NEW MUSIC: Mary J Blige - 'MISS ME WITH THAT'

The queen of Hip-Hop/Sou lMary J Blige has unveiled a new song called “Miss Me With That” which is taken from her upcoming 10th studio album entitled “My Life II, The Journey Continues also known as “My Life II” that will be out on September 3rd, 2011 via Geffen.

Without much effort the soul singer from The Bronx delivers a pretty solid RnB track that could have been titled Miss Me With That Bullsh*t that makes us think about her “No More Drama” era, where using an unsophisticated beat produced by Harvey Mason (who often works with R.Kelly which would explain the late 90′s early 2000 feel to the song), she puts her scumbag of a lover who cheated/used her on blast.

This is miles away from the “PMS” songstress best work, but the simple production, her polish yet powerful voice work great on the song.

While we were are bit disappointed by “Looking For Someone to Love Me” which also disappointed on the charts, we are pleased by the other cuts from My Life II, The Journey Continues thus far and beyond ecstatic by the names of some of the producers such as Underdogs, Kanye West, Babyface, Salaam, Raphael Saadiq, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and Ryan Leslie who are contributing on the CD.

If these people are able to capture the “Beautiful Scars” singer essence and bring her to her real RnB roots where she bares her soul on every track, this album will be every interesting.

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RIHANNA NEW VIDEO BEING CRITICIZED???

Rihanna called BET’s 106&Park today. She explained the video concept of her “mini-movie” for “Man Down”, in which a girl commits a murder and regrets it. She spoke about the controversy the video caused as well — read about it here.

RiRi also revealed she’s in Baltimore getting ready to kick off her LOUD Tour.

BET Networks issued a statement clarifying its decision to air the video. “BET Networks has a comprehensive set of standards and guidelines that are applied to all of our content. The Rihanna “Man Down” video complied with these guidelines and was approved for air. At the same time, it is clear that the “Man Down” video has sparked a passionate dialogue and we will continue this conversation with our audience tonight on “106 & Park.”

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MAG COVERS: Zoe Kravitz graces The July 2011 Issue Of "ASOS" Magazine

Zoe Kravitz covers the July 2011 issue of ASOS Magazine's Festival Issue.  See pics inside and find out what she thinks about being an "IT" girl.... 

Zoe Kravitz has been in the spotlight for years.  Having a rockstar father, Lenny Kravitz, and a famously beautiful actress mother, Lisa Bonet, it's only natural that Zoe would attract the attention of designers and photographers.

In the July issue of ASOS magazine, she talked about being an "IT" girl:

 "All that 'it girl' shit makes me kind of uncomfortable. I'm only at
the beginning of my career, but I feel successful in that I haven't
sold out in any way, shape or form. I feel good about the choices
I've made, and I don't feel like I've let go of any of my values.
Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out."

She also talked about her parents' boho-chic style of dress:

"I used to be a little embarrassed by how she (mom Lisa Bonet) and my
dad (Lenny Kravitz) would dress...but now I steal their clothes all
the time."

Zoe is starring in X-Men: The First Class which is set for release on Friday. About filming the flick in London, she talked about how her and the cast--including her boyfriend--kicked it around town:

"We (Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, and boyfriend Michael Fassbender) were living in London for four months and it was like X-Men summer camp, so we all hung out at each other's houses after filming, went out to pubs...I lived in Notting Hill, right by Portobello...I'm spending all my money on flea-market shopping!"

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106 & PARK APPEARANCE EARLIER THIS WEEK

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Basketball Wives Season 3 EPISODE 1

Last season ended with Basketball Wives' once tight-knit circle of pro basketball wives, exes and girlfriends shattered in the wake of infighting, accusations of two-faced behavior and the bombshell disclosure of a personal secret linking one woman to another's ex-husband. Will Season 3 rescue their friendships from the ashes or put the final nail in the coffin for Jen, Evelyn, Tami, Suzie, Royce and Shaunie? 

Check out the first episode below.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Young Jeezy - 'BALLIN' video shoot in MIAMI

Young Jeezy hit the court to shoot the video for “Ballin’,” the street anthem from his long-awaited album TM103, due this summer. The clip, directed by Colin Tilley, was shot on Wednesday in Miami (Little Havana). In the first images from the set, the southern rapper emerged from a Rolls-Royce Phantom in Timberlands and an orange leather jacket with a bandana around his head while puffing on a cigar. He was surrounded by his homeboys and scantily-clad women, intently watching a basketball game. Lil Wayne also swung by to shoot his scenes.

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CANDIDS: Usher & Son, Regina King, Keri Hilson, Amber & Wiz Khalifa, Carmelo Anthony, Lala & Son

R&B crooner Usher and son Usher Raymond V, aka Cinco, 3, were spotted leaving Real Food Daily in West Hollywood, CA  June, 1, 2011




 

Actress Regina King arrives at The Paley Center for "An Evening With Southland" on May 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.

Keri Hilson packed her bags and headed overseas for a series of promotional appearances in the U.K. The curly-haired singer, glowing in a bright yellow top with her bra peeking through, was seen leaving London’s Mayfair Hotel to dine at Thai eatery ORA.




 

Model Amber Rose and boyfriend rapper Wiz Khalifa are all smiles as they leave Katsuya restaurant in West Hollywood. The hip-hop pin-up, who was wearing a cleopatra style beaded headpiece and a bright white mini dress, seemed loved up - fuelling rumours that the two are to marry.

Lala Vazquez, who is currently gearing up for the new season of her reality show titled “Lala’s Full Court Life”, was spotted at Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square along with her husband Carmelo Anthony and son Kiyan.

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Spotted: KELLY ROWLAND on 2nd Day of 'X Factor' UK auditions

The 'Motivation' singer stepped out of her hotel in Birmingham today, looking ever-inch the glamour goddess that she is in a stylish maxi dress.

With the long, straight locks that she rocked at the Billboard Awards, it's obvious that Rowland knows what suits her and oozed confidence. Even though she was picture on a beach in Miami this weekend, the 30-year-old didn't look as if she'd been hit by jet lag!

TaleTela reported earlier today that the new 'X Factor' judge may be enlisting the help of Nicki Minaj and Fergie on her new album.
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In recent news there is a TWITTER PETITION to get Kelly to perform on the actual BET Awards ceremony this year. Kelly Rowland currently has the #1 song on BillBoard's R&B charts, and is #1 on urban radio. Visit HERE for more for more details.

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HEADLINE NEWS: Casey Anthony continues to LIE about her daughters disappearance

Today the jury in the Casey Anthony(25), murder trial heard the tape of her dramatic confrontation with detectives over the web of lies she told them as they searched for her missing daughter.

"Everything you've told me so far has been a lie. I know and you know that everything you've told me is a lie. Including where Caylee is right now," said a detective.

During the police interrogation, Casey stuck to her claim that she had given her 2-year-old daughter Caylee to a nanny.

Casey Anthony: "I do not know where she is. She's the last person that I have seen my daughter with."
Detective: "We know that's not the truth."

The interrogation happened in, of all places, Universal Studios in Orlando. Casey falsely claimed she worked there and detectives took her to the park to confront her with her lies.

Detective Yuri Melich called her "a cold-blooded callous monster" on the tape. In the background, a police officer can be heard banging the table.

Detective: "Tell us what happened to Caylee! Tell us what happened to Caylee!"
Casey Anthony: "I dropped off Caylee and that's the last time that I've seen her."
Detective: "No you didn't. No you didn't."
Casey Anthony: I would not have let anything happen to my daughter.

"There's nothing in Casey Anthony's voice that leads me to believe that she's at all concerned that her daughter's been apparently kidnapped.

"Nope. She said, 'I have no idea where my daughter is and all I want to do is find her,' in the calmest voice you ever heard from a mom. It's horrifying and I think we were stupefied in the courtroom, really," says Aphrodite Jones of Investigative Discovery's True Crime with Aphrodite Jones.

Incredibly Casey Anthony made up yet another lie during her police interrogation. She claimed she had spoken by phone to her little girl since her disappearance. 

Detective: "What did your daughter say to you?"
Casey Anthony: "She said, 'Hi, Mommy!'"
Detective: "Your daughter hasn't seen you in over a month and she's not..."
Casey Anthony: "She was excited. She was excited to talk to me."

She claimed Caylee hung up when she asked to speak to the nanny. It's now beyond doubt Caylee was already dead.  

Suddenly I saw a couple of those jurors take a different kind of look at Casey and that look was, you know what, we're not buying it anymore," says Jones.

Casey faces the death penalty if convicted. She claims Caylee drowned in a swimming pool.

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News: MASSACHUETTS TORNADO

MONSON, Mass. (AP) -- The sight of flattened homes, peeled-off roofs and the toppled steeple of a 140-year-old church stunned New Englanders after deadly tornadoes swept through Massachusetts, striking an area of the country that rarely sees such severe twisters.

The storms, which came with fair warning but still shocked with their intensity, killed at least three people, injured about 200 and wreaked damage in a string of 18 cities and villages across central and western Massachusetts.

Tornadoes are not unheard of in New England -- the downtown of Connecticut's largest city was devastated by one last June -- so many people heeded warnings. That didn't guarantee their survival; among the dead was a mother who shielded her teenage daughter as they huddled in a bathtub.

But in many cases, doing the right thing -- quickly -- helped save lives.

Karen Irla, 50, was leaving Adams Hometown Market in the picturesque village of Monson when she heard children on their bicycles yelling, "Look at that tornado!"

"I screamed and I screamed and I screamed, and that's why I have no voice today," said Irla, who went against experts' recommendations by getting in her car. She made it to a nearby senior center and waited until the storm passed.

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NEW MOVIE ROLE: Jennifer Hudson 'THE THREE STOOGES'

Jennifer Hudson is preparing for her most holy role yet. The 29-year-old actress has been cast as a nun in 20th Century Fox’s big screen adaptation of The Three Stooges.

The Oscar winner will play Sister Rosemary alongside fellow nuns Jane Lynch and Larry David in the orphanage where the Stooges spend time, according to Deadline.com. She joins a cast that also includes Chris Diamontopoulos (Moe), Sean Hayes (Larry), and Will Sasso (Curly).

Production on the comedy, directed by the Farrelly brothers, has already commenced in Atlanta, with the film set to arrive in theaters in 2012.

Hudson recently played Winnie Mandela in the biopic Winnie, which is currently in post production and due for release this fall.

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Check out Jennifer & Baby David below. Jennifer tweeted these pics earlier today!

CUTE!!

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CANDIDS: Celebs TWITPIC: Iman & Karl Lagerfield, Rihanna, Nelly, John Legend & Miguel, Ciara & MORE

Both Iman and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld attended the Gordon Parks Foundation dinner.

Rihanna is so beautiful. She’s working that mermaid look. Our very own Ariel.

It’s graduation season all over the nation. Nelly spent some time with his graduating niece.

Miguel ran into our favorite piano man John Legend this week.


 

Ms. Ciara went on a safari while visiting Africa for Zarfest...

What a fabulous close up? Ms. Keri baby knows how to flaunt that gorgeous face.

Songstress Ashanti ran into a few good men this week. Got to love the Marines.




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Brandy serenaded Niecy and Jay on their big day.

Niecey Nash on her big day in Malibu, CA

Niecey Nash getting a facial

Wedding Party, Wendy Raquel Robinson(far right)

Niecey & Sheryl Lee Ra

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FASHION: 16 YEAR-OLD, Nyasha Matonhodze, new face of LOUIS VUITTON

 

Zimbabwean-born, British-raised model Nyasha Matonhodze is only 16 years old, but she’s already laying the foundation for a promising career. The rising star has been chosen to be the face of Louis Vuitton’s fall/winter advertising campaign, following the footsteps of stars like Madonna and Scarlett Johansson.

Earlier this year, the up-and-comer was booked by Vuitton's creative director, Marc Jacobs, to appear in their autumn/winter 2011 catwalk show at Paris Fashion Week, starring alongside veteran models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. For the print campaign she was photographed in a vintage car at a disused Brooklyn aerodrome.

Matonhodze, who is Zimbabwean but grew up in the UK, won a modeling contest in 2009. Since then, she’s become one of fashion’s hottest new models.
In her debut season she walked for Louise Gray, Clements Ribeiro and Jonathan Saunders during London Fashion Week. Spring 2011, while in Paris she walked for Loewe, Emanuel Ungaro, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Louis Vuitton.
The label’s creative head, Marc Jacobs, and photographer Stephen Meisel put together the campaign for Vuitton’s latest collection seen below.

Matonhodze has previously appeared in Teen Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
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NBA PLAYOFFS: Queen Latifah, Lil Wayne, Ludacris & Euodxie, Serena Williams, Gabrielle Union & MORE

Queen Latifah was one of the many celebrities that attended Game One of the 2011 NBA Finals at American Airlines Arena between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat on May 31, 2011 in Miami, Florida. The Heat went on to win game one, 92-84. Make sure to tune in tonight @9pm on ABC as the Heat take on Houston in game two of the finals. Check out more pictures below.

Lil Wayne

Ludacris & Euodxie, sitting next to Luda is Jennifer Williams of 'Basketball Wives'

Serena Williams

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union, Adrienne Williams(Chris Bosh's wife), and Savannah Brinson (Lebron's soon to be fiance)

Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer

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