Hello World.
I published a “Letter To My Father” recently and the tremendous response deserves my sincere thanks. I’m overwhelmed by how many people took the time to read my letter and listen to my record. I received thousands of calls, texts, comments and e-mails. Thank you for your compassion, support, and understanding.
To those that share my experience, I thank you for your courage. Many of you shared with me your life-experiences without your fathers. I say to you “This is only a season,” one aspect of life. Take the lessons and let them make you stronger and wiser. Commit to never make the same mistake.
I realized I was taking a great personal risk to share my feelings. I thought that revealing this part of my life was necessary. It was an important part of a process to help me understand who I am. I released years of disappointment and pain. My healing has begun.
I haven’t heard from my Dad since I published my letter. I know that eventually our paths will cross in this journey called LIFE. As it has often been said, “Time heals all wounds.” Now it’s time to move on with my journey. A journey where my faith tells me that my father and I will be stronger. Dad, I love you.
Again, I extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone that has shared in this life changing experience with me.
Thank You Again…
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Newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt picked the worst time to head down to Cabo and shoot the video for Heidi's new single, "Blackout," in Mexico — considering the country is battling a swine-flu epidemic.
"We're definitely wearing the face masks everywhere we go," Spencer told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show Tuesday. "We're not playing. I'm not trying to get pig flu! We're in isolation. We're in, like, full hiding." LOL
"We're not on our honeymoon technically yet. This is a music-video shoot we're doing this weekend," Heidi added. "The honeymoon's coming in a couple weeks."
GV Says: I don't know what's funnier...these two walking around w/ masks on or the fact that she's still working on this music career.
Mark Geragos, the attorney representing Chris Brown in his felony assault case, told reporters outside of a Los Angeles courthouse today that he wants the case dismissed entirely, due to high-level leaks in the investigation.
"Leaks can form the basis for a motion to dismiss the case in regard to outrageous governmental misconduct," Geragos said.
The "leaks" the lawyer was referring to include the widely circulated police photo of Rihanna that showed the starlet badly bruised and suffering from a number of scratches. Geragos will file a motion regarding the photo, as well as "several other incidents of leaks about the case." When the photo first appeared on TMZ in February, the Los Angeles Police Department announced it would conduct an investigation into the leak, but no findings in the matter have been announced as of press time.
Geragos appeared in court without Brown and, as expected, requested additional discovery time. The attorney claimed that evidence turned over by the LAPD still had not been presented to him. Without much objection from prosecutors, the judge scheduled a new hearing for May 28.
The stipulated date could help speed up a possible plea-deal negation. Brown's attorney and the L.A. County District Attorney's office have reportedly been working on striking a deal.
The judge also ruled to release Rihanna's jewelry on Wednesday. Her attorney had requested the borrowed items, reportedly worth up to $1.4 million, that she had been wearing on the night of the incident be returned from police custody. Police will take photos of the jewelry and use the images should the evidence be needed in court.
GV Says: I lose more and more respect for Breezy as time passes with this case. Help me get this right....You beat the girl down to the white meat, then you have the nerve to want to get off because the world has seen what you're capable of. It's so crazy to me how this brother does not want to pay the piper, face the music, take ownership for his drama. And again, Tyra made a great point when Oprah did the Chrihanna special. The whole jist of this case and outrage comes from the fact that excessive force was used on the girl. We're not talking mutual fight. We're saying that an excessive - or criminal amount - of force was used and the proof of the comes via the photos.
The couple's reps said they are expecting the birth of twin daughters this summer through a surrogate pregnancy, the Associated Press reports.
The Sex and the City star and her actor husband are "overjoyed," their publicists said Tuesday.
The couple already has a son, James Wilkie, 6.
GV Says: Guess no more stories of a rocky marriage for a while huh....
“I found myself slipping a little bit,” he said with a very anxious look on his face. “I got involved in doing drugs. I had to get myself into recovery. Being in the life that I was living — very fast-moving, option to do anything you want, go anywhere you wanna go — it definitely takes its toll on you, and you lose your concept of reality. I had to get it under control. I had to take it back to the beginning and back to the Hit Factory, where I made a lot of my hits.
“Just taking it day by day,” the producer said of his life now. “I haven’t won the war. It’s not like something you can just fix and it’s just gone. Addiction is a disease, and I have to constantly battle it. I feel so much better and have more clarity, especially in the studio. It’s cool. It’s been a really productive period. … With the help of my publisher TVT, I’ve had the chance to woodshed and come up with a whole new vibe. I’m very happy right now.”
Connecting With Beyonce…
“I think this was a very important role for her, because it was the first time she wasn’t playing a singer. But when we first started taping, it was difficult for us to really connect as artists because she has such a huge machine behind her. So in the early going it felt divided … almost like it was her and her team on one side, and everyone else on the other. But once the cameras started rolling, she really opened up and those walls began to fall. As a result, I really saw her grow as an artist, and I think you’ll be able to see it as well when you watch the film.”Elba’s take on the film receiving a PG-13 rating …
“The process of making a movie with Beyoncé was unique, just because she’s such a huge superstar. So when I first looked at the script, I thought the film could have and probably should have received an “R” rating on subject matter alone. But Beyoncé has such a responsibility to her younger fans that I believe it was necessary for them not to try certain things because of that responsibility.”
Jill’s mother says baby “Jack” and his mom are doing well after enduring 2 days of labor!
Baby Jack is 7 lbs 8 oz, 20 inches long. Congrats!!!!
Supposedly, the two spent the night togehter at Rihanna’s house after she flew into town from Kansas.
As Rihanna checked out some houses in the Hollywood Hills, Brown headed off to buy some Belgian chocolates for her at the Beverly Center.
Getting out of town soon after, Brown is said too have flown out to Virginia for the weekend, partying at club Ultra Lounge in Virginia Beach on Friday night.
GV Says: Who knows w/ these two. I still say they need some professional assistance.
He went on to say, “They say there’s no honor among thieves — that’s not really true. When I was on the street . . . if you back on your word [out there], they don’t take you to court. You can cause yourself some real problems. When I first came into the music business, I’d have these conversations with executives and we’d shake hands on something, and the next time I saw them they’d say, ‘I never said that.’ So I’d say there’s no honor among businessmen.”
HIP-hop king Jay-Z's entourage is trying to avoid paying a popular Chelsea club for a pricey night out, according to the owner.
In February, Atlantic Records executive Michael Kyser and Universal Music Group honcho Shawn Costner took Jay-Z and his posse out to M2 in Chelsea. But owner Joey Morrisey claims that Kyser and Costner are refusing to pay their $1,500 tab.
"Jay-Z ordered a bottle of Patron Platinum and some expensive champagne, and everything was going great," M2 man- ager Dan Develin tells Page Six. "The waitress has known him for five years, and he's a good friend of Joey's, so we ended up comping a lot of their bill."
But when the check came for $1,500 -- amounting to less than a third of the tab they'd actually rung up -- things got hairy. "Kyser and Costner were making a big show of wanting to take Jay-Z out, so they started arguing over who got to pick up the check," Develin says. "Jay-Z ended up tipping the waitress $500 and going outside to wait."
Eventually, Develin says, the two decided to split it. After Costner's corporate MasterCard was declined, however, Kyser agreed to foot the entire bill.
"Before we could get him to sign the receipt, he left the club," Develin says. "Of course, we still have his card, so we called up his office, and his assistant told us someone would come by to sign. Weeks went by, and no one ever did. Finally, we got a call from AmEx and were told that Kyser was disputing the charge. When we called him up again, his assistant said, 'Oh, Michael says he doesn't actually remember being there' -- which is crazy because we have his card and photos of him and Jay-Z."
Owner Morrissey said, "We just want to settle this and be done without having to press charges."
The Carters went for a walk around the Soho section of New York City to go shopping for sunglasses on Saturday (April 18).
According to onlookers, the afternoon outing quickly drew the attention of the couple’s adoring fans, who swarmed around to ask for their autographs.
RadarOnline.com learned exclusively from eyewitnesses that DJ Cobra sent a message that everyone in the club heard loud and clear.
It all took place during a celebration for Los Angeles Clipper Baron Davis' 30th birthday. Rihanna arrived around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. "She was seated upstairs next to Baron's party, dancing on the railing overlooking the club," a source tells RadarOnline.
That’s when Cobra took notice and instead of playing one of her many hit tracks, decided to send a different message. "He played a pre-recorded sound-byte over a beat that said, 'Chris Brown should get his ass kicked.' The crowd went wild," RadarOnline.com’s source says.
Cobra played and remixed the sentiment to Brown for almost a full minute, we're told.
Tanner, 34, has no prior criminal record. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
"It's really sad," said a source familiar with the investigation. "He's got a real career."
Tanner pleaded not guilty at the arraignment and was released on a $250,000 bond. He and his defense lawyer refused to answer reporters' questions.
The two-count indictment alleges Tanner and others engaged in the fraudulent scheme between December 2005 and July 2008.
Tanner, who lives in California, supplied 16 Social Security numbers and three bogus Social Security cards to a middleman who sold them to an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, the source said.
Some of the Social Security numbers were unassigned while others were traced to dead people and to persons who did not know their identification numbers had been stolen by Tanner, the source said.
At the same time Tanner was pocketing thousands of illicit dollars, the diminutive actor's career was taking off.
Tanner allegedly participated in the scheme from the West Coast and did not meet personally to hand over the fake numbers, the source said. Some of the bogus documents were sent in the mail.
GV Says: Greed is a powerful thing.....
