OH NO SHE DIDN'T: WHITNEY

"I dont have to take of my clothes. I dont have to show my booty. I can still sing."

SAY WHAT?

"Thank you for your love and support, I want you guys to know I love you very much. I don't know how I'm going to do 50 shows. I'm not a big eater - I need to put some weight on. I'm really angry with them booking me up to do 50 shows. I only wanted to do 10, and take the tour around the world to other cities, not 50 in one place. I went to bed knowing I sold 10 dates, and woke up to the news I was booked to do 50."

Translation: This n*gro is trying to back out. It's a shame when Britney is more stable than you.

CHRIS RESPONSE TO KIDS CHOICE AWARD CONSIDERATION

PER HIS REP

"Chris very much appreciates the support of his fans and the honor they have paid him in the way of nominations for Favorite Male Singer and Favorite Song. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding the incident last month has shifted the focus from the music to whether he should be allowed to be among those nominated. While Chris would like to speak to his fans directly about this and other issues, pending legal proceedings preclude his doing so at this time. Once the matter before him has been resolved, he intends to do so."

OTHERS REACT TO CHRIANNA DISTURBIA

Everyone has reported Chris's apology. Jay and Rihanna's father also released statements. Here are others you may not have heard...

Oprah's a**kisser/"girlfriend Gayle King

“I can’t think of anything that makes me support anything that Chris Brown is saying at this time,” King tells Extra. “And my heart just aches for Rihanna.”

Former assault and rap victim turned out of work actress Gabby Union

I know them both. Unfortunately, no one knows all the facts yet. what I think is great about this unfortunate situation is it can get us talking about violence… violence is never the answer. It's good to get that dialogue started. I wish this wasn't the catalyst for that… it's never good to use violence as a means to an end."

The always bipolar Kanye West first supported Rihanna but recently did a freestyle on a special he did for VH1:

Kanye also freestyled about Chris Brown’s recent troubles, saying people should give him a break.

Ashanti asked if she were in Rihanna's situation, would she call the cops. To that she says:

“I dunno”

Rihanna's cousin Yvonne Fenty

Rihanna is holding up well. Everyone is looking after her--she is just trying to catch herself and get her life back on track. None of this is as bad as everyone makes it sound. Her injuries weren't near as bad as people make them sound."

Chris's brother

"He's (Chris) reflecting on this situation. He's very remorseful. He's very concerned about the situation and he wants to make sure that [Rihanna's] okay. This is unfortunate, this stumble, this situation. Hopefully, he will get past it. We all have our shortcomings. We all trip."

Rihanna's father
"“The relationship is over and I am pleased. She doesn’t want to speak to Chris. She is being very brave about things and said that she will be back on stage performing soon. There is some bruising. She will be alright. I think so. At some point, she will speak out. I hope she will stand up for women all over the world.”

John Legend has to give his 2 cents

“I know both of them. I was surprised when I heard because it doesn’t strike me as something Chris would do. You never know what’s inside people or what can trigger that.

It’s an awful story. I feel terrible for both of them but if Chris did what they said he did, that’s unacceptable. He has to accept the consequences of it.”

An NBA official tells E! News of Brown’s pulling out:

“He’s not exactly missed. He does not currently represent the image we are trying to project.”

Akon words for Riri

Keep doing what you’re doing baby. Keep things positive! She’s a strong woman. I think she’ll get through it

Film director Melving James for upcoming movie Caramel starring C Brown and Lauren London

"Chris' current situation hasn't had any effect on things in terms of the film. We're still planning on working with him …. We’re looking to shoot around September. We got pushed back a little because of other projects."

Mental Illness Poster Child Rosanne Barr...

“Chris brown’s lies and excuses make me want to beat the crap out of him…he uses the language of the perpetrator just like every sleazy bastard who ever smacked his wife, kid, mother or girlfriend around uses. you dirty bastard, I hope you go to prison for ten years.

“IT’S YOUR FAULT, A$$HOLE! as for all the mealy mouthed hollywood and music scene chicks that can’t bring themselves to condemn a misogynistic bully, let me say this: your time as whores for propaganda is ending, bitches.”

American Idol winner Carrie Underwood

"I don't think anybody actually knows what happened. I have no advice because, thank goodness, I've never been in any kind of abusive situation. You hear a new one every five minutes, and some of them are getting kind of ridiculous. I really hope everyone will lay off and just let everybody who's involved figure out everything first."

American Idol Reject Kelly Pickler

"I think the world would be a better place if people worried more about what they needed to do to be better people, than ... judging others on what kind of people they are. I don't know what really went on with Rihanna and Chris, and I dont think anyone else does, either. The only people who really, truly know are only the two of them, so I am not going to assume or comment. I'm going to mind my own business."

Rehab frequenter Lindsay Lohan

"I have no comment on that. That's not my relationship. I have no reason to speak about it. I think they're both great people."

Bootleg Model Molly Simms

"It's so sad. I don't think anybody knows the whole truth, but I guess the truth really doesn't matter when [abuse] is the result. That should never happen, no matter what. And I love his music. That being said, I think [about] Rihanna : No girl, no woman, no mother, no sister, no friend, no one deserves that. Absolutely."

Out of Work Actress Nia Long

"I know both of them well. They're young, and all we can do is pray for them at this point."

American Idol Winner Gone Broke Ruben Studdard

"I'm still praying for him. Everybody always has something negative to say about everything, and I always try to be positive. They've both made wonderful careers for themselves, and I think they will continue to do so for the rest of their lives."

The Almighty Queen of HipHop/R&B

"They're both young and beautiful people, and that's it."

Project Runway Winner and Skitzo Christian Sirianno

OMG they're crazy. They have too much money, they're bored....they had to do something....You know what, I've met Rihanna, she's kind of a diva....Nobody deserves that but...I feel bad for them. But there has to be something that she did to provoke it....I don't know. I feel bad for him but he needs to get in trouble...it's time for him to get in trouble, he can't be a teeny bopper forever.

Jessica "Don't Call Me Latina" Alba

They were guests at the V-Day luncheon in Los Angeles on Friday, which aims to stop violence against women.

Kerry "Always the wife, never the lead in a movie" Washington

“(Violence against women) is a social illness that does not discriminate. This is a problem that spreads from the Congo to Hollywood. When it happens to someone famous, it’s a tragedy that it happened, but what I hope is that people become less and less afraid to talk about how truly devastating this social illness is.”

CELEBS TALK ISH

MTV Shows

50 on Kanye

MTV Shows

Diddy Calls out 50 cent

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Last week there were rumors that Johnny Wright would meet with the Lohans to manage lil sis Ali Lohan. Wright, who was a former manager of Britney spears (pre depression) and currently manages Justin Timberlake, Jonas Brothers, Janet Jackson and Ciara - issued a response to the rumors:

"Johnny Wright has never met with Ali Lohan, has never been introduced to Ali Lohan, nor has he had a meeting with Ali or Dina Lohan regarding Ali's music career. While he wishes Ali Lohan the best in all her endeavors, Mr. Wright has never had any intention of speaking with Ali Lohan regarding her career. Any story that has surfaced about such a meeting holds no merit and is completely false."

TRANSLATION: I don't fug with wack juices

QUOTE OF THE DAY

[ON FINDING OUT THEY WERE HAVING TWINS]

We bust into hysterics. My sister had made a joke about twins literally the night before, because my grandparents and sis both had twins. Angie was on the table during the sonogram, and we were in hysterics.
We didn’t see this one coming.

[ON RUMORS OF USING FERTILITY DRUGS]

“We were in shock [when we heard about the rumors] and could not stop laughing ‘If they had been conceived through IVF we would have been happy to discuss it.’ “But we have been fortunate never to have had fertility problems.”

JAY RESPONDS TO AMY'S KANYE DISS

[ON AMY CALLING KANYE A C*NT]

“I guess I should hook them up because he’s a great guy too. I don’t know what the problem is - I don’t know where that (comment) came from.”

Jacked from Dr. Drew

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Clint Eastwood

[CLINT RESPONSE TO CRITICISM FROM SPIKE LEE THAT HIS MOVIES "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" FAILED TO RECOGNIZE BLACK SOLDIERS]

"Does he know anything about American history?" Eastwood told Focus when asked about Lee's criticism. "The U.S. military was segregated til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated. The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach.

"The story was about the men who raised the flag and we can't make them black if they were not there. So tell him: Why don't you go back and study your history and stop mouthing off!"

You got owned Spike....

QUOTABLES:

[STAR RESPONSE TO THE OLD HAG BABWA THE JUMP OFF FOR TALKING ISH ON OPRAH]

“It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book,” Jones told Us. “It speaks to her true character.”

That's why I like this chick. She always had an uncanny ability to insult you with intelligence and not having to rub vasceline on her face. That's a skill we all need.

[50 Cent has called you a “whore” repeatedly. Where is your comeback rhyme already?]

Man, I have to call him and say thank you. He’s catapulted me. *****, white people know me now! Thank you! Diss rhyme? F*Ck no? That ***** thrives off that. I am not feeding that tiger. I’m smart. Do you see his size? I’m small. I saw a YouTube video of this dude playing a concert; somebody threw water on him–he took off his hat, went in the crowd, grabbed the ***** and boom! I was like, This *****’s the hardest ***** on planet Earth. So no, I’m not dissing 50. And I’m not throwing water on him, neither.

The boy is a comedian. This is the incident he's talking about. And he got back up and performed. Not to mention the recent incident in Angola where some idiot tried to snatch his chain and he jumped in the crowd and got it. Some talk the talk but fif walks it. Your favorite rapper would have ran for security. And then cancelled the concert. Wayne is crazy though. The crack may be his medicine. I can't wait for his album

QUOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT

[Are you supporting Hillary or Obama]

"Barack, I guess, but I can't make a real opinion. I ain't watching no debates. I just want my people to understand that Hillary and Barack are not running for president - they running to be able to run for president. There's a Republican party, too - we ain't about to win, fool!"

Pretty much.

[USHER DEFENDS JAY Z FROM CRITICISMS OF HIM HEADLINING SOME UK FESTIVAL]

"It really shocked me that he said Jay-Z was the wrong choice. Jay-Z is an incredible artist and headliner.”

We realize your a d*ck rider Ulser but we all know Camel will get boo'd off that stage if he shows up. As much as negroes like the worship dude...he's local talent. Snoop, Eminem and 50 are the only international superstar rappers.

SEXY CAN I? POLOW DA DON RESPONDS TO JACKING BEATS

This week a 10 year old boy posted a youtube video, which is coincidently being removed, showing how Polow got the beat for Usher's number one hit. It was jacked from some garage band. Polow responded:

"That's not where I got them from, but they're definitely in there," Polow said of the sounds used in "Love in This Club," telling SOHH he had yet to view the YouTube video. "There's this keyboard I have that a lot of sounds come in."

Polow noted that the song contains a live bassline and that Robin Thicke was enlisted to play piano on the record.

"If a ten-year-old can make 'Love in This Club' and save Usher's career and make black women want to f*ck him again, after they was done with him for getting married, then sh*t he's a genius just like me," Polow said. "I also wrote the hook - that's not a preset."

Polow was also asked since he leaked the Usher song, did he also leak the new Beyonce song last week. To that he says:

"They are probably saying that so it will go number one in three weeks, but that's probably somebody that's on over there, trying to make it seem like I leaked it," Polow said.

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NOTABLE & QUOTABLE: Madonna

The ever so fierce Madonna:
[ON PERFORMING HER CLASSICS]

"I'm not sure I can sing 'Holiday' or 'Like A Virgin' ever again. I just can't – unless somebody paid me like $30 million or something. [Like if] some Russian guy wants me to come to the wedding he's going to have to a 17-year-old, you know it."

[ON BRITNEY'S NEW ALBUM]

"I actually love Britney Spears's new album ... I usually work out to her record. I do a combination of pilates and dance aerobics."

[ON HER CHANCES ON AMERICAN IDOL IF SHE WERE A CONTESTANT]

"I went to a lot of auditions for musical theater and conventional mainstream things – and I always got cut immediately. So I'm pretty sure the same thing would happen to me."

AS LONG AS A WHITE COMEDIAN DIDN'T SAY THIS....WE'RE COOL

“Bush has f-ed up so bad, that he’s made it hard for a white man to run for president. Gimme anything but another white man, please! Black man, white woman, giraffe, anything! A white man’s had that job for hundreds of years — and one guy f-ed it up for all of ya!....Each candidate tells you how humble they are. No, you’re not humble! Do you know how big your ego has to be to say you wanna be president of the United States? Do you know how much Puff Daddy juice you have to drink? How many Kanye injections you have to take?....I actually think America is ready for a woman president. But does it have to be that woman?...She’s gonna work in the office where her husband got blow jobs?! There ain’t enough redecorating in the world she can do to change that! There’s one thing Hillary Clinton’s better at than everybody else, and one thing only — and that’s forgiveness! Hillary Clinton is the greatest forgiver in the history of the world. Even Jesus knows: ‘You really good at fo’giveness. I mean, I talk the talk, but you walk the walk!’”....

....“Barack Obama, he’s a Black man with two Black names! Barack. Obama. He doesn’t let his blackness sneak up on you. As soon as you hear Barack Obama you wonder, ‘Does he have a spear?’...He’s so cool, too, man. I don’t think he realizes he’s a Black candidate! When you’re the only Black guy doing something, people expect you to take it up a notch. If you’re the only Black playing basketball with a bunch of White guys — they expect you to dunk! Barack has a handicap the other candidates don’t have: Barack Obama has a Black wife. And I don’t think a Black woman can be First Lady of the United States. Yeah, I said it!....

A Black woman can be president, no problem. First Lady? Can’t do it. You know why? Because a Black woman cannot play the background of a relationship. Just imagine telling your Black wife that you’re president? ‘Honey, I did it! I won! I’m the president.’ ‘No, we the president! And I want my girlfriends in the Cabinet! I want Kiki to be secretary of state! She can fight!’ “

NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE: Madonna

[SPEECH AFTER RECEIVING HER ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION]

"Thirty-five years later, people are still encouraging me to believe in my dreams...What more could I ask for? Even the people who "said I was talentless, that I was chubby, that I couldn't sing, that I was a one-hit wonder, they helped me, too,....They inspired me because they made me question myself repeatedly and pushed me to be better."

We love Madonna because she knows who and what she is and represents in the industry. She knows her limitations and embraces her strengths. She also embraces the new/future and doesn't compete with it but incorporates it into who she is today. This is why she can remain relevant and coexist when whoever is/was hot and still have a lane to maintain her respect. Long live the Queen of Pop.

NOTABLE/QUOTABLE: India Airie

India touches on an issue that frankly I am still bitter about: Music Industry politics. In addition, the controversial issue that noone talks about is that Alicia Keys, the girl from DC, and Rihanna are the prototype for black women at high profiled award shows, however the Indias, Jill Scotts, and Angie Stone's are often backdoored. This century may be a big step for brown people but I suspect dark brown people will continue to be shafted. Here's India's views:

[ON LOSING TO ALICIA KEYS 7 TIMES AT THE GRAMMY IN BOTH THIER FRESHMAN YEARS]

"I never felt anything like that. I didn't know that energy existed. As an artist in the music industry, we hold this place, like, this is the night when the music is going to speak. When in reality there is an unspoken truth in this business that just like everything else, money talks. If you get more marketing dollars, more promotion, more people know who you are.

......Then there's the way [rappers] Common and Kanye West use my name — '[They] tried to India Arie me.' I don't like my name being a verb. I don't like people saying they're being India Aried — not being recognized for your talent. I'm not playing the victim. I'm being myself. I want India Arie to mean the person who likes to talk.

I'm clear on the fact, though, that being in that position [her first year at the Grammys] makes the person who can say this now. I don't want to alienate anyone. I just wanted to speak my truth. Have a public conversation. I'm not trying to alienate; even though I know it's out of my hands now as to whether I do or not.

[ON WINNING TWICE IN HER 2ND YEAR BUT IT NOT BEING TELIVISED AS THEY HAVE FOR ALICIA KEYS, THE GIRL FROM DESTINY'S CHILD AND EVEN RIHANNA]

It's funny, the following year, I still wanted it. I got my album out in time [to qualify]. I put my album out very quickly — which to this day I say I will never do again. I was scared that the next year I wouldn't be nominated. Scared about how people saw me.

[I won but it wasn't televised} So I still felt like I hadn't achieved this goal. It still wasn't complete in that area. Every artist wants to win, walk down the aisle, give the acceptance speech on TV — that's part of the ritual everybody wants. But that's also when I learned, I need to change my attitude. I won like back-to-back, and in between my first one and the second I saw one of the Funk Brothers — and he was so excited! He was like, 'After 30 years, I can't believe it! After 30 years!' It helped me put it in perspective: There are people who wait 30 years for this recognition. Come on!

[ON ANNOUNCING SHE WOULD BOYCOTT THE GRAMMYS AT THE IMAGE AWARDS]

With each year I became more educated about what was going on and now that I understand what it is, and where to hold it, I didn't really want to go to the Grammys this year. More than that, in my personal growth process, that's just where I am. The older I get, I find myself saying things that are — I still care what people think — but feeling good inside matters more than what someone thinks.

So at the Image Awards I told [her co-presenter] backstage 'I'm just going to throw something up in there'. He said 'OK.' I said what I said. And then, 'Now the nominees for best drama ...' "

[ON IF SHE'S JUST BITTER]

The time to have sour grapes would have been the year after the shutout, not however many years later.

...I just would like to see more people allowed access to that prestige — the Grammys! — based on the merit of their word. Yes, the Grammys are important. That prestige means more money to do whatever you need to do: Raise a family, continue your craft. ... I'm clear in the fact that I am in a very rare position. I know [Atlanta R&B singer] Donnie. I know Tony [who records under the name Anthony David and is another promising local singer who has yet to have Arie's mainstream success]. I know the difference. I just want to see more people like them have that access.

And you know, there's a black man [running] for president. Why can't we just have a TV show with that kind of [Grammy] prestige, that offers that kind of access, that is commercially viable? I would love that.

[SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GIVE THE GRAMMYS CREDIBILITY]

I think people should only vote on the categories of music they listen to. I think, among artists, we should make a pact that I'm going to listen to anything I vote on. I want a show where you can have [multi-Grammy winners] Alicia Keys and Chaka Khan, [and relative newcomers] Chrisette Michele and Ledisi all on the same show, performing together. How hot would that be? What I really want is a whole new show with those kinds of things happening, with that kind of prestige, that gets to be 50 years old like this one.

[WITH THE IMAGE AWARDS] I like what they represent — people who are normally not in the spotlight in that way, people who are not normally recognized who should be. ... I don't normally win there, either — all those people who think I'm just being sour. But that doesn't bother me. I like what they represent. I like that that's the place where you can hear Hill Harper give a great acceptance speech."

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RAP BEEF QUOTE: Fat Joe v. Papose

[FAT JOE ON PAPOSE FIGHT WHICH TURNED INTO A 50 RANT]

"Who gives 50 the authority to be the king of rappers. I don't understand how this dude can insult Puffy, Jay Z, Lil Kim, Jadakiss, Ja Rule, Cameron, Wayne and Nas, and all of them take it on the chin and bow to him like he's some gangsta. He's mad cause I won't ever back down. Where I come from he's a victim. The guy that shot him is still in the clubs. I don't see him in the streets, he's on the internet talking sh*t. ...I want a one on one fight with him. Even if I lose I get some shots to the jaw, I'm happy. Since he's all steroid out, he should beat me right? I'm a man of respect and I don't disrespect nobody. He's the only one I have a problem with. The loudest mouth dude in America. That's okay every dog has his day. It's called Karma."

[PAPOSE RESPONSE]

“50 got an office right across the street from Madison Square Garden. This dude knows where 50 Cent is at on a constant basis. Why didn’t he go over to 50's office and ask him if he had a problem? What makes him think he can come over to me like that and he’s not gonna get punched in his mouth like he did?"

***THIS JUST IN***
50 has decided to release a mixtape which can be downloaded on March 11 on his website entitled "The Elephant in the Sand." This is an apparent rip on Fat Joe's new album "The Elephant in the Room" which comes out on the same day. He is such a clown.

NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE: John Mayer

[JOHN ON HOW HE DEALS WITH CRITICS]

"He's so fugly," I just laugh. It's funny! And then another person will say "He's so hot." I like it when people don't agree on you. When everybody agrees on you, that's when you disappear.

NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE: Crackheads

[WAYNE ON HIS DRUG/ALCOHOL ADDICTION]

"Let me do me. Everybody's got their thing," he continued with frustration. "Why focus on me? Don't compare me to no one. Don't compare me to no one who has passed, and why they passed. I can walk out this b---h right now and get hit by a bus. Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world — that's how I feel."

TRANSLATION: 'leave me alone. i do my drugs i do my music.



[ACCORDING TO THE TABLOIDS, AMY TOLD A FRIEND THIS]

“My life is a shell of what it was. People talk to me and I just zone out. It’s like the whole world is now stillborn. Colors aren’t as bright, love doesn’t feel real. I don’t know who I am and I just feel numb.”

TRANSLATION: 'bitch go get my crack from down the street, f*ck this sober ish.'

NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE: Melanie Brown/Scary Spice

[ON HER NEW HUSBAND]

"He is a man [and] I don't think I've had a man before. Normally I'm the man," she says. "He makes me feel like a woman, a lady."

TRANSLATION: 'Eddie Murphy is gay.'