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Ballerina Is A First In History
Rick Ross Released On $2M Bond
Empire Creator Signs Multi-Year Deal With Fox
Misty Copeland, the Mis- souri-born ballerina who’s be- come a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a celebrity that far transcends that rarified world, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday — the first African-American woman to reach that status in the company’s 75-year history. Copeland, 32, fought tears as she spoke about her promo- tion, which she said was a life- time dream — but such a difficult one to attain that she never really thought it would happen.
“This is it,” she said. “This has been my dream since I was 13, to be a principal dancer and reach these heights.”
Misty Copeland is the first Black ballerina to be named principal dancer.
William “Rick Ross” Roberts is set to be a free man, according to TMZ. The website is reporting a judge in Fayette County, Georgia granted the Miami rapper a $2 million bond.
Ross paid off the amount by offering $1 million equity from his mansion formerly owned by boxer Evander Holyfield and another Geor- gia property as well as a $500,000 surety bond and $500,000 in cash.
The Maybach Music Group boss was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting and kid- napping a groundskeeper at his home. Jonathan Zamu- dio is claiming he suffered
Rick Ross has been in jail for a week.
neck and mouth injuries from being dragged back into the house, beaten, and pistol whipped by Ross and his bodyguard.
LEE DANIELS
Lee Daniels is reaping the benefits of Empire, his run- away hit.
Daniels has signed a multi- year deal with 20th Century Fox Television that allows him to direct, write and supervise television series under Lee Daniels Entertainment.
Empire is one of the year’s greatest shows — critically and ratings-wise — and made some noise on the Billboard.
Janet Jackson Launches New Venture Along With Comeback Tour
Columbus Short Headed Back To TV?
Janet Jackson will launch her international "Unbreak- able World Tour" on On Aug. 31 in Vancouver, Canada, and she has plans to release her comeback album this fall via her own imprint Rhythm Na- tion Records and BMG. But, that's not all the music icon has planned for her momen- tous comeback; a diamond jewelry line has now been added to her growing list of ventures.
Mrs. Jackson premiered pieces from the collection dur- ing Sunday's 15th-anniversary BET Awards (She looked flaw- less BTW). According to ET, the 49-year-old "wore a heart- shaped necklace made with twenty-five carats of Fancy In- tense Yellow diamonds (retail-
Janet Jackson at the BET awards last Sunday.
ing at $2 million) as well as a thirteen carat Fancy Intense Yellow diamond ring (retailing at $500K)."
Rapper ‘ Fathead’ Killed In Robbery Gone Bad
Columbus Short is look- ing to return to television. The 32-year-old Missouri native will not be reprising his role as Harrison Wright on the hit ABC drama Scandal, but Short’s face could be back on the small screen in another ca- pacity.
The actor/dancer/singer is looking to add reality TV star to his profile. Short’s career is now being handled by Block Entertainment CEO Russell “Block” Spencer, and the show biz veteran tells All- HipHop.com he is actively working to get a Columbus Short-led docu-series into
Former ‘Scandal’ star Columbus Short headed back to TV.
production.
RiRi Is First To Surpass 100M Singles Certificates
Fathead
Sylvester “FatHead” Morris, a rapper who often rapped with Doe-B, was slain earlier this week in a robbery gone bad.
The 32-year-old rapper was beloved in his native Mont- gomery, AL.
“People liked him. He used to cut the kids hair for free,” a local source told AllHipHop.com. “But, you got some haters out here. He was popular.”
Montgomery police say Fat- Head, was shot Sunday night and rushed to the hospital, where he died. There are no suspects in custody, at the time of this writing.
Rihanna is celebrating an- other milestone, but for this one, she's in a league of her own.
According to the Recording Industry Association of Amer- ica (RIAA), the Pop/R&B su- perstar has surpassed more than 100 million Gold & Plat- inum song certifications. The feat places RiRi at the number one spot on the RIAA's list of artists with the most Digital Single Awards. It also makes her the first and only artist to surpass RIAA’s 100 million cu- mulative singles award thresh- old.
Rihanna at the BET awards.
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