New York radio
station Power 105.1 will debut "The Ed Lover Show with Egypt & Ashy"
tomorrow (Mar. 1), from 6-10 am. Ed, who has been with the station since it launched
in Mar. of 2002, will hit the airwaves as the station celebrates it’s fifth anniversary.
Power 105.1 hopes that Ed Lover can boost the station’s morning show, which has
seen listenership fall since the departure of shock jock Star, who was fired after
he made lewd comments about the 4-year-old son of DJ Envy and racially charged
comments about Envy’s wife. Ed Lover’s start date will coincide with the station’s
fifth anniversary. "Ed has been a part of the heart and soul of this radio
station since day one when Power 105.1 launched five years ago," said Helen
Little, Power 105’s Program Director. "By pairing him with Egypt & Ashy,
listeners will be treated to more unpredictable dysfunctional fun from the unique
chemistry created by this dynamic trio." Ice
Cube will star in and produce a new urban comedy titled First Sunday. According
to Daily Variety, the comedy centers Ice Cube and another character who
attempt to rob a church. They take the parishioners hostage and during the course
of the film, Cube and his side kick slowly convert and change their ways. Filming
for the film starts May 14 in Los Angeles and Baltimore. The movie is a joint
venture between Ice Cube’s Cube Vision and The Firm. The pair last collaborated
on Ice Cube’s last album, Laugh Now, Cry Later. First Sunday is
slated to be released during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday via Screen Gems.According
to reports, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is being investigated for allegedly
assaulting a real estate broker in Los Angeles, CA, during an Oscar party. Gerard
Rechnitzer, 27, claims that he was at Teddy’s at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood
and noticed Combs and six other men speaking to his fiancee. According to Rechnitzer,
Combs then invited his fiancee to come to a party he was having. Rechnitzer protested
and asked his fiancee to leave with him again and Combs then allegedly struck
Rechnitzer in the jaw. Rechnitzer dialed 911 and an ambulance came, but Combs
allegedly left before police arrived. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating
the incident and interviewing witnesses.
