Seriously? OMG! WTF?

The body of soul singer James Brown has yet to be buried as attorneys and his children work to settle issues surrounding his estate, including where he will be laid to rest. For now, his body lies in a sealed casket in his home on Beech Island, said Charles Reid, manager of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled the services. Brown died of heart failure Dec. 25 at age 73. His will has yet to be filed, said Buddy Dallas, an attorney for the singer. The room where Brown’s body lies is being kept at a controlled temperature, and security guards keep watch, Reid said. The funeral home delivered Brown’s body after services Dec. 30, Reid said. Brown’s home has been locked since hours after his death to protect his memorabilia, furnishing, clothes and other personal items, Dallas said. "Just imagine what would have happened," Dallas said. "Items of James Brown would have left there like items off the shelves of Macy’s in an after-Christmas sale." The trustees for his will, along with Brown’s children, will determine the burial site, Dallas said. Tomi Rae Hynie, Brown’s partner, said shortly after his death that she encountered locked gates as she tried to get into the home she says she shared with the singer and their 5-year-old son. She wouldn’t discuss the incident Tuesday, but her lawyer said Hynie should be granted access to the home, although he would not talk about whether Hynie might take legal action. "The hope is that all parties can sit down and figure out what the problem is and what the challenges are," attorney Thornton Morris said. "And once we figure out what the challenges are we’ll see if we can’t resolve something that’s a win for everybody."

AJC 

That is just so sad, his family and the lawyers should be ashamed. I can’t wait for Jesse Jackson and Rev Al Sharpton to get involved in this because you know they will be vocal about this and imagine what they are going to say. And worse comes to worse maybe Michael Jackson can make a bid on his remains, I am sure that would get the family to put him 6 feet under.

The 1,400 or so James Brown fans who had planned on seeing the "Godfather of Soul" perform at B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York City will still get to see an act along the line of soul royalty. The club announced Wednesday that the reining Queen of Soul, Chaka Khan, will take Brown’s spot for his New Year’s Eve performance. "We here at the club feel extremely blessed to have had to opportunity to work with the late, great Mr. James Brown on many occassions. His legend will forever ring true within our halls and we vow to continue to celebrate his life and music in all upcoming performances," B.B. King’s spokesperson Rena Siwek said in a statement. "In commemoration of his memory as the Godfather of Soul we now present the Queen of Soul, Chaka Khan." Khan is no consolation act for soul lovers. The diva has won eight Grammy Awards over her career that’s spanned more than three decades. Her top hits include, "Tell Me Something Good," "Ain’t Nobody," and "I’m Every Woman."

WCBS 

Seriously would you want to replace a dead person’s job? To me that feels like negative karma just waiting to happen.

"I used to think Patricia Heaton was funny, but now I’m just grossed out by her!" Those are the biting words of comic Kathy Griffin, who’s been blasting the former "Everybody Loves Raymond" star in her new sold-out comedy tour. Griffin’s taken the 48-year-old actress to task for her conservative views on subjects such as gay rights and stem cell research. "The whole gay issue, I gotta tell you – when I hear Patricia talking her bull—- and saying it’s not in the Bible that gay people should be together – those are the pieces of information that I can’t forget about," said Kathy. The self-proclaimed "D-list" star, 46, slammed Patricia at a special charity event held at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center on Dec. 7, where she made a $10,000 donation. "Kathy was ruthless about Patricia," an event attendee told The ENQUIRER. "She told the mostly gay audience that Patricia should not be trusted because she ‘hates you gays.’ The shocked audience gasped – it got very quiet." Kathy went on to call Patricia a hypocrite because she hires gay hairdressers and makeup people. "Patty Heaton has the gayest makeup person you’ve ever seen," Kathy told the audience. "I can’t get beyond it. It’s the hypocrisy." Said the observer: "Kathy definitely opened up our eyes to what Patricia really thinks of her gay fans."

National Enquirer

This should really not come as a suprise to anyone considering her views on abortion. Hopefully Patricia is investing her residuals from ELR wisely because I doubt she will be cast in anything soon.

VINCENT Gallo is no pal of PayPal. The online payment service abruptly cut ties with the actor-director because it didn’t want to be associated with him selling his sexual services and sperm through his Web site. "They are really fascists. They should breathe some death gas or something," the star of X-rated flick "Brown Bunny" told Page Six. For years, Gallo had used PayPal as an intermediary to collect payments from people ordering merchandise over vincentgallo.com, including clothing, posters, artwork and jewelry. But he says PayPal got squeamish at him offering himself to single women and lesbian couples for prices of $50,000-$200,000, and sperm samples for women who want to have his baby for $1 million. "For them to say they have some sort of moral regard for their clients is incredible – they’re a penny-pinching, conniving company," he fumed. Gallo says he’s switching to American Express, Visa and MasterCard, "just like all the good escort services use." A PayPal rep defended cutting off Gallo, saying he violated its "policy against facilitating meetings for sexually oriented activities."

Page Six 

He is such a sicko and his words against PayPal prove it…and BTW ewwwwwwwww 

Patricia Heaton regularly checks her son’s personal email and phone text messages to find out what’s going on in his life. The 48-year-old star has four sons with husband David Hunt – Sam, 13, John, 10, Joseph, nine and Dan, eight. And she insists that all parents should secretly check their children’s messages to try and protect them from any harm. When asked if her oldest son was interested in girls yet, she says, "I think he is and the only way I know this is because I check his emails. When he goes to sleep I get his cell phone and check his text messages." The actress insists checking their messages is the only way she can find out what is going on in their lives. She says, "They don’t talk to me about anything. They’re boys. ‘How was school?’ ‘Fine.’ ‘What happened?’ ‘Nothing.’" She adds jokingly, "And then a parent will call and say, ‘Did you hear about the stabbing on the playground?’ And I’m like, ‘Why didn’t you tell me about the stabbing on the playground?’"

Starpulse

I can understand if you think your kid as at risk to read their E-Mails and text messages, but just because you will do more damge to your kid than help them. Kids know when you invade their privacy and that will cause them to be more private towards you. She needs to stay out of their business and get a life…hopefully not another TV show or an Albertson’s commercial. 

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