Look at Usher checking out Halle! We know Usher has a thang for the older ladies!

Whitney Mania! She looks great! She arrived with her founder/mentor Clive Davis in tow! Whitney was one hell of a stunner in her hey day (and still is) but she really needs to ditch that blonde wig and go back to the chesnut brown or black hair. Her good looks would stand out so much better. Ditching deadbeat Bobby Brown has definitely put the glow on her!

Sexy Halle Berry struts her stuff and left, she poses with Quincy Jones.

Nelly was honored at the Black Retail Action Group Awards Dinner at Cipriani's Wall Street in NY and he looked lush! Though, he needs to get rid of the black tooth because it downgrades his whole appearance even that suit which of course is a damn shame because it looks immaculate! Who said Diddy was the only one who looks dead sharp in a suit?

Mini Beyonce aka Rihanna performed during the Jay-Z "Rock tha Block" tour in Australia 10/28. Not feeling the hair though but she stays doing her thang!

Beyonce looking like a damn fool at her fella Jay-Z's concert in Australia over the weekend. For the life of me, why did she come out on stage with a hoodie and bandana covering her face? Is she trying to be hood? Nevertheless, the crowd went bananas when she came out on stage.

When Beyonce arrived in Melbourne, Australia, she was looking the worse for wear. The pictures are mighty huge so if you click on them, you will see the true disastrous extent of those jeans, jacket and shoes. Her feet look like penguin feet. I never realise her feet were so damn long.

New shoot of Mya with Britney Murphy and Christina Applegate in Self magazine. Pictures courtesy of Stars Web.

More Mya pictures of her performances last week.

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Michael Jackson is to make his first official UK public appearance in NINE YEARS. On 15th November, 2006, he will attend the World Music Awards where he will be presented with the Diamond Award for selling over 100 million albums worldwide. The ceremony will be held at London's Earls Court and is expected to be watched by 1 billion people worldwide. This will be the first time EVER that the World Music Awards will be hosted in the UK. The show will be opened up by Beyonce who will perform Deja Vu and Lindsay Lohan will be the presenter of the whole thing, so it should be a very interesting Awards show. I am not certain about what other R&B artists will be performing. As far as I know, Beyonce is definitely a confirmed act though. Moving on. Beyonce's single Irreplacable has peaked at no5 in the UK singles chart whilst Rihanna's track We Ride has peaked at no17 and Cassie's Long Way 2 Go at no12. John Legend's new album has shot right into the top 10 UK Albums chart, so that's your UK R&B chart news. On the right is Tyrese's album cover for Alter Ego. The album is said to be half rap and half R&B, hence the alter ego motif. Not a fan of Tyrese but I do like his new song One. Fantasia's first single from her new album will be Hood Boy which features Big Boi from Outkast. I am quite chuffed about that because the song is hot as hell. Fantasia's sophomore will be released 12th December 2006 and a music video for the song will be filmed next week. On valentine's day (14th February 2007), Boyz II Men will release their upcoming album Remedy. It will be a double album in which one disc will have brand new material and the other will be a compilation of old hits which I think is rather pointless because I already bought The Legacy when it came out but nonetheless I look forwards to hearing the new music. Stay tuned for more R&B crumbs!

Labels: BEYONCE KNOWLES, CHRISTINA MILIAN, CIARA, MICHAEL JACKSON, MYA, NELLY, RIHANNA, TYRESE, USHER, WHITNEY HOUSTON

Labels: AMERIE, BEYONCE KNOWLES

Alicia Keys new movie Smokin' Aces is expected to come out 2nd March 2007 and you can watch the trailer here. I love Alicia and cannot wait to see her in this movie. She has also been very busy working on her third studio album so maybe at around that time we'll probably hear a new single to coincide with the movie. Can't wait! Whilst mad bitch Naomi Campbell is going around making British black chicks like myself look bad, more controversy dominates the R&B world so here are todays R&B crumbs. It seems Hong Kong have put their foot down and decided they will NOT be victimised by Mariah Carey's diva-ish ways and demands. Her Hong Kong gig was axed due to poor ticket sales (4,000 copies sold to be precise) and ridiculous last-minute demands. And things will never change huh? Kwame did an interview with Hot 97 to talk about Janets new album being a failure and in the interview he came across as rather bitter all because 5 of his cuts did not make the album, hinting that one of the rejected tracks would have made Beyonce's Ring The Alarm sound like a lullaby. Ha!

The most controversial quote is when he said "Ask Jimmy and Terry how they felt when Jermaine came over and changed almost everything". Well, who can blame them? I always stated that JD should not have been given so much artistic control over the album and I still stand by those words. It seems like Janet allowed her album to become downgraded just because JD is her man. JD and Janet do not mix well artistically unlike Mariah. He is brilliant with Mariah but Janet is another story. This is like the Christina Milian saga all over again when LA Reid wanted Christina to work with other producers but she made her boyfriend Dre produce her whole album instead. Not that the album was bad because it wasn't but as an artist, the public just don't warm up to her, well it would be like spotting a polar bear in Jamaica wouldnt it? Just because you're getting good dick doesn't mean your man will put on the same effect for your career. Just saying. There is also rumour going round that JD did NOT quit but was chucked out of his position. "Since there are so many rumors running rampant about my position at Virgin Records, I feel that it is necessary to set the record straight," Dupri said Wednesday in a statement released to the AP. "I was not forced out of the company, I made a decision that it was in my best interest to leave." Yeah right, after you found out your ass was about to get dropped. And the saga continues. Stay tuned for more R&B crumbs.

Labels: ALICIA KEYS, CIARA, JANET JACKSON, LAURYN HILL, PUSSY CAT DOLLS

Ciara and friends seemed like they had soooo much fun! Click on thumbnails for larger view.

OK, so this week super hot R&B producer Ryan Leslie landed himself in a bit of hot water with You Tube. Apparently, he has been accused of creating YouTube accounts to hype RyanLeslie TV. The company is crying foul in the major publicity and visits the RyanLeslie TV channel gets. The controversy emerged following a video entry made on October 19, 2006, by a YouTube member who's screen-name is BOH3M3, which resulted in over 400 video responses and RyanLeslie TV being removed from YouTube Channel ranking. Well, Ryan is a bit of a dark horse isn't he? When he use to email me, he came across as sweet and level-headed not to mention that he is mad talented (he did the damn thang on Cassie and Jojo's albums). I love his work and I downloaded his album some months ago and it was good. He has a very nice voice. But hey, if Murda Stinc were allowed to buy all of Ashanti's records and if Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez can indulge in payola and pay all the major radio stations to spin their records, then I say he isn't doing anything different from all the other music executives that cheat their way to the top. I mean buying your artists records, c'mon! Talk about desperation and not having faith in your new artist to pull units. I would feel insulted but it's like whatever.

Rihanna supports Jay-Z!

Is his face made out of spandex? *lol* Just so surreal. He really need not make those weird facial expressions when he looks, not so pretty. Pretty Ricky shoot their new video for Hotline!

Anyway, I was the first to give you the new Pretty Ricky track Hotline which is going to be their new single from their sophomore album entitled Late Night Special and now here are some pictures taken from their new video for the track. Click thumbnails for larger view.

Yesterday, Madonna did an interview with Oprah Winfrey via satellite from her London home and these touching family pictures only serves to prove that Madonna really means business in providing little David Banda with the loving and security that every baby needs. Kudos to her for ensuring that the little mite will no longer live in poverty. David looks REALLY happy! He will enjoy a life of luxury, drink the finest wine, travel and see mama Madonna at her concerts. Just by association, he is already a famous rich kid, hahaha! He will mingle with Britney Spears children, date one of Puffy's girl twins when they get older and be best pals with baby Suri *lol* I am sure once David's biological father sees these pictures he will see that maybe the adoption was for the best and will no longer intervene. And yeah, maybe I was a little harsh in my Madonna rant. However, these pictures speak louder than words any day of the week.

How does someone get from this?

I was over at Cake & Icecream where she posted some pictures of pre-surgery Kim and she was an attractive black woman back in the day. I am looking at pictures of Kim when she attended an event this week, and it just broke my heart. Despite the black nose it was actually cute, but now her nose looks like a blob of plasticine with two holes dented on each side. Her skin looks unhealthy and sometimes she wears foundation that is lighter than her actual skin tone. Sometimes the foundation is applied so heavily, it looks like her pores are all clogged up. Her bright eye contacts just look weird, her long and sleek weaves never seem to match the texture of her hair underneath (you can always see the new regrowth which is NOT a good look). She wears white people's make-up and her mouth is all twisted as if she were a stroke victim of some sort. I think it's really sad that you allow so much plastic surgery to contort your looks in horrific circumstances. I think it all started when she fell in love with the late Biggie Small (Christopher Wallace) who had a thing for high yellow mixed race women with euro-centric features (Charlie Baltimore and Faith Evans).

Kim was nothing more than just a notch on his bedpost. He went on to marry Bad Boy's R&B singer Faith Evans and I know that must've cut up Kim, to marry a woman he hardly knew when Kim was always there for him was pretty trifling. Now it seems Kim is going out of her way to look like the women that Biggie was attracted to, because she felt rejected by a man she had strong feelings for. In these circumstances she feels it will liberate her and make her more appealing but deep down she is very unhappy and insecure with herself because she feels the need to be accepted by black men and society in general, propelling herself to live up to society's standards of beauty. Have you even seen the album cover to her last album and the pictures within it? Just pitiful. Low self-esteem is a bitch and believe me I've been there during my high school era but I think everybody goes through some self-awareness during their adolescence stages. A young girl starts her menstrual cycle, will start to take a fascination in make-up, grow breasts and her thighs become more rounded. Boys will start to grow stubble and their voices start to deepen, and then there's the acne. By the way, I don't have a bone straight nose my damn self. It is on the pudgy side, cute but pudgy. My dad is pretty fair with bone straight features. I use to ask myself why didn't I adopt his features? Why couldn't I be lighter skinned like the rest of my siblings (one of my sisters looks like Mariah Carey and one of my brothers has freckles). But I grew out of that stage by the time I started college and learned to embrace myself and love me for me.

I would NEVER in a million years touch my face. I would be too afraid to do it. Look at the Jackson's as an example of plastic surgery gone catastrophically wrong. Looking at Michael Jackson should be enough to put anyone off from getting their faces messed with. Why fix it if it aint broke? I know that I clown the hell out of celebrities on my blog, but I just find it extremely funny to see these people with soooo much money looking a hot ass mess. A good stylist, nutritionist and nice make-up can go a long way. Amerie and Letoya Luckett were natural beauties BEFORE they got their noses done. It's just crazy. Plastic surgery can do wonderful things for some people but when you go too far with it, you can look horrific. Not everybody can have a nose like Halle Berry and to see Kim with this complex and be well into her 30s shows that it won't end well. If she hasn't accepted herself for what she is at that age, I would hate to see the extent of her self-loathing in the next 10 years. Black Courtney Love? Most definitely. Love yourselves ladies, I'm out!!!

Labels: BEYONCE KNOWLES, CASSIE, CIARA, LIL KIM, MADONNA, PRETTY RICKY, PRISON BREAK, RIHANNA, RYAN LESLIE, WENTWORTH MILLER

Labels: BOBBY VALENTINO

Wow. Absolute wow. I have to say that this video is soooo on point and is definetely the best video she has EVER done. The director responsible for this video deserves a gold medal. This is the song and video that Janet should've done for her comeback instead of that weak Call On Me mess. The choreography in THIS video was well executed, sexy and real smooooth. The chair scene where she was bending down was sexy and beautifully shot. I didn't get why the short hair scene was added. It was so unnecessary, but apart from that I absolutely LOVED the video.

The video straight reminded me of Janet's Pressure Principle (the microphone shot) and Aaliyah's Are You That Somebody (the baggy outfit and the dancers scene), not to mention that the song has a Prince vibe to it which is a winning combination because the song is mad hot. She is a better dancer than Aaliyah (and dare I say it, Janet as well). She moves with such ease and fluidity. She is definetely a natural mover. Mya had better come haaaard with her dance video because this one will definetely be hard to beat. Needing to add that vocally, she has stepped up her game. In the UK, Ciara got to no1 with Goodies and I can see this being a huge hit too! Ciara is back people! I can't wait for her new album Ciara: The Evolution which is expected to drop 5th December 2006.

Mad props to Oxygen Chunks for uploading the video.

Labels: CIARA

Brooke Hogan was accompanied by that weirdo gorilla Dennis Rodman and her wrestler papa Hulk Hogan at her album release party yesterday. Someone really needs to lock up this animal in his cage until he decides to get some kind of intervention. Dude has some serious issues. But then again, we knew that already.

I love this couple soooo much, don't ask me why but I just love seeing them together. These pictures were taken yesterday when R&B princess Ashanti and her rapper fella Nelly wrapped up warm in their winter gear when they attended the St. Louis Cardinals World Series game. Having said that, it's October and over here the weather is pretty mild. It's not north-pole cold or anything like that, which is weird because Britain is one of the coldest places at this time of year.

Today is Ciara's birthday and she is 21 years old! So happy birthday. To celebrate, Ciara will be premiering her new video Promise TONIGHT at 7:30pm on Access. These are two new pictures from a recent Lara Rossignol photoshoot. Not really feeling them. She has taken much better pictures in the past but oh well, she looked gorgeous in her video shoot and I cannot wait for tonight.

This is supposedly Fantasia's album cover and it's um, NO COMMENT!!!

Because I Love It (Intro)
Kept My Head Down
Push It
Reminisce Witcha
Take Control
Same Thing
Blow
The Money
Money In The Bank
Get Gone
Rest Of My Life
That's What U R
Outro

Amerie has a new mixtape called Because I Love It: Vol 1, so if you want to download the FULL mixtape, click on the picture, otherwise you have a choice to download each song seperately. Amerie's new album None of The Above is expected to drop in March 2007. Enjoy the mixtape!

Labels: AMERIE, ASHANTI, BROOKE HOGAN, CIARA, FANTASIA BARRINO, NELLY

Beyonce and her sugar daddy Jay-Z arrived in Sidney, Australia yesterday morning. Jay-Z is currently on his Australian tour where Rihanna and Ne-yo are supporting him. I see Beyonce stays stuck on her man like flies on shit.

Nicole Scherzinger is finally putting the finishing touches to her solo debut album which is expected to be released in early 2007. She has collaborated with a host of other big names for her album, including Akon, Polow Da Don, Sean Garrett, Kara DioGuardi (who wrote an Eden's Crush song back in the day), Timbaland (who also got Nicole to sing on his upcoming album) and Will.I.Am.

The Pussycat Dolls are also continuing to push their debut, PCD, and just signed on to tour with Christina Aguilera. "We're going to have some new songs with new elements, new choreography, some fresh looks," Scherzinger said. "It's an honor to be on tour with Christina because we respect her not only as a top female artist today, but also as a vocalist. And we definitely want those fans behind us."

At some point in the future, Nicole also plans to return to her roots in acting. She had bit parts on the TV shows "My Wife and Kids" and "Las Vegas," as well as the movies "Love Don't Cost a Thing" and "Chasing Papi" before joining the Dolls.

I look forwards to her solo album but I'm mildly disappointed at her line-up of producers because she went and done a Fergie and Ciara meaning her album is going to pretty much sound like everybody elses. As to whether she can make it big as a solo artist we will have to see, but I think it's great that she is not leaving the Pussy Cat Dolls and will feature on the next album.

I don't think it's right that Madonna fast-tracked the process and was allowed to get away with it just because she is rich and famous. No wonder she went on a snatch and run parade just to get him into Britain because she knew that she were breaking the rules and that David's father was tricked into the unauthorised adoption. His lack of literal comprehension was deliberately abused. If it were any of us ordinary folk, we'd have had to stay in Malawi for 18-months and I myself would personally have ensured that David's father knew the exact correct procedures involving his child. As the father, he was entitled to it. I guess it's like elements of slavery in that poor blacks were taken advantage of in a situation they were vulnerable to due to their rich white counterparts having the upper hand. We're in 2006 now right? Yeah I thought as much because back in the day blacks weren't allowed to know HOW to read and write for those very reasons. But hey, that's a whole new can of worms so I'm going to stop right there.

These days you just can't help but feel that black babies are the latest new fashion accessory for white celebrities or that it has become the new fashionable celebrity career enhancer. Angelina Jolie is a wonderful mother but it's not coincidental that Madonna has now taken the plunge and Britney Spears now considering doing the same. They are not toys, they are babies who need to be nurtured and cared for 24/7 right up until they reach 18-years-old. Angelina gets pictured showing her motherly devotion to beautiful Zahara all the time and is a well respected figure because of it. Britney has struggled to cope with her own, never mind somebody else's child. I hope she reconsiders though and spends more time on that flailing marriage of hers. We know that Madonna's whole career has been confounded with shock, scandal and controversy and I don't doubt for a second that Madonna had good intentions for the little boy she'd like to raise as her own but if she were a decent human-being, and knew in her heart that she wilfully abused her power to get her own way, she'd do the right thing and give David back to his father who never intentionally agreed to this adoption.

Labels: ANGELINA JOLIE, BEYONCE KNOWLES, GWEN STEFANI, MADONNA, NICOLE SCHERZINGER

ET phone hoooommme! Last night, Tichina Arnold and Brandy partied away at Prive night club in Miami. She is beginning to turn into the black Fergie looking like a complete weed-face and morphing into an alien with every appearance. Her eyes so wide apart it's like looking at a map trying to measure the dots between Japan and Australia. Just weird. We miss the days when Brandy use to be mad cute. See below.

Well, it's been a hard life I'm sure. She got abused and used by certain men, Mase dissed her in a song, she got pregnant and lied about her non-existant marriage just to save face, did that MTV reality show surrouding her pregnancy and showed what a nasty piece of work she really was, treating Robert like shit whilst the camera's were rolling, released Afrodisiac but the album tanked and then she found a man called Q. They got engaged and like a true chickenhead, had his face tatooed on her back. When their relationship failed, she had the tattoo replaced with a butterfly. Maybe all that has an effect on her appearance but truly, she looks awful. And um, quit with the dead strands of hair over your forehead. If you want to hide that receding hairline, just invest in a good lace wig.

Well, here's a promo picture of Justin Timberfake for his hosting role at the European MTV Music Awards in Copenhagen. The event will take place 2nd November 2006. I now have a good reason not to watch the show. The only success Justin has had is with his music. He's venturing into fashion with his William Rast clothing line. Maybe these new ventures will fair much better because his movies, well, each film he's appeared in has went straight to DVD. Ha, ha.

Labels: BRANDY, DIANA ROSS, DREAMGIRLS, JANET JACKSON, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Labels: FERGIE

Gwen Stefani takes her gorgeous son Kingston out for a stroll in LA. Gwen is definitely going to rule in 2007, along with Alicia Keys, Mya, Amerie, Brandy, Britney Spears, need I go on? Next year is definitely going to be a big one for the comebacks.

Well, OK, let's move on to the musical side of things shall we? Starting with Shareefa's new album Point of No Return. I'm done listening to the album which leaked a couple of days ago and she is reminding me a lot of a more polished Keyshia Cole. It's refreshing to see a newcomer grace the music scene with an ounce of singing talent unlike Cassie, Rihanna and a few others who are all looks and no talent. Point of No Return is 15 tracks full of jammers, street vibes and contemporary R&B that you can vibe to and of course she keeps it real with hers. Stand out tracks are Phoney, Butterfly and Hey Babe (which features Bobby Valentino), so be sure to check out her debut album whenever you get the chance.

LOL! I guess nobody wanted to press play as Diddy's new album is expected to sell little under 200k. We won't know for sure until next Wednesday, not that I care much. On that day, it will all be about Ciara Harris! Ciara who featured on Puffy's R&B-collaborated album will premiere her new video Promise on Access Granted. 3 days to go people!

Well on Saturday night's X-Factor, 4Sure became 4Uncertain when they were given the boot after they landed in the bottom two with Robert. If I had the deciding vote, I'd have voted out Robert. He can sing but quite frankly, the way he carries on is just pitiful. Never have I seen someone so overwhelmed to be on a television show. It was pathetic beyond words can say. He needs to compose himself seriously. I hate seeing him, truly. Anyone would think a bunch of maggots were snacking on his penis. Last week, when it was announced that he was going through to the next week, the man almost had a damn near heart attack. If he were to win the show, he'd die on stage. Last week was Lionel Richie/Motown theme where Lionel was on the show. This week was Rod Stewart. So Rodders was on the show. Ya'll should know that I love Nikkita and Leona right? Ashley is cute but not the strongest vocalist. He looks a lot like Terence Trent Darby but with a unique voice. I think he can go far. Hmmm. We'll see. Anyway early signs show that we already have a potential winner in Ben. Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell think that if he doesn't make the finals, it will be a miracle. Those McDonald brothers need to leave the competition ASAP and the only strong contender in Louis' category is Eton Rd. They look weird but they are so different and innovative with their own influence and style. So whilst Louis is struggling to keep his acts in the competition, will it be over for him before it has even begun? Watch this space.

Beyonce performs Irreplaceable on UK music show Pop World.

Anyway, next week I'm going to buy myself a cute, pricey and sexy outfit from my Google earnings. Call it a belated birthday present. Gee. Thanks guys. Ciao!

Labels: 4SURE, BEYONCE KNOWLES, DIDDY, GWEN STEFANI, JANET JACKSON, KELLY ROWLAND, KEYSHIA COLE, RIHANNA, SHAREEFA, THE X-FACTOR

It all begins ...

Foxxy Cleopatra part 2?

Nope. It's Deena Jones AKA Beyonce!

Beyonce shows she's the front woman as usual.

So is Beyonce deserving of all this praise and is Jennifer Hudson being blocked out because of Beyonce's star power?

Labels: BEYONCE KNOWLES, DREAMGIRLS

P.Diddy and Christina Aguilera on the set of his new video Tell Me. Yeah good idea Puffy. Release all the singles that has the sexiest females collaborating on them, yeah, good marketing strategy.

Nelly Furtado attended MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2006, looking like a porcelain china doll. I love the dress but not the hair. Her bangs are way too heavy for her face. Looks like a mushroom is resting on her head. She needs to tone down the bangs. Well, I think she looks better without them. It's not like she has a fivehead like Rihanna and Tyra Banks who NEEDS them to downsize their huge foreheads. But apart from that, she looks great! Work it.

1. Fired Up
2. Lipstick
3. Knock Down
4. Superficial
5. Ting A Ling
6. Free
7. Everybody Wants To Change The World
8. Let It Go
9. Lil' Bit Of Love
10. Turn It Up
11. Everywhere I Go
12. Hypnotik

Well, Alesha Dixon from British R&B group Mis-teeq is finally coming out with her solo album Fired Up which is expected to drop 6th November. Above is her album cover and tracklisting. I hate her because she is married to the drop dead gorgeous Harvey from So Solid and she is beautiful. However, looks can only get you so far in this business otherwise explain how Christina Milian's music never sells. Her first single Lipstick was a major flop. I didn't like the song. I don't think she should've went the pop/rock route. However, she redeemed herself with the reggae-flavoured Knockdown. Many US visitors may not know who she is. Alesha and her band members were trying to break the US with their single Scandalous which made the Catwoman soundtrack. They even performed the track on Ryan Seacrest's show. Alesha also tried to raise their profile over there by appearing in a NERD video with Pharrell Williams called "She Wants to Move". She is the chick dancing all hard on the podium. However, their opportunity to crack America fell on deaf ears when their label Telstar went bust all because of that posh bitch Victoria Beckham. They spent so much money on her album and promotion only for her to flop. Nobody wanted to hear her I guess because she was the least interesting member of The Spice Girls and she couldn't sing for shit. Anyway, here is the US video for Misteeq's One Night Stand:

Labels: ALESHA DIXON, BLU CANTRELL, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, DIDDY, MYA, NELLY FURTADO, TAMIA

Labels: MICHAEL JACKSON

Labels: ASHANTI

Labels: CIARA

Labels: MARQUES HOUSTON

I thought I needed to blog about this event considering that Girlfriends is one of my favourite shows on TV. Well, not just my favourite show but favourite black sitcom. I'm literally a sucker for them and this one totally rocks. Tia Mowry is one gorgeous mami and was there to help the cast celebrate as Mercedes Benz and Vibe Magazine honoured the cast and producers of "Girlfriends".

Labels: GIRLFRIENDS CAST, TAMYRA MOWRY

The year 2007 is approximately 10 weeks away and a host of R&B artists participated in the shoot for the Rolligstone 2007 calendar. The shoot was well put together. Love the pictures!

Labels: CASSIE, KELIS, OMARION, ROBIN THICKE, ROLLINGSTONE, SHAREEFA

Labels: BEYONCE KNOWLES, DREAMGIRLS, EDDIE MURPHY, JAMIE FOXX

An Andrew Matusik shoot. Not her best shoot, but artistically, I can see where they were trying to go with this.

Labels: KELIS

Right now I feel like Mr R.Pissy, because Chris Brown is fiiine as hell, not just ordinary fine, but let me put a little emphasis into the word - FOYNE - is what he is. He'll be 18 next year so then us older females won't feel guilty for fancying him.

Labels: ANDRE 3000, CHRIS BROWN

Labels: MYA

Three Jojo bonus tracks have leaked. I zipped all three bonus tracks into one file and they are Do Whatcha Gotta Do, Get It Poppin and I can Take You There. Now the track Take You There is off the chains. Her vocals are on another level and for the life of me, I can't understand why this wasn't a finalised album cut. Do Whatcha Gotta Do is a cool piano laid R&B ballad whereas Get It Poppin is a street-wise club anthem, so be sure to check these out because the tracks are raw. Click banner to download.

Two new generic-sounding Usher tracks zipped together as one file. One track which has been out a hot minute goes by the name of Rumours but not much people have heard this so I just decided to put it up anyway, taken from some mixtape. The other track that has leaked recently is called Shawty and it features Chrystal Ray and Guerilla Black. These songs are nothing compared to some of the outstanding stuff we know Usher is capable of. In fact these songs sound EXACTLY the same. Definitely filler material at best. Click banner to download.

New Gwen Swefani. Sweet Escape is a snippet but is said to be a new track taken from Gwen's new album. It may even be the lead single. Judging by this clip, I like the sound of this track. I don't consider it to be all that radio friendly. It is a nice track because it has an old-skool Motown feel to it but she needs to come out with something more edgy and upbeat. Click banner to download.

All Night Long is an iTunes bonus taken from P.Diddy's new album Press Play, and I don't like it at all. Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas is his collaborator and I can't stand this track. This futuristic-inspired song is just too cluttered. Too much is going on with it. It is too incongruous for my tastes but still, mad props to him for experimenting and taking risks. Click banner to download.

Cassie found herself breaking the celebrity rule of wearing the same shoes on not just two occasions but repeatedly over a number of weeks. I remember those shoes from the Mobo Awards, then she wore them at a Diddy album release party a few weeks ago and yet she wears them again at another party hosted by Diddy this week. This time P.Diddy was celebrating his Vibe magazine cover and the release of his album Press Play. Maybe her album sales aren't picking up why she can't afford to buy herself a new pair of shoes. Her album (which was kinda hot I'm afraid to admit) has dropped out of the top 100.

You look at these three and think, three cool white chicks having fun. Not quite. THREE extremely light skinned chicks. Nicole Richie has fun with Quincy Jones daughters Kidada and Rasheeda at some cocktail party hosted by Charlotte Ronson.

I don't know what was up with the 30's circus theme but the video was somewhat compelling and told the story well. Not the sort of treatment I was expecting to see. I thought it would've been another "The Voice Within" but it doesn't matter what type of video she'd have had the song is good enough to carry itself. It's a very emotional song and you can feel her raw emotion throughout. Her styling and make-up is just gorgeous. Mad props to her for coming up with something different and not the same ole same ole. What do you guys think?

You can now sample Coko's upcoming new album Grateful. So I'm directing you to a site where you can listen to the tracks. Click on banner. Thanks Booskee.

Here are some new promo Fantasia Barrino pictures and I'm not really feeling them except for the ones where she's wearing the black outfit, and even those aren't really all that flattering. There's just something really dominating about her look, something intimidating.

I'm not saying she's a scary person I'm just saying you would not approach a tigress the way you would if it were a kitten. In other words, it seems that if you look at her the wrong way, she'll lay into you or claw you to pieces. Roar. She gives off Mary vibes in these pictures and that's not necessarily a good thing because you want to come across as likeable. She just looks really mean like Mr T. It doesn't hurt to smile. Plus the pictures are just ghetto, the tattoos on her legs and breast elucidate how ghetto she is and not classy.

Still, it's not her fault that she isn't, well, I don't want to say attractive. I will just say she's not very photogenic and that's not her fault, and she really needs to quit with the bright red lipstick because it doesn't suit her.

I love Tamia. She is one of my favourite singers of all time and I will buy three copies of her album when it drops 17th November. She is so beautiful and talented beyond words can say and she looks absolutely stunning in these still caps taken from her new video Can't Get Enough. I can't wait for the video to drop. If you haven't heard her new CD Between Friends or you want to download it to see if its worth purchasing, then Funky Media has posted the US Retail where all the extra tracks have been added. Get it here. I am really pleased that the US gets more tracks. I was a bit miffed at the 11-tracks on the South African version in which Toya's World was responsible for the leak. I wonder if Jbreezy will be able to get us that new Nivea album. Watch this space and BUY TAMIA'S NEW ALBUM. It's brilliant and you won't be disappointed!

Will Smith looks sexay and grey on the set of his new movie but never old.

Usher's withdrawl from his Broadway musical Chicago has cost the show $300,000. The R&B singer was due to finish last Saturday but pulled out due to a throat infection. New York's Ambasssador theatre had been packed every night since Usher stepped into the role of Billy Flynn, so I take it that it's not all doom and gloom. Insiders say he helped make the show a $1.7 million profit.

• Walk In My Shoes
• Color Blind
• U&I
• Hold Me
• Ain't No Sunshine

Labels: ALBUM REVIEW, EMILY KING

Was that a wig when Alicia Keys was pictured last week with a short bob? I knew she wasn't that crazy to cut off all her long hair. Well the above picture is when she was on Oprah recently and she looks fab. Love the bangs. Long hair definitely looks better on her.

These images are when she performed at a Birthday Party for Krucial Keys at Crash Mansion in New York City.

Hmmm, okay, is Kid having a Bart Simpson moment? He scares me what the hell? Still, I get pure memories. He was very much a part of my childhood. I use to love him in all the House Party trilogies. He was always weird to me and made me laugh. Now he just downright scares me. Other celebrities that turned up at the TNT black movie Awards ceremony last Friday was Chante Moore & husband Kenny Latimore, Cuba Gooding Jr, Meagan Good, Monique, Tracee Ellis Ross, Mario Van Peebles and his gorgeous kids and his dad amongst many others.

Cuties Shemar Moore and Omarion was also there, as well as Marques Houston and his date. Check out Players, Haters & Imitators to see more pictures of all the black celebrities that attended.

...So Jessica Simpson's new video I Belong To Me premiered a couple of days ago and I really like the song. One of her better songs in my opinion but she did it much injustice and fucked up a potentially good Diane Warren track (despite it sounding like an unpolished version of Mariah's We Belong Together). Now as for the video, it is overly dramatic but I can't help thinking that in parts of the video, despite the appalling acting, there are moments where she truly was cracking up but had to maintain herself. The lyrics, whilst I do think it's an ode to her late marriage to Nick Lachey, for such a song that's meant to be about female empowerment and being secure and happy with yourself, she sure does look depressed and sad with such contorted facial expressions that you can actually feel the pain just watching. Well, at least I did. Give this to Christina Aguilera and she'd have nailed it. Also Jess has gone from talented power-house to nasal-Britney Spears sound-alike. She sounds horrible on this song. I do wish she'd go back to her I Wanna Love You Forever days when she use to belt the hell out of a ballad, not to mention that she use to be beautiful back then. But as her obsession with collagen/botox/plastic surgery has taken place, her looks are starting to deteriorate and she is no where near as pretty as she use to be.

For weeks on end, Jess has been pictured all starry eyed, completely out of it as if she'd just powdered her nose, her pupils fully dilated, a sign that she is under the influence of drugs and I think that she's finally coming to the realisation that she made a huge mistake in divorcing Nick who is the type of man most of us females strive to have. Nick tried to save the marriage. She wasn't trying to hear it, now I'm reading reports that she keeps calling him, much to the dismay of his current girlfriend Vanessa Minilli. I don't think Jess was ready to re-enter the spotlight and shouldn't have done so until whatever demons she was trying to battle were fully resolved. Karma is definitely a bitch though, therefore proving that it was in fact Nick that made her into the star that she ONCE was following their hugely successful Newlyweds reality series. When she was with him, her CD sold. Now that she's without him, her CD isn't selling and the public are no longer interested. Men only want her for sex, she has a psychotic control freak of a father (who she needs to ditch as a manager by the way) and her world is just beginning to crash down around her. A Public Affair has shifted little over 200,000 copies after almost 3 months of release but yet Nick's album What's Left of Me has now been certified Gold. Hmmm.

Still, Nick is way too sweet to savour himself with the last laugh. I'm sure he'd go out of his way to help her in whatever way he could if he felt she was a danger to herself. She wronged him but he refuses to spit a bad word against her and still talks of her so fondly in interviews. I think it would be a stupid move to get back with her. He was too good for her anyway but Jess believed her own hype and felt SHE was too good to be with him when in fact it was the other way round. Now she knows. You don't know what you've got until its gone.

Yesterday in the UK, Fergie performed the track "Clumsy" on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Take Away.

All 12 tracks each snipped into 45 seconds. Ciara meets Kelis is what the album sounds like. This is what to look forwards to from her upcoming new album Animalistic. The beats are really nice. Once I'm Gone sounds like a nice track!

All due credit goes to Kevipod for providing the original link.

Damn, damn, damn. I hope they're okay and make a full recovery as soon as possible.

Jennifer Lopez looks great as she vacations in Spain with hubby Marc Anthony. It is definitely a step-up from the last pictures I posted where she was sporting horrible orange-tan make-up. The fresh and natural look brings out her beauty. Sometimes less is definitely more.

Nicole Richie may be troubled but she's still my bitch.



This week, Rihanna was in Capetown, South Africa performing at Jay-Z's show. You know the only reason why Beyonce tagged a long just to keep a good watch that Rih-Rih doesn't try anything with her man *lol*



Omarion has been looking rather handsome lately as he attended a launch party and a MYSPACE.Com event in honour of creating Awareness and Relief for the People of Darfur yesterday afternoon. It's about time he retired the braids though. Boo-hoo. Omarian is going to grow an old man with his braids dangling down from his ass. Even Bow Wow grew out of that phase.



Mya looked really nice and classy when she attended the "Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy" New York Premiere which was hosted by Lifetime Networks and Redbook Magazine.



Ashanti, her mama Tina and fella Nelly all attended the Our Stories Films Launch Party. Cayuuuute.



This week Nick Cannon celebrated his 26th birthday with new squeeze Kim. I am sorry, I just find it really hard to call her his girlfriend. Hell, I don't even think they take each other seriously. They're probably just having fun with each other. You know. Fuck buddies? And who cares if Ray J had her first? She's young and pretty so why can she not play the field? Doesn't make her a ho. Does it? I mean if a man does it, he gets props right? And unlike Ray-J, Nick has been really successful in his latest ventures as movie star, writer, director, musician, etc, so she upgraded. After all, she's a high maintenance chick and well, you know what it takes to keep one.



Monica makes motherhood look so easy and effortless and despite working her skinny fanny off to promote her new album and getting back into the spotlight again, she shows that nothing in the world beats the love she has for her son and the love that he has for her. Gee, this picture really made me smile. Ladies, when you're lying on your back with your legs wide open to allow some of that masculine cream to travel towards baby cuckoo-land and you hope to make a little bunny that night, don't think about the sleepless nights or the tantrums you will face nine months later. Just think of this picture of Monica and her son. OK, so her album sales may not have been all that rewarding but the only reward worthy of being proud of is the love that your child has for you. Bless them.

Here is another Coko track taken from her new album Grateful due for a 31st Oct release. The song is absolutely amazing. It is a collaboration with Fantasia and Lil Mo and all three ladies sing the HELL HELL HELL out of this song. Matter of fact, I haven't enjoyed a multi-female collaboration since Missing You which was sung by Gladys Knight, Brandy, Tamia and Chaka Khan.

Endow Me - Coko feat Fantasia, Faith & Lil Mo [download: full]

Well, now that the birthday blues have worn off I can now resume back to normal. Also, Etienne made his debut yesterday by posting that new Amerie song so once again, welcome back buddy! Well, yesterday Justin Timberlake premiered his new video My Love, the track that features T.I. Whilst I think the song is super hot the video was very boring and the black and white filtering only added more to the blandness.

T.I never needed to be in the song because the song would've been hot without him but maybe he was asked to grace the track just to give it more urban flare. By the time the Timbaland intro finishes, you are in the land of snooze fest. Cheers anyway. Next time I can't go to sleep, this video will be the perfect remedy and of course it beats falling under the influence of sleeping pills or getting knocked out by er, two bottles of Bacardi Breezer *cringes* You kind of lose interest because the video is just so damn long.

The video only reinforced the fact that he can't dance (yeah I said it, Usher kills him in that deppo). His moves are amateurish. You know when you go to the club and you see a drunken white boy trying to dance thinking he has rhythm but is so far off the mark? Well that's JT. But the song more than makes up for it and good job too. I hate the fact that I love his music. What a bitch that is. Ugh.

Shorty Like Mine - Bow Wow feat Chris Brown

Ladies, would you rock this? I know I would. More Ciara pictures from the 2nd Annual Dirty Awards. I wanted to post these because she is soooo on point in these pics. Her whole ensemble definitely works up a treat. Her boots are STRAIGHT FIYAH. I need those boots *lol* And please Ciara, stick with the black hair! My bro who is one year older than Ciara has found himself a new crush. Doesn't she look hot?

Jennifer Lopez looked like someone blended orange peel and then ingrated it into her face when she attended the Children's Hospital Los Angeles 2nd Annual Noche de Ninos Gala, Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Her make-up stylist should be sacked immedietely. Ronald McDonald would be proud I'm sure.

Janet attends the Louis Vuitton Lanvin Spring/Summer 2007 Fashion Show looking too cute. Love her 24 Karat earrings!

Pharrell was there too.

More candids of Janet in Paris.

Bobby Valentino and Keyshia Cole performed at the event. Keyshia, hurry up with that sophomore album!

Here is the new 21 cover for Omarian's new album. The last one was nice but I think I like this one better. I don't know why they changed it but it is cute regardless.

Some promo pictures taken from Bobby Valentino's new album Special Occasion. I'm on the fence about these. Actually, I don't really like them. They also make him look like he's on the DL.

At his audition Ashley sang Stevie Wonder's Ribbon In The Sky and according to Simon, he is "great, great, great". I like Ashley. He's really talented and has a distinctive voice that sets him apart from everybody else although I found it rather funny when he bitched at Simon for giving him a George Michael song to sing. Ashley has the hots for Beyonce and loves his mutton and rice!

Nikitta Angus wowed Simon at her audition with Richard & Linda Thompson's "Dimming of The Day" which was also performed by Bonnie Raitt. She sang the song because she felt it was the song her late mother would've wanted her to sing and Simon said the song was beautiful. She is only 17 years-old and already has some experience singing professionally. She performs around Glasgow and according to reports has also supported Ms Dynamite at a university gig. Strangely Nikitta also bears a strong resemblance to Mikita, the former T4 PopWorld presenter. Sadly, she recently lost her mother to cancer and feels her mother is proudly watching down on her. She also has the hots for young R&B singer Chris Brown.

Baby faced Ray Quinn is just 17 and sang Ain't That A Kick In The Head (Dean Martin, Robbie Williams) at his audition. At the audition Simon said: "you need to be really, really good and at the moment he's just good" but he has improved dramatically as Simon felt he was good enough to be in the final. The scouse actor played Anthony Murray in Brookside and even scooped the accolade of 'Best Dramatic Performance' at the 2002 soap awards. The award related to the bullying storyline in which Anthony accidently killed Imelda one of the girls who was bullying him. Ray was just 13 then, so he's changed a bit, but he still has a cheeky face and patter to match. Just like Ashley, he has the hots for Beyonce.

Here is a beautiful promo picture for Amerie's new album None of The Above and she looks absolutely gorgeous. She has stunning legs as well. You will need to click on the picture to see the full extent of its beauty. I hope this is the album cover because this picture is fierce! My only query is that folks will say she's copying Monica. It does look very identical to Monica's After The Storm album cover. But then again, Amerie looks better to me. Monica's looks ghetto like she'll cut you up. Just look at that facial expression.

Here are two pictures from Ciara's video shoot for her new single Promise and she looks fab! Promise will premiere on Access Granted on 25th October which is Ciara's birthday!

My favourite R&B singer Tamia attended the Opening of the Congressional Black Caucus with her basketball player husband Grant Hill.

Jennifer Hudson was at the Entertainment Weekly Magazine Celebration for The 2006 Photo Issue.

Solange Knowles was at the Launch of Celebrity Makeup Artist Joanna Schlip. She had launched the J-Gurlz Fund and her book "Glamour Gurlz".

So what do you guys think? I also want to thank Booskee for sending me the CD rip of Jojo's new retail album. I am listening to it now and it's hot! Check out my review later!

Beyonce looking cool at Heathrow airport

Amerie and her fella. Personally, I don't find him attractive but whatever floats her boat.

Christina Aguilera in LA. Even though the shoes look kinda funky, I'm actually feeling them.

And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Hudson *REMOVED*
It's been a hot minute since I've written a singles music review but when I heard this a couple of days ago, I had to write about it. The American Idol vocalist absolutely KILLS IT being the absolute powerhouse that she truly is. What a voice, wow. I even listened to the original and Jennifer really did put her own spin on the record. This song is taken from the Dream Girls soundtrack. I don't even think Beyonce would've been able to do this song the way Jennifer did it. I can't wait to watch Dream Girls and I don't even like Beyonce's movies but I'm actually anticipating this one.

Thanks For The Misery - Monica [download: full]
Thanks for the joy *lol* This is a bonus track from Monica's brilliant new album The Makings of Me and it's great. I love it. Monica has been doing big things this week appearing on all the big shows as her album got released this Tuesday. I am really pushing for Monica to do well. She is a wonderful person and has a beautiful personality judging by her appearance on BET's Blueprint yesterday (which I've added to this post). Don't forget to pick up your copy of The Makings of Me this week.

Stop - Mila J [download: full]
Another unappealing track by Mila J, taken from her new album which is now set for a November release. The song is rubbish. Crap flow too. Her sister Jhene had better music in my opinion. Chris Stokes acts don't really do great these days and as she's a TUG artist, they don't really go far. Well, I still look forwards to Marques Houston and Omarion.

Go - Mario [download: full]