Pop Jargon...: August 2011

August 31, 2011

Actress Stacey Dash Leaves VH1 Show 'Single Ladies'

Well that was fast. Actress Stacey Dash has decided to leave her top-rated VH1 dramedy ‘Single Ladies,’ after only one season.

Rapper T.I. is officially a free man. The Grammy winner was released from prison today and is on his way to a halfway house.

An unemployed Illinois man hit the jackpot! Well, not really but he did find a bad filled with $20 bills totaling up to $150,000 in his backyard.

ABC Announces Crappy Cast For New Season of 'Dancing with the Stars'

Dancing with the Star is losing its mojo. ABC just announced the cast for season 13 and it’s more D-list than ever.

Two weeks after the reality TV world was rocked by the new that’ Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ husband Russell Armstrong, the cast has decided to speak out.

Even though it may not top a million in a week, Lil Wayne’s lastest album ‘Tha Carter IV’ might end up doing pretty well for itself.

Angry Boyfriend Cuts Sleeping Girlfriend's Hair After Argument

A Florida man was arrested for cutting his sleeping girlfriend’s hair off, after they had a fight.

MTV finally has a hit on their hands. Last night’s annual awards show provided the network with it’s highest ratings ever for an awards show.

Now that Beyonce is finally pregnant with the spawn of a one mister Sean Carter, things are about to change.

Hurricane Irene Scares New Yorkers, Joins Twitter

Even though the news had poor (and clearly not very smart) New Yorkers believing their lives were going to turn into a scene out of the movie '2012,' Hurricane Irene moved her way past the city without doing too much damage, probably because she wanted to get back home and tweet!

Katt Williams Gets Into Brawl During Concert

Katt Williams needs an intervention. In the past few months he’s made headlines for his crazy behavior, but this one takes the cake!

Earlier this week we reported that a mother threw her infant off of a local hospital garage because she was tired of dealing with his drama. Well now comes word that the poor baby died from his injuries, and if you’re looking for his father to go against the mom, think again.

DMX needs an intervention. No seriously. On the heels of getting arrested (yet again) in Arizona, he's decided he wants to sue. Cocaine is a helluva drug.

The earthquake that hit the East Coast earlier this week had many in the region scurrying to safety (for nothing really, but they seem to like to overreact ‘round those parts). Meanwhile one New York man wanted to immoratalize the event with a tattoo.

Beyonce Drops Video For '1+1'

If you thought Beyonce was going to let lower than usual album sales stop her from hitting you with as many videos off her album as possible, then you don't know her at all. We've got her latest for the single '1 +1.'

'Real Housewives of Beverly Hilla' husband Russell Armstrong was memorialized near Los Angeles earlier today.

Stop the presses! Casey Anthony is back in Florida. You know it was coming!

An Austrian man is being accused of keeping his two daughters a sex slaves, locking them away in a room for 41 years.

Steve Jobs Steps Down As CEO Of Apple

Steve Jobs has decided to step down from his post as CEO of Apple Inc, effective immediately.

After a tumultuous first (and possibly last) season on ‘Basketball Wives,’ Meeka Claxton is re-thinking her life decisions. As if it wasn’t embarrassing enough that she got a “mama style” smack in the face from Tami Roman, she’s decided that she may not sue her after all.

Sometime when you’re tired, you’re likely to fall asleep in strange places. Two intruders were busted in Tennessee for breaking into a funeral home and sleeping in the caskets.

Here we go again. Another parent has been busted for hurting their special needs child because they didn’t want to take care of them anymore.

Driving Instructor Accused Of Giving Wine To Underaged Students

Learning how to drive is a big deal in the life of a teenager and one driving instructor wanted to help his students take the edge of a little bit by giving his students wine. Bad decision.

Toxicology reports have been returned in the death of Amy Winehouse and she didn’t have any illegal drugs in her system.

Uh-oh, there may be trouble in paradise for Will and Jada…..they might be splitting up!

R&B Singer Nick Ashford Dead At 70

Nick Ashford, singer/songwriter and one-half of the musical duo Ashford & Simpson died today, he was 70.

Rapper Lil Wayne’s ex-wife’s new husband (did you get that? We’ll give you a minute to let it sink in), Mickey “Memphitz” Wright was busted at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport earlier today for trying to bring a gun on a plane.

Ryan Gosling is not only the hottest and most petite leading man in Hollywood these days, he’s also a peace maker!

There’s more trouble in the land of the Real Housewives. Former ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ cast member Lisa Wu-Hartwell has called it quits with her husband, former NFL player Ed Hartwell.

Since John Galliano lost his mind and exposed an alleged addiction problem by going on an anti-semitic rant in France earlier this year, Christian Dior has been left without a leader. But fear not!... word has it that designer Marc Jacobs will add yet another job to his already packed resume.

It’s no secret that finding a rent controlled apartment in New York City is the gem among gems, so it only makes sense that one woman married an 87-year-old man just to have dibs on his $400 a month apartment.

French Company Releases Lingerie Line For Children

Lingerie is not for adults anymore, little kids are getting in on the naughty clothing craze!

You would think that getting on DUI would make someone not want to get behind the wheel for a while, but not one Marlyand mom. She got two DUI’s in one night, the second of which was with her child in the car.

Having one your cast member die is never a good thing, so Bravo has decided to make the noble decision to re-edit the upcoming season in wake of the suicide of Russell Armstrong.

TLC Cancels 'LA Ink'

TLC is really laying the smack hand down on it’s reality shows this week. A few days after announcing it was giving ‘Kate Plus 8’ the boot, now Kat Von D has received her walking papers.

They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but apparently a confused woman scorned is even worse. A New Zealand woman, upset for getting cheated on by her husband, foiled her plan to get revenge, when she mistakenly drove her car through the wrong apartment complex.

Joran Van Der Sloot, the man suspected of killing Natalie Holloway, and a Peruvian woman by the name of Stephanie Flores, might be out of prison just in time for the holidays.

UK Grandmother Busted For Having Sex With 15-Year-Old

Grandmothers are usually baking pies, and knitting blankets, but this grandma had a totally different agenda: to have sex with a 15-year-old.

You knew it was coming. Jay-Z and Kanye West quietly released their ‘Watch the Throne’ compilation last week at it has topped the Billboard album charts.

Poor Meeka Claxton. Not only did she get publicly humiliated on this season of ‘Basketball Wives,’ and beaten up by Tami, she’s also getting kicked off the show.

Usually clothing lines want “celebrities” wearing their clothes, but Abercrombie & Fitch has had enough of the 'Jersey Shore' kids rocking their stuff. The company is even offering to pay one cast member not to wear A&F.

In the wake of the tragic suicide of ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ cast member Russell Armstrong, new reports reveal that his estranged wife, Taylor discovered his body.

A teenage boy was arrested Monday (Aug. 15) for allegedly stabbing his grandmother and killing his great-grandmother following a confrontation over his Halo video game.