THURSDAY R&B FAB ...

I KNEW IT! Last night, Jordin Sparks took the American Idol crown and beat out beatboxer Blake for the title. I mean, if she didn't win that would have been tragic and well, it's been no secret that at times American Idol is scammed but truly, I thought Jordin deserved to win. She is such a talented singer at just 17 years old. Here is the VERY moment Jordin found out she won that $1 million dollar recording contract:




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Congrats Jordin! My worry is that Clive Davis already has a huge roster of big names to focus on - Jennifer Hudson who was also at the finale, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston and X-Factor winner Leona Lewis.

Former American Idol contestants Jennifer Hudson and Paris Bennett attended the "American Idol" Season 6 Finale as did former American Idol winner Ruben Studdard:




What's with the glasses all of a sudden? If this is Jen's attempt to look ultra cool, it certainly isn't working.

All the past winners of American Idol performed on the finale show - Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and last years winner Taylor Hicks, but one winner was missing:




Fantasia Barrino couldn't be there because she was doing Oprah's The Color Purple broadway - the show she's been getting rave reviews for.

Sanjaya performed ....



Some would say he was the actual star of this season's American Idol and sadly I would have to agree.

Motown legend Smokey Robinson also put in an appearance:










As did Gladys Knight, Bebe and CeCe Winans. You can check out Jordin's new single This Is My Now over at AOL.

Last week, I reported how Janet Jackson celebrated her 41st birthday on the 16th May and it appears that she had a birthday bash in the Bahamas to mark the actual occasion. Janet celebrated away with her older sister Latoya in tow as well as Jan's fella Jermaine Dupri and R&B singer Usher who brought along his new fiance Tameka Foster:



What the hell are they doing with their hands? JD looks like a bloated creature from out of space. He need not make that facial expression EVER again.

Janet was presented with a big fat birthday cake:



Usher and his tranvestite lapdog of a soon-to-be wife was doting on every moment. I guess this is what she enjoys most.

Usher's ex-girlfriend former TLC lead single Chilli has a feature in the latest XXL issue and she talks about the state of music today stating that most of these artists signed would not have had a record deal 10 years ago and that she always has to turn to the oldies station on the radio to get that feel-good music:


She is currently signed to Akon's label Konvict Musik Records and is the proclaimed first lady of Konvict Music. As she prepares herself for a solo comeback, she has hooked herself up with Akon's cousin, choreographer Divine Stevens. So far, she has recorded tracks with T-Pain, Akon and Missy. The 36-year-old singer who is now a veteran and been in the industry for 16 years is eager to show her younger peers how it should really be done. She won't be attending her ex Usher Raymond's wedding to Tameka Foster this November simply because they have "zero communication". She had a failed relationship with the R&B singer as well as with Austin Dallas who is the father of her 9-year-old son Tron. She also briefly dated pigskin titan Ray Lewis. Now she is dating CNN anchor TJ Jones. She says of her new fella: "He's so much different than all of my past relationships". She continues: "I just held out, waited and met him. Everybody's shocked. They're so use to me dropping guys real fast". I'm deeply surprised at Chilli trashing today's music especially since her new single Glidin' screams hardcore Ciara. It's almost as if she's been studying Ciara's sound and came to the conclusion that this is the music that's been selling so she'll endorse it too. This new record of hers is not representative of TLC's music like she claims in the article and that's a shame, a deep hollowing shame. Still, TLC lives on. Click here to read the article in maximum high quality.

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And as we're on TLC, her VH1 documentary was aired a couple of days ago where they showed footage of Lisa "Lefteye" Lopez in her last days in Honduras. Now the footage you're about to view may be disturbing to some and may even cause distress to others which is why I viewed this days ago and antagonised with myself as to whether I should put it up or not, but since her family gave the go-ahead to release the footage and have it be shown, I decided I would post it anyway just to give some of her fans closure. The footage shows Lisa driving her rented SUV SECONDS before the tragic crash. One minute she is driving the car and then you see her swerve to avoid another vehicle. But ends up colliding into a tree. You hear screams and then the footage goes black:



This footage caught me so off guard. After watching that, I was like "OMG!" I soooo wasn't expecting that. After it ended, I just sat there staring at my laptop completely dumbfounded. What was more eery was that Lisa had visions of her death just like Aaliyah did and they as they were pals they died 8 months apart. I just hope she did not suffer or feel any pain from the impact and was instantly at peace. R.I.P Lisa.

Rihanna has a feature in the June 2007 issue of Blender and here's a brand new picture from the mag:


She looks hot and has a cute little figure. She says she likes to flaunt it all but would never go to a nude beach. The magazine is out now.

And Rihanna really was making the most out of her promotional stay in the UK as she performed on British kiddies show Blue Peter:



Heck. I'm British and had no idea that this show still exists. I actually grew up watching this show. Anyway her make-up was cute and I think it's such a good look that she's making the effort to do live performances at every opportunity. This definitely compensates for her being vocally challenged. And her stage performances really have improved. Let's hope there will be no more booing as was the case when she performed at London's World Music Awards last year.

Brandy is the number one wig celebrity and she is the face of Ultimo's pro 10. Bald people all over the world will thank her for this latest endorsement. Here are some new pictures:







The wigs come in five different styles: Ripple Wave, Loose Deep, French Deep, Bohemian Curl and Yaki. Bald, picky-headed and receding hairline are some of the terms you can use to describe what may lie under Brandy's wigs. Even when she reaches retirement age, under those veneers, she will still be holding those wigs swearing that they are the shit or more like, angels in disguise.


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C'mon Brandy, prove me wrong and show us what's really underneath those wigs! You can do it. Honest.

Kelly Rowland performed at the Cannes Film Festival De Grisogono Party in France this week:





What the heck?!?!

Monica had a birthday party for her son Lil Rock's 2nd birthday and he looked quite smart and casual:





Cute. Cute. Cute. This is HOW a 2-year-old should be dressed. And as you can see Jermaine Dupri's daughter attended the party (she is in the very last picture wearing the very light pink above).

Guests who attended included former Xscape singer/R&B producer Kandi Burruss who brought along her little daughter:


Very cute. It was definetely a cute little family affair. R&B producer Jazzy Pha's baby and Q 's son from R&B group 112 were there as well.

Ne-yo unleashes his 2nd video "Do You" this week from his new album Because Of You:



Yay! This is my FAVOURITE song on the album. Ne-yo finally does something right this time round. And I really liked the video. The model chick is gorgeous.

Also, another R&B artist who premiered their video was Mario and his single video "How Do I Breathe" is taken from his upcoming new album "Go" which is scheduled to be released 30th July:



The song is pretty generic and not as catchy as Let Me Love You. In fact, out of all the songs that have leaked so far, this isn't Mario's best by a long shot. But I really look forwards to the new album.

Stay tuned!

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