THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND GETS FRISKED

Who in the world does not know Forest Whitaker? He was only in some of the best movies known to man like "Platoon", "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Phone Booth", and who can ever forget his Oscar-winning performance in "The Last King of Scotland"? Well, apparently, an employee at a Morningside Heights deli has never seen any of his movies because they felt the need to stop Whitaker on his way out and pat him down to check him for shoplifting. That's right! If this isn't a case of racial profiling, I'm not sure what is. 

The Oscar-winner visited the Morningside Heights gourmet deli, Milano Market, this past Friday around lunchtime. As he was walking out, an overzealous employee stopped him, charged that he stole something from the store shelves, and proceeded to pat him down. The humiliating episode was confirmed by a store employee, "It was around lunchtime and the store was packed. We were like 50 people deep. The person walked in and out really quickly so our person just made a mistake. The employee apologized immediately. It was an honest mistake. I've been here 14 years and nothing like this has ever happened." Right! And nothing like this should happen. Why were they so quick to jump on Whitaker? Because he was black? If I was Forest Whitaker, I'd be pretty pissed off about the situation. Technically, that is defamation of character, and this guy has a pretty high profile to be defaming him in front of a packed deli. 

Supposedly, many stars frequent Milano Market, a Columbia University-area gourmet deli specializing in Italian fare. Tobey McGuire and Sarah Jessica Parker have also been seen at this upscale shop. Whitaker's reps say that the star was troubled by the incident. His publicist said that Whitaker did nothing more than just walk into the deli and what is most unfortunate about the situation is the inappropriate way the store employees are treating patrons of their establishment. 

Whitaker, who lives in California, was in New York working on a project and was unavailable to discuss the incident. His publicist did say that 51-year-old Whitaker opted not to call the police about the allegation because the worker was afraid to be fired. Whitaker did ask the employee, in the future, to change their behavior and treat the public in a fair and just manner. Screw that! I would've taken this place down and taken them for everything they have. Then again, I'm not Forest Whitaker and I don't have the fame and fortune that he has, so I can make that statement. Due to his high profile and the fact that he probably has more money than God, I guess it was best that he took the high road and looked at this as a silly mistake.

SUGAR BABIES SAY IT'S NOT PROSTITUTION!

What do you call it when younger women find older men to have sex with, and then have him pay for everything? You would call the guy a 'Sugar Daddy', right? But if that older gent is paying for the sex indirectly with gifts, is it still considered prostitution? According to these young women, it's not! Meet the sugar babies, the New York 20-somethings, who don't want to find a job, they just want to find an older man to pay their tuition, rent and buy them fancy gifts and take them on exclusive international vacations in return for a good time. 

One such girl is Lovely Phillips, who says that she's really strict with her sexual partners and that it's always a monogamous relationship. She also added that they don't use the terms 'sugar daddy' or 'sugar baby' and that he calls her his girlfriend. Phillips is one of an increasing number of college coeds looking for May until December romances through matchmaking sites like SeekingArrangements.com, which hook up poor, pretty young women with rich, older men to cover their tuition and other expenses in exchange for companionship. According to the website, 285 NYU students and 100 Columbia University Ivy League students joined last year. 

While these sugar daddy dating services insist that the girls are not obligated to get down and dirty with their benefactors, three NYC sugar babies admitted that sex is often a huge part of the package, but insist that it's on their own terms. I guess you really have to love 'old man balls' to really be into this. Then again, if you can find someone willing to pay your bills, I guess that's not too shabby of a deal, but it is prostitution and in my mind, you're a whore. Phillips will debate that statement saying, "I don't call it prostitution, because you're not being paid directly for sex. You are being helped financially in different ways: You go shopping, you go out to eat, you go to see plays, and you have fun. It's just like dating." It's just like dating? Yeah, only there are no feelings involved and this poor old guy is spending all of his money on you for sex. Sounds like a WHORE to me. One girl, Minoo Mirsaidi (nice fake name!), spent the last eight months living a life of luxury in a Times Square condo with a doorman and an indoor pool thanks to her 75-year-old sugar daddy. This is absolutely disgusting!

It seems these sugar daddy dating sites have taken the place of the modern day madams, and to those women out there reading this, who are thinking that this might not be a bad idea to get your bills paid, stick to your day jobs! At least with your day job, you still have your dignity and you're not giving a little piece of yourself to every 'old man Winters' that you'll have to date. Just think about it for a minute. It would be sort of like dating your grandfather and having sex with him. Is that worth getting your bills paid? I think I've said enough....I'm starting to make myself sick!