Posted Sep 7th 2009 1:43AM by TMZ Staff
Nobody can resist thinking outside the bun -- even on Labor Day weekend -- because yesterday at a L.A. Taco Bell, Diana Ross made a run for the border.
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Posted Aug 9th 2009 8:33AM by TMZ Staff
Michael Jackson's dad did not hit on one of the sexiest women in the Mowtown stable -- not because he was married, but because she was just too damn old ... according to Mary Wilson.
Wilson -- an original member of The Supremes -- was at a New York club over the weekend when someone asked her if Joe Jackson ever made his move on her. According to the New York Post, Wilson laughed and responded, "I was too old for him."
By the way, Mary was linked to Tom Jones and Steve McQueen in her day ... and the best -- Flip Wilson!
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Posted Feb 20th 2009 8:15AM by TMZ Staff
Now that we've all seen the devastating photo of Rihanna taken after her alleged attack by Chris Brown, Supremes singer Mary Wilson's advice only rings stronger: "Walk away from it."
Wilson herself was in an allegedly physically abusive relationship with her ex-husband, Pedro Ferrer.
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Posted Jan 25th 2006 12:56PM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A former member of legendary Motown group The Supremes has a warning for copycat musical groups: Stop, in the name of fraud.
Mary Wilson urged Illinois lawmakers Tuesday to make it illegal for impostors to perform as original artists.
Wilson's visit was part of a national campaign to get bills passed in several states that would ban knockoff groups. The goal is to eventually make it a federal law, she said.
"They've crossed the line between imitation and flattery to becoming almost like identity theft," Wilson told a House committee, which later unanimously endorsed a bill that will be sent to the House for a full vote.
South Carolina and North Dakota have passed similar laws.
Wilson, who sang with Diana Ross in 1960s trio, said she has filed several civil lawsuits against groups claiming to be The Supremes. But she lost all the cases "because there were no laws to protect me."
Many early performers no longer have rights to their work or famous names because of the language in contracts they signed, said Bob Crosby, president of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, one of the groups behind the campaign.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, The Biz
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