Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Young, Black, and Fabulous

The Young, Black, and Fabulous

EXCLUSIVE: Inside NY Knick Tyson Chandler & Wife Kimberly's 2012 Met Ball Prep!

Posted: 09 May 2012 10:26 AM PDT

NY Knicks baller Tyson Chandler (and his wife of 7 years) is the only sports figure who landed on VOGUE's Best Dressed list for the 2012 Met Ball--which celebrated the new exhibit “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations”--that went down Monday night.  And we've got the exclusive pics of the handsome Mr. Chandler getting dressed with his fab wife Kimberly (and daughter Sascha) before the big Ball.  Check 'em inside...

Well here's a fresh and fab couple we don't see everyday on YBF.  If you've ever wondered what it looks like when celebs are getting ready for a huge night out (we know we have), here's an exclusive peek at 29-year-old baller Tyson Chandler and his wife Kimberly having some fun Monday evening.

The cutesy couple fixed each others' clothes in their hotel suite, played around with their 6 year old daughter Sascha, and stepped out looking fabulous:

Tyson was dressed in a custom blue Waraire Boswell suit.  While his wife, Kimberly, donned a look that Ms. Anna Wintour herself chose for her--a red Valentino rosette detailed strapless jumper.  And a cute pair of bow detailed black slingback Louboutins.

How cute is this little one!

The couples' fashion choices landed both of them--separately--on VOGUE's Best Dressed List.

By the way, Tyson copped the NBA's 2012 Defensive Player of The Year award.  And he donated the Khia SUV he won to Russell Simmons' foundation Art For Life--which benefits Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation that provides inner-city students with visual arts education programs, and gives emerging artists exhibition opportunities.

Congrats to him!

PERFORMANCE FAB: Chris Brown PERFORMS "Turn Up The Music" On "DWTS"

Posted: 09 May 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Last night, Chris Brown performed his hit song "Turn Up The Music" on "Dancing With The Stars." Watch it inside....

 

Singer, dancer and video director Chris Brown turned up on "DWTS" and performed "Turn Up The Music" for the crowd of adoring fans.  The track will likely appear on the Fortune album due July 3rd.

Watch his "Turn Up The Music" performance here:

Chris will also be performing for Today Show's Summer Concert Series at Rockefeller Center on June 8th.

Beyonce, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and L.A. Reid SHOW OUT For Erica Reid's Book Launch

Posted: 09 May 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Erica Reid, the wife of music industry legend & "X-Factor" judge L.A. Reid, celebrated the release of her new book The Thriving Child with a few of her friends like Beyonce, Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. See the pics inside....

It pays to have rich and successful friends who co-sign your new projects.

A fresh faced Beyonce showed up for friend Erica Reid's book signing recently wearing a vintage style blue dress as Erica promoted her new book, The Thriving Child: Parenting Successfully through Allergies, Asthma and Other Common Challenges.

And was spotted snapping some cute touchy feely pics with her hubby.

Posing with Mary, Miss Tina and Bey, Erica, the mother of 11-year-old daughter Arianna and eight-year-old son Addison said in a recent interview "I love my children, I am very sweet to them but I'm also very firm with them, and they don't get their way with every single thing."

Great advice Erica!  And loving the dress.

 

BONUS:

We came across this cute pic of Beyonce hugging BFF Gwyneth Paltrow at The Met Ball earlier this week.  Nice.

Pics: Getty

60 POUNDS DOWN: Chaka Khan Flaunts Her New Slim & Trim Bod!

Posted: 09 May 2012 07:49 AM PDT

Chaka Khan is giving us the same 70s's vibe sultry look she had when she first tackled her solo career.  Check out the 59-year-old legend's brand new bod after losing 60 pounds inside...

 

Chaka's got her sexy back!  The music icon dropped 60 pounds recently and showed it all off while performing at a few events this weekend.  The pics above and below are from her recent appearance at the first annual International Jazz Day event at the United Nations in New York City.

The ten-time GRAMMY Award-winner also joined David Foster and Friends at the Kennedy Center Spring Gala in Washington, D.C. on Sunday to raise money for arts education. The evening before, Chaka worked it out for a sold-out crowd at the historic Howard Theatre.  The petite & curvy legend sang her signature classic hits...and looked damn good while doing it:

By the way, Chaka's been free of alcohol and drug use for eight years now.  She says she lost the 60 pounds after committing to diet and lifestyle changes. Now she's free of both high blood pressure and diabetes.  Congrats!

Rihanna TWEETS IV Pic From Hospital, Says She REALLY Was Too Sick FOr "SNL" Rehearsal

Posted: 09 May 2012 07:17 AM PDT

Though an "SNL" producer lashed out at Rihanna for missing her rehearsal performance before the show this past Saturday (saying she looked fine), Rihanna tweeted a pic of herself on the juice (an IV) last night.  She wants to prove she really was sick over the weekend. See the pic inside....

When Rihanna missed her 'SNL' dress rehearsal (done right before the live show) over the weekend, the audience and the show's producers were pissy.  No matter how big the star...from Janet to Madonna....NO ONE calls out. 

Rihanna said she was sick, however, a producer, Lorne Michaels, felt that she looked fine.  Especially as   In her defense, she did make it to the live show but folks are still upset.

Ri tweeted a pic yesterday of herself with an IV stuck in her arm proving she really was sick.....at some point over the past few days.  And it's not the first time as she had to have an IV while in Sweden last year.  That rockstar lifestyle is no joke...

Maybe this will get her back in the good graces of 'SNL'.  Folks would love to see her with "Shy Ronnie" again.

The "Birthday Cake" singer is scheduled to perform her single "Where Have You Been" on the "American Idol" finale May 23rd on FOX.

TV FAB: Terrell Owens FACES OFF Against Baby Mommas On "Dr. Phil"

Posted: 08 May 2012 06:26 PM PDT

 

Dr. Phil helped Terrell Owens confront his inner demons today on a show where he revealed he didn't have a relationship with his own father and how that has played out with his own kids. And to stir the pot, Dr. Phil let a few of the baby mommas confront him on TV! Get the deets inside.....

Terrell Owens made a brave appearance on "Dr. Phil" today where he was confronted about his parenting skills or LACK thereof by three baby mommas. And to make it even more juicy, the mother of one of the BMs was on there as well as she wasn't having ANY of T.O.

To make it clear, T.O. doesn't seem like the typical deadbeat.  Does he call, write or reach out to the kids - No.  But, he did pay on time.....when he had the money.  Though a few of the women wanted him to spend more time with the kids, the crux of the issue was most of them went from getting $20,000 a month in child support to NOTHING.

We all know T.O. had some financial difficulties so now he's the "Dad" that doesn't come around OR provide support.  And the baby mommas were not pleased.  At all.

One of the women, Kimber, said T.O. has only seen their daughter 12 times....mind you.....she's 7!

He said,  "The thing is, with me traveling back and forth, I don't have a set schedule.  Pretty much 90% of the time every time I've reached out it's been a bad time."

T.O. revealed that he had four children with four different women saying, "No, it wasn't a plan.  I was irresponsible in that regard."  You think?

Then in one shocking moment, T.O. said, "I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street."

During a moment of clarity, Dr. Phil told him "You have an opportunity, because it's not too late."  He then told the mommas to keep down the drama because,  "If you do anything aggressively or passive aggressively . . . to block his relationship with his children . . . trust me, the day will come when it will bite you in an ugly, ugly way."

He added, "...you can't get blood from a turnip" and that: "You guys need to stop these hostilities, because it's your child who's picking up the tab for that."

 

So how did this end?  Well, who knows waht the future holds but at the end of the show, T.O. met two of his daughters and was seen saying, "Have you been to Magic Mountain? Maybe I can take you guys to Magic Mountain. You can ride the roller coaster. I love you" 

Baby steps......

Watch show clips here:

OH: Taj George SLAMS The HATERS And DEFENDS Husband Eddie, Says He DIDN'T Get Caught Doing Anything!

Posted: 08 May 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Taj George is finally speaking out about her husband being stopped at 2am with another woman in his car....and she's siding with Eddie. Listen to Taj defend her hubby and slam the haters inside.....

 

When former NFLer Eddie George was stopped by cops with 21-year old golfer Rachel Connor in his car, folks began speculating that the marriage was on the rocks.  Then......we heard NOTHING from Taj.  So it's safe to assume she's leaving him right?  WRONG!

During a recent radio interview Taj WENT OFF in a profanity laced rant when asked about the alleged event.  So why was her husband with a young woman at 2am?  First off, Taj revealed that they know her!  Rachel is a close family friend and Eddie was simply given a ride home from a charity event.  And in Rachel's defense Taj said,

"It was a charity event.  What party do you know ends at 9?  None.  It was nothing going on.  The bottom line is this.... we obviously have arrived because we have been a topic one everybody's little blog lately and all I'm saying is, at least get it right."

She added, "There are people who really wanna see you fail but you can't put down a feather....I'm floating."

Alright Taj.

And by the way, Taj says the media frenzy forced them to take their home off the market.  But they are doing well and NOT broke.

Listen to the whole interview here:

 

CUTENESS OVERLOAD: Jackson Bosh, Reagan Gomez's Daughter Scarlett, Erica Campbell's Baby Zay Zay & Charlize Theron's New Baby Jackson

Posted: 08 May 2012 03:33 PM PDT

New moms are showing off their babies all over the place.  And we can't even blame them!  Get a dose of baby fabess inside from Adrienne & Chris Bosh, Mary Mary's Erica, Reagan Gomez & Charlize Theron...

Adrienne Bosh has been posting pics of her and Heat baller Chris Bosh's brand new baby boy Jackson Bosh. And the bouncing baby boy had his first photoshoot--complete with a knitted scarf--already.


Awww.

Mom Adrienne aslo posted all the sweets and treats friends sent to the delivery room.  Nice!

Actress Charlize Theron is finally showing her new baby boy's face:

The twosome was spotted walking through Charles de Gaulle airport today.  His name is also Jackson, and Charlize adopted him from right here in America this past March.  The 36-year-old is a single mom as she recently split with her man of 10 years, Stuart Townsend.

Actress Reagan Gomez showed off her mini me this morning.  Little Scarlett is indeed her mommy's daughter.  And has her daddy DeWayne's features too.

Mary Mary's Erica Campbell just showed off her new baby girl Zay Zay today on Instagram.  How cute is this little one!  Erica's already taking her on the road with her.

Cuteness!

Pics: Twitter

Sponsors Start To Pull Out Of "Basketball Wives" & "Ev & Ocho" + Royce Goes IN on Tami For Tahiti Episode

Posted: 08 May 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Oh those "Basketball Wives."  Not only have sponsors started to take heed to the petition to get the show (and Evelyn Lozada's spinoff) off the air, but Royce Reed is taking co-star Tami Roman to task about her actions on last night's episode surrounding the Tahiti trip foolery.

 

Check it inside...

Maybe it's for the best Royce opted out of the Tahiti trip from hell that aired last night.  From the time the cast landed in Tahiti, there was tension and drama between Kesha and Tami.  All because Kesha was coughing and "not covering her mouth."  At least that's what Tami said.  Kesha felt bullied, as always, and Tami defended her own actions because she was offended by the apparent rudeness of the coughing.  Sigh.

Things escalated and fights broke out. 

Royce took to her VH1 blog today to give her 2 cents about the whole episode...and she let Tami (and everybody else except for Kesha) have it.  No surprise there.  Here's the excerpts:

I was honestly just hoping Kesha didn’t say her skin hurt. Tami seemed as though she was trying to find something to get upset about and she chose a cough. From the way the girls were seated in the car, to laughing and making faces behind Kesha’s back if you take a screen capture from that scene and mine from the van in Spain, it’s almost identical.

I’m not sure what happened to Tami, but this isn’t the woman I’ve gotten to know. To see these women gang up on someone who has done nothing to them is embarrassing. I say ganging up because NO ONE did anything to stop it. If you don’t say anything you then become part of the problem. Who cares if Kesha was scared to get in the ocean with sharks and stingrays, I don’t believe I saw any of your asses in a swimsuit jumping in the water either. How are you going to call someone else scary when at least they put on the attire instead of saying “Oh Hell NO” in confessionals?????

I applaud Suzie and Kesha for appreciating what Tahiti had to offer and attempting to stay drama free. I find it amazing when alcohol is used as liquid courage and an excuse to turn into the HULK. Most times I drink, I get emotional, horny, and just want to dance…..:side-eye: lol. But if you know that drinks cause you to have a temper, why indulge just because everyone else is? The whole scene with Tami and Kesha I shook my head. At some point you have to look at yourself and say “Damn, that wasn’t a good look. I need to change the way I speak to people and handle things because I look crazy.” If you don’t see it, your “so-called” friends have and should tell you the same. Tami, if Evelyn and Shaunie found no problem with Kesha’s questions, it wasn’t up to you to find one. Tami, if you HEARD Kesha said all these things about you, why not call out the person who told you so you can get all three parties together.

I’m sure THAT PERSON was probably sitting at that table. I have an idea of two people who could’ve said it. One is known to talk a lot, and the other is a snake in the grass. If you’re going based off the footage that was shown, Kesha said “I seriously had to just NOT go off…and honestly, like, I could’ve came at Tami and said whatever I wanted to but there’s nothing I could’ve said that would’ve made her look worse than she was making herself look…Tami is like acting a fool” …She never said she wanted to, so why are you asking her to now??? The smirking on the side by Evelyn and Shaunie is a DAMN SHAME. Grown as women talking about a damn position! Grown ass women wanting to fight with no repercussions!I HEARD about what happened in Tahiti but seeing it now is an embarrassment and the sh!t is PISSING ME OFF!!!! GROWN ASS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN feeding into the stereotype already placed on us…plus two!!!!!!!!

 

Meanwhile, (C.B. Fleet Company) Summer's Eve feminine products have reportedly pulled out of both BBW and the upcoming "Ev & Ocho."  And Change.org is set to announce a second sponsor who pulled out next week.  Is the petition and boycott working?

 

FASHION GALS: Rihanna RELEASES New Armani Jeans Collection SKETCHES + Nicole Richie DESIGNING New Collection For Macy's

Posted: 08 May 2012 10:54 AM PDT

Rihanna has teamed up with Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani for a second collection and we have sketches from the upcoming line inside.  See the pics and find out what Nicole Richie has popping off with Macy's.

 

Rihanna's first collection for Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani underwear was so well-received that she's decided to linked up with the fashion house again for a second collection.

Set to hit stores in mid-April, the upcoming collection will feature jean shorts lined with a tartan prints, a romper in distressed denim, and of course, tanks and tees.

Check out some sketches here:

 

Also in fashion news........

Fabulous "Fashion Star" judge Nicole Richie, whose folks love for her fashion sense and trendy style, is teaming up with Macy's.  This fall, fans will be able to pick up the starlet's new collection, in addition to her own House of Harlow line, at Macy's called Nicole Richie for Impulse.  

Nicole revealed, 

“With each collection I do, it all starts with music. Music is the driving force behind my inspiration. The Macy’s collection represents the many different layers of a modern woman. Women are wearing so many different hats these days. We are evolving. Not just working, but creating. This collection has a strong mix of masculine and feminine: printed chiffon mixed with faux leathers. I focused on the details, from the zipper pulls to the buttons.”

We can't wait to see it!
 
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