Florida Sentinel Bulletin

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors who depicted Michael Jackson’s doctor as remorseless for the superstar’s death urged a judge Wednesday to sentence him to four years in prison, while a defense lawyer said Dr. Conrad Murray is in a prison of self-punishment and should receive probation.

The opposing sentencing memos were filed in advance of Dr. Conrad Murray’s sentencing hearing Tuesday. He has been in jail since he was convicted Nov. 7 of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson’s fatal overdose of the anesthetic propofol.

Prosecutors David Walgren and Deborah Brazil wrote that Murray has shown no remorse for Jackson’s death and has placed blame on others, including Jackson himself. They cited a series of post-trial media interviews with Murray that they submitted to Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor on a DVD.
In one excerpt, Murray states, “I don’t feel guilty because I did not do anything wrong.”

T-Boz ain’t too proud to beg — just like TLC sang back in the 90s — because she’s filed for bankruptcy.

According to documents filed last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, T-Boz (real name Tionne Watkins) found herself owing creditors $768,642.99 — mostly from mortgages on her $1.2 million house.

The documents don’t paint a picture of exorbitant spending — she takes in $11,700/month in income, with monthly expenses totaling $8,821.

Self taught and genre-bending, Jimi Hendrix defined rock & roll. With a legacy that lives on nearly half a century after his death, it comes as no surprise that Rolling Stone has named him the Greatest Guitarist of All Time.

In a new list, Hendrix topped a field of legendary axe-wielders, retaining the title he earned from the magazine in 2003.

As expected, Drake nets the third-largest sales week of 2011 for an album, as “Take Care” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 631,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan.

While that’s a slightly smaller number than initially expected, it’s nothing to scoff at. Last Friday, industry sources pegged the set’s start around 675,000 to 700,000.

Still, the only two sets to sell more in a week this year were Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” debut (1.1 million) and Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” start (964,000).

NEW YORK – Rap mogul Diddy and the Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at the late rapper Heavy D’s funeral on Friday, and BET Networks plans a tribute for him at the Soul Train awards.

Diddy said in a statement that he was “heartbroken by the passing of my dear friend.”

“He was a wonderful human being, who inspired and paved the way for a Hip Hop generation.” “We were like brothers — I will miss him more than words can express.”

A private funeral for the rap legend was held at the historic Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City.

This is not it for Michael Jackson as it has been discovered that yet another film documents behind the scenes of Jackson’s performance is in existence.

In 1993 during his Dangerous world tour, the late Michael Jackson had a film that recorded the tour during and after performances giving audiences a chance to get to know Jackson on a more personal level.

However, the King of Pop was not satisfied with the film and did not follow through on the whole project. He gave the only copy in existence to his personal driver who is now auctioning off that copy for an estimated four million pounds ($6,346,383.62).

After the massive brawl between Jim Jones’ fiance Chrissy Lampkin and Juelz Santana’s girlfriend Kimbella Vanderhee on the Season 2 premiere episode … new security measures will be enforced on the show banning all silverware and glass on set.

The show’s producers are fed up with all the injuries on set from girl-on-girl violence — the bloodshed, the stitches — and have decided to institute an all-plastic policy while camera are rolling … plastic cups, plastic knives, plastic everything.

Each cast member will now be accompanied by a personal body guard wherever he or she goes.

“Love and Hip-Hop” follows six women, each with a connection to the world of Hip-Hop.

You’ve got Chrissy Lampkin (Jim Jones‘ longtime girlfriend/”fiancee”), Olivia Longott (who used to be with 50 Cent & G-Unit and is now trying to become a solo act) and Somaya “Boss” Reese (who is trying to launch a successful) rap career, model Kimberly “Kimbella” Vanderhee (Juelz Santana‘s baby mama) and Jim Jones’ manager, Yandy Smith.

Tiny Lister, the actor who plays Debo in the Friday movies said that he’s been in discussions about doing one more installment to the ‘Friday’ films that originally starred Chris Tucker and Ice Cube.

Tiny claims he was flown out on Tucker’s private jet to talk about doing a new Friday flick and they even brought up doing another Fifth Element movie.

Chris Tucker vowed to never do another Friday because his personal life disagreed with the character’s smoking habit.

Those who have been waiting for word on Google’s launch of an online music store may have their questions answered. For several months, there has been speculation that Google was developing a music store, and online buzz about it hit a high pitch.

Google held a press conference and the company will unveil Google Music, an online music store that will go head-to-head with Apple iTunes.