Monday, April 5, 2010

LOOK WHO'S BOOED UP

Look who's booed up? Brandy and Flo Rida



The two were coupled up in Miami this weekend. Supposedly they have been dating for months now and trying to keep it on the low.

GV Says: Love me some Bran. Lets hope this works.

RIHANNA TO GO ON TOUR

This summer, Rihanna will take her Rated R on the road for her "Last Girl On Earth" North American tour. She'll also be joined by up and coming pop star Ke$ha. Don't know who she is, but I hear alot about her.



The ladies, along with rapper Nicki Minaj, will kick it off in Seattle July 2, and make 25 total stops – including Los Angeles on July 21 and Madison Square Garden in N.Y.C. on Aug. 12 – ending August 25 in Chicago.

Tickets go on sale at LiveNation.com on April 9.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

WYCLEF DRAMA

Looks like Wyclef needs to keep the home front under control while he works on his community service. The NY Daily News reports:


Two women rumored to be linked romantically with Wyclef Jean are fighting back.

The hip-hop star's former manager, Lisa Ellis, has told the FBI and the Department of Justice that she believes someone at Sony Music illegally disseminated a nude photo of her.

We told you last month that the photo in question caused Wyclef some trouble at home when his wife, Marie Claudinette, found it on his cell phone. According to sources, Claudinette flew into a jealous rage and demanded that her husband fire Ellis.

Ellis insisted her relationship with the former Fugees singer has always been strictly professional. She also maintained that she resigned - because, according to a friend, Wyclef "wasn't listening to her advice."

Ellis looks great in the black-and-white portrait, taken by photographer Mark Baptiste for an art book he's planning, but she's furious that someone e-mailed it around the music industry.

"It's a cybercrime," she tells us. "It's a felony. It's a stolen copyrighted [image]."

Ellis suspects that the shot was leaked by a person or persons at Sony Music, where she used to be an executive vice president.

"I don't have the photo myself," she says. "Mark did not send the photo out. I am being attacked for no reason."

A Sony Music rep declined to comment.

Ellis is also shooting down a rumor that, back when they were talking, Wyclef gave her a horse.

"I got my horses on my own," says the life-long equestrian. "This fantasy drama is [bleeping] b—s—."

Meanwhile, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus, the vice president of Clef's Yele Haiti Foundation, is knocking down allegations that the charity paid her a disproportionate salary because she was his "mistress."

A tax declaration obtained by TheSmokingGun.com reported that Khatou-Chevassus received $105,000 in 2008. Gawker.com quoted a source who said Khatou-Chevassus' pay was three times more than that of program director Suzie Sylvain, who was "actually keeping the organization running."

According to Gawker, five sources claimed Clef was "involved romantically" with Khatou-Chevassus.

Brushing off the report, the Grammy winner tweeted: "Donkeys spread rumors about me I dont Respond cause I'm the master that leads them to the Well to drink the Water."

A Yele Haiti spokesperson declined to discuss whether or not Wyclef and Zakiya indeed had a thing, but insisted that her salary was justified, especially since Sylvain reported to her.

"We need to stop talking about Zakiya other than to praise her managerial skills," said the rep for the charity, which reports raising $9,139,324 for relief activities since Haiti's January earthquake. "She is immensely proud of her professional collaboration with Wyclef Jean, and with members of his family, including his wife, Claudinette. Let's get back to work."

THE CARTERS OUT & ABOUT

The Carters had a night out on the town Easter Eve at Nello in NYC



GV Says: Bangin' outfit Bey. I see you.

ERYKAH FINED

Looks like the pigs don't play that



The NY Daily News reports that Erykah Badu will have to strip her wallet of $500 after stripping naked in a public square.

Dallas police charged Erykah with disorderly conduct - which carries a $500 fine - after she embarked on a public striptease for her latest music video, "Window Seat," on March 17.

Badu took all of her clothes off in the middle of the day in Dealey Plaza, where JFK was assassinated in 1963. In the video, she can be seen walking through the square removing her t-shirt and pants followed by her underwear, while curious passers-by look on. The singer then falls to the ground to the sound of a gunshot.

The Dallas native and mother of three has defended her actions saying that the events have been misconstrued.

“My point was grossly misunderstood all over America,” she said Saturday on "The Wanda Sykes Show."

She denied intending any insult to the memory of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dealey Plaza.

“John F Kennedy was a revolutionary; he was not afraid to butt heads with America, and I was not afraid to show America my butt-naked truth,” she told the comedienne.

Sykes quipped that Badu “wasn’t afraid to show her badus” in public, and showed the singer a parody of the video in which she tripped on the sidewalk while trying to disrobe.

Meanwhile, a Dallas police spokesman said they have received calls from people across the country complaining about Badu's behavior.

"After much discussion we feel that these charges best fit her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard to individuals and small children who were close by," the spokesman said.

"She can pay the fine, send it in and then the issue will be resolved."

Check out Wanda's spoof

MINORITY REPORT: MOVERS HIT SANDRA'S HOUSE

A moving van was seen in front of Jesse James' Seal Beach, Calif. home on Friday -- nearly three weeks after Sandra Bullock is said to have moved out.



X17 reports that an L.A. Delivery Service truck sat outside the house for about an hour early Friday evening. Movers loaded a couch, a love seat and numerous boxes onto the truck. A man and a woman in a separate car also arrived around the same time to pick up additional items. Update: On Saturday, TMZ photographed Jesse James' mother Carol and daughter Sunny carrying boxes out of the house.

Sandara reportedly remains in hiding at her Hollywood Hills home after briefly emerging on Wednesday.

GV Says: Go girl. Jesse was on some foolishness.

USHER OFFERS ADVICE

So fresh off his divorce, Usher is offering advice:



“Having kids man, don’t wear white. Have you ever had an explosion?” the singer asked George Lopez on Lopez Tonight Thursday. “Changing the diaper, obviously when they gotta go they gotta go.”

Usher has two sons - Usher ‘Cinco’ Raymond V, 2 ½, and Naviyd Ely, 15 months.

“I just decided, if anybody is going to [poop] on me it would be my kids,” he says. “That is real love, man. It’s like, ‘How do you produce this much doodoo?’”

But fatherhood is much more than dirty diapers and juice stains, Usher, 31, points out. “One of the most incredible experiences in life is to be able to put all of your energy and effort into making sure that you raise an incredible young man."

“I have two young boys that I love very much and I just want them to be the most incredible young men that they can be.”