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So this is probably intended to be hilarious, but this “Nothing” gift is the most ridiculous thing we’ve seen all week. It’s a clear plastic bubble thing with nothing in it. “Nothing” even comes with instructions. You can purchase this “Nothing” gift for five bucks this holiday season for the person in your life who has everything.

For real though, we’d be pissed if we received this bullsh*t as a gift, but these little bundles of “Nothing” are probably flying off the shelves.  SMH.

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Here is the Williams family at Venus’ graduation from the Art Institute in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Serena was looking a little “musty” at the graduation yesterday. Poor thang.

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Venus Williams and boyfriend, golfer Hank Kuehne (and former boo of Paula Abdul) celebrated her graduation from fashion school and launch of her clothing line “Eleven” in Miami last night. Looks like this dude is in there, Venus’ dad likes him and she says:

“He’s very supportive. I love having him here. He’s a great guy, he understands competition.”

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Soulja Boy has a new dance to replace the infamous “Superman” called “Swag Dance”. For some reason, we don’t see this one catching on like the first one.

Someone needs to take the video camera away from this boy, stat.

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If some of the Beyonce stans can’t wait for her new album next year, they will be able to lean on Solange’s second album:

According to Billboard Magazine, Solange has been working in a studio in L.A., but don’t expect the result to sound anything like Beyonce. Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair said. “It’s not what people would expect from her. The music is more eclectic and international. She’s in her own lane. It’s a touch of retro with beautiful R&B songs and she’s only 22,”

The album titled Just What I Want, is the follow-up to 2003′s Solo Star, and is set for release mid 2008.

The word that comes to mind when you think of Solange is ________________.

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It’s a slow news day and we just thought we would post this throwback pic (1995) of Wesley Snipes and J Lo back in the day.

You better believe Blade got a piece of that while she was coming up in Hollyweird.

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ANTM’s Saleisha was the clear favorite among the final three. Her walk is fierce and even though she’s a paper bag test candidate, we love that the girl won! She had them other hoes beat. There’s news out now that Saleisha has previous modeling experience and has even modeled for Tyra before:

Though it was made clear from the outset of the season that Saleisha had a prior relationship with Tyra Banks, having attended the supermodel’s T-Zone camp for underprivileged girls when she was 14, viewers were given no indication that the twosome’s acquaintance extended beyond that experience. Continue »

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The Feds got it poppin’ yesterday and raided Rev. Al Sharpton’s offices. According to reports:

Teams of federal agents swooped down on up to 10 close associates of the Rev. Al Sharpton Wednesday, demanding the flamboyant clergyman’s financial records since 2001. Sharpton’s former chief of staff said he was roused at his Harlem home about 6:30 a.m. by two FBI agents who handed him a subpoena to bring the records to a federal grand jury the day after Christmas.

Several employees of Sharpton’s National Action Network also got wakeup subpoenas to testify before the Brooklyn panel, the rabble-rousing reverend’s lawyer said.

The FBI and IRS are investigating whether Sharpton improperly misstated the amount of money he raised during his 2004 White House run to illegally obtain federal matching funds, a source familiar with the probe said. Sharpton, although forced to return $100,000 in matching taxpayer funds after an investigation two years ago, denied any wrongdoing at the time.

The feds are also looking into allegations of tax fraud, including whether Sharpton commingled funds from his nonprofit National Action Network with several of his for-profit ventures, the source said.

It’s time for Al to cut that “Big Red” conk off and get a real job. Getting rich off of old civil rights game is not where it’s at.

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Jacko may be forced to tour this spring to help pay-off a defaulted $300 million loan. Some of the problems with the planned tour are insurance companies considering his reliability suspect and him being out of shape.

Come on Michael, find what Blackness you have left and make it rain on them hoes with a comeback.

In other news, the International Olympic Committee formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday. The former champion has admitted to being roided up while winning her medals.

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NFL Great, Jerry Rice, and his wife Jacqueline have called it quits. According to the local media in Frisco:

Looks like 49ers great Jerry Rice may be about to jump from TV’s “Dancing With the Stars” to “The Bachelor.”

Records on file in San Mateo County family court show that the ex-wide receiver’s wife, Jacqueline Rice, filed for dissolution of the couple’s marriage back in June, and they are due back in court in mid-January. Meanwhile, their Atherton estate is listed for sale for a reported $22 million. Continue »

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Lil Bow Wow speaks about ‘beef’ on tour and reveals why he was hospitalized, says it’s not exhaustion:

“A lot of people fail to realize that when it comes to music — I can speak for O about this too — we’re very passionate. Anytime you’re paying a lot of money, anytime you are serious about what you do, you take it serious. I have fans that appreciate what I do. O has fans that appreciate what he does. I know me, I take it to heart. I was bummed out because a lot of the stuff that I had as part of my show wasn’t there. Things that were promised were not there. It’s nobody’s fault; if it’s anybody’s fault, it’s my team. I was upset nobody made me aware of it, and I threw a tantrum. That’s what it is. That’s the real reason. It’s not because I’m beefing with anybody on the tour, that’s not the case. It’s not because of exhaustion, either. That’s B.S.” Continue »

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Alicia Keys performed at the Nobel Peace conference in Oslo, Norway yesterday. The talented banger recently talked about wanting to have sex on her piano.

What is that Krucial doing, playing some spades with her? He needs to be tappin’ that at least a few times a day.

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Trina and Pleasure P from Pretty Ugly Ricky celebrated their birthdays at White Diamonds in Miami. It’s always interesting to see how creative they get with the cakes and this time Pleasure’s cake is shaped like a bottle of Patron.

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They’re not quite at this status yet, but Scott Storch and Beanie Sigel are having some money issues.

Storch who was once worth $70 million dollars and now listed at $17 million, had all his credit cards declined at a night club in Miami recently. Beanie Sigel who had trouble paying for a little Nissan rent-a-car back in October, also had trouble getting his Maserati out of a Philly impound. A friend had to pay $1700 to get Beanie’s car out after it was booted and towed a month ago. The car was about to be auctioned off.

There’s clearly something wrong when you have a Maserati, but yet you cannot cough up $1700. SMH.

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Will Smith’s premiere for his new flick “I Am Legend” popped off in New York last night and some of our favorite couples were in attendance: Ice-T and Coco, Blood Diamond Russ and Porschla, Omarion and Bow Wow, etc.

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