Chris Brown was a no-show at Sunday night’s BET Awards because producers pulled his performance at the last minute.
According to several insiders, Brown’s appearance was considered risky business on a night honoring Michael Jackson. The “No Air” singer is facing negative publicity after pleading guilty to the February assault of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
One source says Brown’s absence came at the insistence of the Rev. Al… Continue
This is not your everyday poseur Eminem wannabe - it's Mariah Carey, who dressed as the controversial rapper while filming her new video "Obsessed" in New York today.
You may recall that in Eminem's "Bagpipes From Baghdad" song, he warns Carey's husband, Nick Cannon, to "back the f--- up."
Eminem has targeted Carey for special abuse in his raps for years, while Carey denies the two ever had a relationship.
ANNA Kournikova got into a fight Saturday night in Las Vegas after an unidentified woman threw a drink at the tennis ace. Kournikova and her pals were partying at Lavo after attending the Hardbat Classic table tennis tournament when a woman at the next table "threw a drink at Anna. She felt Anna was invading her space," our source said. Kournikova "sprung into action" and starting screaming at the woman and shoving her. "It was a big fight," the spy… Continue
Most of you whom are familiar with urban culture have been scratching your head after seeing the influx of men wearing/sagging in what appear to be their sister’s jeans. You want to know why they’re doing it, don’t you? You want to know where it comes from. You find yourself wondering what on earth could posses so many people to do something that would (post disco era) get one verbally annihilated in any socially urban setting.
As the NBA draft approached, the grim truth about Yao Ming’s(notes) broken left foot hung like an anvil over the Houston Rockets. The fear isn’t that he’s just lost for next season, but longer.
The Rockets and Yao’s reps are frightened over his future, and the concern is the most base of all: Does Yao Ming ever play again?
“The realization has hit them that this is grave,” one NBA general manager said.
Amid the star-studded tributes to Michael Jackson on the BET Awards, Jay-Z's big premieres for his new single, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" — a live performance during the show and a premiere of the video after the show — were somewhat obscured. But still, the song — in which Jigga rails against artists who use the ubiquitous pitch-correction software in their songs — has had a lot of people asking, Just what is Auto-Tune?
The technique used these days is actually a… Continue
MediaTakeOut.com told you yesterday that Chris Brown was supposed to perform at the Michael Jackson tribute. Well he was ... then BET changed its mind.
What happened you ask??? MediaTakeOut.com just got OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION that it was ALL JAY Z' doing. According to that insider, Jay Z SPECIFICALLY FORBID BET from allowing Breezy to perform. He told them that if they did neither he NOR BEYONCE would have performed.
LOS ANGELES — Alien robots have transformed into box-office superstars with $200 million in domestic ticket sales in just five days.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" took in $112 million in the sequel's first weekend and $201.2 million since opening Wednesday, according to Sunday estimates from Paramount, which is distributing the DreamWorks movie.
It was well on the way to becoming the year's top-grossing… Continue
TAMPA, Fla. – Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50.
Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m.
There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play, said Lt. Brian Dugan of the Tampa Police Department, who… Continue
Pabst competes in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Petaluma, Calif. The toothy 4-year-old Boxer mix won top honors
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli O157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to the meat, the company and the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday.
Greeley, Colorado-based JBS-Swift Beef Co is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to include about 380,000 lbs of assorted beef products, for a total recall of about 421,000… Continue
LOS ANGELES – After three days to process the shock and grief, attendees at the BET Awards — a show thrown into "total overhaul" by the death of Michael Jackson — were preparing for what was sure to be a spectacular celebration of the King of Pop, put on by an dazzling collection of the artists he influenced most.
Already an affair of major star wattage, Sunday night's show was thrown under a white-hot spotlight in the wake of Jackson's… Continue
The 2009 fare hikes go into effect Sunday with the price of a single train ride or one-way bus trip rising 25 cents to $2.25.
As bad as the hike is to cash-strapped straphangers, it could have been worse - much worse.
Before the state approved a bailout last month boosting mass transit subsidies, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority considered a $3 base fare, a monthly… Continue
NFL receiver Hank Baskett made the best catch of his life Saturday night, marrying Playmate Kendra Wilkinson in a lavish ceremony at her former residence, the Playboy mansion.
Wilkinson, 23, the former star of the reality TV series "The Girls Next Door," wore more than $100,000 worth of platinum jewelry courtesy of designer Michael Barin, as she walked down the aisle in a white dress, People.com reported.