Hollywood Shuffle: Wesleys Tax Troubles, Viv Denies Sex Vid

Welcome to another edition of The Hollywood Shuffle, discussing all things

movies, television, celebrity and just plain Hollywood. Sometimes reporting celebrity news is like beating a dead horse, but for some reason the dead horse keeps coming back for more! This week we’ve got more on Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds, more on Wesley Snipes and his ongoing tax woes, and more on Vivica Fox on the sex tape she says doesn’t exist.

Tyler Perry accused of taking steroids

Seems like

everyone is taking part in the Barry Bonds workout plan these days. As all the Hip-Hop

headlines have said in the past week, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef and Timbaland

have all been accused of using steroids. But now Albany, New York’s

The Times Union newspaper alleges that super movie

director/producer/writer Tyler Perry has also been pumping the juice as well.

This seems like a stretch to me. Next we gonna be reading that Gary Coleman and

Jermaine Dupri are on roids as well.

Wesley Snipes accused of swindling $11

million in false tax refunds
Wesley

Snipes can’t get a break. Not only has his movie career hit rock bottom, but

now he’s back in court facing charges of $11 million in false tax refunds. You

think you cheated a bit on your taxes? Wesley can teach you a thing or two. How

does one even file $11 million in refunds to begin with? We will find out when

Blade goes to court.

DEA Agents sue filmmakers of American Gangster

group of retired federal drug enforcement agents have sued NBC Universal, the

studio that created American Gangster,

saying the movie falsely portrayed them as villains in the storyline. The suit

is for $55 million and claims that the movie defamed hundreds of DEA agents by

claiming that Frank Lucas’ collaboration with prosecutors “led to the

convictions of three-quarters of New

York City’s Drug Enforcement Agency.” According

to the lawsuit, no DEA agents were ever convicted as a result of tips provided

by Lucas. Universal’s response is that American Gangster has always been

“fictionalized work.” That makes sense…because I never would have

believed that Common was T.I.’s dad in that movie.

Eddie Murphy and Tracey

Edmonds’ marriage lasts two weeks

Just

last week we mentioned how the marriage of Donkey and Tracey Edmonds was not

legit, and now this week they go and break up already. In a joint statement

they say, “After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided

that we will forego having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define

our relationship further. While the recent symbolic union in Bora

Bora was representative of our deep love, friendship and respect

that we have for one another on a spiritual level, we have decided to remain friends.” Hmmm seems a little shady to me. Anyone with any ideas as to why they split?

Rumors has it, trouble started brewing after Edmonds refused to take Murphy’s last name.

Vivica A. Fox denies sex tape…sort of

response to her alleged sex tape circulating around the net, Vivica released

the following statement: “As a 43-year-old woman, I would never allow a man to

put me in that position. If you see me having a love scene, it’s going to be

choreographed in a movie, and be fabulous.” So what “position” is Vivica

talking about exactly? So if she was in a different “position” than she would

do a sex tape? I won’t go there…so tempted…but won’t go there.

Will Smith talks I Am Legend alternate ending

In a

recent interview, Will Smith talked about the alternate ending to I Am Legend which will be available on

the DVD and is “less commercial” than the ending we all saw in