AUSTIN, Texas — It wasn't exactly arctic cold, but it was close. At least by South by Southwest standards.
Usually a haven for hipsters in their skin-baring finest, on Saturday, SXSW got downright chilly, with temperatures dipping into the 40s and winds howling in from the Texas plains. It didn't really dampen spirits all that much, but it was certainly weird to see Sixth Street transformed into a parka parade.
Every time a teen looks in the mirror, she will see the V-shaped scar - a permanent reminder of the violence that erupted near her grandmother's Brooklyn home.
Shantayah Lewis, 17, sat in her room at Kings County Hospital Saturday, calmly reflecting on the Friday afternoon attack that left her with dozens of stitches in the left side of her face.
"My face is too beautiful to be fighting,"… Continue
Former child star actor Todd Bridges recently appeared on the Wendy Williams show to promote his new book and discuss how his publicist molested him at the tender age of 12. Bridges, now 44, is best known for his role as “Willis” on the television series Diff’rent Strokes. Like most childhood stars, Bridges turned to drugs later in life. After being molested, he turned to his co-star, Dana Plato, who comforted him due to the confusion of his sexuality. In a turn of events,… Continue
Young & The Restless new comer Darius McCrary, BETTER known as Eddie Winslow from the 90’s hit sitcom Family Matters has filed for divorce. Just a year ago he tied the knot with model/author Karrine Steffans, also known to many by the name Superhead. I can only imagine the REAL reason he married her. Last month he filed for separation from Karrine, citing irreconcilable differences ( possibly due to the fact that he knew majority of the men she… Continue
Nicki Minaj said she told XXL magazine, "No disrespect, but no thanks." The sexy rapper declined the invitation to be a part of the 2010 Freshmen 10 issue because, like her Young Money compatriot Drake, she felt she should have been down last year "Drake and I, we love XXL," she told us recently on the set of her video for "Massive Attack." "We just shot for XXL. With all due respect, we felt like we kinda had graduated from the freshman class. We… Continue
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith's estate will get none of the more than $300 million the late Playboy model claimed a Texas billionaire to whom she was briefly married meant to leave her after he died.
The ruling came in a 15-year legal battle that started in a sleepy Houston probate court and stretched… Continue
I guess when you turn 30 or something you have to change up. But, don't rappers know they are going to get older and mature? I don't know. Anyway, Young Jeezy is the next in a long line of smart rappers that has opted to drop age-defining monikers. He is now going to go simply by JEEZY
It's only been a few weeks, and rapper Lil Wayne is already MAKING WAVES in jail.
MediaTakeOut.com just received EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION that rapper Lil Wayne and another inmate got into, what our insider calls a "scuffle."
According to our ROCK SOLID source, rapper Lil Wayne and another inmate got into a disagreement a few days ago. The insider explained to MediaTakeOut.com, "I don't [know] what it [was] about, but neither… Continue
Sleeping with a man who you know is married does NOT make you a "slut" ... so says Tiger Woods' mistress #1 Rachel Uchitel.
Uchitel's lawyers -- including glorious Gloria Allred -- just fired off a letter to Las Vegas showman Jeff Beacher, ordering him to remove comments on his Facebook page which refer to her as a "slut," "whore" and "hooker."
In the letter, Rachel's lawyers say the comments are false and defamatory ... and threaten… Continue
TMZ has learned Brittany Murphy received no fewer than 200 pills every month from January 2008 through August 2009 ... and sometimes as many as 400.
As we first reported, Murphy used an alias -- Lola Manilow Murphy -- at Eddie's Pharmacy in Los Angeles for nearly two years ... before the pharmacy finally cut her off 4 months before her death.
Pharmacy records show Murphy was getting… Continue
While walking down the lovely gay streets of Chicago, someone witnessed this lovely individual who was representing her sponsors Sky Vodka, Silicone, & Kramer. Let's word count shall we:
Fuck: 11 times
Fag: 2 times
N-Bomb: 56 times
All in under 4:00 minutes, she's such a fucking lady....SMDH. That taxi driver she was attacking needs a Nobel Peace Prize, she kicked him in the crotch twice and slaps him across the face. I would… Continue
Jacki-O has a book coming out and she has an excerpt that talks about a rapper!
Take this situation for example,really popular platinum selling rapper that has made a name for himself in the business who non apologetically often raps about drugs,asked for my number from my body guard.Me seeing this as a way to possibly get on a few songs and work with him, i agree to have my body guard give it to him. After what seemed to be a few innocent… Continue