March 31st, 2008

Check out Michelle Williams who, as you can see here, has spiced up her look to market her forthcoming album Unexpected due in August. She sure went from church-friendly to funky fly, huh? Hope it works. Check out the single here.
March 31st, 2008

Diddy never ceases to amaze. Word is, he’s miffed at People for giving his ex- J.Lo and her babes better coverage in the magazine. C’mon now.
According the NY Post, Sean Combs is said to be furious at People magazine for panning his performance in “A Raisin in the Sun” and burying the photos of his twins in the back pages. The weekly just featured Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, and her twins, Max and Emme, on the cover - and a large layout inside on them and Lopez’s hubby, Marc Anthony. “It was the last straw for Diddy. They gave him lousy placement [in the Feb. 12, 2007] issue when Kim [Porter] had his twins, D’Lila Star and Jessie James.” If People paid anything for the photos, it was a tiny fraction of the $6 million the weekly allegedly paid for the images of the J.Lo twins.
When did making babies become a business venture?
March 31st, 2008

Tyra Banks hosted the 1st annual Fiercee Awards (yes, Fiercee), which honors “America’s Next Top Model” winners and runner-ups. It’s supposed to air on her talk show. Um, why? Check the statue in her hands. Is it fierce or what?
March 28th, 2008

Page Six reports that Mario and his “Dancing With the Stars” partner Karina Smirnoff might be doing the tango off camera, too.
Karina Smirnoff might have two partners off the dance floor. The shapely brunette has stepped out publicly with her former dance partner, Mario Lopez, but was also recently spotted kissing her current one, R&B singer Mario, at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles. “They were making out by the valet with their hands all over each other, and he was whispering in her ear,” said our source. “It was around midnight, so there weren’t many people around.” The two then got in the same car and drove off together with Mario at the wheel. Karina’s rep denied the kiss, saying she and Mario have a “professional working relationship.”
Sexy as they might look on the dance floor, we don’t believe this one. You?
March 28th, 2008

“College Hill’s” Ashley says stop the madness. She and Bow Wow are not an item.
“The rumors are false. Bow Wow and I went out a few times as friends several years ago, but it was nothing more than that. We did not date then and we’re not dating now. My boyfriend Michael (shown in the hottub below) and I have been together for over a year now. We are very much in love and remain deeply committed to one another. Like I said on the show there will be no cheating. Our relationship is true, and no rumor can change that.”
The way she be sweatin’ Michael on the show, it must be true. Golly.

March 28th, 2008

Vivica Fox workin’ it at a birthday shindig for Fergie and Quentin Tarrantino yesterday in Vegas. The actress recently talked about her plastic surgery — again — in the latest issue of Upscale mag.
I just hate that I admitted to it and people will say on the Internet that I don’t look the same, “Oh, she is so plastic surgeried.” I don’t look like some freak. I still look like Vivica Fox. Stop it with that! I am in a business where I get paid to look good, but I’m very proud to have African-American features. I have not changed my nose! Yeah, I have experimented with it, but no, I’m not doing any more of that plastic surgery crap. I’m not the first or the only one, but I’m the idiot that admitted to it. Now everyone says, “That is her whole look.” I take care of myself.
Poor thing. Must be rough for aging actresses, especially aging Black actresses in Hollywood. Do whatcha gotta do, Viv.
March 26th, 2008

It was only a matter of time. Kimora Lee Simmons filed for divorce from Russell Simmons on Tuesday, reports People. The couple, who married in 1998, publicly separated a year ago.
In court papers, Kimora, 32, cites irreconcilable differences and asks for legal and physical custody of the couple’s two daughters, Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5. She requests that Simmons, 50, get “reasonable child visitation … to be accompanied at all times by the children’s nanny and security personnel.
Well, good for her. Russell helped make her a fabulous mogulette. Now she can marry Djimon and have all his babies.
March 26th, 2008

Day 26 dropped in at a Best Buy in NYC to promote their debut CD. But who cares about that. We wanna know which one of them can get it: Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky….oops! Willie, Robert, Qwanell, Brian or Mike?
March 26th, 2008

Yep, another celebrity baby report. This time, it’s boxing champ Laila Ali and her husband Curtis Conway, who share their baby news in the May issue of ESSENCE magazine. Conway already has twin sons, Kelton and Cameron, 13, and a daughter Leilani, 9. This is the first baby for Ali.
“I am 100 percent undeniably happy,” Ali tells ESSENCE. “I’ve never been able to say that before.”
Congrats to both of them.

March 26th, 2008

No, it’s not Diana Ross. It’s Pharrell protégé Teyana Taylor doing her big-hair thing at NYC event. Gotta admit. She’s something to look at.