BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY R&B CRUMBS ...

Yesterday, Monica made an appearance at the DC Pride celebration which took place at the DC Convention Center where she sang a couple of tracks from her latest album The Makings of Me:



Though her latest project hasn't made much noise lately, Monica stays doing her thang. She has just returned to the U.S. after making a trip to London this weekend in which she attended the 25th birthday bash for Brunei's Prince Azim.

On 26th May 2007, Christina Milian and her boyfriend Dre attended DJ Khaled's pre-album release party at Mansion in Miami:

Why does Dre always look like he's been hit with some spliff stick? Dude always has the "high" expressions written all over his face. Christina looked nice as usual. I actually like these two together as a couple. Dre is not ugly at all but he has a really long face. You can paint the distance from Mexico to San Francisco on that face. It's been a whole year since these two have dated now and still going strong.

Mya was spotted at Vienna's Town Hall in support of HIV research:

Someone emailed me to say they don't think Mya's album is going to come out until next year and I will have to agree. Watch the album get pushed back again ...

Courtesy of UK tabloid The Sun, here is a new promo picture of Rihanna:

Rihanna is now in Germany doing television appearances before flying by private jet to Prague to shoot a US $600,000 Def-Jam financed music video of her next single, Shut Up And Drive. Did you hear that people? I think I need to say that again - $600,000 fucking dollars. Def Jam are really splashing out on Rihanna BIG TIME. Early next month, the 19-year-old is to appear on three American TV shows with worldwide audiences: MTV Movie Awards on June 3 with Jay-Z, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on June 5, and the Today Show on June 8 as part of the network's concert series. She is also expected to appear on BET and other shows in the United States in June and July. Plus, the people guiding her career are talking with movie producers. And she is also taking acting lessons to prepare herself for future movie roles. Rih-Rih has already filmed Cover Girl commercials as the new face of that cosmetic line, and has signed a contract to endorse Gillette shavers for women. She is also to participate in the global Earth Day campaign to "save the planet" with an appearance in Japan. After her promotion in Europe, she will be jetting to Australia and southeast Asia before heading back to the United States.

Beyonce performed in Madrid, Spain over the weekend:

Looking totally gorgeous.

Last week, British singer Jamelia attended the 2007 Cannes Film Festival - Dolce and Gabbana Party. Here are some pictures of her arrival:



Looking cute and casual.

And here she was at the event donning a very unflattering golden copper type dress which looked like it was scraped from some tin foil:

Such a big no-no, and I usually admire this chick's fashion sense. As she's from Birmingham like me, my cousin's mom said she use to hang out at her house because Jam's brother was mates with her son. My mom also knows her fiance's mom too (Darren Byfield) as they use to work together at Harambee. I'm told she was a nice woman.

Jennifer Hudson looked a hot shitty mess when she was seen out and about a couple of days ago:

Oh lawd, with a hairline like that, WHY does that lace front look so fucked up? And with her breasts drooping down like that trying to fight free and let loose, she really need not step out of the house without wearing a bra EVER again. Where the fuck is her stylist? I can't believe that someone who won an Oscar a couple of months ago would actually be seen like this. Damn shame. The Dreamgirls actress is currently filming the Rowan Woods movie Winged Creatures, based on the novel by Roy Freirich. Winged Creatures is a 2008 film adaptation of Roy Freirich's debut novel starring Forest Whitaker, Guy Pearce, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hutcherson, Dakota Fanning, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Embeth Davidtz, Jennifer Hudson, and Jackie Earl Haley. In the aftermath of a gruesome restaurant murder, the survivors of the attack are left to ponder their own mortality and how it relates to their connection to society. The film is currently being directed by Little Fish director Rowan Woods.

Trey Songz on his Wonder Woman shoot a while back:



Weird.

Ne-yo was in Japan over the weekend for the MTV Video Music Awards which took place over there:

He performed at the event and won the gong for Best New Artist Video award.

Anyway, yesterday, I posted Mya's performance of "I Am" when she attended the Fashion Cares 2007 event in Toronto, Canada. Well, Kelly Rowland also performed "Dilemma" so here is Kelly's performance:


She looked great but I wonder why she didn't sing tracks from her new album. I mean she IS supposed to be promoting the new album right? Dilemma was a MONSTER hit but it is NOT her song. It is Nelly's and she just featured on it so I thought it was weird to see her sing a track that's not hers and which was released a zillion trillion years ago.

R&B Bites:

1. Ciara's third single will be "My Love".

2. Check out brand new Cherish track called Keep It Fresh.

3. Bone Thugs N' Harmony are on their way to shooting the video for their next single 'Lil L.O.V.E' along with Mariah Carey. The shooting is to take place in New York City on June 4th & 5th.

4. Justin Timberlake has launched his own record label called Tennman Records, a joint venture with Interscope Records. Timberlake will serve as chairman and CEO of Tennman, which is based in Los Angeles and is distributed worldwide by Interscope Geffen A&M. “We are all excited about the talent we have to offer already on our roster and I cannot wait to introduce the world to my new discoveries,” Timberlake said in a statement. The first signings to the label are scheduled to be announced next month.

Stay tuned!