The Write Up http://www.thewriteup.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2009-01-06T07:30:57-05:00 George Bush Pardons John Forté http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/165.html 2008-11-25T21:41:00-05:00 2008-11-25T21:41:00-05:00 thewriteup Grammy-winning rapper John Forté's 14-year cocaine-smuggling sentence was commuted by President Bush after singer Carly Simon and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch lobbied for him.The Brooklyn-born HBO set to capitalize on Obama Mania http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/161.html 2008-11-19T13:15:00-05:00 2008-11-19T13:15:00-05:00 thewriteup Will Smith will play Obama in the movie but for now Obama will play himself. HBO announced that it has acquired the U.S. television rights Karate Kid Remake will Cast Will Smith Son, Jaden http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/160.html 2008-11-19T13:13:00-05:00 2008-11-19T13:13:00-05:00 thewriteup Columbia Pictures will do a new version of the 1984 hit ‘The Karate Kid, with Jaden Smith as its star.  The film will be produced Michael Jackson Still Part Owner of Neverland Ranch http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/159.html 2008-11-19T13:11:00-05:00 2008-11-19T13:11:00-05:00 thewriteup Michael Jackson signed over part ownership of Neverland Ranch to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC. Sycamore is actually a partnership between Mike and company called MASE MOVES CHURCH TO PHOENIX http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/158.html 2008-11-19T13:09:00-05:00 2008-11-19T13:09:00-05:00 thewriteup Former Bad Boy Records rapper Mason "Mase" Betha continues to fulfill his call to serve God, as he prepares to launch a new branch of No Criminal Conduct Ruled in Sean Leverts Death http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/130.html 2008-10-21T13:24:00-04:00 2008-10-21T13:24:00-04:00 thewriteup Prosecutors ruled that there was no criminal conduct involved in the March death of R&B singer Sean Levert, who was in jail when he became Songwriter Norman Whitfield Has Died http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/129.html 2008-10-21T13:21:00-04:00 2008-10-21T13:21:00-04:00 thewriteup Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including War, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ball of Confusion, Jay Launched His Label http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/127.html 2008-10-21T13:13:00-04:00 2008-10-21T13:13:00-04:00 thewriteup The new label, called StarRoc, is a 50/50 partnership between Jay's Roc Nation company and Norwegian producers Stargate [Stargate produced Ne-Yo's "So Sick", "Unfaithful" and Andre 3000 Launches Clothing Line http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/126.html 2008-10-21T13:10:00-04:00 2008-10-21T13:10:00-04:00 thewriteup You knew it was coming.....Andre 3000 launches his own clothing line and it is quite unique! $3 Million Lawsuit Against Diddy Dismissed http://www.thewriteup.com/Celebrity-News/125.html 2008-10-21T13:07:00-04:00 2008-10-21T13:07:00-04:00 thewriteup Hedge fund manager Maria Dominguez went one of P Diddy's White Parties wearing a mermaid costume with starfish pasties on her boobs and got mad