Next year, when teachers across the country are putting together their back to school lists for incoming students, they might want to add Kevlar vests to the usual colored pencils, three-ring binders, and composition books.
A 14-year-old boy opened fire in his downtown Cleveland high school yesterday, injuring two students and two teachers before he killed himself. Hmm. Aren’t we always arguing for and against homeschooling on this blog?
[NYT]
Heart attack? Bobby Brown doesn’t have heart attacks! That’s a sign of weakness, and he’s the strongest man alive. The king of R&B!
Maybe he should have briefed his rep on this before she confirmed to the media that her client suffered a mild heart attack yesterday.
[Brown’s rep] told the media that her client was diagnosed as “suffering from a mild heart attack … they attributed to stress and diet.”
Contrary to this statement, Brown said the hospital visit was routine. “I did go to the hospital, to just get a checkup, get everything tested out so that I could go on this tour, and everything is fine,” Brown said. “The doc gave me a clean bill of health.”
It would have been more believable if he had blamed his chest pains on gas.
[People]
Famous for being an ex-husband, Jonathan Plummer has had the tide of public approval against him since he came out of the closet and his marriage to novelist Terry McMillan dissolved.
So when he decided to write a piece of “fiction” with some shocking similarities to his situation with his famous ex-wife, he should probably have expected some backlash.
I got some from Terry, herself, on Stereohyped a couple weeks ago, when I wrote a post about a bookstore banning Plummer’s Balancing Act.
I haven’t read the book or spoken to Plummer myself — Stereohyped’s gay blog-brother Queerty had that honor. See what Queerty has to say in this tell-all. Hint: it’s nothing good!
Is the world ready for another Kimora Lee Simmons spawn?
KIMORA Lee Simmons wants another baby. Friends of Russell Simmons’ ex-wife say she’s trying to get sperminated by boyfriend Djimon Hounsou.
Kimora and the chiseled underwear model spent some quality time away from her two kids with Simmons, Ming Lee and Aoki Lee, last weekend at the opening of the Sandals resort in Antigua.
Sources there said Kimora “instructed hotel staff not to talk to her directly and only to address her through her assistants.” A rep for Kimora declined to comment on her uterus but said she was very sweet to hotel staffers.
I don’t know — Ming and Aoki are kind of cute in a “entertaining to watch on a reality show, but I would die rather than being their nanny” way. I’d be interested to see how the addition of down-to-earth Hounsou would tone down all of that overwhelming fabulosity.
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• I draw the line at the B Phone. I think. []
• Charlie Crist, Florida’s new Republican governor, isn’t afraid to be seen with black people, believe it or not. []
• Are black churches doing enough to educate about HIV/AIDS? The short answer is no, but at least some of them are trying. [AJC]
• Aww, Aaron McGruder. Okay, that’s all. Carry on. []
• Of course (this is what you do in college), Columbia students are rallying against nooses. [CNN]
So Janet Jackson has “Control,” her 1986 girl-power anthem. And she probably has control over Jermaine Dupri. But did you know how well Janet can take control of a potentially hazardous situation?!? I found out first-hand last night. More on that later. For now, enjoy!
• Jay-Z wishes he looked like (a human version of) that. Beyonce should be glad she doesn’t. [C&D]
• Prodigy gets hit with a three and a half year sentence after pleading guilty to illegal weapons charges. Maybe his legal team needed more people. [AHH]
• Oddly sexy for a tire ad, but I’ll take it. []
• Samuel L. Jackson reps Star Wars until the day he dies. [SP]
• Why do all close male friends have to attract gay rumors? Omarion, though? I’m not sure… [QT]
Today is cursed. First Bobby Brown is rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with a “mild” heart attack, then Michelle Obama gets in a car accident as she tirelessly campaigns for her husband in Iowa.
She’s okay, thankfully. I don’t know what I would do without her. But seriously, what’s next? I know bad things come in threes.
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One of the unforgotten victims of Marion Jones steroid scandal, her 2000 Olympic teammate — has decided to speak out and is saying the exact same thing I would: “Hell, no! I’m not giving back my damn gold medal just because Marion Jones took some steroid-laden oils and lied about you. The committee will have to pry my medal from my cold, dead, lifeless hands. Try me!”
That was a paraphrase, but you get the picture.
[CNN, Jossip]
