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It is being reported that the Wynn Casino in Vegas is going after Charles Barkley with a lawsuit for $400,000 in unpaid gambling debts. They allow some people to gamble on credit. This is what Barkley previously said about his gambling addiction:

Barkley has made no secret of his gambling over the years. He estimated during a May 2006 interview with ESPN that he’d gambled away about $10 million over the years. “Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem,” Barkley said. “But I don’t consider it a problem because I can afford to gamble.”

He said he never bet on basketball, and only bet in casinos. He called it a bad habit, but said he intended to continue.

Sounds like someone needs to seek some professional help. Poor thang.

Click here to watch Michael Jordan freakin’ Barkley’s backs.

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Lil Kim recently had her Bentley targeted by the repo man for a failure to make payments.

It was all caught on video. Poor thang.

This is what Kim told the repo man:

“Oh please, get the fu*k out of here. You are so fu*king ridiculous.”

SMH.

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Mya Broadway gig is on hold because of a broken foot:

Mya’s Broadway dreams have taken a big hit – she has been forced to postpone her debut in “Chicago” with a broken foot. The Grammy Award-winning star was slated to begin a nine-week run as Velma Kelly in the hit musical on May 12. Producer Barry Weissler says, “Speaking for the entire Chicago creative team, we all wish her a speedy recovery, and look forward to experiencing her portrayal of Velma Kelly as soon as possible.”

Some people just have the worst luck, we wish her a speedy recovery. Poor thang.

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The Juice is looking to up his media whore-dom and is asking to be on Donald Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice.”

Click Here for more on OJ’s latest batch of ridiculousness. Hopefully he’ll leave the trailer park hoes at home.

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Lion-”O” has been reportedly dropped by his record label:

Singer Omarion is no longer on Columbia Records. A source at the label confirmed that the Sony imprint decided to drop the former B2K lead singer. Omarion (real name: Omari Ishmael Grandberry) signed as a solo artist to Columbia Records after B2K broke up in December 2003. His boy band was actually signed to Sony’s Epic division. Omarion’s management and production company, The Ultimate Group (TUG) has a deal with that label and released Omarion’s good friend and business partner Marques Houston’s last two CDs through Motown.

Too bad. He’ll be alright though. We know Chris Stokes has a little something waiting for him.

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Isiah Thomas finally gets canned for all of his out of pocket tendencies and bad coaching:

Thomas was fired Friday after a season of listless and dreadful basketball, a tawdry lawsuit and unending chants from fans demanding his dismissal. This season alone, Thomas was found to have sexually harassed a former team employee, feuded with point guard Stephon Marbury and benched center Eddy Curry – the players Thomas acquired in the two biggest of a number of moves that never panned out. Things went poorly this season from the time training camp opened. The jury came back with its verdict that day, finding that Thomas and MSG sexually harassed former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders and ordering the company to pay $11.6 million in damages. Criticized by Al Sharpton and Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer for comments he made in his taped deposition, Thomas seemed downcast during most of training camp – and never had much reason for better spirits when the season began. Chants of “Fire Isiah!” sometimes started minutes after home games, and even Dolan’s strong relationship with Thomas couldn’t convince people the coach would last.

Those “Fire Isiah” chants sound like pure comedy. Poor thang.

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Apparently winning the title of America’s Next Top Model don’t mean sh*t. After the fan fare dies down, and the checks stop coming in, they have to scrape the bottom of the barrel for modeling gigs. According to sources, they don’t even keep their portfolio from the show. Well, at the very least, Eva is putting that ANTM training to good use. She is working them natty dreds in that Especially Yours catalog. SMH.

Check out Dani striking a pose for the Ashro catalogue below.

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Blu Cantrell is still on her unemployed/underemployed swag, but that didn’t stop her from getting her grub on at the swanky Mr. Chow in L.A. last night. Perhaps we are mistaken and she’s actually responding to their help wanted sign.

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The artist that used to be known as Michael Jackson may return to the stage:

“Michael Jackson, whose fortunes financially and theatrically have trickled down, was offered $35 mil. To some this is hardly decent money, but since he’s in hock and bankrupt and borrowing and semibusted, the amount is not really an insult, right? The deal calls for him to re-emerge. In Person. And do his “Thriller” shtick. Not on video. In the flesh. In London’s Millennium Dome, which seats 20,000. Should it work, should he be a hit, should the thing go, should he be able to sustain the pressure, should he sell out, he’d get another 20 nights. Promoters are asking – is he broke enough to go back onstage live?”

Who knows? This could turn his family fortune around. Not likely though. On the plus side, Michael should have no trouble at all reprising the role of the Thriller. He won’t even need to use any additional make up.

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In case you ever wondered exactly what they are all doing now, here is a bit from a New York Post article that pretty much states that the Jacksons are a bunch of broke asses:

Marlon Jackson, 51, an original Jackson Five member who stocks shelves at a Vons supermarket in San Diego, had to temporarily move into an extended-stay hotel.

Randy, 46, does odd jobs, including fixing cars in a Los Angeles garage owned by a family friend. He recently claimed Michael was going to give him $1.7 million – “a pipe dream,” said another brother last week.

Jackie, 56, the oldest and most debonair of the brothers, is struggling to manage his son Siggy’s aspiring rap career after an Internet clothing business startup and attempts to produce music failed.

Jermaine, 54, shuttles back and forth from his girlfriend’s home in Ventura County, Calif., to his parents’ mansion in Encino, where Jackie and Randy still bunk.

Tito, 55, is the only brother still making music, but it’s a meager living. The guitarist fronts a blues and jazz band that plays small venues and nets him $500 and $1,500 per occasional gig – a far cry from the days when the Jacksons could pull in 50,000 people at $30 a ticket. Continue »

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Scott Storch, who is a repeat offender of When the Checks Stop Coming In has his yacht that he paid 11.9 mil for back in ’95 for sale on ebay for a mere 1 million and here is the description:

THE BOAT IS BEING SOLD UNDER DISTRESS ,OWNER BOUGHT HER AND NOW GOT SHORT ON MONEY. OWNER STARTED REFITTING THIS YACHT A MONTH AGO.

Well at least Scott has a little dignity is isn’t on ebay posing next to the yacht like Gary Coleman. Poor thang.

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Aretha Franklin might lose her house:

An attorney’s mistake caused Aretha Franklin’s $700,000 mansion in Detroit to slip into foreclosure over $445 in 2005 taxes and late fees. But Aretha Franklin, who owes a total of $19,192 in back taxes on the property through 2007, said she plans to pay up and reclaim it by the March 31 deadline.

“It was a mere oversight on my attorney’s part to notify me. It will be taken care of immediately and thank you for making me aware of it.”

Franklin risked losing a 1927 Detroit mansion to tax collectors over $162 in 2005 taxes and $283 in interest and fees. The foreclosure judgment was entered earlier this month, and records show Franklin owes $18,746 in back taxes and fees for the 2006 and 2007 tax years, but foreclosure proceedings on those debts wouldn’t begin until next year.

Maybe if Aretha quit spending all her money on furs and food full of hydrogenated oils, she would be on top of her payments.

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The U.S. Department of Labor announced negative job growth today which has ended the recession debate. We’re in one. The checks are about to stop coming in for a whole lot of people.

Now you’re going to have to be more slick and get your Bossip on while keeping your job. “The Man” is going to be looking for someone to let go.

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Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is for sale:

Jackson received word Monday from Financial Title Company, the trustee, that unless he pays off $24,525,906.61 by that date, a public auction will go forward in Santa Barbara, Calif., in front of the county courthouse.

It’s not just the house either. When Neverland is auctioned, it will include everything: all personal property inside, all fixtures and appliances, furniture, and “all merry go round type devices,” any rides, games. The auction literally includes every single thing that is or isn’t nailed down.

Damn, Mike. You can kiss that baby good-bye. There’s no way in hell he’s coming up with all that paper by March 19th. Poor thang.

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The checks have stopped coming in for a particular record label who is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy:

New York based independent record label TVT Records terminated the majority of their employees today. TVT, which is home to major recording stars like Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Pitbull, Ying Yang Twins, The Polyphonic Spree and others, is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. It is not known how the bankruptcy filing will affect the label’s release schedule, which includes Lil’ Jon’s highly anticipated album Crunk Rock. Pitbull accused TVT Records of not properly promoting the album and placed most of the blame on Gottlieb. “I’m out here working like a slave, doing things that other artists don’t even know how to do,” Pitbull said. “A label’s there to further and promote your career, but it feels like they just keep holding me back.”

Artists need to get on their grind, because for some reason this industry does not seem too lucrative these days.

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