A jailed alleged drug lord linked to a leading hip-hop label told a music industry associate he was going to seek the aid of rap moguls Jay-Z, left, and Sean Combs for his felony defense, thesmokinggun.com reported.
Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff told Christopher “Chris Gotti” Lorenzo, an executive with The Inc., a music label investigators allege McGriff secretly controls, that he planned to “reach out to Jay and, um, maybe Puff” to help fund his defense effort against homicide, racketeering and narcotics charges.
Charlize Theron told the TV gossip show “Access Hollywood” she’s not the marrying kind.
The Oscar winner, who has been dating fellow actor Stuart Townsend for four years, said she would love to have kids, but don’t expect wedding bells.
Michael Jackson’s all-star lineup for that Hurricane Katrina single he’s recording in London has turned up a bust, MTV.com reports.
“From the Bottom of My Heart” supposedly was to include Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly and other performers, Jackson’s reps said last month. Publicly, only Ciara has confirmed her involvement with the record.
Accepting an honor on behalf of late husband John Lennon, Yoko Ono bashed former Beatle Paul McCartney.
At Tuesday’s Q Magazine Awards in London, Yoko, 72, suggested Lennon was a far better songwriter than McCartney. The Daily Mail reported Ono said, “(Lennon) often used to wake up in the middle of the night and ask me, ‘Why do people cover Paul’s songs so much, but never mine?’ I used to tell him, ‘It’s because you are a talented songwriter. You don’t just rhyme “June” with “spoon.” And you are a very good singer – lots of people would be too afraid to cover one of your songs.’ Then I would make him a cup of tea, and he would be OK. I just miss that sort of moment that we had.”
Burberry looks good on “Constant Gardener” star Rachel Weisz, or at least that’s what the conservative British fashion house thinks. Weisz will replace troubled supermodel Kate Moss on Burberry’s spring campaign, the Daily Mirror reported.
Maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger is hedging his bets against getting re-elected as governor of California.
The film star turned politician has agreed to star in two movie sequels, moviehole.net reported. The website claims Schwarzenegger has agreed to a fourth “Terminator” film with director James Cameron and a sequel to “True Lies.”
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
The skinny on Clooney’s driving habits
George Clooney is trimming down – not his physique, but the car he drives. The actor-director has been seen driving around Los Angeles in a Prodrive Tango, an electric car made in the United Kingdom. The one-person vehicle is only 39 inches wide but can reach up to 100 mph. According the Hello! magazine, Clooney has tinted the windows black of the eye-catching vehicle to avoid star-gazers.
