Monday Memo

The film "Ted" topped the weekend box office, earning over $50 million dollars. "Magic Mike", "Brave", "Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection" and "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" round out the top five films of the week. The BET Awards aired last night, and it was more like the bleep awards as censors worked overtime to catch the vulgarities, while missing a few along the way. Jay Z and Kanye West won best video for "Otis". When Kanye West beat out Hova's wife Beyonce for an honor, Jay Z playfully interupted him, recalling the infamous Taylor Swift incident of a few years back. The highlight of the evening was a tribute to Whitney Houston featuing Brandy, Monica and Houston's mother Cissy. Houston's brother Gary also performed as well. Chris Brown told fans during his acceptance speach that his upcoming album will be his last. Meanwhile, he's taken the beef with Drake to the next level by releasing a diss track aimed at the MC called "I Don't Like". DeAngelo performed also and showed no rust, despite not appearing on stage in tweleve years. Welcome back. In other BET Awards news, Kanye West current love Kim Kardashian did attend the event, and got a little camera time, despite not sitting beside Beyonce.   Condolences to singer Rihanna who's mourning the death of her grandmother. Ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and his mother have sent condolences to the singer. Lauryn Hill will face jail time and thousands of dollars in fines when she's sentenced for tax evasion. She failed to paid taxes on income totalling 1.8 million. She will be sentenced in November. Rapper Rick Ross has been vindicated in a child support case. A paternity test has proven that the Maybach Music CEO did not father a child with a Florida woman. The woman in question, Tyrisha Childers, claimed Ross fathered her child and refused to accept responsibility. According to TMZ, a paternity tested proved Ross is indeed not the father of the child. Childers has dropped her case. If you think rapper/actor Ice Cube is a fan of reality television, you'd be wrong. In an interview with blogger Gyant, the veteran rapper stated that the shows are scripted, the situations put together, and that the networks are looking for conflict. Without conflict, nobody's watching. He added that Blacks shouldn't be concerned about a few shows depicting them one way, because they've shown they're everything. He's been on the road promoting Coors Light Search For The Coldest MC, of which he is the host in addition to judging the event along with DJ Drama and DJ Khaled. The semifinals were held in Atlanta and featured a performance by 2 Chainz. "America's Got Talent" continues it's competition and it's anyone's guest who will walk away with the grand prize. On the tube: "Hell's Kitchen" on Fox, "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS, ""The Bachlorette" on ABC and "America's Got Talent" on NBC. Happy Monday!