Michael Jackson on a television set in 1978, when he was a handsome, shy teenager.
Last summer, when Michael Jackson turned 50, Rolling Stone published what might be the best online photo gallery of Michael pictures from childhood on, including the above photo and lots more. Enjoy.
And check out the complete Rolling Stone Michael Jackson archive here.
Jackson's performance of the Moon Walk at the Motown 25th anniversary TV special on May 16, 1983 rocked the world. I was in junior high, and yeah, it was the shit.
When you talk to former performers, at any level of fame, they'll tell you that when their season comes to an end, it's hard to adjust to life without the attention, the recognition of people in the street, or the roar of the crowd. Michael Jackson never seemed to adjust to his fall from the center of our attention. In the ultimate twist of irony, by dying too soon, at age 50, he has found a way to get it all back. From the moment we heard the leak, and then the confirmation, of his death, the world, including the U.S., where his fame really had receded into a kind of uncomfortable infamy -- we just can't stop talking about him; we're grooving to his music again, and he is the center of all the world's attention.
I've got to think that somewhere up there, Michael Jackson is happy as hell.
Farrah was the stand-out "Angel" in the 70s hit. Pictured with co-stars Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson
Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" star who inspired the hairstyles of every girl in my mostly black neighborhood who could grow bangs long enough to feather and who had been bravely battling cancer, has died at age 62. Farrah played Jill, and became THE bombshell of the 1970s. As a little kid, I had two "Charlie's Angels" dolls - Farrah's and Kate Jackson's (the sporty one.) But yeah, we all thought Farrah was the best Angel.
Rest in peace, Ms. Fawcett, and condolences to her friends and family.
Hold on to your "Sonny and Cher" re-runs: Chastity Bono's becoming a guy:
The 40-year-old, known to family and friends as Chaz, came out as a lesbian nearly two decades ago. Bono intends to make the transition from woman to man, publicist Howard Bragman said.
"Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," Bragman said.
"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by loved ones. [Read more]
She's now free to launch her television career on the Fox News Channel. TMZ had the scoop, and the not entirely believable reason for the firing given by pageant officials:
Sources connected with the pageant tell us even Donald Trumphas now had it with Carrie, because she's violating her contract by not getting clearance to do her extracurricular stuff.
We're also told Carrie has been a no-show for appearances she was supposed to make for the pageant organization.
The firing, we're told, is strictly based on Carrie breaching her contract. It's not based on her political and moral views.
Riiiight. I think it's fair to say that the Miss California organization wanted to fire Ms. Prejean the minute she uttered the words "opposite marriage." They just had to wait for her to do something silly, like posing semi-nude ... gaining too much individual notoriety ... acting like a diva and thereby pissing off Donald Trump.
It has already started, with the Rupert Murdoch tabloid The Sun calling her out for apparent public tirades under the header "Subo goes loco." It simply won't do for this poor woman to sail gently into fame and fortune. She'll have to be taken down a few pegs first. From the Sun:
There were fears last night that the pressure was getting to the show favourite.
Cops intervened at 5pm yesterday after Susan, 48, went berserk in the lobby of the Wembley Plaza Hotel in North London when two strangers set out to "wind her up".
The Scottish singer was heard to roar: "How f***ing dare you! You can't f***ing talk to me like that."
One of two cops stationed at the hotel went up and asked: "Is there a problem?"
Susan, dubbed SuBo, roared: "Of course there's a f***ing problem."
Tears flowing, she turned on her heel and marched out the exit followed by her family, production staff and the cops.
The Sun story doesn't mention what was done to "SuBo" to set her off, but then again, it is a Murdoch tabbie.
And then, there is that adorable 12-year-old boy, Shaheen Jafargholi, who's got cute on Susan, and pipes, too. How long before the Murdocharazzi nab him, too...? (BTW, get a load of what they're competing against.)
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the Daily Mirror got hold of some video of a young, attractive Susan Boyle singing at a local competition back in the day ... the day being 1985:
According to the Mirror:
The tape was unearthed by Gerry McGuinness, 61, who was in the audience that night at Motherwell FC’s social club.
He recalled: “She was so shy but she was also very attractive back then – she turned a few heads when she came in. She didn’t win the contest, though.”
Howard Stern plays the hilarious "straight from the boards" version of Beyonce's appearance on "The Today Show," and all I have to say is, oh ... my ... god... listen. It's clear that she can't hear herself (lucky her...)
Message to comedian who used to portray a cross-eyed woman named Wanda who will forever be in my mental picture, even when you're trying to be a sexy R&B singer? Don't mess with stars who are waaaay more popular than you. Or, Jamie Foxx goes on Leno to beg Miley Cyrus' forgiveness:
Leno asked the actor, “Did you say something inappropriate?”
“Yeah,” he admitted before taking a deep breath. “I so apologize to (Miley), and this is sincere. I am a comedian, and you guys know that whatever I say, I don’t mean any of it. And sometimes, as comedians, as we do, we go a little bit too far.”
Jamie Foxx says he dreamt up the tooootally original concept for his video for the deep, inspirational and complex anthem, "Blame it on the alcohol" ... wait for it ... at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Seriously. Being around so many other celebrities inspired his creativity.
BOSTON -- Nearly half of Boston youths believe pop singer Rihanna was responsible for an incident of alleged domestic abuse that left her bloodied and bruised, according to a survey conducted by the Public Health Commission.
Surveyors polled 200 city youths, ranging in age from 12 to 19, and asked their feelings about the incident, in which singer Chris Brown is accused of striking girlfriend Rihanna several times following an argument. The survey found that 46 percent of youths believe Rihanna is responsible for provoking the alleged assault. Additionally, 52 percent said Rihanna and Brown share responsibility for the incident, despite the fact that Rihanna had been beaten badly enough to require hospital treatment.
The conventional wisdom would suggest that it is, despite his apparent kiss and make up routine with Rihanna in Miami Beach. The problem? The details. And they're leaking fast... from TSG, we get the LAPD search warrant application, seeking Rihanna's cell phone records. According to the affidavit, the argument began when Rihanna picked up Chris' cellphone and saw a text message from "a woman Brown had a previous sexual relationship with." During the argument, Brown pulled the car over, reached over her and tried to push her out of the car. When her seat belt prevented him from pushing her out, the warrant app says:
"he took his right hand and shoved her head against the passenger window of the vehicle causing an approximate one inch raised circular contusion. [Rihanna] turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand. He then drove away int he vehicle and continued to punch her in the face with his right hand while steering the vehicle with his left hand. The assault caused [Rihanna's] mouth to fill with blood and blood to splatter all over her cloting and the interior of the vehicle."
Not good. According to TSG, it gets worse:
He then allegedly punched her repeatedly and warned, "I'm going to beat the shit out of you when we get home! You wait and see!" Bloodied, Rihanna reportedly then called her assistant Jennifer Rosales and left a message asking the aide to call police. Brown responded, the affidavit notes, by saying, "You just did the stupidest thing ever! Now I'm really going to kill you!" ... Brown was charged today with assault and making a criminal threat, both felonies... [Emphasis added]
That's actually a mild version of the continued assault, which you can read in excruciating detail here. According to the police, Chris basically beat Rihanna all the way home, put her in a head lock, and even bit her. The tail end of the assault, or at least Rihanna's cries for help, were noticed by a neighbor, who called 911.
Worse still, the app states that Chris contacted Rihanna's assistant on the night of the assault, wanting to know if his battered girlfriend had given police his name (consciousness of guilt, anyone?) Later, he texted the assistant saying he was sorry and "was going to get help." (Consciousness of P.R., anyone???)
If all of this is true and accurate, Chris Brown is going to have one hell of a time rehabilitating his image, no matter how much time he and "Ri-Ri" spend at Diddy's crib. I suppose he could use a number of defenses: temporary insanity? Extreme intoxication? He does have a good lawyer (Mark Geragos), and word on the street is that Rihanna may not want to testify against him. And TMZ reports:
... it seems Brown wants to avoid a trial at all costs because the picture of Rihanna taken one day after the incident -- which has not been seen anywhere publicly -- is unbelievable.
During the proceeding, Brown signed a waiver of presence, allowing his lawyer to act on his behalf -- meaning he won't have to show up to any minor court proceedings before April 6th.
and further proof they're back together:
The judge asked Rihanna's attorney Donald Etra if there was a "no-contact order" in place, to which Etra replied, "Miss Fenty [Rihanna] does not request such an order."
Musical noms were great and put on a great show. A far cry from "it's hard out here for a pimp," and redeeming for the Academy.
The dresses were heavy on old Hollywood glamour. Very few I didn't like. Um, except this one...
Brangelina shut out (but they were careful to smile when the camera inevitably cut to them during Jen Anniston's stage bit) ... Jen and John had 2nd row seats ...
Lots of ethnic flavor (thanks to Slumdog, and Japanese short film winner who really said "domo arigato Mr. Roboto during his thank you speech.)
All the expected people won the big awards (Nate Silver on point again except for Penelope Cruz) and the Best Actress nominees received touching intros, except for the makework one from Nicole Kidman to Ange... awkward... Sophia Loren looked great!
Sean Penn got political and called out Prop 8 people (surprise!)
TMZ unleashes the pictures that could end Chris Brown's career, at least for the forseeable future. E! News reports the LAPD has launched an internal investigation and somebody could be in big trouble over the photo, if it turns out to be the real deal. And there's this:
A law-enforcement source close to the Brown investigation tells E! News that the leaked photo was one taken by a detective when officers first arrived at the Hancock Park scene of the alleged attack.
"There was another set taken at the hospital where the swelling is even worse," the source said.
Per the source, the fight began when Rihanna intercepted an incoming text message to Brown's cell phone from another woman. She later told police that this wasn't the first time Brown had been physically abusive.
But this time, the source said, "she may have thrown the first punch."
The insider also tells us that, within 48 hours of Brown's arrest, "a tabloid" offered "over a hundred grand" for a police photo of Rihanna.
"Internal Affairs is up in their butts over the leaks," the source said, adding that, even earlier today, LAPD staffers were being warned about leaking info. "They're threatening to administer polygraphs."
Brown has apologized (without getting specific about what transpired,) but that hasn't stopped the endless media whupping, although per E!, the media may be the least of his troubles:
At the request of the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, the R&B star is being investigated for a variety of felonies, including domestic violence, assault resulting in great bodily injury and—based on specific allegations made by Rihanna—even attempted murder, a source close to the L.A. Police Department's investigation tells E! News.
But as they build their case, the source says, prosecutors fear that making any serious felony charges stick could prove difficult in a case where there are no direct witnesses other than Rihanna and Brown.
Lingering questions from last night's Grammy Awards:
Is Rihanna the "unnnamed woman" Chris Brown was arrested for throttling, and is that why BOTH of them failed to show for the awards, rather than just him? Signs point to yes... and it gets worse, according to TMZ:
TMZ has confirmed Rihanna is the named alleged victim in the Chris Brown case and the allegation is that she was assaulted with a deadly weapon.
Law enforcement sources tell us the crime report calls the incident assault with a deadly weapon -- we do not yet know the nature of the weapon.
The crime report gives the victim's name as Robyn Fenty -- that's Rihanna's real name.
Another Q: what's with the Brit phenom M.I.A. performing on her freaking due date? And that polka dot outfit! WTF was that all about??? (BTW one of the funniest moments of the night was when the camera caught our friend M.I.A. scratching the bejeezus out of her wig ... er ... hair ... during the nominations for best new artist. Adele was chewing gum. She won.)
Worse, what the HELL was up with Kanye West's HAIR??? Was he trying to channel Rockwell from the 1980s with that mullet or what? I sure hope that was for a part in a movie...
And while we're on the hip hop tip, how in the name of God did the turtle-like Lil Wayne beat Jay Z (and Nas, for that matter) out of one Grammy, let alone THREE???
Jay Z had one of the best performances of the night, both with the "Rap pack" and with Chris Martin of Coldplay. Another good collaboration: Justin Timberlake and both Al Green and T.I.
All in all, I disagree with those who called it a horrible show, though it was a bit all over the place. But again, I could have done without the polka dot belly.
UPDATE: Chris Brown has been dropped as a spokesman for Doublemint Gum pending the outcome of the investiga... oh, hell, he's not getting that back.
Meanwhile, TMZ has updated their reporting to say that despite the police report, there was no weapon involved in the alleged assault, but that according to the law, a deadly weapon doesn't necessarily have to be a gun or knife (there may be an umbrella involved..) And get this:
One law enforcement source who has been dead-on so far claims Rihanna suffered contusions and bite marks.
Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson had to identify her nephew's body, which a neighbor discovered in the once-missing white SUV yesterday.
Officers questioned William Balfour, 27, the estranged husband of Julian's mother, on Friday night, but he stopped talking when police suggested he take a polygraph test, law-enforcement sources said. Balfour has not been charged in the slayings.
Although the sources say Balfour remains the focus of the investigation, the motive remains murky. Police say there have been ongoing disputes between him and his estranged wife, Julia Hudson, and her family.
Hudson's mother and brother had thrown him out of their Englewood house in the past, sources said. Julia Hudson also told police that Balfour had threatened the family. A source said Balfour told Julia Hudson he would kill her if he found out she had a boyfriend, despite the fact that he had other girlfriends.
In another incident, sources said, Julia Hudson arrived Friday morning at Sunrise Bus Co. on payday and discovered her wages had been garnished because of unpaid car payments. Sources said Balfour had taken her car months earlier but promised to make the payments on the vehicle. After seeing her pay stub, Julia Hudson called Balfour to complain about the unpaid bills, sources said.
Police believe that Balfour went to the Hudson family home Friday and shot through the front door, striking Hudson's brother, Jason. Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, came into the living room, screaming, and Balfour shot her as well, sources said. Shell casings were also found in the child's room, but there were no bullet holes or other signs of violence there. Much of the account of what police believe happened that day came from an interview with a girlfriend of Balfour's, sources said.
The sources also said Balfour's girlfriend contradicted his alibi and told police that he was involved in the slayings.
Police have not ruled out the possibility that more than one person was involved, though Supt. Jody Weis said Monday that Balfour was currently their only "person of interest."
Jennifer Hudson (left) pictured with her mother, Darnell Donerson (center)
At this time of tragedy, all we can do is pray for the Hudson family, which is grieving the loss of Jennifer Hudson's mother and sister, and the disappearance of her nephew. But while we're at it ... um ... is it fair to ask why Hudson's family was still living in the hood, given all her success? CNN this morning reported that Hudson at some point asked whether her mother would like to move someplace safer, and her mother declined. Okay ... maybe, she could have insisted?
Meanwhile, Chicago police have questioned, but not charged, this guy:
... William Balfour, who is the estranged husband of Jennifer's sister, though not the missing 7-year-old's father. Looks like a real winner. Balfour is a recent parolee. My bet is he is the main suspect, and is probably free to be watched by police.
Police in Chicago are searching for a suspect in the shooting deaths of Oscar winning actress/singer Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother, and the kidnapping of her 7-year-old nephew, and it looks like it's someone close to home:
The Hollywood star's older sister, Julia Hudson, discovered the victims after returning home from her day shift at a bus company and summoned the police, reportedly telling them her son, Julian King, was missing.
Law enforcement agencies immediately issued an all points bulletin for the boy, who remained missing today.
The shooting victims were Hudson's mother, Darnell Donnerson, 57, and her brother, Jason Hudson, 29, in what police described as domestic violence.
Mr Donnerson suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Ms Hudson was shot in the chest, according to the Cook County Examiner's Office.
News reports and neighbours identified the suspect as William Balfour, Julia Hudson's estranged husband and the step-father of her son.
Neighbours reported hearing gunshots at Donnerson's home in the gritty Englewood neighbourhood on the city's South Side, but no one raised the alarm for several hours, authorities said.
"I just can't fathom something like this happening," Ethel Grisom, a longtime family friend, told the Chicago Tribune.
"The entire family were just real friendly people who enjoyed being together. This is going to be devastating for them."
There were no signs of forced entry to the home, according to Joseph Patterson, deputy chief of patrol of the Chicago Police.
On his MySpace page, Mr Balfour described himself as a "proud parent" and played up his links to Jennifer Hudson.
"I might as well let you all know that Jennifer Hudson is my wife's sister. I'm proud of her and wish her nothing but the best in what she do. But don't hit me up asking 'bout her, other than that it's on!" he wrote.
A slide show on the same site featured family snaps of Jennifer alongside shots of a bare-chested Balfour flexing his muscles for the camera.
Guess who will be rocking the mike, and the vote, for Barack Obama on Sunday? (If you guessed Beyonce's snotty sister's baby's uncle-in-law, you're on track...!) The celebs have been pouring it on for Obama over the last few weeks, with Tyler Perry, Forrest Whitaker, Cynthia Nixon (from Sex in the City), local baller Alonzo Mourning and out-of-towner Patrick Ewing just some of the celebs passing through. Let's guess who's getting the cool kids' vote this year... (by the way, no swearing, Jigga! Fox News is watching...!)
One of my favorite actors, and coincidentally, one of the finest in Hollywood, was seriously injured in a car accident. I'm sure that all of prayers are with him.
Something about the Britney/Paris video has been nagging at the back of my mind, and I finally figured out what it was. Comparing Obama to them is wrong because they're fading stars and he's a rising star. The Britney/Paris analogue in the race is McCain: he, like they, got rather far on extremely limited talent and huge amounts of marketing, and is now desperately trying to cling to celebrity with more and more extreme antics that get him ink but offend and sadden his fans.
And that explains the raw hatred that McCain and his handlers display towards Obama: it's the hatred of the has-been (especially a has-been who never was much in the first place, a mere celebrity, like Britney rather than an actual star...
Told ya that mama business was an Eminem-ish thing. Bale and his mum apparently had a falling out over her insults to his wife. And who knew Bale's father was married to Gloria Steinem? The Globe and Mail has all the scoop on the Batman star's arrest, past and demons.
Brangelina's twins are here! (And they WILL take your man...)
Jen's nemesis gives birth to the French, and the media goes wild. If Anniston and her new beaux, John Mayer, follow suit, those little tykes had better hold onto their spouses, partners or significant others ... The latest Pitt-Jolie offspring include both a boy and a girl Sacre bleu!
Meanwhile, before they've even made it into the tabloids for dumping their spouses for a globe-trotting, do-gooder trollup, the twins have already snagged their first $20 million! Holy pimperation! |
Today's honor goes to Black Entertainment USA from Friday, regarding the acquittal of R&B singer/composer R. Kelly on child porn charges (a story that got overlooked because of the shocking death of NBC's Tim Russert. The headline?
Babwa Wawters reveals she nearly created a little Barack Obama of her own, back in the day:
NEW YORK (AP) — After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters now says she had a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."
Appearing on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s, according to a transcript of the show provided to The Associated Press.
A moderate Republican from Massachusetts who took office in 1967, Brooke was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the Senate. Both he and Walters knew that public knowledge of their affair could have ruined his career as well as hers, Walters says.
At the time, the twice-divorced Walters was a rising star in TV news and co-host of NBC's "Today" show, but would soon jump to ABC News, where she has enjoyed unrivaled success. Her affair with Brooke, which never before came to light, had ended before he lost his bid for a third term in 1978.
Brooke later divorced, and has since remarried. Calls to a listing for Brooke in Miami by The Associated Press were not immediately returned Thursday.
Walters is the guest of Oprah Winfrey to discuss her new memoir, "Audition," which covers her long career in television, as well as her off-camera life. On "Oprah," Walters recounts a phone call from a friend who urged her to stop seeing Brooke.
"He said, 'This is going to come out. This is going to ruin your career,'" then reminded her that Brooke was up for re-election a year later. "'This is going to ruin him. You've got to break this off.'"
Winfrey asks Walters if she was in love.
"I was certainly — I don't know — I was certainly infatuated."
"Infatuated."
"I was certainly involved," Walters says. "He was exciting. He was brilliant. It was exciting times in Washington." ...
"It was a long, long time ago and neither one of us ever talked about it and I don't know why," she said. "He didn't mention it and I didn't mention it," Cher told "Entertainment Tonight."
Apparently Cher and Cruise dated between 1983 and 1986, after "Risky Business" and before "The Color of Money." Cher now says she's troubled by what she sees about Cruise in the press, referring to his involvement with the Church of Scientology.
Cher, guys ... he dated Cher... what else do you need? Has this guy got to marry Liza Minelli?
No, they will very likely never be running mates, but Barack and Hillary ARE Brangelina ... (ewww...) which of course means that she's a ruthless, man-stealing wench / orphaned, foreign child collector, and he's a dope who still talks to his ex and is far too easily roped into syrupy, pretentious humanitarian-chic photo-ops that he hopes will buy his wife's affection for their actual children. In fact, Barack would be just up Angelina's adoption alley, were he considerably younger and actually IN Kenya! ... but I digress...
The New England Historic Genealogical Society reported that Mr Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, while Mrs Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.
Releasing the findings of a three-year-long study, the society issued a bizarre - if intriguing - array of blood ties between the presidential candidates and the great and the good on both sides of the Atlantic.
Among them, Mr Obama is said to be distantly related to Sir Winston Churchill, while his rival Mrs Clinton is reportedly a cousin, far removed, of the Duchess of Cornwall.
Researchers at America's oldest genealogical groups also said that Mrs Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side, has familial ties to the singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette, as well as the author Jack Kerouac.
They claimed that Mr Obama, whose white mother was from Kansas and black father from Kenya, is linked to six US presidents - both Democratic and Republican - including George W Bush, who is said to be a 10th cousin. ...
She's related to Madonna???!!! ... (ahem) So how DID the researhers forget Dick Cheney? Is Obama not related to him anymore? And if he still is, does that mean that Dick and Dubya are somehow distant cousins, too? One shudders to even think about it.
As for John McCain, apparently the thought of tracing his ancestry bored the crap out of the research team, so they didn't bother. No, actuallly his records just aren't that complete ... darn that Panamanian systema de recordes!
I guess Britney's not the only disfunctional one... nor is she the only slutty one.
Jamie Lynn's pregnant, y'all! Yes, white girls have teenaged babies out of wedlock, too... only this one will probably have a gold plated crib, $1,000 booties, and the occasional meal (when mommy remembers to tell the nanny to warm the bottle.)
The nation's new attorney general gets something right, finally giving up the security clearances needed for the Justice Department to investigate his predecessor's -- and those he was lacky to -- domestic surveillance. We await word on whether the Dems will cave on immunity for the telcos that helped out with the government's giant information shovel.
Bush's GOP lackeys on the Hill (I make the distinction to separate them from the Democrat and Independent lackeys on the Hill) demand that the Dems retract their Iraq war cost report putting the cost at $1.5 billion. After all, that report might turn Americans against the war ... HA!!!
And Kanye West's mother's death following plastic surgery is sad ... and should sober people up about how dangerous plastic surgery can be. Earth to ladies: it's not your mother's Botox brunch. Meanwhile, Kanye issues a statement. ... and the doctor who says he refused to operate on Donda West says she ignored medical advice and that doing so may have led to her death.
You knew there was going to be some big drama in the wake of James Brown's death, as if passing away on Christmas Day after breathing "I'm going away now" in a hospital bed, following a diagnosis of walking pneumonia at the dentist's office wasn't dramatic enough... So here it is:
James Brown had a girl right up until the end of his life. His children from previous unions and their attorney have allegedly locked the woman, backup dancer Tomi Rae Hynie, out of the home she shared with The Godfather of Soul and their five year old child.
Padlocked, that is...
Brown's lawyer Buddy Dallas told The Associated Press. "I have not even been in the house, nor will I until appropriate protocol is followed." He also stated on Tuesday that the late singer and Tomi Rae were not legally married and that she was locked out of his South Carolina home for estate legal reasons.
Apparently Tomi Rae Hynie was already married to a Texas man in 2001 when she married Brown according to the attorney, making her marriage to Brown illegal, attorney Dallas said. He said Hynie later annulled the previous marriage, but she and Brown never remarried.
Doh!
"I suppose it would mean she was, from time to time, a guest in Mr. Brown's home," Dallas said.
On Monday, the 73-year-old Brown died at an Atlanta hospital, and Hynie, 36, discovered that the gates to their Beech Island, S.C., home was padlocked. Hynie claims to have a legal right to live in the home with the couple's 5-year-old son.
"This is my home," Hynie told a reporter outside the house. "I don't have any money. I don't have anywhere to go."
Attorney Dallas stated to the AP that Brown's estate was left in trust for his children. No further word was revealed on how the property was to be diviided.
However, there were strong indications it would not be divided with Ms. Hynie...
Dallas said Brown and Hynie had not seen each other for several weeks before his death. ...
(Sigh.) I'll tell ya there's no scorn like the scorn of the previous baby's mama's kids... Now, other news reports have said that Brown and Hynie split in 2003, taking out a very public ad saying so, and then supposedly remarried in 2004 (or planned to...) but this article throws that into question. And then there's this, from another wire service story:
Dallas said legal formalities need to be followed now, adding that Brown's estate was left in trust for his children. He declined to elaborate on Brown's final instructions.
“It's not intended and I hope not interpreted to be an act of unkindness or an act of a lack of sympathy,” Dallas said. “Ms. Hynie has a home a few blocks away from Mr. Brown's home where she resides periodically when she is not with Mr. Brown. She is not without housing or home.”
So which is it? Does she have nowhere to go or doesn't she? Curious. BTW the AP story above refers to Ms. Hynie as Brown's "partner" -- maybe it's a Cali thing. The first fire story, via Monsters and Critics, calls her his "common law wife."
Anyway, on a different note, here's the reax from Rev. Al Sharpton, who cited Brown as a semial influence.
As you know, for many women, there's no man quite so enticing as somebody else's man (right, Julia Roberts?). So this year, we at the Reid Report would like to honor the top five man-stealing hussies of 2006, and their man-ho's, too...!
#5: Denise Richards. How gangsta is Denise Richards? After she dumped that louse Charlie Sheen, she snagged her next man-ornament, rocker Richie Sambora, right out from under the clutches of her best friend, Heather Locklear ... who also happened to be their NEIGHBOR! And she did it after counseling her gal pal to get a divorce ... so she could steal ... her ... man...! I told you she was gangsta! So who are the people in your neighborhood? Man-stealling hussies, that's who!
#4: Britney Spears: Having yanked K-Fed off the couch of his baby's mana interloper from Brandy's TV show, Britney got to breedin' with him late last year, producing, fresh for 2006, an adorable little air bag, who coubles as a yo-yo, and a new baby Kevin can't possibly pay for any more than he pays for the other ...what is it four now, or six...??? Her interview with Matt Lauer? A comedy classic worthy of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour! And how often does your new, soon to be ex-hubby's ex actually THANK you for stealing her deadbeat man? Only in your world, Britney. Now go finalize those divorce papers and put on some drawers!
#3: Scary Spice: Why any woman would want to steal a man capable of making six ... that's SIX kids with one woman is beyond me, but Scary got her Murphy ... and her own little bundle of Murphy joy, too ... assuming that paternity test comes through before he spends all of his "Dreamgirls" money on child support...
#2: Karrine Steffans, a/k/a the video vixen and best-selling author, "Superhead": She helped free Whitney from Bobby Brown, and test drove a Mercedes, all in one gossip column! Love that! Now just keep Bobby busy long enough for Whitney to completely detox and get her album done and we're straight...
... and at number 1: you guessed it! Brangelina! They managed to devastate America's sweetheart, Jennifer Aniston, and enthrall Anderson Cooper and that Asian lady from the Today Show all at once with their charitable, third world adoption magic! Who will they cheat with next??? What lengths will Angelina go to to prove she's not the wicked witch of the West? Can Brad fake that golly-gee do-gooderism long enough to get back his box office mojo??? And what fabulous negro charity will benefit from all this man-stealing, wife dumping excitement???
Damn. It would be perfect except that everybody knows there are no teenaged 
I guess Britney's not the only disfunctional one... nor is she the only slutty one.
The starlet dies in Hollywood ... 
Stay tuned! 2007 is sure to be a doozy!
