Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The King Of Pop, Michael Jackson’s birthday was Monday, August 29th. And although he’s no longer with us, we still have the next best thing – Chris Brown. So, don’t miss your chance to attend the Chris Brown Concert in Tampa, on October 7th, 2011!

The show will take place at 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre At The Florida State Fairgrounds, which is an awesome place to see great live music.

Will and Jada Smith have issued a statement confirming they are still together after a report surfaced on Tuesday suggesting their 13-year marriage had come to an end.

“Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact,” Will and Jada said in a joint statement.

On Tuesday morning, InTouch Weekly claimed the Hollywood superstar couple has decided to split after 13 years of marriage.

Will, 42, and Jada, 39, tied the knot in 1997. They have two children together – Jaden, 13, and Willow, 10. Will also has a son, Trey, 18, from a previous marriage.
Will and Jada reportedly met when Jada auditioned for a role on Will’s long-running series “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”

Memphitz Wright, the husband of Toya Carter Wright of BET’s “Toya: A Family Affair“, was taken into custody Monday after Atlanta airport security discovered a handgun in his backpack.

The producer is charged with carrying a weapon in an unauthorized location and is in Georgia’s  Clayton County jail. His bond has not yet been set.

Police said Wright, 34, has a license to carry the gun, but told authorities he had forgotten the weapon was in his bag when it went through the X-ray scanner at a security checkpoint.

TSA officials said offenders could face fines of up to $10,000 for bringing a gun to the airport.

Toya and her beau were recently named the new faces of Ampro Styling Gel.

Tampa native, Khia was arrested on Saturday in Dekalb County, Georgia. The rapper was charged with concealing / endangering property secured interest. She was later released on a $500 bond.

Unfortunately, getting arrested is nothing new for Khia.  Her mugshot collection is extensive, rivaled only by DMX.

In the past, Khia has been arrested under the name Khia Chambers, but this time she used the alias Khia Finch.

After nearly a year behind bars, legendary Houston rapper, Scarface has been released from jail, according to reports.

Face, a founding member of the Southern rap group Geto Boys, has been in jail since last October when he was arrested for failure to pay back child support.

The rapper, born Brad Jordan, was accused by four of his children’s mothers in two states (3 in Texas, 1 in Missouri) of failing to provide financial support for his children.

The rapper reportedly owes over $100,00 in child support.

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.