Soon three shots can be heard. A crowd of hundreds disperse and less than a minute later three more shots were fired. San Jose police arrived to the scene to find four people injured. They were transported to a local hospital. A fifth victim walked into a local hospital shortly after.
Details on the condition of the victims, or their identities, were not immediately made available. Reports say there have been several arrests.
Zimmerman was arrested by Lake Mary police on Friday night after allegedly throwing a wine bottle in his girlfriend’s direction earlier in the week, his attorney Donald West said.
West appeared at Zimmerman’s side in a Seminole County court Saturday morning. Later Zimmerman was released, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said.
“Mr. Zimmerman denies the accusation,” said West, who was part of the defense team that represented Zimmerman during his trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, 17, during a neighborhood watch patrol in Sanford two years ago. Zimmerman claimed he was acting in self-defense.
The case polarized the American public and drew international attention to Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which makes it easier to use lethal force in self-defense by removing the obligation of a shooter to retreat and avoid a confrontation.
The aggravated assault charge is a third-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison or a $5,000 fine, the lawyer said. An arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 17.
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Speaking at the E! International Press Junket in Los Angeles on Friday, she said: ‘It’s been more challenging to get pregnant the second time around. ‘When you’re not planning it, it happens. It’s just how God works. ‘And when you want it so bad, it’s not happening… ‘
The NFL sent a letter to Orefici Watches demanding the company immediately stop posting pictures of NFL stars wearing their jewelry on its various websites and social media pages.
But the explanation is the interesting part — in the letter, the NFL says the league “has the exclusive right to license the names, likenesses, images” and more of nearly all NFL players for commercial products and promotions involving six or more players.
The NFL demanded Orefici remove the images ASAP or else it would take further legal action against the company. We’re told Orefici complied.
FYI — after the company received the letter, DeMarco Murray contacted the company and bought 22 watchesfor various teammates … though pics of the players sporting the watches are noticeably absent from Orefici’s social media.
source: TMZ
Music legend Andraé Crouch has died. The Grammy and Dove Award winner passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at approximately 4:30pm PST at Northridge Hospital Medical Center in the Los Angeles area. Andraé, 72, was hospitalized on January 3rd.
Andraé’s family requests privacy at this time. All media requests should be directed to Brian Mayes at Nashville Publicity Group, brian@nashvillepublicity.com or 615-771-2040. All other requests can be directed to Demetrus Alexander at demetrus.alexander@comcast.net.
A few days ago, Snoop posted a photo of a man with the caption, “Whose auntcle is this?” The Maryland native, Cortez Booze, was then bombarded with a slew of hateful comments from Instagram users.
The comments ranged from people calling him a “shemale” and “confused,” as well as other derogatory homophobic slurs. According to TMZ, Booze reported the image to Instagram but also plans on filing a lawsuit against the rapper for posting his image which sparked the negativity. This is similar to the lawsuit filed against Shaquille O’Neal, who posted a photo of a man with a genetic disorder this past summer. That case is still pending.
Source: The Source
Beats Electronics, the company behind the uber popular Beats By Dr. Dre headphones is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against a former business associate. Beats rival Monster, which also help design the original Beats headphones has filed suit against the company with its CEO Noel Lee claiming, he and Monster created the technology behind Beats By Dr. Dre. In the lawsuit, Monster and Lee allege Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine acted fraudulently by stealing the headphones from Lee and Monster while keeping quiet on Lee’s part in the engineering and designing of the successful headphones. USA Today is reporting Lee charges both Dre and Iovine were schooled by him on how the manufacturing, distribution, engineering and selling of the products Monster and Lee made.
Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson eats up the scenery on this show as Lucious’ ex-wife Cookie. She’s steely, streetwise and savvy about the music industry. But she took a fall for Lucious, going to jail for 17 years so he could use $400,000 in drug money to start their company.
As the show begins, she’s fresh out of the slammer and threatening to derail everything if she can’t manage her son’s career.
“I’ve been living like a dog for 17 years, and now … I want what’s mine,” she tells Lucious while plunking on a piano in his office. “I want Jamal.”
This sets up one of many conflicts on the show, as Cookie takes over managing their gay son, Jamal, and Lucious backs in-your-face rapper son Hakeem. Clean-cut son Andre has subtly encouraged this — egged on by his white girlfriend — in hopes that his two other brothers will destroy each other.
Jameis Winston won’t be back in a Florida State uniform next season, his father said Wednesday, opting instead to enter the NFL draft.
Initially, Antonor Winston said his son planned to wait until after the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T to announce a decision, but instead, Jameis Winston came to a firm decision Tuesday night that he was ready to enter the NFL draft.
In an interview with ShowBiz411, Rashad — who played the iconic Claire Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” and also co-starred in the show’s sequel, “Cosby” — slammed the allegations against the comedian. “Forget these women,” Rashad told the entertainment website in an interview posted late Tuesday. “What you’re seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it’s orchestrated.”
“Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV,” Rashad was quoted as saying. “And it’s worked.” After the allegations, TV Land pulled “Cosby Show” reruns, Netflix postponed a streaming Bill Cosby special and NBC pulled the plug on a sitcom it was developing with the comedian.
Taraji P. Henson doesn’t mince her words and won’t bite her tongue.
50 Cent has put his Starz show “Power” in competition with Fox’s debut series “Empire” starring Henson and Terrence Howard.
The king of beef accused the upcoming show of stealing “Power’s” marketing plan. In an Instagram post he wrote, “POWER Season 2 is unbelievable good trust me. I have the best writers and show runner. I like Terrence howard and Taraji Henson. I don’t like that They would copy the Marketing. #SMSAudio #FRIGO #POWERTV.”
Henson hasn’t focused a bit of her energy on responding to the rapper in the press, but when a fan asked her how she felt about his comments, she kept it all the way one hundred.
“I pay attention to $’s NOT cents,” she tweeted.
The photo, which purports to depict Malia posing sassily in a white T-shirt bearing the Pro Era logo, first popped up on Pro Era’s Twitter feed and quickly spread to sites like Vibe and Complex. A representative for Pro Era member Joey Bada$$ told Gawker that they received the photo from “a mutual friend of Malia and the pro era member,” but declined to give further details.
The image doesn’t appear to be Photoshopped, but it’s unclear whether the subject is actually Malia or a particularly convincing doppelgänger. Allow us to investigate further.
Having a talk with my homies and this was our discussion of the day so I thought I would ask my social media family HOW they feel about this???? Leave a comment and share with friends!
Thank you
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Reports are coming in that Memphitz and Toya Wright have Seperated! This is sad news for couple that are working hard to stay together. I Love this couple and I want to see the stay together! Let pray that they can work it out! Jesus can work it out (singing)
Charlie Sheen went on a wild rant against Kim Kardashian in the wee hours Tuesday morning, telling her to go “f yourself” for allegedly crushing a little girl’s dream.
Charlie says a friend told him about a 6-year-old girl who worshiped Kim and asked her for her autograph. Charlie says Kim turned the kid down flat, adding, “She cries about it every night before she goes to sleep.”
And that’s when he goes off: “you are lucky that ANYONE cares about your gross and giggly [sic] bag of funk you dare call an ass.”
He dares her to compare resumes with him, and then says, “your public loves u. give something back or go f yourself.”
Usher took a hard right in a fight on New Years that left his eye busted! He seemed to be in good spirits by saying “just wait until you see the other guy”
The message claims to put copyright protections on a user’s posts after they share the status update.
It typically reads:
“In response to the new Facebook guidelines, I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times!”
Here’s the thing: Facebook doesn’t own your posts. Under the social network’s privacy policy, they have the right to distribute and share the things a user posts, subject to their privacy and application settings. (Check out Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities here.)
The hoax doesn’t even have its facts right. A quick Google search will also show that there’s is no such thing as the Berner Convention. (Whoever originated it probably meant to write the Berne convention, which is an international agreement protecting literary and artistic works).
Take a look at this exclusive in studio clip of Master P explains and raps his verse on his song “Power” featuring Lil Wanye, take a look and gives us your feedback on this historic collaboration.
httpv://youtu.be/XhYdI3uNq8Y
In the premiere episode of Celebrity Apprentice, Keisha Knight Pulliam was appointed as the female team’s project manager and fired for not calling Bill Cosby to help reach her goal.
Pulliam needed to raise money for her team for the Project Pie Face competition but choose not to reach out to Cosby for a donation. She contacted Russell Simmons, Ludacris and Tyler Perry (to name a few) to donate funds because she felt they could “deliver the quickest.” Unfortunately, her team didn’t make their financial goal and her teammates blamed the actress who once played Cosby’s adorable daughter Rudy on The Cosby Show for not contacting her famed television father. At the end of the competition, the team was evaluated in the boardroom meeting with Donald Trump, his fashion designer/businesswoman daughter Ivanka Trump and Piers Morgan. The spotlight was on Pulliam with the repeated question: “Why didn’t you call Bill?” The Vulture reports: –
Ashanti had an exclusive interview with VladTV where she discussed many things including talks of signing with YMCMB. There was a rumor going around last year about the singer signing with one of the biggest labels out. She confirmed that there were conversations with Baby and she is still talking to Lil Wayne as well. Ashanti let it be known that nothing is solid or guaranteed but she is being cautious about the next steps she takes in her career.
Watch the video clip below!
httpv://youtu.be/ZlzNo_O8ErE
The actress won her lawsuit against Sensa Products, a weight-loss company she had an endorsement deal with. In the lawsuit, Spencer claimed the company wrongfully terminated her and ended her endorsement deal. Sensa claims her use of the hashtag #spon for #sponsored while promoting their products negatively effected their campaign.
The lawsuit goes on to state that it wasn’t in Spencer’s contract to not use the hashtag or get her tweets pre-approved. Spencer claimed she did more on her part to honor the deal by permitting Sensa to use before-and-after photos of her and advertisements in tabloids despite her reluctance. In addition, Spencer said she had lost the 20 pounds that she was required to lose as part of the deal.
“This was always about principle for our client, Ms. Spencer. She was taken advantage of by a company that is no stranger to misrepresentations,” Spencer’s attorney Bryan Freedman told The Hollywood Reporter. “I am very proud of Octavia’s will to fight.”
In the end, the judge ordered the company to pay $940,00 to Spencer. Reportedly the judgement was a default due to no representation by Sensa. The company is currently experiencing financial hardship. It may be a very a long time before Octavia sees any of her money.
– See more at: http://madamenoire.com/500372/octavia-spencer-wins-weight-loss-lawsuit/#sthash.6VGFIQYb.dpuf
Ivy Condo Association says between him bouncing checks and racking up over $12.5K in unpaid fees they’ve had enough — they filed a lien in November, and asked the court to foreclose on the rap mogul right before Christmas. Yo, bah humbug! Financial woes are stacking up for the Cash Money honcho — a reported $1.9 million federal tax lien, a $1 mil lien from a construction company … plus, he took out a $5M loan against his mega-mansion in April, just to pimp it out. (TMZ)
Ohio State beats Alabama 42-35 in the #SugarBowl! Buckeyes advance to the Championship game vs. Oregon!
The Florida State Seminoles suffered their first loss of the season in the Rose Bowl and many of the Seminoles’ players went straight to the locker room as soon as the clock ran out, rather than shaking hands with the Oregon players. This did not please the ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, who voiced his displeasure to the television audience. Jameis Winston was one of the few that stuck around.
“Glad to Jameis Winston, a leader of this team, stuck it out,” Herbstreit said. “Over half the Florida State team, right into the locker room, didn’t come across. Jimbo Fisher shakes hands. That’s disappointing that 70% of the Florida State team is in the locker room.
Halftime stats (Alabama 21, Ohio State 20)
— Total yards: Ohio State 348, Alabama 140
— First downs: Ohio State 16, Alabama 8
— Passing yards: Ohio State 181, Alabama 60
— Rushing yards: Ohio State 167, Alabama 79
— Points off turnovers: Ohio State 0, Alabama 14
— Third downs: Ohio State 7-10; Alabama 1-6.
— Turnovers are killing Ohio State. Alabama has now scored 14 off giveaways after T.J. Yeldon’s 2-yard run. Cyrus Jones picked off Cardale Jones five plays before that and returned it to the 15. OSU is actually out-gaining Alabama 196-132. But, turnovers … Alabama 21, Ohio State 6 (8:07).
2 Oregon routed No. 3 Florida State, 59-20, Thursday in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Cali.
“I thought I was going to die. I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I’d ever gone through. It’d be contradictory if I said I wasn’t pro-choice,” she said.
“I wasn’t ready. I didn’t have anything to offer a child.”
She also admitted that her new album is her most honest release to date.
“One of my goals was to give people a glimpse into my personal life, because it’s something I’ve kept very private. I had to learn to do something as simple as sleep alone,” she said.
“I struggled with ‘Do I express these feelings?’ And I decided there’s no reason for me to hide. I’m a vulnerable woman, and I’m proud of that.”
She also weighed in on the deaths of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
– See more at: http://cocoafab.com/covered-nicki-minaj-gets-real-for-rolling-stone/#sthash.wlgGN0eb.dpuf
On January 5th, 2015, No Limit Forever will release Money Mafia new project We All We Got via Livemixtapes.com.
No Limit Forever members will be prominently featured on this new project and the fiery hot lyric from Ace B will have your attention throughout the mixtape. Another stand out is the youngest of the crew from Pittsburgh, Young Junne. Junne is capturing the more mainstream feel with the versatility to rap and even sing, which is a double threat not seen previously from ‘The Tank’. Keep in mind, with OG’s like the President of No Limit Forever, Maserati Rome, and the likes of Gangsta, Playbeezy, Callipoe Popeye and Flight Boy, that street sounds will alway be the back bone of the Money Mafia sound.
I’ma say is this public marriage thing ain’t for every1,” he captioned the image. “Sh-t is hard. but when love let u down u let love go. who do I
trust? who do I depend on? ME! Thas Who! just be happy.
happy f-kin new year.”
He also shared another image with a caption that reads:
“love lost. life is life.”
MempHitz vents about marital woes on social media: “This public marriage thing ain’t for everyone.” His wife has yet to respond to the public revelation.
Young Thug got backlash after several people, including Glasses Malone, claimed that he was disrespecting the Crips in Dej Loaf’s “Blood” video. The Atlanta rapper threw up a “C” hand sign with one hand and a middle finger with the other hand, leading some to believe that he was dissing the gang.
However, Thug released a video on his Instagram page, explaining that he has no ill feelings towards the Crips, and added that he’s friends with other members and Nipsey Hussle.
Check the video:
httpv://youtu.be/pmUA0dkaMQ8
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The missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been found, AirAsia Indonesia and BASARNAS has confirmed collectively on Tuesday evening. Evacuation efforts focused on retrieving the passengers and crew are curently underway
Fox is set to run its new series Empire starting on January 7, and 50 feels the program starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson borrowed a little too much from Power. He posted about the Empire vs Power dynamic on his Instagram page. 50 even accused Empire of copying the marketing for Power.
Season 2 is unbelievably good trust me,” he said in the social media post containing video of a Power advertisement. “I have the best writers and show runner. I like Terrence Howard and Taraji Henson. I don’t like that They would copy the Marketing.” In a previous post, 50 Cent displays a picture of both Terrence Howard and Taraji Henson and asks women who they like more. “Empire VS. Power LADIES what’s up you be the judge. LMAO.”
Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith has been released from his contract.
A team spokesperson confirmed the firing to 11Alive News Monday morning. It will be officially announced during a press conference at 11 a.m.
NBC Sports first reported early Monday that Smith is “absolutely done,” and Falcons owner Arthur Blank has already hired a search firm to find a new head coach.
The team had five winning seasons under Smith’s leadership, but a 4-12 season followed by a 6-10 season sealed his fate.
Falcons fans suffered another heartbreaking loss after the team was mauled by the Carolina Panthers Sunday.
Bill Cosby has hired a battalion of private investigators to dig up dirt on his many accusers, The New York Post has learned.
The comedian, fighting an onslaught of accusations that he sexually assaulted more than two dozen women over many years, is paying six-figure fees to private investigators for information that might discredit his alleged victims.
The Game, Tyga and DJ Mustard were among the multitude who shut down traffic marching against police brutality. The peaceful protest started at Pan Pacific Park and thousands of fed up citizens moved through the streets carrying signs, singing and chanting for justice. (XXL Mag)
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The rapper proposed to Eudoxie in what he calls a #milehighprosal. While on a private flight going to Costa Rica, from Atlanta, the rapper popped the question. As the couple flew over a field of flowers, the words, “Eudoxie, will you marry me?”, appeared in the field. According to Ludacris she responded with, “She didn’t say yes. She said HELL YES!#milehighproposal,”
Monica, Shannon Brown and LeToya Luckett all witnessed the proposal. The group of friends were headed to a holiday vacation.
– See more at: http://madamenoire.com/499255/said-yes-ludacris-proposes-longtime-girlfriend-eudoxie/#sthash.wS6K5YRH.dpuf
You’d be sad too. Word is Pharrell is unhappy about the royalties he received from Pandora for “Happy.” The hit song had a whopping 43 million plays on the Internet radio service but the singer only earned $2,700 Read More
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Kim has been very open with friends and family … she and Kanye have been trying to have another baby for the last 9 months but nothing has worked. Kim has been to fertility doctors, but they’ve made it clear … having another baby is a long shot.
Turns out North West was a miracle baby … she had 3 specialists tell her she couldn’t get pregnant before North was conceived.
We’re told Kim is trying to reduce her stress and cut down on traveling … per doctor’s advice.
Sources very close to the feud tell TMZ … Wayne has issued a simple ultimatum, in writing, no less — release “Tha Carter V” pronto … or he will sue to leave Cash Money altogether.
We’re told Wayne is standing firm in his belief the album is ready to go — but Birdman still says there’s a lot of behind-the-scenes work left to be done.
VladTV spoke with Scarface about the recent execution of two NYPD officers who were shot and killed in cold blood while sitting in their car in Brooklyn, NY.
Scarface was very disturbed by the shooting, considering that the two men who were killed did absolutely nothing to provoke their lives being taken. He explained that situations such as the current tension between the police throughout the United States and the citizens of this nation, will spawn those who are willing to “die for the cause.” Face stated that he doesn’t want to see anyone die over these issues, and thinks that it is sad and shameful for any lives to be taken.
North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.
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Hip Hop legend Q-Tip initiated an important conversation over the weekend when the A Tribe Called Quest member sent a series of tweets to Iggy Azalea about the history of Hip Hop. Iggy’s mentor T.I. decided to respond to Q-Tip’s comments via Twitter as well. The Hustle Gang leader also offered support to his artist Azalea. Read More
Sony Music bigwigs are “freaking out” that details of their hefty salaries could be leaked next after hackers pilfered 100 terabytes of data from Sony servers and successfully killed the movie division’s “The Interview.”
Sources tell Page Six all high-level correspondence on music deals is being done by fax these days. Read More
Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead Saturday afternoon as they sat in their marked police car on a Brooklyn street corner — in what investigators believe was a crazed gunman’s assassination-style mission to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
Mayor Kasim Reed joined Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund as Host of the 31st Annual Mayor’s Masked Ball.
This years honorees were : Rev Dr. C.T. Vivian and Dr. Joseph Lowery
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Sony has hired crisis management expert Judy Smith — the inspiration for Kerry Washington’s Scandal character, Olivia Pope — to help advise Amy Pascal and the studio on its message and next steps, THR has confirmed.
On Friday, after President Obama criticized Sony for its decision to cancel The Interview’s release, Sony issued a statement elaborating on their choice to pull The Interview from theaters after the nation’s largest theater chains decided not to screen the film.
According to TMZ, Safaree is a complete emotional wreck after the breakup and is apparently suicidal. The former hypeman has reportedly been reclusive, spending most of his days and nights smoking weed and talking openly about suicide. TMZ reports:
Safaree is telling friends he won’t get in touch with Nicki because she’s now hooked up with Meek Mill. He says it’s torture for him, because he believes Meek Mill destroyed his relationship with Nicki over false claims he cheated.
Safaree’s friends say they’re scared these are more than idle threats. They’ve urged him to see a shrink. The problem … he’s seeing one whom he says has been giving him meds that make him even more emotional.
Though Nicki says she’s found peace, we hope Safaree will do the same.
Soulja pled no contest Thursday to carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle … in return, the possession charge was dropped.
Soulja was also sentenced to 24 months summary probation and 170 hours of community service.
As for the gun … according to the deal it will be destroyed.
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Back in September, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson became ludicrously wealthy after Microsoft bought the game for $2.5 billion. And as of this week, he’s now the owner of a $70 million Read More
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