Seems like Levi Johnston may be adding ANOTHER baby mamma to the mix. The rumor mill is a buzz with word that while Johnston was broken up with Bristol Palin, he stayed at a Holiday Inn Select with his old boo and well you know how freaky things can get in the telly. So apparently the ex is expected to give birth any day and she claims Levi’s the one. I couldn’t find this on any credible websites so let’s just say stay tuned, eh? Damn we were about to have all types of drama poppin off on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Hey there jerk dads! Think you got off easy b/c your kids are well beyond the age of child support ? Not so fast!  Being dicked around for 30 plus years, kinda builds up on the soul.  You think we forgot about the time we were sitting on the sofa with our Minnie Mouse purse, and you never showed up?   Or do you think we forgot about the time you decided  you didn’t want to pay college tuition anymore?  This woman in Oklahoma has found an awesome way to flip the bird to her dad.  Eff with his potential earnings!   I kind of love this. Karma. Bladow!

An Oklahoma judicial candidate is fending off a political attack from his daughter, who has taken out a local newspaper ad urging voters: “Do not vote for my dad!” McClain County judicial hopeful John Mantooth’s daughter and son-in-law paid for the quarter-page advertisement, which features a picture of the daughter’s family, highlights cases in which Mantooth has been sued and lists a website the couple started, http://www.donotvoteformydad.com. Mantooth said the bad blood stems from his 1981 divorce from his daughter’s mother. “This is a family issue which should have been kept private,” he said Monday. “I’m very sad about this. I’m very disappointed. I’m hurt, but I love my daughter, and I want things to get better, and I hope they will.” Jan Schill, 31, said she never has had a good relationship with her father and doesn’t think he’d make a good judge. “We just felt like it would be bad if he were to become a judge,” Schill said in a telephone interview from her home in Durango, Colo. “I assumed that he would not appreciate it, but he’s made so many people mad, I’m just another mark on his board of people’s he’s had a beef with.”

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In case you missed the news, Essence magazine, the 40 year old bible of black womanhood hired a white woman. Clutch your pearls! Breathe. Repeat.

Ellianna Placas is the mag’s new fashion director. The hiring move ignited a firestorm on the innawebs (including on our Facebook page), from readers to fashion insiders to those who had once worked for the magazine. In a nutshell, homegirls were pisssssssed! How could a non-black woman tell black women what to wear? Will she know how to dress a black woman’s body? Were any black fashionistas on the short list for the job? Does Essence have an obligation to always hire from within the minority community, particularly since publishing is such a hard field for us? Oh, and the questions went on and on…

Well, Fashionista.com went to the source: editor-in-chief of Essence, Angela Burt-Murray, to find out how Placas got the job. Here’s her emailed response:

“Our new fashion director, Ellianna Placas, is part of a growing fashion team at Essence. We are making a number of new hires in the coming months.

I understand that this issue has struck an emotional chord with our audience, however I selected Ellianna, who has been contributing to the magazine on a freelance basis for the last six months, because of her creativity, vision, the positive reader response to her work and her enthusiasm and respect for the audience and our brand.

We remain committed to celebrating the unique beauty and style of African-American women in Essence magazine and online at Essence.com.”

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 OK seriously…who is gonna muzzle this maroon? How is it possible that she (and the other 2—side eyeing Sherri and Whoopi) have a platform for their half informed and ill-advised ridiculousness? I’d rather watch an hour of a completely shaved monkey juggling fecal balls, before I watch The View. And YES, that includes tomorrow with mah boo President Obama.

The co-host of “The View” said older women who have led lives of heterosexuality are choosing same-sex partners because men their age are chasing younger women.

“All the older men are going for younger women, leaving the women with no one.” Hasselbeck said on Tuesday.  Joy Behar, was appropriately incredulous.

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Earlier this week, we showed you this pic over on our Facebook page of Usher and Chris Brown sharing a stage in Jamaica. Well, here’s a little video of their “jam session,” hyped by Elephant Man.

I’m quite disappointed in this love fest.  I was hoping for a good dance off.  I really wanted somebody to get served.

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Sometimes picking up the phone for crazy line 1 can be a good thing. It sure makes life more interesting. Just ask Ron Artest. He recently dove into a dodge ball game for Team Zankou. I wonder if his shrink co-signed on this activity?

Real Talk Wednesdays: Something about this dude is actually sexy to this Witch…crazy CAN be good for other activities too ladies

Aubrey has landed a reality show on Oxygen that will chronicle her attempts to salvage her career (she had one??? hmmm, interesting…) So , will ya watch? Huh, will ya?!

T.I. is not feeling the blood suckers on HBO’s True Blood.

“I couldn’t really watch it, but they got into that sh*t heavy. The whole prison damn near shut down. They went crazy for it. There’s a bunch of sex in it, so they were tuning in for that.”

-T.I. in an interview with MTV.

So while you’re stealing cable… inmates are kicking back with Sookie Stackhouse and ish.

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I don’t think he needs the money so I’m not quite sure why Pastor Joey is involved in this but chuckle inducing nonetheless……

I don’t even know where the AMC network lives (sorry, not into Mad Men) on my teevay or whether I even get that channel but I sure as hell will be camping outside of Comcast to make sure I get it come this fall. Common has just scored the leading role in AMC’s pilot Hell On Wheels. The show is set in the American West and focuses on the building of the transcontinental railroad. Yeah, yeah, whatever. COMMON’S IN IT!

He’ll play “Elam,” a biracial freed slave looking for work on the railroad project. Filming on the show wraps in August. I sure hope this thing gets picked up. Between Boris, Blair and Common this fall… I’m set!

So, will you watch?

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A couple of new joints for your listening pleasure (or not…you be the judge)

First up, Usher & Jay-Z’s “Hot Tottie,” with a little smattering of Ester Dean on it. The song debuted on DC’s WPGC radio tonight. There’s a version of the song with Ciara on it too… this ain’t it.

Shyne and his new flow are back. This time, he’s got two late, greats on the track: the Notorious B.I.G. with a little Bob Marley sprinkled in for good measure.  Here’s “Belize”…

You likey?

Usher/Jay-Z rip via illRoots and Rap-Up
Shyne rip via XXL
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This pic of MJ and Diana got me to thinking about how we really don’t live in the moment. Sure a good chunk of life requires prior proper planning to prevent piss poor performance (sorry I pledged, some things just never leave you…) We say that we won’t waste time building up expectations in people or things or both but oftentimes we do just that. I am definitely guilty as charged. I want answers, I wanna know why I can’t seem to iron this love thing down, or why my money is in a constant state of funny, or why this is not perfect or that isn’t perfect, we can go on and on. What I’m learning however is that if you live long enough you start to appreciate that the true beauty of life are exactly the things that are wrong or imperfect. That scar on your upper lip isn’t a flaw, it’s what sets you apart. We get outta life what we allow ourselves to see. If you constantly see stress and strife then more than likely that’s all you’ll ever acquire. Do you have all the money a person can have? no, but you have a home, a place to rest your head at night. Are you on boyfriend #845? sure you are! But remember that a whole crapload of your coupled up friends aren’t anymore happy than you are being single……. all that glitters is not steak….. ok I’m hungry but you get my drift.

This post is as much as a reminder to me as it is to all reading this to be happy just cause. Not because something good happened or might happen, but just cause.