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Bad News: Columbus Short Got Arrested (Again)

Did an ex-Scandal star marry Superhead? According to the Instagram of Karrine Steffans, 37, she married actor Columbus Short, 33. The two have been rumored to be dating for some time. Steffans is best known for telling all about her various liaisons with some of todays biggest stars from music, modeling and acting. Short is best known from the hit movies This Christmas, Cadillac Records and Stomp The Yard. This is Shorts third marriage after the last one ended with accusations and an arrest for domestic violence shortly after he was dropped from Scandal by Shonda Rhimes. This is Steffans second marriage after a brief three years with Family Matter star Darius McCrary.

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We remember innovative singer/songwriter David Bowie. Bowie fused new wave, electronica, experimental, soul and glam rock over five different decades. His latest release, Blackstar, was just last week. Bowie had two children: 44-year-old son Duncan from his first marriage, and his 15-year-old daughter Alexandria from his 23-year marriage to his widow, iconic supermodel Iman. Reports have already surfaced that Bowie left Iman his $195 million estate. Bowies career has ties here in Philly. Save for two cuts recorded in New York with ex-Beatle John Lennon, Bowie recorded his iconic Young Americans album at the legendary Sigma Sound Studios at the same time Gamble & Huff and Thom Bell were recording Billy Paul, The OJays, The Spinners, MFSB, The Three Degrees and Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes. Bowie used a young songwriter and background vocalist on those sessions who would go on to become a legend in his own right Luther Vandross. Bowie became one of the first white performers on Soul Train and one of the first white performers to publicly challenge MTV on their refusals to play African-American artists. Bowies biggest hit was Lets Dance. It became his first platinum album on the strength of the songs China Girl, Modern Love and the title track, which hit No. 1. He co-produced the album with Chics Nile Rodgers. The iconic rocker was able to keep his illness a secret until very close to his death. David Bowie died of liver cancer at the age of 69.

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Sherri Shepherds going back to court and vows to take it as high as she can go. The actress and comedienne has lost the court case, appeal and was declared twice as responsible for the surrogate child she and ex-husband Lamar Sally agreed to have before they broke up. Shepherd recently joked she wishes her exes would win the Powerball and then her problems would be over.

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John Singleton is an Oscar nominee, a critically acclaimed writer and director but is he also broke! Singletons 21-year-old son reportedly got told by his pops he was too broke to give him the $30,000 in tuition to finish school. Maasai Singleton now has a GoFundMe page. John has directed the classics Boyz In The Hood, Rosewood, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Shaft 2000 and Baby Boy over his 25-year career, so how could he be broke?

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Patti LaBelle aint saying nothing and we aint saying nothing. Miss Pattis career is legendary, but for the past few months shes become a social media sensation and a top seller thanks to those sold out Pattis Pies at Wal-Mart. Now the 71-year-old Philly native is making headlines for her dating life. Shes seeing 41-year-old drummer Eric Seats. The two are all over social media, but of course rumors of family and friends objecting are following them, too. Were gonna follow Miss Pattis example: shes not talking about that, so we wont. Meanwhile, her new Vanilla Pound Cake is out right now. Plus, on Jan. 18, its Patti LaBelles Premium Caramel Cake. Finally, LaBelle will be honored along with L.A. Reid, Lee Daniels, Spike Lee, Eric Holder and Mellody Hobson at The BET Honors airing Feb. 23 on BET.

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Simon Cowell will replace Howard Stern as a judge on Americans Got Talent. The show, which airs summers on NBC, also boasts judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Melanie Brown and host Nick Cannon. Cowell has already been a judge on the English counterpart, Britains Got Talent, and is one of the executive producers of both shows. Cowell will also be making an appearance on the farewell season of American Idol, where he was an original judge.

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Gayle King sends the Obamas off in style. Since his first term in office, President Barack Obama has sat down for an interview during the halftime of every Super Bowl with the various networks. Well, for his farewell interview, first lady Michelle Obama will join him as the first couple sit down with Gayle King of CBS This Morning. In other Super Bowl news, Beyonc will make a special appearance when she joins Coldplay for the halftime concert.

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Speaking of Bey, she under the swirl of pregnancy rumors again. Published photos with baby bump captions are making the rounds. What makes this such a big deal is shes scheduled to start a late spring stadium tour in May. Meanwhile, word on the street is Beyonc is also working on another top-secret album this time with hubby Jay Z.

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Michael Strahan is hosting the $100,000 Pyramid on ABC this summer. The multitasking media personality who already co-hosts Good Morning America, Live With Kelly & Michael, Fox NFL Sunday and appears in a string of successful ad campaigns, is adding game show host to his repertoire. The original Pyramid show had successful runs in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Past hosts have included Donny Osmond, John Davidson and Bill Cullen, but the most successful of all was original host d**k Clark with an unmatched 15-year run. This new version will have Strahan host as well as be one of the executive producers. The show has a 10-episode order. The $100,000 Pyramid may join Celebrity Family Feud with Steve Harvey when both shows join the ABC summer lineup.

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Kevin Hart has a lot going on. First, he opened up about his fathers struggle with drug addiction, and how he and his brother had to put him in rehab. Hart credits his late mother for stepping up and keeping him and his brother centered. Today, Harts dad is clean and sober and Kevin says theres no hard feelings because the two never lost touch. Also, my nephews upcoming wedding to fiance Eniko Parrish will happen on Aug. 8, and he revealed that his 8-year-old son, Hendrix, will be his best man. Finally, Harts movie, Ride Along II, co-starring Ice Cube, Benjamin Bratt and Tika Sumpter, opens this weekend.

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Chris Rock is set to host the 88th Annual Academy Awards airing Feb. 28 on ABC, and now the nominees have been announced. Straight Outta Compton, which hits DVD shelves Jan. 19, is up for Best Screenplay. The late summer bio-pic of the rise of rap musics N.W.A has grossed over $200 million, and is now an Oscar nominee. So is Sylvester Stallone for Best Supporting Actor as Rocky Balboa, the role he created 40 years ago. Stallone is nominated for reprising that role in Creed, which starred Michael B. Jordan and was directed by Ryan Coogler. When Stallone won a Golden Globe for Creed, he forgot to thank Jordan and Coogler during his acceptance speech. After getting put on blast online, including by actor Samuel L. Jackson, Stallone issued an immediate apology and acknowledged he owed Jordan and Coogler everything.

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Did Jermaine Jackson step out on his wife and have it come back to bite him? literally! You may remember over last Thanksgiving holiday, the famous member of The Jackson 5 and solo artists wife of 11 years was arrested for corporal injury of a spouse. Halima Rashid was arrested after she bit Jermaine on the leg when their argument got ugly. She got released on $50,000 bail after a five-hour jail stay. Jackson, 61, told the press he still loves Rashid, 45, and that these things happen. Well, reports say one of those things was reportedly stepping out with a young blonde who is actually 12 years younger than his wife.

BET made some moves and now theyve got projects with Taraji P. Henson, Ludacris, Lawrence Fishburne, Snoop Dogg and the long-awaited New Edition biopic later this year. First, the cable networks big hit series Being Mary Jane, starring Gabrielle Union, has garnered a fourth season renewal. Ludacris will appear in Music Moguls with Snoop Dogg, Birdman, Jermaine Dupri and Damon Dash, and then Ludacris will produce Inside The Label, an inside look at the inner workings of record labels and their relationships with artists. Meanwhile, Henson returns as host of The BET Celebration Of Gospel airing Sunday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m.

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Today show meteorologist/anchor Al Roker and ABC News Deborah Roberts have a new book theyve authored together. The couple, who have been married 20 years, chronicle lifes lessons in Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times. Roker and Roberts took a unique route and wrote different chapters covering their upbringings, raising children and marriage.

Actress Meagan Good and her movie executive husband Devon Franklin have authored a new book together. The Wait is a relationship book which takes a look at the practices Good and Franklin used during their time dating, including their practice of celibacy. The couple also write about how their Christian faith guides their marriage for the better. The Wait is due out Feb. 2.

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