Rap superstar 50 cent has banned Ciara from collaborating with Birdman and lil wayne following a dispute with their record label. The In Da Club hitmaker has asked R&B star Ciara not to record with artists at Cash Money Records following a feud between the label and G-Unit - 50 Cent's hip-hop group. The rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - is fuming after G-Unit star Young Buck signed for Cash Money Records. And as revenge, Jackson has stopped a collaboration between Ciara and Cash Money Records founder Bryan 'Birdman' Williams. A source tells the website, "Nobody affiliated with 50 Cent can be affiliated with his enemy."
Maybe lil waynes song to ciara doesn't help - "damn she bad damn she thick, and i may not know perfect, but damn she it, and she thick and she right, damn she nice, you can be my judge baby.. yeah i do life, give me life..and i know that you be dancin til your toes hurt, i can make your toes curl, I can make your soul jerk,we can soul search."
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The band have now pulled plans to take their reunion tour to Australia, China, South Africa and Argentina - and will play their final gig in Canada later this month.
Mel C had been locked in talks with bandmates VICTORIA BECKHAM, GERI HALLIWELL, EMMA BUNTON and MEL B over the band’s future.
But Sporty Spice does not want to continue so the girls have decided to call it a day.
Last night a Spice source revealed: “Geri and Victoria have been loving the attention and adulation the tour has been bringing the girls in the UK and North America.
“Mel B has really enjoyed being on stage and performing again. And Emma has found it hard with a young son but was prepared to carried on.
“But Mel C is the one who always insisted the reunion should be only short-term. Now she wants to go back to doing her own thing.
“Because they couldn’t all agree the extra tour dates have been pulled. Touring has been harder on all the girls this time round. But all of them could have been persuaded to continue - apart from Mel C.”
The band yesterday announced their gig in Toronto on February 26 will be their last.
Their statement added: “Sadly the tour needs to come to an end by the end of February due to family and personal commitments for Emma, Geri, Mel B, Mel C and Victoria.
“It was announced in June that, as well as the Europe and North America dates, the girls planned to visit Australia, China, South Africa and Argentina.
"But due to the phenomenal demand for tickets in the UK and US, and the tour’s massive logistics, it was impossible to fit in everything.”
The Return Of The Spice Girls tour kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, on December 2 last year. It was the first time they had appeared as a five-piece since Geri left the band in 1998.
Dates were set for concerts in Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Beijing and Sydney this month.
But the tour schedule changed due to demand for extra London gigs and new dates were never set.
There were also questions about whether the girls could sell out all the cities.
The band said yesterday: “It’s been incredible being back together and seeing our fans again. Really sorry if we didn’t get to see you this time round.
“We have other commitments in our lives now. But who knows what will happen next?”
The band are making the most of their remaining tour time - Mel B celebrated a sell-out gig in Montreal, Canada, by DJ-ing at a local club.
But I think this is the last Spice world tour we will see - although I wouldn’t rule out another money-spinning stint in London or Las Vegas.[source]
The jury returned the verdict on the third day of deliberations. He was accused by the government of trying to beat the IRS out of millions in tax payments.
Snipes and two co-defendants were indicted in 2006 for tax fraud and conspiracy. Snipes faced six additional counts of willful failure to file a tax return from 1999 to 2004, a period in which he signed two contracts for more than 10 million dollars on sequels in the "Blade" trilogy.
The star of the "Blade" films and "White Men Can't Jump" is among the most famous targets of an IRS criminal investigation, and his prosecution was key for the government. The actor used tax protest arguments long rejected by courts but still continuing to find adherents. For example, Snipes said the IRS's own code meant no citizen had to pay taxes on income earned in this country, and the agency had no legal authority to collect wages anyway, because it is not a proper government entity.[source]
E! News' Ryan Seacrest spoke exclusively with Lynne Spears this morning, setting the record straight on her role as a mother and her concern for a daughter in trouble.
Lynne, speaking as a worried mother, told Seacrest her only concern is for her daughter's well being and she just wants Britney to get better. Lynne told Seacrest she is doing everything she can and sees her role as mom to a child who clearly needs help.
She went on to say that she hopes people will question the reports they're hearing from the media and consider the source. She's afraid that everything going on is diverting attention from the real issue- Britney's health.
Lynne also wanted to make it clear that Britney's money has nothing to do with any of this.
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this comes after Lufti spoke with Seacrest this morning
Los Angeles, CA – February 1, 2008 – E! NEWS' Ryan Seacrest spoke exclusively with Britney Spears' closest confidante Sam Lutfi, when he called last night after leaving the star's side in the hospital, to set the record straight on his reasons for helping the pop princess, what he's getting out of it and how he truly feels about her family.
Seacrest initially asked Lutfi what was in for him and why was he fighting so hard to take care of her, to which he responded, "I feel like I have a moral obligation (to help Britney)." He went on to say that when you meet her and she cries and she begs (you) not to turn on her, he sees this little girl and wants to help. He said he has three sisters and would do the same thing for them.
However, he was incredibly critical of Spears parents saying he has no more respect for the family and that the parents are incapable of telling the truth and incapable of sympathizing. He went on to explain that her parents are more concerned about money and their own image than they are about this girl in the hospital and he will not spend anymore time trying to earn their respect.
Lutfi did clarify to Seacrest that he does not get paid by her (Britney) and he has never made money on any photo and not accepted money from the media. He said he brought her In-n-Out for dinner in the hospital Thursday night and will be back by her side Friday morning.
Earlier Thursday, a separate insider close to the Spears camp explained exclusively to E! News that "Sam has been the only one around her 24/7, he understands her and she trusts him more than anyone else. He's getting a bad rap, he's what's kept her alive. Sam wants the family to be there for Britney but he feels that they do not understand the full extent of what's going on in her life."
The insider also said that, "Britneys relationship with her mom is touch and go, while her father Jamie's relationship with Britney is on the mend but still at a distance, they both are trying to work things out."
The 65-year-old, wearing aviator-style glasses and helmet hair, looked almost identical to the singer who died suddenly from a heart attack in 1988.
"He was and always will be one of the greats of rock 'n roll." McCartney said of the Texan whose hits include 'You Got It' and 'Crying'.
Paul has remained friends with Orbison's widow Barbara and she was among the special guests at his concert at the Amoeba Record store in Los Angeles, California last year.
Earlier this week McCartney dismmed reports that he had a heart procedure last year as "entirely untrue."
"People are ringing and texting me saying, 'Are you OK?"' he writes in a posting on his newly redesigned Web site.
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Former "Baywatch" star and Playboy model Pamela Anderson takes to the stage in one of France's most famous nude revues this month, when she performs for two nights at the Crazy Horse in Paris.
Anderson, who has recently been performing in a magic show in Las Vegas, follows Arielle Dombasle, an actress and wife of one of France's leading intellectuals, in appearing at the Crazy Horse, a fixture in Paris night life for half a century.
"A special number will be created for Pamela Anderson, a striptease on a Harley Davidson," the Crazy Horse said.
Anderson will perform four shows on February 13-14.[source]
Pamela Anderson In a tiny bikini 
" Kate Moss is planning to marry her rocker lover at London's Claridge's hotel.
The catwalk beauty - who started dating The Kills guitarist Jamie Hince last August - was seen picking up wedding brochures at the plush venue sparking rumours she plans to hold her nuptials there followed by a lavish reception in one of the many decadent ballrooms.
A source said: "Kate looked radiant when she came by to pick up the wedding brochures. She has the air of a woman who is loved and looked after."
Kate regularly visited Claridge's when she was dating Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty.
However, since their split last July, she has favoured London's Dorchester hotel, where she held her 34th birthday party earlier this month.
The source added: "It was generally assumed Claridge's was a bolthole for her and Pete and she wouldn't be back again, so you can image the buzz when she showed up."
Kate reportedly proposed to Jamie during a 12-hour lovemaking marathon just a month after they started dating.
When the couple emerged from their night of passion, Kate allegedly told friends, "We're engaged." "
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