Kenny Smoov's Blog – March 2013 Archive (127)

Another day, another poor excuse for a Black movie in the works. This time, Hollywood has set its sights on demolishing the good name of the iconic ‘70s TV show, “Good Times.”  Scott Rudin will produce the film set in the ’60s (instead of the ’70s) and Phil Johnston (“Wreck-It Ralph”) will write the script.

So now James and Florida Evans will be battling to…

The producers of the cable TV miniseries on the Bible say Internet chatter that their Satan character resembles President Barack Obama is “utter nonsense.”

Mark Burnett and Roma Downey said Monday the Moroccan actor who played Satan in the History channel series, Mehdi Ouzaani, has played Satanic characters in other Biblical programs long before Obama was elected…

Kobe Brynt may be cheating on his wife Vanessa again! Rumor has it that the LA Lakers franchise player was spotted out on a dinner date recently in Atlanta, GA with an attractive tall Spanish female who flew in town to meet the baller.

According to tattletailzz, the mystery woman “looked familiar like she has been with other celebrities or players possibly just a jump…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released this week the most significant changes to its scripture since 1981.

The Mormon scriptures comprise four books: the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price.

Although there are grammatical revisions that will be contained in the 2013 edition of Mormon…

French porn star Celine Tran is about to be $79,346.07 richer at the expense of Cash Money rapper Bow Wow according to TMZ.

Tran sued Bow Wow (real name Shad Moss) last year for using footage of her from the video “Conspiracy Strip Club“ by Parisian electro-rock duo Electronic Conspiracy in his visuals for the song “Drank in My Cup” without her…

Deb Antney, the mother and manager of Waka Flocka, has sued French Montana, claiming the rapper cut a number of deals behind her back.

In a formal lawsuit, Antney charges that she was charged with managing Montana exclusively yet a report by TMZ alleges Montana brokered several…

By now, we’ve already realized that there were some serious HIPAA privacy laws being violated at Cedars-Sinai Hospital yesterday, as a member on staff fed health updates on Lil Wayne to the website TMZ, in exchange for a big paycheck. Hours after Lil Wayne was admitted, the entertainment website posted that he…

Via CBS News:

Hundreds of students have been evacuated from a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando after explosives devices were found while authorities were investigating a death. Police were called to Tower 1 early Monday after a fire alarm went off. Arriving officers found a man dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot…

Via ABC News:

A Philadelphia abortion provider was to go on trial for murder in a case that could send the 72-year-old to death row. Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged with running a rogue abortion clinic in West Philadelphia that allegedly performed illegal, late-term abortions and injured countless women through lax medical procedures.

Gosnell, 72, has…

Gucci Mane couldn’t let Lil Wayne’s health issues get all the shine on Twitter last night (March 15). Before dropping a pair of mixtapes, Trap Back 2 and East Atlanta Memphis, La Flare let the Internets know that his on again, off again business relationship with Waka Flocka is a wrap.

“Waka flacka flames officially dropped off brick squad 1017. Big Guwop say…

Via HuffPo reports:

Fourteen adults have also been “functionally cured” after they were given combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for their HIV infection. They have been able to stop taking the treatment while still keeping their infection under control, according to a new study in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

“Our results show that early and prolonged…

Is the WE network becoming the R&B Singer Network?

Already home to Braxton Family Values and Mary Mary, the network is set to launch a new show featuring SWV. According to AlwaysAList.com, the still unnamed show will follow Cheryl “Coko” Clemons, Tamara “Taj” Johnson-George and Leanne “Lelee” Lyons  as they work to re-gain their relevance. No word yet on…

Tamar Braxton might have to tone down her over-the-top ways now that she's expecting a bundle of joy.

The singer and reality star announced the good news on Good Morning America today (Wednesday). She told GMA's Lara Spencer, “I have a love on top! I am pregnant!" And since anyone could clearly tell there's a bun in the oven, she added, “I don’t have that many…

For a third straight day demonstrators gathered in Brooklyn to protest the New York Police Department after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil Wednesday night for 16-year-old Kimani “Kiki” Gray just blocks from where he was shot to death by police Saturday night.

But anger was palpable as a group of…

That, dear Jasmine, is your problem. It sure as heck isn’t your employers.

Jasmine is the “stage name” of Danielle Everett, who’s an “exotic dancer” at the Ebony Inn in Prince George’s County, Md. Everett recently filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Ebony Inn and the Showcase Theater, another Prince George’s County club featuring “exotic…

While many in Washington continue to obsess over the fact that White House tours are being canceled due to sequestration's budget cuts, service members around the country have a much bigger concern -- the end of a program providing them with tuition assistance to further their education.

The Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Marines have all suspended their…

Derrick Rose has offered to pay for the funeral of the six-month-old Chicago girl who was shot five times earlier this week. Jonylah Watkins was killed while having her diaper changed by her father Jonathan Watkins, who police believe was the intended target of the shooting.

According to Chicago's ABC 7, a family spokesman said injured Bulls star is prepared to…

All I am saying is that the new Pope reminds me of Coach Boeheim of the Syracuse Orangemen...