Daily Blog Buzz Feed 06.26.09

The indomitable Jenifer Lewis –one for whom the word diva is made -- has been a formidable force in the world of drama and song for almost 30 years.Lewis currently tears up the stage of the Broadway production of 'Hairspray' as Motormouth Maybelle, mother of Seaweed J. Stubbs, played by singer Tevin Campbell. Her ovation at the end is always one of the longest.Here, Lewis opens up about a very real, very pervasive issue in our country: bi polar disorder (formerly manic depression.) Lewis, who created a one woman show about the illness – "Bipolar, Bath and Beyond" -- shares with us her Testimony. Continue reading.... Barack Obama proved to be rather inspiring when fashion designer Donatella Versace unleashed her Spring-Summer 2009 collection in Milan over the weekend and dedicated her entire Menswear collection to the presidential hopeful.Continue reading.... While everyone is having a laugh about Shaquille O'Neal's freestyle except Kobe and Laker fans, the police in Phoenix aren't too happy about it. In 2006, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy and earlier this year promoted him to colonel. Now Sheriff Arapio wants those badges back.Continue reading.... Cops arrested one suspect and is seeking another in the Javon Walker kidnapping and beating case. Police said Arfat Fadel, of Las Vegas, was accused of multiple felonies, including kidnapping, robbery, battery and conspiracy in the June 16 robbery that left Oakland Raider Javon Walker unconscious in a Las Vegas Hotel driveway with a broken eye socket and $103,000.00 lighter in the pockets. Continue reading... Naomi Campbell was scheduled to introduce some of the acts at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday Hyde Park charity event this Friday, but insiders say Mandela himself asked she be removed from the line-up.They say Mandela is very disappointed with Naomi's recent arrest, especially because she was photographed leaving the police station wearing a 46664 baseball cap. 46664 was Mandela's prison number-during his 27-year sentence and now promotes his AIDS awareness campaign.Continue reading...