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W/C Feburary 13, 2006

Kimora Lee Simmons new book “Fabulosity,” is in stores with 272 pages of personal tips and empowerment stories to help women from all walks of life succeed. "I wrote this book to hopefully inspire other women to tap into their own fabulosity," Simmons told AllHipHop.com. "I believe all women owe it to themselves to be sexy, strong, independent thinkers."

Halle Berry had to promise not make a follow-up to Catwoman before receiving the Hasty Pudding Woman of the year Award from Harvard University students. She had to write on a blackboard "I will not make Catwoman II" four times before she could pick up her gong.

Brokeback Mountain has lassoed itself four Bafta awards. After romping home at the Golden Globes, Ang Lee's tale of a complex relationship between two cowboys has taken the spoils at the British Academy awards. The prizes for best film, best adapted screenplay and best director went to the movie - while Jake Gyllenhaal bagged the film's fourth award as best supporting actor.

Wyclef Jean is set to add heritage author to his impressive resume after discovering there are no good travel or cultural books about his native Haiti. The hitmaker was appalled when he couldn't find one book detailing the rich heritage of his homeland on a recent trip to his local Barnes & Noble bookstore, so Wyclef has taken it upon himself to pen a culture guide.

Daddy Yankee has inked a deal with ABC Radio and Ford Motors for his own Latin program. “Daddy Yankee On Fire,” a partly bilingual program.

New James Bond star Daniel Craig was left toothless and bleeding when a fight scene for upcoming movie Casino Royale went horribly wrong. The British actor, who was shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, had his London-based dentist flown out to fix caps onto his broken teeth. Craig now has to sport gumshields during action scenes for protection.

Fox 411’s Roger Friedman is reporting that Grammy-winner Kanye West has been working with Michael Jackson in London on his star-studded charity single “I Have This Dream.”

Kate Moss is set to play a lesbian in a film by Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee. The film is based on the life of singer Dusty Springfield, and Moss is expected to play a socialite who became one of her early lovers. Charlize Theron, 30, is lined up to take on the role of Springfield. The film will follow the Dusty's life from her birth in Hampstead, north London, to her death from breast cancer in 1999.

Wendy Williams has become part owner of The House of Georges Vesselle Champagne as well as the company’s US spokesperson.

The Game has decided to push back the release of his second album, which is called The Doctor's Advocate. SOHH.com reports that the rapper will now release it on June 6th, 2006, which happens to be 6- 6-6. The new album will feature the production of Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Just Blaze, Scott Storch, and Timbaland.

RnB star R Kelly is reportedly at the center of an Internet sex tape scandal, after claims from his troubled younger brother the singer has had sex with minors, beats his wife, has molested his nieces and has had physical relations with men. Carey Kelly launched the extraordinary attack in a low-budget DVD, which has since been leaked on the Internet. On it he claims his brother was so proud of a sex tape depicting him having intercourse with an underage girl, he held a special screening of it on his tour bus. The sibling also contends R Kelly offered him $50,000 and a lucrative record deal to hand himself over to police as the star of the video, so the hitmaker escaped charges.

Former Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams has bought a piece of the new WNBA team, the Chicago Sky. Michelle told The Rockford Register Star, "I'm really excited about that opportunity. At first I was kind of scared because that was kind of like my very first (time) taking money and putting it somewhere like that." The Sky begins its season on May 20th in Charlotte, North Carolina

 

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