Posted by Lynn Green

   Someone posted a thread here once where they indicated that as long as you have enough money, you can purchase a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The fact that Sean Combs has a star says it all. The Walk of Fame is now meaningless.

Sean “Diddy” Combs will be honored May 2 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a tribute for his life-long contribution of both public and peer appreciation in the entertainment industry, according to a press release. While many know Combs as a musical artist and producer, as well as entrepreneur, he has added acting both on stage and in film to his lengthy resume.

Combs began his acting career in the film “Made,” and went on to receive critical acclaim for his supporting role in “Monster’s Ball.” He also debuted on Broadway in the lead role of Walter Lee, Jr., in the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” which earned four Tony Award nominations.

Huh??? And that tiny body of work qualifies this womanizing, attention whoring jerk for a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame? Again, the Walk of Fame is now meaningless and has been for some time now, actually.

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Have you ever found your soul, spirit, mind and body racing at 100+ miles an hour?

…And then, you are in your car or elsewhere, perhaps channel surfing and suddenly a song comes on to jar your memory and senses?

That happened to me today. I was torn in a million different directions, mind racing and suddenly the song below (Colour My World) by the group, Chicago came on. Beautiful, short song. It calmed me down and brought a smile to my face.

Stop whatever you are doing. Relax your mind. This love song could be about Jesus. It could be about your lover, your spouse….

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Live version of the same song HERE

  Gossip Maven, Wendy Williams (who looks like a bloated transvestite) and her weird husband are being sued for sexual harrassment. The fact that Wendy allegedly encouraged her husband and even assisted him in the harrassment tells me that—if true, this is a desperately sick woman:

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Above is a picture of Wendy and her strange looking husband. Can you imagine being sexually harrassed by these two gruesome looking  freaks?

Hat tip to Greg for story lead

I believe Johnny Gill.  Listen to this 4 part interview

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 Johnny made some good points. He even discussed the fact that the rumor does not extend beyond the black community and that even the mainstream rags have not picked up on that nonsense.

Check it out.

   Yesterday I talked about the fact that Aretha had called out Beyonce for referring to Tina Turner as a “queen”. I thought it was inappropriate. I love Aretha but I believe it was beneath her to do that.

In response, somebody has elevated Aretha to “Empress” of all music. Hey, you go girl!

After the storm in a tea cup at the Grammys, when Beyoncé referred to Tina Turner as “The Queen,” which upset Franklin since “The Queen of Soul” is a title she has long laid claim too, it was notable that the Nokia Theatre master of ceremonies kicked the performance off by introducing the legendary singer as the “Empress of All Music” (top that Beyoncé). The night’s performance seemed effortless to Franklin, who didn’t break a sweat as she busted out classic after classic.

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By the way, I just ran into one of the most beautiful renditions of “Ooh Baby Baby” I have ever heard. It was by Aretha Franklin. Sadly, the video does not capture the entire song but there is enough here to make the hair on your arms rise. Beautiful!

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And on Sunday (tomorrow) PRESS HERE to hear her singing Blessed Assurance.

During the Grammy awards, Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as a queen. I’m certain she was reading from a tele-prompter but either way, there is nothing wrong with calling Tina a queen.

In response, Aretha Franklin (queen of “soul”) became offended and actually called Beyonce out about it. Apparently she believes that she owns the term, queen. Here is the statement that Aretha lowered herself to make:

“I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce. However, I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy.”

That, in my opinion, was silly. Mathew Knowles agrees:

Mathew Knowles is a little upset over Aretha Franklin taking offense to his daughter Beyonce using the word “queen” during her Grammy performance with Tina Turner.

In a statement released Wednesday, Papa Knowles said he will not allow Beyonce to even comment about the uproar.

“As a manager I am not taking something this ridiculous to Beyonce,” Knowles stated. “Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as a ‘queen.’ Not queen of gospel, queen of soul, queen of blues, Queen of England. I consider my wife a queen and sometimes call her that. Does Aretha have a problem with that?”

In his statement, Mathew Knowles responded:

Something this ridiculous – it’s childish, it’s unprofessional. And it’s a sad day when egos get bruised because somebody used the word king, queen, prince or princess.

I agree with you, Mr. Knowles!

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I did not watch the entire Grammy Awards show yesterday. Those shows usually are boring and much of the junk passing itself off as music is just pitiful. I did see Amy Winehouse perform and accept her awards. Although she clearly is unique and talented, I actually don’t believe in rewarding inappropriate behavior. That woman is a junkie who refused help most of the time. She recently spent two weeks in rehab and next thing you know, she was back out—after having been caught on video using illegal drugs.

She should be shunned. It’s not helpful to her to reward or award her. Doing so makes her believe she is okay when in fact she is a gravely ill woman. Heroin kills. Crack kills. She still needs help.

Amy Winehouse couldn’t make it to Sunday’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles – but that didn’t stop her from stealing the show.

The troubled 24-year-old singer won five awards – including record of the year, song of the year and best new artist – and rocked the crowd with a live-via-satellite rendition of “You Know I’m No Good” and “Rehab.”

After her emotional acceptance speech, the Back to Black singer addressed the crowd gathered in London at the Riverside Studios.

“I can’t believe I’ve won five awards,” she told the intimate crowd, including her mother Janis, father Mitch and older brother Alex. “It’s a shame I couldn’t be there to accept the awards, but I’m so proud and happy that I had the opportunity to perform for the Grammys in my hometown of London with my family and friends around me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Although the singer received last minute visa approval to enter the United States, she could not make the trip to Los Angeles in time.

Instead, Winehouse – who checked into a north London rehab facility last month, after she was taped allegedly smoking crack – made Sunday night a family affair.

The Winehouse clan and several of Amy’s friends enjoyed a late dinner at London’s Riverbank Park Plaza hotel, before heading off to the performance at around 2:30 a.m.

Although the concert location was supposed to be kept secret – and admittance was strictly limited to friends and family – crowds gathered outside the venue chanting “Amy! Amy! Amy!”

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I feel so bad for teenagers because they are not really being exposed to much real music. Rap music is, for the most part, junk. It’s an assault to the ear drums.

Some Christians are so “holy” that they only listen to gospel. Well realistically much of the gospel these days amounts to an assault on the ears and won’t lead you any closer to the Lord.

I will listen to jazz, oldies, gospel, etc.  As long as the words have meaning and aren’t vulgar, I don’t have a problem with it.  Check out this BEAUTIFUL rendition of “Yesterday” by Smokey Robinson:

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If you would like to be entertained in an old fashioned but classic style, check out this video of Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong singing When the Saints Go Marching in. Looking at this video reminds one of the fact that true entertainment is a dying breed.

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The blog, Gawker, has been notified by a lawyer representing Scientology regarding an eyebrow raising video featuring Tom Cruise as he gleefully talks about how honored he is to be a scientologist.

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