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I love Raven, I love the fact that she's grown up to be such a mini mogul at such a young age and hasn't let Hollyweird send her down the wrong path. She stopped by Regis & Kelly to promote her new movie College Road Trip which she executive produced.

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The amount of senseless violence that has plagued this country in the brief 2 months is unconscionable! In yet another shocking and disturbing event, the daughter of Juvenile long with her mother and older sister were murdered yesterday in Ga.
A 17-year-old was arrested Friday in the murder of his mother, a Gwinnett County sheriff's deputy, and his two sisters.

Anthony Tyrone Terrell is charged with killing his mother, Joy Deleston, and his sisters Micaiah, 11, and Jelani, 4.

Police spokeswoman Corporal Illana Spellman said the motive for the killings is still under investigation. Terrell was taken to jail in neighboring DeKalb County to avoid any potential conflict because Deleston worked for Gwinnett County, Spellman said. He is being held without bail.

Spellman said she could not confirm whether Deleston's service weapon was used in the fatal shootings or if investigators recovered the gun used in the killings. She said she did not know if there were any prior police calls to the home. A neighbor called police Thursday night when she heard gunshots and a bullet came through the wall of her house.

Officers who responded realized the bullet came from the deputy's house at 415 Madison Chase Drive and saw the deputy's marked patrol vehicle in the driveway, said Gwinnett County police spokesman David Schiralli. When they investigated they found the bodies of the deputy and her daughters.

"They knew a deputy lived there, so they knocked at the door to see if everybody was all right," Schiralli said. "There was no answer, but lights were on. They opened the door a little bit to announce themselves. That's when they saw the 11-year-old."

She was just inside the front door. The deputy's body was further inside the house. The 4-year-old was discovered in an upstairs bedroom. [READ MORE]
Condolences to the families affected by this tragic event. It's hard to imagine the grief and amount of unanswered questions.

UPDATE: Juvenile is described as "really shocked and devastated" about the deaths, read more here.


Ah lookahere! Harlow Madden is the cutest little doodlebug! She makes her debut with mom and dad in this weeks People Magazine. Here are a few excerpts from the article.

Who was the first to cry?
Nicole: I cried right away.
Joel: Right when she came out, you know that cry that's like an internal cry where you shake a little bit? [To Harlow] You made me cry!

How did you pick the name?
Nicole: We couldn't agree. I wanted a hippie name and he wanted a more Biblical name.
Joel: I really like Jean Harlow the actress, and she likes Shalom Harlow the model. Harlow's cool because it feels like a classic name.
Nicole: And no one has it.
Joel: Winter was so serene and quiet and that's how she is.
Nicole: I always liked the name Kate, but I knew I'd never name my kid that because it was just too plain.

Do you have help at home?

Joel: We don't have a nanny. We have our moms. They've helped us a lot.
Nicole: And we have to give credit to Benji [Joel's twins brother]. He lives six houses down. He babysits, like really babysits.
Joel: There was a day when I'd been at work all day and Nicole hadn't left the house for 48 hours, and I was like, "Let's go to a restaurant down the street," and Benj was with the baby. Then someone said they read somewhere we were out all the time. It's crazy. You leave the house for one hour and eveyone's like, "She's out! She's leaving the baby!"


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Is Kelly Rowland posing for Playboy? I seriously doubt it, you won't get to look at her new enhanced bust on the pages of a magazine. Word is she was offered anywhere from $500K to $1 million dollars. But her reps have quickly shot that down...

However, it doesn't hurt to have your name in the press when you have a new digital album coming out! The new album will be titled Diva Deluxe! and feature a mix of new and previously recorded songs. Which is probably more realistic than re-releasing Miss Kelly.

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Thursday, February 28, 2008


Here's the conclusion and official video to Ashanti's "The Way That I Love You." It still has elements of the first rough cut that was leaked by her camp...

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Has Lil Wayne won his beloved Nivea back? Word on the curb is that Nivea was in attendance at his recent show at Newark Symphony Hall on Sunday night and spotted backstage waiting on her former boonopolis! How can we forget is completely random shout out last summer.

I, for one, wouldn't put it past the pair. Nivea has signed the divorce papers so she is free like bird...

In other, Lil Wayne news...He says he'll never forget the call he received from Mary J. Blige.

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Cheri Dennis held an album release party for her debut In and Out of Love [Can we say 'bout damn time after 7 years] at Home in NYC, were she was getting pretty cozy with Jimmy Cozier, apparently her old man... Ya'll remember when he was extra young looking? Now, not so much. In a recent interview she shoots down bi-sexual rumors and says she has a boyfriend, so I guess it Jimmy!

EDGE: Speaking of who you’re sleeping with -- there are rumors popping up on the Internet that you’re bisexual. What’s your reaction to that?

Cheri: What is my reaction? Oh my God! Are they talking? I love it! I love it! I love it! I have a boyfriend, but I love that they talk, it’s all good. If the lesbians love me and they desire me -- beautiful! If the gay men want to be my homegirl or want to be me, it doesn’t matter to me -- that’s beautiful! If they think I’m bisexual -- great! As long as they think I make good music -- whatever! [READ MORE]


Continue reading for more from Cheri's release party, plus pics from R&B Live at Spotlight hosted by Ludacris...


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Chrisette Michelle is back to rocking the short hair, with a new rocker edge...

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Angel needs to keep a bang, because I can see that 8 head shining through like a Kodak commercial!!

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Let me once again take this time to profess my love for Marsha Ambrosius' voice! LOVE HER. Solo album please. Pretty please.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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More details are being blabbed about the budding romance between Ri-Ri and Chris Brown. If you're going to fly all the way to her home island, you have to meet the parents and family. But Breezy wasn't so cool about it, word is he was a bit nervous.
“Rihanna is very close to her family,” the pal tells OK!. “But she knew they loved Chris as much as she does.”

That didn’t stop one of her brothers from giving the “Kiss Kiss” singer a hard time. “He told Chris that PDA was tacky and said he may be a little too short for his sister!” Still, the pal adds, “Chris loved seeing all the pictures in Rihanna’s family home of her winning Miss Combermere, [a local beauty pageant she won at 16], lounging on the beach and singing in local clubs. He cares about Rihanna. Things have started really heating up from friends to something more.”
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Ahhh...how sweet! See more pictures from the homecoming after the cut!


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Harlow Makes her Debut on People Cover... Ca-Yute! @ People Mag

Pour Some Sugar on Me @ Necole Bitchie

Damn! Not Omar... @ Eb the Celeb

Rosario Dawson, how we love thee. Let me count the ways! @ BlogXilla

Whoopi and Oscar Kiss and Make Up @ E Online

CiCi Spotting at Hip Hop Summit Awards @ Cake & Ice Cream

J. Holiday and Trey Hit the Road @ StyleRazzi

Weezy Makes a Boo-Boo @ Str8 Outta NYC

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My My My...Tracey just had to fire back at Johnny Gill after he basically blamed the split on her disdain for Eddie's mama. So she called Doug Banks and said she was under "gag order" [that damn Eddie Murphy confidentiality agreement] and left the below statement:
"I was very shocked and disappointed to hear of Johnny Gill's false spin on the chain of events surrounding our wedding. His outrageous lies were clearly a very desperate and pathetic attempt to clean up his reputation at my expense. I would appreciate it if Mr. Gill would refrain from continuing to spread false gossip and lies to the public, and allow everyone involved to move on with their lives. We all know the real truth." [SOURCE]
Why is she incessant on referring to it as a wedding? We all know, you all were playing dress up. Who do you think you are foolin'?

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It's here! Let the heavens open and the birds rejoice! People have been clamoring for this video like crack. Well if you caught the 45 second clip, then you get the gist of it all. I *HEART* the guy from "30 Rock," not enough to find his real name, but he's funny. Totally makes up for Mariah being well Mariah.

The song has completely grown on me [Damn you, Terius] keeps getting stuck in my head!

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008


80s babies stand up! I had to post this after JAMMING this in my car today like "Damn, I haven't heard Pebbles in 50-11 years!"

To believe
Or not to believe
That is the question
It just takes a street degree
You've lied your last lie
And I've cried my last cry
I'm out the door, baby
There's other fish in the sea

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us ...in the TV-show inspired kind of way.

Ashanti says that she put out the previously posted version of her single "The Way That I Love You," to send a buzz out and see reactions, but says that a new video that premieres tomorrow is the official version.

The storyline was inspired by the Oxygen Channel's show "Snapped" about women that snap usually killing her husband...
"It's something completely different than anything I've ever done before," Ashanti said of the video. "We're kind of basing the concept on a show called 'Snapped,' which is on the Oh! channel. It's about women who have gotten pushed to the [point] where they feel, I guess, [that it's] necessary to murder their husbands, boyfriends, what have you. It's actually a documentary like [Tru] TV's 'Forensic Files,' but this one is only for women; when women snap they do crazy things. So being that the record is so dramatic and so painful and emotional, I think that the concepts just married each other and it was amazing. The director, Kevin Bray, just brought different twists and different angles out of it, and it was a great thing."




Janet Jackson made her first stop in her market saturation promotion of Discipline, on Good Morning America at the Nokia Theater, followed by a stop to TRL.

The poodle resting on her head is not what's up!

See part 2 under the cut...



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Rihanna and Chris Brown were spotted canoodling in the pool during a Jamaican getaway...Sweet, eh? I think they are just adorable together, I have no reason to hate on it. Funny thing is, I just had yet another conversation earlier today about her overly affectionate behavior toward Jay Z during the Grammys. My eye spy witness says it was almost embarrassing...

Apparently, being affectionate is her thing?!
The Grammy winner, who was thrown a big birthday bash by Chris for her 20th birthday last week, was all over her younger man. "They were smooching in the pool and were really lovely dovey," the PageSix.com spy told us exclusively. "They were playfully making out and he was kissing her on the neck."

The attractive pair, who got matching star tattoos on their necks in January, got in the pool after a leisurely lunch yesterday at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in Jamaica. They were hanging out with friends and at about 3 p.m., Chris, 18, jumped into the water and waited while Rihanna went to her room and changed into a bikini.

She came back and was very scared of getting her hair wet, said the spy. "They were floating together with him carrying her and she kept saying, 'Don't get my hair wet.' She was very soft and feminine but he was a big kid and splashing around."

The couple arrived in Jamaica together on Friday from Rihanna's native Barbados for the Smile Jamaica Africa Unite Bob Marley celebration in St. Mary, where she performed.


So it's pretty apparent these two are an item, so let the daily watch begin, right about...now. We have to come out with some compound name for the little lovebirds!

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Naomi Campbell was hospitalized in Sao Paulo for the removal of a small cyst, her publicist said.

Naomi is a frequent visitor to Brazil who earlier this month celebrated Carnival in the northeastern city of Salvador, was treated at Sirio Libanes Hospital.

“Naomi Campbell was admitted to the hospital ... to have a small cyst removed,” her publicist, Jeff Raymond, said in a statement Tuesday. “Following the successful procedure, she is now resting and is looking forward to getting back to work. She would like to thank the doctors who have kindly looked after her.” [SOURCE]

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Jay Z just dropped the next single "I Know" off to MTV. The video, directed by Philip Andelman, features young actress Zoe Kravitz in “a surreal, daydream-like blending of four separate and unrelated stories, four unique trips taken on by four girls in one night in New York City.”

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I. HEART. SHOES! They are my vice, I spend way too much [but not really because I'm cheap] on shoes. I think I have accumulated about 10 new pair in 2008 already. When I saw these, my heart fluttered. I rarely do fashion posts, but I think I might start featuring shoes because I am so fixated on them.

Jada Pinkett Smith rocked these GORGEOUS Yves Saint Laurent Tribute Canvas Leopard Pump at the Independent Spirit Awards. This is about as close as I will get to them since they run for a cool $675, but a girl can dream can't she...
Monday, February 25, 2008
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OK so I was perusing the internet and came across more blah blah blah about Tank getting tasered in N.O. during All Star... But I looked at the picture with a big WTF is he wearing moment!

Seriously, why the extra smedium yellow sweater...with pink and blue argyle?

You get a big fat NO MA'AM! Slap your stylist for sending you out in that foolery.

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Jamie Foxx is being courted to play Mike Tyson in a biopic...and I can't imagine taking that seriously!

He reportedly told press that he has had talks with Foxx about a movie and predicted the flick will happen within two years.

"Jamie Foxx and I will be working together," Tyson told the Review-Journal. "He will play me in the film about my life. We already talked about it several times." [SOURCE]

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Kanye and his new artist Estelle teamed up for "American Boy" which is off her upcoming album Shine. Me likes.
Image Hosted by ImageShack.usThe fabulosity that is Kimora Lee Simmons is coming back to a television set near you...
The Style Network announces a second season pick-up for its hit reality series “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane.” With all-new half-hour episodes, the new season will continue its candid and entertaining look at the fabulous and frenetic life of model, mogul, mom Kimora Lee Simmons. The second season of “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane” premieres Sunday, April 20 at 8 PM ET/PT, only on Style.

New episodes feature birthday parties, public appearances, ad campaign shoots and insider meetings at the Phat Fashions offices, among other behind-the-scenes action. Viewers witness the real Kimora while along the way getting to know her extended family and the “cast” of characters that inhabit her daily life.

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I guess we can say the unofficial ban is over...I like Janet just as much as the next, but she is no Ruby Dee in American Gangster. Just saying.

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Okay...this one was a pretty funny

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Beyonce offered some fresh wig game as she was spotted out in NYC heading to dinner with Jay Z at La Esquina...

Look likes she's still channeling her inner Tina Turner, or maybe she snatched one of her wigs backstage at the Grammys.

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See more candids after the jump...


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This is more of an extended trailer for Tyler Perry's newest movie Meet the Browns which opens March 21st. The movie stars Angela Bassett as a single mother who rediscovers the joys of family and the possibility of second chances when she meets the fun-loving family of the father she never knew.

If you haven't seen the original stage play, you have to rent it. It is one of Perry's funniest plays.

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Spotted @ IllSeed

As B. Scott would say...TAKE ME HIGHER LORD! No. Words. for these two toddlers freakin' on the street corner. Where is Benson and Stabler when you need them??

See more of this debauchery after the jump...

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