City High

Do you remember City High? The group was big back in 2001 thanks to their Grammy-nominated hit “What Would You Do?” but they fell completely off soon after.

City High’s Robby Pardlo is now a huge alcoholic and was featured on a recent episode of “Intervention” on A&E. The story is a huge hot mess disaster — Robby formed the group with his then-girlfriend Claudette Ortiz and best friend Ryan Toby. Robby was “madly in love” with Claudette, but she dumped him for Ryan and they got married and had a child. Womp womp. The group disbanded over all the conflict, Robby moved back home with his parents, and became a raging alcoholic.

Check out his appearance on “Intervention” below. It really is a sad situation. What would you do?

NBC’s The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien is no more.

Last night was CoCo’s final episode of “Tonight,” and despite what you may have thought about his relationship with NBC, Conan actually thanked them. After acknowledging their current differences, he expressed how proud he was of the work he did with them during his 20 years at the network — starting with “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Night,” and the short-lived “Tonight Show.”

I’ll have to admit, his speech got me. Yes, I am Team Leno, but I feel so bad for Conan. NBC put both of them in such awful, disastrous situations, and I really hate that Conan’s time at NBC had to end in such a messy way. Hopefully, he will be able to return to New York with his original ‘Late Night’ crew, and they will put together a great show on another network. I wish him the best.

Jay Leno will be returning to the Tonight Show on March 1st, and he is currently scheduled to have a tell-all interview with Oprah, which is scheduled to air Thursday. An offer was extended to Conan O’Brien to appear on Oprah, but he has not yet accepted.

Heidi Montag’s new look

Heidi Montag wants you to know that she’s upset — not that you could tell by her newly-permanent facial expression.

The reality star is speaking out against reports that she is addicted to plastic surgery. She says that if she were addicted, she “would’ve had 10 plastic surgeries.” By the way, she did have 10 different procedures in one day back in November, but she says that since they were all done at the same time, it totally only counts as one. :blank stare:

Watch her first post-op interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” over on your right.

Poor Heidi — she went from looking like a 23-year-old to looking like a cougar on the prowl. Rawr!

Jamal “Miliown” Trulove

Man I tell you, VH1 sure knows how to cast winners for their reality shows. Yet another VH1 reality star has been charged with murder!

Jamal “Milliown” Trulove, who was featured on “I Love New York 2,” is currently on trial for the 2007 murder of 28-year-old Seu Kuka in a San Francisco-area housing project. San Francisco prosecutors say that his brief appearance on the reality show (Tiffany “New York” Pollard booted him on the first episode for fighting) helped them capture Trulove. From the San Francisco Chronicle:

This is the second time a former VH1 reality show contestant has been involved in a murder scandal. Last summer, Ryan Jenkins from “Megan Wants a Millionaire” was suspected in the brutal murder of his girlfriend, model Jasmine Fiore. Jenkins escaped the country and was found dead in a hotel room in Canada after reportedly hanging himself.

Perhaps VH1 should invest in better background checks. But on the bright side, at least they found New York. She is hands down the QUEEN of reality television. Speaking of New York, she needs another show! VH1, are you listening?

Larry Platt is probably somewhere in Atlanta happy as hell.

Wyclef Jean is speaking out about a few accusations against his Yele charity organization, which was able to raise a couple of million dollars in donations during a text message program for Haiti earthquake relief fueled largely by social media sites like Twitter.

The Smoking Gun uncovered a few documents that show some shady business practices by Wyclef and his organization, which prompted Wyclef to post the video above to defend his charity.

My favorite quote from Wyclef? “You can donate to which ever charity you want to.” If any charity sounds suspicious to you, don’t donate to it. I’m pretty sure that Wyclef is doing great things in Haiti, but if you don’t feel comfortable donating to his Yele organization but want to help with earthquake relief, send a text over to 90999 with the word “Haiti.” A charge of $10 will be added to your phone bill, and that money will be sent immediately to help the Red Cross’s relief efforts in Haiti.

Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger, the only one allowed to sing lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, is back in the studio recording singles for her second attempt at a solo career.

Ne-Yo, who has been working with Nicole, says that she’s in a “state of liberation” right now (after splitting with her boyfriend Lewis Hamilton) and that her music will reflect that…

Anyone remember her last solo effort, titled Her Name is Nicole? That’s right, you don’t, because it was never released. That album’s first two singles were huge, no, massive flops, despite help from T.I. and Will.I.Am.

Hopefully this second effort will work for her, if not, why not stick with the Pussycat Dolls — with them she’s virtually a solo artist with a few background dancers anyway.

The 2010 awards show season officially kicked off last night with NBC’s telecast of the Golden Globes, live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Within the first few moments of the show, Mo’Nique took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the critically-acclaimed Lee Daniels’ film Precious.

If you didn’t know, Mo’Nique created quite the controversy a few months ago with rumors floating around that she refused any promotional appearances for the film at various festivals, citing her BET talk show as a more important obligation.

Whether those rumors were true or not, she definitely deserved this award. Her performance in Precious is unbelievably amazing, and I definitely see an Oscar on her radar. I’ve been following her career ever since she brought out the LOLs on “The Parkers,” so I can’t help but be super proud of her Golden Globes win.

Meanwhile, the star of Precious, Gabourey Sidibe, lost in the Best Actress category to Sandra Bullock and her performance in The Blind Side. I love me some Sandra, and she did a great job in that movie that I hate but everyone else seems to love, but Gabourey’s performance in Precious was much better… so I’m definitely throwing a flag on that play. Who’s with me?

In case you missed Mo’Nique’s beautiful acceptance speech, check it out below.

Looks like an official decision has finally been made regarding the hot mess that is NBC’s late night lineup.

TMZ just broke the news that NBC has reached a deal with Jay Leno that will bring him back as the host of “The Tonight Show” and it appears that Conan O’Brien is completely out. Womp womp.

It really seems like most people have been Team Conan, but um, not me. I’m a big fan of Conan, but he was so much better in his original time slot of 12:35 on “Late Night.” With him as host of ‘Tonight,’ it was like all the pressure got to him and he changed things around to appeal to a new audience — and according to the ratings, he failed.

I still say that NBC shouldn’t have changed anything from the beginning. Jay’s ratings were strong on ‘Tonight’, Conan was doing great on ‘Late Night’, and Carson Daly…. well, at least he never got canceled.

Perhaps NBC should get rid of Jimmy Fallon, put Conan back at 12:35, and pretend like none of this ever happened. Officer, I didn’t see anything.

News of a major, devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation, inspired many people to do whatever they can to help. But unfortunately, a few people take tragedy and disaster as prime opportunities to create scams and prey on those who want to lend a helping hand.

The FBI is warning everyone to watch out for disaster relief scams. If you are directly contacted by someone asking for money to go to relief efforts, whether via email, letter, or on Twitter or Facebook, it’s best not to respond. Most legit charities and relief organizations will not contact you directly to solicit donations. Also, the FBI says it’s never a good idea to donate cash, especially to individuals.

Basically, if you think it’s suspicious, more than likely it is. Your best bet would be to check out the Better Business Bureau to find legitimate charity programs.

Two hoaxes circulated via Twitter this morning, one stating that American Airlines is flying doctors and nurses to Haiti who are looking to help. The other stated that UPS would ship packages under 50 pounds to Haiti for no charge. Both are completely false.

It’s really sad that people use situations like this for personal financial gain, but it’s a reality. If you really want to help, I personally suggest donating to the Red Cross. If you text “Haiti” to 90999, a $10 charge will be added to your monthly phone bill and that money will immediately be sent to the Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief efforts.

BTW, the Red Cross has been able to raise $3 million so far through text message donations. How awesome is that?

Iconic 1970s soul singer Teddy Pendergrass died late Wednesday at a hospital in Philadelphia, Penn. Official details about the cause of death have not been released, but many news outlets have suggested that his death may have been due to colon cancer.

Teddy was involved in a car accident in 1982 which left him paralyzed from the waist down, but he continued to record new music just a couple of years later.

I would like to send out condolences to his family and friends, and if you aren’t familiar with some of Teddy’s music, take a listen to one of his biggest hits “Turn Off the Lights” below.