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- DO WE LOVE IT: Kandi Burruss' Curly 'Do
- CANDIDS: Kimora Lee Simmons & Angela Simmons Shopping At The Grove + Vivica Fox And Slimm Stroll Around Miami
- Raz B's Brother Ricky Romance Issues Smartass Apology For Twitter Feud
- COURTSIDE CHILLIN': Rihanna Gets Bone Straight At The Clippers Game
- Carmelo Anthony Says Leave His Wife Alone+Swizz Beatz Teams Up With Aston Martin Rapide
- The NAACP Image Award Nominations Announced + Aretha Franklin Tells Wendy Williams Her Health Is "Superb"
- FOOLYWANG MATERIAL! Gucci Mane Cops A Brand New Ice Cream Tattoo....On His Face!!
- MUSIC FAB: Lil Kim's FULL "Clap Clap"
- SPOTTED: Halle & Nahla Get Cutesy Running Errands
- The Queen Of Hip-Hop-Soul Turns 40 With A Surprise Birthday Bash
- "The Game" & BET Score Record Ratings With 7.7 Million Viewers
- Beyonce's Ex-Assistant Drops Details About INSIDE Jay-Z & Beyonce's Relationship
- Nicki Minaj Rocks Her Scary Ego For "V" Magazine's Discovery Issue
| DO WE LOVE IT: Kandi Burruss' Curly 'Do Posted: 13 Jan 2011 09:29 AM PST Kandi Burruss loves to change up her look. So the singer/"Real Housewives of Atlanta" reality star went to her hairstylist Derek J for a new look.
Check out Kandi and her new blonde and bronzed winter curls when your read on... We think it makes her look 10 years younger. So...
DO WE LOVE IT?! |
| Posted: 13 Jan 2011 07:29 AM PST Both Kimora Lee Simmons and Angela Simmons were spotted shopping in The Grove in LA yesterday, plus Vivica A. Fox was in Miami with her boo Slimm. See pics of all the folks inside...
Kimora Lee Simmons was spotted looking her usual fabulous self while walking through The Grove in LA yesterday. She was on her way to film a segment for TV's "Extra." Pubbing her new season of "Life In The Fab Lane" of course.
Loves her.
Meanwhile...her niece Angela Simmons and her new blonde hair was also spotted out at The Grove. Angela was rocking her new blonde hairdo and little makeup, which she says she rarely wears. Interesting look for Angie. You feelin' the blonde?
And down South... Vivica A. Fox was spotted out with her soon-to-be hubby Slimm. Why does Viv remind me of someone from "The Bad Girls Club" reunion special in this dress? Love you anyway girl...
EXTRAS: 1. HAPPY FOUNDERS' DAY to my FABULOUS Sorors of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.! 2. Rihanna just shot her first cover for American Vogue. It was shot by famed photog Annie Leibovitz.
Photos via Juan Garces/VLNY/Splash News/The Media Circuit/INFphoto.com  |
| Raz B's Brother Ricky Romance Issues Smartass Apology For Twitter Feud Posted: 13 Jan 2011 06:55 AM PST Ricky Romance, Raz B's brother, has finally spoken out about his role in the Chris Brown Twitter feud. Get the deets inside...
Seems as Ricky, has been playing with his Webster's dictionary dropping all king of fancy words like fallaciloquences, nanocephalous, macrotus and humgruffin in his new "message" about Chris. This was supposed to be an apology:
Ok...so i guess we can see he is a smart-ass. That's no way to apologize for a murder threat. Let's do something more productive in 2011 people.  |
| COURTSIDE CHILLIN': Rihanna Gets Bone Straight At The Clippers Game Posted: 13 Jan 2011 06:16 AM PST Rihanna looked fab hitting up the L.A. Clippers game last night. She rocked her red wig in a bone straight with bangs style that she had for her "Fly" video shoot with Nicki Minaj. And when this red wiggery is actually laid, it looks hot.
More pics of Rih looking laid back fab in a t-shirt, skinny jeans, and pumps when you read on.... Rih kicked it courtside with drinks and her bestie Melissa. And was spotted signing autographs as she left out of the Staples Center: Rih Rih was also just nominted for a few NAACP Image Awards. Fun times. Photos: WENN/INF  |
| Carmelo Anthony Says Leave His Wife Alone+Swizz Beatz Teams Up With Aston Martin Rapide Posted: 13 Jan 2011 04:44 AM PST Carmelo is putting the smack down on those rumors that his wife, LaLa Vazquez Anthony, has anything to do with him wanting to be traded out of Denver. His harsh words for the haters and doubters, plus Swizz Beatz's first look at his fab collabo with Aston Martin...
After Melo turned down a $64 mill 3-year extension deal for the Denver Nuggets, folks were up in arms saying he may be going bacck home to NYC to the NY Knicks or Nets because LaLa is pushing him to leave Denver. Melo told reporters to leave his wife out of it because "La La has nothing to do with anything!" Yahoo Sports reports:
Rep for your wife Melo!
Swizz Beatz has joined forces with the uber luxe British vehicle company Aston Martin to create a unique film trilogy showcasing the iconic company's stunning new sportscar, the Rapide. Aston Martin and Swizz Beatz just released Part I of the series:
HOT.  |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2011 07:38 PM PST The NAACP Image Awards were announced yesterday and mogul Tyler Perry landed 19 nominations. Get the rest of the nods inside. Also, Aretha Franklin phoned into the "The Wendy Williams Show" for a rare interview to talk about her health and love life. Get the deets inside...
The 42nd NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced yesterday at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA and Tyler Perry received a whopping 19. Other notable nominees include Janet Jackson best actress and Jill Scott for supporting actress in Why Did I Get Married Too? and Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad and Whoopi Goldberg noms for best supporting actress, and Michael Ealy for supporting actor in For Colored Girls. Here is a short listing: TELEVISION Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) RECORDING Outstanding Male Artist Outstanding Female Artist Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Outstanding Song Outstanding Album MOTION PICTURE Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture See the full listing here.
In music news: Aretha Franklin called Wendy Williams live yesterday to update her many fans on her health and Halle Berry playing her in a biopic. Here are the highlights:
ON HEALTH: Wendy: I’ve never made it a secret that I love Aretha Franklin and recently it’s been being reported that Aretha Franklin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Well naturally we’ve all been concerned about our ‘Queen of Soul’ so we wanted to know how she is doing and she’s joining us now on the telephone from her home in Detroit [Michigan.] Ladies and gentlemen the one and only Aretha Franklin. Hi Aretha! Aretha: Hi Wendy, how you doin’? WW: How you doin’?AF: And how you doin’? WW: Miss Franklin you know that you are my dream guest on the show and I’ll take you any way I can get you so here you are on the phone. How is your health? AF: Thank you my health is superb. It is superb. WW: Now Miss Franklin I want you to know in case you aren’t watching your screen right now in Detroit but the picture we are showing is the exact one that you requested that you sent to us to show. AF: That’s my most recent PR picture. WW: It’s beautiful in the red. You look beautiful the red and everything. AF: Now thank you, I love your hair. WW: Thank you! You know I love my wigs Miss Franklin. AF: Alright girl.
ON RECOVERY WW: Now because of your recent health and now your recovery- by the way Miss Franklin, where are you recovering, are you up in your bedroom right now? AF: No I came down to the hotel for a few days because I wanted to change the scenery so I just came down to the hotel, one of the casino hotels in downtown Detroit. WW: Luxurious. AF: I’m looking for a fabulous beach. I think the closest place would probably be Hilton Head. WW: Aren’t we all but once you do that speedy recovery, that’s exactly where you will be going first… WW: Oh and then when you get out- Miss Franklin do you actually drive? Do you get behind a wheel and drive? AF: No I don’t drive. I don’t drive.
ON TOURING: WW: Now are you planning on…rescheduling your tours anytime soon? AF: Absolutely, all of the dates I had to cancel- Radio City, Kansas City, Washington and Virginia will be rescheduled right off the top.
ON MUSIC: AF: Now tell me this. Who are you listening to? WW: Well I listen to you. That’s why I’m glad you’re calling. You know I read all the magazines cause I know you’re a fan of the show I heard it through the pipeline…you know we love hot topics. AR: I mean musical artists WW: Oh musical artists, oh let me see. Gee I like a lot, everybody from Ke$ha and Lady GaGa to Rick Ross. You know I still like my hip hop, but I love the classics- I love you [Aretha Franklin] and Sylvester…remember Sylvester? AR: Oh absolutely. Do you love the song that R. Kelly just recorded? WW: Yeah, you know… AF: ‘When A Woman Loves’ [name of song] WW: Yes. AR: I think any woman that’s ever been in love will readily relate to that song. He is singing that song. I mean he is singing his heart and his soul out. You know if he isn’t careful I might become a cougar.
ON BIOPIC: WW: Ohhh so see, that’s why I’m glad you’re on the phone. Hey by the way, they [production] is telling me we have to wrap up but before we do that. I heard there is a biopic in the process for your life and who’s going to be playing you. AF: Yes, for the last four years we’ve been talking about that and I have had a number of offers but unfortunately they were not good offers. Now we have something on the table. They have all of the financing on one project and the second project, he is in the process of writing things for me to approve. WW: And who’s you? AF: Halle Berry is my pick…[inaudible]…and there’s a young Aretha that is yet to be named. WW: Miss Franklin…Miss Franklin are you there? AF: I’m here Miss Wendy. WW: So miss Franklin I know when you go on tour you are going to pass through New York and I just love and respect and revere you so much. I would like to do two things with you. WW: And you just mull this over. I want you to come to New York and I would like to share a meal with you at a restaurant, just us- do that girl talk. We’ll have the cameras but not all up in our face- just discreetly in the corner. And then I would like for us to continue our conversation here [The Wendy Williams Show] on the couch and if you’re feeling up to it you can perform but if we do nothing more than have girl talk. I would love that. AF: Ok. That sounds good, I’ll put it at the top of my list. WW: Now you don’t have to answer me now, if you don’t want to but just think about that and speedy recovery and thank you so much for calling. AF: Thank you Wendy…I would like to thank the audience at home [slightly inaudible]
Glad to hear she is in good spirits and doing well.
Watch the video below:
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| FOOLYWANG MATERIAL! Gucci Mane Cops A Brand New Ice Cream Tattoo....On His Face!! Posted: 12 Jan 2011 07:22 PM PST SO ICEY! Gucci Mane hopped up out of rehab/mental facility a couple days ago. And he may need to demand a refund. Dude visited Tenth Street Tattoo in Atlanta today. And got this brand new little nugget of classiness--a big ass ice cream cone complete with color, 3 scoops and the word "Brrr"--covering his whole right facial cheek.
Read on for more pics of the foolery....
Wow. Tattoo artist and owner of the shop, Shane Willoughby, is the artist behind Gucci's newest tattoo addition. And the master piercer in the shop--Jason Murray--tweeted the pics:
Not sure if Gucci was high or not when he did this, but by the looks of his eyes we're going with YES. Like his ridiculous ice cream chain wasn't enough. I get you want to rep for your "So Icey" record label and all....but tattooing an entire ice cream cone with red lightening bolts flying out of it on your face is NOT gangsta. And it's going too damn far. Jesus help the chil'ren...  |
| MUSIC FAB: Lil Kim's FULL "Clap Clap" Posted: 12 Jan 2011 05:49 PM PST It's here. If you've beeen twidling your thumbs waiting for Lil Kim's full version of her track "Clap Clap" Ft. IRS, now you can check it.
Is Kim going hard....or is her rap game going limp? Your thoughts?
She'll be releasing the joint video soon with this track and the "Black Friday" Nicki Minaj diss track.
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| SPOTTED: Halle & Nahla Get Cutesy Running Errands Posted: 12 Jan 2011 03:11 PM PST Two-and-a-half year old Nahla Aubrey and her many faces were spotted running errands around L.A. with her mama Halle. We've got pics of her cuteness when you read on...
These faces crack me up. Such a cute outfit for Nahla though. The twosome were spotted hitting up a luggage store before heading to a bakery so that Halle could pick up a pre-ordered cake. Fun mommy-and-me times. Even though HB looks less than enthused by the flashing lights...
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| The Queen Of Hip-Hop-Soul Turns 40 With A Surprise Birthday Bash Posted: 12 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST
Mary J. Blige, The Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul music was surprised with a 40th birthday party attended by Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Diddy, Russell Simmons, Kevin Liles, Lyor Cohen, LL Cool J, June Ambrose, Angie Martinez, Taraji P. Henson and others. Get the deets on the party inside...
Though the party was kept tightly under wraps, TheYBF.com stumbled upon a few choice photos for you from the event last night in New York. We hear MJB's party had an elegant Moroccan Theme with belly dancers floating around the room.
Mary was entertained by R&B legend Anita Baker. Random fact: Mary's audition tape for Uptown MCA contained a version of Anita's "Caught Up In The Rapture." And the gold blinging cake was matched by the bling in Mary's jewels which you can see in the side profile.
And Andre Harrell led the audience in singing the birthday song and a tribute to Mary.
Stylist June Ambrose was there in a tux and she snapped these shots of herself with Diddy, Taraji P. Henson, Angie Martinez and others. Here's what the invitation looked like.
Looks like the party was a fab night. We will post additional pics as they emerge.  |
| "The Game" & BET Score Record Ratings With 7.7 Million Viewers Posted: 12 Jan 2011 12:03 PM PST Looks like it was a great business decision to bring "The Game" out of retirement. Its debut episode drew 7.7 million viewers to BET last night. Get the deets inside...
Last night over 7.7 million viewers tuned into BET to watch the premiere of scripted series "The Game." This was network's biggest audience for a scripted series debut. And following "The Game," BET held on to 4.4 million viewers for the debut of their scripted show, "Let's Stay Together." The series looks at the relationship challenges of five young, aspirational African-Americans and was produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment. Congrats to BET. Looks like they will be making a few dollars in ad revenue on Tuesday nights.  |
| Beyonce's Ex-Assistant Drops Details About INSIDE Jay-Z & Beyonce's Relationship Posted: 12 Jan 2011 10:19 AM PST Ever wondered what being in the room with Jay-Z and Beyonce was like toward the beginning of their relationship pre-nuptials? Well a woman named Jessica LaShawn says she witnessed the crazy love between the two back in 2003 while she served as one of Beyonce's personal assistants. And she's dishing how the two really got down.
Read on for the deets, plus a twitpic of Bey working in the studio recently... Jessica Lashawn wrote this article for Chicago Now's website. And the purpose was to discuss whether people can really find a soul mate meant for them in life, and how important sharing your life with that one special person really is. So she used her former boss Beyonce as an example.
Here's an excerpt from her article where she discusses Jay and Bey's first time working together on a live performance, and how their love for each other was so obvious and powerful that everyone around them could see. Bey turned into a girl with a school crush and Jay couldn't hide his feelings either, despite trying to maintain that rapper facade:
Loves it. BONUS: Beyonce was recently in the studio for a 6-day stint with Kanye West's "Power" producer, Symbolyc 1 (who is also from Houston). Here's what S1 he had to say about their session:
Can't wait....  |
| Nicki Minaj Rocks Her Scary Ego For "V" Magazine's Discovery Issue Posted: 12 Jan 2011 07:52 AM PST
Nicki Minaj covers this month's V Magazine and gets painted in some animal and tribal inspired prints. See her photo spread and read the full article inside...
Nicki rocks this patterned Versace number as a part of the Discovery Issue that was photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinood Matadin. “Everything I do has been approved by me personally. My team is mostly made up of guys, but none of them would ever think about telling me what to wear or what to do with my hair. They know that ultimately I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do.” –Nicki Minaj She did her usual multi colored looks and faces for the shoot. Nicki recently talked about the shoot on Twitter saying "Its safe to say my cover shoot in V Magazine is dedicated to my gays and fashionistas. My most bad ass shoot to date. On stands in 3 days ;)"
Here's the article from "V" Magazine:
The Rise and Rise of NICKI MINAJ – The tough-talking, one-upping, bodacious, curvaceous Nicki Minaj is taking music to places cooler and more colorful than ever. And in the boys’ club of the 21st-century hip hop, she’s stolen every scene to become the genre’s Barbie-pink princess. Secretly, though, she’s gunning for queen. Photography by: Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Styling by: George Cortina; Text by: Knox Robinson “Everything I do has been approved by me personally. My team is mostly made up of guys, but none of them would ever think about telling me what to wear or what to do with my hair. They know that ultimately I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do.” –Nicki Minaj During a radio interview last summer in support of Kanye West’s new single, “Monster” – a psych-rap posse track featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and indie-folk singer Bon Iver – West declared Minaj to be “the scariest artist in the game right now – she has the most potential to be the number two rapper of all time.” (Number one, in Kanye’s mind, being Eminem.) It was the kind of outré pronouncement we’ve come to expect from West, but nevertheless the sound bite set off serious reverberations in the rap community. Nicki Minaj…the funny face with the Day-Glo wigs, bounteous curves, and multiple personalities? Number two rapper of all time? In-old school hip hop circles the idea could be considered profane. Now, just in the wake of her debut album, Minaj is deadly serious about not taking it all too seriously. “I’m an entertainer - I like to make people laugh,” she says. “Some will hate it and some will love it, but all will remember it. And that’s what I want: to be remembered. Even if I’m saying something hard-core or controversial, there’s always a touch of humor, and if you don’t like it, it means I’m stirring things up inside of you.” At the same time, there’s a lot going on inside the artist’s own head. “I just always want to do ‘me,’ but ‘me’ changes every day. I would crumble up and die if I had to wake up and be the same person every day. I don’t silence those voices anymore. I just let them speak.” -V  |
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