Entertainment Report

CATFIGHT! Foxy and Jacki Square Off!
It's bad enough when male rappers get into disputes and physical confrontations, but when the ladies get into the act, it makes you wonder. Female rappers Foxy Brown and Jacki O were involved in a physical altercation at Miami's Circle House Studios on Sunday (April 24th). According to Jacki O, she was already at the recording studio working with Brooklyn-based rapper Krazy, when Brown arrived. O said in a released statement, "I was all for the idea of having her join us in the studio. That shows how much respect I had for her." But according to the rapper, Brown wasn't pleased with the greeting and the level of respect she got when she arrived at the studio and began to berate Jacki O.

The two woman exchanged words and a physical altercation ensued, until Brown was taken off the premises. Jacki O said, "This was not the way I wanted it to go down. I was looking forward to working with her on a song. We are two women in hip-hop and should be able to come to the table together. She forced me to show her who is the Madam Of Miami."


TERROR SQUAD AND THE BLOODY MELEE IN THE BRONX

Fat Joe's Grammy-nominated rap collective the Terror Squad calls the Bronx, New York, home, but the New York Post reports that a bloody melee erupted after the group was booed at a Bronx nightclub early Sunday morning (April 24th). According to police, three patrons were slashed with a boxcutter and one smashed on the head with a liquor bottle as the fight at the Crimson Lounge spilled out into the street at 4 a.m. ET.

Fat Joe and the Terror Squad were allegedly on stage when the crowd began to boo them. According to the police, words were exchanged and the situation escalated until someone from the stage jumped into the crowd with a boxcutter and slashed two people in the stomach and one on the wrist. Another person from the stage allegedly smashed a bottle on a patron's head.

According to the Terror Squad's spokeswoman, only group member Tony Sunshine was at the nightclub that night and he wasn't involved in the melee. Fat Joe and another member were performing in Virginia, while another member was at home in New Jersey.

Elton to Wed
Elton John has announced plans to marry his longtime partner, filmmaker David Furnish, in the middle of December. The pair, who have been together 11 years, will tie the knot shortly after gay civil partnerships become legal in the U.K. on December 5th. Elton told Britain's Daily Mail that, "We definitely want to do it about the middle of December. Meeting David has been the greatest thing to happen to me."

Elton talked about the recent rumors that the couple's relationship may be on the rocks: "(David's) the most honest guy I've ever met. If anything happened, I think David would say: 'Listen, I was tempted the other night,' and he's human. But that hasn't happened. Yes, we spend a lot of time apart and it's hard, but we make it work." Elton was previously married to studio engineer Renate Blauvelt from 1984 to 1988.

Elton, who has long credited Furnish as helping him overcome his drug and alcohol problem, didn't go into any details about where the wedding would take place, but did reveal, "There will be no honeymoon. I'm on tour."