EXCLUSIVE: Fantasia Fallout - Oprah Wants Ditched Wife Paula Cook On Her Talk Show
Posted on Aug 23, 2010 @ 12:15PM - 12 comments
Oprah Winfrey has reached out to Paula Cook to talk about how American Idol star Fantasia Barrino stole her husband, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Paula - whose husband Antwaun Cook allegedly left her and their two sons for the Grammy nominated singer - is still considering Oprah’s offer and has also been approached by Oscar winner Mo’Nique to appear on her talk show too.
EXCLUSIVE: Mo'Nique Forgives Oprah, Continues Family Feud
Posted on May 14, 2010 @ 02:12PM - 5 comments
Oscar winner Mo’Nique has forgiven Oprah Winfrey but the feud with her family remains over her molester brother Gerald Imes, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
EXCLUSIVE: Mo'Nique "Not Happy" About Brother's Oprah Interview
The Precious star was fuming following Oprah’s interview with Imes on April 19, 2010, even though the chat show queen had asked for her permission beforehand. Mo’Nique felt that Oprah - who was a sexual abuse victim herself- was not sympathetic enough towards her situation and that her brother had lied about the circumstances of the abuse.
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A source close to Mo’Nique told RadarOnline.com: “Mo’Nique has decided to forgive Oprah and to move on although the interview hurt her to her heart.
“But she’s still not forgiven her family and unfortunately the grudge could now go to the grave because her parents, Steven and Alice, are getting older now. She feels that her parents have never fully accepted Gerald’s role in the molestation and ever told her that it was not her fault."
To add insult to imjury, the source revealed, "Gerald is planning to write a book about their childhood and Mo’Nique feels that he is just trying to profit from the incident.
“As a mother herself she does not believe her brother has ever got the therapy or the help that he truly requires.”
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Despite all of the turmoil surrounding her family, Mo’Nique is very happy with her own marriage to her second husband Sydney Hicks. The couple is raising three sons– four-year old twins Jonathan and David and Shalon, 17, her son from her previous marriage to Mark Jackson.
"Mo’Nique is really happy with Sydney and they have known each other for over 20 years," the source said. “She says that they have 'an understanding’ which works for them as he never gets emotionally involved with other women. Mo’Nique is really secure in both herself and her marriage and she doesn’t believe she will ever get involved in a sex scandal like Tiger Woods or Sandra Bullock did recently."
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After scooping up the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Precious Mo’Nique, 42, has been inundated with movie offers but has still not found the right role.
“At the moment she’s really concentrating on The Monique Show and wants it to reach a wider audience. The movie parts that she’s getting offered have been to stereotypical of the black over-weight woman which she does not want to do," the source added.
“Besides, she has lost a lot of weight recently and is feeling good about herself right now, so, that would not be appropriate.”
Mother's Day Movie Survey
Posted on May 06, 2010 @ 07:44PM - Add a comment
What’s the one movie you don’t EVER want to watch with your mother? Turns out, Bruno wins that distinction in this year’s Mother’s Day movie survey conducted by Netflix.
Also, move over Faye Dunaway, there’s a new horrible mom in town! Mo’Nique dethrones the queen of wire hangers as the most vicious mom seen in cinema in decades. Below are some highlights from Netflix’s survey:
EXCLUSIVE: Mo'Nique "Not Happy" About Brother's Oprah Interview
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 @ 09:51AM - 26 comments
Oscar winning actress Mo’Nique is less than impressed with the way Oprah Winfrey’s interview with her molester brother Gerald Imes turned-out, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Mo'Nique Makes Her Own Oscar Rules Backstage
Although Winfrey asked Mo’Nique if it was okay if Imes appeared on her show the actress felt that he lied during the interview and it was not sympathetic enough towards her.
VIDEO: Roger Ebert Speaks For The First Time in 4 Years, Thanks To A Computer
Posted on Mar 02, 2010 @ 05:03PM - 2 comments
The world’s most famous movie critic, Roger Ebert, is speaking for the first time through a computer since he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and left with a disfigured face, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.
Ebert, who lost his voice, and ability to eat and drink four years ago, appeared on The Oprah Show to a standing ovation.
Oprah Winfrey asked the smiling Ebert how he felt. Ebert then typed in his answer on a computer and a computer voice read out his response: “Terrific!”
Oprah then asked if he remembered his last words. The ever joking Ebert said through the computer “No I don’t because I didn’t realize at the time they were going to be my last words. I probably spoke them to Chaz (his wife) then as they wheeled me to the operating room. They probably were ‘I love you.’” But, he continued, “on the other hand, they may have been ‘Good morning doctor’.”
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Roger has his meals in private through an intravenous tube four times a day, but he still has a vivid memory of being a kid and drinking A&W Root Beer. His brother-in-law says “when the Lord took away your ability to drink, he gave you that memory.”
Roger goes to two to four movie screenings a day and writes for 200 newspapers. So his voice is still heard around the world.
He tells Oprah that he talks in his dreams. “I’m talking all the time that’s just like it was in life. You can never shut me up,” he said through the computer.
But what would an interview with Roger Ebert be like without seeing his Oscar Predictions:
Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress Sandra Bullock, Blind Side
Best Actor Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Best Director Kathryrn Bigelow
Best Picture The Hurt Locker
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Roger, who is now cancer free, plans on attending the Oscars. And, while he reports on a appearence obsessed industry, Ebert says he will not have any reconstructive surgery on his face.
In a powerful statement he says “nobody looks perfect, we have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.”
Monday A La Mode: Best And Worst
Posted on Mar 01, 2010 @ 02:48PM - Add a comment
Lady Gaga upped the crazy couture ante over the weekend, stepping out in crystal clear style. The attention-seeking popstar, resurrected her pasties underneath plastic getup, adding crystal embellished antlers and booties. Was this Giorgio Armani’s idea?
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Mo’Nique hit the 41st Annual NAACP Awards looking fab, fab, fab in a winter white Tadashi Shoji from the Spring 2010 Collection. The strapless number, which she minimally accessorized with a diamond bangle and stud earrings, really showed off her stunning beauty. Can’t wait to see her on the red carpet of the Academy Awards!
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Best Actress Nominee must have been Blinded when she slipped into her Alexander McQueen dress for the NAACP Awards, which was embroidered with birds and flowers. Love it or hate it? Check out the gallery in Style and you decide!
