Is Queen Latifah ready to get hitched?

After officiating 33 weddings for gay and straight couples during the Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, Queen Latifah has reportedly caught the marriage bug! According to Star Magazine, the talk show host is so happy in her long-term relationship with girlfriend Eboni Nichols that she’s considering tying the knot very soon. Latifah, 43, has been fiercely protective of her private life and has never confirmed her sexuality to the public, but those closest to her are revealing she’s ready to be more open. “They’re completely in love,” a friend told Star.

Tyrese caught

up in custody troubles

Earlier this week, Norma Gibson called police after Tyrese Gibson tried to pick up their daughter for a scheduled custody visit.

TMZ reports that his ex-wife Norma called Tyrese beforehand claiming their daughter was sick,

which according to their custody agreement, meant she didn’t have to turn her over for a visit. Tyrese insisted on picking up the child anyway so Norma called the cops who met Tyrese on her doorstep. After reviewing the custody agreement Tyrese was sent away without his daughter.

Sources tell TMZ Tyrese does not believe his daughter was sick and that he is being kept from visitation out of revenge and wants his ex-wife held in contempt and thrown in jail for violating their custody order.

RHOA points finger at NeNe

for pillow fight punch out

A few days after the infamous Pillow Fight brawl, Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes reportedly slammed editors and producers for casting a bad light on the

show. “The Fame Driven” blog allowed a production assistant the opportunity

to shed light on the whole ordeal and blamed NeNe.

“I wanted to clarify for people what was not aired during the

brawl in last night’s episode since Nene Leakes has slandered us, the True Entertainment production staff, and editors of the show. For one, Nene’s erratic behavior was simply because she felt Kenya’s tardiness to her event

was a devised plan for the producers to make Kenya the new star of the show, and it was NOT! Before Kenya arrived Nene was ranting, pacing, and cursing us out about how she is the star of the show, she is the relevant actress, she made “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” the success it is today, and she should not have to wait for Kenya to arrive to her event. Two PA’s were verbally disrespected and threatened by Nene when they simply tried to diffuse the situation by telling Nene that the scene could not wrap until all housewives (Kenya included) were present, we didn’t air any of that footage.

Nene then reverted her frustrations towards Kenya and that’s when she thought to bring up the Christopher Williams and his “common law” wife rumor that Kenya stated at the winery, so that the room would gang up on Kenya, and it didn’t work out as Nene had originally planned. Prior to that night, Nene and Kenya had no issues, it wasn’t until one of the housewife husbands blurted out at Nene’s pajama party that “we have to wait for the new star of the show to arrive”, which triggered Nene’s anger, and entailed what the viewers witnessed leading up to the melee. We didn’t edit, manipulate, or conjure up a devious plan to sabotage Nene like she would want people to believe. We cannot provide or present footage that a housewife does not put out of themselves to be recorded. So for Nene to blame poor editing on the production and editing staff is the furthest from the truth, and showing no

accountability on her end.”

Is Rickey Smiley a reckless spender?

According to a letter sent to popular urban blog Baller Alert, Rickey Smiley owes tons of money because of irresponsible spending and the financing of jet setting one night stands.

“Smiley was also millions of dollars in debt. He owed millions of dollars to the

Internal Revenue Service, and he routinely spent literally tens of thousands of dollars more than he earned each month.”

The source told Baller alert that he is now in a lawsuit with his former manager for money owed.

“Specifically, Smiley’s CFO determined that if Smiley did not continue to supplement his monthly revenue with live performances, his outrageous spending would put him more than $40,000 in debt each month—an astonishing fact given that Smiley’s gross monthly revenues exceeded $350, 000,” said the

source. “In other words, even though Starks White had assisted Smiley in working through his federal income tax issues, and increased his annual revenue many times over, Smiley’s playboy lifestyle was literally flushing tens of thousands of dollars down the toilet every month.”

Sources: TMZ.com, Baller Alert, Star Magazine, Twiter.com, The Fame Driven

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