

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