In life and death, we love and loved Aaliyah right? If we want to remember her, we can watch her concerts (I still have some of her UK performances on VHS), we can hit up You Tube and watch old-time interviews and performances as well as listen to all her music. She was most definitely an innovator who paved the way for artists like Ashanti and Ciara (soft vocals over hard beats, Hip Hop footwork, you name it), so why did I find myself reeling at the thought of an Aaliyah clothing line? Apparently, the Haughton family are starting a full line of clothing and accessories that you can purchase from retail outlets across the United States. [SOURCE] I just don't understand why her family are pimping out her name 5 years after her death. It's not even a clothing line that inspires her personal style and tastes but some tacky t-shirts with Aaliyah's face imprinted all over it. I mean think about the corniness of these Tupac AF1's:
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Could be a whole lot worse I guess. I don't want to walk the street in a jacket with a large Aaliyah imprint of her face, and folks be looking at me like "That bitch is waayyy too fanatical. It's been 5 years darn it" Just leave me alone with my Aaliyah CD's and I'll be just fine thank you. Sometimes you have to ask yourself, is this really a way to keep her memory alive or is it just another ploy to make money off her name? And if it's not the latter, it's about time somebody found themselves a real job. [SOURCE] Well, let's get down to the fabness of the R&B world and those celeb appearances. Who was hot and who was not?
A host of big names in R&B turned up for VH1'S Big Awards 2006. That's what we love about the christmas season, soooo many Award shows. We even have the Billboard Awards coming up this week. That should be an interesting one.
A host of big names in R&B turned up for VH1'S Big Awards 2006. That's what we love about the christmas season, soooo many Award shows. We even have the Billboard Awards coming up this week. That should be an interesting one.
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Here is Janet's spread for Essence magazine. I guess these are okay but nothing to write home about. Her Vanity Fair shoot was the best in my honest opinion.
In these pictures, Janet is reheasing for her performance at this weeks Billboard Awards 2006. She will be doing a medley of her old hits including Control. The performance should be hot! I can't wait!
Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and their future heartbreaker son Jaden attended
the Museum of Moving Image which saluted the man himself Will Smith. Jada looks beautiful? Why can't she look like this all the time? Anyway, Terrence Howard, his son and Thandie Newton was also at the event to congratulate him.
the Museum of Moving Image which saluted the man himself Will Smith. Jada looks beautiful? Why can't she look like this all the time? Anyway, Terrence Howard, his son and Thandie Newton was also at the event to congratulate him.
Thandie looked gorgeous.
Ciara performed on The Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The big day is looming. Two days to go before the big release of her highly anticipated sophomore album Ciara: The Evolution and the chick has been promoting her fanny off like no tomorrow. I hope she sells well. The album is hot and I can't stop jamming to it. Someone emailed me asking me if I would put the album in my R&B Brilliance compilation, and, well the answer is no. There is a difference between "hot" album and "classic" album. Cici has one of those hot-at-the-moment albums, nice beats and all but nothing classic. I would not put her album on the same level as Tamia's debut and recent album Between Friends, Mariah's Emancipation and Butterfly and the albums previous to those ones, or Toni Braxton's debut and sophomore, Aaliyah's One In A million or Janet Jackson's Janet. Now those albums are timeless to me. They go beyond hotness. Some of these albums were released over 10 years ago and I still play them as if they just came out, so whilst I think Ciara has a trendy album with nice beats, I cannot see myself jamming to it in 10 years time.
Going back to World Aids Day ...
A host of R&B celebrities attended Giorgio Armani Go Red for World AIDS Day and they consisted of Beyonce Knowles who looked lovely from head to toe, Amerie who also looked gorgeous, actress Rosie Perez (now why do I keep getting her confused with Tisha Campbell?), Chris Brown, Eve and Akon. So check out the action below:
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Beyonce looked amazing.
Chris Brown is such a cutie. He can get it 7 days a week with triple dessert afterwards. Mmmm hmmmm.
Akon looks a little toooo happy to be in Amerie's company. With his x-rated fugliness, maybe its not so often he gets to cosy up next to a beautiful woman. Amerie also attended the Nascar Nextel Cup Series Champion's Party.
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Eve also attended the Emporio Armani event which honored World AIDS Day. I'll put my thoughts aside as far as appearances go because she's been really dedicated to the cause, and some folks, despite their fame, wealth and popularity, well, they haven't done jack, so good on Eve. Well, anything that wasn't Aids day related transcends back to Fantasia's latest appearance on 106 and Park as her sophomore album Fantasia gets released the week after next:
I am not trying to poke jabs but her mouth looks huuuuge like somebody punched it and now its left in a purging position which can't fix back. You can just look at her and tell she speaks with a lisp, just by the way her mouth looks. Seriously, if she's not going to smile properly, then I say keep it closed. The chick just doesn’t photograph very well at all.
Gorgeous My Wife & Kids actress Jennifer Freeman celebrated her 21st birthday recently, with best pal One on One actress Kyla Pratt and R&B princes Ray-J and Marques Houston (whom she co-starred with in You Got Served):
Gorgeous My Wife & Kids actress Jennifer Freeman celebrated her 21st birthday recently, with best pal One on One actress Kyla Pratt and R&B princes Ray-J and Marques Houston (whom she co-starred with in You Got Served):
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She looks beautiful, and if the rumours are true that the chick is strictly for carpet munching, lets just say that a lot of dudes I know will be jumping off 200ft buildings.
Awww. Lenny Kravitz loves his daughter Zoe. They are ALWAYS together which is great. I love to see a man dote over his children, maybe because I never had a close-knit relationship with MY father. Oh well. Shit happens but every girl needs a daddy. Zoe is the spitting image of her mama Lisa Bonet. Anyway, Lenny and Zoe both hosted the DKNY Jeans & 401 Projects in New York City.
Rihanna performed in my city Birmingham at the N.E.C, along with the Pussy Cat Dolls. She is like a walking atlas. I hope she gets a long deserved rest after the tour. The chick has been travelling all over the place lately. Her hard work has definitely paid off. Mini Beyonce? Hell yeah! Now we're back to Miss Beyonce, as she graces the latest edition of teen mag Seventeen:
In the magazine, she talks about her battle with food and her constant fight to stay slim which she has now retaliated against. But when it's time for her to take on another movie role, watch her starve herself again and put herself back on the liquid diet. She need not worry about her eating habits seeing as though she'll be touring next year and such activity will help her stay in shape.
Now look at her out and about playing the loving auntie to her little nephew Daniel, who is absolutely adorable. In tow were her ex-Destiny's Child band mate Kelly Rowland and her mama Tina. Now the wig is another story. Looks like mother Sparrow accidentally dropped her nest on Beyonce's head. Soon enough, the eggs will come sprouting. You meaning to tell me she couldn't fix on her wig better than that? Hmph! In other Beyonce news, word has it that Beyonce is secretly seething that Jennifer Hudson is getting all the rave reviews and public accolades for her role in Dream Girls, whilst she has to settle for second fiddle. When Matthew Knowles reportedly saw the final edit of the movie, he nearly had a damn fit. A lot of Beyonce's lines were reportedly cut (supposedly because of the directors awareness of Beyonce's limitations) and whilst the original Dream Girls were centred a lot around Bee's character Deena, this motion picture is mainly centred around Effie (Jennifer Hudson's character). So despite Beyonce getting more screen time, Jennifer had a much more complex role. Due to Beyonce getting more screen time and very little lines, Jennifer has had to settle for Supporting Actress whilst Beyonce gets Lead Actress, further igniting Hollywood to push her to the forefront all because she brings in "star power" to the movie. According to a New York Post article that I read yesterday, one writer claims that Jennifer's magnificently-stellar performance made Beyonce look like an extra. Ouch! Needing to add that the Oscars will be very interesting next year. I know my ass will be glued.
Lastly but not least, the X-Factor. Leona Lewis made it into the semi finals Saturday night by singing Mariah's Without You and she stopped them dead in her tracks. The chick rocked. You can tell that musically she wants to go the same route as Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, singing power ballads and emotionally charged soulful anthems. I stand by this chick all the way and if she doesn't win the show, the intentions of the phone viewers definitely need to be questioned. I'm a bit nervous though simply because we've NEVER had a black contestant win a reality show in Britain. And secondly, females don't win because it appears females vote more than males and they vote for the good-looking male contestants. This is all because they have the eye-candy factor, which would explain why weak voiced Ray is still in the competition.
Lastly but not least, the X-Factor. Leona Lewis made it into the semi finals Saturday night by singing Mariah's Without You and she stopped them dead in her tracks. The chick rocked. You can tell that musically she wants to go the same route as Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, singing power ballads and emotionally charged soulful anthems. I stand by this chick all the way and if she doesn't win the show, the intentions of the phone viewers definitely need to be questioned. I'm a bit nervous though simply because we've NEVER had a black contestant win a reality show in Britain. And secondly, females don't win because it appears females vote more than males and they vote for the good-looking male contestants. This is all because they have the eye-candy factor, which would explain why weak voiced Ray is still in the competition.
Without You - Leona Lewis
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