Kanye West was among the crowd at the US Open tennis in New York yesterday.
West was spotted on a date with model and Nick Cannon’s ex fiance Selita Ebanks as Andy Roddick took on Serbian player Janko Tipsarevic in the second round. Gossip Girl stars Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr were also spotted sitting behind the the pair
Meanwhile, Kanye tweeted Twitter his followers about what song he plans to release today as part of his Good Friday give-aways.
Trying to decide the Good Friday song…”
Last month, Kanye said he intended to release a new song every weekend until Christmas.
Lil Wayne who is an avid tennis fan, shared his thoughts on the upcoming U.S. Open with Sports Illustrated.
Wayne wrote:
I’m a huge [Rafael] Nadal fan.I’m definitely rooting for him to get the Grand Slam and win the U.S. Open.”
He cites Nadal’s primary opponents as Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic.
The U.S. Open begins Monday in New York.
In related news Young Money president Mack Maine tells MTV that Tha Carter IV will be released on November 5th, the same day of his Welcome Back Concert.
It’s official: Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are now divorced. The papers were finalized today in Bay County Circuit Court in Florida.
The court documents say that Woods and Nordegren have signed a Marital Settlement Agreement, which typically includes terms of child support, alimony and the division of assets, and that Elin will revert to her maiden name: Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren but no official settlement terms were divulged.
As for the cause of the split, all the documents say is that they have lived separately since Woods’s November 2009 car crash and that, “the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken.”
While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us,”The former couple said in a joint statement.
Do you think Woods can now fully restore his tarnished reputation?
Serena Williams has pulled out of the U.S. Open because she is still recovering from cutting her foot last month.
The top-ranked Williams has won three titles at Flushing Meadows, part of her 13 Grand Slam singles championships. Last year, she lost in the semifinals after a tirade at a line judge over a foot-fault call.
Williams’ agent and the U.S. Tennis Association confirmed her withdrawal earlier today!
Jay-Z is confirmed as a performer for this week’s World Basketball Festival in New York City.
The rap star will open the ceremony for the weekend-long event tomorrow (Thursday, August 12), held at Radio City Music Hall and he’ll be joined on court by 15 finalists for the US basketball team.
Inspired by the event Jay and Nike introduce the Air Force One All Black Everything collection. Above is one of the five designs created to represent each of the particpating countries and only two pairs of each design have been made. One for Jay and the other will be auctioned tomorrow on eBay to help benefit the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation.
Yankee player Alex Rodriguez was a lucky man with two beautiful blondes, girlfriend Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow, by his side boarding a helicopter in NYC on Wednesday.
Rodriguez previously dated Madonna, another close friend of Paltrow’s.
Big stars have been coming out to watch the Tennis at Wimbledon this year. In the past couple of weeks the likes of Shakira, Rob Lowe, Jennifer Saunders, Grace Jones and even the Queen have watched tennis superstars like Serena Williams, Rafa Nedal, Federer and Andy Murray play.
Today was no different with Anna Wintour, actor Ben Stiller and veteran Sir Michael Caine sitting in the Royal Box at Centre Court.
While Federer lost against Tomas Berdych, British tennis star Andy Murray has scored himself a place in the semi finals after today’s play.
Andy Murray will showdown against the world number one; Rafa Nedal in the semi final on Friday!
The 2010 Silverstone Classic (23-25 July) will be the best yet, with more racing, more classic cars, more live music and more to see and do both on and off-track.
On Friday evening, a very special Silverstone Classic Celebrity Challenge race will feature celebrities from the worlds of radio, TV, music and entertainment racing head-to-head to raise funds for the Bobby Moore Fund. The stars will take to the famous Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit in a half-hour race including a style pit-stop and driver change. You can also expect music from prestigious heritage bands; The Yardbirds and Dr Feelgood.
Saturday’s entertainment includes a host of great track races plus live music from X Factor finalists including Jedward, Danyl Johnson and Ruth Lorenzo.
England’s football team arrived back home on Tuesday after crashing out of the World Cup against arch-rivals Germany.
The players, many of whom were dressed in official England team suits, flew into London’s Heathrow airport about 6:20am and appeared weary as they walked across the tarmac to waiting cars.
They were led off the plane by David Beckham, who didn’t play because of injury, and followed by an entourage of wives, girlfriends and children.
England manager Fabio Capello is waiting to hear from the Football Association whether he can keep his job.
The Italian says he wants to stay on but must wait two weeks while officials decide if he can complete his contract, which runs until 2012.
In related news David Beckham sent Andy Murray a text message congratulating him on his third successive quarter-final place at Wimbledon.
Murray was said to be “delighted” to hear from the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder.
Murray wrote on Twitter:
Thanks for all the good luck and well done messages today. Always nice to get one from David Beckham but trying to read them all.”
Celebrities including Jessica Alba, Matt Damon, John Legend and Shakira join Queen Rania of Jordan in asking World Cup fans to sign up at join1goal.org.
The funny or die PSA is to call on world leaders to make education for the 72 million children out of school the lasting legacy of this World Cup.
