Brown Moves On—With Kanye's Ex

Amber Rose blames Kardashian for split

(NEWSER) - Amber Rose confirms longstanding rumors about a Kim Kardashian-Kanye West hookup, telling Star (via Radar ), "Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together. She’s a homewrecker!" According to Rose, she was dating West while Kardashian was dating Reggie Bush. Kardashian and West "were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other," she claims, adding that Kardashian sent West racy pictures. (Apparently, the Kim-Kanye romance is back on in the wake of her divorce from Kris Humphries.) If you'd like to further ruin your day, click to read about an upcoming Kardashian magazine . More»

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

(NEWSER) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal, and he faces a community labor sentence—that’s harder than community service—at his Aug. 27 sentencing, the New York Daily News adds. More»

(NEWSER) - Kanye West was one of the first rappers to say, “Yo, stop it” to homophobic hip-hop artists, and his stance on homosexuality “remains the highest-profile rebuke of gay-bashing that hip-hop has seen,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. So why did West use the anti-gay hip-hop phrase “no homo” on a recent Jay-Z single? Weiner argues that this can actually be seen as progress. More»

Jay-Z, JT, Kanye among those who want to record

(NEWSER) - Rihanna’s planned duet with ex Chris Brown ended on a flat note when he allegedly assaulted her—but lucky for her, she has five back-ups good to go. Jay-Z, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, and Soulja Boy are all ready to record with her, the Mirror reports. “Rihanna has been working with the biggest names in the business,” says a source. “She is going to blow everyone away.” More»

Plus, Hef ex Kendra is pregnant, and more

(NEWSER) - Less than 2 weeks after the death of his daughter, Mike Tyson married his third wife, E! reports. Tyson and Lakiha Spicer looked “very happy and very sincere,” said a spokesperson for the Las Vegas chapel where the private ceremony took place over the weekend. Elsewhere:

• Kendra Wilkinson, ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, is expecting a baby with fiancé Hank Baskett. "We are touched by the outpouring of support by our family, friends, and fans,” she tells E!