Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Young, Black, and Fabulous

The Young, Black, and Fabulous

RUN IT: LaLa Anthony VS. Fergie In GIVENCHY

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:58 AM PDT

IT'S A GIVENCHY FACE-OFF!  Decide if reality chick LaLa Anthony or singer Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson rocked this curve inducing colorful Givenchy Resort 2012 frock the best...

LaLa Anthony first rocked this polychromatic, fitted Givenchy frock for her appearance last week on "Fox & Friends" in NYC.  She threw her hair into a a sleek, high bun while smoking out her eyes and offering up a pink lip.  The 32-year-old reality star kept the jewelry to a minimum with a pair of diamond studs and a few thin gold bracelets.  But La was anything but minimal with her sky high nude, black & coral Louboutin Summerissima sandals.

Fergie also rocked this curve-hugging Givenchy dress while celebrating her 37th birthday in Las Vegas last night.  She hit the carpet at 1 OAK at the Mirage Hotel & Casino with her blonde tresses flowing big and wavy.  Her jewelry was also kept to a minimum with just a ring, in order to let the sky blue hues and coral & hot pink florals and printed studded belt printed around the waist take center stage.  Fergie topped off her birthday look with simple black pumps and a shiny black clutch.

So...

WHO RAN IT?!

Kerry Washington Gets SCANDALOUS In West Hollywood + Rihanna Makes A Tokyo Landing

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:50 AM PDT

 

Gorgeous actress Kerry Washington was spotted out in LA yesterday doing promo rounds. See her pics, inside plus pics of Rihanna touching down in Japan.

YBF chick Kerry Washington was spotted amongst her fans at The Grove in West Hollywood, California yesterday.

Wearing a long black shirt-dress and eyepopping red booties, Kerry nearly caused a scandal with her look.  Not a fan of shirtdresses.  Always looks like somebody forgot their pants.

The actress was there to promote the debut of her new ABC series "Scandal" (April 5) with an appearance on "Extra."

 

And in Tokyo..........

Rihanna was spotted arriving at Narita International Airport.  She's in town for her big official Battleship premiere.  She kept it casual in a light grey maxi skirt and grey sweatshirt and Converses:


 

And she signed autographs for her fans upon arrival.

Later on, Rih posed in her Rodarte sweater in front of the fab view in her hotel room tweeting,

'She thinkin phillipe I'm thinkin Ramen noodles.' 

 

Photos via Louie Angelo/WENN/Marcus/Spalsh News 

 

BEACH DAY: Mel B. Takes Angel & Madison For Fun In The Sydney Sun!

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:52 AM PDT

Beach, sun, & FUN!  The new host of "Dancing With The Stars Australia" & hot spokeswoman for Jenny Craig Australia is showing us her fab mommy hustle.  And we can't forget her gig on "X-Factor Australia" as well.  Mel B. was spotted on the beaches of Sydney with her two youngest daughters Angel Iris & Madison. 

 

Pics inside...

Looks like 4-year-old Angel wasn't feeling all the sand in her hair and face.  But as any good mommy would do, Mel multi-tasked and cleaned up the little one while doting on her other little one.

And Ms. Angel was back to her beach dancing.  Clearly this one loves to ham it up for the cameras.  How cute!

Mel tweeted a pic of 7 month old baby Madison enjoying the beach and her big sis.  Awww. 

After the beach day the fam, sans papa Stephen, headed home--accompanied by a male friend/fam/security.  Not sure about flipping off cameras in front the kids though....

Looks like the girls still had some fun times.  Not sure how Mel finds the down time, but she indeed makes the most of it.  

Pics via SPLASH/Mel's Twitter

RAPPERS' DELIGHT: Lil Kim Gets CATTY In New Promo Pic+Jay-Z & His iPad Hit The Streets Of New York

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT

Lil Kim just dropped her new promo pic.  And in a skin baring catsuit, she's sharpening her cat like skills and ASSets.  Hope this works for her this time.  Check the pic, plus Jay-Z & Blue Ivy's bed getting a special delivery, inside...

After dropping her new singles "Keys To The City" and "If You Love me" recently, Lil Kim is tapping into her sex kitten skills and crawling on the floor in a mesh detailed catsuit and boots.

You feelin' it?

 

In other rapper news:

New dad Jay-Z was spotted making his way to his Manhattan office...with his iPad in tow.  Wonder which apps he has.

Dude loves his Timbs and denim doesn't he? 

And speaking of Jay, his baby girl Blue Ivy had a special delivery to MaMa Beyonce's office yesterday:

 

Looks like she'll be spending naptime and playtime right next to mommy's desk in her own bed.  Gotta love it.

 

And what did Auntie Rih Rih have to say about the perfect princess?  While talking to Capital FM in London during her Battleship promos this week, Rihanna gushed about Blue Ivy when she was asked if she'd met her yet:

"Yes I have!  She's, it's unreal. It's unreal!

"You couldn't get more perfect than that child, she's beautiful.  And she really is Jay-Z's twin. It's hilarious. She's beautiful!"

Sweet!

Pics via SPLASH

Oh, There You Are Persia White...

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:40 PM PDT

We haven't really seen Persia White since her earthy boho days as Lynn on "Girlfriend."  But with a role on CW's "Vampire Diaries," chick has been out promoting more than usual.

 

Check out the pretty gal inside hitting up "The Wendy Williams Show"...

The 39-year old actress, who also has a teen daughter named Mecca, was spotted arriving at "The Wendy Williams Show" in NYC yesterday.  Persia rocked a cute black dress with eyelet detail, and still looks fab these days:

 She tweeted pics with both Wendy & today's other guest, Charlie Sheen, saying, "Back stage with Charlie Sheen on the Wendy Williams show today. Charlie is such a beautiful and charming man!"

Persia plays "Abby Bennet Wilson" (Bonnie/Kat Graham's mother) on season 3 of CW's "The Vampire Diaries."

Check out Persia discussing her "The Vampire Diaries" role (we'll update with her Wendy Show appearance once it hits the net):

Pics via SPLASH

Chicago's Male Urban Prep Academy Sending EACH Of Its GRADS Off To College...AGAIN!

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Chicago's Urban Prep Academy (an all-male charter school) just pulled a THREE-PEAT announcing that ALL of their graduating seniors have been accepted into four-year colleges! Get the deets on this fabulous feat inside.....

Some folks have no faith in the educational system, but Urban Prep Academy on Chicago's south side must be doing something right.   Once again, 100% of its 2012 graduating seniors are heading off to college in the fall. And by the way, this school is the only all-Black, all-male public prep school in Chicago!

This is the third year in a row that the school has achieved the feat thanks to hard working teachers, dedicated parents, and of course...the amazing students.

The school started with kids whose futures had been left for dead by their public schools: Only four percent of the school's incoming freshmen were reading at grade level when they arrived on campus.

Urban Prep CEO Tim King says the school is so successful because of dedication, saying:

"We devote time and energy to those students so that they understand they can do well and they can have success if they modify their behavior."

And don't assume this is just a fluke.  83 percent of Urban Prep's 2010 graduating class re-enrolled for a second year of college.  Now this is good ish.

Loves it and congrats to the fellas!

Baseball Cash King Matt Kemp Talks $160 Mill Contract In FORBES + LaLa's Bestie Po Rocks PYNK Magazine

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:49 AM PDT

MLB star Matt Kemp isn't just known for nabbing Rihanna at one point.  He also nabbed an eight year $160 mill deal from his bankrupt team, the L.A. Dodgers.  And FORBES is talking about just how he did it while Mr. Kemp covers the April 9, 2012 edition.  Check it, plus LaLa Anthony's lovable bestie Po Johnson rocking the pages of PYNK magazine...

Now this is some serious cash.  Guaranteed cash.  27-year-old Matt Kemp has a guaranteed 8-year contract with the Dodgers for $160 milli.  And despite his team (now owned partly by Magic Johnson) being bankrupt, professional baseball is now leveraging television rights all the way to the bank.

The cutie baller is covering the new issue of FORBES magazine.  And here's an excerpt from his story:

The cable companies, the TV networks and incoming team owners alike are taking some risk with the new TV economics of baseball. That’s why most of the regional sports networks have been structured with an equity component—they’re sharing the risk.

There is one group, however, that gets a sure thing from the local broadcasting windfall: star players.
Mega-television deals, after all, are based on the underlying assumption that the team will be competitive—or that, at a minimum, it has some drawing power. So marquee players, the kind that a team can use to *market itself, suddenly find themselves in a better position than ever.

That’s how the Los Angeles Dodgers–a bankrupt baseball team–gives a young star player, Matt Kemp, an eight-year, $160 million contract, even when he isn’t a free agent.

Kemp is a terrific player—the 27-year-old outfielder led the National League in numerous offensive categories last season and finished second in Most Valuable Player balloting.

For the bankrupt Dodgers, headed for sale at auction, a long-term contract with Kemp represented an asset rather than a liability. The team’s enormous valuation is predicated on the ability of the new owner to quickly negotiate a deal worth more than $3.5 billion over 20 years with a regional sports network. Locking up Kemp was an implicit guarantee that Dodgers broadcasts in the foreseeable future would be marketable and, one hopes, worth watching.
A similar rationale drove Arturo Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels, to pay the biggest free agent on the market—Albert Pujols—$240 million over ten years, despite a recent drop-off statistically as *questions swirl about his actual age (remember: baseball contracts are guaranteed). No matter: Moreno now has a face for his franchise—and for Fox Sports West, which recently agreed to give the Angels $2.5 billion over 17 years.

And the players themselves? “It’s great to know I’m going to be here for the next eight years,” says Kemp. A $160 million guaranteed payday has a way of making a man feel like that.

Nice!

And if you love Po Johnson from "LaLa's Full Court Life," check out her brand new PYNK magazine spread.  She cleans up well:

 

Here's the highlights:

On her love life:
"I'm not dating anybody, I'm not seeing anybody, I'm not fucking anybody, I'm not sexting anyone. I am on pause in regards to a relationship zone. I’m very much married to music. I don’t even have the time to be emotionally responsible, and I feel bad, but it is what it is."

On living on camera:
"Once you expose yourself for everyone to see, it's like walking around naked in front of your lover for the first time. Why do you need to be nervous the second and third time?"

On accepting herself:
"You have to be like, “Fuck it, this is me. I like crawfish and crabs. I’m 5'4''. I’m from the south. I had a stuttering problem. And I want be a fucking artist. My name is po. Fuck you if you don't like it.” Once you let those inhibitions go, everything else is irrelevant. I owe it to the audience that's watching; I owe it to all those little girls; I owe it to all those people who feel like geeks and weirdos, I owe it to them to let them know that this is cool. You don't have to be a part of the masses. What everyone sees on TV is me celebrating the fact that I've owned that. I'm not going to apologize for who I am, and I'm not going to apologize for who I want to be."

On her music:
"It’s always been funky, but poppy and fun — very much teen angst. Everything I've always wanted to say, I'm going to say it through my music. If you take punk, pop and the streets, and put it together, that's what my stuff sounds like. Think of Cee Lo as a female artist or No Doubt, but a lot more urban.

I am not signed to anybody right now, so I feel like this is a good time for me to be uninhibited. In regards to artistic limitations, I have none. I want to be very honest about who I am. As eccentric, crazy, and out of the box as I am, I'm still very relatable. What's the point of doing it if you're not relating to anybody?"
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