Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Jay-Z is adding Cognac to his endorsement portfolio.

Hova was on hand at a private event in NYC to introduce D’ussé, a new VSOP Cognac being launched by Bacardi.

D’ussé (pronounced ‘dew-say’) is being presented and situated as a competitor to Hennessy.

Bacardi’s new Cognac doesn’t launch until next month and will be available stateside in September.

VH1 will honor Whitney Houston by paying her tribute in their next installment of “VH1 Divas”.

The performance will be taped in Los Angelos later this year.

Houston’s former musical director Rickey Minor will be the executive producer.

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network may have lost nearly $330 million in the media mogul’s struggle to build the fledgling brand. “If I were writing a book about it, I might call the book 101 Mistakes,” Oprah told CBS News in April. The loss is a latest revelation in OWN’s ongoing saga of cancelled shows, staff layoffs and low ratings.

An analyst told the magazine that it was the most “successful failure in television today.”

However, there may be some bright news on the horizon. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that ratings for the network have ticked up recently. Part of that is due to “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” the new show that has seen Oprah nab major exclusives, like her sit-down with Whitney Houston’s family. (The success of that show bolsters critics who said that Oprah’s relative absence from OWN during its first year was a major error.)

Moreover, the network will get millions of dollars in new revenues from cable operators.

Bobby Brown and his fiancée, Alicia Etheridge, have announced that they will be getting married in Hawaii. New Edition will also be performing in Honolulu during the same weekend. The wedding is scheduled to take place during the weekend of June 15th. The couple has been engaged for two years.

Bobby Brown is managing to kill two giant birds with one stone … a concert with his band and his long-awaited wedding — all in one weekend trip to Hawaii.

Brown and his fiancée — Alicia Etheridge — have finally set a wedding date after 2 years of engagement bliss … and it’s the same weekend Brown’s band New Edition will be performing in Honolulu.

Vivica Fox will return to a regularly scheduled television show this year, playing a role on “Mr. Box Office,” according to HumorMillMag.com. The Kill Bill actress’ last recurring TV role was back in 2009 on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Vivica Fox confirmed that the rumors are true. Official word is scheduled to come soon from Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios.

Michael Jackson is dancing again, on Pepsi cans.

The soft drink maker and the estate for the late pop star on Thursday unveiled plans to put the singer’s silhouette on one billionsoft drink cans in a global pop culture ad campaign.

The late King of Pop, who pitched Pepsi in 1980s commercials as “the choice of a new generation”, will appear in some of his iconic dance poses for the promotion, which will also coincide with the 25th anniversary of the singer’s “Bad” album.

The limited edition Pepsi cans will go on sale first in China, starting on Saturday, and then in the United States later this month. They will be rolled out in Asia, South America and Europe later in 2012.

LOS ANGELES — Hulk, smash.

That’s what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in “The Avengers,” and that’s what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.

It’s by far the biggest opening ever, shooting past the previous record of $169.2 million for the debut of last year’s “Harry Potter” finale.

“The Avengers” added $151.5 million overseas over the weekend to bring its total to $441.5 million since it began opening internationally a week earlier.

Samuel L. Jackson … as Nick Fury

Sticks and stones, may break his bones, but divorce rumors are a non-issue as far as Will Smith is concerned.  The star of  “Men In Black 3″ sat down with Access Hollywood correspondent Shaun Robinson to discuss the pressures of handling the media’s obsession of his marriage to Jada Pinkett-Smith.

“It’s just a part of the game, says Smith. “I’m not going to play that part, but I can understand where somebody would have something in their heart where they have to stab at somebody, they have to poke at somebody, but I’m indestructible. You gonna hurt yourself stabbing at me.”

Adam Yauch, a.k.a., MCA of the Beastie Boys has died of cancer. He was 47.

The Beastie Boys were induced into the Hall of Fame in April, but Yauch was not in attendance. The Hip-Hop legend has been ill for a while and his ailing health delayed the release of the Beastie Boys’ recent album, “Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.“

The rapper was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, forcing the Beastie Boys to cancel their upcoming tours at the time and pushing back the release of their album “Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1.” He revealed his cancer diagnosis via YouTube in July of 2009, saying that he noticed swollen glands in his throat several months prior.