Kanye West squashes 'Kim Kardashian is my Beyounce' report

Kanye West might have plenty of sweet nothings he wants to whisper in Kim Kardashian's ear, but the name Beyonce isn't one of them.

Since the two individually overexposed figures combined forces as a maybe-couple about two weeks ago, media outlets have run wild trying to flesh out everything from shopping sprees to romantic dinners to jaunts to Paris.

But one particular claim, that West was calling Kardashian "his Beyonce," according to Us Weekly, did not sit well with the "Watch the Throne" rapper.

"Of course there are a lot of media inaccuracies surrounding this past couple of weeks, especially the 'She's my Beyonce' quote," West told the magazine, refuting its original report.

For those not familiar with the man behind the "Throne," the significance of the comparison was that Beyonce is a longtime friend of Kanye's who also happens to be the wife of mentor and frequent collaborator Jay-Z.

"I would never compare anyone to my friend's wife," he added.

We're inclined to believe him, given that he cared enough to interrupt Taylor Swift's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech and infamously declare Beyonce's fabulous also-ran "Single Ladies" music video "one of the best videos of all time."

You can't fake that kind of reverence, even up against the ample assets of a Kim Kardashian.

Wiz Khalifa Busted for Weed ... Again

Wiz Khalifa -- who famously raps about rolling joints "bigger than King Kong’s fingers" -- was busted for weed AGAIN last night ... the 2nd time in 10 days.

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina tells us ... the rapper was ticketed for possession of marijuana after his concert in Winston-Salem last night.

We're told officers discovered 11.39 grams of pot after searching the rapper and his tour bus.

Wiz was cited and released -- and is required to appear in court at a later date.

As we previously reported, Wiz was caught with weed in Nashville on April 21 ... after cops received complaints about marijuana smoke at a local Holiday Inn.

Quotes of the Day, Thursday, May 3, 2012

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
             David Viscott

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
            Dutch Proverb

Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.
            Dr. David M. Burns

Reason should direct and appetite obey.
            Cicero

Word of the Day for Thursday, May 3, 2012

numen \NOO-min\, noun:

Divine power, especially one who inhabits a particular object.

    This “liquid” flowing up his arm and out of the other was numen, the divine substance, the sacred spirit that lives in a certain place in the body and sustains us all.
    -- Jonathan Carroll, White Apples

    He was now fairly confident that a shrine, unlike a temple, would contain no resident numen.
    -- Dave Duncan, Present Tense (Round Two of the Great Game)

Numen is derived from the Latin word nūmen meaning "a nod, command, or divine will or power."

Nollywood Actor Chidi Mokeme Weds Jean Olumba In Lagos

 Popular actor, Chidi Mokeme on Saturday, April 28 married his heartthrob Dr Jean Olumba at Our Saviour’s Church, Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos.

Last week Saturday, he earlier performed the traditional wedding in Owerri, Imo State.

Guests of the couple were given first-class treatment at the reception that took place at Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.

Jean is an American based medical doctor. The actor recently clocked 40.

Tyler Perry Madea's Studio Up in Flames

A fire that broke out at Tyler Perry's Atlanta film studio was under control late Tuesday night, the Atlanta Fire Department said.

Over 100 firefighters, 13 engines and 12 trucks responded to the four-alarm fire at the filmmaker's studio complex, and no injuries were reported, said Capt. Jolyon Bundrige.

"As far as I know, [Perry] is OK -- there was a report that he was on the scene, but I didn't see him," Bundrige told The Times.

It is unknown what caused the fire, and firefighters on the scene were continuing to investigate the source Tuesday evening, Bundrige said.

Perry's Hollywood connection has been principally with Lionsgate Entertainment, with whom the filmmaker has had a long-standing relationship. The filmmaker's next movie,

Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 2, 2012

kowtow \KOU-TOU\, verb:

1. To act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
2. To touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.

noun:
1. The act of kowtowing.

    Mei-hua was sitting nearby, and though she could not understand the English words she understood what was happening. She murmured that her daughter should kowtow.
    -- Beverly Swerling, City of God

    It's a new one for Morrison to meet a girl who doesn't kowtow. He's a very great personage in his line, and he can't help knowing it.
    -- Dorothy Canfield, The Bent Twig