UPCOMING ALBUM NEWS

Jive confirms it will release Ciara's third album called "Fantasy Ride," in September 2008. An official single will drop in June. Rather than one standard CD, the music will be spread across three separately packaged discs, bundled together, each with five to six songs catering to a different theme.

Themes will include "Groove City," which will be led by Tricky Stewart (who will also serve as co-executive producer along with Ciara) and Ciara's writing partner Jasper; "Crunktown" and "Kingdom of Dance" led by producer Danja.

Tendsetter Ci.

Beyawncey is also in the studio and targeting a 4th quarter third album release. She has worked with Trickey Stewart, Darkchild and Neyo. Recently, Krucial Keys (writing/producing and personal partner of Alicia Keys) confirmed that he will be working with Beyawncey on this new project as well.

It is said that the theme for this album will be techno/international/dance/pop.

Def Jam confirms that Rihanna is slated to rerelease her almost platnum Good Girl Gone Bad cd with new cuts like "Take a Bow" and her recent collabo with Maroon 5. Rihanna is currently on Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour and will be a guest at this years Hot 97 summer jam and N.O Essence festival.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD JOINS THE VITAMIN WATER HUSTLE

50 cent as part owner recently shot a commercial for Vitamin water with Carrie Underwood who was recently signed to be on of the faces of the product.

HE'S COMING HOME....

50 Cent and the rest of his G-Unit crew have joined forces with Virgin Mobile to bring their music to two venues in South Africa this May.

The Virgin Mobile 50 Cent and G-Unit Tour – featuring 50, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo – will stop at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg on May 1 and the Belville Velodrome in Capetown on May 3.

"Virgin Mobile is proud to sponsor the 50 Cent Tour in association with SABC1 as our heritage has always set squarely in music," said Peter Boyd, CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa. “Music is at the heart of what we’re about, and it’s what our customers love too. That’s why we put our money where our mouth is and get involved by supporting a whole host of live music events."

Tickets for the concert, presented and produced by SABC 1 and Showtime Productions along with Virgin Mobile, are available at all Computicket outlets or at www.computicket.com.

MEN LIE, WOMEN LIE....NUMBERS DON'T

TOP 20 BEST SELLING FEMALE ARTIST SO FAR IN THIS DECADE

01)Norah Jones – Come With Me: 22,500,000
02)Britney Spears – Oops!...I Did it Again: 20,000,000
03)Avril Lavigne – Let Go: 16,000,000
04)Shakira – Laundry Service: 13,000,000
05)Shania Twain – up! : 12,500,000
06)Dido – No angel: 12,000,000
07)Madonna – Music: 11,000,000
08)Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway: 11,000,000
09)Alicia Keys – Songs in a Minor: 11,000,000
10)Norah Jones – Feels Like Home: 11,000,000
11)Christina Aguilera– Stripped: 10,500,000
12)Britney Spears – Britney: 10,000,000
13)Dido – Life For Rent: 9,500,000
14)Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor: 9,000,0000
15)Mariah Carey– The Emancipation Of Mimi: 9,000,000
16)Avril Lavigne – Under My Skin: 9,000,000
17)Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come : 9,000,000
18)Mariah Carey – Rainbow: 9,000,000
19)Whitney Houston – Greatest Hits: 9,000,000
20)Amy Winehouse – Back to Black: 8,000,000

LESBO FLOW: Oprah and GAYle

GAYle got a gift from her 'best friend' Oprah's deceased dog, Sophie. In January, Oprah purchased a large and expensive condo in New York under the company Sophie's Penthous, LLC. Reports have now surfaced that GAYle was gifted the pad upon Sophie's death.

FLASHING LIGHTS FOR LIBERIA

Restored streetlighting in Monrovia's Paynesville, or Red Light, neighborhood has dramatically reduced crime in every major category, official statistics show.

Former American slaves founded Liberia in 1822, and the United States long has played an outsize role in Liberia's national dramas, much as the British and French have in their former African colonies. Monrovia is named for U.S. President James Monroe. Aid from the United States helped the power company restore the first pieces of the public system in 2006. Ghana and the European Union also contributed.

PROJECT RUNWAY WINNER GETS SPOOFED ON SNL

“I thought it was SO FUNNY,” the 22-year-old designer wrote in an e-mail to PEOPLE. “Amy [Poehler] looked exactly like me which is kinda scary, but fabulous.”

LOVE HIM

PINK TAKES KEISHA COLE'S ADVICE

Per People Magazine, Pink finally "let that shit go" and is separating from hubby Carey Hart, per people magazine. If I saw my dude in this picture:





well enough said........ Hopefully she can get back to cranking some hits.

NELLY CELEBRATES APPLEBOTTOM

It's been 5 years since Nelly debuted his jeans. I don't own any but if it's good enough for Oprah, I say you're doing a lot right Nells. The birthday cake of an ass celebrates all that the suburbanites hate about hip hop. Keep on setting us back Nells....**two thumbs up**

DEMI PREGNANT?

How the heck does this 105 year old broad get married twice, second time to a dude 100 years younger than her, already have 10 children now preggers for the young dude, and still have a fab body. Ask me how many of these I've done at 100 years younger than her? Yes, I hating right now.

24 FANS...YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS

The show doesn't come back until 2009. They have some episodes taped but not to complete the season. So in order to let everything run without interruption they will just start airing in 2009. Atleast you have reality TV. **shrugs**

RUSSEL SIMMON'S HIP HOP SUMMIT HONORS CIARA SNOOP DOUG E FRESH AND OTHERS

Russell Simmons, Dr. Benjamin Chavis and their Hip Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) will have it's 5th annual Action Awards celebration. Simmons states that HSAN is recognizing the outstanding corporate and artistic contributions of hip-hop icons, as well as their dedication and commitment to community service and empowerment at an exclusive fundraising dinner on February 25 in New York City. BET Executive Vice President of Entertainment and Music Programming, Stephen Hill, and Disturbing Tha Peace Records' CEO, Chaka Zulu will serve as the events co-chairs. This year's honorees are:

• Chris Lighty, CEO of Violator Management, sponsors annual community events and serves as a board member for the G-Unity Foundation, a 50 Cent project that provides grants to non-profit organizations that help out low-income neighborhoods.
• Jim Jones supports community programs in NYC schools;
• Doug E. Fresh has participated as the co-moderator with Chavis in many Hip-Hop Summit financial literacy Summits around the country;
• Snoop coaches the Snoop Youth Football League working with young inner city boys; and
• Ciara works with The VH1 Save The Music Foundation, a non-profit organization designed to restore music education programs in schools; participates in HSAN financial literacy summits; and supports community programs in Atlanta
• Mellody Hobson, President of Capital Management, one of the largest African-American owned investment firms in the world who gives her time to the Ariel Education Initiative and ArielCommunityAcademy in the south side of Chicago where they teach financial literacy to students from pre-K to 8th grade.

This year's six Action Award recipients will join the ranks of previous honorees, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris and The Ludacris Foundation, Kanye West, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Nelly, Destiny's Child, Jermaine Dupri, Chrysler Financial, Debra L. Lee and BET, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Pepsi-Cola North America President Dawn Hudson, Tommy Hilfiger and MTV's "Choose or Lose" Campaign and Steve Stoute.

THE STUNT CONTINUES

Our favorite celebrity Pisces was thrown a birthday party by her friends and showed up hand in hand with Chris Brown. Sources say Chris busted out some of his signature moves and had a dance off with another guest. Rihanna if you don't stop the nonsense. We all know what this is.

AREN'T THESE TWO IN THE MIDDLE OF A BITTER DIVORCE?

Shaq and Shawnie were at a Hannah Montana concert with the kids. First Kimora and Russel now this. Do these people not know how to portrait a divorce in this town. Being civil to each other and hanging out and sh*t. WTF is the world coming to?

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FINALLY ARETHA STEPS AWAY FROM THE BUFFET

Riri's been on a diet and she says she's looking and feeling good. Though she didn't say what that goal was, it was clear she was happy to cut out heavier foods, fat content and salt. "I feel lighter. I'm not as heavy, what you get with the red meat," she told The Associated Press. "You dragging yourself along when you have all that red meat. Much lighter. I feel a lot lighter, and a lot better." Franklin said she's "a very good cook" but noted she's been mixing up her meals with those from weight-loss program Jenny Craig. Still, Franklin said that for one meal a week, she eats whatever she wants, diverging from low-fat, low-sodium meals of turkey, chicken, fish, lobster and crab.

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RHIANNA IS SELLING HER UMBRELLA ELLA ELLA EH

Since we all know she won't get any royalty checks, she is promoting an umbrella line with Macy’s NYC set to retail exclusively at Macy’s this Spring, with prices ranging for $20 for a single-colored umbrella to $50 for a two-toned canopy style.

CAUSE OF PIMP C'S DEATH REVEALED

According to TMZ, the Port Arthur rapper had a pre-existing sleeping disorder that made it hard for him to breathe. Combined with his codeine consumption, it proved to be deadly.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter explained Pimp C's death to The Houston Chronicle; "[With] sleep apnea, you stop breathing. Coupled with a medication that suppresses your respiratory abilities, you end up with an accidental death."

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's GRAMMY POLL:

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Which Grammys performance are you most excited about?
27%
Foo Fighters with a yet-to-be-named unsigned act, conducted by John Paul Jones

27%
Carrie Underwood

17%
Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, and gospel acts

16%
Rihanna with the Time

13%
Beyoncé
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"DON'T YOU EVER FOR A SECOND GET TO THINKING........... YOU'RE IRREPLACEABLE"

SUPERBOWL DIARIES Part I (who gives a f*ck about the game): 50 cent Punks Paris Hilton

During his performance at the Paris Hilton-hosted pre-Super Bowl party for 944 magazine last night, 50 Cent gave a shout out to Paris, who then started singing in the front row.When the princess decided to get onstage and dance, the hip-hopper quickly instructed her to "Get the f**k off the stage."

She started to cry and tried to plead with the party's production staff to let her dance, whining, "But it's my party!"Her entourage swarmed the photogs so they couldn't document the embarrassing belittlement

Page six got the photo .......While she cried Terrell Owens was having a grand ol' time singing along to every 50 Cent song and jumping and dancing in front of the stage. Others in attendance at the party in Scottsdale, Ariz., were Dennis Rodman, Snoop Dogg, Donovan McNabb, Ludacris, Mekhi Phifer and Ne-Yo. Dang fif you are so hard core I love it......................................

ALERT: Star Jones Show Canceled

TMZ has learned that truTV (formerly known as Court TV) and Star Jones have "mutually agreed to cease production of the "Star Jones Show." The show has been in production for less than six months.

Well I am a Star supporter and from the few episodes that I watched I must say it was a snorefest. But I will continue to support you by not watching the View Star.