B13 Peer Review

Morgan Freeman was forced to deny that he is romantically involved with his step-granddaughter. Since 2009, there have been whispers that the 74-year-old actor has an incestuous relationship with 27-year-old E'Dena Hines but the actor chose not to respond until now because he thought he didn't have to "dignify these stories by commenting". Freeman is not related to Hines by blood, but he adopted Hines' mother, whose mother is his first wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw. Freeman split with Bradshaw in 1979 but he and Hines maintained a close bond over the years. The actor often took her as his plus one at Hollywood events, publicly bringing her to the premiere of " The Dark Knight " in 2008. Another rumor about him said that his second marriage to Myma Colley-Lee ended in 2008 because of the romance with the step-granddaughter. "The recent reports of any pending marriage or romantic relationship of me to anyone are defamatory fabrica...

Linkin Park Burning It Down By Ray Ryan on 13/04/2012 Linkin Park have announced that their new single will be called ‘Burn It Down’.   It will be released as a digital download on Monday and will be the lead single from their fifth, as yet untitled, studio album. Lead singer Chester Bennington said that it will give fans a taste of what to expect from the new album. He said: "All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions. “Other times, they'll start out as beats, and the next thing you know they kind of evolve over the course of the making of the album. "But what's interesting about this track is the really high energy and the really strong electronic melodies and hooks kind of set this song apart, which is why we chose it as our first single. "We've kind of drifted into a lot...

By Steven Anthony Van Halen has just released the video for She’s The Woman , now officially the second single off of this year’s A Different Kind Of Truth . She’s The Woman is one of many tracks on the new record that the band retooled from demos recorded back in 1976. While some criticized the band for using these old demos on the record, ultimately it offered a way to guarantee a return to that classic Van Halen sound. The video features a combination of rehearsal and live footage of the band. From Diamond Dave’s microphone stand twirling act to EVH’s classic-VH-styled guitar solo, it’s clear the band still has what it takes to put on a good show. Check it out below. The band currently has tour dates scheduled until the end of June. Head on over to Van-Halen.com for dates and ticket information.

Chris Daughtry is being sued by his pre-American Idol bandmates that claim they are owed royalties for four hit Daughtry songs including the hit song "Home". Prior to becoming a finalist on American Idol and launching his multi-platinum band Daughtry, Chris Daughtry was in a band called Absent Element with bass player Ryan Andrews, drummer Scott Crawford, and guitarist Mark Perry. The three have now filed suit in North Carolina seeking royalties for songs they say they had a hand in writing with Chris Daughtry. Apart from "Home," Daughtry's formerband mates are seeking royalties for the songs "Breakdown," "Conviction," and "Sinking."  The Charlotte Observer reports that the lawsuit states "All four members wrote music and lyrics for Absent Element's songs, collaborated on the arrangement and recording of those songs, regularly consu...

We all know that couples in Hollywood are on and off and change like the weather, but when rumors began to surface about the potential divorce between Will Smith and Jada Pinkett we couldn't help but to worry. Unlike Kim Kardashian and many other Hollywood couples, the Smith's marriage actually proved to have sincerity and realness for a long period of time. They were Jay-z and Beyonce before Jay-z and Beyonce. Jada Pinkett Smith recently reassured the public that her and Will are not on the brinks of divorce. She shed light on the situation to Gala France, "Every year, a celebrity couple is on the radar. This year, unluckily, it's us! I almost want to say that we should have been expecting it. But Will and I know the truth. We are waiting peacefully for when the storm ends." "These rumors are completely untrue. I'm travelling a lot because of my work, as Will does. And the fact that I'm accompanying our daught...

  By DAVID WEINER Which Catwoman is the Cat's Meow? Brand-new images of Anne Hathaway as a curvy Catwoman from the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises raise the ultimate question: Which Catwoman is the cat's meow? We rank the Batman beauties from hot to not.

Apr 13, 2012 by Jonathan Hailey, Assistant Editor Legendary pop/R&B singer Lionel Richie is about to catch a beat down worse than his ex-wife put on him years ago. Richie owes the government over a million dollars in back taxes. He failed to file in 2010 and Uncle Sam is about to lay the smack down on dude’s wallet. The “All Night Long” singer was hit with a tax lien to the tune of $1,130,609.11. If he doesn’t start breaking the government off their piece, they’re going after all his assets. Lionel Richie has responded to any of these reports, but he’s worth $200 milli so finding a little over a million shouldn’t be hard to come up with.

Mar 11, 2012 26 by TheUrbanDaily Staff Could it be Splitsville  for Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon?  The National Enquirer reports that Mariah is so distraught over Nick’s failing health that she’s threatening to leave him if he doesn’t lighten his work load. Although Nick agreed to CBS Radio morning show, he’s refusing to give up his “America’s Got Talent” and his weekly syndicated radio show “Cannon’s Countdown.” He thinks Mariah is overreacting and blowing everything out of proportion,” revealed an insider. “Besides that, Nick is insecure about living in Mariah’s shadow, and if he quit work altogether he feels like he’d have no identity of his own. He hates being known as Mr. Mariah Carey.” Nick recently revealed he suffers from an auto-immune disease which was the cause of his recent hospital stays.  In February, he was hospitalized for kidney failure in January and for blood clots in his lungs in February. The rumo...

Kevin Hart’s Ex-Wife Allegedly Attacks His Lawyer   MAR 13, 2012 by Shamika Sanders, Staff Writer Comedian, Kevin Hart filed for divorce from his wife last year, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause. Since then, Kevin and Torrei have gone through the notions that result in permanent separation but unlike Kevin who is dating someone new, she doesn’t seemed to pleased with it at all (not that she should be)! The divorce was recently finalized but not before Torrei allegedly lunged at his lawyer! RadarOnline reports: “Torrei was absolutely livid that she had been ordered to pay a portion of Kevin’s legal fees, and she lunged at Debra Opri, who was in the hallway at this point. Several sheriff’s deputies had to restrain Torrei and separated the two. Torrei said that Opri was a ‘b*tch,’ and Opri was shaken up after ...

Tyler Perry In Legal Trouble With Writers   LOS ANGELES (AP) The Writers Guild of America, West, has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Tyler Perry’s sitcom, “House of Payne.” The WGA accuses the show of unlawfully firing four writers in retaliation for their union activity. The charge also alleges that Perry’s company has bargained in bad faith with the Guild. A lawyer for Tyler Perry tells the Hollywood Reporter that the four writers were fired because of poor work performance. The WGA says, together, the four had worked on more than 100 episodes of “House of Payne.” They and others are expected to picket the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios tomorrow (Saturday) in Atlanta.

  Posted by Adam Friday February 17, 2012 JENNIFER Hudson is in talks to star in a remake of Whitney Houston ‘s hit movie The Bodyguard . The 1992 movie which starred the late pop diva and Kevin Costner has been the subject of plans for an update for sometime but now Houston’s tragic death has given the project a new direction. “The idea is to make The Bodyguard as a tribute to Whitney with her natural successor Jennifer Hudson in the lead role,” reveals a Hollywood insider . “She showed at the Grammys that she can be as big a star as Whitney. She is the perfect choice for any remake.”

B.o.B. fans mark your calendars because "Strange Clouds" hits stores May 1st. The album will feature the pop crossover single "Both of Us" with Taylor Swift.

Lady Gaga's Little Monsters are having a field day with Madonna's new music video . Madonna released her video for "Girl Gone Wild" last night -- and Gaga fans are already slamming the Queen of Pop on Twitter for copying Gaga's style. Referencing the men dancing in heels throughout the GGW video, one Gaga fan tweeted "OH @Madonna was copying Lady Gaga - Alejandro music video on her new Girl Gone Wild . who's reductive now?" Madonna fans are striking back though, trying to show that everything Gaga did, Madge did back in the 90's --  meaning that, if anything, the only one Madonna is copying is herself. What do you think ? Watch "Girl Gone Wild" above ... and check out Gaga's "Alejandro" video below.

Katy Perry is trading her candy girl costume for marine fatigues! The music video for her latest hit "Part of Me" just dropped, and you can see it here on toofab. In the video, Katy breaks up with her boyfriend (mirroring her real-life split from husband Russell Brand ) and decides to enlist in the marines. The pop star filmed the video at Camp Pendleton in California and got very physical. Check it out for yourself, below: The video is a departure from her more whimsical "Teenage Dream" and " Firework " videos, but it's not the first with a military theme. In the video for "Thinking of You," Katy plays a woman whose lover is killed in World War II France.

One of the biggest boy bands of the late '90s is making a combeback! No, not *NSYNC ... sorry. Nick Lachey , Drew Lachey , Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre -- A.K.A. 98 Degrees -- are reuniting 10 years after their last single together, according to RumorFix.com . The group will reportedly go on a 15-city tour this summer between July to August ... with an official announcement expected in the next week. Speculation of a reunion began with a tweet from Nick yesterday saying  "is it me, or does 98degrees.com look a little different that it did yesterday? just saying." The website showed off a brand new logo and design. It's going to be a busy year for Nick, who is also expecting his first child with wife Vanessa Minnillo in late summer/early fall. 98 Degrees , NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and more -- check out what all your favorite former teen idols look like now in the gallery above!

An Internet hoax tried to kill off Usher Raymond this morning on Twitter -- but he's still alive and kicking ... and flaunting his seriously buff bod! The 33-year-old singer was forced to prove he's still alive after a nasty rumor spread online earlier today, and took to his Twitter to do it. "Never scared, never dead...Just #Lookin 4 myself," he posted earlier today along with the shirtless photo above. Alongside another shot he commented "Livin' Legend!!!" While it's clear he's been working out, Usher has been pretty busy outside of the gym lately too. He and protege Justin Bieber just recorded two duets for each other's upcoming albums, and shot some cover art for the singles yesterday in L.A. How does Usher stack up against other the buff guys in Hollywood? Check out the gallery above!

It's "The Talls" versus "The Smalls," round 1! Bravo just released a preview of their three (!) part "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion, and the gloves are off! In one corner are "The Talls:" NeNe Leakes , Cynthia Bailey and "friend of the Housewives" Marlo Hampton ; in the other are "The Smalls:" Kim Zolciak , Sheree Whitfield , Phaedra Parks and Kandi Burruss . Watch as Sheree and NeNe's feud reaches a boiling point, Marlo calls Kim a "whore" (um pot, meet kettle), and Kandi rocks a brand new hairstyle! As host Andy Cohen would say, it's unbe-weave-able! Part 1 of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion airs this Sunday on Bravo. It may be the last you'll see of Sheree Whitfield, as she's reportedly been axed from Season 5. Favorite Atlanta Housewife... NeNe Leakes Sheree Whitfield Kim Zolciak Kandi Burruss Cynthia Bailey Phaedra Parks

Rihanna clearly DOES NOT want to talk about her love life. While she sings about finding love in her songs and opens up about her past with Chris Brow n in magazines, the singer shut down her second reporter who tried to ask her about relationships on camera. RiRi did an interview with Australia's version of the "Today" show, "Sunrise," while promoting "Battleship" down under. It was all going well ... until the reporter veered away from the movie. "How frustrating is it when you're linked with another big star, even if you've barely met them?" she asked, a clear reference to rumors Rihanna was dating Ashton Kutcher . "Very frustrating, almost as frustrating as being asked about it ... what's the point," Rihanna replied in a very uncomfortable exchange. The reporter says that's where the interview "abruptly" ended. The singer also slammed a reporter last month during a pres...

by Paul W Arnold posted April 12, 2012 at 6:31AM PDT |  Exclusive: Hu$tle Simmons discusses the much talked about track from his debut LP, "Unexpected Arrival" regarding race and class and its declaration by Diggy to be the last of a dying breed. It happened to his Atlantic Records label-mate around this time last year when Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers was almost instantly panned by the Hip Hop masses for its shinier sounding, radio-ready selections, leaving the potentially powerful effects of the brilliant revisal of racial identity, “All Black Everything,” and the cunning message-music masquerading as a slick R&B number, “Coming Up,” to be lost to the indifferent dismissal in whole of Lupe’s ill-fated third full-length.   Currently, the same throwing out the baby with the bathwater mentality is affecting Diggy Simmons, as the young emcee is enduring the sting of self-aggrandizing critics and other judgmental detract...

Gustavo Caballero/WireImage NUTRISYSTEM/SPLASH NEWS Janet Jackson has been candid about her lifelong struggle with weight, but — as you can see in this new photo from her Nutrisystem ad campaign — she appears to be winning the battle. The 45-year-old singer, whose weight has yo-yoed up and down during her long career — debuts her much trimmer figure in a curve-hugging orange dress. [Related Content: 7 Wacky Celebrity Diets and Weight-Loss Tricks ] In a new commercial for the weight loss company, which debuted yesterday, Jackson shows off her "after" body in form-fitting black pants and a white top, declaring, "This is what success looks like," before launching into details about the Nutrisystem plan, which is based on a low-glycemic diet. Jackson's body has transformed so dramatically in both the commercial and the photo that there's already been Internet chatter from commenters that her image was digitally altered. [Related Content: J...

                             by MiSS Ls  So here’s the new update on our favorite boys from making the band.  It seems that Day 26 has called it quits with Bad Boy Records, and have found a new home at Atlantic. As stated by group member Willie, “ Bad Boy is always our family, but we’re wit h Atlantic right now…we really want to get people focused on the artistry, on the music. I think a lot of people lost it with the entertainment of the show. So now, we really want to show people what we’re all about, that we do our thing whether it’s on stage, in the studio, writing and producing — we do it all.” In the mix of working on their new album, the boys are keeping busy with their line of women’s shoes, inspired by the track “Your Heels.” The line is called Eight2Six, and you can check it out here . ...