Friday, May 25th - Dear Miss Pearl...

Dear Mrs. Pearl,

I have been with my husband for 10yrs, I have 2 kids, a daughter 4 with him and my 16yr old son from a previous relationship. He is a good man, husband, stepfather and father. He works to support us and basically gives us what we need. He picks up our daughter from school take my son to basketball practice or where ever he wants to go...he is very active with the kids. Everyone loves him because he is friendly and quiet, people stop to listen when he speaks because he don't say much but when he do it is pleasing to their ears.

Here is where the problems lye, I am not in love with him no more and I'm basically in the marriage because of the kids. I was joking with my daughter one day and told her daddy do not live with us anymore, Mrs. Pearl she had a hissy fit…crying and screaming saying she wants her daddy.

I cried because I felt trapped like I'm stuck with him until she turns 18. I don't have sex with him because I don’t feel attracted to him, I don't go out with him because I think he's corny. I feel like a slave!... just doing what I'm suppose to but don't want to. I find myself arguing, screaming, and ignoring him. Nothing he does makes me happy.

Mrs. Pearl I want to tell him so bad but I don't want to break us up family wise, Can you please give me some advice

Regards,

Stuck!
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Dear Stuck,

You already know where I stand on remaining in loveless relationships, but in this case, there is more at stake than just your sanity - you have a daughter who may, or may not have issues with a divorce/separation. One thing I noticed in your letter was that you called your husband "corny", is your lack of love for him because you believe that you're opposites and you've convinced yourself that you're a "glamour girl" and he's a cornball? You'd better get over it, girl. Opposites attract, maybe you should play on those differences.

Now, I'm the last person to suggest that someone stay in a relationship for any reason other than love, but I"m not the one to have to make that decision. Question... how long has it been since you stopped loving your husband? Was it over night? Was it gradual? Did you ever love him?

If you have been out of love with your husband for a long time, then I suspect that you won't ever be able to go back to a place where you're in love with him, but if your lack of love is something recent, then it's possible that some sort of counseling may be able to repair what's been broken.

I've always been a proponent of counseling because I believe that you should try all avenues in trying to repair a broken relationship and a lot of times, friends and family can't get involved because you need an impartial person to help you see your issues for who you truly are - your friends can't do it because he won't be trying to hear it because in his mind, they're looking out for you, so of course he'd be wrong, and vice versa.

If you think that the relationship is worth saving, they do what you have to do, if you honestly believe that you're at the point of no return, then you need to let go, but I suggest that you do something to prepare your daughter for the transition.

Now look here, if you leave your husband, don't get mad and turn into the baby's mama from hell when he gets a new woman and treats her the way he's tried to treat you. You walk away, you stay away!

If you want advice from Miss Pearl, send me an email to: misspearlswindow@yahoo.com

Will Smith Confirms "Bad Boys 3"...

"I talked to Martin [Lawrence] about that a couple of weeks ago. Martin is into it and we got a couple of screenplays and the story's gotta be right."

There's been buzz about a third installment of the franchise for years, but this is the first time that one of the film's stars has spoken on it.

Will also confirmed Wednesday during a chat on "Good Morning America" that Willow is the lead in an update of the musical Annie.

TheGrio.com reports that the film will still be set in New York and Jay-Z, who sampled a tune from Annie on "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)," is in charge of the music.

Atlanta Housewives' Phaedra Suing Vibe Magazine for $30 Milli!

Documents secured by Court House News Service state according to Rhymes With Snitch:

In 2000, Parks says, she represented Atlanta rapper Drama for a probation violation. Drama introduced Parks to his-then girlfriend, Angela Stanton, and Parks represented her at a sentence-modification hearing, but "plaintiff has never had any formal or informal employment relationship with Stanton," the complaint states.



It continues: "Plaintiff has never participated in any criminal activities with Stanton. "Plaintiff did not socialize with Stanton on any regular basis and does not consider (and never has considered) her to be a close friend or confidant.



"Stanton is a convicted felon and has served multiple terms in prison.



"Around February of 2010, Stanton began a personal crusade of false attacks against plaintiff.



"Specifically, Stanton began posting false and defamatory accusations about plaintiff on Twitter and otherwise made false and defamatory statements about her to third persons in the community.



"In March of this year, defendant published and promoted Stanton's false and defamatory accusations on the Internet, and as a direct result, Stanton's personal and unfounded vendetta against plaintiff went viral on the Internet.



"Defendant interviewed Stanton and broadcast her false and defamatory accusations in articles and videos on its websites.



"Defendant eventually published Stanton's accusations in a book available for online purchase by the public.



"Defendant's publications of the online interviews and the book concerning plaintiff imply, as a whole, that plaintiff is an attorney who has engaged in criminal activity and is worthy of public scorn and contempt.



"The false statements published by defendant are defamatory per se and damages to the reputation of Plaintiff are presumed as a matter of law."



Phaedra is seeking $5 million in compensatory damages, $25 million in punitive damages, attorney fees and a published retraction from Vibe.

Michelle Obama Wants to Be Beyonce' In Another Life?

As the First Lady of the free world, Michelle Obama‘s time in the White House has been fruitful to say the very least.

From launching the ‘Let’s Move’ health initiative to her ongoing but oft overlooked support of military families, Mrs. Obama is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest role models.

Now, in an interview with People Magazine, she has expressed her admiration for fellow opinion leader... Beyonce.

When asked who she would be if given the chance to be anybody else, she confessed:

I’d be Beyonce. I’d be some great singer… It looks like musicians just have the most fun.

Really, Michelle... Really?

Onetime top California football prospect Brian Banks exonerated of kidnap-rape conviction

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The kidnap-rape conviction of a once-promising prep football star was dismissed Thursday following a recantation by his accuser.

Brian Banks collapsed in sobs on the counsel table during a court hearing where a prosecutor quickly conceded the decade-old case and moved for the dismissal.

In the summer of 2002, Banks’ future looked bright: He was a 17-year-old high school football star being heavily recruited by a number of colleges. But in a single day that changed with the accusations of kidnapping and rape by a female student.

He maintained there was no rape and their sexual contact was consensual, but his lawyer urged him to plead no contest rather than risk a sentence of 41 years to life in prison if convicted. He followed the advice and went to prison for six years, shattering his dreams of gridiron glory.

Lawyers for the California Innocence Project were prepared Thursday to argue he should be exonerated.

In a strange turn of events, the woman who accused him a decade ago friended him on Facebook when he got out of prison. Wanetta Gibson explained she wanted to “let bygones be bygones.”

According to documents in the case, she met with Banks and said she had lied; there had been was no kidnap and no rape and she offered to help him clear his record.

But she subsequently refused to repeat the story to prosecutors because she feared she would have to return a $1.5 million payment from a civil suit brought by her mother against Long Beach schools.

She was quoted as telling Banks: “I will go through with helping you but it’s like at the same time all that money they gave us, I mean gave me, I don’t want to have to pay it back.”

Justin Brooks, a lawyer who heads the innocence project, said that Banks has remained on probation, under electronic monitoring, has had to register as a sex offender and has had trouble getting a job.

He said Banks continues to train for what he hopes will be a future chance at a football career.

Janet Gives It To Me... Then She Doesn't...

I'm sorry, there is something a bit off...

But I like this one...



"Eff" It Friday!

It's Friday... thank you. I can finally rest when I get home from work... AND since it's a holiday on Monday and I don't have to get up, I can sleep my a$$ off on Monday morning.

RE-thank ya!

Y'all are going to have to forgive me for the posts being slow and pretty boring this week, but I've been pretty busy all week.

I don't have a damn thing to eff this week except Tuesday morning for coming too soon!

Kelly Rowland is Flawless at Grey Goose's Cherry Noir Bash!

I have always, and I will always say that Kelly Rowland is hands down, the finest Destiny's Cheerun alumni!

Beyonce is pretty when she's made up, but Kelly is gorgeous to me!

I wish she would stop trying the curly fro look, it doesn't work for her.

That's Kelly's long-term boyfriend in the background, always being gentleman and playing the background and letting his woman get her shine on.

Vivica Fox De-weaves...

I have to give it to Vivy Jean Fox, the short hair is really age appropriate, yet it makes her look younger, if that's possible. I'm thinking she took note of all the negative comments regarding the botox, so she let that filler $hit in her face drain out on it's own.

I re-like you, Vivy. You look FABOLOUS again!

LOVE it!

Thursday, May 24th - Dear Miss Pearl...

Dear Miss Pearl,

My 16 year old daughter just told me that she is pregnant and I am going crazy. I am a single parent and I raised three children on my own. My oldest is in college and my two youngest are 16 and 11.

Miss Pearl, the problem is that my daughter wants to have this baby and I want her to have an abortion. She seems to think that she is old enough to handle the responsibilities of parenthood, but I honestly don't believe that she is. I want her to finish high school and get her college education before she becomes a parent, but she says that she will never forgive me if I "kill" her baby, but I don't see any other way.

My daughter is an excellent student and the boy that she says she's pregnant by cannot be counted on to help with the babies expenses at all.

Should I force my daughter to abort this baby, or should I stick to my guns?

Grandmother - not!
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Dear Grandmother,

I truly understand how you feel about becoming a grandparent at such a young age, but you have to understand that your daughter is the one who is carrying this child and carrying a child is a bond that cannot be broken by anyone!

If you can afford to help your daughter raise this child, I suggest you do so, besides, you only have 2 years left and then she's 18. I honestly believe that if you force your daughter to abort, she WILL resent you for the rest of her life, just look at the term she used, she said, "kill" her baby - that's deep.

Make your daughter go to some parenting classes and attend a few with her, maybe that'll help her to make her own informed decision, but you can't help her make this decision, it's not for you, baby. Love and support your daughter. You know how we do when our kid tells us that "awful" pregnant news, "Don't ask me for shit, I ain't helpin' with shit, I ain't babysittin' shit, and so on!" Yet the minute the baby gets here, you're the first one regulating who can hold her or him or not.

You're mad now mama, but if your daughter is as smart as you say she is, she'll be able to get her education and take care of that baby at the same time.

Good luck, Sweetie

If you want advice from Miss Pearl, send me an email to misspearlswindow@yahoo.com

No! You Will NOT Tell a Broad to Stop Littering at McDonald's Drive Thru; And She REACH Thru Your Window & Beat the Hell Outcha!!

A Denver woman said she was savagely attacked in the drive-through of a McDonald's after she scolded a woman for throwing trash on the ground.

The woman, who identified herself only as Shannon, told local station KUSA on Tuesday that the May 9 attack started after she spotted a woman toss garbage out of her car window.

"All I said was that it wasn't cool," Shannon said. The two got in an argument, and moments later, Shannon said two women jumped out of the litterbug's car and attacked her through her driver-side window.

"She was right in my window just punching me in my face, pulling my hair," she told KUSA.

"She started biting on my hands so severely. I thought she was going to bite them off, actually."

Shannon said a man appeared and tossed a soft drink at her. "He said, 'This is for you, you white b—. This is a grape soda,'" Shannon told the station. "And then they took off."

Cops received several calls about the fight and told KUSA on Tuesday that they were still investigating it. A security camera posted at the drive-through didn't record the fight.

Pictures Shannon gave to KUSA showed her with bruises on her neck and cuts on her fingers. Shannon told police the attackers were driving a light-blue Cadillac with dealer plates.

6-Year-Old Shows Weed During School’s ‘Show And Tell’ Presentation

A six-year-old kindergartener reportedly showed his classmates a bag of weed during the school’s show-and-tell,” the St. Petersburg Times reports.

“Look what I got,” the young child is reported as saying during his presentation. The teacher says the child was “beaming” when he showed his bag of weed. Police were called to the school soon after the incident.

The child’s father, Larry Cornelius Stephens, 25, of St. Petersburg Florida, is accused of placing the 83-gram bag of weed in his child’s backpack. A scale was also recovered. Stephens has been charged with child abuse and possession of marijuana with intent to sell.

Police say that Stephens put the scale and marijuana in his child’s backpack before dropping him off at school on Tuesday morning. Stephens reportedly returned to the school asking for his weed, saying he needed it to “take care of his business and take care of his family.” He left after learning that his green was confiscated, but eventually turned himself in after learning police were looking for him.

Police say Stephens told them that the bud found in his kid’s backpack was for personal use. But police believe that he intended to sell it.

It is not clear whether or not Stephens intended to put the weed in his child’s backpack.

You can also go to WPST.com, a local television station in Tampa Bay, FL, to see a video version of the story. His family says it is all a big misunderstanding and that Stephens is a good father.

Update: "Washing Machine Baby" Survived; Man Will Not Face Charges!

The man and women in a YouTube video of an infant boy being put into a washing machine will not face any criminal charges.

The video shows a man playfully placing the boy in the machine at a Camden Laundromat. The man and his female companion become frantic when the machine door locks and the machine starts running with the boy inside. An employee eventually cuts the power to the machine, and the boy is removed.

The video went viral shortly after it was uploaded. Now, the prosecutor says the man is an acquaintance of the woman in the video, who was babysitting one-year-old Samier Bush.

The child’s mother, 22-year-old Sakia David, didn’t know about the incident until she saw it on the evening news. She called the babysitter, identified only by the nickname “Ma,” but the sitter denied that was she was the one on the tape. It was only when police contacted David that she realized the sitter had lied to her.

“I didn’t know anything about it,” she said while standing in front of her Camden home with her giggling son.

David said the babysitter even took her son to the hospital, and no one alerted her.

Police have identified both the man and the woman in the video. No charges will be filed because it was determined no purposeful endangerment occurred. The infant was not injured, but the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) is investigating.

Baybaaaay, When I tell you that Usher and Tameka's custody trial is better than All My Youngins and Scandal...

If you believe Michelle of Atlanta's Straight from the A, then having a front row seat in the court room of the Tamusher trial is as hot as a Friday night watching DVR'd episodes of Scandal and Revenge!

Some of the questions being thrown at Ursh by Tameka's attorney don't make Ursh look good - at all.

For instance, it appears that Ursh told the court that he didn't pay one of the many goodbye'd nannies because she was new and he had no idea who she was, but after Meka's attorney said, "not only did you know this broad, but she went to Miami with you, was in the wedding... and caught you in the bed with one of Meka's bridesmaids... riiight?" You know there were all kinds of objections from there.

For one, Michelle cleared up the issue regarding the now infamous photo of Usher appearing to be "crying" while Tameka appeared to be laughing by presenting an uncropped version of said pic showing Usher actually reading a text on his phone and indicating that Tameka was actually responding to something her attorney, who was sitting next to her, had said to her.

This is why I keep tellin' y'all to stop being fooled by these celebrities! As I said yesterday, you simply don't know what else was going on in that photo. The sad part is that the cropped photo came from what appeared to be Usher's official FB page...

I'ma need y'all to read all of the hot messness below:

1. While most think that the video of Usher crying on the stand the day before is all about his feelings being hurt over having defend his honor as a good father, his tears were actually over being questioned about that bizarre incident in Berlin last year.

The videos circulating clearly show something wasn’t quite right with Usher and as you know, Tameka’s attorneys have requested that Usher take a drug test.

Apparently that request was made AFTER Usher’s attorneys requested for Tameka to do the same. She complied because she had nothing to hide, she also submitted to a psychological evaluation at their request.

As for Usher. He’s the star in the relationship and clearly money talks. The superstar singer still refuses to comply to the drug test, stating that he feels it’s Tameka’s way of harassing him.
But think of it this way. If he’s clean, why not just take it and be done with it? Right?
But anywhoo… I used to love me some Usher but I’ve seen a totally different side of him during these proceedings.

2. Usher started Day 2 on the stand revisiting the fight he says occurred between his ex-wife Tameka and his side piece turnt main chick Grace Miguel (yes, they’ve been kicking it for years now). What struck me as odd, is that he couldn’t get his facts straight as to IF there ever really was a “fight”.

When asked why he didn’t just drive off if Tameka was on the passenger side punching Grace in the face, he didn’t have an answer. First stating he wasn’t in the car yet, then switching to he was in the car but not all they way.

At some point, Tameka’s attorney asked why Usher didn’t try to break up the fight IF one ever really occurred and he said “I’m not a referee“. I couldn’t help but think that it would seem that if the “love of your life” was being attacked by your “crazy baby mama” you’d want to protect her. Right?

3. Usher was also questioned about that death hoax that occurred earlier this year. If you recall, just moments after it hit the net that Usher had been “killed in a car wreck,” he tweeted photos of his new physique.

Tameka heard about it on twitter and frantically reached out to him via phone, text and email. No response.

He finally said that he had his mother call her back. (Who does that? Wouldn’t you think he’d want his sons to know he’s ok? Especially in light of his celebrity status, they could have heard it anywhere!)

Because of his lack of response, Tameka’s attorneys suggested that it was all a publicity stunt. And I’m prone to believe them.

I almost believe that his filing this action is one as well. He does have an album coming out soon (and don’t act like you haven’t thought about that too).

4. The Nanny issue was brought up yet again. Usher accused Tameka of having a “revolving door” of Nannies but Tameka’s attorneys brought up the fact that he’s been refusing to pay them, so they quit.
Usher stated that there were discrepancies in the dates that the nanny’s cared for Lil Cinco and Naviyd. He also pretty much said he ain’t paying for all those other kids to be cared by his 2 son’s caretakers… more specifically he carefully brought up the fact that there are “other children in the situation” as if he didn’t know Tameka had 3 kids before they had their two sons.

In their settlement agreement, both parents agreed that Usher would choose the caretakers for the boys and even with that, there were issue with him paying them. Usher kept saying he didn’t approve of the nanny’s so he wouldn’t pay the invoices.

One in particular, was once a nanny for Tameka’s two son’s by her first husband, prior to her having Usher’s two sons. While Usher still maintained he didn’t know the woman, it was actually determined that he did, because she was a family friend who was also at their wedding.

5. The same woman had also traveled with Usher in the past to care for little Cinco. And once, while the entire family was in Miami, the nanny walked in on Usher in bed with one of Tameka’s bridesmaids!

I Knew LMFAO's Deddy Was Someone Famous... I just couldn't figure out who...

Actually, while watching the Billboard awards, Redfoo thanked his father and the camera cut to Gordy, leaving me wondering why, but now I know.

Berry Gordy actually is his father.

Who knew? I know I didn't.

'The biggest pump-and-dump in history:' Facebook facing lawsuits, federal probes

The new Facebook timeline isn’t looking very pretty: Overhyped stock debut. Plunging prices. Lawsuit. Another lawsuit. Upcoming federal probes.

And that’s in just the last six days.

Investors eager to buy Facebook shares last Friday changed their status Wednesday to outraged, filing lawsuits alleging the Internet giant misled them about its slowing business.

The lawsuits claim some investors were given important information, while others were left out in the cold.

“How could they give that information to the big boys and not give it to the public?” one investor asked Charlotte, N.C., financial advisor Judson Gee.

After the question, Gee recalled, “a lot of expletives came out.”

Facebook’s shares fell as much as $7 from their initial public offering price of $38. They were up $1 yesterday, closing at $32.

On Tuesday, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission said they may probe questions surrounding the $16 billion IPO.

Wednesday, a pair of congressional committees — the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Commission, said they are planning to look into the matter as well.

“It’s the biggest pump-and-dump in history,” Francis Gaskins, president of the IPO research site IPOdesktop.com, told the Daily News.

“It was overhyped from the beginning, and if (investors) didn’t sell right away, they lost money.”

Gaskins predicted the stock will drop to $18 a share by year’s end.

Scott Kessler, an equity analyst at S&P Capital IQ, said the stock looks risky at its current price and sees it hitting $30 in the next year.

He noted that Facebook insiders increased the amount they were selling just prior to the IPO, raising questions about their confidence.

“It was noteworthy. People pointed to that as worrisome,” he said.

Experts say Facebook’s underwriters blundered badly when right before the IPO, they increased the number of shares being sold by 25% and jacked up the stock price.

Investors got spooked by the company’s sky-high valuation and hit the sell button.

Shareholders who sold as part of the IPO, including U2 singer Bono’s Elevation Partners and investment bank Goldman Sachs, made a bundle.

Bono, who bought 40.1 million shares for $90 million in 2009, reportedly sold 4.6 million shares — netting $176 million.

Another winner was PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who sold 16.8 million shares and made a cool $640 million.

Mark Zuckerberg, who sold 30.2 million shares in the IPO, still owns 533 million. But his stake has gone down in value by more than $3 billion as the share price plunged.

The lawsuits targeted Facebook and Morgan Stanley, the bank that worked on the deal with the social media sensation.

Court papers allege that warnings from analysts about the stock were withheld from clients before the IPO.

“The value of Facebook common stock has declined substantially and plaintiffs and the class have sustained damages as a result,” the complaint said.

The plaintiffs also claim Facebook’s IPO documents failed to reflect a “severe and pronounced reduction” in Facebook’s revenue growth.

The state of Massachusetts already launched its own investigation, and issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley this week.

Facebook vowed to “vigorously” defend itself against the suit. Morgan Stanley has defended its handling of the IPO, insisting that its procedures complied with regulations.

Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are also named in the lawsuit, along with units of Bank of America and Barclays, Bloomberg News reported.

Wednesday, May 23rd - Dear Miss Pearl...

Dear Miss Pearl,

I just found out some very devastating news. I just recently moved in with my boyfriend of one year. Jalance and I dated briefly in high school, at some point, our lives took different courses and we moved on to different people, but eventually we found each other again.

In the beginning things were kind of rocky because Jalance was with another girl at the same time we were getting together. Things between us have gotten so much better and I've realized that I really and truly love Jalance and hoped to marry him some day.

Problem, he just confessed to me that he has a four month old boy with the girl he was dating when we hooked up. Miss Pearl, I love my boyfriend, but I don't think that I can be with him knowing that he kept this a secret and knowing how his ex and I feel about one another.

It would be very hard for me to accept this child, knowing how much I hate his mother. What can I do?

Charma
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Dear Charma,

You can get the hell over it, that's what you can do! Shug, you admitted yourself that when you got with Jalance, he was dating another woman, so, why are you suddenly hurt to find out that she got pregnant in the beginning of your relationship? You have been together for a year, the baby is four months old, so that means that, assuming she carried the baby for 9 months, there was a 30 day window where she ended up pregnant.

Do you believe that he got with you and decided that you were the one for him and suddenly stopped sleeping with her that night, or do you believe that it's plausible that he was still creeping back and forth during that time period? You can't get mad at him for sleeping with her, because she was his girlfriend and you were the one he was cheating with, so, if anybody has a right to be upset, it should be the woman who has a child to raise by herself because the man she got pregnant by, cheated and decided to move on with another woman!

You have an ADULT decision to make at this point, and that decision is whether you can deal with a man who has a child - the child is not your concern at this point, the relationship is. You are not his wife, and even if you were, you have no business helping him make the decision whether he should play an active role in the life of his child - that should be automatic, and if he doesn't make the decision to be a father to his child, that's the sign that you should leave. It's not the child's fault that he's here, he had nothing to do with what his parents did.

Now, I don't believe that he doesn't want to be a part of the child's life because he wouldn't have told you if he didn't want to open up that door.

All I can say is, if you're gonna love him - love him, and if you're gonna leave him - leave him!

If you want advice from Miss Pearl, send me an email to misspearlswindow@yahoo.com

Lisaraye Talks Cash $hit.... and I LOVE it!

Huffington Post: And with success, of course, comes critics. What are your thoughts on media outlets who dubbed season one, “embarrassing.”

Fuck’em! Let them write a show and come up with what they want to see. Until then, the people who love it, tune in.

While shooting this season, was there anything that you missed about Stacey Dash being involved with the show?

I miss my friend, because Stacey and I are friends as well, before we came to the show and after. So as a fellow actor, as an artist, of course I miss the chemistry that she and I have. But again, this is a job and this is my profession so I have been hired to do my job and I’m committed to doing that.

And I believe that I do it well. I’m excited that the season is taking off the way that it is, I’m excited that Denise has joined the cast and I’m excited about the chemistry that all three of us have now. Everybody wants to be here. So that’s half the battle won right there, is when you want to be here then you get a better product. It’s not as heavy as it was last year, by no means. The synergy is there and we’re making a good product.

Have you reached out to Stacey since she parted ways with the show?

I did. We said Happy New Years to each other during New Years. And then I believe after that, I reached out to her one other time, but I want to say that I think she changed her number. But the last time that we actually communicated was New Years … One argument doesn’t break up a friendship unless it was something that was so personal, and it wasn’t personal, it was work related. We were tired, it was what it was and we moved past that. So I think that if either one of us held out against each other, we both would be fools, it’s not that serious.

Your JET magazine interview has everyone talking right now. Some were even surprised by your comments about Duane Martin.

If you know anything about me you know that I’ve been a very honest person and a very real person. And I feel when someone asks me a question it gives me the opportunity to straighten out the rumor or to straighten out the story that I do. That’s not to say that every time some gossip comes out I say, “Ah, let me go straighten it out,” no, not that. But something that directly affects my life that’s like, “oh, you’ve been friends with this person…” I’m like, “nah, nah, nah, I’m not friends with that person. I have very few friends. I’m an associate of everybody and friend of none.” And I wanted to make that clear

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Are you expecting a phone call from him in response to what you said?

Hell, nah! [Laughs] I don’t talk to him, he don’t pay any of my bills, he doesn’t do absolutely nothing for me. And what he did do for me was cause nothing but problems. So if I don’t ever see him again in life that would be cool with me. I don’t have no animosity or revenge in my heart, I actually pray about it every day. I know revenge is for God, and that’s the truth. Was it a hard pill to swallow to see and have one of your friends that you worked with for years that you’ve called a brother, be so back stabbing? Yes, it’s hurtful, but I done got over other things too, meaning my divorce. He ain’t the first friend that turned his back on me, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. I appreciate the time that he has given me, but I don’t appreciate his attitude and I don’t see the “man” in him. So for that reason alone, I’m here doing what I do. I don’t even know what he’s doing right now, I don’t even care to know what he’s doing. To him and his family I wish nothing but luck and love, it won’t be coming from me though.

Vibe Magazine Wants Your Daughters to Believe...

That these are their "new role models"!

Kandi Burress, Tamar Braxton, Evelyn Lozada, and Chrissy Lampkin.

Really? Where? On what planet are these broads considered the new role models for black women? From a business standpoint, I can see why Kandi can be considered a role model (although the coochie tickle line is kinda iffy), for the most part, there isn't anything negative about Kandi Burress in my eyes - but who are Chrissy, Evelyn, and Tamar role models to besides, loud, ignorant, know-it-all, self-absorbed, obnoxious wannabes?

Vibe, bye!

4 Witnesses in Trayvon Martin Case Change Their Account of What Happened!

At least four key witnesses have changed their stories about what they saw the night George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.

The report comes after state prosecutors released about half the evidence they have in their second-degree murder case against Zimmerman.

The witnesses, known publicly only by numbers, first talked to Sanford police and later to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and state prosecutors.

Among the changes, according to the Sentinel:

Witness 2: A young woman from the Retreat at Twin Lakes community, where Martin, 17, was shot Feb. 26, first told investigators she saw two men running and a fist fight. She later said she only saw one person running and couldn’t distinguish much because she had removed her contact lenses.

Witness 12: A young mother in the townhome community first said she saw two men on the ground but wasn’t sure who was on top; she later said Zimmerman was on top because she recognized his size based on news reports.

Witness 13: A male neighbor first said Zimmerman, with a bloodied head, told him he had to shoot Martin because “he was beating up on me,” and to please call Zimmerman’s wife. He later went into detail and described Zimmerman’s tone right after the shooting as casual, like the shooting was “nothing.”

Witness 6: A male neighbor, whose story change was initially reported Friday, first told police Martin was on top of Zimmerman and throwing down punches mixed martial arts style. He also first said Zimmerman was calling for help. The man later said he wasn’t sure who was yelling for help, and that Martin may have merely pinned Zimmerman to the ground. He was still sure, however, that Martin was on top.

So THIS Is Why Mathew Knowles Never Let Beyonce' Speak...

This looks like some old footage from when Bey was still in Destiny's Child. It appears that Bey (and possibly Kelly were out with friends just being regular girls, hanging out with the homies shooting a game of pool and then Bey started acting ratchet.

This actually made like her more because that stiff, boring broad that Mathew created just doesn't do much for me off stage.

I like this, as silly as it is.

2012 BET Award Nominees Announced!

I surely hope that this show isn't as terrible as past shows. I'm still trying to figure out how Marsha Ambrosius is still nominated for anything - wasn't she nominated for that album last year?



Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Trina
Brianna Perry

Best Group
Bad Meets Evil
Diddy-Dirty Money
Maybach Music Group
Mindless Behavior
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

Best New Artist
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean
Diggy
Future
Meek Mill

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ J. Cole – “Party””
Big Sean f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – “Marvin & Chardonnay”
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) f/ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”

Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “Countdown”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Ni**as in Paris”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Otis”
Usher – “Climax”

Video Director of the Year
Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Brown and Godfrey Tabarez
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Best Gospel
Yolanda Adams
Kim Burrell
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

BET Confirms Whitney Houston Tribute!

Stephen Hill confirmed that there will indeed be a tribute to the late, great Whitney Houston and all I can say is that I hope they do a better job than that sorry a$$, 2 song c-list "tribute" the Billboard Awards handed out!

After that shameful a$$ed Michael tribute that they got hell for - Let's hope the people at BET do better now that they know better.

Ray J Hospitalized for "Exhaustion" After Billboard Awards Drama

Reportedly, Ray J was extremely upset after his confrontation with Whitney Houston's family -- notably Pat Houston -- during the awards ceremony. On Monday morning, someone went into Ray J's hotel room and realized the singer was "out of it" and couldn't get out of bed.

We're told Ray J was extremely disoriented and was immediately taken to the hospital by ambulance.

As for what happened ... it's looking like a combo of exhaustion and dehydration. Ray J had just returned from a quick, 32-hour round trip to China for business and when he landed he immediately drove 4 hours to Las Vegas for the awards show.

Let's hope this isn't indicative of something deeper. I'm just sayin'.

Looks Like Tameka Foster Enjoyed Every Minute of Usher's Testimony!

After leaving the stand during his custody trial against ex-wife Tameka Foster, Usher appears to be distraught, while this moment captured in time appears to have Tameka enjoying every minute of it.

Here's the deal, this is a picture was taken during a specific moment, we don't know what she was doing, who else was in the photo that may have just said something to her to cause this response - you just don't know.

What I do know is that this photo was posted on the Ursha FB page, and whether it's the official one, or one created by a fan, I find it interesting that this is the image they chose to post from the trial with the caption, "How can you get this much joy out of someone's pain? SMH" clearly, this image was chosen over all others to make Tameka look bad, and for many, it will.

Let's not forget that Usher was no innocent in this situation. He married Tameka Foster after his mama said no. Usher wants people to think that he's some innocent victim that was taken advantage of by an older woman, but this is also the man who is rumored to talk to his mother like straight up trash - so I really don't feel sorry for him. I like some of his music, but Usher isn't really the nicest person in the industry based upon all the things I've heard about him - truth be told, most people who know Usher probably feel that he's getting everything he deserves from Tameka and many call it "karma".

One word that consistenly comes up as it relates to Usher in and around the industry is "arrogant".

Take it how you want to.

Tuesday, May 22nd - Dear Miss Pearl...

Dear Miss Pearl,

I just found out some very devastating news. I just recently moved in with my boyfriend of one year. Jalance and I dated briefly in high school, at some point, our lives took different courses and we moved on to different people, but eventually we found each other again.

In the beginning things were kind of rocky because Jalance was with another girl at the same time we were getting together. Things between us have gotten so much better and I've realized that I really and truly love Jalance and hoped to marry him some day.

Problem, he just confessed to me that he has a four month old boy with the girl he was dating when we hooked up. Miss Pearl, I love my boyfriend, but I don't think that I can be with him knowing that he kept this a secret and knowing how his ex and I feel about one another.

It would be very hard for me to accept this child, knowing how much I hate his mother. What can I do?

Charma
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Dear Charma,

You can get the hell over it, that's what you can do! Shug, you admitted yourself that when you got with Jalance, he was dating another woman, so, why are you suddenly hurt to find out that she got pregnant in the beginning of your relationship? You have been together for a year, the baby is four months old, so that means that, assuming she carried the baby for 9 months, there was a 30 day window where she ended up pregnant.

Do you believe that he got with you and decided that you were the one for him and suddenly stopped sleeping with her that night, or do you believe that it's plausible that he was still creeping back and forth during that time period? You can't get mad at him for sleeping with her, because she was his girlfriend and you were the one he was cheating with, so, if anybody has a right to be upset, it should be the woman who has a child to raise by herself because the man she got pregnant by, cheated and decided to move on with another woman!

You have an ADULT decision to make at this point, and that decision is whether you can deal with a man who has a child - the child is not your concern at this point, the relationship is. You are not his wife, and even if you were, you have no business helping him make the decision whether he should play an active role in the life of his child - that should be automatic, and if he doesn't make the decision to be a father to his child, that's the sign that you should leave. It's not the child's fault that he's here, he had nothing to do with what his parents did.

Now, I don't believe that he doesn't want to be a part of the child's life because he wouldn't have told you if he didn't want to open up that door.

All I can say is, if you're gonna love him - love him, and if you're gonna leave him - leave him!

If you want advice from Miss Pearl, send me an email to misspearlswindow@yahoo.com

Confirmed: Pooch Hall is Leaving "The Game" Too!

Pooch Hall is officially out of "The Game," but Tia Mowry might return to the show. Just days after Tia Mowry announced her exit from "The Game," BET has confirmed chatter that Pooch Hall is leaving the show too!

According to a statement from the network, Pooch won't be back for season 6 because of his "involvement on a new project." Specifically, he's working on a Showtime pilot for a series called "Ray Donovan."

With it's two main characters out, BET has said that it is currently "in the process of reworking the casting and storyline." Producers also hope that Pooch and Tia will pop in occasionally to "make several guest appearances."

Even that may not be enough to satisfy fans that are disappointed with the show's production since coming to BET. Some viewers are so disgruntled with the changes in the show that they have made a Facebook Page called Save "The Game," and the creators have leveled a strongly worded letter at the network and Akil Productions.

"We strongly believe that Akil productions and BET used the show as a stepping stool for other projects and ventures," the letter states. "Since the signing with BET, the Akils have produced Jumping the Broom and Sparkle and paid very little attention to the current state of the show. This ultimately lead to what we believe is the demise of the show."

In particular, group members are displeased with the character development, charging that it play to some of the worst stereotypes about the Black community. "Since the show returned to BET, we’ve seen a 'ghetto' Brandy, a gun toting, kush smoking, sex addicted, angry black woman in Tasha," the letter lists, "a drunk in Malik and a marriage that seems to have an issue every other week with Melanie and Derwin.

Page creators continued, "We received sloppily written story lines that lack continuity, bad lighting and poorly directed episodes. This is sad as television shows on a whole are on a decline especially shows that are a reflection of our community."

While the departures of both Pooch and Tia might come as a surprise to many, there were signs that trouble was brewing. Recently, Pooch stopped by "Sway In the Morning" and during his chat they called up Tia. Watch what happens when Sway asks about what's going on with "The Game. "

20 Year Old Confesses to Having S ex With Boyfriend's 7-Year Old Son!

Alicia Gaston, 20, of Cincinnati, OH is facing a r ape charge for allegedly r aping the seven-year-old son of her boyfriend, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Cincinnati police say Gaston has confessed to engaging in se xual in tercourse with the boy on April 10, 2011. A state entity charged with protecting children said they never knew of the incident, or why it took so long for the case to be reported.

Gaston faces one count of rape. She has been ordered to stay away from the child by a municipal court judge during a hearing today and her bail was set at $75,000. Gaston’s lawyer, who stood in for her regular attorney at today’s hearing, said mental issues may be involved in this case.

Read the rest of the story at The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Something ain't right about this case. I wonder if this is one of those cases where the boyfriend thought it would be a good idea to "give his boy some"?

Lil Kim Looks a Hot Mess... Again!

It feels like just yesterday that I congratulated Lil KimToya JackDashian for getting a new stylist and looking human for a change - but she's back.

Check Out the Last Song Whitney Houston Recorded: "Celebrate" featuring Jordin Sparks...

Although I'm happy to hear anything from Whitney, this is kinda bitter sweet for me. On the one hand, I love the fact that there's new music from my girl, Whitney, but I'm so sad that this is the last track she recorded - particularly since Jordin outsang her.

This track was recorded for the Sparkle flick starring Whitney and Jordin, due out this summer.

If you're disappointed in the track, trust and believe there are many, many Whitney songs sitting in the can that never made it onto her albums - tracks that will definitely see the light of day and I'm sure many of those are prime" Whitney.

Arsenio Hall Wins Apprentice Title; Networks Interested in Talk Show!

Who said being a has been and appearing on a reality show can't revive a career? Tell that to Arsenio Hall who won this season's Apprentice. After queening out on Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day for the entire season, it looks like being the no-nonsense brother has worked out for Arsenio two-fold.

First, he wins the coveted title of The Apprentice, then, he goes on The View and says that he's interested in another talk show and boom! just like magic - not one, not two, but three networks are interested in bringing Chunky A back to the small screen.

Don't tell me the power of television ain't a bad, bad girl.

You better do it, Arsie!

"Think Like a Man" Banned in France Because of Black Cast?

Steve Harvey’s hit film Think Like a Man won’t be shown in France because of its predominantly Black cast.

Shortly after controversy erupted over the crowning on Miss Black France, there's news that Think Like A Man has been banned in France for a lack of diversity.

GlobalVoicesOnline.org addressed how an American film plays an important role in the French social issue. Writer Faienne Flessel argues that French films typically do not reflect the country’s ethnic diversity although the recent success of Les Intouchables starring French actor Omar Sy brought about some hope, but not lasting change.

A note from the Facebook page Negro News mentions that although the film is supportive of an all black cast, French media supports mixed couples. “The French state has had a sociopolitical strategy which favors interracial relationships rather than valuing communities. In the comedy ‘Think Like A Man,’ the focus is on black couples," the post reads.

However it should be pointed out that Gabrielle Union and Jerry Ferrara star in the film as an interracial couple.

The point of contention on the Miss Black France pageant and Think Like a Man theatre screenings is that the French society refuses to screen positive images of African Americans who receive little representation in the media. But does it also send a message of “reverse discrimination?” Francois Durpaire, historian and specialist of cultural diversity posed the question, “what if a fair blonde French young woman wants to participate?”

—Malaika Nicholas

Boy Finally Stands Up to Abusive Father for Killing Brother!

In the second day of proceedings in the Terry Sturgis trial, the jury heard from two of his other boys. They also heard from his niece who lived in the same home as Terry and his children.

Terry Sturgis faces 14 counts relating to the death of his son, Tramelle, and the battery of a second son. The prosecution and Sturgis' 14-year-old son, went through a timeline of the night that Tramelle Sturgis died. He said that his father hit both him and Tramelle with a stick and burned them with an iron.

The boy also recounted some other instances when he says he was beaten by his father. He mentioned one instance where he had to be taken to Memorial Hospital and received twelve stitches.

He also talked about two times when Department of Child Services workers came to their home. "I wanted to try and tell, because I got sick and tired of getting beaten every day," but Sturgis' 14-year-old son says he did not tell DCS workers about what was happening to him. He said Terry Sturgis told the boys to lie to DCS workers.

During his testimony several jurors could be seen crying. After a short break in his testimony jurors returned to the courtroom with tissues in their hand. A handful of pictures were shown to the jury of the 14 year old boys injuries, including bruises and burns.

Tramelle Sturgis' nine year old brother also testified about the night his Tramelle Sturgis died. As he walked into the courtroom several jurors smiled at the young boy. He recounted that the night his brother died he and his siblings were doing what they usually do when, "My dad came down with that stick. He started whoopin us." He said an older female cousin continued his "whoopin" upstairs after his father, Terry Sturgis, told her to. Once she saw blood, he said the cousin stopped.

When asked by the Prosecutor what the worst thing was that happened to him that night Tramelle died he responded with, "getting whipped by the exercise machine that was metal."

A female cousin who lived on the second floor of the home where the Sturgis' lived also testified Friday. She called Tramelle a "smart little boy." She told the jury that she and Tramelle like to write songs with each other and even had names for one another. She called Tramelle "young Melle Melle."

The cousin testified that the Sturgis boys did get in trouble a lot but she said she never saw her uncle, Terry Sturgis, be physical with them. She also said that before Tramelle's death she only ever saw a couple bruises on the boys.

When asked by the prosecutor if she ever heard her grandmother talk to her uncle, Terry Sturgis, about the beatings she said yes, "She would ask him not to whoop em. She would tell him to stop that he's gonna kill one of em."

The defense asked her if Terry Sturgis was always mean to the kids she responded by saying no, "My uncle still loves kids."

Oh My Word! Young Buck Receives Eviction Notice!

Baby, I'm willing to bet that Young Buck hates the day he ever "bucked" 50 Cent! I'm sure this will go down in hip hop history as the most brutal, non-lyrical/violent massacre of a beef to ever hit the game.

50 shut Young Buck down, literally!

The former G-Unit rapper was ordered to vacate his 5,000 square foot home by May 16th.

The details surrounding the eviction are unclear -- however, court docs show the judge in Buck's bankruptcy case signed off on the sale of the house ... and ordered that the proceeds go towards paying off his massive $333,975.69 debt to Uncle Sam.

Sources tell us ... the rapper -- who bought the house in 2004 -- was spotted earlier this week carrying boxes and removing all of his stuff from the residence.

If filthy scent had a heart, he would go ahead and pay the $300 G's, give him a deal and welcome him back to G-Unit with a hearty, "Now, next time daddy say "hot"... you won't put your hands on the stove, will you?"

But I don't see that happening, so - there's a unit available in my building, Bucky.

Usher Testifies That Tameka Foster Spit On and "Attacked" His New Broad...

Look, I know I give Tameka Foster Raymond a bunch of $hit, but that's just because I think she goes too far at times, but for the most part, I ain't mad at her for this right here.

Ursha should have known better if he believed that Meka was crazy, right? Hell, the new broad should have known better. Why would you take your new broad, the one you were reportedly messing with while you were married to Tameka, to her house to pick up the kids? Some $hit you just don't do.

Date her if you want to, love her if you want to, marry her if you want to, but if things between us are still heated and the hatred hasn't subsided, don't bring that b*tch to my house, playa.

Again, I ain't mad at Tameka right here. I probably would have whooped both of their a$$es too.

According to TMZ:

Usher blasted his ex-wife in court today -- testifying that Tameka Foster flew into a jealous rage, hitting him, throwing food, and worst of all ... spitting on his girlfriend.

Usher took the stand in his ongoing child custody trial with his ex, and under questioning by his attorney, revealed how Tameka once went ballistic and "wanted to fight" ... when he showed up at her house with his new sidepiece.

Ush testified Tameka walked to his car and said, "I'm gonna kick your ass. Bitch get out of the car. How dare you bring this woman into my subdivision in my house?"

He added, "She continued to spit. At this point she pulled the door open, tried to swing at her."

Usher claims he had to get out of the car and block Tameka ... who then hit him. Usher said he pleaded with Tameka to calm down, but claims "she threw a plate of food at the car" ... as he fled the situation.

You gotta hear Usher describe the intense showdown -- and remember, Tameka previously testified she once told the gf, "I will f**k you up."

Bobbi Kristina Under Investigation for Underaged Gambling!

Bobbi Kris can't seem to catch a break - first, she was blamed for the fact that Billboard Awards PR team leaked her named and alluded to the fact that she was going to be performing during the tribute to her mother and then got up there, said, "thanks" and walked off - now she's in trouble for apparently leaving that sad (read with all the facetiousness you can muster) Whitney "tribute"... and then went to play the slots.

Before we get into the story about Krissy, let's touch on that Whitney tribute for a second. Really, Billboard? After all that Whitney Houston has contributed to the music industry, after arguably being the best to ever pick up a microphone, after all the spots she's occupied on the billboard charts - you "tribute" her with two measly a$$ songs, by a b and c lister?

Two songs? Michael was dead for 45 minutes and everybody in the industry wanted to take part in the tribute to him, but Whitney Houston has been gone for three months and the most talent you could pull together was Jordin Sparks and John Legend? You had three months and couldn't confirm more talent and have a more fitting tribute to the queen with her daughter in the audience?

I was sick with despair after watching that, even though Jordin did well, it should have been more. Having John Legend as the biggest star to tribute Whitney Houston is like having Ashanti be the headliner at a Patti Labelle tribute. Why?

Anyway, back to the reason for this post:

The MGM Grand in Vegas has launched an internal investigation into video footage showing Whitney Houston's underage daughter Bobbi Kristina gambling at its casino this weekend.

TMZ posted the video this morning ... showing 19-year-old Bobbi hitting the slots Saturday night with her 22-year-old boyfriend. Bobbi was in town to attend the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday.

A rep for the MGM tells TMZ, it is now looking into the incident.

The Nevada Gaming Commission has also launched its own investigation into the footage.

Underage gambling is a misdemeanor in Nevada, punishable by up to 6 months in county jail or $1,000 fine. The MGM Grand could be subject to an even heftier fine.

Monday, May 21st - Dear Miss Pearl...

Dear Miss Pearl,

My 18 year old son, who is a straight A student on a full scholarship at Purdue University in Indiana. He has always been a very quiet, motivated young man who has taken care of business. He's an only child who has always been abnormally responsible and mature for his age.

I never really had to worry about doing things that most parents did for there children, like buy a whole lot of tennis shoes, clothes etc because he always had a job and took care of those things himself. So, when he graduated #2 in his high school class, I had no problem purchasing him a brand new car and doing what I had to do to pay the note on it every month.

Here's where things go left. Brandon started not returning my phone calls as often, and his grades went from A's to C's!! Immediately, my husband and I flew to Indiana to see what was going on with him, suspecting drugs or something because everything he was doing was so out of character.

Turns out, he went from a full-time student to PART time so that he could continue to work at a car parts store the rest of the time. Why? Because his 18 year old ass has moved in with a 33 year old single mother with four children!! She doesn't work, she waits on child support from two of her kid's father and because he saw that she was struggling, he decided to stop going to school to help him.

I was PISSED when I found out that while he's at work SHE drives the car that I pay for every single month. Miss Pearl, this boy is talking about marrying this woman and his father and I are going crazy with worry.

Please help,

Mother on the edge
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Dear Mother,

Girl, you got a right to be on edge! Your son is mature for his age, and it's great that he's so responsible that he's even willing to put his own life on hold to take care of the people he "believes" that he loves, but realistically I don't see this woman being in love with this child - and I definitely don't see this thing lasting.

If she were any kind of woman and she REALLY loved your son, she would see the potential he has as a straight A student and say, "I'll get a job, while you work whatever hours you can, so that you can get that degree and THEN we'll come up. For her to allow him to quit school to work part time with the potential HE has, says to me that she's concerned about making it right now - and your son is "convenient" for her.

I hate to say it, but more likely than not, the more you push, the more she's going to be able to use that to HER advantage. Your son needs to understand the importance of education in today's society, but at the same time, he needs to understand that this woman probably won't be around in the next two years. So, he'll eventually look back on this to find that he's thrown away some valuable time toward obtaining his career goals and beginning his life.

As far as the car is concerned... that was a HIGH SCHOOL graduation gift, you bought it for that purpose, so unless there were conditions that he had to continue his "streak" in college, you should leave that alone - to take it from him, or regulate what happens to it will, once again, give her more ammunition to turn him against you and your husband.

My fear right now is that this lady is comfortable living in the "right now" so, she won't be able to CLEARLY see the benefits of long term hard work such as school. She's ghetto, and hopefully, she won't turn your son out.

Give him time to get himself together - don't push him though because he got him a taste of grown woman coochie and he ain't trying to hear NOTHIN you have to say. I suggest you have his dad sit down and talk to him because it's going to be too easy for her to make you look like a bad person as a woman.

Good luck sweetie, let me know how things turn out.

If you want advice from Miss Pearl, send me an email to: misspearlswindow@yahoo.com

Bobbi Kristina Accepts Award on Behalf of Whitney...

All of that hopin', and wishin', and prayin' and Krissy showed up long enough to say "thanks... bye" - no singing (as suspected)...

I know I'm not the only who was worried about Krissy's appearance. She didn't look well - at all. I'm going to attribute her disheveled hairdo and overall troubling appearance to her crying while watching John Legend and Jordin Sparks tribute her mother..

I will not say that her appearance was eerily reminiscent of a few times that I've seen Whitney in the past.

Chris Brown Just Doesn't Know When to Say "When" - New Song: "B*tch, I'm Paid!"

Maybe it's just me, but a song about money, his b*tches, etc. just isn't what Chris Brown needs right now. I've said it once, and I'll say it again - as hard as it was for him to get back into the good graces of people who just didn't want to see him do well after the Rihanna debacle, to attack her in a song and then do something like this just ain't a good look.

This feels all kinds of ill advised to me.

If I were Chrissy Brown, I would be singing "lollipop, lollipop, ohh looolli loooolli looooolli - loooolliPOP!" Until the people who control the industry either die off, or until the people who are too young to remember the Ririsha mess grow up!

With that wack a$$ Billboard Awards performance, his little anorexic lookin' a$$ should be grateful.

Leave Little Raven Symone Alone! Actress Addresses Gay Rumors!

Last week, a magazine (that shall remain unnamed) decided to out Raven, claiming that she was in a relationship with America's Next Top Model's AzMarie and living together in Raven's NYC apartment.

Well, Raven decided to UNaddress the rumors with a not so complete denial via Twitter:

I'm living my PERSONAL life the way I'm happiest. I'm not one, in my 25 year career to disclose who I'm dating. and I shall not start now.

My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life.

However that is my right as a HUMAN BEing whether straight or gay. To tell or not to tell. As long as I'm not harming anyone.

I am a light being made from love. And my career is the only thing I would like to put on display, not my personal life. Kisses!

Not necessarily, "I'm not gay", but more of a, "If ah, wonna take a broad, home with me toniiight - it's none of yo bus-nezz!"

Go 'head, Raven! I agree. They don't care about your movies, your music, or your broadway show, but they're worried about who you're sleeping with? You should have continued to ignore that $hit... you don't owe anybody any explainations.

New Music from Ma$e: "What You Do"

Check out the track from Ma$e below. I love Mase, gawd knows ah do... but doesn't this just feel weird that he doesn't know if he wants to be a thug, or a pastor?

Even weirder... doesn't his new cadence sound strange?

I wouldn't have a problem if Idris Elba was a deeply religous man, but still did questionable acting roles, so I guess, at the end of the day, you can still be a religious person and do your thing career-wise. I just think when you become a preacher, you're held to a different standard in my head.

Lil Kim Gets Help from Eve & Missy!

Pepa, Eve, KimToya, & Missy

The New York leg of Lil KimToya JackDashian's "Return of the Queen" tour was star-studded with appearances from E-V-E and Missy Elliot making it a cute oldies, but goodies review!

It probably took some guest appearances to help bring some noise to this tour as most people in NYC probably expected a Jay Z, Mary J, etc sighting.

I'm happy for KimToya, she's actually looking a little better these days too. I'm assuming she's fired that terrible stylist and decided to pay someone with a little skill - the thing is, they have to work with what they're being given.

I'm kinda surprised to see Eve show up since "they say" she has been moving and shaking amongst the uber rich set and has become the broad of a billonaire.

Music Charts

Carrie Underwood held onto #1 for the second consecutive week, but hip-hop and R&B are still making an impact.

Lionel Richie's Tuskegee also sees a mother-fueled jump, climbing #6-3 with 71,000 (up 11% from last week); and Norah Jones' Little Broken Hearts slips #2-5 with 60,000 this week.

R&B singer Tank rounded out the Billboard 200's Top 10 this week with his latest album, This Is How I Feel. The album debuts at #9, selling 33,000 copies. It features guest appearances from Chris Brown, T.I., and Busta Rhymes.

It's Tank's first new album since 2010's Now or Never, and his third to open within the top 10. His highest charting album came in 2007 with Sex, Love & Pain, which bowed at #2.

Later, B.o.B.'s Strange Clouds falls to #12, selling 25,000 copies. To date, it's sold over 100,00o copies.
Closing out the top 20 is Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, selling 18,000 and nears gold sales with 454,000 units sold domestically.

Queen Drags Pregnant Woman Across a Side Walk During Attack; No One Intervenes...

See, this is when a real man needed to step in and beat his orange haired a$$ into the side walk. These kids today - SMH

Ashanti's Album Delayed - Again... Again!

I've been telling Ashanti that ain't nobody for her for years, but she shows up to an event standing next to Nelly and see's the lights of the cameras flashing and thinks it's all about her.
If you were as surprised as I was that someone gave her another chance at a record deal, then you won't be surprised to find out that said album, Braveheart has been delayed again.

After initially being assigned an April 17th release, the LP was bumped to June 19th despite the fact that lead single The Woman You Love getting some surprising radio love, the album been pushed back once again – this time to August 28th.

I think Ashanti should just sing radio jingles.

Man Puts Baby in Washing Machine; Machine Starts

Oh my God, this had me holding my breath the entire time! This is the dramatic moment a foolish couple decided it would be a good idea to freak out their child by putting him in a washing machine.

It starts off like any average scene at a Laundromat, with a few clusters of people sorting out their laundry into machines and then the father decided that it would be a good idea to put the baby in the washer - I'm assuming he didn't know that the mother had already put money in the machine and when he closed the door, it locked and the cycle (and horror) began.

I don't know what the outcome was here, but I hear the baby died.

Warning: This is VERY hard to watch!