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We all know that parents in Hollyweird can be a bit eccentric when it comes to baby names. Continue »

This time Isaiah Washington is joining the eviction crew after he was booted from his Cali mansion this week.  Pop the hatch for the details.

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Sanaa Lathan & Gabrielle Union attended the LA Premiere of “7 Pounds” last night. This may not be an easy choice, but between the two of these bangers: Who Looked More Bangin??

Naturally Will Smith was at the event (it appears Jada was absent) along with a whole mess of other A-Z listers. Check out the whole gallery right about NOW Continue »

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Isaiah Washington is now has officially gained African Citizenship:

Former Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has become an official citizen of Sierra Leone. The actor was born in Houston, Texas, but has spent several months working with Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma in a bid to secure dual-nationality and celebrate his family’s links to the African country. Continue »

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Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Tyrese Gibson attended the Max Payne premiere in LA last night with their little grown man dapper steez in full effect. They look so “grown-mannish” we had to use the government names…

If you had a choice to hit one of these kind gentlefolk, Which One??

A little more for ya on the flippy… Continue »

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Everyone’s favorite actor aka Mr. McChocatey showed off his signature dorky steez at the Prada Presents Trembled Blossoms event in LA.

There’s just something about about this Taye Taye fellow, he just doesn’t do it for us.

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Isaiah Washington was on Larry King last night and cleared some things up:

Isaiah Washington blamed costar Patrick Dempsey’s repeated tardiness to the Grey’s Anatomy set for the blow-up that resulted in Washington using a homophobic slur.Interviewed on Larry King Live, Washington said he regretted not confronting Dempsey the first time he was late, so he challenged him the second time. But Dempsey wanted to delay the scene more to wait for Grey’s star Ellen Pompeo, who plays Dempsey’s love interest, before shooting began.

“I said I don’t need Ellen, I can act,” Washington told King. “And that was the moment that sent it into a different zone.” According to Washington, Dempey erupted. “He became unhinged, sprayed spittle in my face,” said Washington, in his first television interview about the controversy. “I’m asking him why is he screaming at me. … He just becomes irate.”

That’s when Washington said “a lot of things I’m not really proud of.”

“I said several bad words,” he recalled, quoting himself as telling Dempsey: “There’s no way you’re going to treat me like the B-word, the P-word or the F-word.”

He said that the “F-word” was not meant as an anti-gay slur, but implied “somebody who is being weak.” Continue »

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Some recent quotes by Isaiah Washington to Newsweek Magazine:

“Well, it didn’t help me on the set that I was a black man who wasn’t a mush-mouth Negro walking around with his head in his hands all the time. I didn’t speak like I’d just left the plantation and that can be a problem for people sometime,” he says. “I had a person in human resources tell me after this thing played out that ‘some people’ were afraid of me around the studio. I asked her why, because I’m a 6-foot-1, black man with dark skin and who doesn’t go around saying ‘Yessah, massa sir’ and ‘No sir, massa’ to everyone? It’s nuts when your presence alone can just scare people, and that made me a prime candidate to take the heat in a dysfunctional family.’’

“My mistake was believing that I would get the support from my network and all of my cast mates across the board. My mistake was believing I could correct a wrong with honesty and sincerity. My mistake was thinking black people get second chances,” he says. “I was wrong on all fronts.” Continue »

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Hollyweird via NBC wants Isaiah Washington back in the mix:

Recently dismissed “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star Isaiah Washington is in discussions with NBC about a deal, sources said. It was not clear whether NBC is interested in bringing Washington onto an existing series or casting him in a new project. Washington alluded to his conversations with NBC in his first interview after he was fired from “Grey’s” on June 7 because of fallout from the controversy surrounding his reported use of anti-gay slur in a reference to fellow cast member T.R. Knight.

The actor told Entertainment Weekly he and his agent “are sorting through a ton of offers in both film and TV.” “There is one network in particular that’s very interested, but I don’t want to say anything specific until it’s a done deal,” he said. Washington indeed had preliminary conversations with the network Continue »

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Isaiah Washington says they fired the wrong guy and is considering a lawsuit:

“I have to clear my name,” a determined Washington told the Houston Chronicle in a telephone interview from the set of his new movie, The Least of These. “I’ll start from the beginning. I’m telling everything. So here’s the truth.” Washington said Knight, who plays Dr. George O’Malley, stirred up the notion that the slur was targeted at him and created a negative work environment. Washington also alleged that Knight likely wanted a salary increase and a more substantive role for his character. Knight, who acknowledged that he was gay after the incident, told Ellen DeGeneres in January that Washington used the slur against him and that “everyone (on the set) heard it.”

“That’s a lie,” Washington said. “I used the word during a disagreement with Patrick. I apologized for that. We shook hands and went back to work.”

He said he is considering a lawsuit. “My livelihood, my honor and dignity and my name have been so challenged.”Washington said his firing was a big disappointment. “I was not fired for making homophobic slurs,” he said. “I did everything I said I would do. I offered to go to counseling, to do a public service announcement. I wanted everyone to know I was remorseful.”

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