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Sonny Andre, Your co-worker on the J-O-B!

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It has been my honor and pleasure to be your co-worker on the J.O.B, but the Lord have given me an unbelievable opportunity in ??? I'll make the announcement at 1:30 today. Please tune-in.

Update... Your truly, Sonny Andre', is the new Co-Host for the Nationally Syndicated "The Mo' Nique Show" with Queen-of-comedy Mo'Nique! Thank you Lord for this Blessing. And GOD Bless the Cox Greenville radio family and listeners!

Good Bye, for now....

Remember the baby-mama drama with 50 Cent? Get ready for this...

Who Fired 50 Cent's Baby Mama?

Posted May 30th 2008 9:48AM by TMZ Staff

A raging inferno broke out at a house owned by 50 Cent early this morning, and the local fire department tells us the fire is "highly suspicious."

The fire broke out at the six bedroom, five bath house in Dix Hills, NY around 5:00 AM. Six people, including the rapper's ex Shaniqua Tompkins and their 10-year-old son Marquise, were in the house. They were all transported to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.

The Chief of the Dix Hills Fire Department tells TMZ that dogs are currently searching the burned out rubble, as the intensity of the fire made it highly suspect. The Chief says they're searching for what substance could have possibly been used as an igniter.

The house has been the subject of a bitter dispute between Fiddy, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, and Tompkins. The rapper reportedly bought the home -- one of the biggest cribs in the area -- for a cool $1.4 mil in January 2007. Last month he tried to evict Tompkins and Marquise from the house, demanding she pay him $4,500 a month in rent.

Story developing ...

UPDATE 10:25 AM ET: Suffolk Police tell us they received a call at 5 AM. An off-duty police officer was driving by and stopped to help rescue the victims inside the house. We're told injuries to all six victims -- including Tompkins -- are non-life threatening and they have been treated and released from the hospital. While they are currently investigating the fire's cause, we're told 50 Cent not a suspect at this point.

R. KELLY TRIAL UPDATE: AN EXPERT TESTIFIED THAT THE SEX TAPE WASN'T TAMPERED WITH:

The matter of that "surprise witness" that R. KELLY'S attorneys want to call to the witness stand has been set aside for now.

--Prosecutors said they need more time to interview the man . . . so both his testimony and the testimony of the prosecution witness he will allegedly try to discredit have been put on hold.

--But the trial got back underway yesterday, with FBI forensic expert George Skaluba taking the witness stand. He told the court that the sex tape in question was not altered in any way.

--One of Kelly's 5,000 potential defenses is that his image may have been DIGITALLY superimposed over that of the man on the tape . . . to make it LOOK like Kelly was having sex with an underage girl.

--But Skaluba said the male and female in the tape were NOT computer-generated or altered.

--Under cross-examination by Kelly's attorneys, Skaluba admitted that he couldn't say whether the man in the tape was R. Kelly, or a look-alike. (--Another of Kelly's 5,000 potential defenses is that he's not the man in the tape.)

Toni Braxton's Heart Breaks Vegas Gig for Good

Posted May 30th 2008 9:07AM by TMZ Staff

Toni Braxton's chest pains have put a permanent kibosh on her Vegas show.

The singer, who went to the hospital in early April, has decided not to continue with her Vegas show, so she can solely focus on her health.

The show, "Toni Braxton: Revealed," has been playing at the Flamingo for two years. Her performance has been on hold since her hospitalization.

Harrah's Entertainment would not comment on Braxton's condition. She has been treated in the past for pericarditis, a viral inflammation of the heart.

Harvey's Dead

Posted May 29th 2008 8:04PM by TMZ Staff

Legendary comedic actor Harvey Korman died today. He was 81.

The actor, possibly best known for his stint on the "The Carol Burnett Show" and in the film "Blazing Saddles," died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago.

Carol Burnett's assistant told the AP the actress was devastated by the news, but she has not yet released a statement.

He is survived by his wife and four children.

Ray J: Drug Story Doesn't Float My Boat!

Posted May 29th 2008 5:20PM by TMZ Staff

Ray J R&B bad boy Ray J has opened his big mouth and issued a statement to TMZ about his alleged drug drama at a hotel in D.C. last weekend.

Brandy's bro tells us "The defamatory statements made by the staff at the Washington D.C. Hyatt accusing me of using the drug 'boat' or PCP are totally false and are an attempt by them to gain publicity for their hotel. These drugs are illegal and since the police were called, I would have been arrested if I had these drugs in my possession. The statements made by the hotel staff are extremely damaging, and I'm contemplating legal action. "

As TMZ first reported, cops were called to the Hyatt Regency last Friday at 3:00 AM after hotel staff asked a belligerent Ray J to leave the premises after he was allegedly found with a stash of the club drug "boat" and marijuana.

THE SKANKS ON "SEX AND THE CITY" HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH SEX AS THE SKANKS IN THE *REAL* NEW YORK CITY:

If "Sex and the City" has taught us anything, it's that the chicks in New York are SLUTS. And apparently, that part of the show WASN'T FICTION.

--Check this out: By the time the original HBO series had come to an end, the four main skanks on "Sex and the City" had made congress with 94 guys . . . and ONE WOMAN.

--Not surprisingly, KIM CATTRALL'S character, Samantha, had the most partners. She nailed 41 guys . . . and that one woman.

--SARAH JESSICA PARKER'S character, Carrie, made sweet love to 18 guys . . . as did KRISTIN DAVIS' Charlotte. Miranda . . . played by real-life lesbian CYNTHIA NIXON . . . had 17 partners.

--Now, according to the fine, fine people at Durex Condoms, the average American woman has NINE sex partners in a lifetime.

--But author Karyn Bosnak (--of SaveKaryn.com fame) says that in New York, it's DOUBLE that. She discovered this while researching a novel called "20 Times a Lady" . . . which is about a woman in New York who vows to have sex with a maximum of 20 men.

--Bosnak says that's not a big deal in a place like New York City, because, quote, "You can date men from different social circles here. If you have 20 sex partners and you live in a small, rural town, that's not good." (--"Sex and the City: The Movie" opens TODAY.)

NEXT YEAR, THERE COULD BE A CABLE NEWS CHANNEL SPECIFICALLY FOR BLACK PEOPLE:

There are countless sub-par news networks on cable . . . but there's one kind of sub-par news network that ISN'T out there: A sub-par news network specifically targeted to a BLACK AUDIENCE. Well, next year there may be one of those, too.

--The proposed network . . . which will be called the Black Television News Channel . . . will broadcast, quote, "original news programming with a distinctly African-American perspective."

--The man behind the network is a former congressman named J.C. WATTS. (--He served in the House from 1995 to 2003, as a Republican from Oklahoma.)

--Watts tells the "New York Post", quote, "I'm not so sure that you see anything on CNN or Fox News that specifically targets the African American community.

--"Our community features millions of people with all kinds of backgrounds. There's a much broader segment of the population than what we see in mainstream news."

--Watts already has an agreement with Comcast cable to carry the network in several cities with large black populations . . . including Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C., Atlanta and Baltimore.

--The network is currently in development . . . and could launch as soon as early 2009.

Dwayne's Ex Doesn't Want a Piece of the Rock

Posted May 29th 2008 4:54PM by TMZ Staff

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's divorce proceedings are officially done, according to court docs filed last week.

Johnson and his now-ex-wife, Dany Garcia, have a 7-year-old daughter, Simone. According to their divorce agreement, both sides will pay $5,000 a month into a trust fund to be used towards a private school, college education and other living expenses.

Garcia and Johnson will share custody -- splitting up holidays and whatnot -- and both agreed to waive their right to alimony, though The Rock will fork over $22,454/month in child support. Don't worry about Garcia -- she made $700k last year as a financial adviser.

Forget Suge, You Can Own Death Row Records!

Posted May 29th 2008 4:24PM by TMZ Staff

First Suge gets knocked out cold out at an L.A. club, now he's being forced to sell off his once-mighty Death Row empire.

After filing for bankruptcy in 2006, a judge has ordered that all assets for Death Row be auctioned off to the highest bidder on June 24. That's some serious stuff, as it includes the rights to all the recordings of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre. The minimum starting bid is a measly $24 mil.

Get your bid in by June 10 if you're looking for your own original copy of "The Chronic."

Clay Aiken Impregnates Someone!

Posted May 29th 2008 4:00PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Clay Aiken is going to be a daddy. In case you didn't process that, Clay Aiken is going to be a daddy.

Here's what we know. Multiple sources tell us the mother is Jaymes Foster, a record producer and Clay's best friend. He lives at her home when he's in L.A.

We're told 50-year-old Foster, who produced several Aiken CDs, is due in August. She's the sister of record mogul David Foster. She divorced a few years back and has no kids. Aiken is 29.

We're told Foster was artificially inseminated. But Clay is a lot more than sperm -- we're told he will have an active role in raising the child.

No immediate word from Aiken's rep.