Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We’ve got all the black entertainment news from the week that was…
Tami Roman and Evelyn Lozada get into a heated brawl in the second season finale of VH1’s Basketball Wives. The fight erupted after Evelyn told Tami that she and Tami’s ex-husband Kenny Anderson dated. ”(The Examiner)”:http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-boston/evelyn-lozada-claims-tami-roman-is-a-non-factor-on-basketball-wives-video
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Bobby Brown comments on the allegations of daughter Bobbi Kristina snorting cocaine. ”(YouTube)”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiBxO4qalPU
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Bobby Brown performs and is interviewed on The View. During his interview he talks about life post-Whitney, his new baby, and plans of doing a reunion album and tour with New Edition. ”(YouTube)”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=llQNso9J0Bw
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Oprah’s “OWN Network” announces drastic changes to programming after ratings drop to an all time low. ”(Huffington Post)”:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/09/oprah-own-network-overhaul_n_833513.html
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Willow Smith premieres her new video “21’st Century Girl.” The video starts featuring the legendary Cicely Tyson. ”(YouTube)”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfuHSJqqgAo
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NeNe Leakes opens on CBS’s The Talk up about her bad experience with Star Jones while filming NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice and calls Jones disloyal and a back stabber. ”(Bossip)”:http://bossip.com/352700/nene-is-really-riding-on-star-jones-now-calling-her-a-_____-video69691/
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Essence magazine reveals Jennifer Hudson gracing the cover of the April 2011 issue. Jennifer Hudson talks about being a working mom, her wedding plans — and yes, her astonishing 80-pound weight loss! “My wish is to be at least half as good as my mother was, as patient and as loving as she was, and to just give that to my son…” ”(Essence)”:http://www.essence.com/magazine/jennifer_hudson_april_cover_essence.php
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Keri Hilson is mistaken for Mary J. Blige in and error by the New York Post. ”(Bossip)”:http://bossip.com/353347/does-the-new-york-post-think-all-black-people-look-alike30346/picture-12-8/
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O magazine announces that in the upcoming Issue of O magazine, Oprah will reveal intimate pages from her personal journal. Oprah says, “It’s astonishing to be able to track your own evolution – who I was, who I’m still becoming.” ”(Huffington Post)”:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/08/oprah-shares-her-private-_n_832786.html
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Rihanna turns down opportunity to star in the remake of The Bodyguard. Rihanna Said, “I hate it when singers do singing movies all the time because you can never look at them as anybody else,” she said. “I want to play a character. My whole life is playing Rihanna, being a singer won’t be a stretch for me. I like challenges and being an actor is playing a role, being able to step into somebody else’s shoes, that’s the excitement.” ”(YBF)”:http://theybf.com/2011/03/08/rihanna-wont-star-in-the-bodyguard-remake
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Chris Brown reveals details to the New York Post’s Page Six magazine about the future of his career, his fallout with Rihanna and the inspiration behind his soon to be released album F.A.M.E. ”(New York Post)”:http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20110308/Redemption+Chris+Brown
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Beyonce and Alicia Keys released a sneak peak of their highly anticipated upcoming video for the song “Put It In A Love Song.” The video was filmed over a year ago before Alicia Keys was visibly pregnant. ”(Huffington Post)”:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/beyonce-and-alicia-keys-v_n_834130.html
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Michael Jackson’s posthumous “Hollywood Tonight” video premieres. In the video a young woman dances in the streets of Los Angeles to his song. ”(YouTube)”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjGtTUfPcI4
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Sean Diddy Combs is declared by Forbes to be the wealthiest artist in hip-hop with a net fortune of $475 million dollars. ”(Forbes)”:http://blogs.forbes.com/zackomalleygreenburg/2011/03/09/the-forbes-five-hip-hop-wealthiest-artists/