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After nearly seven years of hosting BET’s top-rated countdown, 106 & Park, Terrence J and Rocsi have decided to leave the show. The duo won their gigs after a public audition process, but according to the New York Post, they’re looking to pursue acting on a full-time basis.  Terrence J, real name Terrence Jenkins, had a recurring role on BET’s The Game, and appeared in the film Think Like A Man. Meanwhile, Rocsi— last name Diaz— is said to be moving to California, and landed a role in a film starring Lynn Whitfield.

Since getting the job with BET in 2006, Terrance and Rocsi filled the void left by previous hosts, Free and A.J. Over the years the daily show has become a go-to spot for just about everyone in music, including the likes of Kanye West, Mac Miller, and Rick Ross.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to “married” on Saturday.

Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home, capping a busy week for the couple, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity.

Zuckerberg took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history Friday. And Chan graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, on Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28, the person said.

The couple met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years, the person said.

Zuckerberg designed the ring featuring “a very simple ruby,” according to the person who gave the following characterization of the wedding.

The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg’s backyard before fewer than 100 guests, who all thought they were there to celebrate Chan’s graduation.

Legendary disco singer Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer.

Summer, 63, was a 5-time Grammy winner whose hits dominated the charts in the 1970s. Her songs like “Last Dance,” “Bad Girls” and “Hot Stuff” were among the decade’s most successful.

She continued topping charts into the 1980s, with hits like “She Works Hard for the Money” and “This Time I Know It’s for Real.”

She is survived by: her husband, singer and producer Bruce Sudano, their daughters, Brooklyn and Amanda and Summer’s daughter, Mimi, from a previous marriage.

The legendary father of Go-Go music, Chuck Brown has passed away at the age of 75, confirmed his manager Tom Goldfogle.  As previously reported by NewsOne, the master, affectionately known as “Chuck Baby” had been suffering with pneumonia since being admitted to John Hopkins University Hospital back on April 18.

The always cool and gravelly sounding Brown, whose rhythmic sounds blended funk, soul and Latin music was born in Gaston, N.C.  Whereas he spent some time in jail as a young man, when he was released in 1962, he made the decision to pursue his love of music.  Washington D.C. served as Brown’s musical inspiration for most of his nearly five decades-plus musical career.  After kicking it around with some bands, Brown formed his group the Soul Searchers.

Brown’s first monster hit “Bustin’ Loose” punctuated the go-go sound, dominating the R&B singles chart in 1979. “Bustin’ Loose” was “the one record I had so much confidence in,” Mr. Brown told The Post in 2001. “I messed with it for two years, wrote a hundred lines of lyrics and only ended up using two lines. .?.?. It was the only time in my career that I felt like it’s going to be a hit.”

“Bustin Loose” has also been copped by the Washington Nationals baseball team and used as their home run celebratory song.

New-Orleans rapper Mystikal is sitting behind bars again after checking into a Louisiana jail on Monday morning to serve out the remainder of a 90-day sentence.  The punishment stems from a February charge of domestic abuse reported by the mother of two of his children.

Mystikal, whose actual name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, was released from a Louisiana state prison back in 2010 after he was incarcerated for six years on charges of sexual battery and extortion back in 2003.   

Mystikal pleaded guilty to forcing his hairstylist to perform sex acts. He also admitted to extortion. The rapper and two bodyguards forced the woman to perform oral sex and accused her of stealing $80,000 in checks.  The 41-year-old originally stated that the act was consensual, but then the judge who presided over his trial actually viewed a tape of the act and handed down his sentence of six years.

LOS ANGELES — Two people remain jailed after being charged with attempting to extort Stevie Wonder in Los Angeles.

Alpha Lorenzo Walker and his girlfriend, Tamara Eileen Diaz are each charged with one count of extortion in connection with a plot to try to obtain money from the Grammy-winning musician.

The pair were arrested May 2 by detectives. District attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison says the pair pleaded not guilty on May 4.

Robison says Walker contacted Wonder’s representatives claiming to have embarrassing information about the musician.

Walker identifies himself as Wonder’s nephew and remains jailed without bail because of another court case. Diaz is being held on $95,000 bail.

Comedienne and star of popular sitcom ’90s show “Moesha”  Yvette Wilson, is determined to survive the battle of her life.

Wilson, who played “Andell Wilkerson” on the hit starring Brandy, has Stage 4 cervical cancer and is in dire need of funds in order to pay her mounting medical bills.

Wilson, who also co-starred in such memorable films such as “House Party 2,” “House Party 3,” and ”Friday,” is not only battling cancer, but has also been plagued with kidney problems. Since Wilson’s kidneys are failing, she needs a kidney transplant as well.

A Chicago jury on Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors’ described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband.

Hudson, who expressed her undisguised disdain for William Balfour when she took the witness stand and who endured weeks of excruciating testimony about the October 2008 killings, was visibly overcome with emotion as the verdict was read. Hudson’s eyes filled with tears and she shook her head and bit her lip. Afterward, she looked over at her sister, Julia Hudson, and smiled.

Balfour, who faces a mandatory life prison sentence, showed no emotion.

Jurors deliberated for three days before reaching their verdict against Balfour, a 31-year-old former gang member who was the estranged husband of Hudson’s sister at the time of the triple murders.

With no surviving witnesses to the Oct. 24, 2008, slayings or fingerprints, prosecutors built a circumstantial case against Balfour by calling 83 witnesses over 11 days of testimony. Witnesses said he threatened to kill the entire family if Julia Hudson spurned him.

Balfour’s attorneys proposed an alternate theory: that someone else in the crime-ridden neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side targeted the family because of alleged crack-cocaine dealing by Jennifer Hudson’s brother, Jason Hudson. During the 30 minutes in which they called just two witnesses, however, they presented no evidence to support that theory.

Public defender Amy Thompson said she would appeal the verdict.

LOS ANGELES — In an exclusive backyard soiree at George Clooney’s house in Studio City, President Barack Obama headlined a star-studded fundraiser Thursday night that pumped nearly $15 million into his re-election effort, believed to be the largest one-night campaign haul ever.

The dinner party took place one day after Pres. Obama announced his support for gay marriage, a popular issue with the Hollywood crowd and one that he highlighted.

“Obviously yesterday we made some news,” Pres. Obama said to applause. “But the truth is it was a logical extension of what America is supposed to be. It grew directly out of this difference in visions. Are we a country that includes everybody and gives everybody a shot and treats everybody fairly and is that going to make us stronger? Are we welcoming to immigrants? Are we welcoming to people who aren’t like us — does that make us stronger? I believe it does. So that’s what’s at stake.”

The gathering took place under a tent on the basketball court in Clooney’s backyard, and was hosted by DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg.

About 150 people paid $40,000 each to attend, and gathered around circular tables decorated with gold tablecloths and yellow and purple flowers.

Wolfgang Puck cooked for the attendees, including Robert Downey Jr., Diane Von Furstenberg, Trina Turk, Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, Tobey Maguire, Billy Crystal, Jack Black, Salma Hayek, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif.

Pres. Obama joked that he had aged. “People have commented on the fact I’ve got gray hair now. There was a blog post about look how wrinkly Pres. Obama is getting. Sort of distressing. George doesn’t have to go through these things,” the president said.

Clooney interjected: “You look good to me!”

Pres. Obama ended with a sober recognition that 2012 is far different from 2008.