Daily Archives: November 12, 2008

THE WRITER’S ROOM: KIM OSORIO’S ‘STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE’

Imagine landing your dream job, complete with drop of a hat travel, rubbing elbows with hip-hop pioneers, and a competitive six-figure salary.
Now imagine if the only price to pay for it all, was your soul.
That is the duality hip-hop journalist KIM OSORIO describes in her new autobiography as the first female EIC of the Source [...]

REMEMBER THIS? THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW

OK, let me be honest. I don’t remember it either. Actually I really didn’t even know that Richard Pryor has a show on NBC until about 6 years ago. But apparently in 1977, before my parents even got married and long before I was even thought of, the network F’d up and gave arguably the [...]

MAURICE GREEN GETS THE BOOT FROM DWTS…

“So many tears! Everyone was crying when he left.”
This is how Lance Bass describes the scene backstage tonight at Dancing With the Stars, as the cast said goodbye to running man and “everybody’s buddy,” Maurice Green.
OK, so tears may have been expected, but here’s something you may or may not have picked up on that was rather shocking: When [...]

SOLD!

It is the end of an era…
MICHAEL JACKSON’S Neverland Ranch has officially been sold to The Sycamore Valley Ranch corp. If you’re an 80’s baby like us, you know Neverland Ranch – an homage to Mike’s missing childhood – was the stuff of legends – And lawsuits. 
From the on-site amusement park, round the clock warm [...]

ESTELLE TO JOIN JOHN LEGENDS TOUR…

JOHN LEGEND’S Evolver tour has just gotten an international touch. UK “it girl” ESTELLE has come aboard the second leg of the world tour. The second set of dates kick off in early 2009 following a short break from his already successful nationwide Evolver trek. 
The album has already hit number 1 on the R&B charts and [...]

FROM G’S TO GENTS…WELL NOPE, STILL G’S

Shane Coyle was arrested yesterday in Lee County, Fla. for violating the terms of a probation issued in 2007 — the year he was busted for drugs AND a robbery. Coyle was supposed to stay within a court-ordered maximum radius — think dog on a chain — but was picked up on an October 28 [...]