Sources report that That’s So Raven star Raven-Symoné has officially been dropped from Disney-owned Hollywood Records, which has Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Corbin Bleu, and other Disney stars on the label.

Can YOU pick out the Tranny?       Leave it to Diddy to be a groundbreaker in the field of transvestites. A former PA over at MTV has dished that Diddy has a black transvestite named Laverne Cox (pictured above) on his new reality show "I Want To Work For Diddy" premering on MTV Aug. 4th.  As I was sent the e-mail a couple days ago, I wanted to check thing out for myself to make sure this wasn't some bull being put out there.  And last night MTV showed a sneak peek of the new show and lo and behold Laverne was all up and through it.  Ms. Laverne is a former drag queen and is currently an "entertainer" and actor. Here's a snippet of the e-mail I was sent: I worked as a Production Assistant on Diddy's new show for VH1 that's premiering August 4th, called "Work For Diddy."  The show centers around the young and dumb vying for a chance to work FOR Puff. What's unknown to the world right now, is that one of the contestants, actress Laverne COX, is a Tranny (still has a ding ding).   Let me tell you that home girl is the FIRST black tranny to be cast on a reality show.  The problem is that some people don't or won't even know.  For Diddy's part, all I can say is "How you doin'...alright!"   Hot damn.  I'm also told homegirl Laverne is well known for gettin' it poppin' with many men...as well as many men in the industry.  I wonder how she landed this gig.  Snaps for the kid Diddy.  Laverne can be seen at the beginning (in the red and brown) of the below vid promoting the show (some are beginning to suspect, but they don't know her name, and can't call it):  
  But before this show she took part in a documentary and can be seen strutting her stuff as a tranny prostitute at the 1 minute mark of this vid:  
Just...wow.   Check out more pics of Ms. Laverne when you read the rest...

As we've been reporting for a few months now, The Real Housewives of Atlanta are coming to Bravo. All 5 ladies sat down with Entertainment Tonight to dish a bit on the upcoming season. Bravo is showing a Real Housewives of ATL special that debuts midnight (WTF?) July 30th. It's still unclear when the actual season starts. Check out their video interview when you read the rest...

For those of you who watched the CNN docuseries "Black In America", here's the post where you can discuss. I'm sure this one will get colorful. If you missed the series, catch both Wednesday's and last night's installments here. Speak on it...

Star magazine is reporting that Diddy and Cassie are now telling the people close to them that they got engaged last month.  According to Star: "He told everyone to keep it extremely quiet because he didn't want it to get out, but you could tell he was excited," says a source. "Diddy said they hadn't set a date yet, but he wanted his family to hear the news first." Apparently he popped the question at Justin's eigth grade graduation on June 5th.  This is all very interesting since a couple weeks ago Cassie herself said they broke up.  Maybe they were engaged last month and that's the break up Cassie was speaking of.  Or maybe they have made up.  Or maybe all this ish is wrong.  Either way, I'm just passing on the news.  And again, pick up your face Kim Porter.    UPDATE: Reps for Diddy and Cassie say this is a complete fabrication and they are NOT engaged.   Danity Kane and Bow Wow were hit up MTV's FNM taping last night as DK is featuring their new "Bad Girl" video tomorrow night.   More pics when you read the rest...

*Cue the violins* As Rocsigate comes to an end (check here for the recap if you missed it all), Terrence J has put on blast how sorry he is for hurting Rocsi's feelings.

Ashanti hit up the The Island Next Door event at Top of the Rock in Rockefeller Center today:

Her man Nelly and Nas donned damn near the same outfit while taping Toronto's MuchMusic show yesterday: Funny. And LeToya was spotted partying it up in her hometown of Houston recently: Fun times. More pics of these folks when you read the rest...