JENNIFER AND MARC HEADED TO DIVORCE?

The NY Daily News reports that J.Lo and Marc are headed toward splittsville.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony may have renewed their wedding vows a mere three months ago, but their rocky romance will likely bite the dust right after Valentine’s Day, says an insider.

“Marc and Jennifer are planning on announcing their divorce right after Marc’s show at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 14,” a friend of the couple tells us. “Jennifer is planning on joining Marc onstage for a surprise duet. Things haven’t been right for a while now, and they thought it would be a bittersweet farewell.”

Definitely one for theatrics in arenas, J.Lo confessed her pregnancy at a sold-out show in Miami during her El Cantante tour in November 2007 and will employ the same shock value a second time around.

“They’re definitely planning a clean break in February,” the source insists.

The couple, who have been married just over four years and are the parents of 10-month-old twins Max and Esme, renewed their vows in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony back in October, but sources close to the pair say that it didn’t help, and that their relationship has been on a downward spiral in recent months. Lopez, 39, set tongues wagging when she arrived at “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” premiere in early December without her wedding or engagement rings.

Similarly, Marc, 40, has been spotted ditching his own wedding band at N.Y.C. hot spots such as Bungalow 8. He was also caught partying — bandless — with pal Eva Longoria Parker at Lavo in Las Vegas on Dec. 8.

GV Says: I'm not sure how much I believe this one. Hope it's not true.

EARTHA KITT PASSES

Sultry singer Eartha Kitt died on Christmas Day in New York City at 81 after being treated for colon cancer.

Her daughter Kitt Shapiro was by her side at the time of her death. Known primarily for singing in her distinctively raspy voice and purring like a cat as Catwoman on the '60s TV series Batman, Kitt was a star of stage, the small and big screen and music. She was nominated for three Tony awards, two Grammy awards and two Emmys. A performer to the very end, Kitt taped a PBS special in Chicago six weeks ago that is set to air in February, CNN reports.

MARIAH & NICK HIT THE SLOPES

Mimi and Nick were spotted on the slopes of Aspen this holiday season .

GV Says: These two....so camera ready...so much faux fur....these two are a sight. Good luck to them

EVA'S ENGAGED

Look who's engaged....Eva Pigford (a.k.a. Marcille) and Lance Gross.

Lance popped the question Christmas Eve. No date has been set.

JENNIFER HUDSON TO TAKE THE STAGE

Jennifer Hudson will take the stage for the first time since the October murders of her mother, brother and nephew on February 6 as part of the Recording Academy's MusiCares Person of the Year gala.

The event will honor veteran singer/songwriter Neil Diamond, and will feature Hudson singing one of Diamond's songs alongside a number of other contemporary singers paying homage to the "Sweet Caroline" crooner, including Coldplay, Adele, Foo Fighters, Josh Groban, Raul Malo and Tim McGraw.

Hudson has remained secluded since the murders, which resulted in charges on December 2 against her brother-in-law, William Balfour, who faces three counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion.

MURDERER OF T.I.'S FRIEND SENTENCED.

Less than a month after T.I. took the witness stand in a Cincinnati courtroom to testify about the night in 2006 when his best friend and assistant, Philant Johnson, was killed, Hosea Thomas was sentenced to 66 years in prison for pulling the trigger.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Ralph "Ted" Winkler handed down a sentence of 66 years to life on Tuesday morning (December 23). Thomas will not be eligible for release until 2074, when he will be 100 years old.

It was the second time Thomas has been sent to prison for shooting a gun in public. The first time occurred in 1992, when he got into a bar fight, left to get a gun and returned to the scene and shot wildly into a crowd, wounding a pregnant woman who ended up giving birth three months prematurely due to her injuries. The woman later testified against Thomas, who spent eight years in prison for the incident.

This time, Thomas' fate was sealed by the damaging testimony of his own brother, Padron Thomas, who was behind the wheel when Hosea fired at T.I.'s van after an altercation at a Cincinnati nightclub on May 3, 2006.

During his testimony, T.I. described the chaotic scene inside the club that night and his difficulty in telling Johnson's then 5-year-old daughter that her father had passed, explaining that he apologized to Johnson's mother, "because I felt that all those rounds were fired for me."

During the trial, prosecutors claimed that Thomas was hit in the head with a liquor bottle during a fight at the club as he tried to get into the VIP area reserved for the rapper and his crew. Thomas later jumped into the passenger seat of his brother's car and they began chasing T.I.'s vans, leaning out of the window to fire shots at the vehicles while an unidentified person in one of the vans returned fire. The gun battle continued on the city streets and ended with Johnson being shot in the head and three others in the vans sustaining non-life-threatening wounds.

The Enquirer reported that Thomas — who was convicted of murder, five counts of felonious assault and being a felon with a gun — offered brief condolences to Johnson's family and asked Winkler for mercy in his sentencing, but the judge said he would show him only as much mercy as Thomas showed his victims.

"(Thomas) gave Philant Johnson a death sentence, and his family — he gave them a death sentence as well," the judge said, adding that he hoped Thomas never gets out of prison. "All of his crimes have been cowardly and senseless. ... You could say he's the poster boy for gun violence in Cincinnati."

Source

JANET JACKSON INDULGES

JJ was spotted leaving Burritos El Chavo after having lunch there with a friend yesterday



GV Says: I guess she's back to her old cycle.

JAY-Z & MARY J BLIGE SUED

MJB and Hov are being sued.



Two producers have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Mary J. Blige and others claiming her track, "On My Grind," is too similar to a tune they submitted to the song's producer, reports TMZ.

New Jersey-based Jermaine Jumpp and Michael C. Adams say in their federal lawsuit that they handed a "compact disk" to the "office" of producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins that contained the song "On My Grind."

Four years later, Darkchild produced the track "Enough Cryin'" for Mary J., the track they maintain is a rip off of "On My Grind."

"Enough Cryin" was recorded and mixed in 2005 for Blige's multi-platinum album "The Breakthrough."

Jay-Z was also named in the lawsuit, although his role is unclear.

CHRISTINA COOLS OFF

After ripping Nick a new one in the press for cheating on her, Christina has finally lost her raft when it comes to ex Nick.



"He's a beautiful person...Regardless of what I felt in the past at the time, I actually forgive him and I'm very much over that."

She went on to talk of Nick's new love.

"I was like, 'Really?' It just seemed like a weird match," says the singer and actress. “But I was happy for him. I always feel like Nick works hard to get what he wants, whether that be women – that's how he got me."

Christina is gracing the new issue of Rap-Up mag.

GV Says: Isn't that funny....Christina and I had the same reaction.

CHRIS AND RIHANNA GET THEIR GROVE ON

Rihanna and Chris were spotted in Paris this weekend getting their grove on at club Palais Maillo





In other RiRi news, the singer will be on hand in Washington, D.C. on Inauguration Day. She will headline the Recording Industry Association of America's charity ball to benefit Feeding America on Jan. 20

PREVIEW BEYONCE'S OBSESSED

Check out preview for B's new movie Obsessed. It opens in April

JERMAINE SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

No babies on the way for JJ



JD is using his blog to set the record straight regarding JJ and the never-ending rumors that she is pregnant.

TO ALL THE JANET FANS,

AS YOU ALL KNOW JANET IS A VERY PRIVATE PERSON THE ONLY REASON YOU SEE HER
AS MUCH AS YOU DO ON MY YOUTUBE VLOG IS BECAUSE OF ME LOL
BUT I HEAR YALL AND YOUR QUESTIONS. SO HEAR YOU HAVE IT…
NO SHE IS NOT PREGNANT AND YES WE’RE STILL TOGETHER.
IT BAFFLES ME HOW YALL LET THESE BLOG AND MAGAZINES CONTROL YOUR LIFES
THAT’S WHY I CREATED GLOBAL14.COM SO WHEN EVER HEAR SHIT ABOUT ME YOU
CAN COME RIGHT HERE AND GET THE TRUTH.

The pregnancy rumors flared up again after JJ canceled a string of concerts on her Rock Witchu tour this fall because of "migraine-associated vertigo," which is characterized by dizziness, imbalance and other symptoms.

BEYONCE BRINGS THE BLING

Rag mag Starmagazine is giving the skinny on Beyonce's bling

The singer received two engagement baubles from her hubby: a $5 million 18-carat diamond ring, and a $5,000 cubic zirconia copy!

"Even though Beyoncé's real engagement ring is insured, she doesn't always feel comfortable wearing such a valuable stone," an insider says.

She rocks out on stage with the fake, while the real rock is locked away in a vault!

MICHAEL JACKSON ILL?

Is Michael fighting an illness? The NY Daily New reports:

Michael Jackson is suffering from a rare lung condition and needs to undergo an emergency transplant operation, according to a report that continues to gain steam.

And his normally outspoken publicist hasn't denied the allegations.

The King of Pop may even be fighting for his life, New York Times bestselling biographer Ian Halperin tells In Touch magazine and Britain's Sunday Express newspaper.

Halperin, author of such tomes as "Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain" and "Stalking Britney: Under Siege With Britney Spears," says Jackson has been diagnosed with Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, an occasionally fatal genetic condition.

"He's had it for years but it's gotten worse," Halperin told In Touch. "He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it.

He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. It's the bleeding that is the most problematic part. It could kill him."

According to Halperin, Jackson "can barely speak" and is having trouble seeing: "The vision in his left eye is 95 percent gone."

Jackson, who has lived largely out the public eye in recent years, shocked fans in July when he was photographed in wheelchair.

The 50-year-old also received help walking when stepped out in Los Angeles earlier this month wearing a Zorro-style face mask.

Jackson's rep was unavailable for comment Sunday, but the singer's brother Jermaine didn't deny the reports, telling Fox News, "He's not doing so well right now. This isn't a good time."

GV Says: Well hopefully he is in good health. He has been looking frail lately.

NELLY READY TO POP THE QUESTION?

Spies at the rag mag Starmagazine are reporting that Nelly is ready to wife up Ashanti.


Nelly is ready to propose to his girlfriend of five years, Ashanti. But there's just one problem: He can't stand her mother, Tina Douglas!

"Tina sticks her nose in everything because she's also Ashanti's manager," a source tells Star. "She's always pushing Ashanti to make more money, to always look great. It stresses her out, and Nelly doesn't like that."

The rapper, 34, has tried to encourage Ashanti, 28, to become more independent, but "Tina has such a strong personality that she's kind of afraid of her." Still, if the singer doesn't put her mom in her place soon, she won't be getting that rock she's been hoping for.

"Before he makes her his wife," adds the source, "Nelly wants to know that Ashanti can make decisions on her own."

Source

GV Says: Interesting...

KENYON MARTIN SPORTS A NEW TAT

Nuggets forward Kenyon Martins has gone and gotten a tattoo as an ode to his new girlfriend rapper Trina.

“It’s just something that I wanted to get a while ago, but I’m not just gonna get it for anyone,” Martin said at a dinner to officially launch his foundation.

GV Says: I could say so much about this....hasn't he been married (better yet is he still married)? Were those women not special enough?

BRANDY SUED

An 83-year old man is suing R&B singer Brandy and the woman that died as a result of the fatal 2006 accident. Although Brandy was not charged with a crime in the case, Donald Lite is filing suit against the singer for causing the accident and against the deceased woman, Awatef Aboudihaj, for contributing (allegedly) to the collision. Lite is seeking settlement for "serious and permanent injuries."

DAME DASH STILL HATES

I guess some things never change.....




Dame is still going at Jay. I guess I would hate too if I was hungry. Do you Dame.

MOS DEF TO BE SUED

Star Pulse is reporting that Mos Def has been the target of a lawsuit by his divorce lawyers for failing to pay them for their services.

According to the outlet, attorneys from the legal firm Blank Rome claim that the rapper owes them $60,000 in unpaid fees and retainers after they assisted him in his divorce from Maria Yepes in 2006.

GV Says: Get your paper right Mos, get your paper right

NO VIDEO SHOOT FOR HUDSON

Jennifer Hudson has scrapped plans to film her first music video since the October murders of her mother, brother and nephew, according to Usmagazine.com.

Hudson was due to shoot the clip for "If It Isn't Love" in Los Angeles this week, according to a rep for J Records.

"The video was set up before the tragedy and she felt like she should finish what she started, but she's realized that she's not ready to go back to work. It's too early," a source tells Us."

Also, a personal rep for Hudson called the original video plans "speculation.
"The video shoot was never confirmed, so there was nothing to cancel," the rep tells Usmagazine.com. "[J Records' statement] was erroneous."

T-BOZ SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

So T-Boz has decided to set the record straight

ESSENCE.COM: Well, there have been reports that a Georgia property of yours is going into foreclosure. Is that true?
T-BOZ: No, I’m not homeless. During my last marriage [to Mack 10], I had a bunch of things that were put in my name. If one of those properties is going into foreclosure then I don’t know. Although I’ve been divorced for five years, there are still a lot of things I’m dealing with on getting straight in that regard. All I know is that the house I live in with my daughter is not. When you pull up my name, my real house doesn’t show up because it’s not in my real name, because I enjoy my privacy and I’m not trying to have people be able to find me that easily.
ESSENCE.COM: There were also reports of you losing a home in Houston?
T-BOZ: I’ve never owned a home in Houston. I closed a store in Houston, Chase’s Closet, where I sold girls and boys clothing from infantsto 12 years. The store is named after my daughter, Chase. For now, I only have the online store (chasescloset.com).
ESSENCE.COM: That explains the locale. Did you see the photos they had of you that were allegedly in front of your Houston home begging for donations?
T-BOZ: It’s almost a waste of energy to give an explanation, but I’ll just say that the [blogosphere] loves to make up things. I remember that photo and it was on Craiglist.com showing me holding up an autographed picture on the internet saying, “If you come to this address with cash we’ll give you an autographed picture.” The only thing that irritated me was that they said that the proceeds would be donated to St. Jude’s [Children's Research Hospital]. I can take people talking about me all day, but don’t use my name to make fun of sick children because that’s beyond low and sick. I was a sick kid for a long time, in and out of the hospital most of my life battling my sickle cell, so I don’t find anything funny about that kind of joking. Why would anyone target innocent sick children to make fun of? That’s not cool at all. I mean someone actually took the time to make up all this stuff.

GV Says: Ok...I do believe her when she says she has a roof over her head. However I find this odd...."I had a bunch of things that were put in my name. If one of those properties is going into foreclosure then I don’t know." I'm calling BS on that. Girlfriend you need to be more concerned about your credit!!! Geez! You would think that someone who filed for bankruptcy at one point would be more concerned. That's pretty irresponsible.

Here's another eye brow raiser....."Although I’ve been divorced for five years, there are still a lot of things I’m dealing with on getting straight in that regard."

This just goes to show being famous means nothing. Bad, turbulent things can happen to anyone. Bad doesn't skip the good. However, the point I'm making is that people shouldn't worship these people. I know "regular" people who are financially more sound than this.

Be blessed for you have.

HOV STILL HAS THAT SINGLE SWAG

The NY Post reports that

Jay-Z spends so much time at his recording studio, he needs to keep a bed in there. Sources told us Hova hit up BoConcept on Madison Avenue and 30th Street to find furniture for his Manhattan "office." We hear his purchases included a sleep-sized sofa, a bar table, bar stools and a glass coffee table, and that he dispatched his assistant to collect the goods.

MJ OUT & ABOUT

MJ was spotted in Beverly Hills Friday.....


looking a fool....Why does he have to wild out like this....wtf?

CHRIS BROWN & RIHANNA HIT UP JINGLE BALL

Chris Breezy and his boo Rihanna performed at Z100’s Jingle Ball 2008 in the NYC Friday night.


I suppose threse two are out of the closet now.





Looks like Brandy was there too.

BUSH DUCKS

Straight foolishness followed Pres Bush today.




A man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.

Bush ducked, and the shoes, flung one at a time, sailed past his head during the news conference with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in his palace in the heavily fortified Green Zone.

The shoe-thrower -- identified as Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist with Egypt-based al-Baghdadia television network -- could be heard yelling in Arabic: "This is a farewell ... you dog!"

While pinned on the ground by security personnel, he screamed: "You killed the Iraqis!"

MORE INFO SURFACES IN HUDSON CASE

More info has surfaced around the motive in the Hudson family murders

It all started from Julia Hudson's birthday. On Oct. 23 Julia celebrated with cake and a small party at home.

The next morning, police say, Julia's estranged husband William Balfour showed up and spotted a gift he believed came from another man.

Police believe that jealousy is the motive that led Balfour, 27, to return to the house after Julia had left for work and shoot her mother Darnell Donerson, 57, Jennifer's brother Jason, 29, then take Julia's son, 7-year-old Julian King, and later kill him as well, prosecutors allege.

The timing of Julian's death is still in question – his body was found three days later in the back seat of Jason's missing SUV, parked on a west side street several miles away – but police believe Julian was shot in the vehicle the same day as the first two murders.

Forensics tests later matched a .45 caliber handgun found in an alley near the parked Suburban with shell casings found at the house. And prosecutors said the gun belonging to Jason Hudson had been stolen by Balfour last summer and seen by Balfour's girlfriend, to whom they say he admitted his role in Donerson's and Jason Hudson's deaths.

MCMILLIAN'S BOO WAY OUT THE CLOSET

So Terry McMillian's ex boo has all the way out the closet.

Jonathan Plummer has found himself a new man....this is so out of control. How on earth did Terry miss the flames.

BEYONCE OUT & ABOUT

Beyoncé made an appearance in the City of Light after a taping of the French music reality show Star Academy on Thursday in Paris.

CELEBS GET IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Celebs are in the Christmas spirit

Hov was spotted at the Rocawear Christmas party....I'm not sure how I feel about Hov's new look....the baby fro and ultra casual swagger. I like my Jigga a little more put together.

Meanwhile Raheeem DaVaughn was spotted at the ASCAP Christmas party at the Dream hotel

BILL GRACES BABY COUTURE

Funny man Bill Bellamy and fam graces Baby Couture - wife Kristen, 5 year old daughter Bailey, and 2 year old son Baron







GV Says: Interesting....

LALA TALKS LIFE IN ESSENCE

LaLa talks about her home life in the latest issue of Essence magazine.



One would expect to see maids running the household, but LaLa says, contrary to popular belief, she’s pretty domesticated. “I clean my own house. I don’t wait for the maid to come,” she says. “And I cook for my family. It might not be a ten-course meal, but I have my specialties like mac ‘n’ cheese, chicken and my world-famous lasagna.”



GV Says: Somehow I absolutely believe LaLa when she says she cleans her own house. Keep it real sista.....

STACEY DASH OUT & ABOUT

Stacey Dash was spotted out and about with her new hubby actor/ producer Emmanuel Xuerebheld at Minotti in Los Angeles last night



GV Says: I had no clue homegirl was married. This guy is a lucky man.

SOMEONE'S NOT A SOLANGE FAN

NY Mag has announced their best and worst for December fashion mags. Apparently, they didn't like Solange's look.

Worst Makeup - Solange Knowles in Paper
We get that she’s trying to be quirky and Paper-y, but Solange Knowles needs a weed whacker for those eyelashes. And she probably shouldn’t have stuck bits of Post-its on her face.

GV Says: I have to admit...I like Solange's swagger in general and I like her look here.

T-BOZ FACES FINANCIAL WOES

Looks like the recession is hitting our celebs hard too.



TMZ is reporting that a five-bedroom, nearly 10,000-sq. ft. house owned by T-Boz is about to go on the auction block in January 2009. According to public records, she's defaulted on the original principal of her mortgage (around $530K), and so now the state is taking it.

GV Says: These are certainly some scary times.

MORE INFO ON THE NEWEST RAYMOND ADDITION

So here are some facts about the newest member of the Raymond family.



Their new baby boy is named Naviyd Ely Raymond and was born around 2:33 A.M. yesterday. He weighs in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces.

GV Says: Good luck to these two!

MONICA READIES FOR CLOTHING LINE

Monica and her two sons, Romelo and Lil Rock, are featured in two new advertisements for her new Regions of Rock line, currently in production.





GV Says: No comment....No...I've changed my mind. WTF? I thought we were working on our music career. What happened?