Lil Kim Puts Wendy Williams on Blast

Before Wendy Williams was reincarnated as a family friendly talk show host, she used to be notorious for exposing salacious celebrity gossip. Wendy got a taste of her old medicine yesterday after Lil Kim put Wendy on blast...

Apparently Wendy made a nasty comment about Lil Kim's face on The Wendy Show and the original Queen Bee went off. KimTweeted that Wendy was a hater and told her, "Don't be mad at me because you sucked Big's dick and he didn't want anything to do with you after that."

Big being The Notorious B.I.G. who famously broke Lil Kim's heart after he left her for Faith Evans, sending Kim on a surgical quest to look like Faith ever since.

Gaye Family Want Jesse L. Martin to Step Down

Last week it was revealed that Lenny Kravitz was no longer attached to an upcoming Marvin Gaye bio-pic, and now the Gaye family is hoping the new star, Jesse L. Martin will also pass on the opportunity...
From The NY Daily News

“I don’t think Marvin is a very happy spirit right now,” says Janis, who was married to the singer from 1977-1981 and claims they remained off and on until seven months before his 1984 death. “This is the last thing he would want to have happen.”

According to Janis, both the play “My Brother Marvin” and the upcoming Julien Temple film, “Sexual Healing,” will focus on the final years of Marvin’s life, which were plagued by depression and drug abuse. She’s especially bothered by the play, which allegedly presents Janis in a negative light.

“I haven’t read the script, but it’s supposed to be based on (sister Zeola Gaye’s) book and I did read the book from cover to cover, and it was very difficult to read,” she tells Confidenti@l. She called it sensational and questioned its accuracy. “Some of the characterizations, like saying Marvin’s father killing him was a ‘mercy killing,’ you can only imagine how that makes the kids feel,” she says, referring to her and Marvin’s 38-year-old daughter, Nona, and 37-year-old son, Frankie. “It makes me feel bad enough.”

Janis admits Marvin’s final years were dark.

“It wasn’t always the greatest, but it was tough times for him and for everyone,” she admits.

Janis also tells us she’s “disappointed” that “Sexual Healing” may soon start filming with Jesse L. Martin in the lead role, but she’s thankful to Lenny Kravitz, who was slated to play that part before stepping down last week. “Ultimately, I think it was Lenny’s heart and soul and conscience that caused him to step away,” she says. “Hopefully, that touches Jesse in the same way.”

Halle Berry Enjoyed Morris Chestnut Love Scenes

Morris Chestnut plays Halle Berry's boyfriend in her new movie 'The Call' and Halle says her love scenes with Morris were not hard at all...
From The Sun Times

As Halle Berry and Morris Chestnut visited Chicago recently to promote their film “The Call” (opening Friday), the two actors made it clear they enjoyed working together for the first time.

“What’s not to like?” said Chestnut with a wink. “I get to play Halle Berry’s boyfriend!”

Not missing a beat, the Oscar-winning actress shot back, “I think most of the women in the world — and maybe a few men — would think I was the lucky one, since I get to kiss Morris Chestnut!”

Dr. Dre Gets $60 Mil To Start His Own Music Service

Looks like Dr. Dre is gunning for the top spot again this year! Forbes highest paid rapper of 2012 has just inked a deal for a new project that will have him watching the money pile up (again)!

The project, called “Daisy” is a streaming music service that was once a part of Beats electronics (creator of the coveted Beats By Dre headphones). Ironically enough, Dre’s 2012 fortune was largely due to his Beats by Dre headphone sales. Now Dre and his Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, have received a $60 million dollar investment to launch Daisy as a separate standalone service from Beats.
Which means two things: 1) Pretty soon, Dr. Dre will have his own version of Pandora or Spotify, and 2) He could possibly be doubling his 2012 income this year!

According a written release from Beats, Dre and Iovine are set to launch Daisy in “late 2013.” The two have hired Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor to be the Chief Creative Officer, and Topspin media founder Ian Rogers to be the company’s CEO.

When it launches, will you make the switch to Daisy later on this year?

Lil’ Kim Sues Lawyer For $1 Million

Lil’ Kim claims in a new lawsuit that she’s been cheated out of $1 million in endorsement deals by her lawyer and business partner, Sunny Barkats, and his associate, Andrew Ro.

According to reports, the rapper is suing Bakrats for $1 million on the grounds that he promised her multimillion dollar deals for brands in the alcohol, cosmetic and perfume businesses.

In the suit, which was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on March 8, Lil Kim claims Bakrats and Ro cheated her out of “valuable trademark and branding rights” while somehow usurping 44-percent control of a corporation started to license the perfume, cosmetic and alcohol brands.

Barkat released a statement calling the suit “another frivolous attempt by Lil’ Kim and her attorneys to get out of what is otherwise a binding agreement.”

That being said, would you endorse a makeup and perfume line that Lil’ Kim was associated with? We’re not sure what your answer is, but we know what ours is.

Beyonce Is A Grandma

A lot of celebrity rumors are bogus, but recent reports that Beyonce is Solange’s mom – not sister – is absolutely LUDICROUS.
According to an online report, Beyonce gave birth to Solange when she was 14. The report also claims that B was not born in 1981, but rather 1974, meaning she’s not 31.
According to BuzzFeed, Beyonce’s cousin Ang told a source the truth. “Bee’s cousin told me Beyonce’s daughter is Solange, and she said it to me in confidence after the topic of teenage pregnancy came up,” the source shared. “Mark my words, one day the truth will be told. Solange is 22 and Beyonce is 36, that is a 14 year age difference,” she stated.
Ok, now none of the math is adding up. If Beyonce was born in 1974, she would be 38 or 39, not 36.
And if this rumor was true, which we’re sure it isn’t, it would mean that Beyonce is a grandma, Solange is Jay-Z’s step daughter, and Blue Ivy is an aunt.

Beanie Sigel Responds To Sentencing

Beanie Sigel was sentenced to six to 23 months in jail after pleading guilty to narcotics possession. To anyone else, this would be an unfortunate event, but a rep for Sigel tells HipHollywood exclusively that it’s actually “good news”.

“Although most other news sources ran this story on Sigel’s birthday as if it were bad news, it is in fact good news,” Sigel’s rep explains. ”Beanie beat the gun case and was sentenced to six to 23 months. This sentence will run concurrent with his federal sentence. We expect an early release. This is actually good news.”

Beanie was already sentenced to two years in prison July of 2012 for federal tax evasion, after failing to file federal income tax returns from 2009 – 2012.

When asked how Beanie is holding up while being locked away since last August, the rep replied, ”Beans could be home before his birthday next year, he’s in good health, and he will finally be clear to focus on his career.”

According to his team, once released, Beanie’s career focus will be to finish a much anticipated album collaboration with Scarface, Mac and Brad.