While Catholic school girls have long garnered attention from the opposite sex, their habit-wearing teachers have never been known for their sex appeal. Nuns seem to be OK with that — after all, one doesn’t pursue an austere life because she wants to get whistles from construction workers.

But an enterprising Italian priest is now hoping to cast a spotlight on the sisterhood by holding the first beauty pageant exclusively for nuns called “Miss Sister Italy.”

“Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God,” said priest Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone. “This contest will be a way to show there isn’t just the beauty we see on television but also a more discrete charm.”

In true 21st-century fashion, nuns who want to participate can send their pictures to Rungi, who will publish it on his blog to be voted on.

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Serena keep’s it real “I have large boobs and a sizable a**, so I guess the title comes with the territory. But I just play tennis. I always try to look my best, even though it’s hard to look your best when you’re sweating, grunting, and making faces. I never look my best when playing.”

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More exclusive pics from the Snoop video we cast last Sunday.

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All I can say is wow.  Complex really put Scott on blast about buying Bentlleys for Lil KIm & Paris Hilton etc. Doing way too much Scott, hopefully one of these starlets will come back and help a brother when he’s down. Or for his sake maybe he has a sex tape of one of these famous ladies he can slang on the open market. His beats were so hot what happened with that as he lost his hit power to the white powder? Check the crazy tricking spree below.
As of today, pint-sized hitmaker Scott Storch is a wanted man. A warrant was issued for the producer who has churned out hits for everyone from Fat Joe to Brooke Hogan after a Florida judge ordered him to pay a minimum of $46,000 in child support. Coupled with Storch owing over a half-million dollars in property taxes, it seems as though his pockets are taking a beating worse than one of Kimbo Slice’s YouTube opponents.

Of course, making it rain on his extensive yacht collection and picking up the Terror Squad’s dinner tabs didn’t help the superproducer’s financial status. But we all know that the biggest suck on your wallet is usually having a girlfriend. And given all the socialites, rappers and models he’s dated, it’s not unreasonable to think that Storch’s financial plight might stem from the high-maintenance women in his life. After the jump, we’ve listed some of the notable ladies he’s been linked to.

Lil Kim

Storch hooked up with the Queen Bee back in 2004 for a quick two-month relationship. It was a costly 60-something days for Scottie, who gave Kim a $150,000 Bentley Continental GT, which may or may not be the Bentley that was reposed from Kim’s crib a few weeks ago. Talk about hustling backwards.

Paris Hilton

Paris has Scott Storch to thank for half of the songs from her nearly unlistenable 2006 album. Like Lil Kim, it was reported that Storch also copped Paris Hilton a Bentley, which is apparently the producer’s gift of choice when he’s trying to smash off.

Erica Mena

Although these two were definitely a couple, there’s no record of what Storch was shelling out to keep video-chick regular/model Erica Mena interested. We’re guessing close to nothing—he probably told her he was gonna make her a famous actress. It’s every video chick’s dream!

Lindsay Lohan

In 2007, Lilo got the extravagant gift treatment from the Floridian hit-maker, getting showered in over $1 million worth of jewelry. The two later split when Lindsay gave him the pink slip for “Girls Gone Wild” purveyor Joe Francis.

Dalene Daniel

This was the closest thing Storch had to a down-ass-chick. The couple lasted for over 4 years, with a few normal bumps in the road, but in 2006 the shit hit the fan when Daniel filed a paternity suit against Storch (which he ignored) after he didn’t claim responsibility for their second son Jalen. Today, a judge ruled Storch has to pay at least $46,000 in back child support for the 2-year-old, issuing a warrant for his arrest.

Ashley Massaro

Michelle Braun aka Nici

The latest issue of Rolling Stone alleges that WWE Diva Ashley Massaro worked for Los Angeles escort service Bella Models, which is run by Michelle Braun (a/k/a Nici). The story notes that it’s not just Braun making the claim. Rather, the story notes that the FBI tracked emails in which Bella Models made travel arrangements for Massaro and other clients. It also states:

“All I do is make the introductions between famous girls and rich guys who want to meet them,” Braun told Rolling Stone. “I think the rates I charge are justified just to meet these women, even if nothing happens.”

FBI papers omit the names of the men who allegedly paid for the services, yet list the names of Massaro, other Playboy models, a Maxim model, and adult film stars. Some of the emails discuss whether the women allow “fetish” or “GFE” (girlfriend experience). The Rolling Stone story features a photo of Massaro and lists her as a “professional wrestler—WWE” on page 52 of the May 15 issue.

Rolling Stone alleges, “prominent athletes, TV stars, and Fortune 500 CEOs” were among Braun’s clientele. Nice of the government to protect those names yet release the names of the women involved.
An article in Details says “by most accounts, the most beautiful (and expensive) pros in the business are with Nici’s Girls, a favorite of numerous high-profile industry-ites — including the head of a management company and a well-known producer of nearly 70 movies. The producer persuaded his former leading man, currently the star of a popular network show, to sign on for a movie by sending two Nici’s Girls over for the weekend.
If anyone has taken Fleiss’ place, it’s Nici — otherwise known as Michelle Braun, a 27-year-old mother of two who until recently lived in Bakersfield, 100 miles outside of L.A. Braun claims that she left the company over a year ago and that it was never an escort or prostitution business but a special-appearance booking company that hired out girls for everything from casual meetings to casino openings. “My service was for people to meet famous people,” Braun tells me over the phone. “Not like Julia Roberts, more like B-actress famous.”
Two different sources, one of whom is an FBI informant, said that the agency is investigating Braun. (FBI spokesperson Vicki Hampton-Franklin said that she couldn’t confirm or deny such an investigation.) When I started researching this story, www.nicisgirls.com was a fully functional Web site that required a membership number to delve any further than the home page. Several days after Braun and I spoke, the site had been replaced with a note saying that the domain name was for sale.”

Other articles say similar things about Michelle Braun including that she is now a millionairess. She had porn stars, models and actresses working for her for 40 grand or so per weekend.

Braun does confess that actor Charlie Sheen answered one of her early ads. That’s hardly a shocking revelation given Sheen’s track record. Braun claimed she dropped off four escorts at Sheen’s home and found the actor waiting in silk pajamas with “C. MaSheen” embroidered on the front. Stay classy, Chuck.

Saw this massive list of allegations @ http://www.hitsville.org

R. Kelly is supposed to go on trial in Chicago on child-sex charges next month, more than five years after a videotape came to light of a figure the police say is the singer performing various sex acts with and on an under-aged girl.

Hitsville’s ongoing feature, R. Kelly SexFacts™, has been provided as a public service to the many, many folks who have written about R. Kelly but who seem to have been unaware of many of the, ah, pungent aspects of this story.

Or you can think of it all as R. Kelly’s Greatest Hits—”hits,” that is, in the sexual predator sense of the term.

Now it’s time to wrap up, and present the story thus far.

N.B.: this is a compelling tale, but a little bit barfy as well.

And remember, kids: R. Kelly SexFacts”™ are based entirely on reporting in reputable publications!

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The R. Kelly case started when Jim DeRogatis, the pop critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, and Abdon M. Pallasch, the paper’s legal reporter, wrote a 3000-word story detailing the Chicago star’s penchant for young girls. It was published way back in December 2000—the day before a sold-out Christmas concert by the singer at the city’s United Center!

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The story detailed the first sex suit against Kelly, including the $250,000 out-of-court settlement that resulted. The pair also talked with a woman who said she’d had sex with Kelly as a 15-year-old, and even had sex with him and another girl. Accusations #’s 1 and 2!

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According to the story, Kelly met the girls by hanging out with the choir at his old high school, the scamp!

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A year later, DeRogatis received a phone call telling him to check his mailbox. In it was a videotape showing Kelly having sex with a young girl. The girl’s aunt identified her, and Kelly. In the tape, the singer called her by her first name; she called him “Daddy.” Accusation #3.

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Besides a variety of sex acts, the girl urinates on the floor at “Daddy’s” direction. “Daddy” then urinates into her mouth.

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After the tapes came to light, Kelly’s lawyer said this: “The fact is there is no tape of R. Kelly having sex. There have been reports in the media of different tapes, and none of them agrees with the other. If someone does say there is a tape out there, those claims are false—absolutely false.”
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Executive Editor

As a successful producer, marketer and collaborator, Paul Stewart, CEO of Next Thing, has demonstrated a keen eye for both talent and opportunity in the entertainment industry. Def Jam founder and apparel icon Russell Simmons, musician and actor Ice Cube, Academy Award nominee John Singleton, Barbershop director George Tillman, and other industry leaders have come to rely on Stewart’s knowledge and expertise to enhance their projects. On his own, Stewart has discovered and developed creative talent both behind the mic and behind the camera.

Most recently, Stewart’s finely tuned ear for music and story was integral in the creation of the 2005 Sundance Audience Award-winning film Hustle & Flow. Producer John Singleton relied on Stewart to craft a collection of original music by up-and-coming and established hip-hop artists. Singleton leaned on Stewart for the critically-lauded Motown-driven sound of the box-office champ Four Brothers. Their collaboration extends back to the music direction for the Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson vehicle Poetic Justice and the hit 2 Fast 2 Furious.Stewart has also partnered extensively with director/producer George Tillman, supervising the music for the Babershop franchise as well as the period piece Men of Honor.

Stewart’s penchant for matching the right song with the right moment is indicative of his ability to pair promising creative talent with the right projects. Prior to the formation of Next Thing, Stewart founded and ran PMP, a promotions company and record label associated with Island/Def Jam and, later, Loud Records. Stewart also ran the marketing and promotion divisions of Ice Cube’s record label Street Knowledge, distributed then by Time/Warner. Stewart’s tenure with Ice Cube coincided with the development of the smash hit “Friday.”

Through PMP, Stewart discovered and developed numerous multi-platinum musical artists as diverse as Coolio, The Pharcyde, Montell Jordan and House of Pain. Stewart also gave future feature-film directors Dave Meyers, F. Gary Gray, Paul Hunter and Christopher Erskin their first shots behind the camera as music video directors.

Paul Stewart has proved that he is an indispensable ambassador for hip-hop and urban culture and continues pushing boundaries in the medium. Stewart is currently expanding Next Thing’s business several ventures including film production and web development.

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Contributing Editor

Che, aka Che Skizza, Skizza, or The Skeez is an artist, writer, producer, marinade master, Spades champion, dominologist, and activist from Altadena, Ca. As a teen in the late 80’s, he developed a love for hip-hop, recording his first song in 1988 in his cousins (a keyboard player for Jody Watley) house in Carson, Ca.

After being in numerous groups, Che hooked up with High School friend and former Madkap (Loud records) member Damon “Coke” Daniels to form the Colored Section, who’s membership at one time included Xzibit and DJ Homicide (from the multi-platinum group Sugar ray).

Through this collaboration, Che met Paul Stewart who was looking to sign the group to his imprint PMP. Eventually signing with PMP A&R Gary Meals indie label 12inch RPM, The Colored Section released their self-titled debut album in 1998. The album was an underground success with the first single earning a spot in Sway (of MTV news) and Tech’s The Wake Up Show’s top 30 Hip Hop songs of all time. In addition, the record charted on HITS, IMPACT, and others, topping such artists as Wyclef Jean, The Wu-Tang Clan, and Scarface. The group opened for the likes of Big Pun and The Goodie Mob, as well as recorded with Eminem and Jayo Felony among others.

Now a solo artist, Skizza’s written and recorded songs for various films, been featured on numerous mixtapes, opened for Eve and Redman, and recorded with Lil Half Dead, Above The Law, and George Clinton. In addition to recording his own music, writing and producing for others, Che is expanding into other mediums, working on scripts for film and television.

His most recent project is a reunion of sorts, collaborating with Paul Stewart and Damon “Coke” Daniels on their film Gangsta Rap - The Glockumentary. Combining two of his greatest passions, humor and Hip-Hop, Che penned the entire album which is featured in the film and soundtrack, and along with Paul & Coke, Executive Produced the soundtrack due to be released on Delicious Vinyl.
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Contributor

CHEO HODARI COKER is a music journalist, author, and screenwriter. As a freelance journalist, Coker has written cover stories, major features, and reviews for the Los Angeles Times, VIBE, Premiere, Essence, The Face, Details, Spin, Rolling Stone, The Source, XXL, Rap Pages, and the Village Voice. He has frequently been featured as a commentator on VH-1’s popular series “Behind The Music, has beena consultant for the critically lauded HBO series “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry since its inception. Cheo’s screenplays include “Notorious” about the life and times of the Notorious BIG for Fox Searchlight, Living For The City: The Marion Barry Story” for HBO, “When I Get Free: The Life and Times of Tupac Amaru Shakur” for MTV and “Legend” for Warner Bros, and a forthcoming adaptation of Claude Brown’s seminal best-selling coming of age classic “Manchild In The Promised Land”. Coker is the author of “Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G.”(VIBE Books/Crown) and with Oscar winning director Bill Condon and Martin Godfried, is the coauthor of “Dreamgirls: The Movie Musical” (Newmarket Pictoral Moviebooks).

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D.J. SMILES DAVIS was born in the Midwest Grand Rapids Michigan to be exact. Music was an important component of her early family life. After relocating to Phoenix AZ as a child dance and theatre soon became her main obsession. After getting accepted to the super prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Academy she packed up and went to the big Apple. After finishing at Alvin Ailey she decided to move out to Los Angeles and got bitten by the music bug. She started DJing and writing reviews for Aeomba records. Check her @ smilesdavis

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For More thn two decades, Eddie Donaldson has erased the lines between street artist influencers and corporations. prior to his current role as co-founder of The marketing Division, Donaldson established the GuerillaOne agency, a company that continues to provide marketing, event coordination, promotion, street tactics, tastemaker influence and much more for corporations seeking to tap into the excitement, influence and creativity of the street

COMEDY SPOTLIGHT

Howie Bell is a funny Mofo! You can see him on Diddy’s the Bad Boys Of Comedy as well as Jamie Foxx’s Laffapalooza series. When he’s not ripping stages doing stand up he’s busy covering up and coming fellow comics for Next Thing.w

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for 5 Seasons, a regular on Jamie Foxx’s LAFFAPALOOZA! comedy festival

Lady Dy is originally from the yay area. She is a dancer, actress, writer, producer, etc and now she’s down with Next Thing dropping in her 2 cents.

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Sandy Dee hails from Southern California and is our resident stylist. She is a multi talented artist with photography, graphic design and sketching among her many talents. Sandy has worked in many different creative mediums and we are very excited to have her contributing to Next Thing. sandeenext@gmail.com

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Expect to see various fly shit from Don “Sneakerman Dan” Daniel Harlem born DC bred. “I don’t like much. Flyest motherfucker on the east coast.” his own blog http://realmangojuice.com/

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Mike D’Orazio is a writer. He loves to write and has been doing so for several years. Mike has a high interest in everything that is pop culture. He currently resides in his hometown on the east side of Detroit, Michigan. E-mail him at dorazio.mike@gmail.com http://mikedorazio.wordpress.com