Bed-Stuy-born Jay-Z is leaving long-time record label Def Jam, and is close to signing a deal that will bring all future recordings to Sony. The deal will link Jay’s Roc Nation to Sony for distribution. The split reportedly came with a $5 million price tag, but will leave him in control of all of his master recordings. His eleven recordings have sold 29 million units in the U.S., according to Soundscan. CONTINUE READING

After 17 years of hosting NBC’s The Tonight Show, Jay Leno had his final show Friday night. Guests included Conan O’Brien (set to take over the show on Monday), James Taylor, and all the children that his staff members had during his 17-year tenure.

Any love muffins fans of Jay and sad to see him go? He will return in the fall with a new prime time show, so he won’t be gone for long.

Any love muffins following sensation du jour Susan Boyle? Recently she caught the media world by storm with her voice, quirky looks and warm demeanor. Anyway, in a big surprise to anyone following the show, Britain voted her into second place. 10-person dance group from Essex and East London “Diversity” won, getting the chance to perform for Queen Elizabeth II.

Thoughts? Did anyone follow the show or ever watch her YouTube videos?

The nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, AT&T, is being looked closely at in a possible plot against openly-gay Idol runner up, Adam Lambert. Lambert, widely expected to become the next and first openly-gay Idol, lost the competition to Kris Allen in what was a shock to anyone who followed the hugely popular show. The potential culprit: employees at AT&T at two AT&T-sponsored Idol parties in Kris Allen’s home state of Arkansas. Since the final count of text message votes is kept a secret, there is no way of telling the impact the votes cast at the parties had.

Love muffins, this is one of those scenarios that makes you go, “hmmmmm.” Telecommunications giant AT&T is based in Texas, and is rumored to have given major funds to the Republican Party during the last election, which, as we all know, isn’t exactly the most liberal of parties; and more than likely isn’t 100% behind anything gay.

Thoughts?

4 year-old daughter of boxing legend Mike Tyson died Tuesday after being injured in a treadmill accident in Phoenix, Arizona. Exodus Tyson was discovered by her 7 year-old brother hanging on the treadmill “with her neck…on a cable.” Exodus’ mother removed her daughter from the cable and rushed her to a local hospital. Heavyweight champion Tyson was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident, but flew to be by his daughter’s side who lay in critical condition. Exodus was pronounced dead at 11:45am.

The 42 year-old Brooklyn-born boxer became the youngest heavyweight champion of the world in history when he was crowned with the title at age 20.

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Love muffins! Yours truly recently shot this super fierce photo for the NOH8 campaign. The NOH8 campaign was put together by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and parter Jeff Parshley as a silent protest and photo project to be a direct response to the unfortunate passage of Proposition 8 (which amended the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage) last November.

To learn more about the amazing NOH8 campaign, as well as check out other photos of people and celebrities that support the NOH8 campaign, click here.