Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, June 7th, including:

1940 – Tom Jones, singer
1943 – Nikki Giovanni, poet
1946 – Jenny Jones, talk show host
1952 – Liam Neeson, actor
1953 – Colleen Camp, actress
1954 – Louise Erdrich, author
1955 – William Forsythe, actor
1956 – Antonio Reid, music producer
1958 – Prince, musician
1967 – Dave Navarro, musician
1969 – Kim Rhodes, actress
1975 – Allen Iverson, basketball player
1978 – Bill Hader, comedian
1981 – Anna Kournikova, tennis player
1988 – Michael Cera, actor

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You know you’ve messed up something pretty bad when your own lawyers file a lawsuit against you, and that’s exactly what’s happened to Prince.

He is being sued by the New York law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler for non-payment of legal fees.  He owes the firm $708,000 and some change for work that ranges from divorce settlement negotiations to fighting “allegations that he failed to promote his fragrance line.” The firm also represented him in a case in Ireland where he was “sued for backing out of a gig at the last minute.”

What I want to know is:  with an estimated net worth of $250 million, how does dude not have enough money to pay his legal bills?   Or does he just not care enough to take care of business?  I mean, just look at the kinds of work that Patterson Belknap did for him… it seems to paint a picture of a guy who’s not really into fulfilling his obligations.    At any rate, Prince seems to be bringing in buckets of money on his current tour, so he should have those $700 Gs paid off in no time.

WHAT OTHER CELEBRITIES HAVE GOT THEMSELVES IN LEGAL TROUBLE?  FIND OUT HERE!

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Although Prince‘s two new albums are, in my opinion, among the worst and uninspired material of his career, it’s still Prince!  Check out his performance of “Clover & Crimson” on today’s episode of Ellen

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The Purple One, aka Prince, has struck an exclusive deal with retailer Target to sell his upcoming album.

The three disc set includes two new recording by Prince himself – LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND.  The third disc is by Prince’s “latest protege,” Bria Valente.  The set will sell for $11.98 – typical Target prices – and will be released on March 29th.

Prince is so weird.  I know that sentence is redundant, but hear me out.  Prince?  And Target?    I would never have thought that the Artist Formerly Known As, who supposedly doesn’t want to be controlled by the man, would strike a contract with such a USUAL place as Target.  How pedestrian of him.  I nearly want to call him a sell out!  It’s nearly as laughable as AC/DC‘s choice of Wal-Mart for their latest album.

But at least we know he’s keeping up with the times – naming your albums in leet speak is a great way to reach out to the youth, right?

Image Source:  EW.com

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In case you haven’t heard already, Prince is looking at the busiest year of his career – packed with not one… not two… but THREE studio albums!!!!!!!

First up will be Lotus Flow3r, the more guitar-heavy of the three releases — four songs which the legend premiered on LA radio stations (and online here).� Next up will be the funkier album MPLSOUND, followed by the third project, Elixir, featuring his newest protege (think his Lisa Lisa/ Vanity 6/ Carmen Electra sensai-ships) Bria Valente (get a taste for how dope her vocal contributions can be on “Here Eye Come” on the website).

Still anti-record label, Rolling Stone is calling Prince a varitable one-man Live Nation.

Based on the very different sounds for each album, which are you more excited for?

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D’oh! If I were Rihanna I’d be considering a new haircut and a new overall look. She was in London last month and was mistaken for… The Purple One??

“Some fans screamed out, ‘Prince!’ when they saw her,” says a witness. “But when they got close enough to ask for an autograph, they realized he was a she.”

These people obviously weren’t paying attention, because Rihanna is about six inches taller than Prince. But hey – at least Ri-Ri knows that if her career ever tanks, she’ll be able to get work as a Prince impersonator! Better start working on her falsetto!

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By all reports, Prince deserves some kind of reward for rocking the freakin’ house at Coachella this past weekend.��� I, however, would like to give an award to the photog who captured the moment above.� What in the world is going on here?� He was either in the middle of one of the Morris Day covers in his set list, or he really, really needed to pee (or maybe he pulled a Fergie and just DID…..)!!

Photo Source:� People

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