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Wednesday, June 8


Rohan Marley Denies Lauryn Hill is Pregnant With His Child
While Lauryn Hill recently announced that she was pregnant with her sixth child, the father, reportedly Rohan Marley, declared via Twitter that the child was not his. “2 Things, I’m not married and I don’t have anyone expecting anything,” Rohan wrote from his twitter account. Responding to inquiries from other Twitter followers about his marriage to Lauryn Hill and the pregnancy, he stated that his previous statement was in fact true. “Trust me, the info out there is so incorrect for so many years… Thx for twitter. I check a few things,” Rohan continued to Tweet.

Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez Scout Property

Further putting to rest rumors of a breakup, Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez seem to be moving forward with their relationship – and looking for a place to move. The two were spotted with Rodriguez's family on Monday checking out a Miami building site, where the New York Yankees slugger, 35, is reportedly building a new house. Just one day prior, the pair, who began dating in May 2010, hushed talk of a split when they were seen getting cozy Sunday night at a West Hollywood MTV Movie Awards afterparty.



Tupac Director Antoine Fuqua Leaves Flick
After years of trying to get a Tupac Shakur biopic made, fans rejoiced last year when it was announced that director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Brooklyn’s Finest) would be helming a feature-length film based on the life and times of one of the greatest rappers, poets, and personality’s of all time. Today, that is no longer the case.  Fuqua has left the "Tupac" biopic to direct Dreamworks Pictures’ Southpaw, a boxing project written by “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter and starring Eminem ("8 Mile").  No reason was given for Fuqua’s departure. "Southpaw" tells the story of a left-handed welterweight (Eminem) whose quick rise to stardom turns into a life of trials and tribulations that he must overcome to reclaim his crown.


Rapper Ja Rule due to go to prison in NYC gun case

Multiplatinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is set to go to prison, but he's leaving fans with an album on the way. The rapper-actor — whose gravelly voice, thuggish tough talk and duets with R&B divas made him one of rap's stars in the early 2000s — is set to be sentenced Wednesday to two years in a New York prison. "My last day out," he Tweeted Tuesday afternoon, adding that he was spending it at the movies with his family. Ja Rule, 35, pleaded guilty in December to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, resolving a nearly four-year-old case.



TV NEWS
CSI is moving to Wednesdays next season, and Laurence Fishburne is not going with it. After two and a half seasons on the current granddaddy of CBS procedurals, the Oscar nominee has opted not to renew his contract.



For all of your summer and winter Olympic needs — through the year 2020 — there’s only one place to go: NBC. The network has officially won the rights to air four consecutive games beginning in 2014, NBCSports.com reports, in addition to an earlier deal securing them both the 2010 and 2012 outings.


The jury is in, and it appears neither Brittany Snow nor Aml Ameen will be a part of the second season of Harry’s Law. Sources confirm that Snow and Ameen have parted was with show in what an insider describes as a “mutual decision” with producers. Both actors have been invited to return as guest stars.



On the heels of Days of Our Lives delivering pink slips to Louise Sorel (Vivian) and Crystal Chappell (Carly), Nadia Bjorlin is leaving the NBC sudser when her contract expires later this summer. Bjorlin created the role of Chloe in 1999, worked on and off contract in 2004 and ’05, and then rejoined the cast as a regular in late 2007.  Bjorlin already has her next gig lined up — a movie that she starts filming on August 1



TLC has renewed its money-saving sensation Extreme Couponing for a second season. The cabler has ordered a 12-episode encore of the docu-series, set to premiere this September.



VH1 has announced the next batch of stars headed to "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew." Sean Young and Michael Lohan head up the reality cast.  The actress ("Blade Runner") and Lindsay Lohan's headline-making father will be joined by infamous "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher, actress Bai Ling, former "Survivor" contestant Jessica "Sugar" Kiper, baseball player Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Guns 'n' Roses drummer Steven Adler and former "Baywatch" star Jeremy Jackson.



Bravo isn't waiting around for Season 3 of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" to finish before it locks down the women for another season. The network announced that the New Jersey gals are coming back for a fourth season.



Atlanta Rapper 4-Ize Investigated Over Sticker Campaign

Independent rapper 4-ize has landed in hot water with officials in Atlanta, over a guerilla marketing campaign that left dozens of light poles plastered in stickers around the city. Hundreds of stickers promoting 4-ize have been plastered around Atlanta, including on the exit ramp off of I-20 East.  The stickers have been found on street signs and light poles in over 11 different intersections in Atlanta. "Stickers or other items installed within the public right of way without the permission of the city of Atlanta are considered illegal," a spokesman for Atlanta Public Works Department said in a statement.

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