OH NO SHE DIDN'T! Tameka Foster is being accused of plagiarizing an essay she wrote for the Huffington Post, entitled "She's Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl ... " Aisha Curry, who penned the book "Pretty for a Black Girl," claims that the work is in fact hers, and not that of Usher's ex. Says Curry: "I cannot and will not say she stole my idea, because you never should assume. However, I will say that it seemed like one heck of a coincidence, and… Continue
Snoop Dogg was in Amsterdam with his entourage this weekend -- one of whom was carrying what looks like a five-foot marijuana plant right into the… Continue
Although Los Angeles County coroner's officials have put a security hold on the official autopsy results in the Michael Jackson case until police complete their investigation, the Los Angeles Times reported that a search warrant unsealed in Houston on Monday (August 24) revealed that coroner's office investigators found lethal levels of the fast-acting, powerful anesthetic Propofol in Jackson's body. The documents reportedly quote the L.A. County… Continue
50 Cent says he has decided to hold up the release of his long-awaited LP, Before I Self Destruct, yet again. Fif, in Poland for a concert, told a local media outlet that instead of the previously announced September release date, he's now looking at the first week of November, according to a video interview posted on 50's Web Site.
"I had the time make it and remake it," he said of his work. "I didn't have that [kind of time] on my other… Continue
It's been a little while since T-Pain was featured on nearly everyone's record while still topping the charts with songs of his own. But when MTV News caught up with T-Pain via Skype, he insisted he was still working with a bunch of people — he's just been hiding from Diddy.
"Diddy's kind of aggressive," T-Pain explained. "He can get that way, but I tried to change my phone number every time he tried to reach me."
In just a few weeks, Jay-Z will release one of the most hotly anticipated albums of 2009 when he drops his 11th album The Blueprint 3. But even legends have to start somewhere, and though it seems like he's been at the top of his game since his first album, there was a time when Jigga was just an up-and-comer.
The man born Shawn Carter grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in the Marcy Houses, a housing project in the borough's Bedford-Stuyvesant… Continue
Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, center, was named Miss Universe 2009, Sunday night in Nassau, Bahamas. Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aimee De la Cruz, l., was first runner up.
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer aren't wasting any time: the "True Blood" twosome are already hunting for their own love nest after getting engaged earlier this month. The co-stars - who play onscreen lovers psychic Sookie Stackhouse and vampire Bill Compton - hit an open house and checked out two moderately-priced homes with a Realtor in Santa Monica over the weekend. The pair is said to be looking for a cozy and modern abode with additional bedrooms… Continue
Sean Paul has been blazing a trail across the U.S. to promote his latest album, "Imperial Blaze" - and now it appears the dancehall star has burnt out his voice, at least for the moment.
The Jamaican born performer has been forced to cancel Monday night's performance in Brooklyn at the Martin Luther King Jr. concert series on the advice of his doctor.
"I am really disappointed that I will not be able to appear," the performer said in a… Continue
Some were shocked. Others disgusted. But for some, it was the breast day ever! Dozens of semi-nude women gave the city a Double-D eyeful Sunday when they bared their boobs in Central Park and then marched through the streets.
The daring display was part of "National Go-Topless Day" - indeed, there is such a thing - and stunned jaded New Yorkers and wide-eyed tourists alike.
"This is unbelievable - and super," said Dalvin Jan, 21,… Continue
Something unusual is cropping up alongside the tomatoes, eggplant and okra in Scott Byars' vegetable garden - the elephantine leaves of 30 tobacco plants.
Driven largely by ever-rising tobacco prices, he's among a growing number of smokers who have turned to their green thumbs to cultivate tobacco plants to blend their own cigarettes, cigars and chew. Byars normally pays $5 for a five-pack of cigars and $3 for a tin of snuff; the seed cost him… Continue
It was one painful - and unnecessary - dental procedure that cost a dentist and his clinic millions. A South Carolina woman who had 13 teeth extracted by mistake won a $2 million jury verdict this week.
Plaintiff Elizabeth Smith, 28, is now looking forward to getting her teeth fixed, said her lawyer, Robert Ranson.
"She now sees [the] opportunity [to] move on with her life, and, in her words ... 'get back to being what she was' before… Continue
Omarion released an official statement on Friday (August 21) regarding his parting of ways with Lil Wayne's Young Money label earlier this week. The statement reiterates the singer's Twitter post on Wednesday, dispelling rumors that he'd been dropped.
"I have a lot of respect and admiration for the genius of Lil Wayne and the entire Young Money family," he said. "I asked to be released from the label to pursue other opportunities that were… Continue
New Yorkers are using their cars for a lot more than driving. Cops issued 7,432 tickets during this week's 24-hour crackdown on drivers caught yakking or texting on their cells while behind the wheel.
"I bought an earpiece this week - just in time, it turns out," said 42-year-old motorist DelRay Smith as he watched a cop pull over a driver on the West Side Highway Thursday night.
Getting caught with your hands on a cell instead… Continue
It's the pop scandal of the century. Or, more accurately, it's the Twitter-trending topic of the past 20 minutes: Did Lady Gaga steal her look from Irish electro ice-maiden Roisin Murphy? Yes she did, according to Murphy herself, who told Irish Central: "Lady Gaga is just a poor imitation of me. She has copied my style."
And the pictures, courtesy of Idolator, would seem to bear her claims out:
Thing is, Lady Gaga is far from the only… Continue
IT'S OVER BETWEEN NELLY AND ASHANTI. An insider claims the two split because Ashanti was ready to settle down, while her beau wanted to sow his wild oats. Sure enough, the "Hot in Herre" rapper has been squiring video vixen Jessica Rabbit around Las Vegas and Miami. A rep for both declined to… Continue
Pole dance all you want, Miley. Daddy says it’s okay. Billy Ray Cyrus doesn’t think his 16-year-old daughter’s provocative dance during a performance at the Teen Choice Awards this month is a big deal.
"I just think that Miley loves entertaining people," he tells Access Hollywood of the swirl around a pole attached to an ice cream truck. "She loves singing [and] songwriting.”
As for what others may think about the dirty dance,… Continue
Gucci Mane has a handful of major songs in rotation, such as "Break-Up," "LOL Smiley Face" and the "Obsessed" remix. He's on fire, no doubt. Gucci's album however, has been pushed back from September to December. Still, he will have something for the fans next month. The Atlanta concrete king will be dropping Wasted: The Prequel, an EP packed with his biggest mixtape records of the last year. His latest mixtape, The Movie 2, is a special edition… Continue