In no way, shape or form is domestic violence a funny subject but when I read on the bottom of E! last night that Don Cornelius was arrested over the weekend for beating a bitch I laughed so hard I thought my lungs were going to collapse like Baby ReRe’s coffee table.

Donald “Don” Cornelius, the 72-year-old creator and longtime host of the iconic television show “Soul Train,” was arrested Friday night on suspicion of felony domestic violence, police said.

Los Angeles Police were called to Cornelius’ home in the 12000 block of Mulholland Drive about 7:15 p.m. Friday, said Officer Norma Eisenman. Cornelius was arrested and taken to Van Nuys jail at 8 p.m., Eisenman said.

It was not clear whom Cornelius was suspected of assaulting, Eisenman said. No one was taken to the hospital after the incident, according to police reports.

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I love Ms. Patti almost as much as the corners of Lil’ Boosie’s mouth loves morning crust but her eyebrows are giving me Punk of the South vibes. Since I respect my elders and that she was out reppin’ for Obama I won’t mention her looking like a stand in for The Flying Nun. I pray that she didn’t go into one of her dramatc cunt fits and kicked her pumps off while on stage. An elderly YT woman getting hit in the face with a Louboutin is not a good look for our boy.

The debate is on! Are you watching?

* Please do not visit the website watermarked at the picture if you are at work and don’t want to be deemed the office perv.

A very pregnant Mrs. Raymond was the last person to grace the red carpet at the opening of Tyler Perry’s new studio [more from that event later]  without her wedding ring. I know that’s not much of a big deal to us regla everyday people [at least not me] but I am sure people will take this and run with it.

{Flicks Calvin Evans courtesy via Necole Bitchie]

Quotes + Flicks via Real Gossip 101

TINA ON BEYONCE: “People said, ‘You looked better than Beyoncé.’ Well, that’s not possible. It’s nice that young people hold me up as a model. Beyoncé is elegant and is handling her career well. A lot of new stars go overboard on sex. They’re half-naked up there. My dresses were a bit short, but I stayed respectable.”

TINA ON ARETHA: “Aretha has always been like that. We’ve always accepted that from her. She’s the queen of soul, and I’m the queen of rock ‘n’ roll. *snaps finger* There were so many kings and queens there that night. Her ego must be so big to think she was the only one. That’s how queens are!”

TINA ON IKE’S DEATH: “It meant nothing to me. He had been dead to me for 20 years. When I left, I really left. It was a bad dream, and when you spend 16 years in a certain lifestyle, you never want to think about it again. My life then was much worse. It couldn’t have gotten lower. And since then, every part of my life has been a high point.”

TINA ON HER YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE AND ENERGY: “I look better than I did at times in the past.. Part of it may be luck of the draw. It could be good genes, but then again, as I look at my family, I have to say I’m the only one that got them.”

I meant to post this yesterday but I went into a state of panic and had to plot out some hoe shit after the whole bailout collapse.

Fatman Scoop and his lovely wife Shanda have brought their popular sex advice podcast show to MTV. Like its online predecessor, the show will cover topics abouy sex, love and relationships.

MTV will also launch a Man And Wife group online where users can discuss everything from STD prevention, to testing and treatment, and tips on how to better communicate with their partners. Hit up ManandWife.tv to catch up on past podcasts and to join the interactive community.

First the fat boys break up, then Isis gets booted off Americas Next Top Model, now Ed McMahon is a rapper. This can’t be life.

Ed McMahon has an unexpected new job title: rapper.

The 85-year-old former “Tonight Show” sidekick will star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian. The videos feature McMahon wearing a tracksuit, being chauffeured around Los Angeles in a Cadillac Escalade golf cart and waxing lyrical about his very public financial troubles.

“I knew I could sing the blues, but I didn’t know I could rap,” McMahon said Wednesday.

The videos will appear online in October.

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Rejoice! Monchichi number two is on the way.

Usher is going to be a father for the second time, PEOPLE has learned.

The R&B star and his wife Tameka Foster are expecting their second child together, a source close to the singer confirms.

The couple welcomed their first child, Usher Raymond V, in November 2007. Since then, Usher, 29, has spoken publicly about how much he loves being a dad. “I’m so proud to be a father by the time I’m 30,” he told PEOPLE last month. “I’d hate to be 80 years old and not be able to run with my kids. I need to still be able to do flips when they’re in high school!

Usher also told Essence in a July interview that his son, nicknamed Cinco, is an “extension of his union” with Foster, whom he married in August 2007.

Recently, Foster was spotted wearing a belly-disguising outfit during Usher’s Sept. 4 NFL kick-off concert in New York. The dress was “very deceiving,” the source says. “You couldn’t tell she was pregnant when she was sitting down.”

Congrats kids. Be fruitful and multiple and all that good shit.