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This weekend was hot and not just in the weather department…Celebs did their thing all weekend at different events including the continuation of the playoffs…some did it up a little too early and didn’t even make it to the festivities..New York police pulled over Method Man after spotting the rapper approaching the Battery Tunnel in Brooklyn in a Lincoln Navigator with expired tags. AllHipHop.com and Eur.web is reporting that, after approaching the vehicle the officer said he smelled marijuana and spotted two “blunts” and a plastic bag with more marijuana in plain view. The member of the Wu Tang Clan, whose real name is Clifford Smith admitted to having even more of the drug under his seat. In total the officer located 28 grams in the rappers vehicle and he was promptly arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of marijuana, operating a motor vehicle under the influence and driving an uninspected motor vehicle. Mr. Smith was released on his own recognizance early Friday… All We Can Say at SdB is: He won’t get the Paris treatment…bet! He might do a lil time.
Speaking of which… We don’t usually report news from the lighter side of the celeb world, however the news that Paris Hilton’s sentence has been reduced, speaks directly to several news stories we’ve been reporting. A few well known black actors, athletes and rappers have been arrested for DUI and various vehicular violations in the past couple of months. Some high profile incidents include Tracy Morgan’s repeat offenses, Eve, and a few others. In recent news wealthy hotel heiress Paris Hilton was 
sentenced to 45 days in jail earlier this month after being found guilty (for the second time) of driving on a license which had been suspended following a previous conviction for drink-driving. Paris was ordered to report to jail by June 5th to begin serving out her sentence. From the beginning speculation arose that she would never serve a day, amongst her own failed attempts to appeal and get the Governor of California to pardon her. It looks like race and wealth have prevailed, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has announced that Ms. Hilton’s sentence has been reduced to 23 days for “good behavior”. Although the heiress has not served a moment of time she is apparently already earning goodtime credit for such things as showing up to court 10 minutes late. We at the SdB eZine understand that her time would have been reduced because of normal good time credit IF she were to report when scheduled and display good conduct during her stay. Paris Hilton has not done any of those things, she has repeatedly showed her disregard to the law and following court order, yet she is being rewarded and not expected to earn good credit like EVERY OTHER inmate in LASD custody. The fact that the LASD took it upon themselves to cirumvent the system and do something that was probably going to be done anyway is grossly unfair and unfortunate for others are serving a sentence yet have to EARN their good time credit. If you have a loved one in LASD sheriff custody who has not been given the Paris treatment or you are outraged as much as we are you can give Sheriff spokesman STEVE WHITMORE a call at his DIRECT NUMBER (323) 573-2387 or (323) 526-5541 to voice your complaints and demand your love one be given the same option. You can also find out more info about Paris Hilton’s sentence. Happy calling… maybe with enough calls the LASD will take back this unfair and biased decision and let Ms. Hilton EARN her goodtime credits the same way EVERYBODY else does. 
In other legal news…Rap mogul Sean Puffy Combs has dismissed a complaint by his former choreographer accusing him of assault, insisting her claims are “false.” Laurie Ann Gibson, who appeared on the MTV reality show “Making The Band,” recently filed an official complaint with the New York Police Department (NYPD) after the hip-hop star allegedly threw a chair at her during filming for the program. A spokesman for the NYPD confirmed a complaint had been made, but no criminal activity had been found. All we can say at the SdB eZine is: *sniff* *sniff* yeah we smell a lawsuit too….checkout the full story here. On a lighter note…The queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who began her career at the age of 14 singing in the Detroit church of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, will give back to those gospel roots as she leads a “revival” for her hometown of Detroit for the third consecutive year. This year’s event will take place at
Detroit’s Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, beginning Thursday, June 14 through Saturday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m. nightly. Get info on the event here .On TV: With the 2007 May Sweeps season finales almost complete there’s still a few major series that we know you are dying to see! 24 will premier it’s final show this season tonight on FOX at 8 p.m. Heroes will be doing the same in the 9:00p.m. slot on NBC. We are going out on a limb and recommending you watch the NBA playoff game on TNT at 8:00p.m. If you can, catch the Cleveland Cavs take on the Detroit Pistons. Speaking of which…Cavs player Lebron 
James’s girlfriend Savannah Brinson was rushed from the arena at halftime Wednesday — eight months pregnant, ill but ultimately OK. Savannah Brinson, left the arena on a stretcher at halftime. Neither James or his mama left the game with the ailing baby mama. Brinson, who is due to give birth to her and James’ second child a boy due next month, is at home and James said Brinson is doing fine. All We Can Say at SdB is: We realize Lebron was working but dammnn, what kind of monster-in-law would not leave a basketball game to see about their unborn grandbaby!?!? What are we saying: Probably the kind that got a DUI earlier this year…not only did mama James kick-out a window in the police car but the old cougar had to be maced. Yes they had to MACE Lebron mama yall!!!!
On SdB: Give your thoughts on this weeks discussions and polls in the new SdB eZine section! No registration or sign-up needed. Do you think Paris Hilton deserved her sentence reduction? Do yo uthink Lebron James Mama should have left the game with the sick girl? Give your thoughts to all that and more right on the SdB forum.
There are places all over the web touting interesting websites to visit. You can catch where to go on the web here in the eZine or go to SdB’s share your link for even more helpful and fun spots on the web. In an effort not to be out done we also feature WHERE NOT TO GO ON THE WEB!!
Today’s recommended website NOT to see is: http://www.uglyduckling.com/ Our very own SdB editor has been spending time with her 17 year old nephew trying to find him his first little car. The time and energy spent trying not to get ripped off led her to recommend we add ugly duckling now doing business as DRIVE TIME to our list of sites not to see. This company has a horrible record of selling defective used cars and they have literally thousands of complaints on various consumer fraud protection sites including BBB.org and ripoffreport.com.
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