THIRSSS DAY

Timberlake: 'I'm Not Pregnant'

Justin Timberlake joked that he's not pregnant to Jay Leno, and his best pal says he's not getting married anytime soon.
Pregnancy may be the newest Hollywood trend (enter Jessica Alba, Ashlee Simpson, Jamie Lynn Spears, the list goes on...), but Justin Timberlake isn't jumping on that bandwagon.
The pop singer appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tuesday night, where he squashed rumors that he might be engaged to girlfriend Jessica Biel - or pregnant, for that matter.
"Am I engaged? In what?" Timberlake joked to Leno, "I'm engaged in a conversation with you." He took the joke even further, insisting, "I'm not pregnant."
And Timberlake's longtime pal, Trace Ayala, told Usmagazine.com that the "SexyBack" singer isn't getting married anytime soon.
"I hope so," Ayala said when asked if Timberlake and Biel would tie the knot. He added, "To be honest, I don't see them in the future, but I hope so. I really do."
Ayala, for one, is pulling for a Timberlake/Biel union: "It is not just her, it is also him when he is with her — it is awesome," he told the magazine. "They are just awesome together. She is just a great girl."

Stalled Spears Memoir Set For Autumn Release

The memoir Lynne Spears was forced to put on hold when her youngest daughter Jamie Lynn got pregnant last year now has a release date.

Spears had almost completed the book, about raising her famous daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn, when the teenager revealed she was expecting her first child.
The news and the furor which followed prompted Lynne to shelve her book plans, but now the tome will hit stores this autumn, according to publishers Thomas Nelson.
A spokesman for the company insists Spears never stopped working on the book: "She wants to express her love for her children and tell their stories through a mother's eyes."
The book will be titled Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, and it's expected to include all the Spears family drama from 2008 as well as Lynne's experiences as a first-time grandmother.

Ne-Yo Crushing on Alicia Keys

R&B cat Ne-Yo has developed a crush on tourmate Alicia Keys but fears she has no idea he's smitten with her.

The "So Sick" singer admits he hasn't been obvious with his feelings for the R&B beauty.
The pair are currently on the road in the U.S. as part of the As I Am tour, alongside former American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.
He says, "I don't think she knows... When we're passing each other in the halls, I'm like, 'Hey Alicia.'
"I just think she's a beautiful person, inside and out. I mean she's gorgeous...and she's smart and she has a huge heart. She's the total package."
But Ne-Yo feels sure that her friends and bandmates all know how he feels about the sexy singer because of his gestures towards her when she's not looking: "She don't see me do it... I know because I watch her walk away."

Madonna's Brother To Pen Tell-All Memoir

Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone plans to release a tell-all memoir about his superstar sibling - set to be published without the singer's permission.

Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone plans to release a tell-all memoir about his superstar sibling - set to be published without the singer's permission.
Ciccone, 47, is penning the tome with infamous celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh, who has written intimate biographies on Liza Minnelli and Grace Kelly - and is due to be released next month.
The book, published by Simon & Schuster, is reportedly: "Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister - the most famous woman in the world."
However, the book is allegedly set to be released without the Material Girl star's consent, with the star's publicist Liz Rosenberg stating: "Madonna has not cooperated with any biography about herself."
Madonna's relationship with her younger brother is said to have become strained in recent years, even though the pair worked together intimately in the early 1990s, with Ciccone serving as artistic director on the star's 1991 documentary In Bed With Madonna, and designing and directing her Girlie Show tour in 1993.

Jennifer Lopez Drops By Obama's DC Office

Rumors are circulating that Lopez may be penning a song for the Presidential hopeful.

J-Ho reportedly dropped by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama's Washington office for a meeting.
"I'm not ready to do any press yet," Lopez told The Hill Wednesday when asked what she was doing in the area.
The Washington political newspaper said rumors are circulating that Lopez may be penning a song for the Illinois senator.
The security detail guarding the presidential hopeful's door doubled from two to four during the course of the meeting.
After 90 minutes, an Obama staffer opened the door and told the crowd that had gathered outside, "She's gone," explaining she left the building with less fanfare than she entered.

LIL’ WAYNE DOES IT BIG WITH CARTER III

Lil’ Wayne is probably going to get the last laugh. The lil’ guy made quite a few mad after he dissed the DJ population. All that controversy might have helped his stature in the general population. Based on early sales trends, he is looking to push like 850,000 to 950,000 albums in his first week sales. WOW! If he hits those marks, he would have sold more than both Usher and Mariah Carey combined and have the highest debut this year. The reviews have been mixed but sales is what ultimately matters for Universal Records. Click here to read the AHH review of The Carter III.
Also, I have to commend Cash Money as an organization for not suing any of the alleged bootlegger DJs…what happens in the street is another thing. Still they did their thing on this one…wow.

HOW WAYNE CELEBRATED THE CARTER III

Well peoples, on 06/10/08 the good folk of the Hip-Hop community finally reached the day when owning the Carter III wasn't criminal; or at least unethical. Also, on that day we figured out Lil Wayne wasn't in re-hab (unless he took the 8-hour speed course) because he was gallivanting across the lovely state of Maryland celebrating the release of his latest and, according to some, greatest album. So, from what I've heard there was a concert at The 1st Mariner Arena and then an after party at a club called Sonar, both in downtown Baltimore. And well……. I don't know what you were expecting, but I deal in real. And the real is what my homes slices got (Who luvs ya B-More). Following a watch that would make CP time mad, he showed up over an hour late for the performance, brought a bus load of his best friends on stage and sounded a lil, a dash, a weeny bit, a tad……inebriated. If you get high off that syrup are you high or are you drunk? Hmmm…… Anyway, I was told his performance was so-so but the crowd didn't trip and all was well in the land of Wires and Corners and Homicide. I did not hear if he made it to Sonar. But I really hope he did, because standing in the vestibule was setting folks back $30.00. But as soon as I know, you know.

AIN'T NOBODY HUMPIN' AROUND DAY

SORRY KIDS...NEWS IS KINDA WEAK TODAY!!

Scott Storch Wanted Over 40K Child Support Bill

Published Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:43 PM By Tai Saint Louis Multi-platinum producer Scott Storch is wanted by the Miami-Dade police after missing a court appearance, the Miami Herald reports today (June 11). Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Marc Schumacher issued a warrant for Storch's arrest after he failed to appear at the latest hearing in an ongoing child support battle with the mother of his two-year-old son Jalen. The boy's mother, Dalene Jennifer Daniel, originally filed a complaint in 2006 stating that Storch owed $46,000 in back child support. The balance represents $30,000 in monthly payments and $16,000 in contributions to Jalen's Florida Prepaid College Plan, as set forth in a mediated settlement agreement between Storch and Daniel. Once in custody, Storch would have to pay the full balance in order to be released on bond. Otherwise the warrant authorizes police to keep him in jail until his next court appearance. Storch was also recently hit with a new paternity suit, this one by the mother of Steven Brandon Bedillo, a 16-year-old son whom he had acknowledged and willingly provided financial support for until January of this year. The plaintiff, Vanessa Bedillo, filed an emergency child support petition after she and her son were evicted from their Ft. Lauderdale-area apartment in May. Bedillo further alleges that Storch is $5,000 behind in tuition payments for Steven, who attends the American Heritage School in Plantation, FL. Steven's car, a gift from his father, was also recently repossessed. Bedillio is asking that Storch "be required to pay the monthly rent, private school, and child support." "While he drives around in his Ferrari and Cadillac, [Steven] is sleeping on a couch in the same room as his mother," Bedillo's attorney Paul Leinoff told The Miami Herald. While there is no word on Storch's whereabouts his attorney Guy Spiegelman maintains that his current financial predicament, which also includes a debt of $511,839 in back taxes, came about because Storch was a "victim of mismanagement of his business enterprises. Storch is currently in the process of refinancing his $10.5 million Miami Beach home and plans to fulfill all of his obligations.

LIL WAYNE SLATED TO STILL SELL OVER 900K

Despite Tha Carter III leaking on the Internet over a week ago, New Orleans, Louisiana rapper Lil' Wayne is expected to sell between 850,000 and 950,000 albums in his first week sales. According to Entertainment Weekly, the album is set to surpass both of 2008's highest-selling first week albums, Mariah Carey's E=MC2 and Usher's Here I Stand which sold 463,000 and 433,000. Executive VP of sales for Universal Motown Republic Group Pat Monaco explained the unexpected number of albums sold and why the leaking is helping rather than hurting Weezy's prospected totals. "The sales the first few hours were exceeding the rate that the Kanye album sold a year ago," he said. "[Tha Carter III] was one of these records that, because it was so highly anticipated, with the leaks and everything, it caused more people to go out at eight in the morning to buy the CD." With first week sales looking to possibly beat both Carey and Usher's albums combined, Monaco also explained the impact bootlegging unfinished recordings on mixtapes and Lil' Wayne's non-stop recording habit had on the album. "[We] were like putting a traditional set-up and street date on a guy that was just nontraditional," he affirmed. "It changed dates, changed titles, changed songs, changed the people that were working on it. But sonically, the record bears out." If the reports hold true and Lil' Wayne is able to pass Carey, Tha Carter III will not only be the biggest album of the year but will also regain the top spot for a hip-hop artist since Kanye West last September. As previously reported by SOHH, Tha Carter III was intentionally leaked by various mixtape djs including DJ Chuck T due to negative statements made against them by Weezy.

SOHH has learned that release date for the highly anticipated upcoming album LAX from Compton, California rapper The Game has been delayed yet again.

Black Wall Street New Media and Digital Marketing Director Grego confirmed to SOHH that the album release has been rescheduled to July 22nd. No explanation for the new date was given.

Game was originally scheduled for a June 24th release date along with G-Unit's Terminate On Site before being pushed back twice to July 8th.

"I will drop my album on July 8 in order to clean up the mess 50 made with his new release on July 1st," Game recently told SOHH.

LAX will follow-up the Compton rapper's '06 release, The Doctor's Advocate, and will supposedly be his final album before retiring from music.

Game's L.A.X. is set to release July 22nd and will feature artists including Lil' Wayne, Busta Rhymes and Common.

R. KELLY TRIAL UPDATE!

Testimony ended in the R. Kelly trial yesterday but the prosecution and defense were disputing the tape at the center of the trial, which is the key piece of evidence for both sides.

According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the dispute was initiated by a DVD copy of the alleged sex tape the prosecution gave to Kelly's team. Prosecutors told the defense it was an exact copy of the original when it was a lower quality duplicate. Kelly's team used this copy to question their DVD expert.

Judge Vincent Gaughan said, "This is the rotten tomato in the barrel."

Prosecutors called to the stand two rebuttal witnesses, including their video expert Grant Fredericks, who originally testified the man on the tape had a dark spot on his lower back which would correspond with the mole on Kelly's back.

Video forensic expert Charles Palm told jurors that the black mark on the lower back of the man on the tape is not a mole but a result of video distortion. Palm said since the video has been duplicated numerous times it appears and disappears. Fredericks testified yesterday, the DVD he analyzed during his first testimony was not an accurate reproduction.

"Half the information I was showing was not on Exhibit 78," Fredericks told jurors. "None of the detail I was presenting in court would be present."

While defense lawyer Ed Genson admitted he had "no doubt that it was a mistake," he also said "we used [the DVD] as a basis for putting Mr. Palm on the stand."

The prosecution and defense later resolved the dispute privately but it was not revealed how.

Atlanta prosecutor Bobby Wolf also took the stand yesterday to rebut defense claims that the prosecution's key witness, Lisa Van Allen testified in Kelly's trial as part of a plea bargain for her fiancée in a separate criminal case. Van Allen testified to having multiple three way sexual encounters with Kelly and the alleged victim. Her fiancé Yul Brown was arrested on gun and drug charges in February and faced up to 22 years in prison. He received probation after pleading guilty and the defense believed he then arranged for Van Allen to testify against Kelly.

Wolf said he was not contacted by anyone from the Cook County State's Attorney's Office about Yul Brown. He also said he recommended Brown receive prison time but an Atlanta judge gave him probation.

"There was absolutely no connection" between Van Allen's testifying and Brown's sentencing, Wolf told jurors.

When asked by Judge Gaughan if he knew he had the constitutional right to take the stand, Kelly told him, "I decided not to testify."

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin tomorrow.

The multi-Grammy award winning R&B singer faces 14 counts of videotaping, producing, or soliciting child pornography. He pled innocent to all charges and if convicted could face up to 15 years in prison.

10 Reasons Jermaine Dupri must be a Leprechaun a.k.a.

The Luckiest Little Man in Hip Hop

By Charlamagne Tha God (Fellow Shadyville DJ)

10) Money Ain’t a Thing Video - This video was all the Luck of the Leprechaun. Using his Leprechaun luck, a phone book, and pedal extensions, he was lucky enough to be able to reach the pedals of those hot ass cars he was driving in this video. This video did a lot for the Leprechauns image and had him mentioned in the same breath as Sean Combs, but only when people said damn JD trying to be like Puffy.

9) Kris Kross - This was one of the Leprechauns first pots of gold. He was lucky enough to discover two childhood friends, Chris Kelly and Chris Smith in 1991 at an Atlanta shopping mall. Dupri thought the two “looked like a rap group” and proceeded to gas these twelve-year olds to wear their clothes backwards. There debut album “Totally Krossed Out” went 4 xs platinum in the US and to this day nobody really knows why? I also always wondered if he encouraged them to wear there boxers backwards? If he did, with the hole in the back instead of the front, their album should have been called “Totally Assed Out”.

8) Whoever introduced him to Bow Wow - In 1998 at the age of eleven, Bow Wow was introduced to JD who sprinkled a little Leprechaun luck on Bow Wow’s young career. Now I don’t know who introduced Bow Wow to the Leprechaun but half of this pot of gold should have gone to them. Nobody gave a damn about Slow Slow Death in 1998. I mean nobody cares now, but they where damn near dead then. It was rumored that Bow Wow was a Leprechaun, but nobody would really knew until he got older. Those rumors have been shot down now that he’s older because he’s too tall to be a Leprechaun and has established himself pretty well in the music and film industry (without the Leprechaun’s assistance).

7) His Braids - JD was lucky enough to wear cornrows years after going bald. This combined with his natural Leprechaun height kept up his youthful appearance so he didn’t look like Bow Wow’s vertically challenged father in Bow Wow’s videos.

6) Da Brat - Now this is when rumors of JD being a lucky little Leprechaun really started. He swagger jacked Snoop and reincarnated his style in the form of a female MC and Da Brat was born. Even though much better MCs like Queen Latifah and MC Lyte came before her and had commercial and critical success none of them ever went platinum, but Da Brat did. She was the first female solo artist to ever go platinum. The Leprechaun strikes again.

5) The Street Single - This is what Greg Street was talking about when he said the Leprechaun was a BDS A&R. He goes and grabs pots of gold that are already out there and claims them as his own for example: Bone Crusher (Neva Scared), J-Kwon (Tipsy), Youngbloodz (Damn), Franchise Boys (I think They Like Me) and Rocko (Umma Do Me). A deaf man could hear these where going to be hits, but JD was lucky enough to sign these artists at key periods in Slow Slow Deaths existence. These records have served as life support for a label that should have been dead years ago.

4) Michael Mauldin - The Leprechauns father and former President of Columbia Records. What, you thought JD worked his way into the game? No! He was lucky enough to get handed his position in the game. This explains why he doesn’t really have an ear for talent most of his artist where introduced to him by someone else (see # 8) or they where more gimmick than talent i.e., Kris Kross, Da Brat and Bow Wow, or they already had a single buzzing (see # 5) and JD just stamped So So Def on it and called it his own. Who needs an ear for talent when your father was a president for a major record label? Lucky bastard!

3) The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey’s comeback record went 6 xs platinum, fueled by the singles “It’s Like That”, “We Belong Together” and “Shake it Off”, all co produced and co written by JD. This had to be the luck of the Leprechaun (see # 2).

2) Janet Jackson - This is the moment when people realized JD was not human, but was an actual real live Leprechaun living among us. How did he bag Janet Jackson? The Luck of the Leprechaun!! This is how we know the Emancipation of Mimi was pure leprechaun luck because he had two chances to bring Janet back with 20 Y.O. and Discipline and couldn’t do it. He used all his pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers to bag Janet in the first place. He had no more luck left as far as she was concerned to make pots of gold appear at the end of the rainbows of her last two albums.

1) DJs playing Slow Slow Death Records - If it wasn’t for the DJ, not one record JD produced or wrote would have ever been played! If it wasn’t for the DJ, Da Brat and Bow Wow would be nobodies! If it wasn’t for the DJ, he would have never established the So So Def DJs even though we know he did this just to have a coalition of people to force his latest batch of hot garbage down the world’s throats! Now since his, “The DJ is dead” comments, the Leprechaun’s luck has run out. The DJ has no reason to support a mediocre talent, with a mediocre roster of artist and a very mediocre label. R.I.P. to the Leprechaun’s career, sadly it was already dying a Slow Slow Death.

PLIES MAKES THE LADIES CRY!!

Plies might be the dirtiest rappin' ass cat in the game but the man has a good heart. Most of these new rappers come out of the gate so happy that they're makin' loot that they make it rain in strip clubs...Plies is cut from a different cloth!

He really is from the streets but is eloquent as hell when he speaks...either way a woman called into the interview to thank him because his music is keepin her goin through her rough time of being a single mother...then the big homie decided to come out of pocket to help out the family! real big!! The audio's below:

MONDAY MADNESS!!!!

AMY WINEHOUSE:
OFFICIALLY A DUMBASS...AGAIN

MARIAH...ALWAYS RIDIN' THE T.I.P

There's a bombshell rumor brewing on the set of Mariah Carey's new music video. According to one member of the crew, the entire set is buzzing with the news that R&B singer Mariah Carey and rapper T.I. have begun a secret relationship.

The two platinum selling artists are currently in Hawaii filming Mariah's latest video - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time. And word is - Mariah may be loving T.I. long time.

SuperThrowed.net, spoke with a member of the crew, who claims that the two snuck off the set together - and no one knew where they were for nearly 2 hours. The insider explained, "They both mysteriously disappeared and held up [production] for almost two hours ... When they came back, they were both smiling uncontrollably." The insider continued, "There's a lot of chemistry between them, everyone could see it."

T.I. is currently engaged to former Xscape artist Tameka "Tiny" Cottle and Mariah Carey is married to actor Nick Cannon. SuperThrowed.net has confirmed that neither Tiny nor Nick are in Hawaii.

WARREN G ARRESTED AFTER KANYE SHOW

According to TMZ.com:It was a clear black night, a clear white moon, Warren G was on the streets -- then got arrested for possession of A LOT of marijuana.G, real name Warren Griffin III, and a man named Ryan Butler were pulled over for running a red light around 2 AM PT this morning in Hollywood. Butler was driving. When cops searched the car, they found enough marijuana to arrest both men for possession of narcotics with intent to sell!Warren and Butler posted $20,000 bail each and were released at around 9 AM this morning.Calls to Warren's reps have yet to be returned.

It's a damn shame that my dude got caught up in this situation...so much for the next stop being east side moteeeh he he he he he he el. I mean what really gets me about this situation....just like T.I.'s case is that this ish could have been avoided...I mean how much chiefery does Snoop travel with at any given time? Willie Nelson? Busta Rhymes? Exactly...clean up your act and put out a better product...I mean you had an era of music named after you sucka!!!

QUEEN LATIFAH MARRYING HER GIRL

The alleged lesbian lovers have never officially confirmed they're a couple, but now they've been rumored to have been planning to wed in an intimate ceremony for family and close friends to attend.Marriage definitely is on the card for Queen Latifah. The alleged lesbian is said to have been planning to wed her rumored fiancee, personal trainer Jeanette Jenkins, soon now that California recognizes gay marriage.

Now all we need is MC Lyte to come outta the closet...Why can't we have any decent female rappers that like men? I mean there's enough male rappers that like men...but that's last week's news

Bobby Brown's Son nails Lindsey Lohan
in a private party bathroom!

Or so he says...and she ain't denied it! Read on....
Thanks UK tabloid The Sun!Bobby Brown’s so Brandon is claiming that he got intimate with the actress in a toilet. Apparently Lindsay – who most recently has been seen cosying up to female DJ Samantha Ronson – couldn’t resist the reality TV star’s charms. He boasts:“Me and Lindsay got really, really close. She followed me to the bathroom during a private party, and, well, we basically got together. I think she knew who I was when she first saw me. We were just staring at each other and she walked by. I walked into the bathroom and she followed me in.” (Source)

With her attached to Samantha Ronson’s hip 24/7 nowadays, sometimes we forget just how c*ckhungry Lindsay Lohan can be. This dude basically seduced her with eye contact. Not a “hi,” not a “hello,” eye contact. If hooking up with random dudes in bathrooms was an Olympic event, Lindsay Lohan would have 900 gold medals. She’s the United States, Paris Hilton is Russia, and every other chick in L.A. is Burundi." Celebslam.com"

Meanwhile there are at least two guys who claim to have done the deed in separate bathroom incidents years ago with another notorious party girl. Nicole Richie, whose much calmer lifestyle seems more permanent than Lindsay’s, had both Busta Rhymes and Jason Mewes of “Jay and Silent Bob” bragging about their quickies with the skinny socialite in bathrooms. You wonder which other random guys these two had in drunken bathroom sessions. There are undoubtedly more than just the few we’ve heard about." Celebbitchy.com

JANET'S DISCIPLINE PROJECT DROPPED

Janet Jackson's label, Def Jam, has reportedly bailed on the pop icon's latest release Discipline. Execs ad the label have ceased promoting album and there are no more single releases planned. The CD produced just one lukewarm his with the single "Feedback.""We started off with Feedback and the label and myself haven't quite seen eye to eye since the Feedback single so they've kind of basically stopped all promotion," Jackson wrote in an email to a media outlet."I'm trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album, so I don't think you're going to hear another single off this album."Janet has had no luck with her recent releases: Damita Jo and 20 Y.O., both of which were considered flops. By contrast, at her peak, Jackson scored 19 hit singles from just three albums. She still holds the record for successive #1 hits in the U.S.

EXPAND YOUR IPOD

While it’s true, all MP3 players aren’t made the same, from iPod mini, to Archos and even the Zune, they all have the same basic function. Carrying a boat load of tunes for our listening pleasure. So what sets one device apart from another other than name brand? The playlists! With expanding capacities most people can download and listen to every song they can remember with the touch of a button… but what if you did miss a song? Forget to upload Rhianna’s new joint? Or even Ashanti’s? Didn’t know Usher had a new song? But your co-worker did?… No worries, Belkin has you covered, with the newest accessory geared to but not limited iPods of all generations. Although, the item is not yet available, it was designed to allow for connection of up to five headphones, and your iPod, to start sharing. Or add another iPod to mix songs and listen together (Additional 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable to connect another iPod). It’s not just for iPod it works with all MP3 and DVD players, as well as other portable media devices. It’s current price is $19.99, so if your friends always have all the “cool songs”, this may be an accessory you’ll wanna keep an eye out for.