Diddy says sex act in 'Ready to Die' skit was the real thing.

Whatever happened to 'Idol's' Mandisa?
Simon Cowell may not recognize "American Idol" alumna Mandisa the next time he sees her. The woman about whom the acerbic judge once said, "We're going to have to get a bigger stage," has lost 75 pounds. Her new album, "Freedom," is due out later this month.
Diddy says sex act in 'Ready to Die' skit was the real thing.
*Sean "Diddy" Combs offers revelations about one of the interludes on Notorious B.I.G.'s first album, "Ready to Die," in which the rapper appears to be engaged in a sexual act. Diddy confirmed in an interview with Huffington Post blogger Barry Michael Cooper that the oral sex heard on the album was, indeed, authentic.

Frothy 1930s comedy playing at Schoolhouse Theater
S.N. Berman's frothy 1932 comedy, "Biography," now in a smart and stylish production at the Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls, N.Y., is a good example of what the theater lost when they "stopped writing them like that.""Biography" is a solid, three-act play that runs for about two and a half hours compared to today's average of 90 minutes (or less).