Kid Rock seems to think he’s a Rock & Roll genius, probably because all music, particularly rap, comes so easily to him. Some people — I don’t know who the hell they are — agreed with him, because his album debuted at No. 1.
Meanwhile, Kanye West is the only one representing for brown folks in the top ten, holding strong(er) at No. 6. And this week’s most disappointing and embarrassing debut? Jennifer Lopez’ Brave at No. 12 with 53,000 sold. Oh well, at least her family life is going well.
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Jennifer Lopez is ready to publicly share the news we’ve all privately known — especially after her shirt blew up a few days ago at a concert in Connecticut. According to Page Six, she’ll announce her pregnancy at her Madison Square Garden concert tomorrow.
Then maybe she can trash those crazy, voluminous costumes for some nice maternity-wear.
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I’m not judging. I totally understand why Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony would want to deny their pregancy — it’s probably really early and it is a private matter. Hell, Christina Aguilera hasn’t even made an official announcement, and her baby bump is more than visible. But after reviewing the photos from their concert in Atlantic City this weekend, I have to take a page out of R.Kelly’s book and say, your publicist is tellin’ me no, but your wardroooobe’s tellin’ me yes.
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• When the loose dress doesn’t hide the baby bump well enough, get your friends to leak the news to In Touch Weekly. [BWE]
• Queen Latifah is feeling needed by aging hip hop listeners.[SP]
• And also by the gay press. [QT]
• Maybe one day Vanessa Hudgens can have her nudity scandal so far behind her that blogs will only bring it up once in a blue moon. Vanessa Williams can tell her all about it. []
• The dress is too tight, in my opinion, but it does disprove all of those “Ashanti gained so much weight” rumors. [C&D]
As Halle Berry learned the hard way, the blousy shift dress does a passable job of hiding a baby bump only about 70 percent of the time.
For the remaining 30 percent, you need to just hope people aren’t snapping a lot of pictures.
At her Sweetface fashion show today, J.Lo might have slipped up and revealed a bit more of her suspiciously protruding tummy than she would have liked.
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• Oh my, this video is really doing too much. Am I the only one who thinks J Lo should recognize she’s getting a little old for this?
• Remy Ma, why don’t you worry about your own problems. Okay? [SP]
• Whoopi Goldberg had to take the ridiculousness one step further and call Michael Vick a “wonderful person.” Not even the NAACP thinks that’s true. [Jossip]
• If I believed that Diddy would ever stoop to buying his own drugs in an Ibiza club, then I would believe that’s what he’s doing in this video. [SR]
• Yeah, Kim. You made a dramatic exit, but why have you been publicly hanging out with him the past few days? [People]
Benny Medina, the manager-to-the-stars who used to appear on America’s Next Top Model with a fanfare that suggested he was a major celebrity, has probably made his last CW cameo. Apparently, he’s a major diva — who would have guessed — and there can only be on star on America’s Next Top Model (and it ain’t Benny Medina or the winning contestant).
According to one exec at TelePictures, which syndicates her talk show, she had complained about his suggestions and demands.
“His perk list is bigger than hers,” said the source. “Everything from private jets and votive candles that the staff has to light before he gets to the set. He forgot who the star was.”
A TelePictures rep argued: “We have a good relationship with Benny, and we appreciate his contributions to the show. He will continue as an executive consultant on the show.”
Though Medina had a bitter legal breakup with former client Jennifer Lopez, a Tyra pal insists: “This one is pretty amicable.”
Votive candles? When the manager’s diva demands trump the actual diva’s diva demands, things are getting out of control. Jennifer Lopez probably laughed and called her lawyer the second he told her to send a private jet for him.
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• The husband of a woman who died in a December car crash caused by Brandy is pissed that she’s out partying “so soon.” As long as she’s not driving, I’m not mad. [TMZ]
• Halle Berry’s manager says the star is not pregnant, which could mean one of two things. [24/S]
• JLo’s slumming it in her next video. [
• R. Kelly describes “Trapped in the Closet” as an alien, which is a word better used to describe himself.
• White skin and blond hair do not an Eminem make. I’m talking to you Spencer Pratt. [ONTD]
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s film, El Cantante, could conceivably have gone the way of Gigli in it’s opening weekend. And looking at the box office returns — $3.2 — million, it seems that way, until you consider the fact that it was only in a handful of theaters. If you go by per theater gross, it actually came in 4th. So, it is not necessarily a curse for Jennifer Lopez to be in a movie with her man. Even if it was, I don’t think it would stop her.
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