• James Arthur Ray
• Resort is said to be a nonprofit religious organization
• About 50 people attended a program and spent up to two hours inside the “sweat box”
• 

DAMN

• Evidence will probably turn this into a criminal prosecution against James Arthur Ray and whoever else was involved
• 2 people died and 19 became ill

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys are performing “Empire State of Mind”(off Blueprint 3 Cd) at the 2009 Video Music Awards on MTV (Sunday November 13th), and both performers have the crowd into the song and are about to bring song to a CLOSE (Lil Mama pulls a T-Pain Moment)

DAMN

• LIL MAMA JUMPS ON STAGE

My DAMN Opinion:

I’m giving everyone a DOUBLE DOSE of DAMN Moments today! I didn’t think of posting this until Alicia talked about what occurred on the Today Show. I really like that song (off Jay-Z new Cd which is in stores NOW), and was REALLY feeling Alicia and Jay-Z’s performance until Lil Mama jumped on stage. DAMN Nothing against Lil Mama but when you have TWO SUPERSTARS on stage like that and they are performing at that LEVEL. You can’t Jump on Stage and ruin the FLOW.

Lil Mama talks about what occurred: (click link below)

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621581/20090915/jay_z.jhtml

Jay-Z told Lil Mama, “You T-Paining Right Now,huh”.. Click link to view T-Pain Moment:

http://nahright.com/news/2009/06/08/video-jay-z-x-t-pain-death-of-autotune-live-at-summer-jam/

BEYONCE TRIES TO STOP LIL MAMA FROM GOING ON STAGE….

Video of the moment at the VMA:(Moment begins at 5:00 minutes in this video)

Video of Alicia Keys Responding:

• Atlanta rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em or just Soulja Boy
• The 19-year-old singer was among a large group that had gathered at a home in Stockbridge, 20 miles south of Atlanta
• Officers responded to a complaint about a group of young people hanging around an abandoned house
• The group told cops they were there for a video shoot
• When police arrived there were about 40 people there but half of them ran way (including Soulja Boy)

DAMN

• Soulja Boy was arrested when he returned to the house to get his car
• Charged with obstruction after running from police despite an order to “STOP”

• Group ‘Jackson Jive’ performed on Hey Hey It’s Saturday reunion special (imitated Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five during performance)
• Show was taped in Australia
• Harry Connick jr was a judge on the show:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Connick,_Jr.

DAMN

• Perception of the show, judges, and members of the group who performed isn’t too good
• Would’ve been a career-ending move for Harry Connick jr if he didn’t address it when the show returned from a commercial break

In the US:

• A white man with a black-painted face is a minstrel or a “blackface”
• Minstrels toured the American South in the years before the civil war
• Performances were considered deeply racist

WAS THIS PERFORMANCE A RACIST ACT BY THIS GROUP?

• Fredrick Richardson
• Suspected in the beating death of Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss’s ex- fiancé Ashley Jewell
• Argument stemmed from a disagreement regarding business matters regarding Body Tap strip club in Atlanta

DAMN

• Charged with Voluntary Manslaughter

• Michael D. Barrett
• 47 yrs old
• Illinois insurance executive
• Allegedly made nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews  apparently uploaded videos of other unsuspecting nude women to the Internet
• Tried to sell them to a celebrity news website

DAMN

• Faces up to 5yrs in prison and a $250,000 fine

Link to additional information about the case:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jJn12Ca4AkE3MNS58VcBmMkPiJ7AD9B58PEO3

DAMN MOMENT WATCH LIST:

NOT QUITE A DAMN MOMENT (BUT ONE TO DEFINITELY KEEP AN EYE ON)

• Matthew Knowles
• Beyonce’s Father
• Married to Tina Knowles since 1980

• Alexsandra Wright
• Suing Matthew claiming he is the the father of her child
• late 30′s
• 6 months pregnant

DAMN

(RESULTS WILL BE REVEALED SOON SO STAY TUNED)

• Robert Joel “Joe” Halderman
• 51
• Norwalk, Connecticut
• Allegedly told Letterman last month that he would disclose Letterman’s sexual encounters with his show’s staffers unless he paid $2,000,000

DAMN

• Charged with first-degree attempted grand larceny
• Suspended from his CBS job
• Prosecutor sought $500,000 bail

David Letterman’s confession on the Late Show: