Flash Lites: Rip ‘N’ Read Pop Culture Recap

Flash Lites: Rip ‘N’ Read Pop Culture Recap



NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Macy Gray couldn’t hold back her titters while watching the Broadway drama Topdog/Underdog thanks to a nearby audience member who was suffering a long and audible bout of intestinal gas. The New York Post reports Gray’s giggles got so out of control the theater management almost kicked her out.

LOS ANGELES – Master P can sleep easier now that his longtime stalker has been arrested. Antwan Baker first began to confront the rapper back in 1999, when he used to beg the No Limit Records president for a record deal. Over the years, the confrontations have become more and more angry, and, recently, after Baker showed up at Master P’s attorney’s office, the rapper had him arrested.

NEW YORK – Thanks to Eminem, actress Mariel Hemingway can now understand why Tipper Gore wanted to slap warning labels on records. Hemingway – who plays Gore in the VH1 movie Warning: Parental Advisory – tells TV Guide Online she was so shocked after listening to Eminem with her 11-year-old daughter that she returned the CD to the store.

LOS ANGELES – Rapper Notorious B.I.G was gunned down in 1997, but his family still hasn’t given up the search for his killer. Biggies’ estate recently announced that they are accepting anonymous information from anyone who has anything leads at biggiehotline.com and biggyhotline.com.

NEW YORK – Destiny’s Child singer Beyonce Knowles may sing about being an “independent woman,” but according to the May issue of W magazine, she’s alone and depressed. Knowles says she and the other girls go out to the clubs all the time to hunt for men, but since security is so tight they always “...sit there and look depressed the whole time.”

Fri 04-19-02