Don't cry for Star ...

... apparently ol' girl knows how to land on her feet.
News broke yesterday that Starlet Marie Jones Reynolds filed for divorce from her "husband" of three and a half years, Al Reynolds back in March.
Now every since my girl has been seen with Reynolds, there have been a few, uh, concerns about whether or not he's of the homosexual persuasion. Now he nor she neither confirmed nor denied that he has ever had sexual relations with a man or a woman for that matter.
I have been concerned every since she showed him on The View and I noticed that he arches his eyebrows. I don't know if he plucks, shaves or waxes them, but either way, that's a lil' on the feminine side. No straight man needs to walk around with his eyebrows arched. Anyway, shortly after they were married, it was reported that the man wore a Speedo and a loin cloth to a Halloween party. He was Bam Bam from The Flintstones.
I don't know about you but I don't need anymore evidence to rule in the matter of Al Reynolds' sexuality. I, the jury, find Al Reynolds to be gayer than Christmas - and I mean the lights, the tinsel, the metallic ornaments and the garland.
But hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of, we've all had a crush on a gay guy or two. Hell, I dated one in high school and I'm OK. In fact, we're the best of friends now. But for the record, I knew something was up when he was trying to "cut" after band practice.
In addition to my, and the rest of America's, speculations, Sybil on the Tom Joyner Morning Show said this morning that Jones kicked Reynolds to the curb because the brotha isn't working. And forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't blame her for that. Shoot, it's even in the Bible.
The Word says in II Thessalonians 3:10, "Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat." I didn't say that, Paul did. So she was right to do that and nobody can fault her for that either. If you do, then you feed that shiftless negro.
While a divorce is certainly a set back, Star has definitely landed on her feet. In fact, the Detroit Free Press has reported that she is dating Dewayne Wade. That's right, D. Wade of the Miami Heat.
I wonder if he put her in his Top 5 on his T-Mobile phone. Even if he didn't, she's still doing better than Big Gay Al. She's doing so well, I had to go back to the 80s to find her a new theme song!

Well thank God for small miracles ...

... Mychal Bell has been moved to a juvenile facility.

Star Jones Reynolds announced on her show today that LaSalle Parrish District Attorney Reed Walters has said that he will not pursue adult charges against Bell. He does however plan to re-file charges in juvenile court.
There's been no word on bail as of yet. One of his attorneys, Louis Scott talked to Jones Reynolds today saying that he was going to file a motion for bail in the Parrish Clerk's office today.

As I understand it, Bell has to have a new bail because once he was convicted, the initial $90,000 bail was revoked. Hopefully since his case has been moved to juvenile court, he will get a bail that his family will be able to afford. He has been in jail since the December arrest.

My heart goes out to the families of the six "attackers" and to the victim, but quite frankly, I would love to get to the bottom of it all. The information that has been fed to us all has been that the entire incident began with the hanging of nooses on what was known as the "white" tree on the school's campus.

Until earlier this week, it was believed that the boys had only received a few days suspension after the expulsion was overturned. It was reported earlier this week that the boys who hanged the nooses from the tree spent nearly two school weeks in an alternative school and served a two-week in-school suspension.

According to the widely believed information, this supposedly set off a chain of racially motivated events that resulted in arson, an incident where a shotgun was pulled on several students and at least two fights.

The thing that keeps bugging me is that the reports are now saying the victim in the beating by the Jena 6 was beaten into "bloody unconsciousness," but he was in attendance at a school function that night. What hospital releases a patient who was knocked unconscious as a result of a fight where he was supposedly stomped in the head?

I am having a hard time buying that this kid was beaten this badly. We see the same picture of this kid while he is in the hospital but we don't see any pictures of the black kid who was beaten up by the group of white people.

The bottom line in this entire situation is these kids were overcharged. I am not saying that they didn't deserve to be prosecuted, but it should have been juvenile assault or Louisiana's equivalent.

Another thing that tripped me out was during Walter's press conference, he stated that he couldn't find a law to charge the "noose hangers" with and Jones Reynolds had one and showed video from the CNN i-Report from the Alexandria incident where two white teenagers were arrested for tying two nooses to the back of a pick up truck.

Have I said before that Jones Reynolds is the WOMAN?!

She had the law that is on the books in Louisiana in front of her and had a legal expert on hand to discuss it. I know Walters was not watching the show, but I hope somebody down there TiVos her show and can show it to him.

On her show today, Jones Reynolds admitted that she's been out of practice for a while but she found said law in about three minutes, she said. And I say to you all that if she could find it that quickly, Walters couldn't have been looking for it.

Growing up, I always heard, "if it was snake, it would have bit ya." My response was, "if it was a snake, I wouldn't have been looking for it."

I think that kind of rings true with this case. He probably thought charging those boys would probably have come back to bite him in the polls at re-election time. The funny thing is, not charging them has come back to bite him, on the ass - right now.

After this blows over, I hope the Louisiana Bar Association reviews this and takes necessary action.

*rubbing my chin and chuckling to myself* I guess he and Mike Nifong will have a lot to talk about in a few months.

Since I've been gone a minute ...

... this is the first in a series of posts that you all will receive from me today.

Because I am a self-proclaimed entertainment news hound, the following is a hodge-podge of celebrity mishaps and situations that I find hilarious, sad or downright disgusting. Since you all know me fairly well, I'm sure you'll be able to tell how I feel about what.
First of all, I would like to wish Robin Roberts a speedy recovery from her surgery. She announced earlier today that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will have a surgical procedure Friday.

Here's more information about her story. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/31/tv.robinroberts.ap/index.html
Roberts is an anchor on ABC's Good Morning America. Before this job, Roberts was a sportscaster for CNN and has served as a commentator for several professional sports. I remember her most recently for her work in commentary for the WNBA.

For those of you who will probably not follow the link, she found a lump in her breast during a self-exam. Then she went to her physician.

I can not stress enough how important it is for us (women and men) to have regular check ups. By the grace of God, she caught it early and was able to do something about it. There are too many of us (black folks) who don't take care of our health. I say us because I too am included in this number.

Let's all pledge to take better care of our health so that we won't need sick care.

Speaking of sickly folks, anyone seen Star Jones Reynolds lately?

She recently "came out" saying that she had gastric bypass surgery. Well duh! What one fool in America believes that she hasn't had gastric bypass surgery?

She lost 160 pounds in a year. That's a whole person. Hell, that's two first graders and a midget (OK, a little person). All in one year people. She either had gastric bypass or a crack pipe.

Either way, she's starting to look just a little too sickly. I understand losing for health's sake, but what about stopping for the same reason?

I just hope she's going to be OK, after all, we have to see what she does next. I am looking forward to seeing her back in TV.