Mike Jones is left bloody in scrap with Trae the Truth.

A reported fight backstage at the Ozone Awards left rapper Mike Jones with a bloody face after he apparently took a punch from Trae the Truth. The Houston rhymers apparently argued before at least one blow was exchanged. Jones is shown on Web video with a facial injury from the scrap. Trae released a video of his own, saying Jones had been “running his mouth too much.” He adds, “It’s a good thing it happened before the awards and I didn’t f**k up the awards.” Maybe Trae’s a candidate for “From G’s to Gents” after all.

Michael Misick and LisaRaye separate

Michael Misick, the premier of Turks and Caicos, who has been accused by his actress wife LisaRaye of cheating on her, released a statement late Tuesday acknowledging that the high-profile couple has split up. “I am announcing that I am separated from LisaRaye McCoy-Misick,” he told BET in a statement. “I am committed to dissolving the marriage amicably. I believe that this is a private matter and will have no further comments. I hope that our privacy will be respected.”

Tyra wants performers to move over for up-and-comers. Talk show host and “America’s Top Model” star Tyra Banks says Hollywood actresses and performers are taking contracts from the new breed of supermodels. Without calling names, Tyra observes that singers and actresses are recruited for product endorsements. “I think all supermodels now are losing out to celebrities,” says ex-model Banks. “It’s celebrities who are getting the cosmetics contracts.” Beyoncé and Queen Latifah are among the faces associated with cosmetics lines. Beyoncé recently drew some criticism for her appearance in a L’Oreal ad that some suggest depicts her with digitally lightened skin.

Tyra gives props to Oprah for helping pave the way to talk show success.

Tyra Banks has dedicated the Daytime Emmy Award she recently won to talk show vet Oprah Winfrey. Banks attributes her success on the “Tyra” show to Winfrey’s work on-air. “I want to thank Oprah Winfrey for her inspiration,” Banks says. “She is the queen. She will always be the queen.”

Mike Myers to rapper: “Just tell a feller, would ya?”
The Love Guru star Mike Myers says rapper Kanye West was justified in making his shocking statement, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people,” during a live 2005 telecast to support victims of Hurricane Katrina. Myers, who’d just delivered scripted lines with West, gave the rapper a surprised look after West dissed the president for failing to help survivors of the tragedy more quickly. “I went to the Katrina telethon because I was very moved by the plight of the people in New Orleans and I wanted to make a difference,” Myers tells Moviefone.com. “I think that the frustration that Kanye expressed was valid. I just think you gotta tell a feller you’re gonna say it. Just tell a feller, would ya?”