After a two-year hiatus, the Soul Train Awards will return to the BET-launched channel Centric TV on November 29. In the meantime, we’ve got a few exclusive photos of the event which was taped last night in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia World Congress Center.  There’s much more action to come: Beyonce, Maxwell and Keri Hilson lead the nominations for the awards, hosted by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Performers like Trey Songz, Chrisette Michelle, Erykah Badu and Brian McKnight, among others will take the stage. Keep your dancing shoes on deck and be sure to tune in to watch later this month. Love, Peace and Soul!

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There’s nothing nastier than someone who uses the restroom and leaves without washing their hands.

More people do it than we’d all like to publicly acknowledge. No one wants to shake someone’s hand and worry as to whether or not they cubicles smell like jock itch and trout.

That’s why Terrence Howard (click that link…please) is leading the fight against toilet hands.

Will you join him? Soap and water is waiting on you. Hand sanitizer is waiting on the bench just in case.

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There’s a reason we haven’t heard much from actor-turned-singer Terrence Howard lately.

The 39-year-old Oscar-nominated actor says he’s been grieving the loss of his mother to cancer in September.

“I know that I have been quiet but I had a lot going on,” he wrote on his MySpace blog. “But I am slowly pulling it together.”

He recently made an appearance Saturday at an FYE electronics store in Miami – “the furthest that I have gone from home since my mom’s funeral last month,” he writes.

“It’s weird that in your mind you separate all things into places and people you knew before your mom passed and the people you meet and places you go after mom passed,” he writes. “I wonder when that stops.”

Our prayers go out to Terrence Howard, whose mother succumbed to cancer.
“Terrence Howard’s mother, Anita Williams, has sadly passed away after
a long battle with cancer,” a statement to
People.com reads. “Terrence will take some time to privately grieve
with his family. He appreciates everyone’s support during this difficult time.”

Terrence has been busy promoting his musical career lately. His debut album, entitled
“Shine Through It”, was released Sept. 2.
He performed at a launch party for magazine Michigan Avenue in Chicago last weekend
then attended an arts gala in New York on Tuesday. His upcoming movie, “Fighting,”
is scheduled for a 2008 release.

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