GOSSIP TO GO WITH FLO – May 5th, 2005

THIS IS GOSSIP TO GO WITH FLO. MICHAEL JORDAN HIT LOUISVILLE FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GRAND GALA, A KENTUCKY DERBY EVENT ON WEDNESDAY. ASIDE FROM ATTENDING THE GRAND GALA, ALONG WITH MY BEST PAL CHARLES OAKLEY, HIS AIRNESS HOPPED ABOARD HIS SLEEK MOTORCYCLE IN BETWEEN BIG BROWN’S BIG WIN AND THE GALA, FOR A SPIN AROUND TOWN.  FROM THE KENTUCKY OAKS TO FRIDAY NIGHT’S VIP RECEPTION AT THE MARRIOTT, TO THE GRAND GALA, EVENT ORGANIZER ROHENA MILLER OUT- DID HERSELF THIS YEAR. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF MY DEAR FRIENDS, INCLUDING BOTH OF EDDIE MURPHY’S EX-WIVES, NICOLE MURPHY AND TRACEY EDMONDS, WHO BOTH GAVE ME BIG KISSES ON THE CHEEK. AND, JUST LIKE REPORTS HAVE BEEN STATED, TRACEY IS STILL WEARING EDDIE’S $2 MILLION RING. NICOLE WAS WITH MY BUDDY, MICHAEL STRAHAN. DWAYNE WADE, WHO ISSUED A STATEMENT LAST WEEK THAT HE AND STAR JONES ARE JUST FRIENDS, WAS ALSO IN TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND SANS STAR OR HIS WIFE. THE GRAND GALA WAS HELD AT THE EXQUISITE GALT HOUSE, THE OFFICAL KENTUCKY  DERBY HOTEL, WHICH EVEN BOASTS A KENTUCKY BOURBON LOUNGE. THE ROOMS AT THE GRAND GALA INCLUDED A GENTLEMAN’S LOUNGE , WHICH FEATURED POOL, A PUTTING RANGE AND A TV FOR BASKETBALL ENTHUSIASTS TO WATCH THE PLAY-OFFS, A SWEETS ROOM WITH A DECADENT CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN, A FILANDIA VODKA ROOM WITH BREATH TAKING ICE SCULPTURES AND A BALLROOM WITH 3 FOOT CRYSTAL CENTERPIECES ON  THEM THAT WERE LIT UP AND HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN THEM THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE EVENING CULMINATED WITH EVERYONE DANCING AS EARTH, WIND AND FIRE PUT ON ONE OF THEIR BEST SHOWS EVER. OTHER CELEBS IN THE HOUSE INCLUDED GABRIELLE UNION, SMOKEY AND FRANCES ROBINSON, MY BROTHER LEON ISAAC KENNEDY, LYNN WHITFIELD, JULIUS AND DORYS ERVING, LENNOX LEWIS AND HIS WIFE, WHO IS A FORMER MISS JAMAICA AND  TICHINA ARNOLD. BY THE WAY GUYS, I WON BIG AT THE KENTUCKY OAKS AND THE DERBY. MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE TRAINER AND OWNER OF EIGHT BELLES. BUT, LIKE ANY COURAGEOUS WOMAN, SHE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE BEFORE GOING ON TO GLORY. ………

 

     CSI ACTOR GARY DOURDAN IS DENYING  REPORTS HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF COCAINE, ECSTASY, PRESCRITION DRUGS  AND HEROIN AFTER HIS ARREST LAST WEEK. DOURDAN WAS KNOCKED AFTER AUTHORITIES FOUND HIM ASLEEP IN HIS VEHICLE WITH A VARIETY OF DRUGS AND RECENTLY TOLD THE MEDIA HE DIDN’T OWN THEM. HOWEVER, MY SOURCES INSIST THAT GARY’S DEPARTURE FROM CSI IS ALLEGEDLY RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS THAT HE MAY DO SOME GUEST SPOTS ON CSI NEXT SEASON…..

 

     MARIO LOPEZ SAYS PEOPLE MAGAZINE REALLY JUMPED THE GUN WHEN IT SAID HE AND “DANCING WITH THE STARS” PARTNER AND COHABITING GIRLFRIEND KARINA SMIRNOFF HAD SPLIT THIS WEEK. “SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BRITNEY SPEARS STARTS BEHAVING?” HE TOLD  A SOURCE. “PEOPLE START MAKING UP ALL KINDS OF THINGS.” IT’S GOING GREAT WITH KARINA, HE SAID FROM THE WINDOWS LIVE PORTRAIT STUDIO IN NEW YORK. SHE HAS EVEN MET HIS MOM- AND THAT’S A TOUGH SELL. SAID MARIO: “ I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT I ONLY INTRODUCE THEM TO MOM IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE MY MOM IS MY BEST FRIEND AND SHE GETS SO CLOSE TO THEM AND I DON’T WANT HER TO GET HER FEELINGS HURT.”……..

 

     EVEN EMPRESS OPRAH CAN NOT TRUMP HOMELAND SECURITY. THE TALK SHOW’S FOREVER FIANCE STEDMAN GRAHAM WAS NEGLECTING HIS LUGGAGE TROLLEY IN THE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT TERMINAL RECENTLY AS HE ATTENDED TO A LARGE PLATE OF MEATBALLS AT VILLA ITALIAN KITCHEN, IN THE FOOD COURT. MID-MEATY-SNACKDOWN, STEDMAN GOT AN EARFUL FROM SECURITY. “HEY, IS THIS YOUR CART?,” SHOUTED AN EAGLE-EYED AIRPORT OFFICER. ‘YOU CAN’T LEAVE THIS HERE UNATTENDED.” STEDMAN REPLIED THAT HE WAS WATCHING IT FROM THE FOOD LINE. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES CAPTAIN TRIED TO COME TO STED’S RESCUE, TELLING SECURITY, “HEY  THAT’S OPRAH’S BOYFRIEND, STEDMAN.” THE GUARD REPLIED: “I DON’T CARE WHO HE IS. TELL HIM TO GET HIS MEATBALLS OVER HERE AND TAKE HIS CART.” OUCH! THIS HAS BEEN FLO ANTHONY WITH GOSSIP TO GO.

      According to Celebrity Journalist Flo Anthony