On the other hand, we have Prince at the Billboard awards, looking out of this world. His seventies look – the afro, eyeliner, fringed jacket and bellbottoms – seems inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Little Richard combined. Prince is still going strong at 54 – it’s a shame that Michael Jackson didn’t age as comfortably as Prince.
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For some reason, Prince decided it would be a good idea to wear dark glasses and a white cane to the Grammys. Maybe he hoped for handicapped parking or special attention, but the combination made him look like a blind person. (We can just picture people scrambling to “help” him down the stairs) Granted, the cane was sparkly as was his black hooded jacket, but the first thing that comes to mind is “vision impaired.” As far as we know, Prince’s vision is just fine – except it fails him occasionally when he gets dressed.
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There is life after Halle Berry
Two celebrity cast-offs, R&B singer Eric Benet and Manuela Testolini, got married in August and are expecting their first child together. Eric was previously married to Halle Berry who accused him of being a “sex addict” when she divorced him. Manuela was married to Prince for five years before she filed for divorce. Hopefully they will be happier with each other not so much in the limelight…
Whitney Houston has fallen so far off the wagon (we hear it’s crack again- and booze) that Prince didn’t want her onstage with him. Houston seemed so intoxicated with her daughter at a recent performance that she was banned from future Prince shows. Apparently her “out-patient” rehab isn’t doing much good. The most alarming factor about this relapse is the sight of her daughter Bobbi Kristina, 18, looking and acting every bit as high as her mother. They were body slamming each other, singing drunkenly in each other’s arms, and doing things mothers and daughters don’t generally do. Has Bobbi become Whitney’s new “drug buddy?”
According to our spy at the Elton John Oscar party, Prince was one of the nicest and most polite celebrities to arrive – he waited patiently and turned down an offer to be escorted to the front of the line. We predicted that he would move on from his last girlfriend Bria Valente to concentrate on American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland, and it looks like we were right. Misty was his Oscar night date. It also looks like he designed her dress because it somewhat resembles the dress he designed for his Oscar date Kim Basinger many years ago! (He loves shoulderpads and asymmetrical looks.)
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Halle Berry’s ex Eric Benet and Prince’s ex Manuela Testolini are engaged and planning to wed this summer, and they both bring a lot of baggage to the relationship. Manuela (she’s Egyptian and Italian) was a lifelong Prince FAN who wormed her way into a job at Paisley Park, became an ardent Jehovah’s Witness with him, ended up his assistant, and eventually his wife. After five years, SHE filed for divorce in 2006. Singer Eric Benet struggled to retain his fan base after his wife Halle Berry labeled him a “sex addict” and packed him off to sex rehab in an attempt to patch up their failing marriage. Hopefully they both learned from their previous experiences.
Prince has become smitten with the talents of American Ballet Theater’s rare black soloist Misty Copeland and he wants her to perform with him as often as possible. It all started last year when he selected the exquisite ballerina to dance in his “Crimson and Clover” video (above.) She did, and now he’s coaxed her into performing live with him at concerts at Madison Square Garden and other east coast venues. Misty, 28, is flattered, but does she know this is how Prince, 52, recruits girlfriends? Usually he promotes his girlfriends careers, but Misty doesn’t need any help – she’s extremely successful. Prince’s present girlfriend and protege, Bria Valente (AKA Brenda Fuentes) should consider herself warned. (Personally, we find the video too psychedelic and it doesn’t do Misty justice.)
Little did Danielle Staub of The Real Housewives of New Jersey realize what a firestorm of outrage her comments about the singer Prince would activate. In an interview with Steppin’ Out magazine, Staub, who has been described as a former stripper and call girl, alleged that she had a fling with the diminutive singer in her younger years. She called him “the best kisser in the world” and went on to say “When you’re lying down you’re all the same height. Plus he wore HEELS.” Yes, Prince wears heels in bed. He has custom made high heeled bedroom slippers and his other girlfriends have verified this. Princes’ fans are appalled by Danielle’s claims and they want to know the truth. (We’d like more details too!)
Prince is in Europe and he’s performing, above, at a club in Cannes, France. He seems to be experimenting with a new look in hair – we’re thinking he’ll either get a Rihanna cut or brush up some Twilight hair. (Little known fact: Prince usually does his OWN hair) Did you know he RARELY, if ever, sings his sexiest songs from the 80’s and 90’s any more since he became an active Jehovah’s Witness? Prince even has a library in his house full of religious literature where he reads the bible for hours. We may have heard “Little Red Corvette” live for the last time.
We thought Lady Gaga cleaned up on New Year’s Eve, pulling in $300,000 for her Fontainebleau show in Miami, but that’s not the case. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich paid 1.7 million dollars for entertainment at HIS New Year’s bash in St Barts – Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, and Prince, each raked in over a half million dollars to perform for 250 guests at Abramovich’s 90 million dollar St Barts estate. The whole party cost FIVE million dollars. According to the NY Post, this is the same guy who ran up a tab of over $47,000 for ten people for a meal at a New York restaurant.