Just saw the entire list of Oscar nominations...

Taranji P. Henson and Viola Davis are both nominated for Best Supporting Actress!

Taranji was nominated for her role in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. For those of you not familiar with her work, she played Tyrese's baby mama in "Baby Boy", played one of the female assassins in "Smokin' Aces, and was in "Hair Show", "Hustle & Flow" and "Four Brothers." I also caught her on an episode of "Smart Guy" the other day and she is Jamie Foxx's love interest in the current video that he has out. I enjoy her as an actress, she has a very expressive face and you can tell she really gets into her character.

Viola is nominated for her role in "Doubt". I have always liked this lady as an actress. She has been on Law & Order a few times. She is not very well known but she is a powerful actress. I know she was in "Nights in Rodanthe" with Diane Lane and Richard Gere and it was nice to see her in a film with big name actors. I caught her the other day playing Fantasia's mom in "The Fantasia Barrino Story". She was also in "Antoine Fisher", "Get Rich Or Die Trying" and "Traffic". From looking at her profile on imdb.com, she has done alot of television shows.

Congratulations to both of these ladies on their nominations and Good Luck!

Did I just read this correctly???

Did I just read that one of the attendants in the ambulance with Jett Travolta, son of John and Kelly Preston, took a picture of Jett as he was dying in the ambulance and have contacted John and Kelly in the hopes of extorting one million dollars or he will shop the picture to the tabloids??? I like a celebrity story as well as the next guy but this right here is grounds for arresting somebody and throwing them under the jail...

Today marks one year since the surprising death of Heath Ledger.

He was also nominated for an Academy Award today for his portrayal as The Joker in The Dark Knight.

The next 72 hours are going to be lovely...

First, we celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tomorrow. Take a moment to honor Dr. King. Read about him, visit one of the historic sights, check out a special on television. Don't just look at it as a day off. On Tuesday, we have the induction ceremony for President-Elect Barack Obama which will put him in the White House as the first black President. Wow, it is still hard to believe but looking forward to checking out all of the coverage and the ceremony at 11:00 on Tuesday. Then Wednesday will be all of the wrap up media coverage. It's going to be a great week...

Doggone it, D. Wade....

Had such a crush on you when you came on the scene. Used to have convos about you with one of my other friends. You were the hotness. If what your WIFE is saying about you is true, major fall down the hotness tree.

From the ybf.com:

The Dwyane/Siohvaughn Wade divorce just got extra grimey. Siohvaughn filed papers yesterday in Miami with her lawyers alleging Dwyane abandoned his children, committed adultery, and infected her with an unspecified sexually transmitted disease. And she wants the names of ”all of his sexual partners” during their six-year marriage. O snap!

O but there’s more:

`Dwyane has dissipated substantial sums of marital property including . . buying his mother a $2 million church; placing substantial sums of money in an account with another woman; providing numerous friends and family members with unfettered access to accounts with hundreds of thousands of dollars of marital funds from which they made substantial withdrawals . . .’

She says he straight cut her off. Now we all know Gabrielle Union and D-Wade are an official couple now and have moved in together until she gets her own place in the MIA. So is she the initial homewrecker? They were kickin’ it right after Sioh moved back to the Chi. Dwyane’s lawyer says the allegations are false and just pretty f’d up. And to make matters more crazy, today is D-Wade’s 27th birthday. Well I guess these allegations were a Happy Birthday to him.

So now we have official proof–for those still doubting–of Dwyane & Siohvaughn Wade’s pending divorce. TheYBF.com was the FIRST to break the news that the couple was divorcing back in Sept. ‘07–despite the doubters calling us liars. Womp.

THREE words that need to be stomped out from our vocab in '09...

Using these three words subject you to a beatdown...

Hater or haters or haterz - SO sick of this word

Swagger or swagga - However you pronounce it, I am sick of it...

and last but not least

Respect - Respect, disrespectful, respectful, disrespect...whichever way you use it, just stop and come up with something else...

This simple broad...

From TMZ...

One of the chicks from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" is raising hell over her multi-million dollar divorce settlement -- claiming she needs more cash to compensate for her total lack of brain power.

Sheree Whitfield -- who was married to former NFL lineman Bob Whitfield -- just filed an appeal with the Georgia Supreme Court.

According to a court spokesperson, Sheree's lawyers argued she was wrongly denied alimony -- and needs it because she lacks the education and skill set to make good money on her own.Under the original settlement agreement, Whitfield received a $775,000 lump sum, more than $1.1 million in marital property, a portion of Bob's NFL retirement plans and $2,142 a month in child support -- but no alimony.

Bob's attorney claims the $113,422-a-year he's required to give her is enough -- and claims Sheree should be fined $2,500 by the court for wasting everyone's time.

The case is scheduled to be heard on Monday.

OK, Ms. She by Sheree, if you weren't in official golddigger air before your ass has landed squarely there.

Jett Travolta, son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, dies of seizure...

5:25 pm - I just saw on eonline that the family was on vacation in the Bahamas and Jett, who had a history of seizures due to illness, had a seizure and died at the scene. This is so sad. RIP young man.

Update 5:40 - His condition was Kawasaki Disease and speculation is he hit his head on the bathtub and that is what started the seisure.