WHAT’S POPPIN

On Hip Hop’s Gaydar: Lil B, Fat Joe, Tyrese

By Shakenya Jackson

COMPETING WITH HIP HOP’S REIGNING CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT-MAKER Kanye West, rapper Lil B has put all the cards on the table and release a song titled I Got Aids.

THE GIGGY’S UP

Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills: She’s Come Undone

By Trisha B.

WELL HERE’S AN EVENT WE HAVEN’T SEEN since Kennedy’s $60,000 4th birthday party. Lisa’s having a tea party for the girls. Just because. Don’t you have tea parties, just because? Y’all don’t? Pity.

ON THE TAKE

60 Minutes Shows The Fix’s In Congress

By Elizabeth C.

IF YOU STILL HARBOR DELUSIONS THAT CONGRESS works for “the people,” let’s dispense with those now after last night’s 60 Minutes report detailing insider trading by members of Congress.

The granddaddy of investigative news shows aired a report exploring how politicians of both parties have financially benefited from access to financial information prior to public release.

TOLD YA SO

Kat Von D Treasures The Hard Lessons She Learned From Cheating Dog Jesse James

By Elizabeth C.

YOU MEET A MAN. HE’S GOT TATTOOS. You’ve got tattoes. He’s got a reality show. You’ve got a reality show. (And a wife, but never mind.) You think it’s kismet! You fall in love!

PROLOGUE

Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Money Can’t Buy You Love

By Karen Malmquist

It’s time for a nice vacay from Haterville (NeNe’s words, not mine)!

NeNe, Cynthia, and Kandi take a break from Atlanta and head to Miami. Kandi’s hoping NeNe doesn’t flip out this time around, since she and Kim got into it the last time they visited Magic City.

THE REALITY BITES

PR Agent’s Charge Of Kardashian Sham Marriage Pulls Back Curtain On “Reality” TV

By Elizabeth C.

THE SIMULACRUM STAR KIM KARDASHIAN IS THE SUM OF FANTASIES stirred by the mixologists we call ‘producers.’ Just pour maudlin, add salty tears, shake in shock, a dash of beauty and — viola! — here’s a Molotov cocktail of emotion. Which sums up most “reality TV” shows, including Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

TURNING UP THE JUICE

Lisa VanderPump Joins Reality Housewives Who Sing For Their Lucre

By Trisha B.

O ET’S TRAVEL DOWN THE Housewives‘ musical lane from Atlanta housewife Kim Zolciak to the latest warbler, Beverly Hills’ Lisa Vanderpump.

GOO GOO, GAA GAA

Love Celebrity Style: Katy Perry, Mariah Carey & Kim Kardashian Talk Babies

By Elizabeth C.

NEITHER PUKE NOR POOP NOR POP CAREERS can tame primordial urges. So let’s hear three pop princesses reveal the good, the bad and ugly of baby lust.

MIRROR, MIRROR

Grimm Tidings: The Trailer For Snow White And The Huntsman

By Elizabeth C.

THE TRAILER FOR SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN HAS HIT AND THERE’S NOTHING Disneyana about this grim world.

Charlize Theron looks creeptastic as the vain Queen threatened by the blooming beauty of Snow White.

LUCKY 11s

Expectation’s In The Air On 11-11-11

By Elizabeth C.

EXPECTATION IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY, Nov. 11, 2011, with the trine of 11s loaded with symbolism for mystics and numerologists, the spiritual and superstitious.