BARON OF HOLLYWOOD

Baron Davis loves nicknames. He's been known as: B-Diddy....BD....The Beard....Baron of the Hardwood....and, a personal fave, Boom Dizzle. His given name was simply not sufficient enough to pacify the former UCLA and Santa Monica Crossroads stud.
Or, maybe he wears too many hats off the court. When he's not dealing on the basketball court, Davis is making deals as a businessman, producer, manager and part-time actor. B-Diddy has been associated with pop culture icons such as The Game, Jessica Alba, Adam Sandler and Kate Hudson.
Davis' game and his Hollywood persona belongs in Los Angeles. The match made in heaven finally materialized when Davis signed with the Clippers last summer. Davis adds starpower to a star-craving team that is looking to possibly steal some of the spotlight away from Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. OK, maybe the Clippers are not ready to steal the spotlight from the Lakers after a 38-point thumping at Staples Center on opening night.
"One of the big reasons I wanted to come back home was so I could impact the communities of my hometown in a positive way, and I'm excited to do that," Davis wrote on his blog site. "I was trying to wear number 85, in honor of the street I grew up on and where my basketball career was truly started by my grandfather who built my first hoop in our backyard. However, I chose number 1, I've worn it before and feel comfortable in it. "
So far, the Davis-Clippers union is still in the honeymoon stages. But if the Clippers continue to get pounded on the court, this marriage could be headed for a messy divorce.

ALL IS FORGIVEN, LILO

During an interview with "Access Hollywood," actress Lindsay Lohan was asked by Maria Menounos how she felt when Barack Obama won the presidential election. Lohan replied: "It's an amazing feeling, you know. It's our first colored president."
Murmur.
But Lohan's comment should not be taken seriously, just like her acting skills. The NAACP already said that there is no apology needed because of the source. Innocent LiLo means well when she made the "colored president" comment. She's been a big supporter of President-elect Obama and was actually genuinely moved by his speech on Nov. 4. It just shows the awkwardness most people still have on how to address our multi-racial president. It's OK, folks. The minorities of this country understand your problem. We, the minority people, have accepted the fact that the majority of Americans (Democrats and Republicans) are still uncomfortable with the whole notion of having a black man as the President of the United States. Here's the solution. Instead of struggling to find the most politically correct way of addressing our newly elected president, how about just calling him President Barack Obama.