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Update: Teena Marie’s funeral service was held at the Aldous Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 28 where the “Ivory Queen Of Soul” was cremated. While on Monday evening before Teena Marie’s funeral was done, there was a prayer service at the singer’s home.
Marie’s daughter, Alia Rose, found her mother’s body in their Pasadena home one day after they celebrated Rose’s 19th birthday on Christmas day.
Scandal of the year!
Four young men accused Bishop Eddie Long of using his money and power to coerce them into having sex with him. Thirty (30) young men in all, have come forward against Bishop Long since.
Although Long has vowed to fight the charges, the case is in mediation right now. Why? Because Bishop Eddie Long is a powerful man with a many of his church members in his closet and if he goes down they go down too.
If Long were innocent, he’d want the trial to be public so that the world can see that his accusers are making false allegations. A person who asks to settle things behind closed doors may be hoping that he can salvage a small piece of his reputation and rely on the blind faith to remain convinced that he can do no wrong.
Either way, Bishop Eddie Long is guilty, is going to bust hell wide open and his disgraceful scandal, wins scandal of the year (2010) on the CEO’s blog.
For giving Michael Vick a second chance.
Now that Michael Vick has led the Eagles to an impressive 10-4 record, everyone — including the president of the United States — has forgiven him for his past transgressions.
The Internet is buzzing about a phone call that Obama placed to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie praising him for giving Michael Vick a second chance.
Mel (pictured above left) is one of the unfortunate dogs who didn’t measure up to Vick’s brutal standards. Vick beat Mel daily to toughen him up. But Mel failed to display that killer instinct in the ring. As a result, he was mauled nearly to death by the other dogs.
Instead of nursing the injured Mel back to health, Vick threw the terrified animal back into the ring with ferocious dogs to be used as bait — a sort of sparring partner for the tougher dogs. Mel was sometimes even muzzled so he wouldn’t fight back.
Treacherous storms, lashing winds and low visibility, dumped about a foot of snow on the East Coast yesterday. Leaving thousands of airline, rail and bus passengers stranded.
The blizzard conditions wreaked havoc on travelers from the Carolina’s to Maine and forced the suspension of operations at some of the nations busiest airports.
Airlines are scrambling to rebook passengers of thousand cancelled flights but don’t except to resume service until later today and not completely until Friday.
I’ve received many emails and phone calls informing me that the Governor of New Jersey has declared New Jersey “A state of emergency”. States of emergency have been declared in North Carolina, Virginia, Maine and Massachusetts as well.
Thank God I don’t have to worry about that until Sunday. 🙂 So if this post pertains to you, please stay safe.
Thanks to loyal CEO Blog reader Ebony for the photo.
The self-proclaimed “Ivory Queen of Soul,” whose many classic hits included “Lovergirl,” Square Biz” and the scorching duet “Fire and Desire” with mentor Rick James, was found dead in her Pasadena home on Sunday at the age of 54.
Marie was the protegé of the masterful funk wizard Rick James, with whom she had a long, turbulent but musically magical relationship.
James, who also had a romantic relationship with Marie and a long friendship, died in 2004. His death shook her so she said she became addicted to Vicodin, which she had been taking for pain, for about a year.
Teena Marie had just celebrated a birthday on Christmas day. Authorities said her death appeared to be of natural causes.
Teena Marie was found by her daughter (Alia Rose) with whom she’s pictured with above.
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