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• CAUGHT ON TAPE: Lamar Odom BUSTS Drunken-Freestyle Bragging About DRUG USE And CHEATING On Khloe?
• The Carters Cozy Up Courtside At The Clippers Game + Beyonce's New "God Made You Beautiful" Snippet
• STILL SPEAKING OUT: Pebbles SAYS TLC/LaFACE Tore Up Her Family + Ashley Reid Says She's Not Scared To Go To Jail If She Sees Them
• COUPLEDOM: Ciara Treats Future To A Surprise 30th Birthday Dinner, Posts Cutesy Love Notes On Instagram
• "Happy" -- Pharrell Drops An Unprecedented 24-Hour Video!
• Ashanti Dishes On Being SINGLE & Keeping Her Romantic Life Private
• INTERVIEWS: Taraji P. Henson KNEW She'd Get KILLED OFF "Person Of Interest", "I Felt Like I Was Keeping A Secret From My Lover"
• EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Omarion's "Leave You Alone" (VIDEO)

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Lamar Odom BUSTS Drunken-Freestyle Bragging About DRUG USE And CHEATING On Khloe? Posted: 22 Nov 2013 07:58 AM PST In a newly leaked tape, an obviously intoxicated Lamar Odom spits an embarrassing freestyle about drugs use and cheating on his wife. Watch one of Lamar's rock-bottom moments inside..... Someone is out to destroy Lamar Odom!  Because this saga is just getting more and more transparent. Is it a coincidence that the same week Lamar hinted at a possible return to the LA Clippers that a VERY embarrassing tape hit TMZ Sports?  Hmmm... In the embarrassing cameraphone clip, Lamar (who looks like he had already smoked something....allegedly) spits incoherent lines like "And when Khloe's out of town / I still be on the DL." and then hints that he smokes to "make the pain go away." His drunken friend chimes in, "You know what it is / We the QU [Queens] pimps / Ask any of these shorties / We ran through their cribs." QUESTIONS: Who leaked this clip? Who is Lamar's friend? Why now? HOPES: This tape is OLD; Lamar is somewhere practicing his dunks and not his pipe totes; Lamar sees how bad he looks when things like this go viral;  Lamar will no longer surround himself with people record his lowest moments. With friends like these.....   Photos via Ed Szczepanski, USA TODAY Sports / TMZ Sports

The Carters Cozy Up Courtside At The Clippers Game + Beyonce's New "God Made You Beautiful" Snippet Posted: 22 Nov 2013 07:07 AM PST Jay & Bey relaxed courtside in Oklahoma City last night after a busy week of charitable fashion launches and shooting music videos.    Check out their cozied up pics inside... The Carters took in the big Western Conference match up between the L.A. Clippers and the OKC Thunder last night.  The twosome are a courtside staple, so they cuddled up to each other, then greeted Chris Paul, Roc Nation Sports signee Kevin Durant and the rest of the ballers: Bey is back to long blond tresses--super blonde this time.  We're feenin' for that inverted bob to come back though. And a new snippet for a new Beyonce song, "God Made You Beautiful", just hit the net.  We first heard it during the trailer for her Life Is But A Dream DVD (Nov. 25th). But now, we can hear more in her song that seems like an ode to her daughter Blue Ivy.  She sings: “When you were born, the angels sighed in delight. They never thought they’d see such a beautiful sight." ”You took the breath, and the world was right again,” she sings, followed by “your love, it shines so bright, you bring me back to life. You make everything right....God made you beautiful, you’re beautiful..." Check it below:   BONUS: During TNT's game analysis last night, co-host Shaq fell on his ass while hilariously demonstrating suicides...in a suit....and dress shoes.  You already know his co-hosts Chris Webber and co. WENT IN.  Check it below:   Photos: AP

STILL SPEAKING OUT: Pebbles SAYS TLC/LaFACE Tore Up Her Family + Ashley Reid Says She's Not Scared To Go To Jail If She Sees Them Posted: 21 Nov 2013 05:54 PM PST Both Pebbles and Ashley Reid are STILL giving their side of "The TLC Story". Pebbles says that the situation tore up her family and daughter Ashley is cautioning fans that there's more to Chilli "Rozonda" Thomas than what you see on tv.  Listen to the clips inside... It might have taken Perri "Pebbles" Reid twenty years to speak up for herself....but she's on a roll and she ain't stopping!  Now that she's gotten VH1 to stick their tail between their legs and issue a semi-apology, she's talking to her good friend, radio vet Frank Ski about the devastation that the TLC/LaFace saga wrecked on her family and how it's tarnished her image in the industry.  On her biggest regrets: When asked about her biggest regrets, she told Frank that she regretted bringing her vision (TLC) to LaFace Records.  "What happened there was horrific.  This tore my family up." On TLC's cash flow problem: "How do you take somebody's money?  Even if you think I'm a crook, I don't have the money bag.   Do you really think out of BMG, Arista, CLive Davis...Pebbles has the money bag?  We're at the bottom.  Money flows from the top" In other family talks..... Ashley Reid talked to HipHopDailyPress where she warned fans about "Chilli" bad "spirit" and cleared up her controversial statement about beating Chilli down in the street.  On what would happen if she bumped into T-Boz or Chilli: “I do not know exactly what would happen…but I wouldn’t be quiet. I’m also not afraid of going to jail....but I would put my family’s wants and concerns first so I wouldn’t act off of pure spontaneous emotion.” On not buying to a celebrity's image: “I love TLC….but growing up the way I grew up, what I’ve understood my whole life is that these people are still people. They might not be saints. They actually legitimately might not be good spirits at the end of the day. I’m looking at her not as Chilli…I’m looking at her as Rozonda.”   Photos via Prince Williams/ATLpic.Net

COUPLEDOM: Ciara Treats Future To A Surprise 30th Birthday Dinner, Posts Cutesy Love Notes On Instagram Posted: 21 Nov 2013 02:49 PM PST   Pop princess Ciara dined out with Future for his surprise 30th birthday dinner.  See pics from the day of celebration inside.... Rapper Future celebrated his 30th birthday last night with a surprise dinner.  His blushing fiancee Ciara posted pics throughout the evening, including the photo atop (with that ring that stays front and center) saying, "Us Before We Got 2 His Surprise BDay Dinner:)".  Once she arrived at dinner, she tweeted "#Freebandz 1st Lady" The private dinner was held at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills and attended by music exec L.A. Reid, Kelly Rowland, Miguel and manager Orlando McGhee.   Even Ciara's pampered pooches were in on the lovefest. Earlier that morning, CiCi dressed up her puppies up and said, "Happy Birthday @future!! Rocking Our BDay Tee's. Partys At Our House!!:) The Woof The Woof The Woof Is On Fire!!! and We Were So Excited This Morning To Put On Our BDay Tee Shirts 4 Our Big Pappa @future Birthday!!:)   The "Overdose" singer even threw in a throwback pic with the caption, "I Can't Even Put In Words How Much I Love You. Since The Day I Met You, Everyday As Been Full Of Light, Insurmountable Happiness, And Pure Love. Youre My Bestest Friend, My RockStar, My Partner, My Fiancé, My Love... My Er'Thang:) Happy Birthday @future!! Love You" Well isn't that....special.  Happy Birthday Future! [In our best autotuned singing voice]    Photos via Ciaras' Instagram/Future's Instagram

"Happy" -- Pharrell Drops An Unprecedented 24-Hour Video! Posted: 21 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PST Pharrell Williams is always pushing the boundaries of music.  And the super producer's brand new video for his song "Happy" just made history as the world's first 24 hour video!   Check out a piece of it inside... We're not sure who all is about to sit at their laptop and watch a 24-hour video, but we're sure SOMEBODY will.  So Pharrell created an insane 24-hour musical experience for his song "Happy" off the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.  Yep, a full day of happiness. It entails people dancing and doing whatever makes them crack a smile and get happy. Pharrell posted six 4-hour videos (unlisted) on his Youtube acount.  And you can also watch it in full at this link.  It even has a cool real-time clock overlay for the video. Here's one 4-hour clip for your enjoyment.  You know, if you don't have anything else better to do. By the way, Pharrell was drafted by musical genius Hans Zimmer to help score the upcoming Amazing Spiderman 2 flick.  And P's been posting pics from the sets (above).  Nice!   Photo: Pharrell's IG

Ashanti Dishes On Being SINGLE & Keeping Her Romantic Life Private Posted: 21 Nov 2013 02:04 PM PST Ashanti is handing out lapdances these days....since she's single and all.  Peep what she had to say about her single status and why she's keeping her romantic life private... Fab chick Ashanti brought her curves an her Momager Tina Douglas to "Bethenney" this week to talk relationships.  Which means she talked about why she WON'T talk about them (which explains why she and Nelly always acted like kissing strangers).  And she explained why she's happily single: "I am, I am happy because there is so much going on and now I can focus on what I need to focus on which is my career, my music and speaking to women very powerfully.... [Relationships are] a distraction. It's kind of a distraction because it's like, 'Where are you? What time are you coming home?' Alright, but I have to go to studio. Okay, but I'm going to. You know what I mean?" And about why she's so super secretive about her dating life: "I think for me personally there are certain things that you want to keep to yourself, you give little hints here and there and whatever but being in the public eye you get judged on everything you do so you kind of have to have a little bit to yourself and when you feel comfortable you let little things out as they come out." Check out a couple video sneak peeks below:   And more pics from her appearance:    Loving the look.  Ashanti will be performing live in London on December 4th at IndigO2. Photos: Warner Bros.

INTERVIEWS: Taraji P. Henson KNEW She'd Get KILLED OFF "Person Of Interest", "I Felt Like I Was Keeping A Secret From My Lover" Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:48 AM PST "Person Of Interest" star Taraji P. Henson talked to David Letterman about the axing of her character, where she revealed that she knew it all along! Watch her interview and find out why she told her Grandmother ahead of time! "Person Of Interest" star Taraji P. Henson, shown atop outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City for an appearance on 'The Late Show With David Letterman', opened up about the demise of her beloved character Detective Joss Carter. Shockingly, the filmstar revealed that she always knew her character would be killed off. "I knew when I signed on to the project that the character would have a beginning, middle and end. Because me, I do more feature films and television is really not my thing...So I thought it would be the perfect venue for me to do a television show and not be stuck for seven years and still be able to do...whatever. I just didn't know when." Despite knowing her fate, Taraji had to keep it a secret. "Oh my god, the secret is out, I can live my life! I felt like I've been hiding a secret, keeping a secret from my lover!" Taraji did tell someone. Guess who? "My mom, she knew, and my grandmother. Cause you can't shock grandma like that, she might go into cardiac arrest."   On social media, Taraji retweeted a few responses to her character's death on her timeline.... DEAD & "teardrops on my guitar"   Taraji also posted some love for her Instagram followers saying "Thank you!!!! The love for Carter keeps pouring in! My heart can't take it. Y'all are the best!!!!!!!! Can not thank you all enough for this out poor of love!!!!! Watch Taraji's interview:     Phots via Taraji's Instagram/Dara Kushner/INFphoto.com

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Omarion's "Leave You Alone" (VIDEO) Posted: 21 Nov 2013 09:58 AM PST TheYBF.com has the exclusive premiere of "Leave You Alone", the first visual from Omarion's CP-2 project.  Watch it inside.... Maybach O is still bringing the sexy visuals for his sexy tracks.  And he's done it again in TheYBF.com's exclusive premiere of "Leave You Alone". The visuals are from Omarion's Care Package 2 project. Directed by TopShelf Jr., and produced by ArtClub, the clip shows the sexy singer in the throws of agony over a lost love.   Omarion talked to Billboard.com about the new disc saying, "People haven't been calling it a mixtape. They've actually been calling it my album, which is amazing because I put it together like an album." And he admitted that a B2K reunion isn't out of the question: "I feel like those types of reunions are cliche. Most of the time, it's because they have to. It's not totally out of the picture though. My fans know me from that. What I did with them will always be a part of me."     Watch "Leave You Alone" here:   Omarion's Care Package 2 can be downloaded here.

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