The Young, Black, and Fabulous

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• Is Big Sean DATING "GLEE" Star Naya Rivera? --The Twosome Hit Rihanna's L.A. Concert + Evelyn, Tyga & Blac Chyna & More Hit The DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR?
• Halle Berry HOLDS HER BUMP At "The Call" Premiere in Buenos Aires
• STILL FAB: Happy 34th Birthday Keshia Knight Pulliam!
• Luke James' New "I.O.U." Video + Jay-Z Announces 2013 Made In America Festival Dates
• ON THE SET: First Pics Of Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs & Harold Perrineau SHOOTING "The Best Man Holiday"
• Ciara Opens Up About Future And (Kinda) Addresses Beef With RIHANNA + Rih Rih Responds With HILARIOUS Shade
• Please Stick To Rap & Fashion: A$AP Rocky Tells "Brown Skinned Girls" What They SHOULDN'T Do With Makeup
• Jaden Smith's "Shakespeare" (VIDEO) + Patra's (Yep, Patra) "Sweet Reggae Music" (TRACK) + Marlon Wayans ANNOUNCES "A Haunted House" SEQUEL
• BEACH LOVERS: Mary J. Blige & Kendu Isaacs Frolic In Puerto Rico
• Halle Berry DEBUTS Tiny Baby Bump On The Red Carpet, LAUNCHES "Watch Hunger Stop" Campaign With Michael Kors & Solange
• FAB CHICKS: Jurnee Smollett-Bell HOSTS The 2013 Silver Rose Gala With Viola Davis, Kym Whitley & Vanessa Bell Calloway

Is Big Sean DATING "GLEE" Star Naya Rivera? --The Twosome Hit Rihanna's L.A. Concert + Evelyn, Tyga & Blac Chyna & More Hit The DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR? Posted: 09 Apr 2013 09:11 AM PDT When Rihanna's "Diamonds World Tour" rolled through LA last night, it was packed with celebs like Evelyn Lozada and Tyga, plus Big Sean with "Glee" actress Naya Rivera (and they might have been on a date).   See the pics inside... Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour hit the Staples Center last night.  Big Sean was spotted arriving....and didn't go to the concert alone.   Inside, the "A$$" rapper was spotted at the concert with "Glee" star Naya Rivera.  Well isn't THIS interesting.  The pair came together, sat together, snapped pics with fans together and left together.  And it looked like it could have been a date.  We'll keep an eye on this one. Backstage, "Basketball Wives" star Evelyn Lozada and celebrity nail designer Kandi Yamz posed with RiRi. We'd love to be a fly on the wall if these two ever discussed their similar experiences with men. After the concert, Tyga and his baby moms Blac Chyna were seen leaving the Staples Center. And "All Gold Everything" rapper Trinidad James had gold in his mouth, in his ears, on his glasses, on his belt and even his shoelaces.  He keeps it real....and by real we mean keeping up appearances to match his song that made him.  We just aren't convinced this is dude's real mouth.  This HAS to be a "Jerome" mouth piece from a costume store.  Just has to be....   Photos via PCN and Splash

Halle Berry HOLDS HER BUMP At "The Call" Premiere in Buenos Aires Posted: 09 Apr 2013 08:08 AM PDT 46-year-old stunner Halle Berry is already showing as she flaunted her small baby bump in Buenos Aires yesterday.  Check out the mom-to-be (again) putting her best bump forward inside.... While crossing over into South America to the Argentinian city of Buenos Aires, Halle Berry was on movie duty promoting her latest box office flick The Call.  She rocked a long flowing purple gown with a slit for her killer legs.  And just 1 day after her baby bump was barely visible, that bump became pretty obvious at last night's premiere.   Halle, who has 5-year-old Nahla with her ex Gabriel Aubrey, announced Monday during Michael Kors' Watch Hunger Stop campaign that she would be using part of her travels for that campaign to speak to women in Syria, Africa & Central America about the importance of pre-natal care.  Great cause!  Pregnancy suits her well as always. The Randomness: 1.  Bravo's "Fashion Queens" has been picked up for a full 8-episode season kicking off April 14th after "WWHL".

STILL FAB: Happy 34th Birthday Keshia Knight Pulliam! Posted: 09 Apr 2013 06:46 AM PDT Child-actor turned grown hottie Keshia Knight Pulliam turns 34 today.  See some of her best looks inside....   Happy 34th birthday to Keshia Knight Pulliiam, who stole our hearts in the 80's as the young & adorable Cosby kid, and has now turned her early success into a formidable career as an actress and role model.   From her stints on "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and the ABC competition show "Splash", Spelman grad Keshia has kept herself relevant for a new generation of television viewers while maintaining her dignity and cookie-cutter image. She's also become well-known for her many philanthropic efforts, including Kamp Kizzy, which centers around building the self-esteem of young girls. Cheers to a YBF chick who's using her fame and fortune to make a positive change in people's lives. See some of Keshia's best looks inside our gallery.... Still Making a SPLASH...Happy 34th Birthday Keshia Knight Pulliam!

Luke James' New "I.O.U." Video + Jay-Z Announces 2013 Made In America Festival Dates Posted: 08 Apr 2013 08:19 PM PDT Hot video alert!  Luke James just had us in a romantic & girly tizzy with his new video for his single "I.O.U."  Check it out inside, plus the trailer for Jay-Z's upcoming second year of the Made In America festival... In a cutesy and romantic video for his song "I.O.U." (finally...a video that tells the story of the song), Luke James and his very fab leading lady show off their love.  From bike riding in NYC to walking across the BK Bridge to partying (and sexin' it up) in the club, the twosome show some real love...and how much the love of one's life will sacrifice for the good of the other. Check out the video that just premiered this evening below: "I.O.U." is the first single off the N.O.' native's upcoming debut studio album, Made To Love.   In other music news, the dates for the second annual Made In America festival have been released.  After a very successful first year, it's going down Labor Day weekend once again in Philly, August 31st and September 1st. The lineup will be announced Wednesday, April 10th.  Who's going?!

ON THE SET: First Pics Of Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs & Harold Perrineau SHOOTING "The Best Man Holiday" Posted: 08 Apr 2013 04:20 PM PDT The first official pics from the set of The Best Man Holiday have surfaced and the male lead characters are looking pretty good.  See Taye, Terrence and Harold inside.... We told you a few weeks back that some of our favorite YBFers would be heading up to Toronto, Canada to film The Best Man Holiday, and now the first official photos have emerged from the set!   Terrence said last month about the new flick: "[Director and screenwriter] Malcolm Lee showed us what intelligent young black people were capable of in the The Best Man I, but The Best Man II, it shows where people go, whether they're doing the right thing or the wrong thing, and how much we need each other within our community."   We see that Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs and Harold Perrineau are looking as good as they did over a decade ago...and their characters seem to be taking a healthy appraoch to cooking.  We love a sexy man who knows his way around the kitchen.  Can't wait to see how everybody's relationships are going in the sequel...   Photos via O'Neill/White/INFphoto.com

Ciara Opens Up About Future And (Kinda) Addresses Beef With RIHANNA + Rih Rih Responds With HILARIOUS Shade Posted: 08 Apr 2013 03:33 PM PDT Ciara wore her feelings on her sleeve for an interview about rapper Future and the issues between she and Rihanna.  Find out what she said inside and see Rihanna's "shady" response....   A few days ago, Ciara chatted with The Qdeezy Show on Philly's Hot 107.9 where she discussed the making of One Woman Army, but most importantly, she opened up about rapper Future and the issues with Rihanna.  It was a rare moment of "openness" from the famously private singer. Here are the highlights: On why she's finally being open about her life/relationships: Relationship wise, I use to be really private and protective over a lot of stuff and I feel like now, it’s like why be afraid? Live your life. Somebody is going to judge you, no matter what, one way or another so just live your life and be comfortable in it.   On meeting Future and how they began dating: We actually met working at first and our relationship was very organic. He is an amazing guy. Like, he is really a gentleman and I don’t want to say too much and then he’s like, ‘Babe, you’re saying a whole lot,’ but he really is just an amazing man. It’s like when we were working on the personal side of things, I really saw an amazing person and the way that he approached me since day one is just the way a man is supposed to be from my perspective. It just really organically happened that way. I didn’t expect anything to come from us working together. I didn’t even know what to expect from going into the studio with him and then we began to meet each other and everything just began to flow. He is really cool, like he is my friend too. So I felt something really unique from the beginning and then it just organically went this way. On what she likes about Future: I think it was a collection of things [but] I’m going to try and keep this really short. He is just a true gentleman like whether it’s just naturally opening the door for you or like…. I never had to ask him to do that. I hope he doesn’t kill me but just little things like he pays attention to the things you say. And then he and I are both Scorpios, so we share a lot of things [in common] and so when we are having conversations, a lot of things were really clicking and I’m like ‘Yo!’ I just felt it. I can’t even explain everything but it was a combination of things because it can’t just be one day, great conversation and then boom, like it was a series of events and experiences with a person. And again, it’s the small things that really matter. […] When people ask me what I like, I say ‘I like a guy that can be tough on the outside but they have to have a heart on the inside’ and the one thing you’ll know about him is that he has a heart and he is just super cool. On her relationship with Rihanna: There is no relationship… On if she has an issue with Rihanna: If something is supposed to happen, it’ll happen. But even when it pertains to her I never had an issue with her. So I don’t know what it is, I can’t figure it out. I guess I don’t care to figure it out. But I always came from a place of love and support for her ever since we hung out a little bit, or whatever it is. So she’s on whatever she’s on, and it is what it is.   And in response, Rihanna threw some SHADE.  Shortly after the interview went viral, Rihanna responded to a NAVY fan who posted a photo about the interview.   That Rih Rih. Then, Rihanna posted a few photos of herself looking glammed up. Because she added the caption, "I don't think about you at all #cccertified" One could assume she is making a statement towards Ciara.  Or she could just be proud that she's rocking Chanel non stop these days.... Watch Ciara's interview here: Photos: RihPlies' Twitter

Please Stick To Rap & Fashion: A$AP Rocky Tells "Brown Skinned Girls" What They SHOULDN'T Do With Makeup Posted: 08 Apr 2013 02:35 PM PDT The fashion loving rapper who's currently on tour with Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, dished out his beauty secrets to Coveteur.  And while we're fans of the self proclaimed "pretty muthafu**er", we suggest he not go there with makeup do's and don'ts for black women.   Check out what he had to say inside that has folks around the net in a tizzy... He's known for his sleek long hair, fashion loving edge and baby faced skin (his secret is witch hazel) that apparently, plenty of chicks think is sexy.  So when Coveteur asked the "Goldie" rapper to dish out his secrets about hair and skincare, naturally certain folks would be a bit interested. When asked about how he handles his hair, he says he simply ties it down at night and only washes it once a week since "black people don't have to wash it as often." OK, we can co-sign on that.  But then ish went left when he was asked how he likes women to wear their makeup.  He said he's more of a natural guy: "But you girls don’t understand how much you mess up your skin. You can’t help it, but make-up is the worst thing you can do to your skin. I love girls natural, but I don’t mind make-up. There’s nothing wrong with it, there’s really nothing wrong with it. See, guys like us we just like—well me, I only speak for myself, but guys like me, I’m used to normal. I’m used to real. Like yeah, your shit is going to stink, you’re real, you know? You piss, you bleed, you laugh, you cry—you’re human. So makeup is just like an artificial expression if you ask me." He very well could have stopped there.  But then he continues on about what "non-fair skinned" (in other words, brown) girls shouldn't do--like red lipstick: "When it’s time to get all dazzled up or you’re going out, then fine. I like red lips, it’s fine. I’m going to be real, though: it’s bad for making out, because it gets on the guys. But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I’m just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that. Just like if you were to wear like—f*cking for instance, what do dark skin girls have that you know fair skinned girls cant do… Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls! Purple lipstick, guys! Like, what the f*ck…" Just when we were starting to love some A$AP, he goes and shows he's an ignoramus.  There's no need for us to school him or others about how and why red lipstick can work for EVERYONE, since he seems dead-set on perpetuating complexion stereotypes.  Sometimes fellas, it's best to just stick to what you know:  Your music and your flat iron.  Folks love to give negative words publicly to the brown skinned YBF beauties out there (he could have said what he loved about brown skinned beauties, but he didn't).  Chill out.  In the words of our fave nutty brown skinned beauty Kenya Moore: Don't come for us unless we send for you. Photo: Coveteur

Jaden Smith's "Shakespeare" (VIDEO) + Patra's (Yep, Patra) "Sweet Reggae Music" (TRACK) + Marlon Wayans ANNOUNCES "A Haunted House" SEQUEL Posted: 08 Apr 2013 01:39 PM PDT Jaden Smith has dropped a cleverly shot video for his "Shakespeare" track.  See the artistic visual inside and hear new music from Patra and deets about Marlon Wayans' planned sequel to "A Haunted House."   With his latest video, "Shakespeare" Jaden Smith takes on pop-art with a visually stunning video helmed by director Moises Arias.  Taken from his The Cool Cafe: The Cool Tape Vol.1 project, the avant-garde clip looks like it could have been shot as part of a hipster art school project with its flashing LED screens, stark white contrasts and various silhouettes. Outside of his rap career, MSFT fans will see young Jaden take over the big screen with his dad this summer in After Earth (June 7th).   Watch the "Shakespeare" video:     And in other music news.... We told you reggae darling Patra was on the comeback trail a few months ago, and now the Jamaican beauty is back with a new track.  In the mood for some island ish?  On "Sweet Reggae Music", she brings back her infectious mix of singing and rapping good for a dutty wine. Listen to  "Sweet Reggae Music" below.     And at the movies..... Marlon Wayans has announced that he'll be teaming up once again with Open Road Films for a sequel to his hit film A Haunted House.  You'll recall that Marlon co-wrote the original, which went on to gross $40 million...on a budget of only $2.5 million! He revealed a while back that he left the Scary Movie franchise because it simply began to suck.  So he's now doing his own spoof franchise. Marlon, who also boasts White Chicks and Scary Movie to his credit, is becoming quite the Hollywood titan.  Meanwhile, fans of A Haunted House can pick up the film on DVD, Blu-Ray, and VOD on April 23.  Get that cash Marlon!

BEACH LOVERS: Mary J. Blige & Kendu Isaacs Frolic In Puerto Rico Posted: 08 Apr 2013 12:49 PM PDT Mary J. Blige joined her celeb friends in Puerto Rico for Loren Ridinger's daughter's wedding this weekend.  And MJB hit the beach with her hubby Kendu Isaacs during their down time.  Pics of the couple chillin' on a mini vacay inside.... Along with the Boshes, Marc Anthony & fam and more, MJB spent some bikini beach time with her husbandger Kendu Isaacs yesterday:   The 42-year-old "Betty & Coretta" star has been facing all kinds of financial turmoil this year.  But clearly she's not letting it stop the show.  Gotta love a good beach frolic with a lavish wedding to boot. Photos: INF

Halle Berry DEBUTS Tiny Baby Bump On The Red Carpet, LAUNCHES "Watch Hunger Stop" Campaign With Michael Kors & Solange Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:43 AM PDT Last night, Halle Berry stepped out on the red carpet carpet for the first time since revealing her pregnancy.  See pics of her with Michael Kors and get the deets on her new "Watch Hunger Stop" campaign inside... Halle Berry showed off her emerging baby bump last night as she posed in The Pool Room at the Four Seasons hotel for the United Nations World Food Programme.  Joined by Michael Kors, she launched the "Watch Hunger Stop" philanthropic effort which will provide 100 meals to children through UN programs, funded by the sale of Michael's specially-designed "Runway" watch.   Knowing that the effort could take her and Michael through Africa, Syria and Central America (where the meals will be distributed) Halle said, "I hope we go while I'm pregnant, so I can talk about prenatal care." She added, "It's so important to me, being a mom, that I can help educate women on how important it is that when you have a healthy child, it helps set them up for life." During a joint interview with Michael to promote the "WHS" effort, Halle gushed about her pregnancy saying,   "I feel fantastic. This has been the biggest surprise of my life to tell you the truth. I thought I was kind of past the point where this could be a reality for me. So it's been a big surprise and the most wonderful." Sweet!  Also at the event.... Fab mother and "Losing You" singer Solange Knowles stopped by to support Halle's efforts for children in need. Loving these sky-inspired pants and clear Charlotte Olympia Pandora clutch-in-clutch. Solange, who has been busy touring the US with her critically acclaimed True EP, will also be head overseas soon, tweeting, "Ill be playing Glastonbury, Pitchfork Fest, Roots Picnic, & many many more this spring/summer."  Nice! See footage of Halle walking around NYC on Saturday with her baby bump below:   Photos via Getty Images North America

FAB CHICKS: Jurnee Smollett-Bell HOSTS The 2013 Silver Rose Gala With Viola Davis, Kym Whitley & Vanessa Bell Calloway Posted: 08 Apr 2013 10:51 AM PDT   Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell hosted a benefit for the Los Angeles-based Jenesse Center with Kym Whitley, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Viola Davis in attendance. See the purple carpet photos inside.... Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell, who's doing quite well at the box office in "Tyler Perry's Temptation" hosted the 2013 Silver Rose Gala and Auction for the Jenesse Center over the weekend, benefiting the organization's domestic violence intervention and prevention program.  And she kept it conservative in a dark floral dress and black pumps. The event was held at the historic Vibiana in downtown LA with Avis Frazier-Thomas, the Jenesse Board President, applauding Journee saying, "She is a young woman who has embraced Jenesse’s cause and is a great example to our youth on the importance of education and community advocacy." Backstage, Journee tweeted a pic with soul singer Ledisi. "Loved seeing my girl @ledisi tonight. She blessed us w/ her beautiful gifts @ the fundraiser I hosted for #JenesseCenter #SilverRoseGala #greygoose" Tony-award winning actress Viola Davis, who's currently filming Prisoners with Hugh Jackman, looked stunning as she rocked her natural hair and a sexy black lace dress on the purple carpet.   She was joined by her husband, actor Julius Tennon.  Mommy Viola loves a sexy lace dress. Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway, who stars on the Showtime series "Shameless", turned a few heads in her body hugging purple dress.  Age aint nothin' but a number for her.... Meanwhile, busty actress/comedienne Kym Whitley, who stars in the new OWN series "Raising Whitley", looked great in a two-toned purple dress. Fab ladies for a fab cause! Photos via Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images North America

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