LALA & MELO HAVE FUN ON THE SLOPES

LaLa and Carmelo were spotted in Denver enjoying a weekend with family and friends during a ski trip.

SHAUNIE GETS A BREAK...ON VH1

Despite all the Shaq and Shaunie drama, looks like life still moves on...right into Shaunie's pockets that is:



VH1 has teamed up with the wives and girlfriends of some of the NBA’s most elite players to give the viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous life of a professional basketball player’s wife in VH1’s original series, “Basketball Wives.” Production is set to begin on the series in December 2009. The eight-episode 30-minute series is set to premiere on March 15, 2010.

This series is about the insider life of the wives, girlfriends and a few ex-wives of some of the biggest ballers in the game. These ladies live the life. They drive the best cars, live in the biggest mansions, wear designer clothes and jewelry and only travel first class. But living the high life is not all glamour. In order to protect it, they have to deal with the jealousies and dramas of living in — and staying in — the inner circle. They must also keep the groupies at bay while their husbands and boyfriends are traveling on the road for over six months of the year playing ball all-the-while wondering if their spouses are being faithful to them.

The cast is filled with the wives and ex-wives of superstars
including Jennifer Williams (wife of Eric Williams), Evelyn Lozada (ex-fiancé of Antoine Walker), Mesha O’Neal (wife of Jermaine O’Neal), Royce Reed, Faith Rain (Udonis Haslem’s girlfriend) and Shaunie O’Neal (wife of Shaquille O’Neal) who will also serve as Executive Producer on the series.

“The public has an obvious fascination with the wives of star athletes. This series will show viewers not only the glamorous side of being a celebrity wife but also the challenges and hard work that go with it,” said Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production. “The wives of star athletes form one of the most unique and exclusive groups of women in the world. You only have to look as far as the nearest headlines to see what sort of pressure they are up against to keep their relationships and their families together. These women truly have a strength formed by fire. We are thrilled that they are allowing us into their lives to see things through their lens and understand why their friendships and bonds make them a force to be reckoned with.”

“Having been around these remarkable women for several years, I have always recognized that behind every NBA star is a strong, exceptional woman, one who must deal with the unique challenges of being married to the game as well as the player. I am happy to be teaming with Shed Media and VH1 in bringing this entertaining and enlightening world to television,” stated Shaunie O’Neal, executive producer for “Basketball Wives” and wife of NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal.

RIHANNA GETS NEW INK

Rihanna has gotten a brand new tattoo.



It reads “Never a failure. Always a lesson” under her right collarbone. And it’s written in a mirror image in gray ink. Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy of East Side Ink did it around 2am yesterday morning.

Speaking of Rihanna she was spotted sitting courtside Monday night at the Knicks game

ASHANTI BACK IN STRIDE

Now solo without Nelly, Ashanti has stepped back on the scene. She hit up the Footwear News Achievement Awards


Ashanti introduced Designer of the Year Giuseppe Zanotti, and she took some time out from the evening to dish about her love for the shoe star. “I’ve been infatuated with Giuseppe since my first album. I’m so proud of him,” said the singer. The songstress, who is working on a new album, also recently inked a production deal and is busy at work producing a TV series. “I’m behind the scenes on this one. I might pop up [on the show] here and there, like Diddy or Trump, but I’m mostly behind the scenes,” she joked.

MORE TIGER DRAMA

The Tiger drama just won't stop...

There was a frantic 911 call Tuesday morning -- from his wife Elin Nordegren.

Authorities have released audio of the 2:30 a.m. call made by a woman with a Scandinavian accent, believed to be Nordegren, 29. Heard in the background: a crying baby, but no evidence of her husband Woods' presence in the house. (Listen to the call here.)

"Oh my god," she says in the tape. "My mom just collapsed." In the three minute conversation, a 911 operator talks an emotional female caller through the emergency. The caller says that her 57 year-old mother (believed to be Barbro Holmberg) "collapsed in the bathroom."

"She said she collapsed and she fainted ...and she's been down for a while," the caller explains, adding that she heard her mother's fall from elsewhere in the house and rushed to her side.

After the caller puts the phone down to check on her mother, the 911 operator seems to successfully calm her down. "I think we're fine," the caller says, telling the operator that the paramedics don't need to come after all. "It's not urgent," she says as the conversation winds down.

The operator notes that they'd prefer to visit and make sure that the situation is under control.

Earlier Tuesday, it was confirmed that Holmberg, 57, was in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital early Tuesday morning. A spokesperson said she is recovering nicely back at her daughter and son-in-law's home.

BEYONCE GOES ALL OUT FOR JAY

Beyonce cut no corners for her husband Jay-Z’s 40th birthday party at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. The bash was star-studded and included a password only entry. Meaning it was like Fort Knox to get in that piece.

The 60-odd guests at the ’20s-themed fete included Kanye West and girlfriend Amber Rose, Sean Combs and Kim Porter (sidebar, they reported Kim as Diddy's girlfriend… when did that happen), Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson, Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, Warner Music chief Lyor Cohen and designer Tory Burch, plus DJ Cassidy, who DJ’d for the party. Diddy gave a toast and Jay-Z’s friends also put together a video saying how much they love him. The festivities featured synchronized swimmers, fireworks and an impromptu performance of “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Keys. Sources say the whole thing lasted until 5 a.m. the next day.

Beyoncé capped the celebration off with a lobster surf-and-truf for guests at the luxury villa where she and Jay-Z were staying. Sounds like good times. No photos were allowed so no pics could be leaked but how did that photo of Kanye, Lyor and Tory get out

RIHANNA HITS SNL

If you missed Rihanna on SNL this weekend she did a cute little skit featuring Shy Ronnie



Also, check out her performance

CHRIS RESPONDS

Chris was on 20/20 this past Friday for a whopping 10 minutes to respond to Rihanna's interview on the news show:



The only thing that really came out of it was that he also confirmed that Rihanna did in fact hear the “Changed Man” song he wrote and sang specifically for her. Chris said he actually played it for Rihanna the day he wrote it, and she cried.

GV Says: To that I say "So What!!!" OMG, you really had to have an interview to say that. He practically gleamed when he called her a liar. So petty....I guess its like he said he couldn't remember the incident at all. Really...I need these the two to hug it out because it's so painfully obvious they care about one another.

MORE COME OUT THE WOOD WORKS

Wow....Tiger can't catch a break. Women are coming out all over the place. Who knew Tiger was putting it down like this. The NY Daily News reports:

Three more women say they have played a round with Tiger.

Two more blonds and a brunette were added to Tiger Woods' sultry scorecard Saturday - bringing the married father of two to six over par on his betrayed supermodel wife.

Sources told the Daily News that Manhattan clubgoer Cori Rist, 31, is yet another blond beauty who has hit the sheets with Tiger.

A Las Vegas cocktail waitress and aspiring model - Jamie Jungers - became the fifth woman linked to the golf pro Saturday.

Jungers, 26, reportedly hired an Orlando lawyer and prepared to dish her story to a British tabloid, RadarOnline.com reports.

Jungers wasn't the only Orlando woman to come out of the deep rough.

A sixth bedmate surfaced last night - a brunette who reportedly romped with Woods in a church parking lot and in his Florida mansion while his then-pregnant wife was away from home.

Mindy Lawton told the British tabloid The News of the World she carried on a year-long affair with Woods that began in the spring of 2006.

Rist and Woods allegedly met at the Manhattan club Butter last year and have been hooking up ever since.

"One thing led to another, and pretty soon Tiger was flying her to hook up with him on tour," the source said.

"Tiger would typically get a large suite at a hotel. Someone would book Cori an adjacent room, so she wouldn't be seen coming into his room," the source added.

Rist declined to comment.

Jungers, a busty head-turner, was unavailable for comment Saturday but updated her status on MySpace.com to say her mood was "anxious."

TMZ.com reported that Jungers and Woods started their affair in the golfer's suburban Orlando home in 2004 when she was 20years old.

Woods, 33, married his wife, Elin Nordegren, in October of that same year.

Lawton, 33, a manager at an Orlando-area Perkins restaurant, said the golfer strolled into the diner for a postround breakfast with pals one day.

Within a month, Lawton said, Woods called the restaurant asking her out on a date. They drank in a roped-off VIP area of a bar, the Blue Martini, after which she followed Tiger to his mansion.

'All he cared about was lust'

Over the next year, Lawton said Woods rendezvoused with her about every two weeks. They would meet in a parking lot before heading back to his home.

"All Tiger cared about was getting me into bed," she said. "There was very little emotion from his side although I fell for him.

"I thought I meant something to him, but all he cared about was lust. He is a selfish, heartless man."

Lawton's sister, Lynn, an Orlando grade-school teacher, told the Mail on Sunday that the golfer failed to practice safe sex with Mindy and "treated my sister like a piece of meat."

"My sister was just a little girl on an hourly wage. ... We knew what he wanted her for. But she wouldn't believe it," Lynn Lawton said.

The golf great's alleged stable of other women includes:

• Jaimee Grubbs, the only other woman to publicly admit having an affair with Woods, was also a star on VH1's "Tool Academy" and a saleswoman in a Studio City, Calif., store that sells medical marijuana. Grubbs recently disclosed her affair with the golf star to Us Weekly, providing photos and "racy" text messages Woods sent her. "Send me something very naughty," Woods reportedly wrote in one of them.
• Rachel Uchitel, the Manhattan woman who has denied sleeping with Tiger, is a VIP hostess at trendy nightclubs in the city and worked at several hot spots in Vegas.
• Kalika Moquin, 27, a Vegas nightclub executive also denies any affair.

GV Says: Isn't it funny how Mindy Lawton describes Tiger as heartless. LOL....you're a trick. He shouldn't be kicking it with you any way. SMH...

TIGER TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER

We hear Tiger is trying to keep his family together...



Supposedly he and his wife are holed up in their Florida mansion and undergoing intense marriage counseling several times a day.

Meanwhile, according to the Daily Beast.com, Nordegren is negotiating an immediate $5 million payout from her husband and revising her prenup, reported at $20 million at the time of their 2004 marriage, to give her as much as $55 million if she stays with her husband for two more years.

GV Says: Girl, I don't blame you. Get your chips right because as you can see....you're replaceable.

WHO KNEW NAS WAS BUSTED

Who knew Nas got busted for DUI



He was busted by Henry County cops on September 10, 2009. Law enforcement tells us he was arrested, booked and charges are pending.

Supposedly, Nas had a green tongue with raised taste buds and a raised pulse of 116 beats per minute. Officers observed eyelid tremors in both eyes and the car smelled like raw marijuana. Nas admitted to smoking weed at his friend’s house before he was arrested.

Nas was in court today in Los Angeles for his divorce from Kelis -- both seen outside the courthouse above -- and if custody becomes contentious, the DUI could be a factor.

Onlookers said they were looking pretty chummy though -- and were seen talking and laughing with each other and their lawyers for about 5 minutes.

CHRIS BROWN TO APPEAR ON 20/20

Chris Breezy will appear on "20/20" Friday to respond to Rihanna's ABC interview with Diane Sawyer, which aired early last month, and in which she detailed the night of the February attack.

"I was wrong for what I did," Brown told Roberts in a clip that aired Thursday on "Good Morning America." "And I would definitely say it's not something that I look past or look over. It's something that's really touchy. And like I said, I'm really sorry for what went down and what happened."

TIGER SAGA CONTINUES

On the heels of Tiger offering another apology (SEE FULL TEXT HERE)....here comes another one:



His supposed off-and-on girlfriend, 24 year-old Los Angeles cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubb chick just put him on blast. She just handed over all the text and voice mail messages to US Magazine.

"I need you to do me a huge favor. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. Just have it as a number on the voicemail. You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye."

Grubbs details their 31-month affair. She reveals that they first hooked up in April 2007, and went on to have 20 sexual encounters.

"I loved how we got along," Grubbs tells Us Weekly. "But I knew, in the back of my mind, there could never be just us. There would always be the wife, or somebody else."

GV Says: DAMN!!

BEYONCE MAKES IT RAIN

B makes it rain on them....



She topped the Grammy nominations last night with 10 nods. Kanye West and Black Eyed Peas followed with six Grammy nominations

The best musical comeback story may be R&B singer Maxwell who has been out of the spotlight for eight years. Maxwell's album "Blacksummers' Night" and hit single "Pretty Wings" brought him six Grammy nominations.

Lady Gaga's single "Poker Face" and album "The Fame" helped her to five nominations.

Drake got two Grammy nominations -- for best rap song and best rap solo performance -- despite the fact he's never released an album.

CHRIHANNA CONTINUES

Geez...when will the Rihanna/ Chris Breezy saga end...




On "Famous Girl" it's no secret who's he's speaking of when he says “I never should have written Disturbia”

GV Says: SMH....Get back together already

KEYSHIA COLE EXPECTING

Looks like the rumors may be true....Your Keyshia Cole looks to be expecting. The singer along with new boo Daniel "Boobie" Gibson were filmed doing a great deed - a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway.

If you look at the tape around the 50 second mark you'll see Keyshia tiny baby bump come through the door.



GV Says: Congrats to the new couple

J.LO WINS ONE

J.Lo wins one....



A Los Angeles judge agreed Tuesday, upholding a ruling that Lopez's ex, Ojani Noa, is forbidden from using 11-plus hours of home video – 20 percent of which allegedly features Lopez – for a mockumentary about his life as a Cuban immigrant, previously titled How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLo and Ojani Noa Story.

"They're trying to stop me from making my documentary and I'm fighting for my rights," said Noa outside the courtroom. "They're not being fair." The aspiring actor and model denies he ever tried to peddle the footage as a sex tape.

The footage has scenes from the ex-couple's marriage in Florida and honeymoon in Cuba, Noa's film partner Claudia Vazquez tells PEOPLE, but the project was misrepresented by a tabloid as being sexual, she says. Vazquez adds the project's title has since been changed to The Escape in reference to Noa having fled his home country.

GV Says: This guy needs to get a life and stop trying to eat off J. Seriously, how long have they been divorced. Get a job!!!!

J. HUD GUSHES

J. Hud is one proud mama



She showed off new photos of her nearly 4-month-old son, David, while on Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

Despite his young age, J revealed plans to make her first born's Christmas a special one.

"I'm going to go crazy," she said. "He's very aware but he's so young and it's his first Christmas, so you have to go all-out...I kind of want to get him his own Santa Claus and just have like a toy store in the house, full of things."

GV Says: Be easy mama....you've got many Christmases to go.

DJ ENVY RESIGNS

DJ Envy resigned from his position at Hot 97 today.

Envy is the CEO of his own company, Blok Entertainment company. You may remember Envy ss part of Miss Jones' morning show crew before she departed for Philly station, Power 99.

In 2005, Miss Jones, DJ Envy and personality Tasha Hightower were suspended for two weeks for their part in promoting an off-color song titled “The Tsunami Song" that outraged Asian-Americans.

Additionally DJ Envy feuded with rival DJ Star, who was eventually fired from Power 105.1 in 2006 and arrested for making sexually threatening remarks about DJ Envy’s wife and his 4-year-old daughter.

GV Says: Good luck to Envy....my fellow Hampton lum...the real HU!

SERENA GETS HIT WITH RECORD FINE

SMH....at them trying to stick it to Serena despite the fact the call was indeed bogus....The NY Daily New reports

that Serena was served with a record fine for her profanity-laced tirade aimed at a lineswoman during a Sept. 12 U.S. Open match.

In addition to the unprecedented $82,500 fine, Williams could be suspended from a future U.S. Open if she commits another "major offense" during a Grand Slam event over a probationary period that will last the next two years, Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock told the wire service.

The penalty, the most severe ever dished out by the London-based body, was meted out for Williams' meltdown during a semifinals match against Kim Clijsters after lineswoman An Shino called Williams for a foot fault - a penalty that led to match point.

"I swear to God, I'll f--- take this ball and shove it down your f--- throat," the 11-time Grand Slams singles champion screamed at the lineswoman, an exchange picked up by television cameras.

Replays later showed the lineswoman's call was wrong.

Clijsters went on to win the tournament, but critics slammed the USTA's decision to let Williams play with her older sister, Venus, in the tournament's double finals after fining the younger Williams $10,500 - out of the $350,000 she had earned on her U.S. Open run.

"I think she should be suspended," CBS tennis analysis Mary Carillo said at the time. "I can't believe they are letting her play the doubles after that. What does it say about our sport if all you do is hand out a fine?"

If Williams has another flareup to violate her probation, she would face a fine of $175,000, in addition to the U.S. Open suspension, The Associated Press reported.

J.LO TAPE TO BE PUBLIC

J can't catch a break these days....



The NY Daily News reports that the executive producer trying to make a home honeymoon movie with J.Lo's ex-husband Ojani Noa is threatening to put 11 hours of footage and unspecified photographs into court files, where the public could have access unless a judge seals them.

"I will be filing everything, repeat everything, in support of my opposition at the clerk's window," producer Ed Meyer wrote in a threatening e-mail to J.Lo's lawyer Thursday.

"If the judge finds me in contempt on Tuesday, then the world media will be there to see me led out of the courtroom in handcuffs."

Meyer said it's going to take a federal judge to stop him.

"It's time for someone in Hollywood to stand up to [Lopez's attorneys], and I'm that person," he wrote.

Lopez filed a $10 million lawsuit earlier this month claiming Noa is violating a confidentiality agreement with his alleged intent to incorporate the footage into a Borat-style mockumentary about his life as a Cuban immigrant.

SPREWELL BROKE

In sports news, we hear that Ex-Knick Latrell Sprewell is facing money troubles.



The NY Daily News reports that Sprewell is facing foreclosure on his $5.4 million Westchester County mansion, one year after losing his yacht.

Sprewell, 39, purchased the 3.3-acre property in Purchase in January 2000 for $2.3 million.

The ex-NBA player took out a 30-year Washington Mutual Bank mortgage for $1,612,000 in 2004. He began missing payments in April 2008, the Journal News reported, citing court records.

Deutsche Trustee Co. Limited is listed as the plaintiff in foreclosure proceedings.

The home is due to be auctioned off Jan. 7 at the Westchester County Courthouse, according to Propertyshark.com.

The home was the scene of an alleged domestic dispute in 2006 when the baller was charged with attacking his girlfriend. Prosecutors dropped the charges in 2008, the newspaper reported.

Sprewell, who played in the NBA for 13 years, was suspended for choking his coach while he was with the Golden State Warriors during the 1997-98 season. He last played in 2005 for Minnesota.

He lost his 70-foot yacht, Milwaukee's Best, last year after defaulting on payments. U.S. Marshals auctioned off the $1.5 million Italian-built vessel for $856,000.

HEIDI & SEAL INTRODUCE LOU

Seal and Heidi Klum introduced their brand new baby girl - Lou Suloa Samuel - on their website this weekend.



GV Says: Too cute.

MINORITY REPORT: REESE AND JAKE SPLIT

We hear that Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have split. Such a cute couple....say it ain't so.

TIGER STILL IGNORES POLICE

Tiger Woods was hospitalized after crashing his car near his home early Friday, according to reports.



Woods, 33, was leaving his house in Orlando, Fla., around 2:25 a.m. when he ran his 2009 Escalade into a fire hydrant and then into a tree on a neighbor's property. The airbags on his car didn't deploy, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report, an indication that he was traveling at under 33 mph.

He was taken to a nearby hospital. According to Orlando Sentinel, hospital officials said he was no longer a patient by 2 p.m. Woods spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the golfer was treated and released in good condition.

So far, law enforcement sources revealed that Tiger Woods has canceled all his meetings with the Florida Highway Patrol.

One of the things authorities want to see -- the wounds on Tiger's face ... whether they were caused by the accident or during a domestic dispute with his wife.

While he is ignoring police, he broke his silence to fans and wrote on his Web site Sunday: "This situation is my fault and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again."

As for the rumors, including speculation that he and his wife may have had a physical altercation following a report published in the National Enquirer that he had an affair, Woods demurred. "This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way," he said. "Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible."

He continued: "The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false. "This incident has been stressful and very difficult for Elin, our family and me. I appreciate all the concern and well wishes that we have received. But, I would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be."

BEYONCE PERFORMS

For those who missed Beyonce's Thanksgiving performance.

LAMAR & KHLOE BUY LOVE NEST

We hear the two have purchased a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home in a Tarzana, Calif., gated community for nearly $4 million.

SECOND AUTOPSY FOR A.J. JEWELL

A second autopsy will be performed on A.J. Jewell, TMZ reports. His family is demanding that the ex-fiance of 'Housewives' star Kandi Burruss be exhumed because they are not content with the medical explanation for his death.

The first autopsy found that the fistfight Jewell was in stirred up complications with his sickle cell disease.

AMAs RED CARPET LOOK

Check out the red carpet looks of this year's AMAs

Rihanna....I kinda like it.


Ne-yo


MJB looked all sophisticated


Keri Hilson....doesn't she look like LaLa


Alicia Keys...love this look

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD PERFORMANCES

The American Music Awards aired tonight. Here's are some performances that you may have wanted to see if you missed it:

BRANDY DOES A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR HER FANS

Brandy gives a little something, something back to her fans...




GV Says: I love me some Bran and I didn't even know she could blow like that. Go B!

RIHANNA TALKS CHRIS

In an interview today with The Bert Show on Q100 Atlanta, Rihanna said that despite their battered past, she misses her ex...



"Places that we'd been to together, music...things that come up that remind you of your ex."

She continues: "I've gotten over it but there's definitely constant reminders and a lot of it is listening to the radio, and songs that were our favorite songs, or his songs."

When asked if she can still listen to his music, she says: "When it comes on the radio, I don't turn it off. I like his music."

LISTEN

CHRIS BROWN ON THE RIGHT PATH

TMZ reports that Chris Breezy was in court today. The judge looked at Breezy's progress report, which showed that he's completed 100 hours of community service and 52 domestic violence classes. Since everything looked all good, the hearing was over in seven minutes. The next progress report hearing is February 18.

OPRAH TO GO OFF AIR

Tim Bennett, the president of Harpo, Oprah's production company, has announced that the show will go off the air.



"Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history," the statement read. "The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011."

The Oprah Winfrey Show is currently the longest-running daytime television talk show in the United States, having run nationally since September 8, 1986.

NIVEA STILL PREGNANT

After published reports hit the net that Nivea gave birth this weekend - without baby daddy Lil Wayne - she hit twitter to clear things up...."Ok, I didn't have my baby yet unfortunately! So far evrything you've heard or read is false, sorry!"



GV Says: SMH....I hope Wayne turns out to be everything she every wanted. She has been chasing him down for YEARS! Now, not only has he not made an honest woman out of you, but he got another woman pregnant at the same time. In the words of Steve Harvey...."Men respect standards, get some!"

NICOLE RICHIE HOSPITALIZED FOR PNEMONIA

After complaining of feeling badly for days, Nicole Richie was hospitalized for pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.



On Sunday, Richie, 28, said on her Twitter page that she had been battling illness, writing, "ok cold, it's been 6 days. Lets part ways graciously & keep it moving."

And the following day, at a court hearing to get restraining orders against two paparazzi, Richie appeared subdued and her lawyer indicated to the judge that she wasn't feeling well.

Last week the star's rep shot down Internet rumors that she was suffering from the swine flu. Yesterday, her rep reported that she was "doing well."

USHER DATE BUMPED UP

First it was "Papers," now Usher is set to release his album "Raymond vs Raymond"....so blatant.



The release date just got bumped up to December 21.

Bryan Michael Cox told MTV:
"I think Usher is in a place where he really wants to express what's going on in his life, as any artist would," Cox said, referring to Usher's divorce from Tameka Foster-Raymond. "All the greats did it. Marvin Gaye did Here, My Dear. All the greats express where they are personally."

"I think [the new album] is where we are going to see Usher as an artist. I'm very curious to hear what the rest of the album is going to sound like," Cox said about Raymond vs. Raymond. "Our records are definitely in that lane of touching on what's going on in his life, so we are going to see what's going to happen. I'm very excited about the album. I think he has a lot to say."

GV Says: You know nothing is better than a man with a story, but have some class. He made such a big fuss about a black man being a father and husband to his black family. It's just ridiculous that he's so quick to trash all that now.
Usher never ceases to show me his new lows.

TINY IS LOOKING THE PART

Dare I say it....Tiny is looking is fab on the set of Robert Ector for a photo shoot.

SOMEONE'S LOOKING EXTRA COZY

After all the back-and-forth drama, look who's looking cozy on the video set of "Do You Think About Me”.....Vivica Fox and 50 Cent



GV Says: Guess you have to watch what you say

MARIAH DEBUTS I WANNA KNOW WHAT LOVE IS VIDEO

Check out Mariah's "I Wanna Know What Love Is" video directed by Hype Williams

LOVE COME DOWN VIDEO

Check Diddy's Dirty Money video "Love Come Down"



GV Says: I'm sorry....I just think the concept behind the group is bad news bears.

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of basketball's all-time greatest players, announced Tuesday morning that he has cancer. The sports legend made the public disclosure nearly a year after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.


Abdul-Jabbar, 62, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in December 2008 after having hot flashes and sweats. His blood work revealed that his white blood cell count was "sky high," he said. Now taking medication for the blood disease, he is expected to have a regular life span.

"When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared," said Abdul-Jabbar. "My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. It's in my family, so I thought this was something else along those lines, but it's not."

Abdul-Jabbar, a father of five, said he came forward after learning many patients don't regularly take their medication and skip appointments to the doctor.

"I'm telling my story to encourage fellow patients to take charge of their health," he said. "Work closely with your doctor, monitor your disease and, above all, take your medicine."

TONI BRAXTON SEPARATES

After much speculation, it's revealed that Toni Braxton is separated from her husband Keri Lewis, formerly of Mint Condition, after 8 years of marriage.



Looks like the rumor mill is suspecting that the lip lock with singer Trey Songz during the opening of the 2009 Soul Train Awards, which was taped Nov. 3 in Atlanta (the show will air on BET at 9 p.m. on Nov. 29) may have been the cause.

LOOK WHO MAY HAVE A NEW BOO

Looks like rapper Wale is all smiles about Miss Solange....

“I do love her,” he admits of Solange, flashing a Cheshire. “We’re friends. She’s amazing. She’s a good person. Any single mother contributing to society the way she does – I got a lot of love for them. She’s got to do a lot on her own and raise a young black man in this day and age so my hat goes off to her. She’s definitely an anomaly. And the way she can do that and manage to do the same things that I complain about having to do.”

His affection is as obvious as a set of flushed cheeks. And impossibly adorable. Wale, the former mixtape rapper from inner city DC, is borderline giddy. “Did you interview Solange about me?” Wale asks. He’s sprawled across his bed; head practically buried in the pillow. “Did she smile when you mentioned my name?”

GV Says: Awww shoot girl....don't fight it.

AI OUT

Looks like AI is out of Memphis.



Officially, everyone from Memphis is saying Iverson left to deal with a personal issue, but everyone else in the NBA knows that issue is Iverson could not stand the seat from the bench at the start of the game.

Unfortunatley, it looks like Memphis is really trying to groom a young team, and that includes Mike Conley at point.

Michael Wilbon as usual sheds good light on the situation.

CHIMPANZEE VICTIM REVEALS HER FACE

Remember the lady who was attacked by the chimpanzee - Charla Nash - in February of this year? Well not only is she conscious but she appeared on "Oprah" today and revealed her face and shared the heartbreaking details on her life since the attack.

Nash told Oprah that she feels no pain but that she tries not to touch her face so as to avoid knowing the full extent of her injuries.

"I don't ask a whole lot about my injuries... I know that I have my forehead," she said. She now drinks her meals "with a straw through a small hole where her mouth used to be," ABC added.

Nash lost both her hands in the attack, as well as her nose, an eyelid, and lips. Doctors removed her eyes due to an infection, and only recently did she learn she'll no longer be able to see.

"Only . . . in the past couple of weeks did she realize that she no longer had eyes, because she had been saying that she was hoping to be able to see at some point," Oprah said.

Nash now walks around her Cleveland hospital — from which she might be released soon — in a veil.

SAMMY SOSA A COUPLE OF SHADES LIGHTER

All eyes have been on Sammy Sosa's light skin this week.

"I'm doing well, doing well, thanks to God. A little surprised by the tsunami of attention," Sosa said in a Spanish interview with Univision reporter Tony Dandrades Tuesday on the program "Primer Impacto." It was the first of a two-part interview.

Photographs of Sosa during a recent appearance at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas showed his facial skin tone to be almost white.

"What's going on with your skin?" asked Dandrades. (GV Says: Pretty blatant....HA!)

"I use a cream to keep my skin smooth and soft. I apply it before I go to bed. When I was playing for Chicago all those years, I was in the sun a lot for 1 o'clock games," said Sosa, who turns 41 tomorrow. "The flashes (from the cameras) also made my skin look lighter. I'm surprised with the controversy this has caused."

Sosa, who would not tell Dandrades the name of the cream he uses, did say that it is European and that he is in negotiations to market the product. He added that he wears colored contact lenses because he wanted to "try something different. I'm not trying to be superficial."

Asked by Dandrades if Sosa was trying to be like Jackson, he laughed.

"Not at all, I respect him very much," said Sosa, who gave the interview at his Miami penthouse apartment on Monday. "I'm not a racist. I'm not like that. I'm just a happy person."

SHAQ HEADED TO DIVORCE COURT

Looks like Shaq and Shauni are headed to divorce court.....again

According to court papers, Va'shaundya "Shaunie" O'Neal filed for legal separation from the Cleveland Cavaliers player in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, TMZ.com reports.

She cites irreconcilable differences for the demise of her seven-year marriage to the 37-year-old athlete.

In addition to asking for an unspecified amount of money for spousal and child support, Shaunie is also seeking sole custody of the couple's four minor children, ages 3 to 9, with visitation rights for O'Neal.

Though the couple lives in Florida, Shaunie claimed she's a resident of California, which has more generous community property divorce provisions.

According to People.com, Shaunie recently flew to Los Angeles and claimed herself a resident of The Golden State on Nov. 8, one day before filing the separation papers.

This is the second split for Shaunie and Shaq, who originally filed for divorce in 2007.

The couple, who reportedly have a prenuptial agreement, eventually reconciled after a bitter dispute over whether or not he was hiding money from her.

J.LO WINS RESTRAINING ORDER

Jennifer Lopez has been granted a temporary restraining order preventing her former husband, Ojani Noa, from marketing risque home videos from their 11-month marriage.



Noa was in California Superior Court without a lawyer on Tuesday and claimed after Judge James C. Chalfant's ruling it was never his intention to sell the private camcorder footage. He said it was his intention to produce a Borat-style mocumentary about himself as a Cuban immigrant.

"She is destroying my life," Noa, vowing the videos were non-sexual and not for sale, told New York's Daily News immediately after the hearing. "This is another proof of her power and money trying to stop me from moving on with my life."

He added: "I'm not making any money from these videos," he said. "This is about having a closure. It's my story."

As described in reports, the video, called How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The J.Lo and Ojani Noa Story, reputedly includes 1997 footage of Lopez, now 40, wearing skimpy clothing and supposedly being spanked by Noa. It reportedly also contains a fight between her and her mother.

In 2007, Lopez won a lawsuit that forbade him from publishing a tell-all book about their marriage. That book allegedly claimed Lopez frequently cheated on Noa, including with her current husband, Marc Anthony.

Source

GV Says: He needs to get a life and quit living off this girl.

KIM GETS A NEW FACE

For a recent taping of E!'s Secret Celebrity, Kim Kardashian slipped on a prosthetic face.

Kim wrote on her website that it was "a real process" getting into character, adding that she had to get a molding of her face, "so I could have a prosthetic nose, cheeks, and neck put on!"

The gang at Secret Celebrity has "made casts of everyone from Tom Cruise to Angelina Jolie for movies!" Kardashian raves. "It was so surreal seeing all these famous movie stars' faces on the wall!! Kind of scary, huh?"

GV Says: I'm convinced this chick has nothing to do.

COOLIO REPLACES DMX

After backing out of a fight because promoters failed to fix the fight, looks like Coolio is in...

Thunder Productions tells TMZ they have signed Coolio to the upcoming celebrity boxing match scheduled to take place in Alabama next month. Reportedly, Coolio has been much easier to deal with and "he is going to take this seriously."

USHER DIVORCE FINALIZED

It's over....



The Superior Court in Fulton County, Georgia, issued a final decree last Wednesday in Usher's divorce case, legally ending his two-year marriage to Tameka Foster Raymond.

Usher, 31, filed for divorce in June, claiming the marriage was "irretrievably broken" with "no reasonable hope of reconciliation." The couple have two sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond.

GV Says: Whoa....a whopping two years.

CHRIS RESPONDS

Shortly after Rihanna's 20/20 interview, Chris Brown issued the following statement:

"While I respect Rihanna's right to discuss the specific events of February 8," Brown says in a statement to MTV News, "I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us."

"I do appreciate [Rihanna's] support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did, and I accept accountability for my actions . . . Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God."

In other Chris news, he did an interview with MTV VJ Sway that aired just hours before Rihanna's 20/20 special:

RIHANNA INTERVIEW

After nine months, Rihanna gives the interview everyone has been wanting on 20/20.







GV Says: There's been so much speculation that she "caused" her attack by throwing the first blow. I'm so happy that she addressed that notion. She denied the allegation and posed the question...."and if I did, did I deserve that?" Good question. I'm glad she came out and spoke. It was time. There was no way her career could move on without this looming question of what happened.

DAME SPEAKS ON BEANS AND JAY-Z

And what does Dame Dash have to say about the beef Beanie Sigel has about Jay-Z?



GV Says: A whole lot of nothing.

WHY DID I GET MARRIED TRAILER

Check out the trailer for Why Did I Get Married Too



GV Says: Can't wait to see it

STEVE HARVEY GRACES ESSENCE

Steve Harvey and his wife Marjorie are gracing the December cover of Essence magazine.



GV Says: Nice.

RIHANNA INTERVIEW SNIPPET

A piece of the 20/20 interview with Rihanna is out (HERE) and I'm pretty surprised at her stance:

"That's embarrassing that that's the type of person that I fell in love with," Rihanna told "Good Morning America's" Diane Sawyer in her first television interview discussing the assault. "So far in love. So unconditional that I went back. It's humiliating to say this happened. To accept that? It's a traumatizing experience."

Her decision to go back to Brown, she said, was a mistake.

"I stayed. I even went back after he beat me, which was wrong," she said. "But again ... I'm a human being and people put me on a very unrealistic pedestal. And all these expectations, I'm not perfect."

GV Says: Let the war of the words begin....also is it too late?

JANET JACKSON & JERMAINE DUPRI RECONCILE

We hear JD and JJ may have reunited.

According to a source close to the couple, Janet Jackson is now planning their wedding. The longtime friends says the two never fell out of love even after calling it quits last summer. Now that they are back together, they are hoping to get married early next year.

GV Says: I'll believe this when I see the marriage certificate.