Giants star Amani Toomer is splitting with his wife, claiming she not only reneged on a pact to have kids with the veteran wide receiver but went so far as to abort four pregnancies, according to bombshell court papers.

Toomer has sued to annul his marriage to Dr. Yola Dabrowski, who won't get a dime if a judge upholds Toomer's argument that she committed "fraud" when they wed. She is seeking a divorce.

The divorce trial is set to begin tomorrow in Hudson County, N.J., Family Court.

Toomer, 32, alleges his wife refused to have the "big family" they had discussed before getting hitched in a Las Vegas civil ceremony in October 2002.

Toomer, who missed much of last season with a knee injury, is in the middle of a $20 million, five-year contract with the Giants.

Saying "all he ever wanted was for [Yola] to love and respect him," Toomer's filings also include claims that his wife:

• Quit marriage counseling after just two sessions, because she was "tired of lying to therapists."

• Does not like watching his games, and often ridicules instead of praises his play. She "even had the audacity to poke fun . . . when he made a catch [and] stumbled without being tackled," he alleges. And, she "always chose to travel [on vacations] separate" from him, opting to be alone and meet other people, making Toomer feel "abandoned and unloved."

• "Has begun smoking" although Toomer "has asthma and it is unhealthy for his profession to be near a smoker."

• "Basically abandoned" their Toomer Foundation, a charity they set up to help needy kids.

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TMZ has learned Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department for allegedly attacking a man at a Hollywood Oscar party.

Gerard Rechnitzer was at a post-Oscar bash Sunday night with his fiancee at Teddy's at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. At around 2 AM Monday morning, the 27-year-old Rechnitzer was on his way to the parking lot when he made a pit stop in the bathroom. When he walked out, he noticed his fiancee was surrounded by six men, including Combs. We're told the 5'7", 140 lb. Rechnitzer watched as Combs chatted up his girl for about five minutes, and then asked his fiancee to leave with him.

At that point, Combs allegedly told the woman he was having a party and invited her to come. Rechnitzer persisted and asked his fiancee again to leave with him. Combs then allegedly socked Rechnitzer in the jaw.

Rechnitzer, a real estate broker, called 911. The LAPD came out and took a report, but Combs had left before the cops arrived. An ambulance came but Rechnitzer declined treatment.

We're told the LAPD contacted Rechnitzer yesterday, and as many as five witnesses who observed the incident.

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Janet Jackson has come aboard to star opposite Tyler Perry in his next film, "Why Did I Get Married," based on the filmmaker's stage play of the same name.

Perry is writing, directing and producing for Lionsgate. Lensing is set to begin March 5 in Whistler, British Columbia; Vancouver; and then Atlanta, where Perry recently opened his own studio.

Sharon Leal ("Dreamgirls") and Jill Scott have also joined the cast.

The fourth film in Perry's lucrative franchise, "Why Did I Get Married" revolves around a couple who go away with friends every winter to examine their marriages in a group setting. One of the wives brings along a sexy young temptress who causes plenty of trouble for the couples.

Reuben Cannon is producing with Perry.Jackson was last seen on the bigscreen in 2000 in "Nutty Professor II: The Clumps," starring opposite Eddie Murphy.

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An urgent warning has been issued by the Health Department, warning the star-studded crowd who attended the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party on Valentine's Day that they may have been exposed to acute hepatitis A. The list of possibly exposed guests: Beyonce Knowles, Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Bar Rafaeli, and dozens of ridiculously hot bikini models.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed that an employee of Wolfgang Puck Catering was recently diagnosed with the disease, and has strongly urged anyone who attended the SI party, or any of the 13 other events catered by Puck between Feb. 1 - 20, to get an immune globulin shot by tomorrow to prevent illness.

When contacted, a rep from Puck's catering company would not tell TMZ which other events Puck catered, nor would they reveal how many other people may have been exposed to the illness. They did say, however, that no one who attended Sunday's Governor's Ball at the Academy Awards is at risk.

A rep for Beyonce told TMZ that they "were looking into it."

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Foxy Brown claims she was a victim of police brutality during a beauty store bust in Florida nearly two weeks ago.

The rapper held a press conference yesterday, and attacked the Pembroke Pines Police for their alleged treatment of her during her February 15 arrest. The store owner claims Brown went on a violent rampage that included squirting hair glue, knocking over displays and spitting at him.

"The only crime I am guilty of committing is being a young black female celebrity in Broward County," said Brown. "I am the victim of an overzealous police department who engaged in police brutality and a money-hungry store owner whose motives are for me to pay his mortgage on his house and his children's tuition."

Brown added that the store owner barged in on her while she was on the toilet and demanded she leave the store , without giving her the privacy to get dressed. Though Brown went off on the police department and the store owner, she didn't deny the charges they filed against her.

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The interview went well up until Miss Jones caught New York in a big ass lie! I have to give it to Miss Jones, she was surprisingly cordial in the beginning...


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She should have known from this shot...high fashion doesn't always translate into cute!

Jennifer Hudson apparently revealed this morning on The Today Show that she didn't want to wear the gold Star-Trek-eque Oscar De La Renta Bolero but as the NY Post reports, Andre Leon Talley [Editor-at-Large of Vogue] had a conniption and she caved...she's green, she'll learn

His co-star, Jennifer Hudson, did win big - but lost big, too, because of the much ridiculed metallic bolero Andre Leon Talley made her put on. (Post fashion editor Serena French said it made her look "lost in space.") "Jennifer was kind of sponsored by Talley and Vogue," said one fashionista. "Andre insisted she wear that hideous Oscar de la Renta dress with the awful, awful gold python bolero.

"Jennifer really didn't want to, and so [noted stylist] Jessica Paster got her a beautiful gold Roberto Cavalli custom-made. But when Andre found out, he went ballistic. Moments before she left for the show, there was a power struggle and Jennifer ended up putting his outfit on."

**UPDATE**

This is what it looks like on the stick figure model...


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Gwen Stefani - 4 in the Morning


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This is Gwen's third single from her sophomore album, Sweet Escape



Bobby Valentino - Anonymous [Produced by Timbaland]


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His sophomore album "Special Occasion" officially drops April 3!



Fall Out Boy ft. Kanye West - This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race [Remix]


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I like the two forms of pop/rock and hip hop meshed together, a la Jay Z and Linkin Park which is a little different from the Hip-Pop we hear from groups like the Black Eyed Peas. This is more of staying true to both genres and meshing them...I like it! Do you?

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The single we've heard so much about and have been waiting on...Beautiful Liar!



This will also be on the B'Day Re-release due out on April 3rd...


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Looks like Ray-J won't be adding Whitney Houston to his Kim Kardashian sex tape library -- he's already moved on to Lil' Kim!

Brandy's little bro was spotted over the weekend, tooling around with the recently sprung jailbird in his new Ferrari, rumored to have been purchased with some of the cool million Ray pocketed for the sex tape. The pair, who are currently working togerther on an updated version of their hit song"Wait A Minute" for Ray's upcoming album, arrived hand-in-hand to the Vibe Magazine pre-Oscar party at Area.

Kardashian was also at the party, but made a hasty exit after Ray-J and Lil' Kim arrived. Guess she's not into threesomes!

The new pairing comes just a week after Ray-J was seen getting cozy with Whitney in Las Vegas. Ray sure can roll 'em!

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Anika Noni Rose, quickly rising on the FAB-ulosity charts, strutted the Oscars Red Carpet in Stuart Weitzman's $500,000 Dream Shoe...

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Monica wants to hear your Sideline Ho Story! Submit your video confession by following the instructions below and win a personalized message from Monica!!!

JUST FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. GET a camera, some tissues maybe, and come out with it!
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Keep checking back to see other video confessions and see who Monica picks!

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Is Eddie Murphy a sore loser? After failing to nab the award for Best Supporting Actor to Little Miss Sunshine’s Alan Arkin, Murphy tried to brush off the loss, telling Us, "It's fine. It happens. It's OK."

But clearly it wasn't. Shortly thereafter Murphy, 45, and girlfriend Tracey Edmonds left the show in a huff and didn’t return. Thanks to the early exit, the actor didn’t see any of his Dreamgirls castmates perform and missed out on costar Jennifer Hudson’s win for Best Supporting Actress.

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There's one person who isn't wishing newly engaged couple Usher and Tameka Foster well: Usher's mom.

Sources tell us that Jonetta Patton is "flipping out" about the impending nuptials, as she isn't thrilled with the candidate for daughter-in-law.

Momma Usher once fired Foster as her son's stylist because "she didn't think she was dressing him according to the caliber of star he was."

Patton also suspected Foster was angling to replace her as the star's manager.

Last month, we caught up with the cozy couple at an event at Core Club, where Tameka assured us, "I'm just his friend, just his very best friend."

She added, "You can't go anywhere these days without being made into a girlfriend or engaged or something."

Usher's rep did not return calls.

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Ludacris has thanked his fans for their support and asked for privacy to grieve following the death of his ailing father.

Wayne Brian Bridges, 52, died Sunday in an Atlanta hospital after a long illness, said Barry Florence, a publicist for the rapper.

At the Grammys earlier this month, Ludacris, 29, dedicated his award for best rap album for “Release Therapy” to his father, saying his dad was in critical condition and fighting for his life.

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This is what Misa Hylton told NY Hot97 gossip girl Miss Info about those pictures of Justin getting a lap dance:

1. This (lapdance) happened at a teen party in New Jersey.
2. Neither Diddy nor Misa were there and do not condone the behavior at all.
3. The security team that was with Justin that night has been fired because of their negligence.

Misa said: "It's so crazy. These teens think that it's nothing, like it's dancing. But this is big problem for Justin. Real big. I don't play that at all!"

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The Governor's Ball looked like such a bore...that's because everyone hit up the 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Graydon Carter!


The best dress she wore all night...Shame on Andre Leon Talley


Again, love this dress better than the red carpet, though the dress she wore for the performance was my favorite


I am in love with this gown, one of my favorites of the night!








Rumored newlyweds, yet to be denied, Selita Ebanks and Nick Cannon all coupled up











INSIDE THE PARTY UNDER THE CUT

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Brown was picked up at Attleboro High School on Sunday night on a warrant for failing to appear at a child support hearing in October.

The 38-year-old singer was scheduled to appear Monday afternoon in Norfolk Probate and Family Court, said Adam Loomis of All State Constables in Weymouth.

"He was supposed to show up and prove everything was up-to-date," Loomis said.

In October, Brown paid $11,000 in delinquent child support after being threatened with arrest if he stepped back into Massachusetts. He owed over two months of payments to Kim Ward, of Stoughton, the mother of two of his two children. It wasn't immediately known if Brown still owes child support.

Brown was cooperative outside the high school, and borrowed Loomis' cell phone to arrange to get out of jail, the constable said.

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The Spock-like bolero was a risk that didn't pay off for Jennifer Hudson...

WHO ELSE MADE THE WORST LIST?



Jennifer Lopez's Grecian gown was a winner, very elegant!

WHO ELSE MADE THE BEST LIST?

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Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, and Keith Washington reunited on the Oscar stage for a special Dreamgirls perforance of the three songs nominated for Best Original Song...



I was surprised when Beyonce came out and started singing with Jennifer but I love the who if them belting out together the songs! That was a sweet surprise! I loved Beyonce and Anika's dresses, was not please with Jennifer's though...







Watch the Performance

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Jennifer Hudson wins big and adds an Academy Award to her growing list of awards for her role in Dreamgirls!

“Oh my God, I have to just take this moment in. I cannot believe this. Look what God can do. I didn’t think I was going to win,” Hudson said through tears of joys. “If my grandmother was here to see me now. She was my biggest inspiration.”

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How happy are we that another African American male has won a golden man? Happy times in deed. Forest Whitaker becomes only the fourth African American to win the Best Actor Oscar, following Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx. That's not bad company!

"Receiving this honor tonight tells me that it's possible, it is possible for a kid from East Texas, raised in South Central L.A. and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen," Whitaker said as he accepted his award.

Though I must ask...does anyone else get ooged out by Forest? He makes me uncomfortable, he seems sweet as pie, but when he talked it's always a bit weird!

A Lil' Lagniappe: There have been only 11 African Americans nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, and a total of 16 nominations. [Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, Will Smith and Denzel Washington have been nominated two or more times]

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Or lowlight should I say...



In one of the night's biggest shockers, Eddie Murphy, the Oscar favorite, lost the Best Supporting Actor Award to Little Miss Sunshine's Alan Arkin.

This added to the growing list of losses for the mega-hit-movie and top nominated film, Dreamgirls. Dreamgirls went 2 for 8 last night, winning Best Sound Mixing and Jennifer's Best Supporting Actress.

Other than Eddie's loss, I was thoroughly shocked over the Best Original Song Award loss to Melissa Etheridge. Not disrespect to her, but 3 songs were nominated from Dreamgirls and at least two of them should have easily been the winner. I know the Best Costume Director was a tight race, however I thought Sharen Davis had a better shot.

All in all, it was one of the best Oscar nights for African Americans, this year being one of the most diverse ever. So I look forward to next year!

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Jaden Smith and Abigail Breslin, where the cuteness...Will and Jada were just glowing, you could see in Jada's eyes how thrilled she was, I think I saw a tear.

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Jennifer Hudson
Beam me up Scotty! LOL...nah I like the colors and the pockets, the star trek inspired bolero is not cute.


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Don't hate it, but I don't love it either...not a fan of the embellishments on on the bodice.




Anika Noni Rose
Love the metallics, the hair is elegant and the gown fits perfectly!






Jada Pinkett Smith can do no wrong...always on point, would have liked more glamorous hair but straight works for her.

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Oprah, Mary J. Blige and Kendu Isaacs came out to the Vanity Fair party...

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Beyonce's re-release of B' Day hit shelves April 3rd...this song will be on the second disc with other Spanish versions and remixes, including the duet with Shakira on Beautiful Liar.

Amor Gitano - duet with Alejandro Fernandez
[from El Zorro, La Espada Y La Rosa (Novella): Music from the Motion Picture]


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World Wide Women - Japanese Release


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Not lovin' it...Not hating it...I can see why it's not on the US Release. The "w-w-w" part I don't feel...

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Eve - Fire


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Joss Stone - Put Your Hands On Me


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Cheri Dennis - Portrait ft. Yung Joc


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Oh Cheri..this will be on her never-to-be-released album! I've seen her live and heard many if the songs she's recorded and she has talent for sure...damn Diddy!

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Queen Latifah and VIBE Magazine held a pre-Oscars Party in West Hollywood...

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Beyonce at the the Georgio Armani Prive Show in L.A.

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Sister Patterson had Chance heated! LOL...



Chance is already a daddy, here are the pictures of his little boy...

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Upgrade! Lil' Kim looks presentable for a change...snatching up swag in the Haven House Oscar Suite.

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Stuart Weitzman Hosts an Evening Honoring Jennifer Hudson at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Gable/Lombard Penthouse

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I guess little Justin learns from the best...and who the hell gives a 12 year old a lap dance?!

SOURCE

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Always glamorous...Halle looks great in this gold gown at the Ebony Magazine Pre-Oscar Party! She also brought her mother along to the event...

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Watch the preview of the new movie "Premium" that opens in limited theaters today [ATL, VA, NC]. It stars Zoe Saldana, Dorian Missick, Eva Pigford, and Hill Harper.

ABOUT PREMIUM
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African-American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. While working his day job, his ex-fiancée - and one true love - reappears after three years of silence. Discovering that it's only 36 hours until her wedding to a local lawyer, Cool embarks on last-ditch attempts to win her back. In the process, he takes on the biggest "role" of his life, while also learning the secret to mastering his craft.

New Couple Alert...Plus, Usher Engaged? @ YBF

Taye Diggs tries Primetime TV again with Grey's Anatomy Spinnoff @ Yahoo! News

Black Enterprise Top 50 Power Brokers Event @ Crunk & Disorderly

Naomi Campbell & Terrance Howard to come out at the Oscars? @ NY Daily News

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MAC Luncheon Honoring Jennifer Hudson and Sharen Davis at SoHo House. Both nominated for Oscars for Dreamgirls.
Sharen Davis was the costume designer for Dreamgirls.

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Sources tell ET that BRITNEY SPEARS returned to Promises residential treatment center on Wednesday night after checking out of the Malibu, CA, facility earlier that morning.

Also on Wednesday, a desperate Britney was photographed using an umbrella to hit a car outside the home where her ex, KEVIN FEDERLINE, is reportedly staying. The photos reveal a furious Britney, dressed in white shorts and a hooded sweatshirt, repeatedly striking an SUV with an umbrella.

After reportedly spending 45 minutes outside his residence, Britney's mom picked her up and eventually brought her to the rehab facility.

Britney first checked in to Promises on Tuesday. Her manager LARRY RUDOLPH released a statement that day, saying, "Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today. We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time."

Meanwhile, Federline was scheduled to go to court Thursday for an emergency hearing in Los Angeles. But ET has confirmed that the hearing has been cancelled.

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Stars came out to help Hennessey celebrate Jennifer Hudson's GIANT Magazine Cover in Beverly Hills last night as the road to the Oscars begin!



















Stay tuned for all the hot Oscar Coverage all this weekend!

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Stop! In the name of pre-Oscars peace. A long-simmering dispute between Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. and the makers of Dreamgirls bubbled up yesterday in the form of a full-page ad in Daily Variety.

"Dreamgirls is a work of fiction," said the ad, signed by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. "For any confusion that has resulted from our fictional work, we apologize to Mr. Gordy and all of the incredible people who were a part of that great legacy."

Gordy's spokesman, Paul Freundlich, says the music legend complained about what the movie, whose plot parallels the story of Diana Ross and the Supremes, implies about Gordy and Motown.

The film's Gordy-like figure, played by Jamie Foxx, is a ruthless Svengali involved in shady business deals. And, says Freundlich, "a much more clear and distinct relationship between Dreamgirls and Motown was made in the film [version] than in the play."

Gordy, 77, is "very protective" of his company's reputation, says Freundlich. "The people who were involved in Motown were his kids."

A studio spokesman says the matter has been "amicably resolved."

In a statement, Gordy sang a conciliatory tune: "I applaud [the studios] for doing their part to clearly differentiate the fictional movie Dreamgirls from the real Motown. I wish [DreamWorks and Paramount] all the best in the forthcoming Academy Awards."

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Tyra Banks recreated her history making SI cover...why? Because it's Black History...duh! Her pose is not great...tsk tsk! The queen of fierce is not fierce at all...

but her close ups are...




WATCH TYRA'S SHOW ABOUT HER SI COVER

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Eva...is that flannel?



Christina Milian





Mary J. Blige





Jennifer Hudson





Tyrese

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Will Smith used to have the hots for Beyoncé Knowles.

But don’t tell his wife — she already knows. Jada Pinkett Smith says that her “Men In Black” hubby had a “crush” on the “Dreamgirls singer” — after he had a thing for Salma Hayek. But that’s OK, Pinkett says. She had her own outside-the-marriage infatuation.

“Will and I both have our little Hollywood crushes,” the “Collateral” star says in an upcoming issue of Tango magazine. “For me, it used to be The Rock [wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Douglas Johnson]. For Will, it was Salma Hayek and then Beyoncé for a while.”

In fact, while some Hollywood spouses get nervous about being married to a sex symbol, Pinkett is so comfortable with her husband’s hottie status that she says she wishes he’d do more on-screen smooching. “I wish Will would do more [love scenes]!,” Jada shares, “People want to see that.”

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Battle over Deelishis @ Platform|Launch|Action

...and Deelishis covers Smooth with her ass! @ Hip & Pop

E-40 is NOT Dead @ JuicyScoop

Mel B is Beloved? @ Crunk & Disorderly


Robin Thicke Interview @ A Socialite's Life

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This is a hot GHETTO mess...is Vanessa Bryant going to the All Star game or the Senior Prom?



and she thinks she is too cute too!

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JayZ, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Young Jeezy hanging out at the NBA All-Star Game...



LOL @ Jay Z, Kelly, and Jeezy watching the game and Beyonce is off into something else...probably thinking about her upcoming Oscar performance!
Don't forget Sunday's Dreamgirls reunion at the Academy Awards!


Cute dress!

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Odd, Maybe?!

Chris Tucker may be having problems on the set of "Rush Hour 3," but his personal life is looking up. The star is dating soul singer India.Arie, according to spies. "They traveled together to South Africa over the holidays for Oprah Winfrey's party and school opening," said our source, "and they were also together at Mary J. Blige's pre-Grammy party at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's house in L.A." Tucker's rep said, "Not that I've heard."

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Somebody snatch this child up and stop the madness!

Britney Spears left a live-in rehabilitation facility early Wednesday, less than a day after checking in, according to several reports.

It was the second time in a week that Spears entered a rehab facility and checked out before her first day was finished.

The television news magazine “The Insider” initially reported that Spears called a car service, walked out of the Promises Malibu Treatment Center and left the facility early Wednesday morning.

Shots of Britney during her short stay in rehab!

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No Shit Sherlock! This heffa is crazy!





What do you do when you've lost all your mind?! Get a buzz cut and 2 tattoos!

Moments after shaving her own head in Esther's Haircutting Studio in Tarzana, Calif., a teary Britney Spears blurted out, "'My mom is going to freak,'" according to salon owner Esther Tognozzi, who says she tried to talk the pop star out of her radical do.

Accompanied by two bodyguards, Spears walked in with a hoodie covering her head and told Tognozzi, "'I want you to buzz my hair off.'"

Tognozzi first tried to talk Spears out of going through with the shave, then after refusing the pop star's request, Spears told her, "'Then I'll do it.'"

During Spears's visit, which came after news of her short rehab stint broke, Tognozzi describes the pop star as having "no expression." However, she notes Spears smiled for the cameras when waiting photographers caught sight of her newly shorn look inside the salon.

Before Spears slipped out the back door, Tognozzi asked her if the buzz cut was a symbol of a new beginning. Spears's response: "'Something like that.'"

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Omega Celebrates the Launch of Hour Vision with Jennifer Hudson

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Cute!

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Can you guess who showed up with Ray Z at Jay Z and Lebron's First Kings Dinner?!



SEE IF YOU GUESSED IT UNDER THE CUT!




Oh Nippy!! Make sure you burn all videos when your done!

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Jay Z and Lebron James teamed up for the First Annual First Kings Dinner at the TAO nightclub in Las Vegas

























...and it looks like Beyonce and Jay Z are still together, though there are rumors that they are splitsville. Don't always believe the hype...sounds like Jay Z's stalker strikes again!

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Everyone is just makin' history around here! On the 10 year anniversary of Tyra Banks being the 32nd Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Cover Model and the first African American to do so, SI chose Beyonce to grace the cover of one of there best selling issues. Beyonce is the first non-model to have that honor!

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Everyone is so enamored with her incredible story!
Vogue, Essence, Giant and now LIFE Magazine...get it Jennifer!



Why Jennifer Loves the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:

It was while watching an episode of the '90s Will Smith sitcom that she first heard "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," Dreamgirls’ signature song. "Will was lip-synching to it, and I was like, 'Who is that singing? I have to sing that song.' I never would have guessed. . . ."

On her Friendship with Jamie Foxx:

"[After filming, costar] Jamie Foxx would call me every Sunday and say 'I’ve been down the same road you’re going down.' And I’d say, 'Me? No way.' And he’d say, 'Yeah, you’re gonna be there—the Golden Globes, the Oscars.' It’s so great to have somebody to lean on when things are changing so fast. He's my lifesaver."

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A play on Austin Powers and Mini Me!

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Brick & Lace, Akon's first artists to sign with his label Konvict/Geffen, are set to release their debut album in May 2007 featuring production from Akon, Tony Kelly, Raphael Saadiq, and Will.I.Am.



LISTEN TO "NEVER NEVER" NOW

Part urban singers and part urbane songstresses, sibling duo Brick & Lace are genre-busters who staunchly defy the 30-second pitch. The amalgamated sound that makes up their 180/Geffen debut, Love Is Wicked, is unique, though also at once very familiar.

Born to a Jamaican father and an American mother and raised predominantly in Kingston, Jamaica, on an opulent musical diet of reggae, R&B, hip hop, pop and country, 26-year-old Nyanda and 24-year-old Nailah Thorbourne couldn’t help but be trans-eclectic. “We are a hybrid,” affirms Nailah in her effortlessly sexy West-Indian lilt. “It’s not fabricated at all; it’s who we are.”

Indeed, who they are is evident in their moniker: “Our mother came up with the name ‘Lace’ and we immediately liked it,” explains the incisively passionate Nyanda. “But we still felt that there was an edge missing, so I came up with ‘Brick.’ It has stuck with us ever since and has evolved with us.”

"To my understanding it is absolutely false. Tons of people were in VIP and they said that this is completely false. My only thought on it is the only reason she's saying this is so that she can bring a lawsuit. It seems like something that's money driven because if he had touched a woman that is 4'11 and 100lbs in Atlanta, Georgia in a public place amongst so many different types of people. I mean from all different walks of life

We entered the party between 11:45 and midnight. I don't know what time she claims that this took place. I was away at the rest room. When I returned the woman was being thrown out of the club. Her and her friend that she was with.

When we exited the club, the police approached us with her story. It was so far fetched that I didn't really give it that much attention. But I see that it has basically grown because she created some kind of a Myspace page. I did see the pictures myself. I saw it. It looks horrible but it appears to me that whatever took place was way more extreme than an altercation that could have happened in the VIP station in a crowded club.

It appears that she has been assaulted to the extreme. And we believe that that's something she did. And the police here in Atlanta said that they don't believe it. And they don't feel like it's something that I should give a whole lot of attention to. But because of her blasting it. I guess through an email blasts and different things she done to allow people to hear her story, they have forced me to respond. It will be dealt with through my lawyers and the right people to be handling that. I think she's looking for money. That's what this all boils done to in my opinion."

The woman mentioned that at one point you got involved and said something to the effect of "I got the piece in my Louie." And I believe the Louie she was referring to is your Louis Vuitton bag.

"That's silly. That sounds silly to me. I have to be honest and say that the reference to the purse or gun all sounds very, very childish. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. And at the point the police were there. So I don't think they would have let me say that."

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Kelly @ "Inspired" by Music Event at the Sapphire Lounge



She is one of the few people that can rock long or short hair!

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Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons Style!

The two celebrated the 15th Anniversary of Phat Farm...and they seem quite cozy!



Better than bickering though, glad to see that can maintain some kind of relationship...at least for those cutie pie daughters.

I see Kimora jumped on the bob too...

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Beyonce is giving it in her Sports Illustrated spread...rocking House of Dereon [but of course]!


She looks so reminiscent of Tyra Banks in this shot! It's the eyes!












SOURCE: SI.com

Speaking of...

Here is the propose cover of the B'Day Deluxe Edition Album

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On 2/11/07, the night of Young Jeezy's platinum party in Atlanta, GA at the Velvet Room. The party was packed to the brim. People were pushing to get close to Jeezy. We where in vip which there were a lot of people pushing back and forth. A young woman that stood 4'11, she probably weigh at least 100lbs was standing in front of Monica's fiance "Rodney Hill". From what I witness she mistakely touch Rodney's glasses and he started to go off and while she was apologizing to him he grab her by her hair and pull her down and punched her. I was soooooooo shock from what I was seeing. When the young lady got up her eye was closed shut! But Rodney wasn't done yet. He almost started to attack the young woman's friend with a bottle. Up until now I highly respect Monica. I am probably one of her biggest fan since Miss Thang days, but she and her abusive fiance showed their true colors that night. Even when everyone was outside and they were talking to the police, she wanted to start more trouble, by saying "I got the piece in my Louie" as if she wanted to do something to the girls. Rodney did not get locked up for this niether did they take a statement from him. This type of activity is unacceptable that she would let her fiance hit on a small woman. I would have the pictures of the woman's eye up in a couple of hours. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT THE WOMAN WHO THIS WAS DONE TO. SHE IS ONLY TALKING TO LAWYERS AND PEOPLE WHO MATTER. WE AS HER FRIENDS ARE DISMAYED BY HIS AND MONICA'S ACTIONS THAT NIGHT. WE FELT A NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. THIS TRULY DID HAPPEN AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PICTURES ARE REAL, AND THE DATE IS BLOTTED OUT BECAUSE THE CAMERA WAS SET WRONG. IF WE HAD SOMETHING TO HIDE WHY WOULD WE EXPOSE THE DATE TAKEN OFF.

Here are the pics

DAAAAMN Smokey!

Here are pics of Monica and Jeezy at the party...

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From Dreamgirls to Sports Illustrated...Beyonce is all over the place!



Cute...except for the sand on the elbow...looks ashy!

She also has a new Got Milk? ad with sis Solange...and because she's always grinding she had to incorporate House of Dereon!

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Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls


Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls


Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland


Vin Diesel - Find Me Guilty

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*Updated*

March 2007 Vogue Power Issue

Jennifer Hudson makes history as the first African American singer to grace the cover of Vogue alone. She follows Beverly Johnson [first on American Vogue], Oprah and Halle Berry as one of the few African American woman to be on the cover of the "fashion bible." She is the fourth non-model to cover the magazine (the others being noted before and Marion Jones).
She was photographed in gowns by Carolina Herrara and J. Mendel by the amazing Annie Leibovitz at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY. The article is written by Editor-at-Large Andre Leon Talley who has also been responsible for the lovely gowns Jennifer has worn on the red carpet!

The piece also covers the former American Idol contestant's emphasis on family. Hudson says, "My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.' " She also has code names for the awards shows. (Golden Globes are Hot Dog, Oscars are Hot Dog II.)

You can pick up this issue, February 20th. Along with her on the cover of GIANT and Essence Magazines!
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However, Donyale Luna, born Peggy Anne Freeman was actually the first African American to be on the cover of any Vogue, though she was of mixed heritage and because of racial tension in the 60s, she often did not disclose the fact that she was actually African American. As you can see on her March 1966 cover of British Vogue, she was photographed with hand covering her features as to not "offend" the white readers.

According to Judy Stone, who wrote a corrosive profile of Luna for The New York Times in 1968, the model was "secretive, mysterious, contradictory, evasive, mercurial, and insistent upon her multiracial lineage -- exotic, chameleon strands of Mexican, American Indian, Chinese, Irish, and, last but least escapable, Negro."

Media interest in Luna's racial heritage seemed to cause her enormous discomfort and in interviews, she tended bristle when she was described as black or Negro. ("She's white, didn't you know?" a boyfriend told Stone.) When Stone asked her about whether her appearances in Hollywood films would benefit the cause of black actresses, Luna disdainfully answered, "If it brings about more jobs for Mexicans, Chinese, Indians, Negroes, groovy. It could be good, it could be bad. I couldn't care less."

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What he possibly be saying to Whitney?
"Ahh come on baby...let me hold a twenty...okay a ten, damn!"

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown were spotted having dinner in Los Angeles this weekend, but don't expect the estranged couple to get back together.

"It was a one-night dinner between divorcing parents for the sake of their daughter," Houston's rep, Nancy Seltzer, tells PEOPLE. "They are not reuniting."

The couple's 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, as well as her friend and the friend's mother, were all present at the Sunday night out at Dan Tana's, Seltzer says.

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These are pics from the set of Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied" video...





Michelle and Kelly were there as well for there cameo in the video!


Spotted @ ConcreteLoop

This is one of my favorite tracks from B'Day...its great to just workout to, that's if I actually worked out, but I don't I just get up and dance around my living room! That's still counts right??

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ELLE Style Awards @ Roundhouse in London, England

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I attempted to put it on YouTube last night but it didn't work! So here's the link...might try again tonight but until then, you can catch her performance on Rhapsody for free.



I Am Changing (Live at 2007 Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party) by Jennifer Hudson


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Fabolous, the newest mega-signing to the Def Jam Recordings artist roster, will release his long-awaited new fourth album, FROM NOTHIN' TO SOMETHIN', on March 27th.

The album, featuring special guest appearances from fellow Def Jam artist Ne-Yo with producer Timbaland (on "Make Me Better"), Steve Morales (on "Diamonds"), and Jazzy Pha, will arrive in stores via DJ Clue?'s Desert Storm. Fabolous, who the New York Times recently touted as "slick and underrated," is currently heating up the airwaves alongside Young Jeezy on the blazing "Diamonds," the first single from From Nothin' To Somethin'.

"The album is called FROM NOTHIN' TO SOMETHIN'," Fabolous recently told MTV News. "That's the movement we going with, man. It's a new year, everybody's on their hustle.For everybody that's trying to turn nothing into something, we're trying to make motivational music for them."

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Jennifer Hudson's cover of Stevie Wonder's Overjoyed is a collaboration with saxophonist Jamie Williams...

On his website he posted the following:

For all of my fans out there, getting the opportunity to work with Jennifer was incredible and to see her stomping through Hollywood and making a name for herself only brings about joy to my heart. If you have not had a chance to see Dreamgirls yet --- What in the heck are you waiting for? Jennifer you rock and best wishes at the Oscars. I hope that you already have your acceptance speech ready!!!

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Beyonce hosted the PEOPLE Post-Grammy Party at Club Eleven in West Hollywood...

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Gerald Levert's death last fall was an accident caused by a fatal combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said.

The drugs in his bloodstream included the narcotic pain relievers Vicodin, Percocet and Darvocet, along with anxiety medication Xanax and two over-the-counter antihistamines, Geauga County Coroner Kevin Chartrand said. The official cause of death was acute intoxication, and the death was ruled accidental.

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Movie fans couldn't pass up three Eddie Murphys for the price of one. Murphy's comedy "Norbit," in which he plays three wildly different roles, opened as the top weekend movie with $33.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Murphy had not had a starring role in a movie since 2003's "The Haunted Mansion" but "Norbit" benefited from huge acclaim and publicity he has received for "Dreamgirls," for which he is expected to win the supporting-actor Academy Award.

"He wasn't that visible on marquees in huge hits for a while, then suddenly every time you turn around, it's `Wow, what a surprise. Eddie is great,'" said DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy.

But while it was the year's biggest opening so far, "Norbit" was not able to lift Hollywood out of its box-office funk that has seen revenues fall for six straight weekends. The top 12 movies took in $91.3 million, down 10.5 percent from the same weekend in 2006, when "The Pink Panther" and "Final Destination 3" both debuted in the $20 million range.

"Norbit" was the 14th No. 1 opening for Murphy and came in well above the expectations of distributor Paramount, which had projected the movie might pull in about $25 million over its opening weekend.

The movie was trashed by critics, but the lure of Murphy again handling multiple roles as he did in "Coming to America" and "The Nutty Professor" proved irresistible. Murphy plays mild-mannered Norbit, his grossly overweight and overbearing wife and a Chinese orphanage owner who raised him.

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March 2007 British GQ


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Mary J. Blige - Best R&B Vocal Performance, Album, and Song


Beyonce - Best Contemporary R&B - B'Day


T.I. - Best Rap Solo & Best Rap/Sung Collaboration


Black Eyed Peas - Best Pop Duo/Group - My Humps


Carrie Underwood - Best New Artist


Christina Aguilera - Best Pop Vocal Performance


Ludacris | Nancy Wilson | Chamillionaire



Kirk Franklin | John Legend | John Mayer

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Jennifer gives a "spine tingling" performance of "And I am Telling You" at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party

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