The Write Up: Celebrity News


George Bush Pardons John Forté
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thewriteup on 25 November, 2008 09:41:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 19 November, 2008 01:15:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 19 November, 2008 01:13:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 19 November, 2008 01:11:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 19 November, 2008 01:09:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 21 October, 2008 01:24:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 21 October, 2008 01:21:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 21 October, 2008 01:13:00
 
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
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thewriteup on 21 October, 2008 01:10:00
 
You knew it was coming.....Andre 3000 launches his own clothing line and it is
quite unique!

$3 Million Lawsuit Against Diddy Dismissed
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thewriteup on 21 October, 2008 01:07:00
 
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