Marla Anderson wanted that Barack Obama picture.

So much so that Wyoming police say she walked into a Grove Avenue home Friday to take it.

She struggled with the owner, who called police for help.

Anderson lost and ended up in the Hamilton County jail – without the photo. Officers arrested her getaway driver, 31-year-old Tamika Cornwell, of Colerain, about 10 hours after the crime.[source]

Hijacked from The House of Rhymes With Snitch:

Aretha Franklin went on a local Detroit radio station talking slick about Mr. Song Millinery, the hat maker who created the grey felt hat she wore to the inauguration, because she feels she should get royalties from the sale of hats similar to the one she made famous. Aretha’s hat is one of a kind. You can get the style hat she wore, but not the color nor fabric. Anyway, catty Aretha went to the Kentucky Derby last week wearing another Song hat but when she was asked who made it, she said she didn’t know. Meow!

Former [sting, bitch, sting!] Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member DeShawn Snow talked to the website about being booted from the show for being too boring. Makes sense to me! Oh, and Meek Meek will not be replacing her ass. I know how disappointed you are, it will be okay.

ESSENCE.COM: We hear that you are no longer returning to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Is that true?
DESHAWN SHOW: Yes, one of the producers called me yesterday and said that they wouldn’t take my option.

ESSENCE.COM: What reason did they give for not inviting you back for the second season?
SNOW: [One of the producers] called and said that I was “too human for a circus show” and that because the show did so well, they are about to pump up the drama and they didn’t think that I would fit in. He gave me an example, saying that during the reunion when I found out what a few of the other ladies said about me, they were expecting me to say more, but I’m not the type to go “television” and start acting crazy because somebody’s talking about me. I’m fine with the decision. It wasn’t my decision. They let me go and there are no hard feelings. I am thankful for the opportunity.

ESSENCE.COM: So were you at all shocked by the decision?
SNOW: I didn’t see it coming. I was shocked because I just talked to them in December about the new season. It’s not like they came to me and gave me an option by saying, “We’re going to take a new direction and we want to know if you could be more like this.” I was a little hurt, but I just look at it like I am what I am. [My personality] didn’t seem to be a problem before, but I suppose the show took a different direction and they no longer see me as the right fit. If you look at all the other housewives, they are all different. I believe God moves people out of your way. It’s about God having his hand upon you and doing things for you. I’m not judging my situation. I look at the show as just a shutter-glimpse of what God has in store for me. I enjoyed being on the show and hanging with the girls. At the end of the day, I was the same person throughout the show. I never changed. I was authentic and true to myself and I can’t control what other people do.

ESSENCE.COM: There are rumors that Tameka Foster might replace you. Is that true?
SNOW: Yes, I heard that, but I don’t know. I wouldn’t say that they are replacing me because they didn’t think I was real enough or too real enough for the show, so I doubt they are going to bring in someone who has a similar personality as mine.

Look what we have here.

I do realize that people who share similar taste in clothing tend to go shopping at the same boutiques and what not but this shit right here don’t sit well with my soul.

My homie Necole Bitchie’s photographer Nzinga snapped the picture on the left of Chingy at Go-Go’s birthday party a couple weeks back during the EBT Hip-Hop Awards weekend in Atlanta. As you can see he appears to be wearing the same outfit that his stylist Renaldo Nehemiah later rocked. I’m all for advertising your work and all but other people may view this as hood rat shit.

I’m just saying, what else do you two share? Thanks ATLien for ruining my day [lol] with this!

Not so breaking news: Sean has Cassie dickmotized. Page Six Six Six recently spotted Ms. Ventura walking around town looking like the new Kim Porter.

He’s publicly announced that his on-and-off flame is not the only woman in his life, but she’s not moving on. Our spies saw a sullen Cassie “looking smokin’ hot,” at the Empire Hotel the other night.

But it wasn’t enough to catch the eye of Diddy, who has emphatically shot down rumors that they’re exclusively dating. “Diddy spent the entire time with his entourage while she was being walked around by one of his assistants,” said our source. “She never smiled, and she kept looking over at him.” A rep for Cassie had no comment.

She will be working the night shift at the toothpick crypt with the rest of the girls from Dream in no time.

I just hit that bitch with a bottle! “Attitude ’cause I’m wavy and you walking around nappy.” This is why we can’t advance as a people.

But I digress.

28-year-old Ryan Domenico was charged with substantial battery after he hit a man over the head with a drinking glass after he made negative comments about Tupac. And you cyber hip-hop stans thought you were really doing something by staying camped out overnight in the comment section.

According to police reports, a 24-year-old Wauwatosa man was sitting at the bar with his girlfriend when a song by Pac began to play on the jukebox. The man made a disapproving comment about the artist, causing Domenico to walk up to him and ask him what he had said.

The Wauwatosa man repeated the comment and Domenico allegedly responded by picking up a glass from the bar and smashing it on the other man’s head.

Afeni should be proud! Tupac’s “it’s fun to do hood rat stuff” legacy lives on.

The price of gas per gallon is $3.66 in my neck of the woods, so thank Young Jeezus I haven’t had to resort doing anything like this. I know desperate times call for desperate measures but damn. Thanks Erin!

Foxy Brown’s welcome home parade looks like a _______.

[Flick snatched from Concrete Loop]

Rihanna has banned all umbrellas from her concerts because she is afraid that her dumb ass fans are going to hurt each other with them when she performs, you guessed it, “Umbrella.”

*window licker blinks*

Andy McDonald, a security guard at the Aberdeen Exhibition Centre, where Rihanna performed on Monday Feb. 3, said: “We were taking precautions over a potential accident. We were told Rihanna’s song features dancing with umbrellas on stage. We didn’t want the crowd following her actions and someone getting their eye poked out.”

The decision follows reports of several injuries caused by umbrella-related incidents during Rihanna’s recent European dates.

One fan due to attend one of the singer’s upcoming shows said: “I was really looking forward to whipping out my umbrella during the song. I have been practicing the routine for weeks but it has all been for nothing.” [Spoken like a true stan.- - Fresh]

You know Fonzworth Bentley is sitting around real salty on some Little Richard type shit, talking about “I’m the originator! The innovator! I molded it and controlled it, until the white man stole it!” But for this fan fuckery I have absolutely no words.

[Story via A Hot Mess]