Fast food chain Taco Bell has countersued rapper 50 Cent in response to a $4 million dollar lawsuit the rapper filed against the company in July. 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, sued Taco Bell and the company’s CEO Greg Creed, accusing the corporation of trademark infringement for using his name and likeness during a promotional campaign to sell tacos. The rapper claims consumers more..

Singer Brandy opens up for the first time about her fake marriage, responsibilities as a single mother raising 6-year-old daughter, Sy'rai, and her devotion to her fans. In 2002, at just 22 years old, Brandy Norwood announced she'd secretly wed music producer Robert Smith the year before - just four months before giving birth to their baby, Sy'rai. The pair even acted as husband and wife on MTV series Brandy: A Special Delivery, which documented more..

The music industry's elite couple, Bey and Jay, raked in mega dough this past year. As if it wasn't already expected, considering the multiple million-dollar business ventures they're both linked to. The royal pair topped Forbes' richest celebrity couples list, collectively making a whopping $162 million in 2008, beating out other power couples who also make big bucks. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith took the No. 2 spot, with $85 million earned together, while more..

Jonetta Patton, mother of R&B singer Usher, is in the middle of a police investigation for allegedly scamming a limo driver during the recent BET Awards. A freelance limo driver says that Patton used his services for her Atlanta-based transportation company, but claims she never paid him his $1,668 paycheck for the services after he worked the awards. He has since filed a complaint. more..

Malia and Sasha Obama, President-elect Barack Obama's two young girls, were given a personal tour of the White House and their new bedrooms by Barbara and Jenna Bush, the twin daughters of current president George W. Bush. Barbara and Jenna, who will be turning 27 next week, "enjoyed showing their rooms to the Obama girls," said Sally McDonough, spokeswoman for Laura Bush. more..

Akon dishes to Livesteez about Freedom, John McCain, and Why People Have The Wrong Perception of Him. Livesteez: It’s been a while. Tell us a little about the new album, Freedom.   Akon: You can always hear the growth in every album. You gotta walk them [fans] through your path without changing too drastically. In this stage of the game were trying to create a new sound, a new way that people could follow. So we got that whole European techno, but we still have the club Miami base, 808 with the clap, you know what I mean? We kind of blended it more..

Angie Martinez, also known as "The Voice of New York," is making the leap from hit radio personality to on-screen host with her upcoming BET television special, "The Angie Martinez Show." Born in Brooklyn, Ang has been controlling the air waves of the Big Apple with her daily radio show on Hot 97, now she is ready to give fans across the nation a chance to see her go one-on-one with some of today's biggest stars like Jay-Z, LL Cool J and Marc Anthony more..