Labels: Britney Spears

In an exclusive sit-down with Diane Sawyer, the celebutante talks for the first time about the impending birth of her child with Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden.

ABC says in the interview, which airs on "Good Morning America" Thursday and Friday and on "20/20" Friday night, Richie "speaks candidly about why this particular constellation of young female stars -- Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, among others -- have behaved badly so publicly." She should know!

As for her upcoming stint in the slammer, Richie told Sawyer, "I have a responsibility and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would," she said of her recent guilty plea. "And unfortunately I can't, but this is my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult."

Labels: Nicole Ritchie

Click to see a preview of the next installment of R. Kelly's Trapped in the closet...Trapped In The Closet: Chapters 13-22 will be out on DVD Aug. 21st! You ain't ready!

Labels: R Kelly, Trapped in the Closet

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Rush Hour 3 premiered in L.A. last night with stars Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan


Vanessa Williams | Tyrese | Quincy Jones


Magic Johnson & Cookie | Kyle Massey

More smiling faces under the cut!


The Simmons children at the "Art For Life" Brunch in the East Hamptons...


Nia Long came through to chill out...


Ming and Aoki are to die for...such cutey pies!





Sean Kingston came through 106 & Park...just hot cute. I am so confused with his image, is he a rapper, or singer, or a teenie bopper, or a preppy thug?



Nicole Scherzinger and Will.I.Am were spotted leaving Club Joseph last night...



The Inspi(RED)Event @ Mood in Hollywood...
Kim Kardashian | Claudia Jordan


Melanie Brown and her boyfriend Steven...


Melody Thorton and Chudney Ross and a fruity looking Ja Rule was there..


Melody is trying real hard....

Labels: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Rev Run, Russell Simmons, Sean Kingston

"I'm thrilled to be moving to New York," said Banks, a native Los Angeleno whose first apartment once she became a model was in NYC. "After spending some time in the city this past spring, I knew the energy and rhythm of the city would be great for the show. I feel connected and completely at home."

"Moving the talk show to New York provides a great opportunity to meet all kinds of people and keep sharing the message of empowerment with everyone everywhere," Banks said. "The excitement of New York City will translate to the show each and every day as we continue to face compelling issues…head on." Source: E! Online

Labels: Tyra Banks

What’s going on with the Fugees reunion, or lack there of?
WYCLEF: I’m officially Paul McCartney from the Beatles now. If the Fugees wanna come back, and Lauryn wanna come back…you can’t break the format. Don’t come back and be like, “I wanna produce a beat.” That’s like me saying I wanna sing an R&B vocal. When we was working on the album, I was like, [to Lauryn], “You need to do this like this.” [And] she says, “How do you know what’s relevant? I haven’t heard anything from you in the past like three, four years?” The minute she said that I was like, I gotta go back to working.

So what’s ultimately holding you guys back?
Lauryn is straight up the problem, bro. She wants to be a producer. Don’t come telling us how to chop up beats so you can get credit for it.

Labels: Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean

The singer exclusively tells Usmagazine.com that it's only a matter of time before they walk down the aisle. "As of right now we don't have a date but we will let you know when we do."

"Everbody's fine. Tameka and the baby are fine," Usher himself told Usmagazine.com on July 31, after the couple arrived via private plane in NYC.

Foster chimed: "We're good. We're all doing great now."

Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

"Everything about me was already so public (mostly my own doing talk about dumb!), so of course everyone wanted to know what I had done," she writes. "I was also terrified someone would have a tragic result after emulating me without making an informed decision with her doctor."

"But the complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me," she continues. "I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure." [READ MORE]

Labels: Star Jones

"No one knows why we canceled the wedding, but I can tell you that all of the reasons that everyone is speculating and writing about are completely untrue," Foster told PEOPLE Monday, but she declined to reveal more about why the nuptials were called off.

"We had a scare," she says. "But, I am fine and the baby is fine.” The couple announced in June that they were expecting their first child together, due this fall.

Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

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Labels: Angie Locc, Baby, Hurricane Chris, Jadakiss, Lil Boosie, The Game

Labels: 50 Cent, Andre 3000, Common, Jay Z, Jim Jones, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, T.I., The Game, Young Jeezy

Labels: Amy Winehouse

...and to celebrate this momentous occasion the UK Sun has posted new saucy pictures of Brit back in February [before she went GI Jane on her hair] with some dancer at Club One in NYC! So all you guys look out, she's legally ready to wed again and this could all be yours!

See the full sexy under the cut...NSFW!

Labels: Britney Spears

"I know I've put the city through a lot. My owner, Arthur Blank, who I love sincerely, I've put him through a lot. And you know it's hurt me to put him through these situations to have to deal with that because he shouldn't have to."

Vick thanked those who have continued supporting him and added, "It's a crisis situation for me, but I'm gonna get through it."

Labels: Michael Vick

Labels: Eve, Sean Paul

"He is so B-List here," said the snitch. "No one even acknowledges him." The second-rate treatment was a steep fall from the days of 2003, when Diddy first landed at the French resort with a full-time entourage that included a personal umbrella carrier named Fonzworth Bentley.

Labels: Diddy

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Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

Runaway groom Usher is headed back into his mama's arms.

A day after the last-minute cancellation of his Hamptons wedding to pregnant fiancée Tameka Foster, the Grammy winner was bound for Atlanta to make peace with his estranged mother, Jonetta Patton, sources told the Daily News.

"The reason he called off the ceremony is that he couldn't go through with it without Jonetta," said one insider. "He had an eleventh-hour epiphany."

The source said the 28-year-old multiplatinum R&B star was expected to fly home yesterday to Atlanta, where his mother lives. It wasn't known last night whether the 38-year-old Foster, who is expecting his child in the fall, would be traveling with him.

The nuptials appeared to be going full-steam ahead late last week. After some negotiation, Foster had signed a prenuptial agreement, according to people close to the singer.

"Usher conceded to some of her terms," said one source.

On Thursday night, he had his bachelor party. But, on Friday, "he started having second thoughts again," said a source. "He was obviously troubled that Jonetta wasn't coming."

For weeks, it had been unclear whether there was a wedding hall big enough to hold Patton and Foster, who've long been at odds. Last week, sources said, Foster agreed that Patton could come to the wedding - but, by then, Patton had resolved to stay in Atlanta.

"Usher woke up on Saturday and said he couldn't go through with it," said a source. "Apparently, he also couldn't bring himself to call all the people who were invited. He had the wedding planner call everyone in the wedding party."

The word also went out to stunned guests who were about to board a shuttle bus from a nearby inn to the Sagaponack estate of Island Def Jam chief Antonio (L.A.) Reid.

Foster was furious: "She was marching around, cursing," said a source.

Foster, a divorced mother of three, had at one point worked as Usher's stylist only to be forced out by his manager-mother.

Later, she won a more important place in Usher's life, as his girlfriend, and started crossing swords with several of his longtime friends and handlers.

Shortly before Mother's Day, Usher announced that Patton, who had guided him toward superstardom, would no longer be his manager. Usher denied that Foster planned to take over the role Patton once held.

This month, Usher wrote an open letter in People magazine, declaring "I am not being led" by Foster. That letter prompted AOL Black Voices columnist Jawn Murray to call upon Usher to make up with Patton, or risk alienating his fan base of women. "You only have one mother," wrote Murray, whose letter Usher is said to have read last week.

Also factoring into the crisis was a National Enquirer story alleging that Foster had served time for petty crimes and had once dated a drug dealer killed in an ambush.

The story quoted Foster's half-sister, Valencia Foster, as saying, "Poor Usher has no idea who he's marrying."

Valencia Foster also said Tameka had threatened to ban her mother from the ceremony - because she had lost her false teeth!

"Tameka told her: 'You're not coming to my wedding without teeth.'"

Usher's rep, Patti Webster, did not immediately return a request for comment.

Labels: Jonetta Patton, Tameka Foster, Usher

“For the first time in VIBE’s 14-year history, a political figure graces our cover,” says editor-in-chief Danyel Smith in her Editor’s Letter. “It’s time.” In the exclusive interview — by American Book Award-winning author Jeff Chang — Senator Obama and those closest to him open up about personal sacrifice, his teen years in Hawai’i, the Don Imus backlash against hip hop, and being “black enough.” The two cover images were photographed exclusively for the September JUICE issue of VIBE by renowned lensman Terry Richardson.

Labels: Barack Obama

"It became very obvious to me that this girl was a rat by the way she lingered around the poker table and stared blatantly at my breasts. She may be young and black, but fabulous she is not! If her blog is an extension of who she is, then it should be renamed: 'Mean, Bitter & Fugly.' With full-figured women on the come-up and celebrating their curves, Miss YBF set herself back, wearing, of all things, a yellow cow-print dress that showcased the rolls around her waist. While I do love many of the blogs, I don't like anybody who can dish it [but] can't take it! She strategically chose not to post the photo that we posed together for. I challenge her to post the picture we took together and let the viewers decide who is really 'young black and fabulous!'"

Labels: Claudia Jordan, Omarosa

[View of LA Reid's home via Splash News]

Sandra Darling,

I love that you have given me so much coverage lately on your little website. It does my heart good with so popularity. You keeping me in the spotlight is exactly what I want and I would like to personally thank you and give kudos. Also, the wedding invitations will soon be in the mail, but unfortunately you will not be attending nor photographing it. Tah, Tah.

Thanks Doll,
Mrs. Tameka Foster-Raymond [Oops, not so much]

PS: U**** sends his love

Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless

Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

Labels: Craig David

Ashanti, who's rocking new bangs, was spotted out and about in midtown Manhattan...Check out her first single, "Switch" featuring boyfriend Nelly, from her upcoming album The Declaration due out this October.

Download: Switch [ft. Nelly]
Link via Kevipod

Labels: Ashanti, Nelly

Serena Williams and Jackie Long were spotted chillin' together again at the Fergie concert at the Palms in Las Vegas...so much for being just good friends! They need to just give up the ghost, we see you.

Peep the hand holding action...

Labels: Jackie Long, Serena Williams

Russell Simmons held his annual Art for Life Auction in East Hampton, NY where the theme was n"Not so Mellow Yellow" and friends and family came out to support the charity's annual bash...



See more from the weekend's big events and parties under the cut!
















Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons were also smiles and hugs at the Launch Party for Hello Kitty by KLS! Make that money honey...




Britney Spears looked a hot and total mess on the set of her cheap ass video for her "comeback" single...Heffa sit down somewhere!




Quincy Jones was honored at the GRAMMY Foundation's Starry Night Event, legend and newbies alike came out to take part in the annual event!






We see you Eric Benet with your broke-off Halle, Manuela!



Jennifer Lopez, who never does wrong on the red carpet looked stunning at the Puerto Rico premiere of "El Cantante" which co-stars her hubby Marc Anthony!

Labels: Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Kimora Lee Simmons, Marc Anthony, Naomi Campbell, Nick Cannon, Quincy Jones, Rev Run, Russell Simmons, Will.I.Am

Nicole Ritchie tells Nylon Magazine that she wouldn't take back a single mistake:

“I’m very happy with my life and I wouldn’t take back any mistake I’ve made because it’s made me who I am today. I don’t walk around pretending that I’m perfect, so I don’t think that anyone else should hold me to that and not expect me to fuck up occasionally. Because I do, and you do, too.”

See more scans and read the article under the cut!

Labels: Nicole Ritchie

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According to OK! magazine, the 46-year-old 'Dreamgirls' and 'Shrek the Third' star proposed on July 25 with a "massive," roughly 8-carat Cartier yellow diamond engagement ring.

A friend of the couple says, "They're very adorable together, very happy," adding that they plan to tie the knot before the end of the year with a private wedding: "something low-key and romantic."

Labels: Eddie Murphy, Tracey Edmonds

1st of all, Natalie Stewart was never replaced... However, at the end of the Flo'ology tour December 5th 2006 in Birmingham, UK, right after the show, Natalie wished me safe travels and we hadn't spoken since.. well until a few weeks ago... of course there are things that happened between us and will remain on my part between us yet there was evidence of a separation in the group way b4 these rumors came to light...

you see, myspace.com tells you what you need to know about a person, or what you want them to know about you... whilst Nat nor myself were communicating, I took the easy road and I went to check out her page coz a fan hit me with the link like wtf!!! this was early this year... so i see on Nat's personal page "Life After Floetry... Natalie Stewart is... Super Heroine..." and I'm like OK, she got her Code Records poppin, she was doin her... grown woman, had to respect the M.O... so I'm back in Philly, she's in the UK, we're not talking, I see "Life After Floetry..." to me, she left...

so, I'm getting calls from label people, management, etc... they let me know what was being said and done and I'm like damn... what to do now... coz its all personal, but Nat has been like my sister and I'll back her 100... but at some point, I gotta say or/and do somethin... I had to do me, I just want to make music... personal shyt aside... I've put blood sweat and tears into Floetry, when people see me out anywhere, I'm the chick from Floetry, its my aka, my ID... so, I'm continuing a brand that I sure as helped build and I'm creating opportunities for projects that I believe in... I believe in the Floetry brand and I am continuing and chose to do so with Amanda Diva on the "Floetry Remixed Tour"

"Floetry Remixed" came about very suddenly...I met Amanda Diva thru a friend and we creatively clicked instantly... I can't control promoters, i can't control gossip sites, what I can give you is my word.... not one of them sites had a quote from me saying nothing... every promoter of the Floetry Remixed tour knew what it was going in... I'm about the music... I'm about being on the road and giving the music to the people... I respect that everyone is so passionate and concerned about music... makes me wanna be better at what I do... but, as always, I respect other people's moves... I'll let you do you... I'm a friend till the end... but when it gets all crazy, at some point I have to see things for what they really are... if its not working, its not working... i can't please everybody... I can't, i tried that... got me in a whole bunch of shyt... guess if I'd a grown up sooner, things woulda been different but I can't live like that, I just gotta LIVE... and let LIVE...

Natalie Stewart: you are my sister... blood... an important part of me being here doing what I dreamed about for the longest and you know that... I support you 100... you know how we get when its all personal and emotional and so very separate... we are different, and that's OK... you know me... I wish you well... all my luv...

at the end of the day, its all luv and music... if only it was that simple... :)

Labels: Amanda Diva, Floetry, Marsha Ambrosius

The wedding between Usher and his pregnant fiancee has been canceled, his publicist told The Associated Press on Saturday.

However, a statement released by publicist Patti Webster exclusively to the AP read: "It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond, IV and Tameka Foster was canceled. No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected."

"Usher's mother [and former manager, Jonetta Patton, whom he fired in May] is against the wedding. That is one of the main obstacles," according to the source, who also said of the bride, 37, and groom, 28: "They only decided two weeks ago to have a wedding. They wanted to have it take place before the baby bump started showing."

But as another source tells PEOPLE: "Usher changed his mind."

Usher (full name: Usher Raymond) and Foster, a stylist, also "had a lot of differences about the details. For example, the bride wanted barbeque, [and] he wanted to have [renowned chef] Jean Georges cook," said the source.

As a result of the differences, the wedding "was on again off again for the past few days. [Foster] was calling it off because she wasn't getting the things that she wanted. The mother was calling it off. ... Usher was calling it off." [READ MORE]

Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

Chamillionaire, who stopped by 106 & Park yesterday, has two new videos out from his upcoming album Ultimate Victory due out September 18th. Both are great exceptions to the rule, with humor as he takes a page out of Eddie Murphy playbook...

Hip Hop Police

See the other video, Evening News, under the cut!

Evening News

Labels: Chamillionaire

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Labels: Amanda Diva, Emily King, Floetry

Labels: Chris Brown, Ciara, Jay Z

So chic...So glamorous!


See more Raw Emotion @ C&D

Labels: Amy Winehouse

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Meet her under the cut!

Labels: Shits and Giggles

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Jennifer Hudson is the new spokesperson for Avon's new perfume Imari Seduction... Purple definitely works for Miss Hudson! Make sure to get a sample from your play sister/cousin/co-worker/Avon lady...

Labels: Jennifer Hudson

It never fails that there are false statements in the news or press about Celebs, personalities or whatever you wish to term the position of being in the media spotlight. I see that a few uninformed individuals in the media [a hem...Miss Jones] seem to think that Kim & I are back together again since her break-up with Sean. This is not the case. We are just the proud parents of our wonderful son named Quincy and will always be focused on exactly that. Sean has been a great force in my son's life as well as Kim. All of the other hoopla is exactly that, hoopla. [READ MORE]

Labels: Al B. Sure, Diddy, Kim Porter

Confessions of a Call Girl is a revealing story of a woman's struggle for balance as she battles a secret addiction while fighting to save her family and find herself.

Tory Adams (Tamala Jones) is the perfect wife, mother, best girlfriend, and boss. Married to an equally successful lawyer (Bokeem Woodbine), she and her husband live in a $3 million brownstone in Harlem with their daughter. Despite appearances of an idyllic life, there's one problem: Tory is secretly a high-class call girl who goes by the name Candy. Nevertheless, Tory has convinced herself that her life is normal — until one of her clients becomes obsessed with her. This sets off a harrowing chain of events involving blackmail, rape, and ultimately murder.

Labels: Tamala Jones

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...Now Flick Flick! Picture Post...


Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee at Tea Party at the Phat Farm Showroom to introduce the new "Ming and Aoki" Signature Collection for Spring 2008...Starring, of course, Ming and Aoki, who are two of the cutest lil' mini-moguls!




Ex-Pussycat Doll Asia | June Ambrose | Misa Hilton-Brym


Malinda Williams came to see as well...

See more flicks under the cut including, Gabrielle Union, Sanaa Lathen, Yung Berg, and Jennifer Hudson!


Gabrielle Union and BFFs Sanaa Lathan and Regina Hall came out for the Lucky Magazine & Foley + Corrina Resort Collection Launch at Chateau Marmont


Taye Diggs made his way there too...




RIP Veronica Mars...Booooo CW!





Jennifer Hudson was a special guest and performer at the UJA-Federation of New York's Visionary Award Honoring Clive Davis


Fan of the dress, not a fan of it on her...the lines accentuate the wrong areas...but the color is nice on her!





Yung Berg on "The Sauce" at Fuse TV...





New York Jets' Kerry Rhodes had a surprise 25th birthday party at Niki Beach in NYC


KeKe Wyatt [who performed] | Melyssa Ford


ANTM's Niki and Keenya

Labels: Jennifer Hudson, Kerry Rhodes, Kimora Lee Simmons, Regina Hall, Russell Simmons, Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Yung Berg

Who's the next one that's gonna get that asymmetrical bob? Trina just joined the club rocking it for her new photoshoot for her new album, Da Baddest Bitch 2. But know it's not for errrrrebody!

Labels: Rihanna, Tachina Arnold, Trina

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Labels: Pimp C

Kelly Rowland once wanted to look white. "It's said that brown-skinned girls don't sell magazines and that's so sad," the sexy songbird tells next month's Essence. "I remember wishing I was more fair-skinned, but Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mom, would say, 'Don't you know how beautiful you are?' She made me come into my brown beauty. I didn't get it, but now I do. I am chocolate and beautiful and loving it."

She looks absolutely F-A-B...Fierce! I hope her candid confession will help someone one love themselves...

Labels: Kelly Rowland

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett headline David Fincher's upcoming "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Even superstars need moms though, and Taraji P. Henson is playing Benjamin (Pitt)'s mom, Queenie.

"I age from 26 to 71," said Henson. "It's early 1900s mixed with modern times and flashbacks. I play Brad Pitt's mother because he's born with this rare aging disease, left on my doorstep and I adopt him like any good southern woman would. My character runs an old folks home and a lot of the extras were senior citizens."

The story has Pitt age backwards, and mommy is there most of the time. "She's with the beginning, she teaches Benjamin Button everything he needs to know. Then there's a part where he goes off into the world to become a man, then he comes back. He comes back home to momma. So there's one little segment I'm not in but pretty much the whole movie."

It sounds like a more whimsical film than the usual Fincher fare, but the dark director compensated for that. "He's very dark and he's very upset that he's made a beautiful film. He's walking around, 'Ah, I can't believe I made a ****ing beautiful movie. Rrr, rrr." He still tried to make it dark. He had the smoke machine. Trust me, it's still dark where it can be, but it's beautiful. Beautifully dark."

And as for aging, Henson enjoyed seeing herself in old age makeup. "I just laughed because it's going to happen. It's going to happen and I embrace it."

Labels: Brad Pitt, Taraji P. Henson

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“Last year I made people respect my fresh,” says Kia Shine. “This year I made them respect my grind.”

Check out Kia Shine's album "Due Season," in stores July 31st.

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AP: Does it ever get easy to dance on stage in high heels?

Beyonce: The easiest part is dancing in the heels. I don't even think about it anymore; it's just second nature. But it is difficult to dance, to sing at the same time. I have to make sure I'm in shape and I'm hydrated ... I don't want to wear myself out and get exhausted.

Labels: Beyonce

Labels: Shits and Giggles

Kelly Rowland recently shot the video for "Work" and one of the dancer posted some behind-the-scenes pics from the shoot on her Myspace...

Labels: Kelly Rowland

ESSENCE.com: How did you two officially break up?

MEL B: There was no official breakup. I went to London and on my return flight I learned that he made that announcement about wanting a DNA test on that TV show. Then I saw him on the red carpet with Tracey Edmonds and that's when I knew we were over.

ESSENCE.com: Why do you think he went flip mode and publicly denied his flesh and blood?

MEL B: First of all, I'm a very independent woman so if you're trying to control me, that's not going to happen. In any relationship, it's all about compromise. We were going to buy a house in Malibu and move in together. Somehow things got confused along the way because there were certain things that went on in his house with his lifestyle that I wasn't prepared to be a part of. So that became a trippy discussion, which ended up where we both refused to budge. [Gay swinger parties maybe?]

ESSENCE.com: What is it about his lifestyle that you don't like?

MEL B: I have a baby with this guy so I have to be somewhat respectful. I'll simply say that there were lifestyle changes that he would have to make if we were going to live together and do it properly. I have a house where it¹s about my kids and me. I don't have people knocking on my door at 3 and 4 in the morning. I have a very simple life—I don't have a ton of people looking after my kids—I'm a very regular person when it comes to that because I want my kids to have a normal life as much as possible.

Labels: Eddie Murphy, Mel B

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Usher’s new bride, Tameka Foster, has a shocking criminal past that she has kept secret from the R&B singer, The Enquirer learned.

Tameka is an ex-con whose first lover was gunned down in a drug-related execution-style shooting.

“Poor Usher has no idea who he’s marrying,” Temeka’s half sister Valencia Foster told The Enquirer. “He’s a wonderful guy- but Tameka is giving him a big-time snow job.”

The scene for deception was set at a “getting to know the in-laws” dinner in Tameka’s hometown of Oakland, Calif., on July 7 as the couple finalized plans for a July 28 wedding.

Valencia, 49, explained that Usher led a prayer before dinner, then turned to her and said: “’You know all the family secrets- tell me about them.’ Before I could say a word, Tameka kicked me so hard under the table she almost put a hole in my leg,” Valencia said.

“Then she pulled me aside and whispered: ‘Don’t tell him anything.’”

Tameka, fleeing from a troubled home life, moved in with Valencia when she was 11. “She arrived with $14 in food stamps in her purse,” recalled Valencia. “She turned out to be a nightmare.”

By 14, she had become involved with a married drug dealer five years older than her, Valencia says.

“I banned him from the house – but four years later she was pregnant with his baby when his car was ambushed and he was riddled with bullets. Tameka missed being with him in the car by minutes.”

Court records show that Tameka has been arrested twice. In 1991, she served 20 days in the Los Angeles County Jail for petty theft and was placed on probation for two years. Records indicate she had previously served jail time.

An earlier arrest in Alameda County, Calif., involved “some kind of welfare fraud, and she was sentenced to perform community service,” said Valencia.

Tameka, Usher’s former wardrobe stylist, has three children and is expecting the singer’s baby in the fall. Usher, 28, recently shocked fans by reportedly firing his manager mother and replacing her with Tameka.

The 36-year-old bride asked her father, John Foster, to give her away at the wedding in the Hampton’s, the tony New York enclave. But Tameka threatened to ban her mom from the ceremony- because she had lost her false teeth!

“Tameka told her: ‘You’re not coming to my wedding without teeth,’” Valencia said.

“I asked her why she didn’t buy her mother a new set, and she told me: ‘Let her get her own (bleeping) teeth- she didn’t take care of me when I was young.’”

Valencia says Tameka’s mom bought the new teeth herself- and she believes one day Usher will discover the truth about his new bride.

“Usher is so much in love he’s under her spell,” she said. “But he’s going to find out she’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

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Kanye's fiancee Alexis, Kim Kardashian, and Danity Kane's Aubrey were partying it up at the L.A. Direct party...all looking a bit greasy! Kanye, come get ya girl...quick! Last night on Chelsea Lately Kim came through and declined to comment on Reggie, but did say he was a sweet person. She also said she doesn't drink alcohol...and I must admit I don't think I've seen her looking a mess a la Britney or Lindsey! Now if she can just keep her va-jay-jay off the internet!




With Robin Anton, creator of the Pussycat Dolls and Melody Thorton...I see ya Aubs...Try to make it in one group before hopping to another...



Mya and Claudia Ortiz [of City High] were featured at the R&B Live Concert Series in NYC

See more celebrity flicks under the cut!








Lisa Leslie and husband, Michael Lockwood bring new daughter Lauren to the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" at the Mann's Village Theater in L.A.



LL Cool J came out the grand opening of Christian Audiger store in Soho...



Christina Aguilera is continuing on her Back to Basics Tour with a stop in Syndey, Austraila...Belly watch is in full effect as her little tummy is starting to show...



Fabolous and Ne-Yo came through 106 & Park...


Charlie Murphy too...promoting Hot Ghetto Mess We Got To Do Better

Labels: Aubrey O'Day, christina aguilera, Danity Kane, Kim Kardashian, LL Cool J

[Pics via Just Jared]
Jay Z came through to Miami to meet boo, Beyonce and you know Solange and Angie were there...


Amerie made her way to London to promote her album "Because I Love It" which is yet to be released in the states but they love her overseas...



Amy Winehouse, looking her normal, unbathed self...I just don't get it...

Labels: Amerie, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, Jay Z

You pick that up or you stream it for free at BET.com!

Check him out at his website or on MySpace

Labels: Yung Berg

See the red carpet actions and after party fun under the cut!



















The After Party




"El Cantante" Premiere in Puerto Rico

Labels: Big Boi, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Tracey Edmonds

Less than two weeks after being named CEO of Vibe Media Group, Steve Aaron announced Vibe would fold Vibe Vixen, the female counterpart to urban music and lifestyle magazine Vibe. Vixen will cease as a regularly published title with the August/September issue and starting in the fourth quarter, the company will begin publishing Vixen as special issues focusing on urban culture themes. The company hasn’t determined the frequency for the specials, a company rep said. Vixen also will continue to maintain a Web site. In a press release, Aaron said there would be “some” layoffs. The rep would not make executives available for further comment. Vixen launched in February 2005 as a twice-a-year title with a circ of 425,000 (unaudited) and upped the frequency to six times this year. Pages for the first half of 2007 totaled 147, per Publishers Information Bureau.

Labels: Vibe Vixen

A breath test was conducted and her blood alcohol was between .12 percent and .13 percent, Talbot said. California’s legal limit is 0.08 percent.

The 21-year-old actress was booked on two misdemeanor charges of suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license and two felony charges of possession of cocaine and transport of a narcotic, Talbot said.

During a pre-booking search, police found cocaine in one of Lohan’s pants pockets, Talbot said.

Lohan has been released on $25,000 bail, police said.

Labels: Lindsay Lohan

The "gotcha, gotcha" moment came on Making the Band 4...The clashing of Diddy and Laurie Ann Gibson during the elimination was one hell of a dramatic moment! I want to see the uncut footage...IMO, Diddy didn't get what he ask for. Laurie Ann overreacted and was feeling herself a lil' extra. I think Diddy saw that Laurie Ann was trying to get more shine. However you can't hate that, because you gotta make the most of your 15 minutes and she definitely made MTB a hit...Was it Laurie Ann's fault the producers called her in for one day? So no more "Boom Kack Kack!?" That sucks...

In Memory of the Boom Kack...for now!

Oh and the REAL "Gotcha, Gotcha" Laurie Ann's contract is with MTV, not Diddy...hence he technically can't fire her...

Discuss!! What did you think?

Labels: Diddy, Laurie Ann Gibson, Making the Band, Michael Bivins, MTV

See rest of scans under cut!

Labels: Chris Brown

Deelishis wore this long sleeve green number at BET's Rip the Runway in March and last week at The G.A.M.E INC. 7th Anniversary Party Hosted By Lil Wayne and Baby...

Labels: Deelishis

Beyonce and Robin Thicke came out to the afterparty at The Mansion in Miami after The Beyonce Exerience...


Damn...can you whisper in my ear! I wanna laugh too!


Scott Storch came through too...ugghh it looks like the flesh is melting off his face!


Tell me he isn't scary looking...between him, Lil' Kim and Jennifer Holliday, my nightmares are covered!

Labels: Beyonce, Robin Thicke, Scott Storch

"Her insecure ass was focused on me, though I am younger and contracted on a completely different radio station and in an opposite time slot,"

"In her position, she should be professionally riding the wave as a leader of the pack or sharing the torch gracefully, knowing she will get love from young ones like myself who desire mentorship. Wendy wants to not only hold on to the torch, but also crush anyone who dares to have aspirations for success. Her justification has always been: 'I'm not helping nobody, because nobody helped me.'"

Labels: Miss Jones, Wendy Williams

More Red Carpet Under the Cut!


Snoop Dogg | Katt Williams | Luenell



Larissa "Bootz" | Becky "Buckwild" | Leilene "Smiley"


Saaphyri


London "Deelishis" Charles | Shay "Buckeey"


Schatar "Hottie" | Sommore | Ice-T, Coco, and son

Labels: Flavor Flav, Flavor of Love

“I’ll take off my shirt in a second - locker room girls don’t have much shame.

Once I was getting ready to go out and my hitting partner, who is my best friend and, like, Greek god - handsome, walked into my hotel room, it wasn’t awkward for me, but he freaked out.

I told him we had to get married.”

Labels: Serena Williams

Check out the Stars That Came out to Welcome the Beckhams Under the Cut!



Carmelo Anthony | Common | Eva Pigford


Eva Longoria | Holly Robinson-Peete


Golden H.A.M. Brooks | Harold Perrineau | Kerry Washington


Mekhi Phiefer & wife | Lisa Rae | Melanie Brown & Stephen


Rhianna | Vivica A. Fox


Serena [Upgrade] Williams | Wesley Snipes


Megan Good & Thomas Jones | Nick Cannon & Selita Ebanks

Labels: Jada Pinkett Smith, Victoria Beckham, Will Smith

And what is it with her and club sofas...

See more H.A.M.tastical Mess Under the Cut!


@ the Beckham's Welcome Party...


@ L.A. Direct Magazine's Expansion Party at Republic

Labels: Lil Kim

Believe it or not, Jaslene Gonzalez can eat. To prove this, the size-0 winner of the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model dives into her guacamole and her steak tacos—with sour cream and melted cheese, no less—during an interview at Mama Mexico's in New York. For a 21-year-old girl with the nickname Cha Cha Diva, there's nothing pretentious about her. Sure, she went from online college admissions adviser to supermodel-in-training overnight. She's even got a $100,000 CoverGirl contract and a few magazine covers under her belt. But underneath it all, there's the soul of a fighter. In fact, the Chicagoan was sent home after auditioning for Cycle 7 because the show's producers insisted she get professional help to deal with the emotional damage caused from an abusive relationship in her past. And help she got: from a therapist, from her big Puerto Rican family and, most important, from herself. Finally, this past May, she got her victory. Evidently, some things are worth the wait.

I definitely thought Jaslene was quite fierce on ANTM...much potential for here, I hope she sees much success in her career! Hre features are strong, but the girl can take one hell of a picture...and yes, she reminds me of Janice Dickinson too...

Labels: ANTM, Jaslene

I just want to play in his hair!!

Labels: Kevin Michael

Officers spotted Carter [Lil' Wayne], 24, and another man smoking marijuana by a tour bus near 61st Street and Columbus Avenue at about 11:30 p.m., police said. The officers took the two men into custody, finding a .40-caliber pistol. Both were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana.

Atkins [Ja Rule], 31, was arrested about an hour earlier on West End Avenue. Police said he was in a luxury sedan that was going too fast. Officers stopped the car and arrested the occupants — Atkins, the driver and another man — and found a .40-caliber gun, police said.

Labels: Ja Rule, Lil Wayne

Tameka walked in and hit the roof. She screamed at Chili, “Doesn’t your boyfriend have a mom you can visit?” Chili just told her to grow up and walked out laughing.

Labels: Chili, Tameka Foster, Usher

Labels: Beyonce, Soulja Boi

Kelly Rowland performed the hit Dilemma and a few cuts from her new album, Miss Kelly, on AOL Sessions...see all of the videos under cut!


Behind the Scenes Footage



Comeback



Work/Ghetto



Like This



Dilemma

Labels: Kelly Rowland

Labels: Rihanna

Labels: B5, Bow Wow, Keri Hilson, Marques Houston, Nelly Futado, Polow Da Don, Rich Boy

Labels: Rihanna

The cover if Kanye West's next album cover for "Graduation" which comes out Sept. 11th [that's the same as 50 Cent's]...I'll be checking for leakage!

Labels: Kanye West

Labels: Diddy, Laurie Ann Gibson, Michael Bivins

JoJo has a cover of the ever-so-popular "Beautiful Girls" that leaked today...I actually think I like her version better! I am big fan of her voice, I think she is quite talented...The song is just infectious no matter who sings it though. Check out Jo Jo's version and see if you like it:

And speaking of Sean Kingston, he has a new single out called "Me Love." The 17 year old Jamaica native is working to create a new genre that meshes Rap, Reggae, Dancehall and Pop...This one has more of a traditional Reggae feel to it. I actually like this one better than Beautiful Girls. It's definitely radio friendly...and no suicides!

His self-titled debut album hits shelves July 31st

Labels: JoJo, Sean Kingston

Labels: Rihanna

“People find it interesting to try to make me gay; I’m not gay. I went on vacation with two girlfriends of mine who, interestingly enough got cut out of the pictures. We found a nude beach, as far as I know, was a unisex beach…. We took off our clothes and jumped in the water. I’ve been trying to skinny dip since I was a teenager. I’m just grateful that the water was warm!”

Labels: Shemar Moore

Labels: Diddy

Labels: Shits and Giggles

Labels: Laurie Ann Gibson, Wendy Williams

Picture post...



Tons more under cut...


Rihanna on 106 & Park...airs tomorrow





T.I. and Ciara with the other Screamfest artists on 106 & Park promoting ScreamFest '07







Tracee Ellis Ross, Fonzworth Bentley, and Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon at the Decadestwo Grand Re-opening





Keyshia Cole partied in Miami at Prive...that hair is a total upgrade!



Justin Timberlake opened his restaurant, Southern Hosptality, in NYC and you know Rev. Al Sharpton came through for some free food...



Big Boi came through Fuse TV with the group Retro Kids...LOL @ the gumby...

Labels: Big Boi, Ciara, Fonzworth Bentley, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Justin Timberlake, Keyshia Cole, Rihanna, T.I., Tracee Ellis Ross

Zoe Kravitz is featured in the new "Black Girls Rule" issue of Trace Magazine...She opens up about her newest role on the silver screen along side Terrence Howard and Jodie Fisher in "The Brave One."

"Every time we did a take I would check if it was OK," Kravitz said. "[Jodie] would tell me to let go and just do it. She [just] taught me to be comfortable on set."

Labels: Zoe Kravitz

"When I met her for the first time, with her dad and her late grandfather, I literally took her under my wings like she was my own daughter. Self-effacing, knowing and grounded is what makes her truly the new 'It' girl."

Labels: Chanel Iman, Iman

BET's "ScreamFest 2007" is heading to a city near you...The group of performers, which include Ciara, T.I., Young Joc, T-Pain, and Llyod, came out for a press conference in NYC to promote this summer's tour...

Dates and more pics under cut...







GET MORE INFO ON SCREAMFEST

Labels: Ciara, Lloyd, Screamfest, T-Pain, T.I., Yung Joc

The net is expected to announce at its TCA session this weekend that it will air the original 12 episodes of the series, which became a viral hit on the Internet after radio stations began playing the audio version in 2005. The entire 22-episode run will also stream on IFC.com.

Series, which Kelly wrote and toplines, centers on the romantic and other trials of a character named Sylvester. "Trapped" is an early entry in a genre known as hip-hopera -- a rock opera with hip-hop themes. [READ MORE]

Labels: R Kelly

"I know this is going to be the hottest ticket in town," said Yolanda Parker, a Los Angeles area supporter on Obama's national finance committee.

Winfrey is taking a personal interest in lining up the entertainment. Calls are going out to Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx and songstress Beyonce.

To get in on the party, the maximum $2,300-per-individual contribution for the primary is being asked. Special VIP access will be given to people who raise $25,000 (they will be called co-hosts), with top bundlers of $50,000 or more to be listed as "hosts" of the event.

Labels: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey

A witness said, "The gig became absolutely awful. Members of her entourage were coming on to the stage, obviously worried she couldn't go on, and she would just shout "fuck off" at them. Everyone in the crowd just felt sorry for her."

Her spokesbitch said, "Amy was annoyed with herself. She is a bit ring rusty after not having played for a while and was upset after making a few mistakes in the set."

Labels: Amy Winehouse

Labels: Chingy, Ludacris

Singer/Songwriter Keri Hilson stepped out extra fly for the Polow Da Don's party to launch Zone4 Inc./Interscope Record Label co-hosted by Ciara...

I am loving this pink dress, especially with the pockets. The asymmetrical cut is hot on her as well! She is definitely rocking the look all together...

Labels: Keri Hilson

“We went in the studio and recorded a couple records that were incredible,” he said. “But, to put it nicely, it’s dead. Me and [Wyclef Jean], we on the same page, but Lauryn [Hill] is in her zone, and I’m fed up with that shit. Here she is, blessed with a gift, with the opportunity to rock and give, and she’s running on some bullshit? I’m a fan of Lauryn’s, but I can’t respect that.”

Labels: Fugees, Lauryn Hill

Labels: Amerie, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Rowland, Rihanna

Yung Berg shot the video for his new video for the remix to "Sexy Lady" with Rich Boy and the oh-so-scruffy Jim Jones in NYC...

His debut album "Look What You Made Me" is set to debut later this summer...

Listen to "Sexy Lady Remix"

More Pics Under Cut!

Labels: Jim Jones, Rich Boy, Yung Berg

[Mel B and boyfriend, Stephen, Spotted at Airport]

"He’s the love of my life and I’m going to marry him.”

Mel is in sensational shape following the birth and told a pal: “Stephen’s been a godsend.

“Eddie hasn’t been in touch once since I had the baby, it’s unbelievable. But Stephen has been a tower of strength.”

And Mel put the knife in to Eddie saying: “Stephen’s got a much bigger c**k as well!”

Labels: Mel B

Amy Winehouse and her hubby, Blake Fielder-Civil. were spotted at the train station as they arrive for Amy's show at the Eden Session in Great Britian...somebody slip her some pork chops and gravy!



Pics from the show under the cut!

Labels: Amy Winehouse

Labels: Tameka Foster, Usher

Labels: Bow Wow, Paula DeAnda

Labels: Kelly Rowland

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TMZ has confirmed Dave Chappelle went to the hospital this past weekend because he was wacked out. But Chappelle's rep told TMZ any wackiness was due to exhaustion -- not drugs.

The rep says Dave went to the emergency room for "physical exhaustion." She says he was treated with "food, water and sleep" for about 12 hours and then went home.

Callers to a DC 101's Elliot in the Morning radio show this morning reported that Chappelle entered rehab over the weekend. Not so, his rep tells TMZ.

Labels: Dave Chappelle

Oprah with Gracie, and other dogs, on the cover of the January 2007 issue of O Magazine

Oprah Winfrey suffered a huge heartbreak when one of her beloved pooches died in a freak accident. Gracie, a golden retriever who was the littlest of Oprah's three pups, was killed when Oprah's dog walker took the three dogs out for an evening stroll.

Oprah got a call twenty minutes later saying Gracie was not breathing. "I ran barefoot out of the house and found the dog walker and one of my security guys pumping her chest," Oprah says in the August issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. "Just as I reached them, the security guard looked up... 'She's gone."

Gracie had chocked on a plastic ball that belonged to Oprah's much older cocker spaniel, Sophie. Oprah immediately felt the loss of her favorite pup. She was flooded with "tears and stabbing pain and disbelief and wonder and questions about how and why this happened."

Though Oprah's in pain, she believes a lesson can be learned from all of this. "Slow down, you're moving too fast... Thank you for being my saving Gracie."

Labels: Oprah Winfrey

Shakira performed in Mumbai, India in March 2007 during her Oral Fixation Tour while Beyonce rocked same move at the Essence Music Festival earlier this month in New Orleans...

Who rocked it?

Labels: Beyonce, Shakira

I am just not getting why Baby has Weezy tatted on his chest...I mean the arm would have been just fine...this is yet another element of their relationship that perplexes me!

Labels: Baby, Lil Wayne

[pics via Kelly-Rowland.net]

Labels: Kelly Rowland

Labels: Keri Hilson, Rich Boy

The as yet untitled half-hour show, slated for a late 2007 debut, will follow Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and his family as the Doggfather goes about his daily business, which has expanded over the past decade to include producing, acting, hosting a radio show, helming a youth football league and tacking -izzle onto the end of every other word.

Labels: Snoop

The guys from Oscar-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia had a real tough day on Friday -- being forced to hang out in a sick Los Angeles pad with a bikini-clad model. Terrible.

Karl Kani, the self-proclaimed "godfather of urban fashion," held the 11-hour shoot, requiring the rappers to kick it on comfy couches while plenty of eye candy kept them company. Yeah, real hard out there for pimps!

Labels: Three 6 Mafia

[Pic via Pretty on the Outside]

"She's on Island, but it's more or less [Def Jam CEO Antonio "L.A." Reid's] project," Dupri says. "I let him deal with that on a day-to-day basis. He's going to A&R that project, too. Janet's record is one that he's wanted to do for a long time. He's very passionate about it.

Jackson's departure from Virgin comes in the wake of two consecutive commercial disappointments: 2004's "Damita Jo" and last year's "20 Y.O." Her departure from the label was widely rumored after Dupri exited the company late last year to become president of Island Urban.

Labels: Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupri

[Sketch of Arraignment]

Remy Ma has been accused of shooting her friend of 15 years, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, early Saturday morning, allegedly over $2000...She later turned herself in and has been charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Remy is currently in Riker's Island waiting the review of her $250K bail proposal...

The incident seems to have arisen over missing money. Ma was out celebrating a friend's birthday with longtime pal Barnes-Joseph, when she noticed cash missing from her wallet. Cops believe Ma accused Barnes-Joseph of taking the cash and then shot her in revenge.

Immediately after the shooting, Ma fled the scene by car, but crashed into another auto only a few blocks away from the shooting. She then jumped out of her car and took a taxi.

[SOURCE]

Labels: Remy Ma

• Despite acknowledging the possible down size to a trio [sans D. Woods and Aubrey], the group is still a group, of five...
• The rumors of D. Woods and Aubrey leaving was news to the other members, they heard it like everyone else heard it...
• Where did the rumors begin? For most it was a rumor on The Wendy Williams Radio Show that D. Woods had left the group, possibly for another group called "The Girls Club." Then...
  
• Is Aubrey trying to be a Pussycat Doll? That is still yet to be answered, though I personally think Aubrey's chit chat with paparazzi was a bit shady and so we'll have to see how that unfolds...but that coupled with the D. Woods rumors made it evident the group was on the brink of the end...
  
• However, Dawn sent out a bulletin on MySpace titled "Rumors" that said:
  

"To answer all the rumors that's been out there about Aubrey and D. Woods pursuing their solo careers. We support them in their decision. However, myself, Aundrea and Shannon are choosing to continue in our efforts to make Danity Kane the best for our fans who love us and what we represent AND the respect we have for our group."

• That was later deleted and Dawn sent another bulletin titled "DK is Good to Go!"

"Sorry you guys were so confused!!hahahaha Danity Kane is together. We are good. We are supporting each other in all we do."

• D. Woods later posted a blog on her MySpace Page to clarify where the rumor may have come from as she says her sidekick didn't end a previous conversation and that led to someone hear her voice her frustrations with DK...but did reiterate that she hasn't left the group
  

"Danity Kane is together. We have been supporting each other in all our endeavors and now are concentrating on the next album. Our fans are important and we want them to know we are fine and ready to move forward and would appreciate if the rumors would stop so we can move forward with great music."

Labels: Aubrey O'Day, D. Woods, Danity Kane, Dawn Richard

[Pic Source: Pretty on the Outside]

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