Ciara was looking stunning as she hit up Leona Lewis‘ album release party the other night.
>>>>>Looking beautiful CICI, is it me or has CIARA beenlooking much better over the past two months.
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She went aboard a cruise ship to do her first ever cruise performance:
Then she was spotted at LAX late last night. By the way, she just announced that she will be releasing a brand new 3 boxed set of her past 3 albums. ummm
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Beyoncepays homage to Anita Baker
Beyonce covered Anita Baker’s classic “Sweet Love” in concert. This clip will be on her upcoming I Am DVD. Your thoughts?
>>>An impressive album, why better than RIHANNA's, so will it just directly bring CB back.hmm It it will take some time. Even the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS which air this SUNDAY didn't book him. IDK... ================================================= Soulja Boy - Stadium Music
>>Say what you will and want, but he has gotten better, and clearly killed this FREESTYLE and something he does that other male rappers don't is add and UNIQUE SWAGGER HYPE to his verse style.
Rihanna at it again. Rihanna got upset at her driver in London this week for not being outside as soon as she walked out the club:
When Rihanna came outside from the club there was no driver. One of her entourage immediately started making phone calls
trying to find the driver while Rihanna said, “Where the f**k is my car?”
A minute goes by and then Rihanna says, “I mean it guys, you’ve now got 30 seconds to get me my car or someone is losing their employment. I f**king mean it, 10 seconds and I get nasty.”
Driver apparently pulled up right then. But no word on if she actually fired him.
>>>>>LET'S BLAME IT ON HER BEING TISPY & WAS READY TO GO... ========================== Former 90's girl group member, and ATL housewives member Kandi Burruss has opened a new clothing store in GA.
.Kandi Burruss had her TAGS boutique opening this week in Atlanta
. And of course, her Housewife friends Dwight, Kim, and Lisa came through to support
NeNe must have been too busy with her new “career” to come out, Sheree too, but Lisa and Kim were surely there:
Michael Knight and Bobby Valentino came through.
>>>>UM AN ATL EVENT & U DONT SEE MONICA,CIARA, orrrr TINY. gessssss
Well Industry Blitz, was one of the very few BLOGs to report that those three wonder talented ladys.Would form a group as one..BTW the group is called The Queen Project
The ladys hit up GOOD MORNING NeW YorK this am to perform. & yall know they SLAYED
>>And as they mentioned, the album drops summer 2010 .. these girls can each SANG..not sing
It's no wonder A&M Records is spending a truck load of money promoting Janet Jackson's 'Number Ones,' her two-CD set of greatest hits music that was released on Nov. 17.
According to the New York Daily News, the youngest of the Jackson siblings has inked a new recording contract with A&M Records, which is the very label where she began her music career in 1982.
"A&M wants this CD to remind people how great Janet is," a source told the daily paper. "They're hoping it'll whet the public's appetite for Janet and pave the way for her new music."
Jackson had two of her biggest selling releases on A&M Records. Her 1986 CD 'Control' sold more than five million units in the US and her 1989 release 'Rhythm Nation 1814' moved a staggering 8.5 million copies.
Apparently A&M/Interscope executive Jimmy Iovine has tapped Rodney Jerkins (Beyonce/Michael Jackson) to oversee the album, which has a projected second quarter 2010 release date planned.
After her 'Rock Witchu Tour' last year, it was expected that Jackson would sign a recording contract with Live Nation, the mega-touring company that promoted her tour and has a record company division where Jay-Z, Madonna and U2 are now signed as artists.
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IN STORES NOW
Number Ones
JANET JACKSON'S GREATEST HITS CELEBRATED ON NUMBER ONES FEATURING 33 GLOBAL NUMBER ONES AND THE NEW HIT SINGLE "MAKE ME" Janet Jackson has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and is one of the best-selling artists in contemporary music. For the first time ever, 33 of Janet's global #1 hits, plus the newly recorded single, "Make Me," will be available on one album--NUMBER ONES. Made possible by a partnership between Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and EMI Music, the two-disc set, released November 17, 2009, in the USA (November 23, worldwide titled JANET JACKSON: THE BEST), celebrates the career and artistry of one of the most successful and influential artists in music history.
Janet's next studio album is slated to be released in 2010.
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Make Me - Janet Jackson (Behind the Scenes)
>>>I LOVE THIS SONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG... SHE IS BACKKKKK!!!!!!
>>>JANET WILL ALSO OPEN THE 2009 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS this Sunday Nov 22cd.
Semenya will keep her gold medal, but questions about the gender of the South African middle-distance runner won't be answered publicly, even though a gender test has been administered.
Since easily winning the 800-meter IAAF World Championships in Germany earlier this year, Semenya has been subjected to intense scrutiny by world sports authorities, implying the heavily muscled runner is in fact a man competing against women.
As the controversy grew, Semenya became a symbol of equality for Africans who believe she has been unfairly targeted.
The South African Sports Ministry announced this week that the results of gender test given to Semenya will be kept confidential. The decision to keep the results private will likely do little to end the questions, even though she has been allowed to keep her medal.
I understand Semenya's right to privacy, but by not disclosing more information about her gender, the runner will still be subjected toscrutiny.
It's unfair, but until she is willing to disclose more about her gender, her gold medal will remain tarnished.
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Jennifer Hudson Tapped to Play Winnie Mandela In Biopic
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson ('Dreamgirls') has been tapped to play Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela.
Variety reports that the former American Idol contestant will play the title role in the film, 'Winnie.' Production is to begin May 30 in the South African locations of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Transkei and Robben Island, where the future president spent 18 of his 27 years in prison.
The Chicago native, who won a Grammy award this year for her self-titled debut album, is also expected to sing the theme song.
The film will be directed by Darrell J. Roodt, from a script based on the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography 'Winnie Mandela:A Life.'
"I was compelled and moved when I read the script," Hudson said. "Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary woman and I'm honored to be the actress asked to portray her. This is a powerful part of history that should be told."
Coincidentally, another Oscar winner, Morgan Freeman will be playing Nelson Mandela in 'Invictus,' which opens on Dec. 11. Sophie Okonedo is also set to portray Winnie Mandela in the BBC drama 'Mrs Mandela.'
At 72, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is still a popular figure in South African politics despite her 1991 conviction for involvement in the kidnapping, assault and death of a 14-year-old alleged informer. She and Nelson Mandela had been married for only a year before he was forced into hiding and then imprisoned in 1962 – he would only be freed in 1990. She was deputy minister of arts, culture, science and technology in the first post-apartheid government for 11 months, until allegations of corruption led to her dismissal.
Game to Joe La Puma that he’s glad Jigga never responded to his diss records.
50 is funny, but Jay is witty. Jay-Z is not to be toyed with. If he fuckin’ responds, if he feels like you’re really pissing him off and he responds, he’s gonna fuck you up! He would fuck me up, I’m just glad he didn’t fuckin’ respond, so I didn’t have to go dig in my fuckin’ bag and try to fuck him up.
At last night’s L.A. stop on his Fan Appreciation Tour, Chris Brown goes all the way there with his admiration of the King of Pop. He’s clearly studied all the dance steps
Trina decided to model LaRok clothes for DJ Premium’s retail site:
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recent Twitpics Cassie posted of herself:
She said she shaved a bit of the other side of her head. And wanted to show off her new Rodarte boots.
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Fabolous celebrated his 32nd birthday last night with a huge party with his friends at Hotel on Rivington in NYC.. Amber Rose was there in her usual spandex and hot pink lipstick.
Jay-Z
DJ Clue was there:
the cake.
Rick Ross The Boss and Diddy
Tyrese.
Michael Kyser and Adrienne Bailon
Angie Martinez gave the side eye (the cute version) to Clue.
