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Foxy Brown’s brother Gavin Marchand, 36, is headed to prison after pleading guilty to a credit card scheme in which he and three associates attempted to use a forged credit card to buy nearly $8,000 of merchandise from a Hermes store on Madison Ave. in New York last year.

The foursome led cops on a 90-mile-an-hour chase before finally pulling over.

Marchand is currently free on bail and is scheduled to turn himself in on September 28th, when he will be sentenced to two to five years in prison.

NEW YORK — Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said.

Ashford, who along with wife, Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital. He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment.

Though they had some of their greatest success at Motown with classics like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand” by Diana Ross and “You’re All I Need To Get By” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Ashford & Simpson also created anthems for others, like “I‘m Every Woman” by Chaka Khan (and later remade by Whitney Houston).

LOS ANGELES — “The Help” continues to clean up at the box office, taking over the No. 1 spot with $20.5 million in its second weekend.

The DreamWorks Pictures film starring Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Octavia Spencer in a drama about Southern black maids had debuted in second-place a week earlier. “The Help” raised its domestic total to $71.8 million and bumped 20th Century Fox’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” which slipped to No. 2 with $16.3 million after two weekends at the top, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” remains a solid hit, lifting its domestic total to $133.8 million.

SANTA BARBARA, CA — Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian. The basketball pro and the reality star are husband and wife.

Publicist Jill Fritzo tells People magazine and E! that the 30-year-old Kardashian and the 26-year-old Humphries tied the knot Saturday night in the exclusive Montecito area near Santa Barbara, Calif.

The ceremony will be televised as a two-part special on E! in October.

It is the first marriage for Humphries and the second for Kardashian, who was married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004.

People and E! report that Kardashian wore an ivory gown designed by Vera Wang as stepfather Bruce Jenner walked her down the aisle in front of 440 guests, including Demi Lovato, Mario Lopez and Lindsay Lohan.

Jay-Z and Beyonce have been declared “Music’s Most Powerful Couple” by Forbes Magazine after bringing in nearly $80 million this year.

Forbes recently released their list of “The World’s Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples” and included Jay-Z and Beyonce who rank #2 on the list and remain the most powerful pair in music.

The #1 “Highest Paid Celebrity Couple” is Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady who are estimated to have raked in $238 million in the past year. Jay and Bey are estimated at around $72 million.

Other top celebrity couples are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie who come in at #3 with $50 million, David and Victoria Beckham ($45 million) and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart ($40 million.)

The lady just can’t stay out of court. According to TMZ, Lindsay Lohan has sued the rapper Pitball and his co-songwriters Ne-Yo and Afrojack over this line from his hit single “Give Me Everything”: “Hustlers move aside, so I’m tiptoein’, to keep flowin’ / I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan.”

The lawsuit, which was filed by Lohan’s lawyer Stephanie Ovadia, seeks an injunction to stop the broadcast of the song, along with unspecified damages.

Lohan claims that “the lyrics, by virtue of its wide appeal, condemnation, excoriation, disparaging or defamatory statements by the defendants about the plaintiff are destined to do irreparable harm to the plaintiff.”

Though he began his career as an international superstar in the hip-hop world, Will Smith hasn’t released any new music since 2005?s Lost and Found (and considering it’s difficult to remember exactly what was on that album, it feels like it has been even longer).

Admittedly, he’s been pretty busy starring in gigantic blockbusters and shepherding the careers of his offspring, but it appears as though the Fresh Prince might be making a return to the microphone.

That’s if you believe producer La Mar “Mars” Edwards, who noted that he was in the studio with Smith during a phone interview with XXL. Edwards, whose credits include productions for T.I., Chris Brown, and The Game, said that he actually had Smith on the other line while he was talking to the hip-hop magazine. Does the Fresh Prince really wait on hold?

The collective of Jay-Z and Kanye West moved 290,000 digital copies of their long awaited LP Watch The Throne on iTunes, setting a record for the highest first week sales in the online music store’s history.

The album, which was released exclusively on iTunes last Monday (August 8), shot past previous iTunes record holder ColdPlay for first week sales.

CP’s 2008 album Viva La Vida moved 155,000 digital copies making it a record at the time.

In less than 24 hours following The Throne’s release the album hit No. 1 on iTunes in 23 countries. An official sales number that includes digital and physical copies will be revealed on Wednesday.

According to predictions, the album is on track to move 400,000 to 500,000 copies.

Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man will be presented with a proclamation from US Councilman Leroy Comrie, for over three decades of outstanding contribution to the reggae industry.

The official presentation will take place at the inaugural Reggae Rhythm & Blues Concert slated for Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York on Labor Day Sunday, September 4, 2011.

“Beenieman has an impressive catalogue of timeless hit songs,” said Bobby Clarke, CEO of Irie Jam Radio. “He is a celebrated dancehall recorder, a seasoned performer and is worth of this very important United States recognition, especially since he has just received his visa and can travel freely to the USA.”

Beenie Man is best known for his hit songs “Matie,” “Who Am I,” “Girls Dem Sugar” featuring Mya and for his appearance on T.I.’s 2001 hit “I’m Serious.”