The Young, Black, and Fabulous

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• SPORTS SHOCKS: TOP-Ranked Serena Williams Reaches The FRENCH OPEN Finals! + USA's Justin Gatlin BEATS "The World's Fastest Man" Usain Bolt!
• COUPLEDOM: New Parents Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose Do Some Shopping In Beverly Hills
• HE Won! Tamar Braxton & Vincent Herbert Welcome Bouncing BABY BOY!
• Guest Co-Host Draya & Bow Wow Flirt It Up On "106 & Park"
• EURO LOVE: Keyshia Cole & Boobie Gibson Shop It Up In Paris, Jet To Amsterdam For A Show
• CAUGHT ON TAPE: First Video Of First Lady Michelle Obama READING The Heckler + Diddy BREAKS OUT His "Private Jet" Dance
• Is BET Looking To Replace Paigion, Shorty Da Prince & Miss Mykie On "106 & Park"....For Angela Simmons Or Others?
• Alicia Keys Rocks MARIE CLAIRE UK Cover, Reveals What She's LEARNED From Swizz Beatz + Logan Browning HITS THE FLOOR For "KONTROL"

SPORTS SHOCKS: TOP-Ranked Serena Williams Reaches The FRENCH OPEN Finals! + USA's Justin Gatlin BEATS "The World's Fastest Man" Usain Bolt! Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:03 AM PDT Serena Williams, the #1 tennis player in the world, is heading to the French Open Finals for the first time in eleven years! Get the deets inside and watch USA track superstar Justin Gatlin run to victory over Usain Bolt...   For the first time since 2002, Serena Williams, who's currently the #1 ranked tennis player in the world, is heading into the French Open finals. Though Serena's last appearance in the finals was a long time ago, her defeat of Sara Errani yesterday (6-0, 6-1)solidified her dominances of the sport. The NY Times described the battle this was, "The match was a virtually flawless session that looked much more like a practice for Williams than a Grand Slam semifinal." Although Serena only made 12 unforced errors and won 52 points to Sara's 16, she wasn't overly cocky during the post-game interview, and stressed that every game is different.  She said her upcoming battle with Maria Sharapova on Saturday could prove very challenging. "That’s why I really just — every day that I’m doing well, I try to do the best I can. And when I’m not, I just try to fight through it, because my forehand, my backhand, my serve, anything could happen.” And while she's very focused on Saturday, Serena has been able to soak in her victory and reflect on her long journey to the open. "I'm very happy to be back in the French Open final 11 years later," Williams told the crowd in French. (Yes...Serena has an apartment in Paris AND she speaks French!) "I'm still here 11 years later. It's so wonderful for me." Congrats 'Rena!   In other sports news.... Jamaican-born sprinter Usain Bolt may hold the world 100m record, but he was met with a stunning defeat yesterday as 31-year-old American sprinter, Justin Gatlin, sped past him with a 9.94 victory (to Usains 9.95) in Rome yesterday.  Work! After the match, Usain shrugged off the defeat, calling it a on-off. "The one-offs are never for me. It’s all about the World Championships. I’ve got two months to get it right. You learn more from losing. You can’t win every race in your career, I’ve learnt that." Meanwhile, Justin basked in his own victory, but still paid homage to Usain and what he's brought to the sport. ‘It felt good. It’s an honor to be able to race against him and compete against him. He’s an inspiration for the sport. He’s inspired me to be a better runner and a better entertainer for the fans. I just want to be able to give him some competition when he’s at top form. He’s a legend and I want to go out and just fight for the end. Much respect.’ After the upset from the 2012 Olympics, it's good to see USA showing that 2016 is going to be FAB.  Watch the USA's victory here:   Photos via Yahoo/SplashAP Photo/Christophe Ena

COUPLEDOM: New Parents Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose Do Some Shopping In Beverly Hills Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:02 AM PDT Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa took some time away from Baby Bash to do some shopping at Tom Ford in Beverly Hills.  Check out the pics inside.... Rocking a pink dress, pink shades and a black Chanel purse, Amber Rose trekked her post-baby bod over to Tom Ford with her fiancee' Wiz Khalifa yesterday afternoon.  And since Amber posted pics of herself trying on wedding dresses recently, could they be shopping for groom threads for Wiz?   The twosome hopped out Wiz's baby blue Porshe and hit up the store through the back entrance. Amber recently told E! News about working with celeb trainer Jeanette Jenkins, ‘I have a really good personal trainer.  Her name is Jeanette Jenkins. Yeah, I work out every day.  It's hard to get off baby weight. It's a different kind of weight because for nine months you stretch your stomach out and then it's hard to get that back. I'm working on it. I lost like thirty-some pounds already.’ Lookin' good...   BONUS: Amber posted pics of baby Sebastian hanging out with daddy Wiz, and also her own dad.  She said, "#tbt (3 months ago) my Dad holding his grandson Sebastian #Love."  Sweet!   Photos: Splash/Amber's Instagram

HE Won! Tamar Braxton & Vincent Herbert Welcome Bouncing BABY BOY! Posted: 06 Jun 2013 07:47 PM PDT It's all about the brand new Braxton-Herbert baby boy! Tamar Braxton and Vincent Herbert welcomed their brand new bouncing bundle of joy today. Check out his first gifts inside... Just in time for tonight's finale episode of "Braxton Family Values," Tamar announced the brand new birth of her and hubby Vince's new baby boy.  The new mom tweeted the blue stuffed bear above minutes ago saying: #tamartian friends HE'S finally here! #bfv #tamarandvince #theone :-) Awww.  Looks like that baby boy is now "THE One" in both of their lives.    Tamar is going to be a busy working mom.  Her new panel talk show "The Real" with Tamera Mowry, Adrienne Bailon and other kicks off for a summer trial run on July 8th in L.A.   Her new single "The One" is blowing up the charts, so we're sure she's working on turning out the full album.  And she and Vince are still in the midst of taping the second season of their own spinoff reality show "Tamar & Vince." Good luck to the new parents.  It's going to be a babyflled.com ride! Congrats!   *UPDATE* Tamar's sisters are chiming in with congrats messages too! Toni: "congratulations to my beautiful baby sister!!! I have a new nephew!!!!!! Hehe!!! I'm soooooooo excited!!!!! @TamarBraxtonHer !!!!!!!"   Towanda: "The #bfv finale AND @TamarBraxtonHer is a Mommie all in one night!! #epic!!"   Photos: Tamar's Instagram/Trina Braxton's Facebook

Guest Co-Host Draya & Bow Wow Flirt It Up On "106 & Park" Posted: 06 Jun 2013 06:11 PM PDT As BET continues to test out new co-hosts, "Basketball Wives: LA" star and Ciroc girl Draya Michele was on deck Thursday evening.  Check out pics of the reality chick and Bow Wow getting their flirt on inside... If today was an on-screen chemistry test to see if Draya Michele could become a new co-host on "106 & Park," she played up the flirty vixen role in order to pass. The L.A. party girl made her way to BET's daily video countdown show to guest co-host with Bow Wow.  Rocking a tight pink cut-out mini dress and  sexy heels, Draya had some fun on the flirtatious tip with the rapper.  And she also answered questions about her swimsuit line, basketball, and a round of #AskDraya Twitter questions from fans (most were hilariously slanderish so we assume BET had an interesting time weeding through these for TV). Check out video of her hotseat Q & A to find out what she's got to say for herself:   Photos: Dennis Byron/106 & Park's Instagram

EURO LOVE: Keyshia Cole & Boobie Gibson Shop It Up In Paris, Jet To Amsterdam For A Show Posted: 06 Jun 2013 05:06 PM PDT Keyshia Cole took her concert overseas to Amsterdam yesterday.  And she made it a couple's affair and brought her Cleveland Cavalier hubby Daniel "Boobie" Gibson with her.  Check out the shopping spree in Paris that Boobie laced his wife with before they rolled to Amsterdam inside... Keyshia performed her first concert ever in London on Tuesday.  So she took advantage of her husband being right there by her side and also stopped in the romantic city of Paris yesterday for her show there.  And today, they twosome rolled to Amsterdam (pictured above) for Keyshia's show there tomorrow night. The reality star Instagrammed pics of the shopping trip her husband laced her with in Paris.  And Boobie said he wanted to shower his wife with gifts to make her smile, and said, "Livin everyday to see that smile.. Baby Luvin it so I'm all G! #WhatUTwerkinWith."   Keyshia got a littel carried away with the emoticons while showing off her purchases. And despite all the drama from a  few months ago that had everybody thinking these two were publicly beefing with each other, especially after that hard-to-watch reality show everything looks all good:   Cute. Photos: Keyshia's Instagram, Daniel's Instagram

CAUGHT ON TAPE: First Video Of First Lady Michelle Obama READING The Heckler + Diddy BREAKS OUT His "Private Jet" Dance Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:49 PM PDT It was the "reading" heard around the world as FLOTUS Michelle Obama took on a heckler during a DNC fundraiser this week. Watch the recently released footage inside and see Diddy busting out his hilarious "Jet Dance" on his own private jet....with Cassie.     A few days ago, FLOTUS Michelle Obama went in on Ellen Sturtz, a lesbian activist, who interrupted her remarks at a DNC fundraiser to demand that President Obama sign an anti-discrimination executive order.   Now that video of the confontation has emerged, we get to see Mrs. Obama and her bangs swoop off the lectern and into action!  And for the record, President Obama and The White House stand by the First Lady. “It is my opinion that she handled it brilliantly,” a spokesperson said.     And somewhere in front of a private jet.... As Diddy preps to launch his music-themed cable network "Revolt" next month, he posted a video of himself today dancing in front of his private jet.  This guy is really going to get #DiddyJetDance trending all over the globe! Hip Hop heads all know that Diddy got his start as a background dancer so it's no surprise he busted a move on the tarmac and the jet with the airport staff looking mad confused.  Hilar!  With Cassie watching him from her seat on the jet, Diddy pops and locks to Problem's "Like Whaaat" featuring Bad Lucc. Corporate Hood.  Loves it! The Randomness: 1. DJ Envy and his wife Gia Casey welcome baby girl London Skylar. Story.   Photo via ABCNews

Is BET Looking To Replace Paigion, Shorty Da Prince & Miss Mykie On "106 & Park"....For Angela Simmons Or Others? Posted: 06 Jun 2013 11:36 AM PDT A one week vacay for co-hosts of a daily show won't raise any eyebrows.  But we're going on several weeks now since "106 & Park hosts Shorty da Prince, Paigion and Miss Mykie have appeared on their show.  And tongues are wagging about BET possibly replacing the three newbies with one or more new co-hosts.  And Angela Simmons is possibly the front runner.   Deets inside... Last fall, BET introduced new co-hosts Bow Wow, Shorty Da Prince, Miss Mykie & Paigion once Terrence J. and Rocsi said their good-byes.  And less than a year later, things have already taken a mysterious turn. We always thought it would interesting to see how a 2-co-hosts format could flip into a multi co-host format.  And it seems BET wasn't that pleased with how the new setup is working out. Our source who works on the set of "106 & Park" tells us that last month when Angela Simmons did her first co-hosting stint, it was BET's idea to bring her back (after she was a recent guest) to test out her co-hosting skills with Bow Wow.  Allegedly, they wanted to see if ratings spiked while Angela, Bow's ex, was on the show. Things must have gone well, because she returned for the rest of the week.  And has appeared a few times since then.  And in the TV world, when you see a celeb turning up more than once on a talk show to "guest host," it's almost always a situation where they are being tested out for a possible new slot on the show. And while we've barely seen Shorty, Mykie & P since last month, BET sent out a press release stating that celebs would be taking over as co-hosts with Bow all this week--from Angela to Adrienne Bailon to Draya Michele.  Looks like everybody wants to be a co-host. We reached out to couple Shawty & Paigion's publicist to see what was going on, and have yet to receive a response.  But their fans have been blowing up their instagrams asking where they are....and if Angela Simmons is taking their spot.  They've also been Retweeting fans who are begging BET to bring them back. The couple has avoided speaking on the situation, but continue to post cutesy photos of themselves chillin' at home in Jersey and back in P's hometown of Detroit.     They've also been making appearances at schools and shooting for The Source magazine. We're not going to use the words "They're fired" just yet.....but things are looking iffy at best...   Photos: Dennis Byron/Paigion's Instagram

Alicia Keys Rocks MARIE CLAIRE UK Cover, Reveals What She's LEARNED From Swizz Beatz + Logan Browning HITS THE FLOOR For "KONTROL" Posted: 06 Jun 2013 09:56 AM PDT Alicia Keys covers the July issue of MARIE CLAIRE UK where she dishes on traveling, becoming a film director and what she's learned from Swizz Beatz.  See the highlights inside and see "Hit The Floor" star Logan Browning in KONTROL magazine.    Alicia Keys jetted to the Bahamas for the steamy July cover of Marie Claire UK magazine.  And we're absolutely loving this dress for the cover shot. While modeling looks from Gucci, Diane von Furstenberg, Versace and Just Cavalli, the "Girl On Fire" singer opened up about her loving of traveling, 'Im really looking forward to having a really incredible time on my travels. I think that to be able to tour and travel the world at this time in my life is different than any other time, and I'm really looking forward to experiencing it in a way I never have before. I'm going to places I've never been, you know, it's a lot of growth, so I'm excited.' Also, she talked to the magazine about asking for what she wants, becoming a film director and how she's grown to appreciate her husband and his over the top personality. Here are the highlights: On Swizz Beatz being "over the top"... 'Swizz will have the fastest car, the biggest jewellery, the loudest jacket; everything with him is really over the top. I used to see him and think, "He is so annoying".' On what she's learned from Swizz Beatz... 'I think we've taught each other a lot.  He's taught me to live more fully and I think I've taught him to live more deeply.' On writing songs about her husband: '"That's When I Knew" is definitely an ode to my husband... Honestly I didn't really like him that much. I thought he was too ostentatious.' On becoming vocal about her feelings... 'You have to speak up. To say, 'I don't like that, it's not cool, don't do that to me', but it's not easy, especially with people you love. I think getting older has made me evolve in a lot of ways and made me more relaxed about saying how I feel, no matter what.' On maintaining balance... 'I realise you have to have a balance - you can live life and have more experiences as well as working.' On becoming a director... 'I fell in love with directing. Because first of all I didn't have to get up early for make-up and, second, I'm a very diplomatic individual.'   Check out the fabulous pics from Alicia's photoshoot here: YES. YES Again. The July issue of Marie Claire UK hits newsstands today.     Watch BTS video here:   Also on the newsstands... Fomer child star Logan Browning (Bratz: The Movie, "Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns") turned VH1's new spicy "Hit The Floor" star posed for the beauty issue of KONTROL which features pieces on “What to Wear Now” column and segments on secrets to obtaining soft skin and luxurious hair. While opening up to KONTROL, Logan talked about making the on-screen switch from teen roles to more adult fan fare and how she hoped to be received by Hollywood and her fans. Here are the highlights: On taking on more mature roles in Hollywood: “I’m excited for people to see me as older because I see people online going, ‘Wow I’m sure she’s going to be really beautiful when she grows up,’ and I’m like, ‘I am grown up!’” laughs Logan. “Playing older is fun because I feel like I’ve been 16 for so long.” On playing a bad girl: “At first I wasn’t really keen to it I guess,” explains the actress. “I wanted to be the nice girl and play the sweet girl, but as it’s gone on, it’s been a lot of fun. I love hearing everyone’s reactions after we do takes. They’re just like, ‘God you’re evil! It’s been a challenge, but an enjoyable one.” Despite Jelena’s antagonizing ways, Logan still believes there’s something that young women can learn from her role. “I don’t know if it’s my character that I would want them to emulate, but I still think there is something about this character that people are going to look up to and respect and love.” Not going to lie.  We're actually feeling "Hit The Floor."  It's better acting than "SIingle Ladies" at least.  Check out the Beauty issue here.   Photos via Marie CLaire/KONTROL

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