T.I. is Getting Locked Up in Prison for 1 Year.... Can They Even Do That?!

Yup... you heard it, and unfortunately I am NOT making this up. T.I. (a.k.a Clifford Harris Jr.) was busted by undercover cops outside a downtown Atlanta store for attempting to buy machine guns and silencers. Did I mention this went down just FOUR HOURS before the BET award show T.I. was scheduled to attend and potentially receive NINE AWARDS?? Granted this run down with the cops took place last year but the fun has only begun for T.I: he now has to serve ONE YEAR in prison. Granted this isn't that long for someone who calls himself a "thug" and a "gangsta" but still... one year when you have the Billboard #2 and #3 song is quite the ruthless punishment. Can they even do this to him??

CNN conducted a great interview with Clifford Harris Jr. that is an epitome of journalism genius. Check out excepts from the interview transcript below, courtesy of CNN.com:

CNN: When I first heard about the charges, I said, "You have got to be kidding. WHY?"

T.I.: Well, in order to fully understand the answer to that question, you will have to put yourself in my shoes. You know how many attempts have been made against my life? There are people out there that would rather kill you than to tell you "Good luck" or "I am happy for you." So until you understand that, you wouldn't understand my train of thought.

Not to say it was right. It's just my best explanation.

CNN: What scares you?

T.I.: Federal court dates. (Laughs)

CNN: Are you scared about going to jail for a year?

T.I.: I wouldn't describe it as fear. I would describe it more as concerned. Concerned, and I am a little anxious. Sooner I get started, sooner I get finished.

CNN: What do you think is the biggest misconception is about you?

T.I.: The biggest misconception is that I am a hotheaded thug. Ignorant, cold-hearted, just another ignorant rapper who had a chance at success and has done nothing but horrible things with it. Nothing can be further from the truth.

CNN: You can't vote because you're a convicted felon.

T.I.: As far as I know, that is the case.

CNN: How much does that hurt? Is there a candidate you want to support?

T.I.: Well, man, it isn't necessarily about a candidate that I want to support. I feel like I owe that to my kids, my little cousins, everybody in the generation under me, to try to make this world a better place, this nation a better place. I am not going to focus on what I can't do. I am going to focus on what I CAN do.

CNN: How many kids do you have now?

T.I.: Six.

CNN: Six?! How many kids do you want?

T.I.: I'll have as many as the Lord blesses me with. So be it, as long as I have enough money to take care of them. I don't ever want to have kids who don't know their brothers and sisters. I want them all to grow up together, knowing each other, living together. I don't ever want to have some secret children.

CNN: That's very Bob Marley of you.

T.I.: (Laughs)

CNN: Do you think there's been a price to pay for your success?

T.I.: Absolutely. Absolutely. There has definitely been a price to pay. So far, it has cost me my best friend [T.I.'s 26-year-old personal assistant, Philant Johnson, was killed in a freeway shooting after a 2006 concert in Cincinnati], it has cost me time in jail, it has cost me time away from my family. I have missed four birthdays, two first days of school, four football games and a few more other things. Important outings that I would have liked to be home for.

But I mean -- I'm not going to complain about it, you know what I'm saying? I prayed for this for so long, and now I got it, you know? So I am going to maintain my position.

End

Ok, so I have a few comments (as usual, I know):

First of all, NO ONE IS TRYING TO KILL YOU, T.I. Yes, you are a fantastic rapper with clever beats and thuggish lyrics BUT you are no Tupac or Biggie.... sorry. Now they, on the other hand, did have people out to kill them and it just so happened it was the other one... (and Suge Knight and LAPD... now they had a reason to carry a machine gun...)

Secondly, if I were you, I would take those federal court dates you're scared of more seriously because there is a slightly good chance you will only serve like a day in prison like all the other celebrities. I would also be a little more scared of you mom and your career.... oh wait, being a "thug" this will help your career. Must be nice.

Thirdly, there is no "as far as I know..." when it comes to you voting status. You can't vote, get over it, stop committing felonies. Also, would you have really voted anyway? It seems difficult to do whatever you like when you have to get up and vote on Nov. 4.

Fourthly, why do you have six kids???? I mean, seriously, why? And I have to ask, how many mothers do these six kids have? After all, you are not married.

And finally, to the CNN interviewer... please go back to journalism school. Your comments are bizarre and way to friendly and normal for a celebrity as high class as T.I. Plus, there were more important questions to ask such as, how long do you lawyers tell you you will actually spend in prison, how well is your prison cell furnished, who will you pop bottles with in prison, and exactly what is a "paper chaser?" These answers we may never know... or at least not for another year.

Brad Pitt 'Convinces' Angelina to get Knocked Up! (um okay...?)

News on the street is that Angelina Jolie didn't really want to get knocked up with twins.... it was baby daddy Brad Pitt that convinced her to have more babies! Why do I find this piece of gossip fishy.... well I dunno, maybe the fact that Angelina adopts babies like they're going out of style so why WOULDN'T she want to have more? Oh that's right... because her and Brad's biological children aren't Asian! I mean, duh!

There is something almost creepy with Brad Pitt and his obsession with getting girlfriends/wives knocked up. After all, that was what broke up the beloved Jennifer Aniston- Brad Pitt marriage: she did not want kids and he did so he cheated on her instead (if you didn't already know, that's the Hollywood version of telling your significant other you are mad at them...). Also, he seems creepily attached to Angelina's adopted children... even before baby Shiloh. Weird.

Don't get me wrong. I have no evidence to believe that Brad Pitt is a poor father of these children. He appears to be passionate about parenting and even passionate about his "partnership" with Angelina Jolie. Evidently, however, passionate" and "commitment" are two very different things. I mean, what exactly is the point of marriage when you already have three kids together? Money will give these kids a stable family... not a nuclear family. Perhaps the rest of the world has got it wrong all this time...

Awww... Nicole Richie Feeds her Daughter... Just Not Herself

Congratulations to Nicole Richie! Apparently, she has learned to become more domesticated thanks to motherhood. Isn't that just charming!

According to a People Magazine article, Nicole Richie has been "domesticated" thanks to her baby Harlow and her pseudo-responsibility as a mother. She told People Magazine a few years ago that she doesn't cook or clean (obviously.... I mean she weighed like 80 pounds!) but now she is changing her act by making homemade baby food for her daughter Harlow! Now if only she could learn to feed herself....

Nicole Richie is probably one of the dumbest people in Hollywood and the fact that Joel Madden actually had a baby with her says very little for his own intelligence. She is talentless, she has bad style, and she's just lame and only a celebrity thanks to her daddy dearest, Lionel Richie. When you are selling information about how domesticated you are after having a child, you KNOW your career is in a slump. Unfortunately for Richie, her life is all one big slump. She can't get any good roles in Hollywood and she apparently struggled to find a decent man. Madden is in the same status, though. His band Good Charlotte can't make another consistent Top 40 hit to save their lives, not to mention the whole sort of-punk sort of-not genre has really plummeted in the last few years. I hope he has saved his money because its doubtful he is making any right now!

At least Nicole can puree veggies and fruit for him. He may lose a lot of weight as she is constantly doing but he won't quite starve. It's the baby I'm worried about.... does she have enough sense to know that the baby needs to eat all the time and not just once every other day? Furthermore, does she realize that most identifying "domesticated" women do not go out and party frequently, leaving their child with their personal assistant? She clearly needs to read up on this role because motherhood is one role she can't just turn down!

Britney Spears Releases New Scandelous Music Video!

I just want to throw it out there: I love Britney Spears. She is talentless, a horrible mother, and a little bit on the crazy side. However, despite her numerous flaws, one thing is certain: I can always count on her for celebrity gossip!

Britney's new video for her single, "Womanizer," includes several scandalous costume changes including her giving a corporate worker a lap dance, her waiting tables looking like a dominatrix, and her in sexy lingerie. Could you be any more consistent than that?! All of her music videos include these various fashion characterizations, making her one of the worst dressed, yet brilliantly consistent performers in Hollywood. I'm sure KFed is sad he let that one go.

On the other hand, another strange development in the world of Britney is the fact that she was actually looking kind of normal. She has a full head of hair, she has lost some of the Cheetos and Coke weight, and she is wearing a non-psychotic smile! I guess several nights in the UCLA Psych ward did her good! After all, Britney has a lot to be happy about: her mother's tell-all book is about to be released, her 16 year old sister's baby is a happy and healthy 2-month old, and reportedly she has a sex tape leaked on the internet... Life just can't get any better. We don't see KFed getting any attention... he is staying at home with their two sons... at least I hope someone is...

Locklear gets Locked Up and David Spade Sort of Cares...

Hollywood is all about the good, the bad, and the ugly... in this case it is all just ugly and a little bit bad, too. Last week, former Hollywood sweetheart and good girl Heather Locklear was arrested for DUI.

(For any celebrities reading this blog, DUI means "Driving Under Influence" and it's very very bad and dangerous. You receive this charge when you drink and drive... so hire a driver, please. Sentences for DUI can last up to 4 hours so beware...)

Anyways, I find myself disturbed by this new criminal development. Granted, Locklear is not the most widely followed celebrity, but she is at least semi-talented. She has been nominated for 6 Golden Globe awards and has quite the resume with roles in television shows like Melrose Place, Spin City, Rules of Engagement, and the all-too-famous Hannah Montana. She has also been in films such as Uptown Girls and Sydney White. She never rose to the top of the A-list but she never really dropped to the lower lists, either. It's really a shame that she had to go and drive drunk... it's even worse that we now know she is more than likely running low on the cash since she obviously did not have a driver. Tisk, tisk... We all should of seen this coming when she entered a treatment facility for depression in July. One thing leads to another.

Another great part to this celebrity downfall is the fact that People Magazine wrote an article about how Locklear's old beau, David Spade, cared so deeply about her DUI crisis that he texted her to make sure she is okay.... really? You care enough about her to TEXT her? Why not visit her or call her or even e-mail her for goodness sake. Texting says one thing: "I want to make sure you're okay but you are not worth the time or energy to call." Spade, of course added in this short interview that things were "blown out of proportion" as she is "solid and always a great person." I guess she is just not "solid" enough to call or visit, whatever that means.

I honestly hope Heather Locklear finds whatever she is looking for in life, as long as that something isn't a beer or some liquor. She clearly doesn't need to be drinking anytime soon, but I'm sure she will be treated soon for alcoholism and other ailments. There is always hope in Hollywood and it's called REHAB!