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• Tsk tsk tsk. Jermaine Dupri didn't exactly rush to Montreal when Janet Jackson got sick Monday. [E!] • By the way, that "illness" that sent Jackson to the hospital and is causing her to cancel shows is rumored to be pregnancy. You're not really famous if someone, at some point, doesn't start a rumor that you're pregnant. [NB] • The court will forgive Game for his involvement in a post-funeral brawl with his cousin if he will take 36 hours of anger-management classes. Good call. [TMZ] |
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Money can buy anything, nowadays, even highly sought-after opportunities to not spend it. Millionaire rapper Master P recently saw his son, Beverly Hills High student Romeo Miller aka Lil' Romeo, honored with a full-ride to the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship. Basketball insiders were "shocked," however, because Romeo is neither remarkably tall nor good at basketball – USC coach Tim Floyd willingly admits the 5'10" point guard "must improve" – and his family is certainly able to afford the $44,000 per year cost of the school. The impetus for the scholarship? First, to put young asses in stadium seats: "We may have more 11- to 17-year-old girls in the stands than we've had in the past," says Floyd. And then there's Romeo's relationship with Demar DeRozan. Some believe Romeo's acquisition by USC was a package deal, a way to lure his close (and much more talented) friend, DeRozan, to the basketball program. People believe this because Coach Floyd is telling everyone that that's exactly what happened:
DeRozen, who will graduate this year from LA's Compton High, announced his decision to attend USC jointly with Romeo last November at a press conference at the Four Seasons hotel. Master P's PR firm scheduled the event and Romeo Miller was given top billing. DeRozen did not later receive a conference of his own in South Central. |
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• All the best quotes come from Snoop's reality show. [MG] • Is Jamie Lynn Spears going to make an appearance in Lil Romeo's new reality show? [SOHH] • After rap, of course, country music has the most references to alcohol, drugs, tobacco. Oh, y'all have never heard "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off?" [Reuters] • At some point, you've got to ask this woman, why the hell were you O.J. Simpson's girlfriend to begin with? [PH] |
![]() ![]() While Jamie Lynn Spears has identified her on/off boyfriend Casey Aldridge as the father of her fetus, rumor has it Spears has recently been dating Lil' Romeo, her fellow Nickelodeon star. Look, we all know that he's probably not the daddy. Even a member of the Spears clan knows that's not the sort of thing that remains a secret after the child is born. [DL] |
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• Lil Romeo: college basketball player and owner of the "official snack of hip hop." [EUR] • Busta Rhymes basically just lives in court these days. [WNBC] • The College Board might be bringing AP African American History to high school kids. [IHE] • A Jackson family member is cheap and creepy? No! I mean, we are talking about a guy who named his kid Jermajesty. [TMZ] |
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• Lil Romeo will definitely put an interesting spin on USC basketball this school year. [LADN] • A 19-year-old handyman at Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland confessed to killing journalist Chauncey Bailey. [WIBW] • The trailer for the game "Resident Evil 5" lives up to its name. [BL] • Ving Rhames' dogs may not have caused the death of his caretaker Friday, although he was definitely attacked by them. [E!] |