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The term jumped the shark was born during an episode of Happy Days when the once cool Fonzie jumped a shark on waterskis.
It's a term that's applied when a once popular show or public figure reaches a point where everything they do is dumb and dumber.
If you haven't been following this ridiculous rap beef between Jay Z and some random DC rapper named Proverb, here's a little background. And here's the answer track by this dude Proverb:
Jay Z's over exaggerated sense of self-importance is bordering on the narcissistic. I mean, jumping in the middle of some basketball beef involving a Soulja Boy diss by LeBron James? Come on, how corny is that?
He wouldn't respond to the charges that he fathered a child and paid the baby mama for her silence, but he'll respond to this nonsense? How low will this guy stoop for attention? How's the water, Jay Z?
Here's a promo photo of Oprah Winfrey and her guest Tom Cruise from the May 2nd episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show taped this past Friday.
The show's setting was Cruise's luxury hideaway high in the mountains of Telluride, Colorado.
The episode is Cruise's 1st time back on Oprah's show since that electrifying moment on her couch two years ago. Judging from the promo photo, Oprah still looks a little uneasy while Tom looks his usually creepy self.
The surprise is that Oprah let him back on her show at all considering Tom banned Oprah from his high brow wedding to Katie Holmes for questioning his sanity after Tom demolished Oprah's sofa.
But it appears that the two are kindred spirits now that half the country is questioning Oprah's sanity. It will be interesting to see the two of them try to sell each other on their respective cults.
Yes Beyonce and Ellen Degeneres share a kiss. Why is everyone kissing on Ellen all of a sudden? First Janet Jackson and now Bey. Maybe they think that by kissing Ellen she will revive their careers?
Yesterday, while I was sleeping, it seems the entire world was in an uproar over a photo of Disney star Miley Cyrus with her back out on the cover of Vanity Fair.
The photo was taken by noted celebrity photographer Annie Liebowitz, whom I idolized in my college days - nowadays, not so much.
Maybe it's due to her advancing age, but lately Annie's photography has taken on the look of painterly movie posters. She's lost that edge that made her work stand out from the crowd - and she's fallen victim to the hype machine that drives a once-thriving industry which now finds itself having to compete with the Internet and blogs for readership.
The "controversial" cover picture of Miley is in fact a smoke screen designed by Vanity Fair editors (and Annie) to attract just the type of attention the picture is now getting.
Are our collective memories so short that we've forgotten the racist LeBron James "King Kong" cover controversy whipped up by these same cohorts?
As you can see from the photo at right, Miley is "wearing" the alleged bed sheet and she's also wearing pants so she is clearly not naked.
Last week I posted a video showing teen rapper Souljah Boy humping on his hype man in a sexually suggestive manner. Where was the uproar over that video which bordered on child porn?
So let's not waste another moment on this non-story about Miley Cyrus and get back to real gossip.
Does Jay Z know about this? My informants tell me that Julissa who used to date footballer Miss honey Larry Johnson a few years ago, organized a birthday party for him at Club Cain in NY last night.
I'm told Julissa was all over miss honey all night long even though he is not thinking about her. Poor thing was trying so hard. Word is that LJ used Julissa as a punching bag in the past. But you didn't hear that from me.
If you are a regular reader, you know that LJ and Jay Z - who was noticeably absent form the party - used to be roommates until bloggers outed them. Now Julissa, who bounced from show to show on BET networks, has been trying to get back in LJ's good graces. No word on how Julissa is paying her bills. More power to these women who love them some miss honey mens.
Producer Timbaland and his fiancee Monique welcomed a baby girl today according to one of my well-placed sources. The couple named the baby Reign and mother and baby are doing fine. Timbaland and Monique are engaged to be married.
All Hip Hop reports that Monique is none too happy about being portrayed by the mass media as an "office fling". The couple have been together for a minute and she wants to be recognized as more than just a jump off. Congratulations to them.
There's always drama whenever R.Kelly goes out on tour. The troubled singer who is currently awaiting trial on child pornography charges for videotaping sex acts with a minor, has dropped Ne-Yo from the tour.
According to a press release, Shaffer Smith aka Ne-Yo was informed that he was being dropped from the rest of the R Kelly tour after delivering two sensational performances. Entertainment reporters, music critics, bloggers, fans, and concert goers all agreed that Ne-Yo's performances brought the heat; but maybe it brought too much heat.
"He's written hit songs for Beyonce "Irreplaceable" and Rihanna "Unfaithful" (spending a combined 19 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100), said Tango, Ne-Yo's business partner and manager. He's written songs slated to be on Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, and Enrique Iglesias' new albums. In a recent article in Ebony Magazine, the king of pop, Michael Jackson, referred to him as one of the artists that impresses him most. The fans were really feeling his performances. He's good; maybe he's too good – that's the problem."
R.Kelly's camp sited the lack of a signed contract as the reason Ne-Yo was dropped. "I don't understand their actions because I was rehearsing, doing media, promoting the tour, and performing, said Ne-Yo. In my opinion, I was doing everything possible to make the tour a success. I love being on stage in front of fans because of the immediate feedback you get. You know right away if they are feeling you; and they were really feeling our show."
The Pedophile Tour continues with Keyshia Cole and J. Holiday. Meanwhile, Ne-Yo is currently gearing up for his star-studded Masquerade Ball which takes place at a private location on December 5th in Atlanta.
These pics were the talk of the day on message boards across the Internet. Many posters argued that Madonna should wax and pluck her 11-year old daughter Lourdes' unibrow and mustache. While others argued that the kid is 11-years-old and should not be subject to adult vanity.
On the other hand, there was an intense discussion on Black Voices about Jasmine Guy not aging well. 43-year-old Guy played the spoiled, well-to-do Whitley Gilbert on A Different World.
Sure Jasmine has a few age lines and a couple of liver spots, but she still looks good. There aren't too many women who look cute after 40. And those that do only have a few more years to gloat until the beauty fades. Aging is an inevitable side effect of growing old. It's more important to praise an individual's character and personality than looks because after the beauty fades, that's all we have left.
Toothy teen idol Chris Brown isn't as popular as he thinks he is. Chris, who obviously thought he was an A-lister, tried to gain entry into an A-list American Music Awards after party only to be denied because the organizers didn't know who he was:
The after-party in the adjacent parking lot was "a total mess," our spies said. One music industry insider who has gone to many award shows and after-parties said, "The door was being run by a woman who was nuts - she didn't know anyone and would literally ask people like Chris Brown, 'What do you want?' when they approached her and her many security guards. She wouldn't let Chris' friends in and refused entry to Fergie's manager. There were also problems with Will.i.am, but the sad thing was that, when you finally made it past that door beast, there was no one in there - just Chris Daughtry. It was pathetic." A rep for the AMAs didn't return our calls. (Source: Page Six)
Last night I was talking to a friend in NY who said he was going to attend NFL players Osi Umenyiora and Michael Strahan's birthday party because Eddie Murphy's ex would be there. "Whose arm will she be on?" I asked. He said it was well known in NY that Nicole and Michael Strahan are an item. Michael recently went through a nasty and very public divorce. Sure enough they showed up together. But I also hear Michael bats for the other team and Nicole has no problem with it. What does it all mean? Your guess is a good as mine.
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The "controversial" cover picture of Miley is in fact a smoke screen designed by Vanity Fair editors (and Annie) to attract just the type of attention the picture is now getting.
Are our collective memories so short that we've forgotten the racist LeBron James "King Kong" cover controversy whipped up by these same cohorts?
As you can see from the photo at right, Miley is "wearing" the alleged bed sheet and she's also wearing pants so she is clearly not naked.
Last week I posted a video showing teen rapper 
