New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will have flags flown at half-staff Saturday for Whitney Houston, despite receiving strong criticism. Christie ordered flags flown at half-staff at state government buildings on Saturday, the day funeral services are held for Houston at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church, where she sang as a child. Christie defended his position by saying Houston deserves the honor because of her huge cultural impact and as "a daughter of New Jersey."


The cause of Houston's death at a Beverly Hills hotel has not been determined, and the results of toxicology tests are pending. Investigators found several bottles of prescription medication in the hotel room where she died Saturday. .

 The funeral is expected to be made available for television and web streaming from the New Jersey church where she grew up. Publicists and entertainers by Wednesday had confirmed nearly a dozen celebrities and personalities will be in some of the 1,500 coveted, "invitation-only" seats.
Gospel singer and pastor Marvin L. Winans, a longtime friend of the Houston family, will give the eulogy at New Hope Baptist Church. Winans officiated at Houston's 1992 marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown.

Whitney Houston has re-entered music charts on Wednesday with a greatest hits album that raced into the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard 200, as fans of Houston rushed to rediscover the singer's music. Single digital track sales of the artist's music rose to more than 887,000 song downloads in 24 hours.
The biggest selling digital song was Houston's signature ballad "I Will Always Love You" with more than 195,000 copies downloaded, fueled by Jennifer Hudson's emotional rendition of the song in tribute to Houston at Sunday's Grammy awards. The sales surge in Houston's music is likely to continue through the week, ahead of the singer's funeral on Saturday.

Kingston and Maliah at AMA's

Sean Kingston has confirmed that he is dating Drake's ex-girlfriend Maliah Michele after the two appeared together on the red carpet at the American Music Awards.


Maliah Michele has also confirmed that they are dating. The two lovebirds have been sharing sweet sentiments all the time, even greeting one another’s mornings with a cheesy tweet or two.

Jamaican Rapper Heavy D Died on Tuesday November 8at the age of 44. He is described in a People Magazine article as being, "an incorrigible optimist who never stopped believing in the power of art and love to change the world". Here is getting in touch with his Jamaican roots on a track with Jamaican Dancehall legend Supercat.

The fans packed outside the Los Angeles Superior Court in Southern California, broke out in jubilation after they learned that Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. Judge Michael Pastor had earlier urged people to constrain their emotions, but Michael Jackson’s fans were under no such constraints when they learned of the verdict.

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009 of cardiac arrest caused by "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with two sedatives, the coroner ruled. Dr. Murray was however indicted for being criminally negligent in giving Jackson excess amounts of anesthetic Propofol  and no faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license. Judge Michael Pastor ruled that he should be held without bail until his sentencing, set for Nov. 29.

Bailando por un Sueño which literally means  "Dancing for a dream", is Argentina's version of Dancing with the Stars. Cinthia did not leave much for the imagination with this extremely sexy dance.

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The Teflon, Don Rick Ross was hospitalized twice in the space of 6 hours seemingly determined to make an appearance in Memphis. The first incident happened Friday afternoon on a Delta Air Lines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis, forcing the plane to return to return to Florida. After being treated at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, he tweeted: "Memphis here I come." and hopped on a private jet to Memphis. The plane was forced to land in Birmingham, Alabama, because Ross experienced another medical problem. WMC-TV in Memphis reported that Ross suffered a second medical seizure and had been hospitalized.
source: CBS News

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Lil’ Kim was a special guest at the LIV nightclub in Miami Beach on Sunday April 24,2011, where she brought Natalie Nunn and a few other guests with her. Natalie Nunn is one of the stars of season 4 of the Oxygen Network's "Bad Girl Club", where she is best known for yelling out her catch phrase “I Run L.A.”

In an exclusive interview with the Urban Daily she gushed about the experience.

When asked:  "How was it kissing Lil’ Kim on the lips?"

She replied:
"I enjoyed every minute of hanging out with Lil’ Kim and that kiss was the most amazing day of my life. She was my generation of bad girls when I was young. That’s what I listened to. Her inviting me to hang out with her in Miami was more than a dream come true I don’t care how lame that sounds. She’s a legend in the game for over a decade."

To read the full interview check out The Urban Daily