It was a sad day when Don “I’ll Shake A Bitch Like A Yoohoo” Cornelius took to the stage for the O’Jays tribute at the 2009 EBT Awards. My heart was still heavy due to the passing of Michael Jackson but watching the former conductor of Soul Train struggle to read the teleprompter just flat out fucked with my soul.

Just thought I would share that story with the class.

TMZ reports that Bishop Don Con was so desperate to get a divorce from his ex-wife Viktoria that he stated”I am 72 years old. I have significant health issues. I want to finalize this divorce before I die” in his divorce papers in L.A. County Superior Court.

SHAM. FUCKING. WOW.

At least the man is upfront about his. Now that’s how you handle things, Nasir.

Wheelchair Jimmy is ready for his close up!

Watching Lil’ Wayne rap about filet mignoning New New and Nivea’s pussies and harmonizing about fucking every girl in the world while his adolescent daughter bopped around stage was one of the most devastating moments from the this year’s EBT Awards. I wanted Don Cornelius to come back out on stage and give Young Money a lashing about the good ol’ days but that means the show would still be airing live right now.

Sources tell Sandra Rose that the reason for Weezy’s daughter Reginae was on stage was because she was unable to accompany her pops on stage while he accepted the award for Fucking The Most Random Women Ever To Appear On A Cover of Sister 2 Sister [maybe next year Soullow] and wanted to make it up to the youngin. Do you think Lil’ Wayne did the right thing as a parent?

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.

Cornelius was released at 5 a.m. today after posting $50,000 bail, Eisenman said. He is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court Nov. 14.

Cornelius began producing “Soul Train” in 1970 and was its host until 1993. The show featured rhythm and blues, soul and hip-hop artists, not to mention its catchy “Sooooooooooo-ul Train” slogan.

Don Cornelius – - I can’t. I don’t know how I should feel about Soul Train’s original conductor having a bust it baby and shit so I’m refusing to allow my mind to process this mess.

According to Reuters, Iconic host Don Cornelius has linked up with Warner Brothers to create the comedy, which follows two male dancers as they get into “a lot of good stuff and some bad stuff as well.” [That explanation sounds like something Fantasia would write for a book report. - - Fresh]

Along with Darryl Porter, the executive producer of the Hughes brothers’ 1995 flick, Dead Presidents, Cornelius will produce Soul Train: The Movie.

The film, which is still in the writing phase with newbie script writer J. Gil Williams turning in the first draft next month, does not have a cast or a director attached as of yet.

Cornelius promised that Soul Train: The Movie will feature “lots of music, lots of comedy and a little bit of violence.”

And of course, lots of sexuality.

“‘Soul Train’ has always been about sexuality,” Cornelius said. “It’s almost never been about guys, and almost always about girls. It’s what has kept us afloat for these three decades or so.” [source]

Whoa, easy cowboy. When I was a jit I tuned in it was for one of two reasons: background noise while performing weekend chores or to laugh at the Chinese girl with the long ass ponytail do the tootsie roll to a slow jam, so all that sexual eruption talk sounds really ridiculous to me.

This project gets a big hell no from me. The only thing I am willing to co-sign on regarding Soul Train’s legacy is the episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air when the family went on the show for Aunt Viv + Uncle’s Phil’s wedding anniversary and Jeffrey posed as Bootsie Collins.

But God bless Don Cornelius for keeping a bad white woman.

The “hippest trip in America” has pulled the plug on its annual award show. Reuters Life is reporting that the Soul Train Music Awards has been cancelled without explanation. The brainchild of former Chicago DJ Don Cornelius, “Soul Train” was due to celebrate its 22nd award show this year, but a spokeswoman for the program said the show would not go ahead as planned.

At last year’s event in Pasadena, many of the winners did not bother to attend, including such A-listers as Beyonce Knowles, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Gnarls Barkley. [source]

I knew the Soul Train Awards were on its last legs in 2004 when Arsenio Hall showed up looking like he asked Bubbs from The Wire for a couple of fashion tips and then turned around and co-hosted the show along with King Latifah the following year. Now how you love that?

Here are a few flashback flicks from last year’s show. Enjoy!

LaMike’s dad was at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday evening to celebrate the 66th birthday of the Reverend Jesse Jackson. While MJ garnered his fair amount of attention he wasn’t the only star in the building.

Don Cornelius, ya’ll.