Lil Mama Apologises For Insensitive Transgender Remarks

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's fans are angry with the makers of South Park for mocking the King of Pop in a recent episode. The episode entitled 'I See Dead Celebrities', showed stars who have died this year, living in Purgatory waiting to enter heaven.

October 9th, 2009 Rapper LIL MAMA hopes JAY-Z and ALICIA KEYS can forgive her for upstaging them at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards - because she's desperate to work with the superstars. The Shawty Get Loose hitmaker jumped on stage towards the end of the pair's performance of Empire State of Mind at the close of the New York prizegiving last month (Sep09), and struck a pose with the duo after shrugging off Jay-Z's best efforts to shoo her away.

October 9th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON fans have hit out at the creators of SOUTH PARK - a new episode of the controversial animated series shows their idol living in Purgatory. Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine and Patrick Swayze - who all lost their lives this year (09) - feature in the latest series, entitled I See Dead Celebrities, which depicts the stars waiting to enter heaven.

October 8th, 2009 Prosecutors investigating media leaks following MEL GIBSON's 2006 drink driving arrest have declined to file criminal charges against the cop who allegedly tipped website TMZ.com off about anti-Semitic remarks the actor made to the arresting officer. Phone records show two calls were made from Sheriff's Deputy James Mee's home to TMZ.com on the day of Gibson's arrest, but they couldn't determine who made the calls or who leaked portions of the cop's report.

September 24th, 2009 JAY-Z was infuriated after LIL MAMA jumped onstage while he performed with ALICIA KEYS at the MTV Video Music Awards - because the performance took weeks to plan. The diminutive star rushed the stage unexpectedly towards the end of the superstars' rendition of Empire State of Mind at the ceremony earlier this month (Sep09).

September 14th, 2009 Rapper LIL MAMA was so inspired by JAY-Z and ALICIA KEYS' finale performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (13Sep09) she bounded onstage to "celebrate" a job well done. The diminutive star rushed the stage unexpectedly towards the end of the superstars' rendition of Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z's ode to his native New York and found herself performing next to the shocked rap star, who attempted to shoo her away.

September 10th, 2009 Music mogul SIMON COWELL would have rejected the BEATLES if they had appeared as wannabes on one of his TV talent shows. Cowell is a judge on a string of programmes including American Idol and Britain's The X Factor and is known for his scathing remarks and his Mr Nasty reputation.

August 26th, 2009 The mother of late reality TV star JADE GOODY is suing a British newspaper group for printing pictures of her daughter's burial. Jackiey Budden is seeking $150,000 (£100,000) in damages against Mirror Group Newspapers after their Sunday tabloid The People published snaps of Goody's burial just a day after her funeral in April (09).

August 26th, 2009 Mexican star DIEGO LUNA is stepping behind the camera to make his directorial debut with a dramatic new movie. The Y Tu Mama Tambien actor will take charge of Abel, which is being produced by John Malkovich's compay Mr.

July 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Jessica Simpson has outraged some in the Native American community for using a racial stereotype. Few days back, TMZ.com had asked Simpson if she would be taking back the expensive boat she bought for ex Tony Romo.

July 27th, 2009 Study: HBO leads on TV in showing gay charactersNEW YORK — HBO scored highest among 15 networks for its representation of gay characters last season, according to a report released Monday. In its third annual Network Responsibility Index, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found that of HBO's 14 original prime-time series, 10 included content reflecting the lives of gay, bisexual and transgender people.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Jessica Alba has revealed that she is loving motherhood and being a "constant watchdog" over her 13-month-old daughter Honor Marie. The "Sin City" star says she is constantly on the guard for Marie, her first child with husband Cash Warren but admits she sometimes wishes she had longer to appreciate every stage of the tot's development, reports contactmusic.com.

June 14th, 2009 LONDON - Teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus sparked a debate on various gossip forums and shattered her clean cut image by joining the infamous body piercing league. Gossip forums on the web have been awash with speculations about the 16-year-old's new nose piercing ever since the singer-actress posted a picture of herself sporting a stud in her nose on her Twitter.com page June 8, reports contactmusic.com.

June 6th, 2009 Ads pulled over radio hosts' transgender remarksSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bank of America, Verizon, Chipotle and other companies have pulled advertising from a Sacramento radio station after talk show hosts referred to transgender people as "freaks" with mental disorders.

May 10th, 2009 VH1, Logo among winners at GLAAD Media AwardsLOS ANGELES — Laverne Cox isn't on the road with Sean Combs, but the outspoken transgender person has picked up an outstanding reality show trophy at the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards. Cox was a contestant on VH1's "I Want to Work for Diddy," which tied with the Logo transgender dating series "Transamerican Love Story" for the award presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.