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Obama Wins Oregon Clinton Takes Kentucky

2008-05-21T21:10:00.017-04:00

Nothing unexpected happened in Tuesdays Democratic race. Hillary Clinton won in Kentucky, Barack Obama won in Oregon. Neither has enough delegates to win the parties nomination outright. Mathematically Clinton can't catch Obama's Delegate lead without severely bending the rules, and making a lot of folks in the party mad.

At this point I'm just waiting for two things...one to see what is done with the Florida and Michigan Delegates. And two,I'm waiting for the actual Democratic convention when the Superdelgates must actually cast their vote.

Until then, the rest is just fluff.

Making the Band 4 Tour Already In Trouble?

2008-05-21T21:10:00.014-04:00

The Making The Band 4 tour already has had a rocky beginning and they have yet to have their first concert. That is because before the tour could even get started the first 3 shows have already been canceled.

The tour which features: Danity Kane, Day26, Donnie Klang and Cheri Dennis, was supposed to kick off May 18 in Lake Buena Vista, Fl. but that show was canceled.

The tour is now scheduled to begin ten days later at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Additional tour cancellations include: Orlando (May 24), Pompano Beach, Fl (May 25), Detroit (May 31), Dallas (June 3) and Phoenix (June 5).

Ticket refunds are available from the point of purchase.

Kelly Trial Opens With Playing Of "The Tape"

2008-05-21T21:10:00.010-04:00

Prosecution and Defense both fought to bar public viewing of the tape that allegedly shows R. Kelly engaging in sex with an underage girl. Within hours of the opening statements the tape was shown.

The highlight of Wednesday's testimony came from a former childhood friend of the alleged victim who said she knows her friends face like the back of her hand.

Simha Jamison, 24, said she not only recognized her friend but recalls visiting
Kelly at his recording studio and at a Chicago basketball court dozens of times starting when they were around the age of 12.

Jamison admitted she never saw any sexual contact between the alleged victim and Kelly.

Defense attorneys planned to cross-examine her later on Wednesday.

Jamison's father, Peter Thomas, also watched the tape and identified the victim. A retired investigator with the Cook County state's attorney's office, also testified that a room in a Chicago home once owned by the singer strongly resembles the distinctive room in the video.

Thomas claims to have visited Kelly's home in 2002.

Date Set For Snipes To Report To Prison

2008-05-21T21:10:00.005-04:00

Unless Actor Wesley Snipes is granted bail he must report to prison on June 3rd. Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for three federal tax convictions.

Snipes' attorneys plan to try to keep him out of jail on bail by arguing that the trial judge gave the jury bad instructions and should have granted them an expanded pretrial hearing on their request to move the proceedings.

Prosecutors feel Snipes is a flight risk and should not be set free.

Janet Jackson Back On Tour

2008-05-20T08:50:00.015-04:00

After 7 years, pop star Janet Jackson is going back on tour. The tour will open in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 10 and will includes dates in New York and Washington.

Jackson promises that the show will be a huge production with lots of surprises.

Tickets go on sale for the "Rock Witchu" tour on June 7.

Opening Arguments Begin Tuesday in R. Kelly Trial

2008-05-20T08:50:00.012-04:00

After multiple delays the trial of Robert Kelly, 41, accused of child pornography, will have opening statements today.

Jury selection finished last week with prosecutors and defense attorneys accusing each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines. Eight jurors are white and four are black.

R. Kelly was indicted back in 2002.

Dwayne Wade Buys His Mom A Church

2008-05-20T08:50:00.009-04:00

Jolinda Wade mother of basketball star Dwayne Wade got the gift of a lifetime when her son gave her a church.

Jolinda Wade who is now a Baptist preacher has not always walked the straight in narrow. In fact, there was a time in her life that she did anything but. During her lifetime Jolinda has been know as an inmate, a fugitive, a drug user and drug seller.

Seven years ago Jolinda decided to turn her lifer around and over to God. She devoted her life to spreading the word of God, and started her first ministry, called the Temple of Praise while doing time in state prison.

Hundreds of people filled the church on Sunday and the crowd included the mothers of Shaquille O'Neal and Magic Johnson.

The Church is located in Chicago, Illinois.

Obama Draws a Crowd Of 75-Thousand

2008-05-20T08:50:00.004-04:00

Obama held the largest rally in presidential primary history in Oregon on Sunday. 75,000 people came out to join Barack and his family in at Waterford Park in Portland, Oregon.

Today's primaries in Oregon and Kentucky, could mark a milestone in the Obama campaign. He's expected to declare he has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. "That's a pretty significant mark," Obama said Monday.

HERE IS VIDEO FROM THE EVENT:

Obama Just 17 elected Delgates Away...

2008-05-16T17:16:00.004-04:00

Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is just 17 elected delegates away from a majority. In a letter sent out by the Obama camp, they say that there were 3253 elected delegates at stake in primaries and caucuses across the country. After winning 32 of 49 contests Barack is within reach of an absolute majority.

The Obama camp is hoping to reach the crucial number this Tuesday. So if you are an Obama supporter and would like to help, but do not live in Oregon or Kentucky you can still make a difference by making phone calls to people living in those states and encouraging them to vote.

All you have to do is go to this website: http://my.barackobama.com/callnow On this site there is a calling tool to help you call supporters. You will receive a list of 25 names, phone numbers and a script to read when you reach the callers.

It's very simple. And remember: YES WE CAN!!

R. Kelly Jury Selection Finalized

2008-05-15T21:17:00.007-04:00

Twelve jurors and 4 alternates have been chosen to sit on the jury for the R. Kelly child pornography case.
Opening statements are set to begin in the R. Kelly trial beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

During the final jury selections, for a second time, defense attorneys renewed accusations of minorities being booted intentionally from the jury.

Here is a rundown of the jurors.

1.) White man 68-year-old who immigrated to the U.S. from Romania
2.) White woman in her 20s she is an athletic trainer
3.) White man who recently graduated college
4.) White man with only small knowledge of R. Kelly
5.) White man mid 30's business executive
6.) Black man who appears to be in his 50s hates pornography
7.) White woman college student studying criminal justice
8.) Black woman early 30's teacher's aid
9.) Black man 30's or 40's in culinary arts school
10.)White man late 40's or 50's
11.)White man who appears to be in his late 30s or early 40s

Alternates:
1.)White male in his 20s who interned at a local radio station
2.)Young Latino male who works for Apple
3.)60-something retired Cook County sheriff's deputy,
4.)Middle-aged black woman.

DMX Says He Is Not Guilty

2008-05-15T21:17:00.003-04:00

Rapper DMX appeared in court Thursday and apparently showed up 1 hour late!!

During his appearance he plead not guilty on three felony drug charges, including two counts of marijuana possession and one for drug paraphernalia. The drug charged levied against him come from last week's raid of his Arizona home by authorities investigating alleged animal abuse.

T-Pain Tops BET Award Nominations

2008-05-15T14:41:00.009-04:00

T-Pain's Song collaborations have paid off. This year the rapper turned singer tops the BET Awards list with 5 nominations. He received nominations for best collaboration for his work with Chris Brown: "Kiss Kiss", Kanye West: Good Life and Flo Rida: "Low." He was also nominated twice in the video of the year category.

Kanye West and Keyshia Cole each received three nominations, while Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and newcomer Flo Rida received a pair each.

This years lifetime achievement award will be presented to Al Green, and Quincy Jones will receive an award for his humanitarian work.

The BET Awards will be presented June 24 in Los Angeles.

Barkley Owes Big Gambling Debt

2008-05-15T14:41:00.004-04:00

Former Basketball Star turned television analyst Charles Barkley, might need to take on another job just to cover his gambling debt.

A prosecutor says the retired NBA star will face felony charges if he fails to repay a $400,000 gambling debt to Wynn Las Vega, a Las Vegas Strip casino.

The casino filed court papers on Wednesday, that claim that Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers, or loans, he received last Oct. 18 and 19.

Barkley will be given a chance to make restitution in order to avoid felony bad check charges.

R. Kelly Trial: Day 4

2008-05-14T21:23:00.007-04:00

No new Jurors were selected Thursday. Two prospective jurors, a recent college grad and a man vaguely familiar with the singer's career, are likely to make the panel, both are white.

No African American's On CSI

2008-05-14T21:23:00.003-04:00

This one must have slipped right under my nose. I knew that this was the last week that Gary Dourdan will make an appearance as investigator Warrick Brown on CSI, but I didn't realize that May 5th was the last day for Khandi Alexander, who plays medical examiner, Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami.

According to TV Guide, Alexander's decision to leave does not reportedly involve a mutual deal with the network as she had some “issues” with certain aspects of the show.

Both Alexander and Dourdan have been with their respective shows since their inceptions. Now neither CSI nor CSI: Miami have any African-American regulars in their casts

Edwards Endorses Obama

2008-05-14T17:28:00.004-04:00

Probably the biggest most prized endorsement available is going to Senator Barack Obama. Former Senator, and Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama at a Michigan campaign event about an hour from now.

Edwards has 19 pledged delegates. Those delegates are not required back Obama but it is expected that most of them will. Edwards will release his delegates and urge them to back Obama.

Right now according to CNN estimates Obama has a total of 1,884 delegates in order to seize the Democratic nomination a candidate has to be first to reach the magic number of 2,026.

Personally, I think a dream ticket would be Obama and Edwards. I really liked Edwards, I just liked Obama better. He also is very strong among working class white voters which is where Obama is weakest. His story is a great one where he has pulled himself up from a very humble background.

Obama and Edwards in 08!

LeBron Curses At Mom

2008-05-14T08:06:00.007-04:00

Evidently, basketball star LeBron James quickly forgot that just Sunday was Mother's Day when he cursed at his mother on national television during Monday night's game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics.

After James was very flagrantly fouled into the stands by Paul Pierce, the crowd reacted to the play off the court, James’ mother, Gloria, gave an earful to one of the Celtics from her courtside seat.

Then he did it. James told his MOTHER to "go sit her ass down!"

I'm still shaking my head on this one.
HERE IS VIDEO FROM THE GAME:

More Jurors Selected In R. Kelly Trial

2008-05-14T08:06:00.003-04:00

Five more Jurors were selected Tuesday in R. Kelly's Chicago child pornography trial. Yesterdays selection included a white, female college student who is studying criminal justice in college, a teacher's assistant, a married man in his 40s, an investment firm compliance officer and a man with prior jury experience.

The eight jurors so far consist of five men and three women, and are split evenly between black and white members.

Jury selection is set to resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Kim K Denies Screwing Norwood

2008-05-14T00:38:00.011-04:00

In court papers answering the Superior Court lawsuit filed by Sonja Norwood, mother of Ray J and Brandy Norwoood, the allegation of credit card fraud was denied by the Kardashians.

Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and Robert Jr, were named in the lawsuit by Norwood for running up more than $120,000 in unauthorized charges on her credit card.

Kim Kardashian had access to the American Express card when she worked as a stylist for Brandy. Norwood claims Kim gave the card number to her siblings, who also allegedly made unauthorized charges.

The Kardashians "deny generally and specifically each and every allegation," the papers say.

Norwood wants the money returned plus 10 percent interest.

Clinton Wins W.Virginia

2008-05-14T00:38:00.005-04:00

No big surprise here, Sen. Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia Primary. Even with a 2 to 1 lead, she still is trailing in both delegate counts.

Clinton is using her win, to bolster her argument to superdelegates that she will be the better candidate to take on John McCain in the general election.

W. Virginia had just 28 delegates at stake, and those will be awarded proportionately.

Barry Bonds Indicted

2008-05-14T00:38:00.002-04:00

Barry Bonds was charged with 14 counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice in a new indictment that was a result of the BALCO doping investigation.

The new indictment doesn't add any new alleged falsehoods, but is a re-worked of the original indictment in which the judge asked ordered government prosecutors to word the indictment so that each charge alleged only one lie rather than combining several alleged falsehoods into single counts.

Bonds originally was charged with four counts of perjury

The Beginning Of The End For Kilpatrick?

2008-05-13T15:56:00.005-04:00

The Detroit City voted 5-4 to begin forfeiture of office proceedings against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The council also voted to ask Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm to remove him from office.

Members also voted 7-2 to formally censure Kilpatrick.

Remy Ma Wedding Called Off

2008-05-13T08:42:00.017-04:00

According to the New York Daily News, jailed Rapper Remy Ma was scheduled to be married on Monday but the nuptials were called off when future husband rapper Papoose tried to smuggle in a handcuff key.

A correction official said that the key that was found, could easily opened handcuffs that the jailer there at Riker's as well as other law enforcement officials use.

Now the two love-birds will not be able to see each other again until November.

The Game Will Return For Another Season

2008-05-13T08:42:00.013-04:00

Talking about sweating it out!!

The CW announced yesterday that "The Game," will return for another season. When the early pick-ups for the fall were announced and "The Game" was not among those shows I got really worried that it would not be coming back.

Also announced a new series to the CW is another reality series from Tyra Banks, called "Stylista," where fans compete for a job at Elle magazine.

Mom Joins In Bus Stop Fight

2008-05-13T08:42:00.009-04:00

A Jacksonville, Florida mother has been arrested after allegedly giving her daughter a weapon and helping her fight another girl at her Bus Stop.

Sixth grader Johneishia Ervin, 13, said she was walking to her bus stop on Thursday morning when another girl came at her with a stick. Ervin said the girls mother then grabbed her and put her hands behind her back and started beating her and let her daughter hit her.

To watch video from the victim on from News4.com in Jacksonville, Florida click Here.

How can we expect our children to do right with parents like this walking around? As a parent who tries to teach your children the right way to handle conflict, are you handicapping your child in situation with a child whose parents have raised them this way?