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TMZ is reporting that the doctor’s defense will focus on Jackson’s previous tours. *OK, now it’s really getting very interesting and juicy at the same time in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson case. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=74795

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=74936 *As successful as she appears to the outside world, apparently on the inside Jazmine Sullivan is in turmoil. Seemingly from out of nowhere Sullivan, 23 and a protégé of Missy Elliott, just up and quit the business. At least that’s what she announced via Twitter on Sunday; she’s on hiatus ’til further notice:

From ZHIPHOPCLEVELAND.COM: Fantasia is closing up her “Back To Me” Tour and recently performed in Cleveland. Z1079 had the exclusive on her performance as well as a special guest backstage, Antwaun Cook.

Chuck Berry was forced to leave the stage after slumping over a keyboard during a concert he was performing in Chicago on Saturday night. The musician, 84, was helped offstage after seeming weak. He returned about 15 minutes later, but was quickly taken back off the stage to be examined by paramedics, the Chicago Tribune […]

It happened in its own time. After three years of planning, delays and management misfires, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network arrives Jan. 1, the biggest launch of a cable channel in more than decade.  Read More:

Miami has some of the country’s hottest crooners, Las Vegas will have a more “cosmopolitan” feel and Los Angeles offers a sneak peak at a zany show — It must be New Year’s Eve!  Read More:

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=74294 *TV One will air an encore of its “Unsung” episode featuring Teena Marie on Thursday at 10 p.m. (Dec. 30), the network announced. [Or watch below.] The episode premiered in November of 2009.

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=74303 *Michael Jackson’s brother Tito will unveil some of his new music during a performance scheduled for New Year’s Eve in Atlanta.  

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/24682 Scandal. Consider it the gift that keeps on giving.  

In just five weeks of release, Beyonce’s I Am…World Tour has become the best-selling music video of 2010. The DVD has sold 132,000 copies, 14,000 more than the year’s #2 music video, Rush’s Beyond The Lighted Stage. There’s still one chart week to go in 2010, but Beyonce’s lead appears insurmountable. This is the fourth […]

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=73992 *Beyoncé’s estimated earnings of $87 million this year were enough to make her the highest-ranking musician on Forbes’ list of Hollywood’s 20 Highest Earners of 2010.

*In the wake of Teena Marie’s sudden death, reports began circulating online Monday that claimed the ailing Aretha Frankilin had also passed away – but those rumors are flat-out false. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=74013