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Shaniqua Tompkins, 50 Cent’s ex and baby mama of his son Marquise, says that the house that burned down (which is currently in court dispute between 50 and Shaniqua), was no accident:

The lawyer for 50 Cent’s baby mama, Shaniqua Tompkins, tells TMZ that she heard “someone” come into the house this morning at 4 AM, shortly before the fire broke out around a hour later. Paul Catsandonis, Shaniqua’s lawyer, tells us that his client is “traumatized” by the fire and that the kids are similarly in total shock. Six people, including Tompkins and their 10-year-old son Marquise, were in the house. They all were transported to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.

A photo of the house on fire

The aftermath

The house is worth $1.4M. Shaniqua said, “He’s upset. If he can’t have it, no one can. He said that he was gonna have somebody come kill me and watch what he does, and this is what he did.” Does this remind you of the song “Forgot About Dre” by Eminem and Dre? Lyrics: “Me and dre stood next to a burnt down house / Wit a can full of gas and a hand full of matches / And still weren’t found out.”

It’s not a good sign when sites like Sarah Jessica Parker Looks Like A Horse start to appear near the premier of your TV to Movie HBO series, but yet they are useful harbingers of things to come. The first warning sign, it was soon followed by a piece from the New York Time, The Girls Are Back in Town, which calls the movie a “terrible tumble:”

The show is just too old to go on

“Sex and the City” delivered the television goods for six seasons, no small thing in the pop culture annals. That should have been enough or at least plenty for all concerned, but Ms. Parker apparently felt compelled to go big screen, making good on a project that had started to come together in 2004, only to fall apart over money issues and Ms. Cattrall’s reluctance to climb aboard. I wish Ms. Parker had let that bee in her bonnet go silent, because the movie that she and Mr. King have come up with is the pits, a vulgar, shrill, deeply shallow — and, at 2 hours and 22 turgid minutes, overlong — addendum to a show that had, over the years, evolved and expanded in surprising ways.

Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Kim Cattrall, the movie adaptation Sex and the City is rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language. On Metacritic, it has achived a low 54% from critics, and 46% from fans. My recommendation? Find a classic romance.

Wow! On May 17th, Pete Wentz and Ashley Simpson got married! They had a private ceremony, the details of which have just begun to spill forth.

Wedding Invitation

“It’s getting late so save the date: Ashlee & Pete, join us May 17, 2008, Los Angeles. Transportation will be provided to the wedding. You will be contacted with additional information.”

Wentz (28) & Simpson (23) requested that wedding gifts be left to the Invisible Children nonprofit group. Guests received Alice in Wonderland cookies inside a box reading “eat me.”

The Wedding Dress

*removed at the request of People*

Ashlee wore an ivory lace wedding gown by Monique Lhuillier, and a Neil Lane diamond necklace and earrings. The above photo is part of the next People issue, containing exclusive wedding photos sold for over $1,000,000 USD. Mr. Wentz wore a tuxedo by Dior Homme.

Quotes

Ashlee Simpson told People Magazine the following: “Now that I’m doing it, I definitely have that big dream. It kind of went more fairytale than I thought. I got really into it.” Pete Wentz commented, “She has this amazing imagination and to watch it take place is an awesome thing.”

Talking about their relationship, Ashlee last year said to People, “He’s a cutie. He has an awesome personality and kind of brings out the best of me and I knew that even before we were dating. There was just like an awesome connection we had.” Wentz recently noted that “We’re past the honeymoon period. The truth is, it’s crazy to be able to kiss your best friend. It’s just a really awesome thing.”

Pregnancy

Ashlee Simpson is pregnant with the Wentz’s first child, in their first marriage. Undoubtably, this helped accelerate the marriage process.

In a bizarre real-crime story, two teens used a skull as a bong in Humble, Texas:

Police this week learned of the sickening incident while investigating an unrelated credit card theft allegedly pulled off by the three defendants, each of whom was arrested Wednesday and charged with abusing a corpse, a misdemeanor. Kevin Jones (left) and Matthew Gonzalez, both 17, posed for the mug shots you’ll find above. Court records identify the third grave desecrator as Matthew Rule, 16. The May 7 probable cause affidavit, filed in Harris County District Court, does not indicate why the teens dug up the body of Willie Simms, a child who reportedly died in the 1920s.

Here is a transcription of the probable cause document:

PROBABLE CAUSE

YOUR AFFIANT, JIM ADKINS IS A PEACE OFFICER WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AFFIANT HAS REASON TO BELIEVE AND DOES BELIEVE MATTHEW RULE, MATTHEW GONZALEZ AND KEVIN JONES HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS DEFENDANTS, WHO COMMITTED THE MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE OF ABUSE OF A CORPSE AT 600 PM 1960 EAST IN HUMBLE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

AFFIANT BASES HIS BELIEF ON THE FOLLOWING:

ON OR ABOUT THE DATE OF MARCH 15, 2008 IN THE INCORPORATED CITY LIMITS OF HUMBLE, HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS, THE LISTED DEFENDANTS DUG UP A GRAVE SITE AND KNOCKED THE HEAD STONE DOWN OF THE DECEASED TO THE GROUND IN AN ATTEMPT TO DECAPATE [sic] A CORPSE. DEFENDANT, WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY, KNOWINGLY DISTURBED A HUMAN CORPSE, NAMELY THE CORPSE OF WILLIE SIMMS.

The next Star Wars movie will be completely CG-animated. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which opens in movie theaters Aug. 15, will deal with another sort of epic battle between the cloned forces of evil and the Jedi Knights. The official site is lacking any real information about the movie, except this movie poster:

So, the art looks good, but will it be another Lucasfilm flop?