Featured Blog Posts – February 2016 Archive (99)

A brutal bout with bronchitis may not have been the reason Rihanna bailed on her Grammys performance, after all.

The "Rude Boy" singer went on a "hysterical" outburst after experiencing great displeasure with her pre-show rehearsal, sources told TMZ.

It's unclear what exactly triggered the apparent incident, but the gossip site reports Rihanna was very upset…

The show didn't go on for Rihanna.

The singer pulled out of her scheduled performance at Monday’s Grammy awards due to bronchitis.

"So sorry I couldn't be there...Thanks Grammys and CBS for your support tonight," the singer tweeted to her 56.1 million followers.

RiRi showed up to the Staple’s Center in Los Angeles for rehearsals, but did not walk…

Vanity, a protege of Prince who briefly achieved stardom as the lead singer of the all-girl group Vanity 6, died Monday in a California hospital, the gossip site TMZ reported.

She was 57.

The Canadian-born pop singer and actress had been battling inflammation of her small intestines, the latest in a string of health problems.…

50 Cent is lashing out at some of the creditors in his bankruptcy case, telling the judge they are trying to set the clock more than 150 years and gunning to make him their slave.

Three of 50's biggest creditors -- Sleek Audio, SunTrust Bank and Lastonia Leviston -- have come up with a payback plan and are asking the judge's approval.

50 has just responded,…

A Kenyan couple had an unhappy Valentine’s Day weekend after Duncan Moseti attacked his wife’s breasts and then cut off his own penis.

The 24-year-old Thika resident became convinced his wife was cheating and thought the best solution was to cut off his manhood.

"He said he had reliable information that I was having an affair with his brother,” wife Margaret…

“I’m on cloud nine,” said Rihanna, the pop star turned brand ambassador and women’s creative director of Puma, after her first fashion show for the label. An hour earlier, her first full collection, a street-inspired, Japanophile departure from Puma’s usual sport-ready performance wear, had come down an L.E.D. runway to a crowd that included Naomi Campbell, Chris Rock,…

Wyclef Jean has always been proud of his Hatian roots. Sometimes a little too proud. However, all that was called into question four years back when he was accused of being fraudulent with the Yele Haiti Foundation he set up to help the people of Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. Though the heat has died down in the public eye, for the most part, it was brought…

Russell Simmons is planning a new awards show that will be staged days before the Oscars.

In what is billed as the first-ever All Def Movie Awards, the mogul said Thursday in a statement that the honors "are not the Black Oscars, but they could be. This will be a fun, entertaining and hopefully thought provoking celebration of the uncelebrated.”

Continued…

Kanye West is one of the most successful people in the world of music -- has been for a long time -- which makes it especially confounding he confessed to being $53 million in debt.

Kanye tweeted Saturday night, "I write this to you my brothers while still $53 million dollars in personal debt," adding "Please pray we overcome."

All the estimates you read about…

It appears the 58th Annual Grammy Awards may have had some trouble recruiting talent for this year’s performances, as yet another artist has announced they will not be performing for the show following Drake’s announcement. Nicki Minaj took to her social media today [Saturday, February 13] to announce she would not be one of the performers, despite the organization…

Maybe Kanye West should start journaling.

The rapper-turned-designer — now infamous for his Twitter tirades — took time from his Saturday morning to slam a negative review of his fashion show, show love for Caitlyn Jenner and Rihanna, and blame Chance the Rapper for delaying the release of his new album.

West zeroed in on a brief item from gossip site…

Drake may have taken aim at Tory Lanez and the New Toronto in his new track “Summer Sixteen,” but it doesn’t appear that Lanez has any interest in igniting a feud with Drake in the near future.

Last month, Drake debuted the first official single off of his upcoming Views From The 6 album, titled “Summer Sixteen,” while simultaneously taking shots at Meek Mill,…

Kanye and Kim are yet to respond to the old audio going viral.

Unfortunately it’s not going to go away just like that though and fans have also uncovered a tweet from another of Kim’s former lovers – Reggie Bush – which they believes hints the same thing.

In an old Instagram post Reggie posted a meme which read: “I know you’re the one because the smell…

Lil Wayne is in trouble with Uncle Sam, yet again.

The “6 Foot 7 Foot” rapper, 33, was hit with a $868,000 tax lien, according to TMZ.

Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., is accused of not paying a portion of his 2014 taxes.

He was previously slammed with a $12 million tax lien for unpaid taxes in 2011 and 2012. He also owed $7 million…

We’re never going to get to old for this.

Fox moved forward with a pilot for a “Lethal Weapon” TV series, with Damon Wayans Sr. cast in the role made famous by Danny Glover.

The prospective series is based on the 1987 box office hit, which starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched police partners Riggs and Murtaugh and spawned three sequels.

The…

DMX seemed ready to party up just days after being revived from the brink of death.

The 45-year-old rapper was photographed arriving to perform at the Lively nightclub in the Meatpacking District early Friday morning — an astounding turn of events considering his collapse in a Yonkers hotel parking lot four days earlier.

Local police said they found DMX —…

Apple is making its first original television show. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the technology giant is backing a top-secret scripted series starring one of its own executives, Beats co-founder and rap legend Dr. Dre.

Multiple sources say the 50-year-old mogul is starring in and executive producing his own six-episode vehicle, dubbed Vital Signs, and the…

Ciara just can't score in the red zone.

The sexy singer and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson have been open about their decision to remain abstinent, but nobody's saying it has been easy.

The couple started dating last April, and their sex-free relationship choice is clearly wearing on Ciara, according to an interview with "Cosmopolitan."

"I'm…