Singer and songwriter Mary J. Blige spoke to “The Early Show” anchors about what reminds her of spring in her native New York City, the initiative with Degree and her free concert in Times Square.

UPDATE: Here are some of the alleged text messages released by Joslyn James on her website.

Tiger:Sent: 03:36 PM 08/29/2009:

After i cum you better start sucking my c#ck to get it hard

Tiger:Sent: 04″02 PM 08/29/2009:

I want to treat you rough. Throw you around, spank and slap you

Tiger:Sent: 04:06 PM 08/29/2009:

Slap your face. Treat you like a dirty little whore. Put my c#ck in your ass and then shove it down your throat

Tiger:Sent: 04:07 PM 08/29/2009:

You are my f#cking whore

Tiger:Sent: 04:08 PM 08/29/2009:

Hold you down while i choke you and F#ck that ass that i own

Tiger:Sent: 04:10 PM 08/29/2009:

Then im going to tell you to shut the F#ck up while i slap your face and pull your hair for making noise

Tiger:Sent: 04:21 PM 08/29/2009:

Where do you want to be bitten

Tiger:Sent: 05:26 PM 08/29/2009:

Next time i see you, you better beg and if you don’t do it right i will slap, spank, bite and f#ck you till mercy

Tiger:Sent: 07:09 PM 09/07/2009:

What do you want to eat

Tiger:Sent: 07:10 PM 09/07/2009:

Anything simple

Tiger:Sent: 07:12 PM 09/07/2009:

No turkey unless it’s a club sandwich

Tiger:Sent: 01:28 PM 09/08/2009:

Have you ever had a golden shower done to you

Tiger:Sent: 01:32 PM 09/08/2009:

Never done it. I think i would get stage freight

Tiger:Sent: 12:08 PM 10/04/2009:

Don’t F#cking talk to me. You almost just ruined my whole life. If my agent and these guys would have seen you there, F#ck

 With the long awaited health care vote scheduled for this weekend, President Barack Obama made a final pitch to pass the reform bill at George Mason University in Virginia.

Denzel Washington is ready to walk the Broadway planks again. This time as the patriarchal Troy Maxson in August Wilson’s drama, “Fences.” It opens on April 26.