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• La Toya Jackson reportedly married longtime best friend and business partner Jeffre Phillips on December 6th. According to several outlets, both Katherine Jackson and Prince Jackson were in attendance. “He’s been by her side forever and they already live in the same building in LA,” said a source to Us Weekly. “He has invested her well in real estate and other business dealings so she is financially in great shape. And he’s always with her. They are the very best of friends and Jeffre is part of the family already.” The couple got engaged while filming Jackson’s OWN reality show, Life With La Toya. Congratulations to the couple. [Us Magazine]
• Both K. Michelle and India Arie are upset they didn’t receive any Grammy nominations for their respective albums. The ladies tweeted their disappointment this weekend. However, both feel they created genuine bodies of work and aren’t apologetic for the music they released. Read their tweets here: [Singer’s Room]
• Former reality TV star Evelyn Lozada will confirm the father of her unborn baby today on OMG Insider. According to reports it is Los Angles Dodgers player Carl Crawford. Lozada said in a statement that she isn’t aiming to get engaged or married, but if it comes she welcomes it. Lozada is due in late March. [OMG Yahoo]
• NBA superstar Meta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, is looking to change his name once more. This time, he will bypass the legal procedures and will go by another name amongst friends and fans. “We are going to do a name change, but I can’t tell you what it is,” he said. Word Peace changed his name back in September 2011 to inspire the world’s youth to come together. [EURweb]