Kanye West urged to sell baby pictures?

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Socialite Kim Kardashian's mother Kris Jennerhas reportedly convinced Kanye West that selling the first pictures of his and Kim Kardashian's baby North is a great idea.

Kim gave birth to North June 15.

"The offers have been pouring in (for them to sell the baby's pictures) ever since Kanye announced (Kim) was pregnant," contactmusic quoted a source as saying.

All the offers have been reviewed by Kim's manager and mother kris jenner.

"Kris has made her suggestions to Kim and Kanye and a deal is very close. Kris pulled the Brad and Angelina card. She knows Kanye has a huge ego and if it was good enough for Brad and angie then it should be good enough for Kanye and Kim," the source added.

Man tries to blackmail Paula Deen in $250,000 extortion plot

He was looking to make some dough off Paula Deen, but he bit off more than he could chew.

The FBI busted Thomas Paculis in upstate New York on Friday on charges he tried to extort Deen, the scandal-scarred former Food Network superstar — for $250,000.

Paculis, 62, cooked his own goose when he emailed Deen’s lawyer and demanded cash in exchange for keeping quiet about “true and damning” statements involving the television icon “using the N-word in her business practices,” according to court papers.

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Deen, 66, was booted from Food Network and lost endorsement deals in June after admitting she had “of course” used the N-word at one point in the past but not for “a very long time.”

The butter-loving kitchen queen made the confession during a deposition for a civil lawsuit filed in 2012 by a former restaurant employee, Lisa Jackson.

“I am about to go public with statements refuting your (client’s) statements about using the ‘N’ word in her business practices at Lady and Son’s,” Paculis wrote June 24, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in federal court in Savannah, Ga.

Beyonce Gains Stepmother as Father gets Married

Her father and former manager, Mathew Knowles, got married last Sunday. His representative told The Associated Press on Friday that he has wed former model Gena Charmaine Avery in Houston, Texas. The pair had been engaged for a year and a half.

 

The 48-year-old Avery is a realtor. The 61-year-old Knowles guided his daughter to superstardom with the group Destiny's Child and later in her solo career; she released her father as her manager in 2011.

 

Knowles, head of Music World Entertainment, still manages several gospel acts including Grammy-winner Le'Andria Johnson.

 

Knowles and Beyonce's mother, Tina, divorced in 2009 after 29 years of marriage and two children — Beyonce and her sister, fellow singer Solange.