Rumors have persisted for years that Gabrielle Union was instrumental in Dwyane Wade’s divorce from his wife Siohvaughn and Gabby says the rumors have hurt her career.

In a recent interview with T.T. Torez Gabby admits, 

“It’s hard because, aside from loving him, I want to protect myself. I’ve built my life. I built my own brand. I built my career and my career took a hit from that madness because some people refuse to see the truth, even when it’s presented to them time and time again. I love him but at some point it’s about self preservation.”

“I pay for my family. I pay for my mommy and my daddy and my sisters and her family. ‘D’ doesn’t write those checks, I do, so when something is starting to affect the way I make a living, ‘no no no baby,’ let me figure out a way for me to protect our home that me and Dwyane have with the kids.”

Rihanna is gunning for her old accountants. She has filed suit against them – accusing them of “shoddy bookkeeping, a failure to recommend she trim expenses when a 2009 tour was losing money and an ongoing audit by the Internal Revenue Service.”

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The lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan sought unspecified damages against New York-based Berdon LLP and two accountants. A Berdon spokeswoman said the company had no immediate comment.

The singer, suing under her real name, Robyn Fenty, alleged through her attorneys that the defendants drained tens of millions of dollars from revenues while she launched four national and international tours over a five-year period.

By the “Last Girl on Earth” tour in 2009, Rihanna learned that the tour had managed “significant net losses” despite robust revenues, though the defendants had managed to pocket 22 percent of the tour’s total revenues while paying Rihanna just 6 percent of revenues, the lawsuit said. It said Berdon’s unusual accounting practice of paying itself a percentage of gross tour income as commissions left it no incentive to “counsel” Rihanna to reduce expenses or put in place appropriate financial controls.

The lawsuit alleged that the practice of paying itself commissions on revenues was not standard in the accounting and business management industry and created a clear conflict of interest.

Rihanna’s lawyers also blamed the accounting firm for an ongoing IRS audit of her tax returns, saying she was forced to spend significant resources to correct errors resulting from negligence.

Since firing the firm and its accountants in September 2010, Rihanna’s fortunes already have reversed, the lawsuit said. The “Loud” tour stretching from June 2011 to December 2011 produced a net profit equal to more than 40 percent of total tour revenues, it added.

According to the lawsuit, the singer hired the accountants in 2005 when she was a 16-year-old from Barbados launching her career. She alleged that they repeatedly breached their agreements, engaged in misconduct and malfeasance, paid themselves excessive commissions, created entities without regard to their effect on her taxes and failed to document revenue and expenses and implement a proper budget.

Earlier this week, rumors emerged that some lyrics on Frank Ocean’s upcoming Channel Orange indicate his bisexuality. While no lyrics have been cited, it appeared to be likely that this whole affair has been created by the creative imagination of the digital sphere. However, Frank took things to his Tumblr to comment on this subject matter and published a screenshot of a text document written on a computer. The document is titled “thank you’s,” and was written in December of 2011 while Frank was on a plane from New Orleans to Los Angeles. Written in an open letter style, the note recounts his story of meeting a guy a few years ago and falling in love with him, labelling him his as his “first love.”

An emotional Fantasia Barrino broke down in tears in front of hundreds of adoring fans during her performance at the Truth Is concert staged at the Ambassador Hotel, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday night. Allowing the tears to flow freely, the Grammy Award and 2004 American Idol winner had the crowd awestruck, as she cried while delivering her hit song Even Angels, from her third album Back To Me.

 The star who was in Trinidad to celebrate her 28th birthday told fans she had been through many obstacles in her life but had emerged stronger with the help of God. “No matter what you’ve been through, know that you can fly. I have to tell God thank you because he has blessed me. Just when I thought it was all over, he kept blessing me,” said Fantasia. “He’s always been there. I made it through because of God…Everything I went through is my testimony.”

 Noting that the music industry is “very snakish,” Fantasia said it got very tough sometimes, as she had to deal with a lot of negativity during her career. She said, “This year, we lost Whitney Houston…They just wouldn’t leave her alone. They did not understand that she was only human. We lose family, friends, all for the love of money. The only person who will never leave you is Jesus.”

Lawyers for James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond have issued a statement vehemently denying his involvement in the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur.

Recent reports have circulated since an article was published in The Village Voice on June 14th. 
The article, written by Henchman’s nemesis Chuck Philips, claimed that Rosemond admitted shooting the rap star at Quad Studios, during one of nine meetings with the government.

According to a statement by James Rosemond’s defense attorney Gerald Shargel, Rosemond has never admitted to being involved in the shooting and vehemently denies the charges levied against him.

“During a 2011 interview Jimmy Rosemond was asked by prosecutors whether he participated in the robbery/shooting of Tupac Shakur. He categorically denied any participation,” a rep for Gerald Shargel told Associated Press in a statement.

“He has never admitted to involvement in that event,” read the statement, which said Shargel and an associate were at the interview.

“There never was an admission to the assault,” the rep said.

James Rosemond’s publicist questioned the accuracy of Chuck Philips’ reporting in The Village Voice.

“Jimmy Rosemond had absolutely nothing to do with it. All of this stems from the Village Voice-Chuck Philips article but where are the copies of his ‘so-called’ confession?” Rosemond’s publicist Sibrena Stowe de Fernandez told AP.

“There are none because its false information and why are we paying attention to a reporter who is trying to rebuild his career off of the Jimmy’s name? Philips has sent me and Jimmy hate mail. He [Philips] obviously has a vendetta against Jimmy since he [Chuck Philips] was let go, fired or whatever from L.A. Times.

“Folks need to stop promoting Hip-Hop violence and lets enjoy music and the business of music,” Sibrena Stowe de Fernandez said.

“Chuck Philips should focus on becoming a credible journalist and stop trying to get famous due to sensationalizing lies,” Sibrena Stowe de Fernandez continued.

“Whatever happened to fact checking and not hearsay as journalists? If readers were street smart, they’d see through this BS but hey, maybe folks are missing common sense. I know we’re done addressing this issue unless another issue arises.”

Tony Parker just so happened to be at W.I.P. night club in New York the same night that Drake and Chris Brown had their infamous altercation and bottles started to fly.   Mr. Parker happened to be a victim of one of the flying bottles and now he’s ready to file a lawsuit over the injuries he sustained himself.

The NBA player is suing the club and its operators for $20 million after suffering from a scratched cornea. While many are asking why such a large sum, I can certainly say that his career is pretty dependent on his eyesight, so to have anything go wrong in the realm of vision could affect him for the rest of his life.

His argument states, “ ‘There was bad blood between Drake and Chris Brown” and that the club made matters worse ‘by serving them and their entourage’s alcohol.’ ”