Now that Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger have been fired from “The X Factor,” it’s being reported that Mariah Carey andKelly Rowland may be replacing them as judges on the Fox singing competition show. Mariah Carey was rumored to be a part of season one, but that never happened. And Kelly Rowland was previously a judge on the U.K. edition of “The X Factor.”
Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide
Feb 1 2012 10:23AM
Posted 3 days 9 hrs 27 mins ago
Soul Train creator Don Cornelius was found dead at his Sherman Oaks on home Wednesday morning. Police arrived at Cornelius' home around 4 a.m. He apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Soul Train was the longest-running syndicated show in television history. Cornelius stopped hosting the show in 1993, and Soul Train stopped production in 2006.
Smokey Robinson has teamed up with the tailor of late boxing icon Joe Frazier to launch a new clothing line in 2012. James Andrew, who has dressed R&B's biggest stars for years
, has been working closely with Robinson in recent months, and their suit, shirt and golfwear designs the Smokey Robinson Collection will hit stores in spring 2012, according to WENN.
Terrence Howard was ordered Tuesday to stay 100 yards away from his estranged wife after she claimed the Oscar-nominated actor repeatedly threatened and hit her during their marriage.
Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon granted the stay-away order sought by Michelle Howard after she filed a lengthy declaration alleging abuse began within a week of the couple's January 2010 marriage.
Yesterday TMZ is reported that comedian Patrice O'Neal
died last night (Monday). He suffered a stroke in October
and had performed at Comedy Central's
roast of Charlie Sheen in September.
A cause of death has yet to be determined. Comedy Central will pay its respects to O'Neal by re-airing his stand-up special "Elephant in the Room" tomorrow night.
