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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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Friday, July 27, 2012
GTV WEATHER: WATER TORNADOS... SPOTTED IN HOLLAND OVER LAKE MICHIGAN
Beach-goers caught sight of waterspouts over Lake Michigan on Friday.
The spouts formed near Holland State Park around 3 p.m., according to a park worker. The worker said the spouts are no longer out over the lake.
Several viewers sent in photos of the waterspouts using ReportIt.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
RUMORS: RAVEN SYMONE COMES OUT THE CLOSET + PLANS WEDDING?!?!
Former “Cosby” kid Rayven-Symone is planning a big splashy wedding to her girlfriend, AzMarie, 24, The National Enquirer reports. According to the tabloid, Raven and the former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant are holed up in a $11,000-a-month apartment in Manhattan while the paparazzi circle like buzzards outside.
The Enquirer notes that Raven-Symone wants to come out of the closet, but she wants to do it in her own inimitable way — with rainbow confetti and glitter and so forth.
Raven-Symone is supposedly planning to wed her girlfriend in NYC, and she wants first lady Michelle Obama to officiate.
That’s not likely to happen after burlesque dancer Beyonce asked Michelle to be her baby’s godmother — and Michelle politely declined. And she loves Beyonce.
The outrageous idea came to the former “Cosby” cutie after she met the Obama family backstage following one of her recent performances in “Sister Act” on Broadway. She was thrilled to learn that the whole family – including President Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha – had been fans since the actress’ days on the Disney series “That’s So Raven,” a source revealed.After the meet-and-greet, RAVEN,26, rushed home to share her big plans with girlfriend AzMarie Livingston, whom she plans to wed in New York, where same-sex marriage is legal.“Raven wants a big, splashy affair, and she REALLY wants Michelle to officiate,” said the source. “Knowing how the Obamas have become firm believers in marriage equality, Raven didn’t hesitate to ask her reps to send a letter to Michelle asking if she’d get temporary credentials to legally marry AzMarie and her.”
RUMOR: MARIAH MULTI-MILLIONAIRE CAREY GETS $18MIL FOR AMERICAN IDOL?!?!
Mariah Carey has officially become an American Idol judge. Her salary is rumored in the vicinity of $18 million for her first season. That salary would be higher than those given to Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera for their similar roles in singing competition series.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
GTV NEWS: GUNRULE WOMAN ABDUCTED & BEATEN BY 3 MEN?!?!
The Grand Rapids Police Department is investigating a situation in which a woman said three men abducted, beat and threatened to sexually assault her.
Officers were dispatched around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday to an area near Sheldon Avenue and Buckley Street SE.
A woman told police she was walking on Buckley Street when three men came out of a vacant home, grabbed her and took her inside that residence, where the alleged crime occurred.
One of the suspects jumped out of a second-story window.
When the officers arrived they saw the suspects running from the scene.
Two of the men were arrested while the third is still wanted. A description of him has not been released.
Officers were dispatched around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday to an area near Sheldon Avenue and Buckley Street SE.
A woman told police she was walking on Buckley Street when three men came out of a vacant home, grabbed her and took her inside that residence, where the alleged crime occurred.
One of the suspects jumped out of a second-story window.
When the officers arrived they saw the suspects running from the scene.
Two of the men were arrested while the third is still wanted. A description of him has not been released.
The woman was not injured and said she doesn't know the men.
There was also a report of someone trying to set the residence on fire but no signs of arson at the scene.
Police continue to interview witnesses
There was also a report of someone trying to set the residence on fire but no signs of arson at the scene.
Police continue to interview witnesses
(TOP STORY): BALFOUR SENTENCED TO 3 LIFE SENTENCES... FOR MUDRERING JENNIFER HUDSON FAMILY MEMBERS
For the first time since his arrest almost four years ago, William Balfour spoke out briefly in court as he was about to be sentenced Tuesday for the murders of three of singer Jennifer Hudson's family members, offering condolences for the youngest victim.
"My deepest sympathies go to Julian King," he said of Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, the boy with the big smile who looked up to Balfour, his stepfather. "I loved him. I still love him," Balfour said as he looked across the packed courtroom toward his own family, not at the Chicago superstar or her relatives seated across the aisle.
For a moment, the courtroom froze. Balfour's sister, Sensuous, burst into tears and ran out a side door. Across the aisle, Jennifer Hudson and her sister, Julia, Balfour's ex-wife, sat side by side, clutching tissues and dabbing at their eyes.
It was an odd moment in a court hearing that had little suspense. Under Illinois law, Judge Charles Burns had no choice but to impose a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole because Balfour had been convicted of more than one murder.
Many in the courtroom were anticipating either testimony or written statements from Jennifer Hudson and her sister about the horrific impact the crimes have had on their lives. But with the sentence predetermined, the sisters chose to keep their grief private.
The same security detail that had protected the Oscar-winning star and her family throughout the trial whisked them in and out of the courthouse Tuesday through the basement. After the hearing, none of the lawyers involved in the case addressed the throng of news media waiting in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building. Soon after word got out that Jennifer Hudson was gone, the bank of microphones came down and TV crews left.
Even though the outcome was foregone, the judge grew emotional as he imposed the sentence, lashing out at Balfour as he called his claims that he loved Julian "an insult to all of us."
"Your heart is an arctic night, and your soul is as barren as dark space," Burns said to Balfour in a shaky voice.
In the end, the judge imposed a consecutive life sentence for each of the murders as well as 120 years for Balfour's additional convictions for home invasion, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated kidnapping.
Burns said he was certain Balfour killed Julian because he was in the way and could have been a witness against him. Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother, Jason Hudson, 29, already had been slain in the family's Englewood neighborhood house, prosecutors said.
Julian "shared his life with you. For sure he looked up to you," Burns said. "There is no doubt in my mind he looked up to you as you were putting bullets into his head. I just hope his terror was short-lived."
A Cook County jury convicted Balfour in May of the triple murder. Prosecutors alleged that Balfour was upset over his crumbling marriage to Julia Hudson and jealous that she was seeing another man.
In court Tuesday, Julian's father, Gregory King, sat hunched over on the witness stand and appeared to fight back tears as he recalled the desperate three-day search for the missing boy that ended when his body was found inside Jason Hudson's stolen SUV on the West Side. Like the other two victims, he had been shot to death.
"Instantly it was like a chunk of my heart was ripped out," he said. "I felt hopeless. I was filled with rage for William Balfour, the man who murdered my son."
King also spoke achingly of missing the little things about his son -- picking him up from school and going on field trips with him.
"I even miss his bugging me aboutSpongeBob SquarePants,a cartoon character he was kind of afraid of," King said.
During the two-hour hearing, prosecutors called several victims from Balfour's past crimes, painting a picture of a man who joined a gang at 15, sold crack cocaine and engaged in other wrongdoing.
Charles Gardner, 48, testified that he caught Balfour stealing his SUV in November 1998 and jumped onto the luggage rack, touching off a wild police chase through several South Side neighborhoods and along the Dan Ryan Expressway at speeds nearing 100 mph as Balfour tried to shake him off the roof.
Jennifer Hudson glanced at her sister as Gardner testified, at one point putting her hand to her temple and shaking her head with a smile of disbelief.
Balfour was captured and eventually pleaded guilty to attempted murder and vehicular hijacking. He spent seven years in prison and was still on parole at the time of the triple murder in October 2008.
Balfour intends to file an appeal. In one issue he raised in seeking a new trial -- denied Tuesday by the judge -- the defense argued that Jennifer Hudson should not have been allowed to testify at trial because she had no direct knowledge of the murders and her celebrity unfairly influenced the jury.
DID U HEAR?: Eve Is Happily In Love & Ready To Marry Her Boyfriend
Philly rapper Eve spoke to Essence magazine about her relationship with the British billionaire Maximillion Cooper. She is currently living out in London and is happily in love and isn't shying away from the idea of tying the knot with Max officially by exchanging vows and walking down the isle with him.
When asked if she knew whether or not Cooper is thinking about marriage, Eve swiftly replied with a bit of laughter, "He better! Seriously! Ha! But, right now, we're really, really happy."
She followed up her marriage comment by detailing how she is currently living in London to be closer to Max.
"I've relocated to London, so right now it's London. I walk everywhere when I'm there. It's so eclectic. It's New York on steroids. There are so many cultures and sounds, and people and fashion. Chicks are so fly. I live in a neighborhood where there's a lot of West Indian culture, so it's nice. I have to always come back because my mother would kill me if I didn't, but right now that's where I'm at."
SAY WORD: Ferg Brim Says Havoc Caught Prodigy Writing Love Letters To Men In Jail (Preview)
I KNEW IT... I F'N KNEW IT...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
MIXTAPE UPDATE: @DJCAPCOM x @FLYHENDERSON
The tittle might come off as another love story, but this project is the complete opposite. if your not a fan of money, girls, drugs, & fashion dont even download this one. Fly Henderson is none for his more hip hop feel but this rip he took it to the streets with his paper roll$ family (Rocky Diamonds, Tomorrow Genius, Tae Guapo ect) also featuring artist on their grind in other regions of America like Nikko Dator from LoVis Vegas rep & J-Knocka from BDM Miami rep. The beat section is a mixture of new original music and beats from old school classics like Outcast “Rosa Parks”. Although its more for the street Fly is known for coming with heat every project he releases and of course DJ CapCom wouldn’t put his stamp on anything un-official. Cupid ran out of arrows for Fly and decided to just rob him for his heart with a gun, and now Fly’s on one. project set to release August 23rd
SOURCE: http://www.flyhenderson.com/news/mixtape-cupids-last-shot-hosted-by-dj-capcom/
Monday, July 23, 2012
MUSIC VID: Fabolous ft. Paul Cain - Death In The Family
Fabolous ft. Paul Cain - Death In The Family
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