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The limelight-loving pair will each reportedly receive $300,000 for two months work on the show, which will begin filming over the next few weeks.

When it was time to renew Lozada’s contract on current reality show “Basketball Wives” last year, Lozada was supposedly no longer interested in signing on the dotted line.

Apparently, the feisty Latina was peeved about the fact that VH-1 had posted a blog that insinuated she had cheated on Ochocinco. At the time, Lozada had decided that she was walking out on the reality show franchise for good.

When producers dangled the “we’ll-give-you-and-Ochocinco-your-own-reality-show” carrot, though, the climate changed. Still, Lozada had specific demands that had to be met in order for the deal to be sealed: the show had to be shot around her daughter’s school schedule, her on-camera time had to be cut down, and she couldn’t miss any of Ochocinco’s games.

Lozada called all the shots during the reality show’s negotiations.

Not only were her demands met, but the “Basketball Wives” producers even gave her a hefty raise.

Lil Wayne and Mountain Dew have inked a deal that is being referred to as one of the biggest hip-hop/soft drink media coups ever.

The mega push, DEWeezy, will begin next week at South by Southwest, an annual film and music conference and festival, in Austin. Teaser wallscapes from the campaign have already begun to appear in cities like New York.

The media blitz was created by Mountain Dew and Wayne’s management firm, the Blueprint Group, in partnership with the Glu Agency, and it will be managed by hip-hop business veteran Derek Jackson.

The advertising campaign, which is said to be very extensive, will include public appearances, ads, a possible touring component, and the creation of a skate park in Wayne’s hometown of New Orleans.

ATLANTA — Whitney Houston left everything to her 19-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

The pop superstar’s will doesn’t mention specific assets, but leaves all of her furnishings, clothing, personal effects, jewelry and cars to her surviving children. Bobbi Kristina was her only child.

Houston’s money will be put in a trust. Her sister-in-law and manager, Patricia Houston, was appointed the administrator of the estate.

Upon turning 21, Bobbi Kristina will receive part of the money, more of it at age 25 and the balance at age 30. Houston’s trustees can give her money from the trust for various purposes, including tuition, to buy a home and to start a business.

The will was signed on Feb. 3, 1993, about a month before Houston gave birth to her daughter. The 48-year-old died Feb. 11 in California.

Oprah To Interview Bobbi Kristina

On Sunday, March 11, Oprah will talk with Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, Houston’s sister-in-law, Patricia Houston, and Houston’s brother, Gary Houston, on a special episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter airing on the OWN Network.

Bobbi Kristina will share personal memories of her late mother and will reflect on how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered. The family will also address the rumors and speculation surrounding Houston’s death.

Oprah has been on an uphill battles to build ratings for OWN since launching the network in January 2011.

In an attempt to gain more viewers, Oprah introduced her new prime-time series months ago, Oprah’s Next Chapter. On the show, which airs once a week, the queen of talk steps outside of the studio for enlightening conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, and real-life families.

LONDON — Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music’s computers and stealing music, including Michael Jackson’s entire catalog, the company and British police said Monday.

Sony Music Entertainment spokeswoman Liz Young said the company noticed a breach of its systems in May, “and immediately took steps to secure the site and notify authorities. As a result, the two suspects were arrested.”

The year after the King of Pop’s 2009 death, Sony signed a 7-year deal with his estate, worth up to $250 million, to sell his unreleased recordings.

James Marks, 26, and James McCormick, 25, appeared at Leicester Crown Court in central England on Friday and pleaded not guilty. They were freed on bail and are due to stand trial in January.

Young Buck just can’t win. The former G-Unit rapper was driving an SUV in Nashville when a white Chevy Tahoe pulled alongside and opened fire.

Eleven shots hit Young Buck’s ride, but he was unharmed. However,  a woman riding in the passenger side was shot in the shoulder.

The shooting occurred at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The woman who was shot was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital and has already been released while another passenger in the vehicle was uninjured.

On Saturday, Buck was holding a cookout and video shoot in Nashville. Lately, while trying to get his career back on track, Young Buck had been plagued by financial troubles, including bankruptcy that could cost him his stage name.

Keshia Knight Pulliam made $20k PER EPISODE to star on “House of Payne” this season … and then fired the agents who put the deal together … this according to a new lawsuit.

She is being sued by Greene & Associates Talent Agency … which claims it signed Keshia back in 2007 and immediately got her a lead role on the Tyler Perry TV show as Miranda Payne.

G&A claims it she got between $7,500 to $20k per episode … including $20k per episode for all of the 2011-12 season.

But not good enough for Keshia … because according to the suit, she fired G&A back in July.

There’s just one BIG problem … G&A claims Keshia never forked over a single cent in commission from the ‘Payne’ deal … and several other shows it worked on for her.

Late last year, Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator was arrested for vandalizing the Roxy in Hollywood during a show.

Now the OFWGKTA rapper is making amends by paying about $8,000 to cover the damages he caused at the venue.

Besides paying for the costs incurred after he started hurling chairs offstage, wrecking a soundboard and nearly causing a riot, Tyler will also be paying the West Hollywood Sheriff’s department back for the cost of the investigation. Not a bad deal considering if he does so, the District Attorney will not file any criminal charges against him.

Mike Epps’ 18-year-old daughter Bria claims her father threatened her with psychical abuse. The dispute started because she had disclosed to the public a family matter that Epps wanted to keep private. The actor/ comedian then proceeded to threaten her physical well being. Hip Hop Wired reports that representatives of Mike Epps say that the allegations made by Bria are false.

Actor and funnyman Mike Epps is embroiled in a potentially nasty feud with his 18-year-old daughter, Bria. According to his daughter’s account, Mike Epps threatened bodily harm to his child after she threatened to put some unfavorable family happenings out into the public.

TMZ nabbed an exclusive interview with Bria Epps, in which she says Mike threatened to “f*ck her up,” although Epps has declared his daughter’s claims false. Tensions mounted between father and daughter after Mike appeared on the Wendy Williams Show and mentioned two of his children, to which Bria took offense, for not being named.

Bria reportedly confronted her father and an argument ensued. Bria then said she would “air some family drama” to the media, pushing Mike into a rage where be made the alleged threats. However, sources close to the comedian say his daughter asked her dad for an unnamed sum of money for college that he refused to give her. Mike opted to pay for the courses to the school directly, which was said to have angered Bria.

The Jeffersons was the longest running sitcom with a predominately African-American cast in the history of American television. Actor Sherman Hemsley memorably played the role of patriarch George Jefferson on the show; now he is being honored by being offered a spot in the Television Academy Hall of Fame. Color Lines reports:

On Thursday, Actor Sherman Hemsley, who played George Jefferson in “The Jeffersons” and Spanish-language variety show host Mario Kreutzberger, aka “Don Francisco,” will be inducted in to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Don Francisco hosts “Sábado Gigante” (or Giant Saturdays), Univision’s longest-running program and the longest-running variety TV show in the world, according to the The Guinness Book of World Records. A new episode has been produced every week throughout the show’s history, with no reruns.

Hemsley is best known for playing George Jefferson on the CBS television series “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” the longest-running sitcom with a predominantly African American cast in the history of American television. Isabel Sanford, best known as Louise “Weezy” Jefferson, died of natural causes in 2004–in 1981, Sanford was the first black woman to receive an Emmy for her work on “The Jeffersons.”