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Funny pic of the April 17 screening of Shadow Boxing which was directed by Lee Daniels (Press & Curl, in the middle).

ATLANTA – A woman who charged in a lawsuit that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease has agreed to an undisclosed resolution of the case, his attorney said Monday.

“The case has been resolved,” attorney Lawrence Woodward said.

When asked if the details of the agreement between Vick and the woman, Sonya Elliott, would be disclosed, Woodward said: “The only comment I’ve got is the case has been resolved.”………

Settlement reached in Michael Vick herpes case (MSNBC)

From People:

The marriage of Eddie and Nicole Murphy officially ended Monday, court papers reveal.

The comedian will pay child support to his ex-wife, with whom he has five children. Their youngest daughter, Bella Zahra, is 3 years old. Their eldest, Bria, is 15.

Attorneys for Murphy had no comment. Nicole Murphy’s lawyers could not be reached.

Nicole Murphy, a 37-year-old former model, filed for divorce on Aug. 5 in Los Angeles after 12 years of marriage.

“The welfare of our children is our main concern and their best interest is our first priority,” Murphy, 44, said in a statement issued by his rep, Paul Bloch, after the filing.

The couple met in 1988 and wed in 1993.

From People.com:

Ashanti cancelled her first-ever South Africa concert over the weekend after a drunken teen driver killed her 20-year-old cousin, the Associated Press reports.

Police said that Quinshae Snead was en route to Ashanti’s hotel on an errand for the R&B singer before Saturday’s concert when the car she was riding in was rear-ended. The vehicle rolled over, throwing Snead into the path of an oncoming car.

The accident was caused by a 17-year-old unlicensed driver who had stolen his mother’s car, said Johannesburg metro police spokesman Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar. “He was also under the influence of liquor,” Minnaar told the South African Press Association.

The teen was arrested for drunk driving and hospitalized. The driver of the car with Snead also was injured and taken to the hospital.

Concert promoter Morris Roda told the South African press that Ashanti, 25 (real name: Ashanti Douglas) cried for most of Sunday. Reports on Monday morning say that the singer will escort Snead’s body back home to the U.S.

Grammy-winning producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds filed suit Thursday in Los Angeles against Anita Baker, claiming the singer failed to pay him for a song he produced for her, MTV.com reports. Babyface claims he is owed $100,000 for co-writing “Like You Used to Do” during a Detroit session in May 2004. The song was used on Baker’s album “My Everything.” Babyface is also asking for $150,000 for two shows that he agreed to do with Baker in July 2005 that

From June Issue of King Magazine:

My best friend did some sh*t to me that I never thought in a million years he would do,” Dame said in King. “It was straight war in there. Either you on Jay’s side or Dame’s side.”

“The perception is that Def Jam bought Roc-A-Fella. Jay’s the president of Def Jam. I’m Bin Laden. You could either be with Bin Laden or be with [Jay-Z]. … You know what I’m saying?”

“I don’t respect what he did, but I’m not gonna let that wash away all the other stuff we did do,” he said. “For the most part, he’s a good n-gga.”