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  • Britney Spears probably said it best on her song "Circus": "Thereare only two types of people in the world/The ones that entertain and the onesthat observe."

    Kanye West is, indeed, an entertainer and he's found theperfect platform to engage the 434,923 people who follow him on his one-week-old @kanyewest Twitter account.

    It's common for first-time Twitter users to feel awkward asthey catch on, trying to figure out what types of messages to post, who tofollow, and whether or not they should make their tweets private.

    But the opinionated rapper/producer hit the ground runninglast Wednesday, offering fans a GPS-like update on his whereabouts.

    "Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone [sic] Valley," he wrote in his 9:17 AM tweet on July 28.

    In his second post, West corrected his "Silicon" spelling errorand punctuated the sentence with a smiley face.

    He's catching on fast.

    West's nearly 200 tweets are about things his fans want toknow. He does post links to press coverage, like

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  • Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky weren't the only high-profile couple whogot married this weekend. Rapper T.I.,29, traded in his player's card, wedding longtime girlfriend, singer, andreality show star Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, 35, twice. Cottle was amember of hit '90s group Xscape.

    http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/blogs/music_prod/thatsreallyweek-607715855-1280590584.jpgThe couple wed Friday at a courthouse in Miami Beach,and exchanged their vows a second time Saturday at an elaborate ceremony withfamily and friends on Star Island, home of ShaquilleO'Neal, Julio Iglesias, and Gloria Estefan according to Us Magazine. Cottle wore Valentino, and T.I. wore aPrada tuxedo.

    SeeT.I. And Tiny Wedding Photos Posted On Twitter

    Cottle had a star-studded bridal court including Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss (also a member of Xscape), her TinyAnd Toya co-star Antonia "Toya" Carter, and singer Monica, AccessAtlanta reported.

    Usher Raymond, Jermaine Dupri, TLC's Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Bow Wow, Nelly, Ashanti, andTrina reportedly attended the service officiated by former

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  • After taking an 8-year break from recording as a group, Dru Hill is back with itsfourth album, InDRUpendence Day.

    Original members Sisqo, Nokio, and Jazz are joined by Tao,who entered the group in 2008 after winning a talent competition. They arestill friends with founding member Woody who quit the band in 1999 to pursue agospel career and pulled out of a 2008 reunionduring a live radio interview. ("Woody just wrote some music for my new album,"Sisqo said. "It's all family.")

    They have kept busy with individual projects. Sisqo appearedon reality shows Gone Country and Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK). Nokioworked as an A&R rep for artists like Trey Songz. Jazz was featured onsoundtracks for Rush Hour 2 and The Nutty Professor II, and started TajEntertainment that represents artists who have been featured on HBO's The Wire and Cathouse.

    Dru Hill's reunion is chronicled on the Centric show Keith Sweat's Platinum House. "Comingback together was just learning to be a team all over again,

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  • Jay Blaze might be a new artist, but the Los Angeles native has the swag of a vet andthe connections of a major label. The CEO of his own label Global SoundsEntertainment recently secured Ray J to sing the chorus for his song "UniversalMan" and appear in the video.

     
    The hip-hop ballad defines new millennium men. "Universalmen are modern day renaissance men," Jay Blaze said. "We do pretty mucheverything. We cook. We clean. We bring home the money. We love good. We goodlovers in the bedroom. We are adventurous, spontaneous. We can change yourwhole entire world around."
     
    Jay's camp reached out to Ray J to appear on the track. "Heheard the song, he liked the song, he came through," he said. "He told me thesong could be magical."
     
    Ray also gave Jay advice on growing his career.
     
    "Universal Man" is the first single from Jay's forthcomingalbum, Tunnel Vision.
     
    Jay has been gradually building his buzz. Over the years,his music has been featured on TV shows like MTV's Making The Band, and
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  • Prophetess Juanita Bynum II is one of the nation's most wellknown evangelists. She has the favor of Bishop T.D. Jakes, Trinity BroadcastNetwork, and a massive following that supports her gospel albums, women'sconferences and series of books, including the recently rereleased title No More Sheets.

    The last thing Bynum expected was to become tabloid fodderfor a 2007 domestic abuse. One-in-a-half years before the Chris Brown andRihanna incident, Bynum and her then husband, Bishop Thomas Wesley Weeks, IIIhad their own spectacle. Weeks, who was accused of hitting Bynum in a parkinglot, plead guilty to aggravated assault, and the couple divorced in June 2008.

    LISTEN TO JUANITA BYNUM'S "SOUL CRY"

    The ordeal is the inspiration for Bynum's new music project,The Diary Of Juanita Bynum, a musicaltrilogy released over the next six months. The first part, The Diary Of Juanita Bynum: Soul Cry (Oh, Oh, Oh), came out in Juneand includes six versions of the sorrowful song "Soul Cry" that is about

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  • Gucci Mane hit the ground running on May 12 when he wrappeda six-month stint at Atlanta's Fulton Countyjail for a parole violation.

    He dropped the Burrrprint2HD mixtape the next day, started shooting videos for "Everybody Looking,""Antisocial," and "911 Emergency," and confirmed performances for Atlanta'sBirthday Bash 15, and Hot 97's Summer Jam in NYC.

    The buzz is helping set up his next official release, The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted, currentlydue out on September 28.

    When he was in Los Angeles for the BET Awards in June, he stopped byYahoo! Music and spoke candidly about being incarcerated, how it affected hissongwriting, and what fans can expect on TheAppeal.

     

    "It was extremely hard to take that break in the game when Iwas at such a pivotal point in my career," said Gucci, who began serving hismost recent sentence in November amid high profile collaborations with Usher,Mariah Carey, Omarion, and Trey Songz. "But I

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  • Lil' Kim can imagine how Lindsay Lohan feels about her 90-dayjail sentence that begins July 20. In 2005, the petite rap star was ordered toserve one year and one day at Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center.

    "Lindsay, she's my friend and I will be there for her," Lil'Kim told Hollywood.TV. "I'm going to help her. I know she's probably indisbelief right now. Anyone would be. When I got the verdict back for mysituation, I was in disbelief."

    Lil' Kim was found guilty of three counts of conspiracy andone count of perjury in a case surrounding a shooting at New York's Hot 97 radio station.

    Judge Marsha N. Revel sentenced Lohan for violatingprobation. She will be housed at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California.Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and Khloe Kardashian have also served time at the2,200-bed jail.

    Lil' Kim advises the troubled star to stop focusing on the jailterm. "Don't even think about it anymore," she said. "You're going to befine. Think about what you

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    BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting. Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won the event, watched by around 125 million people across Europe, with 281 points while German act Cascada was 21st out of 26 countries, getting just 18 points from Austria, Israel, Spain, Albania and Switzerland. ...

  • OJ Simpson lawyers say he is closer to freedom

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison.

  • Dior presents cruise fashions amid stars in Monaco

    MONACO (AP) — The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show.

  • 'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

  • 'Star Trek' sequel tops weekend box office in North America

    By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski (Reuters) - "Star Trek Into Darkness," the newest installment in the classic intergalactic franchise, blasted to the top of movie box office charts with $70.6 million in weekend ticket sales at theaters in the United States and Canada. The new 3D voyage for Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise knocked mighty "Iron Man 3" into second place, while the Marvel superhero sequel grabbed $35.2 million. Jazz Age drama "The Great Gatsby" finished third with $23.4 million, according to studio estimates. ...

  • Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

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