“Sometimes God has to humble you in order for you to realize who you actually are. When you get away from the glitz and glamour, you can find inner peace within yourself.” — Jailed rapper Foxy Brown to a judge on Monday.

Has Foxy seen the light? Family friend Geoffrey Davis doesn’t think so. He reportedly told the NY Post that homegirl needs therapy.  “If they release her today, she’ll be back in a week..,” Davis told The Post last week. “I love her, and I have her best interests at heart, but I think she needs clinical help with anger management.”

That can’t be good for her defense.

Rapper/actor David Banner, who ya just saw on screen in “This Christmas” has been cast to play the role of iconic beatboxer Biz Markie in the upcoming indie “The Vapors.” When reports surfaced that Keke Palmer would play Roxanne Shante in the flick, which is all about the legendary Juice Crew, I was stumped thinking about who could take on Biz. Now Banner is much cuter, but he’s not a bad choice, ya think? Other cast members include Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Marley Marl and fine-behind Idris Elba as Fly Ty. Yowza! Can’t wait to see this one.

Not sure what’s stranger: Eddie Murphy launching a record label or Karrine “Superhead” Steffans working on a music career. Either way, the infamous chick is reportedly the first artist on the roster at Murphy Entertainment, reports the NY Daily News. Look for her album to drop in March.

Does Superhead really, I mean, really think she can be taken seriously as a music artist?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But word around the Web — like here – is that Tiffany “New York” Pollard is…with child. And that she got knocked up during the second season of her reality show, after sleeping with several contestants.If this is true, please send your condolences to the baby…hahahaha. Seriously, what kind of mom would New York make? Whatever vision just popped in your head, share it with us.

Tyra Banks with Saleisha Stowers, the newest winner of “America’s Next Top Model.” Tyra always shares a photo with the winner. But the shots with the Black models are always extra stunning. Don’t you agree?

“If Michael makes a mistake and eats fried chicken and French fries in prison every day and comes out at 250 pounds, he’s not going to be able to play football,” Blank said. “How he’s able to keep himself in shape, stay athletically tuned and mentally tuned, I don’t know.” — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank,  commenting on whether Michael Vick has a future with the team after serving nearly two years in prison.

If Vick were a White player, or Chinese for that matter, would Blank have mentioned fried chicken? I’m just asking. Share your thoughts.

Anybody seen Fantasia? Sources say she’s missed 50 performances from her Broadway role as Celie in “The Color Purple,” causing hysteria among those who paid to see her. Her absence from a recent show even brought a child to tears. 

From the NY Post: Since summer, the occasional star of “The Color Purple” has missed nearly 50 performances, production sources say. Following a three-week vacation caused by the strike, she dropped last Friday’s performance, causing pandemonium in the lobby of the Broadway Theatre. An 8-year-old girl sobbed uncontrollably when she heard Fantasia was not going to be in the show. “It was very sad,” my lobby spy reports. “Her mother was trying to explain to her that Fantasia was sick, but the girl didn’t understand and just kept crying.”

Producers have reportedly refunded tens of thousands of dollars worth of tickets because of her no-shows. Several weeks back, the “Idol’ winner said the show was taking a toll on her. But day-um, is it like that?

Queen Latifah’s knockin’ down rumors that she’s trying to get hitched to her personal trainer/”girlfriend,” Jeanette Jenkins.  

“Oh my goodness you guys actually believe that. You can’t believe everything you read…there will be no major announcement made. The only major announcement I have to make is “Merry Christmas,” she reportedly told Chicago radio personality Kendra G.  at Power 92.

The “Perfect Holiday” producer shared similar sentiments with the Chicago Sun-Times:  ”When you’re famous these days, it’s just part of the deal — unfortunately. People will make up all sorts of things that are not true. There ain’t gonna be no wedding.”

We pretty much expected this. But didn’t a small part of you want Queen to come out Ellen Degeneres-style and tell America: “Yeah, I’m a lesbian and I’m marrying my girlfriend. So what???” If she’s even gay, that is. Latifah’s done a spectactular job at keeping her fans guessing.

Jurnee Smollett sure has blossomed into a beauty. “The Great Debaters” actress turned 21 this year, and has worked pretty consistently since the early 1990s. Nice to see a young actress stay on the positive track, unlike the Lindsay Lohan’s of the world.

“Usually, the hard women are after me! When I got my divorce, the women jumped on me like white on rice! I said, ‘Look, I ain’t ever did fish, I don’t intend to do fish so leave me alone.’ I said, ‘I’m looking for a man and you’re not a man!’” — R&B diva and “Clash of the Choirs” star Patti Labelle on lesbian admirers, from online gay pubication HX.