Rest in Paradise: Ron Palillo aka TV's Horshack

The television show 'Welcome Back, Kotter' was popular in the mid to late 1970's. It starred actors, John Travolta, Gabe Kaplan, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Ron Palillo and Robert Hegyes. My mother used to watch the program and she in turn introduced me to it and I too fell in love with the show (and both John Travolta and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs :)) Which is why it hurts me to write this post..

At about 4 a.m. this morning, actor Ron Palillo suffered an apparent heart attack at his home and could not be revived. He was pronounced dead at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. He was 63 years old.

For those of you who aren't familiar with who Ron Palillo is, he played the character Arnold Horshack on the TV 'Welcome Back, Kotter' where one of his catchphrases was ""Oooh, oooh" as he'd throw his hand up in the air whenever a teacher asked a question.

Rest in Paradise, Ron Palillo, your memory will live on in the heart and minds of your fans. We love you

Momma Dee meets Sister Patterson

So I was going to initially blog about Love and Hip Hop Atlanta amongst other things today. But, I had to stop for a minute and talk about Lil Scappy's mother. I am not sure if the point of this show is to embarrass black people as some sort of ignorant, untamed, and uneducated race. How you tell your son the way too treat women is to play them. Every women that he is around she tries to get them out his life or call them "bitches" and so on. I am no
Saint but as a mother she should have some sort of respect for herself. Her outburst and ignorant advice does
Not do justice for a black woman such as herself. For years when women and black people have been oppressed and went through so many movements to better them selves; "civil rights & women suffrage." The way she continues to act on national television says a lot about her character and the person she is. I can not judge because I am not GOD, but when filming her she needs to conduct her self with more respect. The more I watch the shows she reminds me of Tiffany Pollard, "New York, from the show I love New York" Mother sister Patterson. Just rude, obnoxious and ignorant. The only different is Sis. Patterson knows how to spell. They look like sisters what do you guys think?

VH1 Pulls 'Ev and Ocho'

As if the Evelyn Lozado and Chad Johnson thing couldn't get any bigger, more shit has hit the fan!

Bad enough they haven't even been married a full 90 days and already Chad's been arrested on domestic violence charges. Once bonded out, Chad was cut from the Miami Dolphins football team and now, VH1 has pulled 'Ev and Ocho' from their line-up. Guess we won't be seeing that wedding after all huh.

The network released the following statement in regards to the show:

Due to the unfortunate events over the weekend and the seriousness of the allegations, VH1 is pulling the series ‘Ev and Ocho’ from its schedule and has no current plans of airing it.

In my opinion, that's once less "reality" show. 

Celebrity Child Bashing

As a parent, I know how defensive I am about my kids. Whether jokingly or not, I hate for someone to talk about my kids. If you know me, you know damn well, my kids are the button that will definitely get your ass cussed out in 2.5 seconds and I'm just a regular parent. So as a celebrity, just imagine how much restraint they must have when different folks start running off at the mouth about their children.

Granted, people have been talking about celebrity kids since Michael Jackson dangled baby Blanket over the balcony and even before then but that still doesn't make it right. When Beyonce was pregnant with Blue, everybody and their mama had an opinion on her pregnancy and even after Blue was here, the criticism ceased to stop.

The latest victim of celebrity child bashing, is Tia Mowry Hardict and her son, Cree. While I'm not sure what was exactly said about baby Cree, I do know that Tia fired back and voiced her say: “It’s disgusting that some focus on looks. I brought a beautiful child into this world.” -via Tia Mowry Hardict's Facebook page

Even though celebrities willingly put themselves in the limelight, on a virtual platform for the world to judge and critique them, that does not give ANYONE the right to talk about someone's else's child. Tia, you are not alone girl. Angelina Jolie has been criticized for letting her daughter Shiloh, dress like a little boy. Jada Pinkett Smith is ALWAYS criticized about allowing Willow to have "too much freedom." And we all know the nasty things people have said about Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy.

People, the next time you talk about celebrity's kid, don't get mad if for 5 minutes they forget their social status and they mop the floor with your ass. RC is warning you.

Healthy snack!

This is so random but I am one of those people who love snacking but also wants too loose weight. Sometimes I'm not even hungry but food is sometimes such a comfort. I was reading a few articles and doing some research. Drinking a bottle of water before you eat and when you wake up in the morning help you to eat a lot less breakfast. For me I know that I love yogurt and sometimes I want
Ice cream, so I would freeze the yogurt. It makes for a good frozen snack. St work I am constantly on my feet and I need something to munch on; so there raw or roasted or dark chocolate ate things you can snack on. The key too loosing weight is drinking a lot of water and watching your calorie intake. Research and talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or work out plan. Here at the Babbling Cartels we realize that staying healthy is also essential to your life. So find healthy snacks and alternatives to aid you either in loosing weight or staying fit.
Exercise and eating the right way goes a long way !

Pooch Hall WILL Be Returning to 'The Game'

Alright ladies, you can officially get your panties out of a bunch; Pooch Hall will be returning to BET's 'The Game' despite reports that surfaced earlier this year that said he and co-star Tia Mowry-Hardict would not be returning. During a recent club appearance in Toronto, Cotten Kandi captured exclusive footage of the actor making his announcement that he’ll be returning to the hit BET show:

Now that Derwin Davis is coming back, how many of you will be tuning into the new season of 'The Game'?

Developing Story... Chad Johnson Arrested on Domestic Violence charges

Yesterday, Miami Dolphin's reporter, Izzy Gould who works for The Sun-Sentinel reports that Chad Johnson is expected to bound out of jail by 8:30 a.m. ET Sunday morning.
News broke that Chad was arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly head-butting his wife, reality TV starlet, Evelyn Lozado.

According to Davie (Fla.) Police Department captain Dale Engle, Johnson was arrested Saturday night on domestic violence charges, per the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
According to the report, Johnson was arrested after an incident involving his new wife, Evelyn Lozada. He allegedly head-butted her during an argument in his car. They were married on July 4.
When police arrived at the scene, Lozada had lacerations on her forehead.

TMZ reports that "Lozada has been at the hospital for several hours and her injury will require stitches."

Miami Dolphins journalist, Ben Volin sent out a tweet that said the altercation started over a receipts for condoms. (feel free to insert your own WTF face here)

The Palm Beach Report published that Basketball Wives star did in fact find a receipt for condoms in the car as the couple drove home from dinner. A statement from the site says:
According to Engle, Johnson and his wife, Evelyn Lozada, were driving to their home in Davie after dinner Saturday night when Lozada found a receipt for a box of condoms in the car, sparking an argument that got “heated.”
When they arrived at their home, the argument “escalated quite a bit,” Engle said, and Johnson and Lozada butted heads, giving Lozada a laceration on her forehead. Lozada told police that Johnson purposely head-butted her, while Johnson told police it was accidental.

Chad is reportedly still being held in custody and is waiting to be seen by a judge. Ben Violin tweets:

This is still a developing story. We will let you guys know more details as we get them ourselves.