Say it ain’t so Mario! Earlier this morning, R&B singer Mario was arrested in Baltimore for allegedly assaulting his mother in their apartment. According to TMZ, Mario’s mother Shawntia Hardaway told five-0 that he had been “throwing and damaging property” and also pushed her around a few times. The cops also found a few broken items inside the apartment–including a broken china cabinet, a busted mirror and a hole in the closet door. And it seems like this isn’t the first time Mario has put his hands on his mother. She also told the cops that he attacked her earlier this week, pushing her “eight feet into a living room wall”, which caused her to hit her head on the wall. WOW…I’m speechless!

Check out Mario’s mugshot…doesn’t look too bad ‘eh?

I’m at a loss for words. Can’t believe this is the same Mario who made it his goal to help kick his mother’s heroine addiction. Damn, what made homeboy snap?

R&B singer Fantasia recently hit up Krush Night club in her hometown of North Carolina to only make an appearance and sign a few autographs for her fans, but come to the find out the club promoter had something else in mind. Word is when dude spotted her chillin’ in the VIP area he pressed her about it–asking why she her a$$ wasn’t on stage performing.  According to Bossip, when Fanny told him that she wasn’t being paid to sing that’s when all hell broke loose! Apparently, the promoter wasn’t too happy with her response and threw a chair at her a$$. Eventually, security came through and broke up the fiasco.

Guess Fanny’s brother was right…she sure has changed since her American Idol days. Fanny could’ve at least hummed a lil’ something, something.

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Actress Stacey Dash who is currently having romping sessions with Jamie Foxx is going through a bitter divorce with her soon-to-be ex-husband. According to TMZ, the actress claims he whooped her a$$ on several occasions. She particularly remembers an incident where he pulled a T-Pain on her and pinned her a$$ down to a bed and left her with a few chilling words. Well, on the day Stacey filed for divorce she also hit him with a restraining order too. Dude is ordered to stay 100 yards away from her, her two kids, and her crib. They’re due to go back to court in June for another showdown.

What’s really good with p*ssy a$$ dudes putting their hands on women? Whatever happened to just walking away from a situation before it turns ugly? I don’t know if Stacey provoked her beatdowns, but even if she did that still doesn’t give homie the right to use her as a punching bag.

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Guess it’s safe to say that Chris Brown’s career is definitely on life support ’cause the poor boy still can’t catch a break after bloodying up Rihanna’s face last year. First, radio wouldn’t play his music, then stores wouldn’t sell his music and now club owners don’t want him no where near their property. Word is Chris has been looking all over New York, Miami and even Las Vegas for a lavish spot to throw his 21^st birthday bash, but unfortunatley he hasn’t had any luck. Because of his reputation as the dude who whooped Rihanna’s a$$, he’s being treated like a D-list celebrity by club owners. A snitch tells PageSix,

“They don’t want to mess up their relationship, or their potential relationship, with Rihanna.”

Damn…it’s really over for Chris’ career. Forget about radio not playing his music, but it’s worse when club owners are dissing his a$$ too! While Rihanna’s sitting on top of the charts, the poor boy’s career is taking a nosedive.

You would think by now that Naomi Campbell would know to keep her hands to herself…well she hasn’t. The supermodel was almost arrested for slapping her driver, luckily the good lord saved her crazy a$$ ’cause the cops didn’t think the slap she gave him was that bad. According to a spokesman for the NYPD,

“You know how Benny Hill used to run around slapping people around the head—well, that’s all she did to him.”

Naomi even offered to cooperate with the cops after her driver claimed she left him with bumps and bruises. According to Naomi’s mouthpiece,

“There shouldn’t be a rush to judgment. Naomi will cooperate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye.”

Well, the driver later refused to press charges. Guess he didn’t want to lose his job.

SMH at the cops thinking it wasn’t that serious.

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This past Saturday, things got really live at Jay-Z’s 40/40 club in Atlantic City, NJ and I’m not talking about what was taking place inside, but rather the brutal beatdown that occurred outside the trendy spot. Apparently, Tyrell Durant and his friend Leonard Clark came down to Atlantic City to celebrate and get wasted…well not exactly. But, you get the point. However, the two later found themselves battered and bruised resulting from a bloody scuffle with club bouncers.

“We came down to Atlantic City to have a good time, not to have the crap beat out of us,” Durant told The Associated Press on Monday. “We did not do anything to deserve this.” Durant said he and Clark, 25, also of Neptune, were at 40/40 to celebrate Clark’s birthday. Clark was at the bar, having just ordered a $15 plate of chicken, when a bouncer who had just ejected someone else from the club told him to move, Durant said. Clark protested, saying he was waiting for his food, and a bouncer began escorting him from the club, Durant said. Durant said he followed Clark, asking why he was being ejected. He said security grabbed him and led the two of them down a steep staircase where Durant felt like he was about to fall and grabbed the closest person to him to keep his balance.

While both alleged victims claim they absolutely did nothing wrong, they were charged with disorderly conduct and released pending a December 11^th court date. An ambulance was called for Durant, who said he was sprayed in the face by a fire extinguisher and claims that the goons bouncers stole his watch and some of his bread. DAMN! Jay-Z was not present when the beatdown took place.

It looks like the bouncers should’ve been the ones who were charged with disorderly conduct ’cause they definitely took things a lil’ bit too far (Jay-Z voice). Seriously, was it really necessary that six  burly niccas were called on to control two guys? I don’t think so!

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Check out part 2 of Rihanna’s indepth interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer in which she goes into detail about the night Ike Jr. assaulted her. She admits what we already knew– a text message from I’m presuming another chick led to their heated argument and unfortunately left her with a battered face.

Earlier today, Chris Brown issued a statement to MTV about Rihanna’s decision to finally break her silence about the beatdown incident.

“While I respect Rihanna’s right to discuss the specific events of February 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us. I do appreciate her support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did, and I accept accountability for my actions. At this point, I am taking the proper steps to learn about me and grow from my mistakes. I only hope that others in similar situations can learn from our experience as well. Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God.”

Watch the full interview tonight on ABC at 10 p.m. ET!

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

ANY THOUGHTS?!

Now that both Rihanna and Chris Brown are making comebacks after their tumultuous relationship came to an end earlier this year, it’s only right that their teams go hard with heavy promo. Right? But something tells me that the ex-lovebirds are going head to head in a battle over album sales. Surprisingly after months of keeping mum about the incident, Rihanna has finally decided to break her silence about that tragic night in February which turned her world upside down. But why now? From a candid interview with Glamour Magazine and an in depth interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer scheduled to air on Thursday and Friday on GMA at 7 a.m., followed by an extended interview Friday on 20/20 at 10 p.m. ET.–is Rihanna really trying to get some closure by becoming a “spokeswoman” of some sort for victims of domestic violence or is she simply trying to sell some records? Meanwhile, her abuser’s interview with MTV is set to air on Friday as well at 6 p.m. ET. Is this all just a coincidence? I don’t think so!

“My thoughts [when I look back on it now] is like, why did it happen?” he told MTV News correspondent Sway during an hour-long, one-on-one interview that took place in Brown’s native Virginia. “Like, what was I thinking? What is wrong with you? That’s what I’m thinking with myself. That’s what my thoughts are, basically, now. It’s like, how do we get past it? How do you, Chris — talking to myself — how do you go from point A to point B? How do you learn from your mistakes, turn it into a positive and help other people with the situation and at the end of the day become the person that you want to be?”

Check out the promo clip for Rihanna’s GMA interview!

“The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other. This happened to me… and it can happen to anybody. He was definitely my first big love.”