Since the tragic death of the King of Pop, lil’ sis Janet Jackson hasn’t really been in the spotlight. Well, all of that is about to change with her first indepth interview since his passing with ABC’s “Good Morning America’s” host Robin Roberts scheduled to air on the network November 18^th at 10 p.m. Janet is also releasing a new compilation album which will include her Number Ones on November 17^th as well her new single “Make Me” produced by her and Rodney Jerkins.

The legendary Run-DMC will be commemorated on stage in a new Broadway musical based on their rise to fame. Tom Cruise’s former producing partner Paula Wagner tells Variety,

“I feel their story lends itself perfectly to the stage. This project has been a passion of mine for some time and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with them.”

Earlier this month, the p*ssy monster aka Lil Wayne learned that he would be standing trial in March 2010 for a charge he copped in Yuma, Arizona back in 2008. Well, now the rapper has to deal with gun possession charges stemming from an arrest in NYC in 2007. Although he’s scheduled to appear in court, DNA  science will actually be the spectacle. Prosecutors are using Lil Wayne’s DNA in an attempt to identify whether or not the gun found on his tour bus after a concert was actually his. Lil Wayne has already pleaded not guilty, but he faces 3 1/2 years in the pen if convicted.

WOW! The Hip-hop police ain’t playing with the p*ssy monster…they’re pulling out any and everything to lock his ass up!

To commemorate the 100^th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2010, supermodel Naomi Campbell and luxury brand Louis Vuitton have teamed up to help raise money for the White Ribbon Alliance, an organization dedicated to reducing preventable maternal deaths. Naomi, who serves as Global Ambassador for the foundation, recently made a personal visit to the Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris and select a hunter monogrammed bag from the Spring/Summer 2010 collection. A portion of the proceeds from all sales will be donated to the foundation. Wondering how and when can you get your hands on this bag? Well, if you’re ballinnnnn’, the bag retails for $2,800 and will be available in all of Louis’ 439 stores in March.

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]]> http://str8nyc.com/2009/10/16/naomi-campbell-x-louis-vuitton-team-up-for-charity/feed/ 0 http://str8nyc.com/2009/10/16/diddy-holds-106-park-audience-hostage/ http://str8nyc.com/2009/10/16/diddy-holds-106-park-audience-hostage/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:34:00 +0000 J'More http://str8nyc.com/?p=26305 DIDDY HOLDS 106 & PARK AUDIENCE HOSTAGE!

Looks like Diddy has lost some fans after treating them like criminals during a taping of BET’s 106 & Park. It all started like this, Diddy and his Dirty Money crew pranced around the set throwing wads of cash ( a mixture of $25-$100 in singles) when in the midst of all the frenzy– he lost his ring. According to BET spokeswoman Marcy Polanco,

“As he was throwing the money out to the audience, his ring flew off.”

As if things weren’t already crazy in the studio, a search for the missing ring was launched. Word is Diddy’s staff went wild as they tried to rip up part of the set in an attempt to find the ring valued at $20,000. Although, the rest of the show went on as planned, Diddy made sure he had security screen all 160 audience members with metal detectors after filiming of the show was over before they were allowed to leave. And even after he held audience members hostage and treated them like criminals, the ring still didn’t turn up. A snitch tells NY Post,

“He ain’t getting’ it back. Someone pocketed that, and they probably took it to the nearest jeweler.”

WOW! Diddy has enough bread to cop himself another ring as well as every audience member a damn ring if he wanted to. I can’t believe BET went along with this, but then again it’s BET…so this type of behavior is expected.

Make sure you tune-in to ABC’s Dancing With The Stars on Oct. 20^th to catch their special tribute to the late King of Pop aka Michael Jackson. According to executive producer Conrad Green, the show’s professional dancers have been busy cooking up a special tribute to Michael’s most iconic songs. He tells People,

“A lot of our dancers were very upset when he died. He was an inspiration to them and they wanted to do something fitting to honor him”. Adding, “Jackson’s music has been featured like 13 or 14 times during the course of the show. This is quite personal for a lot of our dancers and our production.”

And Green won’t even let the cat out of the bag, thus keeping his lips sealed about the songs that will be featured. He says he wants to “keep that a surprise for our audience”. However he reveals, “They are three of his most iconic songs of his career.”

Picking just three songs out of Michael’s immense collection definitely wasn’t an easy task.

“To be honest, we could do a whole show to his songs,” he says. “But we want it to be compact and memorable. It will be a heartfelt performance from our dancers.”