Mel B and Stephen Belafonte with her daughters Phoenix Chi, Angel and a friend on 5-16-10. Credit: WENN.com

Remember when Britney Spears refused to hand her kids over for their regular visit with their dad in early 2008, and was subsequently hauled off to the hospital on a 5150 hold? She was violating a court order and acting erratically and there was a standoff of several hours with police. Something similar happened earlier this month during a visit between Scary Spice Mel B’s 12 year-old daughter, Phoenix Chi, and her dad, Mel’s first husband Jimmy Gulzar, 42. Gulzar refused to let Phoenix leave his home and Mel’s current husband, Stephen Belafonte, called the cops after a few hours. Phoenix claims Gulzar of grabbing her by the arm to keep her there, and she subsequently filed a report with police accusing him of battery.

FORMER Spice Girl Mel B is furious at ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar after he allegedly held their daughter Phoenix Chi captive during a custody visit.

The distraught 12-year-old has filed a police complaint accusing Gulzar, 42, of battery.

She claims she feared for her safety after he grabbed her arm and refused to let her leave his LA home.

Sources close to Mel, 36 – real name Melanie Brown – said the schoolgirl was so afraid she considered climbing over a balcony to escape.

She was finally allowed to go after Mel’s current husband, Stephen Belafonte – who had arrived to collect her – called the cops.

Sources close to Mel, who is currently in Sydney filming the Australian X Factor, said she was “disgusted and appalled” by Gulzar’s alleged behaviour.

Police have taken a full statement from Phoenix and are due to speak to Scary Spice Mel about the events leading up to the incident on October 10.

The distraught 12-year-old has filed a police complaint accusing Gulzar, 42, of battery.

She claims she feared for her safety after he grabbed her arm and refused to let her leave his LA home.

Sources close to Mel, 36 – real name Melanie Brown – said the schoolgirl was so afraid she considered climbing over a balcony to escape.

She was finally allowed to go after Mel’s current husband, Stephen Belafonte – who had arrived to collect her – called the cops.

Sources close to Mel, who is currently in Sydney filming the Australian X Factor, said she was “disgusted and appalled” by Gulzar’s alleged behaviour.

Police have taken a full statement from Phoenix and are due to speak to Scary Spice Mel about the events leading up to the incident on October 10.

[From Mirror.co.uk]

This is the same guy who spanked a three year-old autistic boy at the playground at the zoo when the boy pushed another child (presumably Pheonix) in 2002. Gulzar was also arrested two years prior, in 2000, when he refused to hand over Phoenix to Mel’s sister. I guess when he was married to Mel for all of 14 months he loved to spend her money – the Mirror says his nickname was “Jimmy Goldcard.” She also had to pay him a settlement of about 1.9 million dollars.

We heard some similarly negative stories about Mel’s current husband being abusive, but he seems to treat her and her daughters well as far as we can tell. They’re also still together after rumors last year that they were just about to get a divorce. Mel just had her third daughter, her first with Stephen, Madison Brown Belafonte on September 1. She was just named the new Jenny Craig ambassador in Australia and New Zealand.

First Photo below is from 10-29-11 and is credit: Pacific Coast News. Second photo is of Mel with Angel, Eddie Murphy’s daughter, on 10-7-11. Credit: WENN.com

Is it wrong that my first thought on hearing that Scary Spice Melanie B was splitting with her husband of a whopping three years, Stephen Belafonte, was “what took them so long?” Several British rags are reporting that the couple is divorcing, although Melanie B has yet to officially comment Stephen has maybe-confirmed that they’re heading in that direction. He’s quoted as supposedly saying “Dude, it’s over. Mel’s coming back to the U.K. soon – but I won’t be coming with her. There’s been problems lately. I don’t know what’s happening.” Only according to The Sun, which is as about as reliable as all the other sources for this story, they’re still together but they have “rows, often fuelled by drink.” I love how Brits phrase things. They make even drunken fights sound fancy. Here’s The Sun’s report, which seems to be true in light of the fact that these two were just papped at dinner. We’ll have more on that in a moment.

FRIENDS of pop star MEL B last night denied her husband’s claims that their marriage had collapsed.
Film producer STEPHEN BELAFONTE, 35, insisted: “It’s over.”

He said she was moving back alone to Britain from the US, adding: “There’s problems. I don’t know what’s happening.”

But a close pal of the 35-year-old ex-Spice Girl said both had been put under stress by fly-on-the-wall TV show The Mel B Project.

The friend added: “Stephen can be a drama queen. There have been lots of rows, often fuelled by drink. But they’ll try and work things out.”

[From The Sun]

Melanie and Stephen have no biological children together but have been coparenting Melanie’s two daughters from previous relationships, Angel Iris Brown, three and a half, from Mel’s drama-filled relationship with Eddie Murphy, and Phoenix Chi, 11, from Mel’s marriage to Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzar, which ended in 2000.

Melanie has been tweeting a lot but she hasn’t said anything about these rumors, as Contact Music points out. She’s mostly tweeting about her performances. She also has a new reality show on the Style Network coming up called “Mel B: It’s a Scary World.” It premieres this Sunday and I guess the question is whether Melanie and Stephen have fallen victim to the reality show curse before their show has even aired. It looks like Melanie and Stephen are hanging in there, though, as they were just photographed out to dinner at celebrity hangout Katsuya in LA last night. So was this whole breakup story just some publicity for their show? I wouldn’t put it past them.

Photo credit: WENN.com. They’re also shown at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last weekend.

Two years ago Spice Girl Melanie Brown married Stephen Belafonte shortly after Eddie Murphy dumped her on TV. And we’ve all been waiting since then for news they’re getting divorced, but it seems like things are actually going very smoothly for them. Apparently Stephen has reached that critical “comfortable” stage in a marriage. No, not when you’re so comfortable you let yourself go. So comfortable he’s borrowing makeup – or at least lipstick – from his wife. Another important relationship milestone.

WHILE DAVID BECKHAM makes fashion statements with weird beards and tattoos another Spice spouse goes one step further.

MEL B’S hubby STEPHEN BELAFONTE borrowed her bright red lippy before leaving their London hotel yesterday.

And he put on his best pout as he linked arms with the guest relations manager from the Mayfair.

Mel, looking fantastic in ripped jeans and boots, seemed to find her bloke’s use of make up hilarious.

The couple, who married in 2007, have been staying at the swanky hotel for a couple of weeks while they attend various evening events and party with pals.

And they have been spending time with JORDAN’S ex PETER ANDRE, who once dated Mel, while they are in town. Could the red lippy be a dig at Pete’s cross-dressing love rival ALEX REID?

[From the Sun]

If Stephen is wearing bright red lipstick to mock Alex Reid, he’s definitely several degrees removed from the situation. He and Mel are friends with Peter Andre (who Mel dated back in 1996), who’s divorcing Katie Price, who’s now dating cage fighter Alex Reid. It’d be a pretty immature and stupid reason to be wearing lipstick. Katie got a lot of attention for recently admitting that Alex is a cross dresser, and once “accidentally” kissed a Thai “ladyboy” which is essentially a very convincing transsexual.

My guess? One of Mel’s daughters put it on Stephen, and he left it. When my mom was a little girl she used to paint her dad’s toenails bright red. He’s the most old-fashioned, proud man I’ve ever known – but he’d still go to the grocery store in sandals to make her laugh. To me, the particular shade of lipstick screams “a 10-year-old did this” more than anything else.

Images thanks to Fame Pictures .

Eddie Murphy might have finally learned a valuable lesson: it pays to be a gentleman.

The settlement will see Murphy shell out £35,000 ($US51,000)A MONTH until daughter Iris Angel turns 18 — a total of around £7 ($US10)MILLION.

We can also reveal that Eddie has finally agreed to see his 20-month-old child.

Spice Girl Mel and the Hollywood actor have spent 15 months warring in Los Angeles courts. She has been determined to force him to play a part in his child’s life.

Sources told News of the World that, under the terms of the deal, both have signed non- disclosure contracts preventing either from discussing the settlement in public.

But one of Scary Spice’s pals told us: “Mel is delighted that the case is over as she just wanted what was right for her girl.

“It was never about money — it was Mel’s way of asking Eddie to show consideration for Angel.”

News of the World

$51,000 a month is a lot of money, and Mel B, who is independently wealthy, probably wouldn’t have pushed for that much. For a start, if Eddie had joint custody of his daughter, that would have reduced the amount of the payments. They probably would have come to a reasonable, amicable arrangement. For example, P.Diddy pays his baby momma $21,782 a month child support, which was a record amount in New York State history. Diddy also pays for other expenses such as schooling, which he says adds up to approximately $120,000 a year.

If Eddie Murphy had behaved more like a gentleman, his career might have fared better also. His only significant movie since splitting with Mel B was Meet Dave. While his personal behavior probably can’t be directly linked with his box office performance, I think it does influence whether people want to work with you or watch you in a film. His award nominated role in Dream Girls should have launched a comeback for him.

Eddie famously tried to deny that baby Angel Iris was his daughter, demanding a paternity test on Dutch television.

Speaking of their split two years ago, Mel told OK! magazine: ‘We had talked about having a family and getting married. I came to see my mum for a few days as I wanted to see her in person. Then I got a flight home, landed and there is a whole sea of photographers.

‘There were people shouting about a DNA test. I was in complete shock. I tried to call Eddie and couldn’t get through. Then I got through and he said he would call me back and that was it. He never called back.’

Daily Mail

That makes a dumping by text message seem almost reasonable, doesn’t it?

Mel B, Angel Iris, and Mel’s husband, Stephen Belafonte, are shown out at the Grove on 7/1/08. Credit: WENN

Eddie Murphy and Melanie B’s daughter, Angel Iris, turns two in April. Eddie Murphy briefly dated Mel B in 2006. When she revealed that she was pregnant he refused to take responsibility for the baby until a DNA test proved he was father. While Eddie has paid court-ordered child support, he has yet to meet Iris:

“To see the kid, he’d have to see the mother,” a friend of the Norbit actor, 47 (who has five other children by his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, and two from a previous relationship), tells OK!. “Maybe when she’s older, Eddie will see Angel, but not now.”

Mel, 33 (real name Melanie Brown), says, “I want Angel to know she has two parents who love her so much,” but the insider scoffs, “Mel’s a crazy woman. Eddie wants to stay far away from her.”

OK! Magazine

When Angel turned one Eddie said he wouldn’t see her because he was tricked in the pregnancy, and he didn’t want to see Mel B. The situation has since changed for both of them. Mel B has married her long time friend and music producer Stephan Belafonte, and Eddie Murphy was also briefly married to Tracy Edmonds, before refusing to legalize their Bahamas commitment ceremony, which lead to their split.

What I don’t understand is that Eddie already has 8 children, five with his former wife Nicole Mitchell and one each with Tamara Hood and Paulette McNeely. Presumably he likes children, and enjoys being a father, so why doesn’t he want a relationship with his daughter? Eddie and Mel do not need to see each other, he could have established a relationship with the child and avoided her mother for the most part. Why give up the joys of parenting, and cheat your children out of a sister, over a petty spat?

The good news is that Eddie and Mel seem to understand that their daughter won’t wait for them to grow up and behave like adults, and they are said to be coming to a ‘secret’ arrangement regarding visitation rights.

Eddie Murphy is shown out getting coffee in Studio City, CA on 11/7/08. Melanie Brown is shown out with her husband Stephen Belafonte, and her two daughters, Phoenix Chi, almost 9, and Angel Iris Murphy Brown, nearly 2, in LA on 12/23/08. Credit: Fame

Kim Cattrall confirmed to Scary Spice that there will definitely be a Sex and the City sequel. While appearing on the British talkshow, The Paul O’Grady Show, Cattrall answered guest host Mel B.’s question of sequel with a resounding yes.

I have mixed emotions about Sex and the City that pretty much lean to the negative. However, that was also my feeling when the concept of the first movie was brought up after the successful HBO series. The movie was a box office hit and a sequel probably would be, too, because of the large SATC demographic. There are plenty of questions about what the movie could possibly address. The basis for the first film was Carrie looking for love and in the movie she found it.

Kim Cattrall seemed to hint that she’s finished with her current boyfriend in her comments on how she isn’t like her SATC character, Samantha.

But the blonde — who has dated chef Alan Wyse for about five years — admitted she was not like her racy character.

Kim, 52, said: “I’m sort of a serial monogamist. I find a guy I like and I tend to spend an awfully long time with him — five or six years.That’s a very long time.

“And in Hollywood that’s forever.”

[From The Sun]

If I were Alan Wyse, I’d be reading between the lines and looking for a new place to sleep. It looks like Wyse’s time is just about up judging by that statement. It’s pretty sad that Kim’s “awfully long time” in a relationship is five or six years. Wyse has been around for five, so his expiration date is imminent.

Kim Cattrall is shown at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in London on 11/5/08. Credit: WENN

Singer Estelle was the big winner at last night’s Mobo (Music of Black Origin) awards at Wembley Arena in London. Melanie B stole the show when she first arrived in a ridiculous pale peach tight silk dress that included a plunging necklace, cleavage squeezed to the popping point, pockets, and a long hoodie that she draped over a mound of curls on the top of her head. Her hair was styled so that it looked like a bow.

I like Estelle’s funky dress, though. Her strapless number featured a gray camouflage panel in the center and a puffy skirt. She posed on the carpet with John Legend, her music mentor and longtime collaborator.

Estelle won Best Female UK at the ceremony, beating out Leona Lewis, who did not attend. Reports note that Lewis was booed when she accepted the award for best album via satellite:

U.S. singer Chris Brown was named best international artist at the Music of Black Origin awards during a ceremony in London last night.

In the past the Mobos, Britain’s biggest awards for urban music has drawn criticism for failing to attract stars from the other side of the Atlantic. This time it was some of the U.K. musicians who stayed away.

Leona Lewis did not attend, even though she won the Best Album prize for “Spirit,” as well as Best Video for “Bleeding Love.” Rap star Dizzee Rascal was voted Best U.K. Male for the second straight year. He too was unable to be at the event because of his schedule.

Some in the crowd booed during Leona Lewis’s acceptance speech, which was made via a video link.

Lewis was beaten by Estelle to the Best U.K. Female award. Estelle, wearing an off-the-shoulder fitted dress, got a warmer reception after canceling a concert in the U.S. to attend. One of the first to congratulate her was U.S. musician John Legend, who had boosted her career by signing her onto his record label.

Former Spice Girl Mel B, as the show host, ran though a series of costume changes including one hooded mini dress, while U.S. singer Grace Jones wore a black ruffled gown with full gold facemask to present an award to Estelle.

[From Bloomberg.com]

At least Mel B. changed out of that dress. Celebritology has a photo of Grace Jones in her gold face mask. She trumps Melanie B’s outfit, but just barely.

Melanie recently revealed that she twice turned down offers from Playboy to pose nude – once last year and again a few months ago. She said that she wouldn’t rule it out in the future, though, and now that offers are drying up for her I would bet she’s mentioning it to the press because she’s interested.

Credit: Bauergriffin and WENN

Mel B is currently appearing on billboards and posters across the U.K. as the face of Ultimo lingerie, and says she’s a little bit shocked by the whole thing. I always wondered what models thought when they saw their posters on the street.

She told me: “It’s weird seeing massive posters of me in my underwear.

“But it’s my body and I like it. This bra feels especially nice today.

“It’s not like wearing underwear – I like walking around naked so it’s perfect for me.”

The Sun

Here’s a link to the pictures of of Mel B advertising the underwear, which isn’t particularly suitable for work.

Seeing your behind, enlarged beyond what any cheeseburger diet could achieve, while driving down the street on a poster would be more than a little disconcerting.

As far as underwear that feels so comfortable that it feels like you aren’t wearing any, I think this is not a good idea for women who sometimes forget to put it on. Particularly those who might be getting photographed by the paparazzi. You know who I’m talking about.

Mel and Joey Fartone are going to be the new hosts of American TV show ‘The Singing Office’, where they travel to offices across America looking for singing talent. This combined with her stint on Dancing with the Stars and her upcoming duet with Janet Jackson makes me think another Spice Girl is trying to cross the pond and have success in America.

Mel B is shown promoting Ultimo underwear in the UK. Header image from Ultimodirect.com. Other images from PRPhotos.

Eddie Murphy just cannot be anything other than a complete jerk when it comes to his baby daughter with Spice Girl Melanie Brown. Murphy has never seen little Angel Iris, and claims that he never will – at least until she’s much older and they can meet without any interference from Melanie. It seems to be more of a matter of principle than anything – Murphy claims he was tricked into the pregnancy. Supposedly Mel B told him she was on birth control – but let’s be real here, birth control is not 100% effective, so she may well have been on it. Anytime you have sex, you know a baby could still come out of it. What a lame way to try to make it sound like he’s not a total jerk. You are Eddie, you are.

The Nutty Professor star claimed 32-year-old Mel insisted she was on birth control, and revealed they only had sex three times, according to a US report. “What was supposed to be a casual relationship ended with her having his baby and taking him to court for millions,” a source told The National Enquirer.

Although Eddie accepts that Angel is his daughter, he has said that he won’t see the little girl, because he doesn’t want to set eyes on Mel. A source said: “He says he will have to wait until Angel is older before he can get to know her without any interference from her mother.”

Secrets behind the couple’s doomed three-month fling have been revealed in legal papers in which Eddie, 46, states that Mel allegedly asked him for a $9million (£4.5million) house, plus living expenses for 18 years in exchange for her silence while she was pregnant. But Eddie baulked at the demands and it is claimed he has since refused to see the baby and the Spice Girl.

[From the Daily Mail]

Something tells me that waiting to see Angel until she’s older (because of all those “interferences” by her mother) will present a million more problems than seeing her now. But it all works out well for Eddie, because those problems will all be Angel’s, not his. If Eddie sees her now, he has to deal with Mel B and all that drama. But if he avoids her, Angel gets to grow up knowing her dad doesn’t want to see her. So it’ll probably be easier on Eddie in the short run, and harder on Angel for the rest of her life. Awesome. I’m pretty sure Eddie Murphy may be one of – if not the – most selfish people in show business. And that’s saying something. Here’s to hoping he gets caught with another tranny hooker.

Here’s Melanie carrying daughter Angel Iris Murphy en route to her Newark, New Jersey concert on February 12th. Images thanks to Splash.

We all have those times where we over share, and really wish we could take it back. Sometimes you’re talking with your girlfriends and you all just get carried away, and the next day you realize they know just how bad your boyfriend is in bed. Sometimes you’re drunk and say a bunch of things to mere acquaintances, and the next day you realize they know just how bad your boyfriend is in bed. But you can normally comfort yourself with the fact that at least it’s just a couple people. Worst case scenario, maybe it’s the whole bar. But it’s generally not a whole arena. Unless you’re Spice Girl Melanie Brown. The girl doesn’t seem to know the difference between sharing an appropriate versus inappropriate detail from her private life.

Spice Girl Melanie Brown has sparked outrage in the U.K. for the second time in a month – by talking about her sex life on stage.

The singer stunned young fans at the band’s U.K. gig in London on Tuesday by informing fans she had “too much clitoral stimulation” over Christmas.

Brown’s statement embarrassed fellow bandmates Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham, prompting them to tell her to be quiet.

Brown stunned parents in the crowd at a gig in December by thrusting her head between the legs of a male fan during her solo performance of Lenny Kravitz’s Are You Gonna Go My Way.

[From Starpulse]

I’m guessing the parents that brought their children to the concert weren’t really happy to receive that information. Though to be fair, it’s probably safe to say that most of the audience didn’t really want or need to know that. And I think that most of us – at least those of us that aren’t 17 year old boys – are capable of keeping that level of sex talk to ourselves and maybe a few close friends. The average person is not so desperate to prove they have a love life that they have to talk about their lady bits. I know there’s a lot of free press to shock value, but I can’t imagine that the Spice Girls are this desperate for it.

Picture note by Jaybird: Header image of Mel B and husband Stephen Belafonte on December 18th. Images thanks to Splash Photos.